The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-25 00:00:00

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GOSNELL 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. ed., and 15s. each, includ ing brush. Red Ball Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENING. at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOAD THINGI: Messrs It. Phillips and Ashley; Miss Maria and Miss Nelly Harris. After which, at 15 to 8, THE PROMPTER'S BOX: a Story of the Footlights and the Fireside. Mr Benjamin Webst.r, Mr H. J. Byron. Mr J. D. Beveridge, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Stuart, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr C. J. Smith, Mr Ashley, Mr W. Eburne, Miss Furtado, Mrs L. Murray, and Mrs Alfred ': ellon. To be folloWed by MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr J. G. Taylor and Hiss Eliza Johnstone. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. 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La Belle Sauvage. GLOBE—At Seven, Milky White. Robert Itlacaire. Vandyke Brown. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Satm day) at 5; Saturday blei n inss at 3. Admission, is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and ...saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 8.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, is. ; extra rooms, 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pang Open daily(except Sundays) Admission. Is.• on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. Qji ~ ~ ~ LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1870. IN a previous article we set forth in general terms the condition of the industrial classes in foreign countries. It was shown that though in fen instances bad the working population of any State attained a fair degree of comfort, though in most cases their position must be accounted one of depression and wretchedness, yet a sensible and continuous improvement was visible. It was also pointed out that the effect of such improve ment had been to excite within the hand-labourer an overpowering desire to gain a still larger share of the good things of this life; that, consequent upon the spread of freedom and intelligence amongst the working classes, was a determined effort to reduce the inequalities of fortune; and that increased prosperity had only led to bolder enterprises against the rest of society. It remains to examine the state of this serious social strife. Nowhere has the hostility of labour to capital assumed menacing proportions, save in those countries where the working classes are rising in wealth and freedom. The position is most dangerous where the rank and file of society, in addition to material prosperity, have acquired political power. In States where bondage or semi-bondage is still the rule, the aspirations of the masses find relief in the wildest Socialist doctrines ; under conditions of moderate freedom, these theories become systematised, as in France and Prussia; and where the working man is perfectly free, as in England and America, speculation is abandoned, and the war is carried on by great com binations to increase wages or reduce hours. The weapons vary in different localities, but everywhere the cause is the mama. In France and Prussia the artisan becomes a Republican, and looks forward to the time when the equal division of property will be declared. In England and the United States the trades-union is established, and the labourer battles for immediate gain. In our own country the workman is perfectly free; but the society is an old one, great fortunes exercise a preponderating influence, the Government is aristocratic, and the surrounding conditions generally unfavour able to this kind of strife. Hence the hostile Jrganisation of labour is most elaborate. The trades union exists in the greatest perfection; its operations are most rigid and unsparing; and yet so powerful are the opposing forces that defeat is more fre vent than victory. In America the fight is waged on more e4ualterms. TheUnitedStates undoubtedly 3ffer the most favourable home in the whole world to the working man. There is no aristocracy. Every min works for a living in some capacity. "The prosecution of the humblest calling acts as no oar to promotion in the social scale. The lowly 3itizen of to-day may aspire to presidential honours to-morrow." So rapid is the accumulation of wealth, ISO easy is it for every one to become his own master, that there is little temptation to Social ism : all the efforts of the American are directed to Increasing his wages or lessening his labour. The means are simple. The followers of a trade have 3nly to cease work. any , "- --w"6" *tom a wealth-producing people that the employers find it cheaper to yield than to incur the immense loss of suspension. Strikes are incessant, lengthy, and obstinate. On the European Continent the workman seldom finds himself in a position to strike. The trades-union is not yet powerful ; the funds at disposal are scanty; and the raws, although greatly moderated of late years, are still adverse to industrial combinations Hence, instead of striving for immediate advantage, the European labourer contents himself with theory, Socialism is rampant throughout Europe. It pre vails in Russia, Italy, and Spain ; it is powerful in Germany; and it is the master passion of the French artisan. Here, again, the rule holds good. The more prosperous the workman, the more threatening his animosity. In Russia Socialism scarce dares shew itself. In Prussia the teachings of Ferdinand Lassalle have sunk deep into the hearts of the populace. This theorist pro posed that the State should make loans to productive co-operative associations, in order that workmen might themselves gain possession of the capital and share the profits. Up to his death—he was killed in a duel a few years ago—his doctrines made rapid progress, and he attained an influence which none of his successors has been • able to inherit. Still, Socialism is powerful in Prussia, and would be more so, had the working men secured the franchise. In France they possess this formidable weapon. Universal suffrage is the Franken stein of the Second Empire. The French working man is a Socialist Republican, and he sup ports his principles by his vote. It is true that few men of his choice find their way to the Legislature, that the Government commands a large majority there ; but the full effect of universal suffrage is greatly neutralised by the official candidatures, and it is impossible to tell what may happen when this re striction is withdrawn. Hampered as he is, the French artisan displays the most implacable hostility to capitalists andthe Government. No bribes can win uim over. No act of kindness on the part of the employer can propitiate him. Point out to the Frenchman. some benefit he has received from his " patron" (he does not tolerate the name ( , f "), and he will reply that the wealth of the capitalist is accumulated by the work of the labourer, and that any concession made by the one is merely an instalment of the just rights of the other. It is a poor foretaste of equality. To do them justice the French workmen really believe all this. They are thoroughly consistent and unani mous. Nowhere in France have such benefits been conferred on the industrial classes as in Paris. Nowhere is the Empire more bitterly detested. When four deputies were lately elected for the capital, the Government did not even think it worth while to start a candidate. The contest was left to different shades of Republicanism. These distinctions between the directions of indus trial hostility in different countries must not be taken too absolutely. Though the English man and the American prefer a strike to nursing their discontent on Socialist theories, yet these principles have gained a certain footing in both lesac_apable countries, And though THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1870. or maintaining a formidable strike than the Anglo- Saxon, he frequently tries the experiment. Every where the spirit is the same, though the form may be differen*. The prospect is undoubtedly gloomy. The ignorance of the average Englishman may, and does, lead him to laugh at these manifestations; but the thoughtful mind will recognise the gravity of the question, and seek for some means of conducting it to a successful issue. There appears to be but one hope. In Switzerland very good relations exist between man and master; the employers do much for the comfort and happiness of the employed, and the latter, in return, look up to the former; but this is not a state of things to be hoped for elsewhere, for working men in other countries reject " patronage "; and even in Switzerland such a good understanding is not universal, for the Inter national Working Men's Association has its head quarters in that country. There are no signs of the struggle abating so long as tae interests of the two parties are opposed; and accordingly their union, by means of co operation, is at present the only resource put forth. This system of uniting the master and the workman in one person has gained ground, though only to a small extent,in severalcountries. Co-operative productive organisations —we do not speak of co operative stores—exist in England, France, and America. The best specimen is, needless to say, to be found in the United States. The co-operatic iron-foundry at Troy, in New York State, is a model establishment of the kind. It was started in 18E0, with a capital of £2,700, in shares of £2O, of which no member can hold more than fifty—one vote being alloted to each man, irrespective of the number of shares he possesses. From all profits a dividend not exceeding 10 per cent. is declared upon capital, and the residue goes to labour, it being distributed in pre cisely equal shares, no matter what may be the skill of the workman. The man who moulds, the man who stokes, and the stockholder who - per forms no work whatever, get an equal sum. The regulations are strict, and the discipline very severe. stockholder, even if he hold fifty shares, can be paid off at any moment; he receives the value of his investment, and the stock is sold to other mecha nics. The individual interest of every man prompts him to avoid waste: Every scrap of iron, which in private establishments would be thrown away, is carefully picked up and utilised. it is remarkable that when the associa tion was first started the majority of its members were Irish, and our representative at Washington says that persons of that nationality are above all other mechanics in America the most eager to engage in co-operative enterprises. Great importance is attached to the limita tion in number of the members, for it is held as a principle that the fewer the proprietors the greater the chance of success. And in this case the success has been remarkable. In the first year the dividends on stock and labour amounted to 40 per cent; in the second they were 89 per cent; and in 1869 they were estimated to reach 90 or 100 per cent. Space forbids further detail. All that can be said is that this new idea deserves the most careful attention. It presents some difficulties, but it possesses the overpowering merit of being the only solution yet offered to the gravest problem of the day. ..70- COnri To-day is the anniversary of the Princess Alice, who was born on the 25th of April, 1843. She was married on the Ist of July, 1862, to H.R.H. Prince Louis of Hesse. Earl Russell, who is now staying in Paris, is slightly indisposed. The Dowager Countess of Bandon died at the family seat, Castle Barnard, Bandon, County Cork, on Friday last. Cardinal Cullen will shortly return to Romo. Mr. G. G. Glyn has issued a circular to the sup porters of the Government in the House of Commons. requesting an early attendance of members, as divioions of very great importance are expected within the next few days. The death is announced this morning of Sir Chas. Gillies Payne, Bart., of Blunham House, Bedfordshire. He was the eldest son of Sir Peter Payne, third baronet, for merly M.P. for Bedfordshire, and was born in 1793. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1843. Preparations are being made by the working classes of the metropolis for a large open air meeting, to Rlmnort amendnapro. 4 - ' l •*-- Bill propoß. ,l L. , The i,uucation League. The Royal London Militia assembled this morning at the Artillery Ground, Finsbury, for the usual period of training. The general gathering is fixed for the 9th of May. During the seven days following the announcement of Mr. Lowe's arrangements for the new financial year7no less than £200,000 was received at the London Custom house as duty on tea. This large amount was collected at 45,000 entries. We have authority for stating that there is no truth whatever in the report recently published in several newspapers to the effect that the Queen and the Princess of Wales were last week placed in danger of meeting with an accident, from the circumstance of a waggon being run away with on the road near Osborne. Mr. Loch, when the Lord Advocate moves the second reading of the Game Law (Scotland) Bill, is to move that it be read a second time that day six months. The hoped-for settlement of the Thorncliffe dispute comes not. First one attempt is made and then another, to bring the contending parties to terms, but the in evitable answer is non possumus. We are informed that the Rev. John Hannah, D.C.L., has not accepted the rectory of Middleton, to which he was nominated in succession to the Bishop-elect of Chichester.—Manchester Examiner. A number of the Queen's Westminster Volunteers performed the journey from London to Brighton en route for the review on bicycles. A " charge" on the same vehicle would have added to the novelty. The Prince and the Princess of Wales will at the close of the London season pay a visit of a month to the Emperor of Russia at St. Petersburg, where there will be a grand family reunion to meet the Prince and the Prin. cess.—Court Journal. The Government of the United States has ordered tests to be applied to all drugs which are imported and pass through the Custom House. This step has become indispensable in consequence of the monstrous frauds coin. witted in the drug market. The Times states—what many persons had already conjectured—that it was Lord Denbigh, and not Lord Derby, who, by drinking the health of the Prince of the Asturias at Rome in a somewhat ostentatious manner, offended the Spanish newspapers. Mr. Neat Coop Harding, of Warminster, North Wiltshire, committed suicide on Thursday by jumping into a reservoir at Swindon. The deceased, who was a comparatively young man is said to have become de ranged through excessive study. • A. letter is published, written by the Archbishop ol Dublin to a lay member of the Church, in which his Grace says :—" I consider it altogether wrong for members of the Church-to be present at, or to take part in, either Roman Catholic or Dissenting services." It is said to be the intention of his lordship the Commander of the Forces in Ireland to move the troops into the Curragh Camp by the Ist of June next, and com mence the drill season, as his lordship's command in Ire land will terminate on the let of July next. An association (according to the Mining Journal) has been organised in Paris for the suppression of strikes throughout the French empire. The efforts of the associa tion will be directed to relieving the workmen from the tyranny of professional delegates. The John Bull hears that the Rev. H. P. Liddon is to be publicly installed Canon of St. Paul's next Wednesday at the evening service. It believes that this will be the first publicinstallation of a Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's for a very long period. Mr. T. L. Todd, of Leith, has invented a passenger road steamer, or steamcycle, to hold two, four, or six passengers. The machine is similar in aypearance to the ordinary-bycicle, excepting that It is supplied with an engine and boiler, and is driven by steam. It has been currently reported at the clubs during the week that the Speaker of the House of Commons contemplates an early retirement, and that the right hon. gentleman will not improbably be succeeded by the pre sent Minister for Wan—United Service Gazette. The Coercion Bill has had a remarkable effect upon the Irish newspapers. 4. loyal dulness prevails in the columns of the weekly national prints. Search i 3 in vain made for even a sentence or two with the old anti- Saxon ring in it; not one can be found from title-page to • THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. ROME, Sunday Night. The third public sitting of the Council was held to-day. The Papal Bishops assembled at eight o'clock, six hundred and sixty-four fathers being pre sent. 'he Pope entered the Great Hall at ❑ine o'clock. The Mass of the Holy Spirit con cluded at ttn. After the Lite.nies there was a pause, in gemral expeetafon of a Papal harangue; in this, however, all were disappointed. The " Veni Creator " having been intoned, non voting Prelates were then invited to withdraw. A movable pulpit was then wheeled into the centre of the hail. By way of preamble, the four first chap ters and the relative canons of the first scheme— defide—condemning rational philosophy and hetero doxy, were read aloud by a Bishop. The votes of the Fathers were then collected—placet and non placet—by scrutators. The Fathers voted the propositions in a complete form, not in detail— moral unanimity obtained. There was a crowded and orderly assemblage; magnificent weather outside. SPAIN. MADRID, April 24 (Evening). The impartial states that Marshal Prim and Senores Mordella. and Sagasta held a confereuce on Thursday last, when a solution of the present crisis, as proposed by Senor Sagasta, was rejected by Marshal Prim. The same paper announces that the Regent will send a message to the Cortes towards the end of May. The partisans of the Duke of Montpensier regard Marshal Prim as the Duke's most determined enemy, and attack the former with great vivacity. The Impartial is of the opinion that a rupture is imminent between the Federalists and the Unionists, and that the latter are gaining ground. A rumour is current that the partisans of the Prince of the Asturias, Alphonsistos, are preparing a rising in bis favour. SHOCKING ACCIDENT NEAR BOMBAY. BOMBAY, April 24. A dreadful accident occurred last night Co a party, including Sir Charles Sergent, General Stock, Jus tice Warden, Major Werden, and other officers. They were returning home in a large omnibus after a pic-nic, when the omnibus upset against the parapet of a deep well at the foot of a steep hill. Madame Ninay, her daughter, and Miss Phillips were killed on the spot, and sank to the bottom of the well. All the others were injured —some se riously. AMERICA. (By Cable). NEW YORK, April 23. The National Steamship Company's steamer England arrived out at 11 p.m. yesterday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1131; the highest quotation during the day was 1131; the lowest, 1131. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 17 1885 7, 1867 10-40 „ Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 23lc Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, $4 50c. to $5 10c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 "13c. • NEW YORK, April 24. The North German Lloyd steamer America ar rived here at midnight on Saturday. BOSTON, April 24. The Inman steamer Etna has arrived out. THE GREEK BRIGANDS AND THEIR PRISONERS. The Pall Mall Gazette publishes through the courtesy of Mr. J. M. Cook, the following particularS of the capture of Lord Muncaster and his party, written by Mr. Thomas Cook :—On the day of our arrival here (Monday, April 11), an exciting and distressing illustration of this " reign of terror" was realized. The three next chairs to that which the writer occupied at the table d'Mte were turned down for an absent party, who did not arrive to take possession of them. In the early morning they had gone, in the company of others, to see the famed battle-field of Mara thon. The party consisted of Lord and Lady Muncaster, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, and their little daughter, Mr. Vyner, a travelling friend of his loriship, Mr. Herbert, Secretary to the Britishiezation, and Mr. Boyl, Seore tary to the 1 +Allan T--.6“,41011. .ane tf the gil;dc-s of the ...,companied them, and an escort of four policemen. We are told that on the previous night, at the dinner table of our hotel, they laughed and joked•about their anticipated excursion, and their exvosures to the possi bilities of an attack of brigands. Their jokes were turned into sad realities, and soon rfter dinner, on Monday evening, the two ladies, the little lassie, and two of the policemen returned to tell the story of the capture of the nobleman and gentlemen of the party, their guide also being detained. It is reported that as the party were returning from Marathon, through a narrow pass between the hills, the four policemen were fired at, and two of them received mortal wounds, one dying immediately, and the other lingering till this morning. A posse of about thirty heavily-armed brigands rushed from behind the bushes which lined the sides of the road, and captured the whole of the gentlemen. The ladies were also required to dis mount from their places in the carriages. The ladies, after enduring the menaces and curious examinations of the highwaymen, were liberated, and, accompanied by two of the policemen, returned to Athens. The policemen were empowered to offer terms of ransom, on the double condition of an amnesty, and a sum of 1,000,000 drachmas, amounting to about 32,000 livres. This morning (Wed nesday, the 13th) it is positively stated that it is part of a political movement for embarrassing and effecting a change of Government. But the haul is considered to be so valuable, that the captors will not reduce their demands, and the grave question is where the money is to come from. On receipt of the news a troop of cavalry was dispatched, and also a number of foot soldiers; but, with the view of saving the lives of the captives, they have been recalled. Thursday Morning, April 14.—At the moment that the closing paragraph of the above was written, yesterday, Lord Muncaster arrived at the hotel, being brought here in a little waggon, in charge of a peasant of the moun tains, on parole, for the purposes of negotiating with the Government, and to get supplies of food and clothing for his lordship's friends in the brigand camp. The Minis ter of War and our Minister, the Hon. Mr. Erskine, had a conference at the hotel with his lordship, after which the noble captive, tr ue t o th e wor d an d honour of an Englishman, was reported to have sustained the integrity of his parole, and allowed himself to be taken back in the same ignominious manner in which he had been brought hither, in charge of large supplies of food, fur nished by our host. It was reported that the terms proposed by the brigands for the liberarion of the captives had been raised from 32,000 livres to 40800 livres, the amount to be paid in English gold, and a free pardon assured to the thieves and, murderers. That the last appellation is strictly corrsct was affirmed by the funeral of one of the policemen, which we witnessed immediately after the reported departure of his lordship. This sad event drew together an immense concourse of spectators of all classes in the cathedral and at the grave. About a score of. our party being recognised in the cathedral, we were invited to places closes to the chair of the officiating archbishop, and to each of us was presented a candle to be held in accordance with the custom of the Greek church. The Birmingham Post publishes a letter from Athens, of which the following is an extract :—"Lord Muncaster, after being kept for two days on dry bread, was sent back for the purpose of hastening negotiations. He still remains with his wife, and not being on parole, it will not be necessary for him to return ; he was brought covered in a peasant's wagon, and put down behind the palace whence he walked into the hotel alone. Provision and clothing have been sent by means of peasants to the captives—turkeys, eggs, bread, tobacco, &c. Is it not astonishing the coolness with which the affair is done ? It is supposed, and is most probable, the Government will pay the money. There is great dissatisfaction towards them on account of their allowing such a state of things to exist. All the journals lay the responsibility upon them as signing in justification, the reply of the Minister of War, and especially the continued assertions of the papers in their interest, that the country was quite safe, and that they had succeeded in putting a stop to all bri gandage. The first questions for debate in the next meeting of the Parliament are to be the best means of clearing out these rascally banditti, and to discuss the administration of the present Government. The Ministry has received severe letters from the English and Italian Embassies on the above subject. The matter is, of course, made a political question, and will, no doubt, result in a change (nothing uncommon here) the Ministry. Sleigh bells are attached to the points of the car riages on the Liverpool tramways to warn vehicles to get out of the way, which they are said to do very easily even in the narrowest streets. The whole of the rails in the streets of Liverpool were laid in the-night time, under the superintendence of an officer of the corporation, and the traffic was not interrupted for a single hour. Could not this be done in London ? ' HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 24 Her Majesty and the Royal Family and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting attended Divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MASSACRE OF THEIR PRISONERS BY THE GREEK BRIGANDS. ATHENS, April 21, 9.40 a.m. The situation of the captives is unchanged. The brigands are surrounded in a tower on the coast at Oropo. They insist upon a pardon. ATHENS, April 21, 10 a.m. The troops have commenced the attack on the brigands. The latter have killed Mr. Herbert and Count de Boyl, Secretary of the Italian Legation. The fate of the others is not yet known. Several brigands have been killed or captured. The rest have fled and are being pursued by the troops. ATHENS, 22d April, 2 p.m. Later intelligence just received announces that Mr. Vyner and Mr. Lloyd have also been killed by the brigands. Two of the brigand chiefs have been killed by the troops, CONSTANTINOPLE, April 24. _ The Grand Vizier has received a telegram from the Ottoman Chargé d'Affaires at Athens, dated yesterday morning, announcing that the English prisoners had been massacred by the brigands. FLORENCE, April 24. _ _ Official advices from Athens announce that the Greek brigands, being closely pursued by the troops, murdered the Secretary of the Italian Legation at Athens and the foreigners they held in captivity. FRANCE. PARIS, April 24. PROCLAMATION OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The Emperor of the French has addressed the fol. lowing proclamation to the nation : " The Constitution of 1852, drawn up by virtue of the power you intrusted to me, and ratified by the eight millions of votes which re-established the Empire, has given to France 18 years of peace and prosperity, not unattended with glory. This Constitution has secured order, and has at the same time left a way open for every improvement, And, indeed, the more security has been consolidated the larger has been the share accorded to liberty. But successive changes have altered the bases of the Plebiscite, which could not be modified without a fresh appeal to the nation. It became, therefore, indispensable that the new Constitutional P . act should be approved by the people, as the Constitu tions of the Republic and of the Empire formerly were. In those two epochs the belief was, as is my own belief at the present time, that everything done without you is illegal. " The Constitution of France, Imperial and Democratic, when confined to a limited number of essential regulations' which cannot be changed with out your assent, will have the advantage of rendering definitive the progress that has been accomplished, and of shielding the principle of government from political fluctuations. 44 Time, too often lost in fruitless and passionate controversies, may henceforth be more advantage ously employed iu seeking the means of increasing the moral and material well-being of the greatest number. " 1 speak to all of you who since the 10th of Dec., 1848, have surmounted every obstacle in order to place me at your head; to you who for 22 years have incessantly added to my greatness by your votes, supported me by your co-operation, and rewarded me by your affection. Give me another proof of your confidence ! By balloting affirmatively you will conjure down the threats of revolution, you will seat order and liberty on a solid basis, and you will Pa aiPr for tha fittoro the transmigginn of it— Crown to my son. " Eighteen years ago you were almost unanimous in conferring the most extensive powers upon me. But now, too, as numerous in giving in your adhe sion to the transformation of the Imperial regime. " A great nation cannot attain to its complete development without leaning for support upon in stitutions which are a guarantee both for stability and progress. " To the request which I address to you to ratify the liberal reforms that have been realized during the last ten years answer ' Yes "As to myself, faithful to my origin, I shall im bue myself with your thoughts, fortify myself in your will, and, trusting to Providence, I shall not cease to labour without intermission for the prosperity and greatness of France. " April 4, 1870." " NAPOLEON. PARIS, April 25. The following Ministerial circular has been ad dressed to the public functionaries throughout the Empire : _ _ "Gentlemen,—The Emperor has addressed a solemn appeal to the nation. In 1852 he asked foi power to preserve order, and order having been assured, yin 1870 he asks for power to establish liberty. Trusting in the right which he holds by the suffrages of eight millions of people, he does not pro pose that the Empire should be discussed ; but he only submits his liberal transformations to the vote. To vote in the affirmative is to vote for liberty. q'he revolutionary party describes as an attempt against the national sovereignty the homage which the Emperor pays to the national sovereignty in consulting the people, and it counsels that nega tive votes should be given. True friends of liberty, despite small differences of opinion, will advance with us. Can they ignore that abstention or dis sentient votes would be but to strengthen those who oppose the transformation of the Empire, in order with it to destroy the political and social organiza tion to which France owes her greatness. In the name of public peace and liberty, in the name of the Emperor, we demand of you, our fellow workers, to join your efforts with ours. We address you as citizens, we do not send to you an order, but a patriotic counsel that %l ill assure to our country a tranquil future, in order that on the throne as in the most humble dwelling the son may in peace succeed his father." The circular is signed by all the Ministers. BOURSE, April 23.—Three o'clock—The marl et closed as follows : per Cent. 3 per Cents 74 85 End of month.— 74 921 credit Mobilier 240 Transatlantic 3OO credit Fonder 1317 50 Paris Gas 1685 Suoz Canal 2OO Bank Shares 2825 Ital'an wives 56 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt... 49 Spanish Threes Homo Debt Deferred itAILWA' Orleans 975 Western Northern ~.. llB5 Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6lO Sardinian Austrian MU 804 i Lombard 4171 North of Spain 6B Saragossa Roman bl M. ERNEST PICARD. M. Ernest Picard has written the following letter to M. Jules Grevy : My dear Colleague,—The disunion which prevails in the reunion of the Left may give rise to the same =is understandings, and I think it advisable to give some ex planations on the subject. We are all •agreed to refuse the Plebiscite, and we are all ready to express this opinion in common, which is the most essential thing. Bu t several of our colleagues di:approved a principle of ad mitting strangers among us when we wished to speak in our character of deputies. I thick with them that we ought to be by ourselves, and share with no one the task, and the responsibility. Still less could we assume responsibilities of another nature, and make ourselves responsible for doctrines and writings with which we had no concern . Y ou u nderstand that when you consult with the delegates of the press, you cease to represent the re-union of the Left. This distinction explains the resolution you have taken;. it simplifies the question, but it suppresses the collective manifesto of the Left, which would have had a great effect and is reducing a part of its members to silence. It has given rise to the impression that a schist prevails. It is true that half of the Left will abstain from signing, because they think that the association of many of our colleagues with certain representatives of the democratic press, is likely to hp: part an exclusive character to the affair ; as for myself am faithful to my impressions, and do not support these views, which if carried out would interfere with the united action of the Opposition. I am ready to join hi any declaration that may be made collectively by WY colleagues, and I take neither the initiative nor the res. ponsibility of a separation to which I am always opposed. In sight of a partial di sagreemen t I exerc i se my right 0, reserving to myself a free acti in,and I fulfil the duty which devolves upon all public men, of knowing how to rest the solicitations of friends in questions of principle. LEGISLATION BY MACHINERY. Of the many strange things done in the 'United State, nothing is more strange than the style in which the LegiS lature of New York does its business. On the 7th install it adjourned, having been in session just sixty-five work ing days, and in that time it had passed the enormous number of 1,498 bills. The whole number introduced into the House was 2,168, of which 2,118 were got through the Senate, and nearly 1,500 presented to the Governor for his approval. These bills dealt with . a very large amount of public and private Pre' perty—canals, railways, parks, thoroughfares, buildings , &c. ; and as the State of Pennsylvania is four-fifths as large as England, and had a population at the census of 1868 equal to that of Scotland, the interests in the hands of the State Legislature are second only to those of the State of New York. The following descrir tion of the way in which the Legislature of this State gets through its business is taken from the Philadelphia Public Ledger :—" The session was distinguished by e recklessness on the part of the majority of the members which has found no parallel since 1852, when " omnibus' legislation ' was in vogue. The system of passing bills merely by reading their titles was onlY tolerated in 1866-7 and 8, but adopted as practice in 1870, and has proved itself to be the most infamous fraud ever practised upon a community, and the chief instrument of bad legislation and decep tion. The following is given as the entire process bY r which hundreds of bills were transformed into laws in the respective Houses :—Clerk (reading the title) : A supple ment to the Act incorporating the city of Philadelphia. Speaker : There being no objection to this bill, it will be laid aside for a second reading. Clerk : A supplement to the Act incorporating the city of Philadelphia. Speaker : Will the House agree to the bill : 2 (Voices anywhere—' Aye, aye.') Speaker : Ww, the House transcribe the bill, suspend the rule, and read the bill a third time by its title? (Voices —`Aye aye.') Speaker : The bill passes. It must not be our posed that the Speaker and Clerk were responsible for this hasty and reckless style of business. They were the mere agents of the majority of the members, and fulfilled their duties under the most aggravating circumstances.' Th e , system had but one result—th a t mem b ers no t on ly cheated the public, but each other. No man could know what his neighbour was doing. The agents of the newspaper press being unable to hear th e bill s rea d, cou ld - judge c 3 their contents only by the manual examination of each of them (numbering 4,186). The interests of a great city of three-quarters of a million of people were at the mercy of any member who, to use the language of the Speaker of the House, was sharper in legislative matters than his neighbour.' The already complicated machinery of legislation was thrown into chaos by bills being re' ported from committees without ever having been coast dered by such committees—by a score of bills being sent into the Legislature with the same title, namely, a sup plement to the Act incorporating the city of Philo , ' delphia'—by the rapid substitution of new manuscript bills for others regularly on the file, by hasty alters? tions or amendments of the most important character (the amendments not being read), and by numberless devices that should never be tolerated in a dignified leg,'is• lative body. The messages of the governor gave almost daily reproof to this carelessness or corruption. He noti fied the House and Senate on April 1 that they had passed two bills twice over, and sent the copies to him to sign —that in two instances they had attempted without justice to invalidate last wills and testaments—that the , had (at least a dozen times) sent him bills whit were plain violations of the Constitution, and that they had in their enactm en t s ou t rage d both English grammar and the rights of the people. Some remedies are proposed. Among them are these " That no bill shall be passed without recording the aye s and noes, as required by th e C ons tit u ti on o f New York. That no bill shall be approved by the governor until ,pub lished for a certain length o f ti me i n th e coun ty to wide' it is intended to apply. That it shall be a penal offence for any legislator to have an interest (direct or indirect) in any bill. "It is added that the citizens of Philadelphia have be, come so much alarmed by some of the recent proceedings 01 the Legislature at Harrisburg- that the City Council has been moved to petition the Governor to give no sanction to any bill until the Council had had an opportunity of. covei=a- t& f - ,effect , v. - - 1 1be. The Governor has ills' vetoed a bill described' by --- o - eitatar - Bucka , low 93 "a big steal." It proposed to make over six million dollars of State bonds to a railway combination " which had neither property nor credit, and scarcely any existence except on paper." The bill would have robbed the State of 160,000 dollars annually for three years at least, and thereafter probably a great deal more. The Governor describes it as "log-rolling legislation." The Zukunft says the illness of Count Bismarck f 0 of a very trifling character, chiefly occasioned by the late opposition he has met in Parliament. On the' other hand, the serious illness of Herr von der Heydt is reported, and it is said that since his return from Italy , th e general state of his health has been of a constantly alarmillg character. FIRE ESCAPES IN NEW YORK.—Since the passing of the law requiring fire escapes to be affixed to the tene ment houses in New York city nearly 11,000 buildings have been furnished with them. The superintendent of buildings refers in terms of commendation to a plan recently proposed—that of having a doorway markea "fire escape, " constructed in the party-walls between ad joining houses.—The Architect. General Garibaldi is said to have received from hi° publishers, the Brothers Richedei, what the Italian nevi's' papers call the remarkable sum of ten thousand lire, for his novel; " Clelia ' oil Governo del Monaco." The .Rivista Europea for April notices the popularity of trans" lations of English and French sensational novels pub li3hed in the Italian newspapers. Among others the Corriere di Milano publishes the " The Moonstone" of Mr. Wilkie Collins, and the Tempo of Venice gives the same author's " The Woman in White." The Binnorw mento of Venice contains a translation of Ponson du Terrail's " Les Miseres de Londres ;" while La Stamps' gives Emile Gaborian's " Le Proces Leronge." DISCOVERY AT JERUSALEAL—An important die' covery is said to have been made at Jerusalem. It is an old stone bearing the figure of a god sitting on a throne with priests on both sides, and a Hunyaritish inscription, two lines in length, which had been brought from Yeman and was offered for sale. Dr. Oscar Meyer, the Chancel' for of the North-German Confederate Consulate, sue ceeded in obtaining an impression which is at present is the hands of the Confederate Consul, Dr. Blau, who LI residing for a time at. Berlin. The inscription is said to contain the name of Athtar (Astarte).—North German Correspondent. REPUBLICAN PROCEEDINGS IN ITALY. —The accounts in the Italian papers represent that the quail" tity of ammunition. recently discovered in Milan was con' siderable. The manufacture of this ammunition had gone on for about a month in an inn on the Piazza del Duorao. Some young men, who said they were engineer student° preparing for examination, engaged five rooms in th@ . houie and immediately set about their work. They ken. on unceasingly during the day, and sometimes even at night, but no suspicion appears to have been aroused. At last the police got scent of what was taking place, andl broke into the rooms. None of the young men were fauna there. FORGERIES OF RUSSIAN NOTES.—A Pole named Dombrowski, aged about 30, was arrested on Wednesday at Paris, on s return from the Northern Railway Sta . tion, to which he had gone to receive a parcel sent, from Li6ge. The packet, which he had still in his possession , was found to contain 421 forged Russian 50 rouble n otes / representing a value of about £3,200. The police hal been watching this man for some days past. He had been once before in custody on a similar charge, and as his haunts are well known there are hopes °f eventually capturing the entire band, by which an mense quantity of false Russian paper money has been put into circulation during the last few years in England, France, Switzerland, and Holland. 72his is the ninth arrest of the kind made since the commencement of the year. WASTE LAND IN NEW ZEALAND.—The Otago Government have set aside 100,000 acres of land at PIT . servation Inlet, West Coast, as a site for a settlemen t ' The ground is being rapidly taken up. The settlemen t at Martin's Bay and Preservation Inlet are formed uncler a special Act. Under this Act the Otago Governmen t was empowered to make free grants of 100 acres to 01 person over 15 years of age, on condition of at lea s two years' occupation, and a Crown grant to b e , issued at the expiration of the third year ; the pa*. having, however, the option of purchase at 10s. an Ab e after the first year if ho desire it. The quantity to disposed of in this way at each settlement, Martin's Dalt and. Preservation Inlet, not to exceed 10,000 acres. , second class, amounting to 30,000 acres at each seal' , ment, is open for sale at ss. per acre ; and a third 60,000 acres, at an upset price of ss. at public auction, u ° ,,, 10s. Of sold 'privately: the holdings under this ele , e° " age Person bell reeltricteci iio9X2r" ditausincri ratio n itit erec Peopl e trausti TT- r t, t. Bp and raced are n Is li t Nod] Telq Plies T 1 both Ex ditto Inc ditto cent., 5 per 3 fr pE In 9 2 tc 89i ; 84 ; I\ leXii Five Tb; _ 7 2 to. Az th en 1 91 t( Lot ter 13ri Fr enz 17i 9 i to to 37. 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