The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-15 00:00:00

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De-la '. for the A, seeing his fist, or two is assail ;omrades, I aratively shop of I his laze atime hls ey would . ndignant, as found me of go rendered ;ITTOS. --- UosheShs istianitP donarieSs so many silted the imself to d by the were the als which all those rows a nd by thiS n to 0 0 - du sum ° Lie Chew' But an ' erings income may CI9P hilit In eVaded• lw to be Le o ptical ecoverea nder the gle peer le dates he Peer , the :einster, Lat §OO O e i n th e nest of 1 at the ake nest into al° [ e voured skeletal for one a letter iles, the w orclop airy 115'4 THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. • The Stock Exchange was closed to-day. The colonial produce markets this week have been fully supplied since the announcement of the Budget, as the arrivals are large, and prices have in marry oases experienced a decline. Some dis , ppointinent has been hit that the rtduc.ion in the duties is confined to sugir, numerous public salts of which have been held and have gone flatly, the re,ult being a fall generally equal to the alteration made in the duties. Of the £121,500 by the Shannon, from the West ' E ji 's, £84,000 is silver and £37,500 gold. The steamer Ripon, for the East, will take out to- Morrow (Saturday) £51,060 in specie. Annexed are t he particulars :.-Point de Galle, gold, £1,690 ; Bonabay, go ld , £20 , 000 ; M a d ras, go ld , £ 5, 3 99 ; neng Kong, silver, 1,12,596 ; Singapore, silver, £6,000 ; and Shanghae, silver, £5,375. The advices from New Granada by the West India mail mention that the latest accounts from the Darien Sur veying Expedition are of the 13th ult. The American war steamer Nipsie had established a tele graphic corps on Nipsie Point, and it was proposed to extend the line up to the surveyors' camp, and thence from time to time onward to the Pacific as fast as the surveyors move. The Indians, instead of sh owing hostility, have, it is said, been most friendly. The city of Panama was lighted will gas for the first time on the 21st ult. The works have been executed by a private company, but it appeared doubtful if the consumption will be sufficient to meet the expenditure. From Nicaragua it is stated that the import duties en goods have been raised 10 per cent., to take effect en and after the 26th inst. The commission of Russian engineers, who lately visited England for the purpose of seeing Mr. Fair- He's narrow gauge railway plant, and the Festi niog Railway, where his engines are at work, have, according to the "Iron and Coal Trades Review," reported strongly in favour of the system. They recommend it to be adopted for a portion of the railway between St. Petersburg an I Moscow, and estimate the cost of construction at about £4,500 per mile. Mr. George Earle Grey, the chief accountant of the Bank of England, has retired from that esta blishment after a service of 62 years, during 39 of which he had filled the position of deputy accountant and chief accountant. The Court of Directors on the occasion passed a warm and unanimous resolu tion in acknowledgment of the upright and efficient manner in which he had performed his important duties. The new chief accountant at the Bank of England is Mr. John Francis. , BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. YESTERDAY. ( TJIIEB.NMENT FUNDS. ' Par Cent. Consols Ditto for Account — 3 Per Cent. Re 'need New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 DO . 5 per Cen Jin.1873 A lnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Exc Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — oe Red Nils, £l,OOO, 21p. Ct. Do. 2/ do. June — Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO — 13 ,.. a p nlo o f p E en n i g n l g and Stock, 41 per Cent 231 2 1 uinada later- 4 per Cont. Bonds — Colonial Cranium INDIAN aOTERNMENT ECURITIISS. In dia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Dc. Opening, for Account — 1)0 . 0 per Cent. July, It 80 - 11 0. 4 pet- Cont. Oct. 188 8 •—• 1001 I) ). Enfaced Papet 4 per ()Ant.. ..- ..... D). 5 por Cert., Jan. 1872 .... ..... ... .. 110 / I) '. N- per Cent. May 1874 Do. 4 ner Cent., Itup. Dal. 187' 3 ,. D } do 18" — ... , ..... Do. do. 1882 — -1,• Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 ... , — 4-3 o BoudE, 4 per Cent.; £l,OOO ..... Do. under 1.1.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ' Do Accqiint Atutrian Bonds 5 per cent _ Do. 18'59 Brazilian 5 per Cent D. 4} per Cent. 1852 Do. do 1858....• — tlO. au 1869 •..• Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 p er C en t., 1865 Do. Account Jo l enos Ayres 6 per Cent... — C Do 2 per Cent. (De f erre d 3 per C en t:— ,-, 4fittn 6 per Cent ..... Do. 41. per Cent.... Do. 3 p er C en t ~ Do. 7 p er C ent ., 1866 _ Do. 6 p er cen t. 1867 ki lornbian, 6 per Cent. lilanish, 3 per Cent., 1825... ..... .. . — L tba,;6 per Cent. '• limo bian P r i nc ip a liti es , 7 p er C en t B9 DoAccount 8 per ew 167 •P‘cuader Consolidated,N 1 per Cent k' CYPtian, 7 per Cent.... ............... .... Do Second Issue • •• Do. £5O( Bonds — Do. . 1864 Do. Account De. £5OO B on d s Do. 4100 !lonia •••. Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. .. Do. Account nO. £lOO ..... Government ßones Railway Debentures Oreet 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups i , DO. Coupons k tuateraal a 6 per Cent .. 110tiduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd - 4 -u o• Acc.unt Italian 5 pc': Cent., 1865 8 ZO. Account . 551 i p,„ Do Mare mmana R a il wa y ulexicat 3 per Cent I D itto for Acco u nt Do. 1864 A unuo 6 Dor Cent. Anglo-French — •L 'evideau 6 per Cent. — 4 2„ 0 crish Imperial 5 pez Cent A eAr Granada ... ..... 25+ Do 3 per Cen . Do, Deferred . o Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .eraviaa 5 per Cent. 1865 D 0 Account roprtoti4guizeent, (UOlarren) _ Do 41. por Cent.. 186 - 2 . — °. do. per Ct.,1853,'6, 7, 9,'60,'2.% ... D 0.1867. — o do. Scrip, £2O paid — D - vasan 5 par Cent., 18'22, £ St .. — 0,., 4 i per Cent 1850 uo 4+ per Cent., 1860 3 per Cent., 1859 D,„ O Per Cent., 1862 o knglo-Dutch 1864, £lOO Bondf — do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do, do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 69+ o tlr dinian 6 per Cent 72 '''Panish 3 per ()en ... Do.Acc,funt ... 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferrea Do. Paasive D o Com. C ert. of Coup. not funded 0 wedish ccount Provincial Atbrtgage Loan Do G overnment, 1864 Tu rkish 6 pdeor, Cen l t ß6B D 0 Account Do A c co p co unter Ct. 1858 en Do 4100 Bonds ••• ••• ....... 1 2 0 6 per Cent., 1862 I'o. Account 0 0 £lOO Bonds Do. 5 per cent. 1865 47; I DO. Aucount D 0 6 per Cent., 1868 ,„ . 701 uo Acc ount ••• ..... Do DJ I Par C ent., Guaranteed — do, Serif — Dividends on the above payable in London. BAustrian a per Cent Ex 10 Florins ••• elgian 4+ per c en t. , E x. 25f. . — tch 4 per (lent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Prench Rentes 3 per Cent., E x . 25f. .• Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E x . 251 53 0 Account CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Moneys ~ Do. Aacount, May 4 mum,- 94 i SHARE LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 78 St Cal, donian 100 751 761 75 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Juuction 100 St Dun, Prth, and Aber. June 100 70 72 20 East London. all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 392 Z;9l St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61 71 St Great North of Scotkiud 100 13 16 St Great Northern 100 119 120 120 St Do A 109 126 127 1261 St Do B 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (lreland) 100 98 100 St Great Western Consolid 100 681 691 694 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Da do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1251 1271 1291 St Loud, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 4:3 431 461 1 St Lond, Chatham ' and Dover 100 144 15+ 1 6 1 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1261 1271 1271 St Loudon and South Western 100 88* 89* 90* St Manch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 51 511 52 St Do New. issued at £5O dis 3O . St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 781 St Do Preferred... lOO ... St Do Deferred 100 10 Do Redeemable 111 91 101 St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 St Midland ...100 1241 125 1261 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 St North British. lOO 34 35 341 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde.loo 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 1331 5 St Do Leeds 100 841 851 St Do York St Do Stockton and Da.rlingta 100 178 180 1811 St North London 100 116 118 10 Do Now, 1868 62 1+ 11 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymue7 lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 761 771 781 St Do Preferred ...100 1091 1101 111 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 41* St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 12* 131 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ••• ••• 10 Waterloo and Whitehall MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 1d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay. Gas, Limited all 5 54 5 Ditto, New 4 pr 4pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 24 31 27 Canada Company all 78 80 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O 1.d.. pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Corn of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of Bngland, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, • 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 42 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 44 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 24 3: 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 24 14d St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 91 99 St Do, 6yer cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 104 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1004 1014 1014 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 24 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 74 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new... 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 44p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds... all 97 96 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 4 id 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31. 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L' 5 1d p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 131 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 10 International Finau Soc, L 5 14 lid 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 44 42 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 all 63 65 644 50 Laud Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading lO 50 Loud Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 11 4 Loud Gon Omnibus, Limd 50 Lend & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 16 16d 20 London and Prey Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 34 44 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 111 114 10 National Steamship, Limd all 14 144 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 1.0 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 44 44d 25 N Zealand Lu & Merc, &c 24 1p 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 14 14p 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 scl 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce 64 23 234 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 4d ip 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 21 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 424 50 Do., New, 1867 lO :31 2d 50 Rhymney Iron ........... all 271 281 15 Do, New all 84 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 20 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Etnpire Ottoman 8 24 34 25 South Australian Laud 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance _ (lira and redaced) all 36 361 37 20 Thames & Mere Mn Ina, L 2 21 2,1 p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 86 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCo of Up Canada 5 ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd ... 6 '2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 stp 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd ... all 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 281 7 9 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln. all 85} 864 84 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited ... 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE SUEZ CANAL. The Times is gratified to find the report on the Suez Canal confirm the most favourable expectations. There are various difficulties in the navigation, to be accounted for by the fact that the canal is not yet complete. It was opened prematurely; and many improvements have yet to be added, which are not even promised before the close of the present year. In all probability it will take longer to effect them thoroughly, but still their completion is only a matter of time, and we may therefore look upon the canal as already successful, so far as its promoters are concerned. They have not only accomplished their gigantic work, but they have every reason to believe that it will endure. Their triumph bids fair to be a last ing one. It is quite a different aacl obviously a much more important question how far the work itself is likely now that it is accomplished, to produce the remarkable results which were so confidently predicted for it before its com pletion, and upon this question the report throws valuable light. We all remember what these predictions in the main were, how the maritime trade of the world was to be revolutionised, and England no longer to remain com mercial mistress of the seas. If, indeed, the Suez Canal were a sea, then this country might possibly fare ill in the coming race ; but, successful and gigantic from many points of view as the work is, it is, after all, only what the report before us calls a " continuous dock," through which very large vessels cannot be taken, despite every possible precaution, without risk of " frequent groundintc and consequent delay." This is the stubborn practical difficulty which bids fair to be fatal to the promised " revolution " in the maritime world. Vessels must be built specially adapted to suit the physical characteristics of the Canal, iron screw steamers having an advantage over all others. Such vessels have been now for some time in course of rapid construction in this country, and, as we possess far greater facilities for their construction than other countries our merchants have only to shew their usual energy and enterprise to secure the lion'S share of the new traffic that will pass through the Canal. It seems to us that, whether the Canal is or is not as largely used as its more enthusiastic promoters anticipate, this country has nothing to fear in the way of cummercial rivalry from other nations. In the latter case we shall retain our original vantage-ground ; in the former we shall acquire a still superior position, in con sequence of the special facilities we enjoy for building vessels adapted to the Canal. We are, of course, assum ing that these facilities will be made the most of, and this seems likeiy to be the case if our merchants go on as they have begun. They were the first to use the Canal, and they are now taking the most judicious course for main tainins, their supremacy on it. The highly satisfactory character b of the Report we have been discussing ought to encourage them to persevere. 23 Messages PARIS TO Fountainbleau Vienna Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 106 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102,-103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 106 k Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 941 951 97 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 951 961 951. Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 lOO 103 105 110, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1595-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, April & Oct 100 108 1111 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan acrd July lOO 1001 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 1011 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875.. 106 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 97-} Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p et, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland G per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and 100 108 110 Du, au 6 d p j c u ly e d, 1893 to 1897 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 1 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1131 1141 1101- Do, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y, 1894 100 101 1021 1021- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1870. GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT OF TELEGRAPHS. -a One of the subjects exciting most interest in the United States, as in the rest of the world, is tele graphy. It is repeatedly discussed in Congress, and forms a never-failing text for lea - ling arti&e writers, pamphleteers, and authors of higher pretens , ons. We have before us the elaborate speech in which the Hon. C. C. Washbourn, on the 22d December last, introduced his proposition to transfer the tele graphs of the United States into the hands of the Government; and a still more elaborate work by Mr. George Sauer on the telegraph in Europe, lately printed in Paris for private circulation. By both, the subject is exhaustively treated, as the rise and progress of telegraphy are traced, not only in the United Status, but in all other countries, and its working in each, skilfully and truthfully com pared. Both the late American Consul at Brus sels and the Representative from Wisconsin have arrived at a conclusion not generally held by their countrymen, that the telegraph ought to be in the hands of the Government, just as ought the post. Indeed, it anything, the reason is stronger for the telegraph than for mail matter. Both contend that communication by telegraph nearly resembles cor respondence by letter; a telegram being nothing more than an open letter, and the very fact that it is open makes it all the more necessary that Go vernment officials should have the handling of such confidential communications. Whatever reasons exist for the servants of the nation doing the work of receiving, transmitting, and delivering letters are at least equally applicable to messages, for the latter is but the supplement of the other, the avant-courier, the light troops preceding the shock of heavy battalions ; still all essentially one. Mr. Sauer, in discussing the transfer of the British wires into the hands of the Government, observes that it was not accomplished without consideration, nor suddenly. The most formidable resistance was offered by the old companies. The struggle ended in complete victory to the Govern ment, but the victory was the result of a long and searching inquiry. Only a few weeks have elapsed since the inauguration of the new system, and the weekly statements published by the Post-oh lice authorities furnish already unmistakeable evidence that the most sanguine expectations will be rea lized. The tariff has been reduced to a moderate and uniform rate, and the traffic having largely increased, promises to reach the maximum estimate of receipts. The boon thus afforded to the public is of incalculable value, while an ever increasing source of revenue has been created to the public Treasury. The New York Times stated some time back that " the Senate Committee on Post-offices, at their meeting, heard Mr. Orton, president of the Western Telegraph Company ; and, further, that statistics were submitted showing that telegraph rates are not higher in the United States, according to distance, than in many European countries, and lower than in several. The average rate per mes sage (it has been asserted) from Paris to the twenty six principal cities in France is 1 2-10th mules per mile, and the same in Italy." We give a tabular statement showing the distance from Paris to twenty-six cities having a population of 40,000 persons and upwards, proving clearly that the assertions are conceived in error. In lieu of 1 2-10 mines per mile, it should have been 0-10 mines, or rather 68-100: Distance from Paris to— Avignon Besangon Bordeaux Brest Calais 297 Caen Dijon 315 „ Grenoble Havre 228 „ Lyons Lille Marseilles 863 Metz Average for mess, 2( messages at 1. franc 7,600 miles at $520 The following table, giv. went of French and Aim lopes the errors referred Venice ••• ••• "• Frankfort ... ••• Bremen ••• ••• London .•• ••• ••• Stuttgart ..• ••• *** Lyons... Montpellier Nancy Nantes Nisnies Orleans Rennes Reims l6O „ Rouen St. Etienne Strasbourg Toulon Toulouse Tours 234 „ Total 7,600 miles 'age, 292-3 miles 26 francs $5 20. to 681-000 cents per mile. in; a comparative state nican rates, to : further deve- Berne ••• •.• ". Havre ... ••• ••• ••• B russe l s ••• Marseilles_ ... ••• DIST. Miles. DIET. Miles. ,NOES. 'Kilom. ,NCES. IKilom Florence ••• "' Olmutz ••• ••' TAR: Frs. Frs. Rome ... ..• "' "' Cadiz ... ••• ••• ... Naples ••• ••• ••• Brindisi ••• ••• ••• •" •.. Stockholm ..• ••• Pesth ••• ••• Madrid •.• ••• Berlin. ••• ••• •.. Dresden ••• ••• •.• Nice . •.• ••• Amsterdam ... Presburg Copenhagen ... Tours ... St. Petersburg Barias•.• ••• Athens ••• The assertion is demolished by a reference to Mr. Sauer's work, page 176, that while the total num ber of messages sent over the Western Union Tele graph Company's lines during the year ending 30th June, 1867, were 10,067.768, the average cos t no t exceeding 57 cents—the average cost in Europe has been 81 cents—for Mr. Sauer's carefully pre pared tables demonstrate that the average rate in Europe did not exceed 39-53 cents in 1868, though the European messages were calculated at twenty words and those of the Western Union at ten words each. The United States and the United Kingdom are the countries most averse to Government inter ference in private enterprise, and it is a singular fact, but one which has been clearly brought out by Mr. Sauer, that the construction of the lines have in them been beyond comparison the most costly and wasteful. From the beginning of tele graphic operations to the close of the year 1867, France expended on her wires $4,781,104, while four companies, calculating the dollar at four shillings, had expended in the United King dom $11,797,270. For her expenditure France got 23,090 miles of telegraphic lines, with 70,330 miles of wires, and 355 miles of submarine cables, :bough England got but 15,990 miles of lines and 76,501 miles of wires. Hence the cost per mile of telegraphic line was $216 in France, or $65 per mile of wire, contrasted with $737 and $154 re spectively in England, which, being interpreted into plain English, means that in the country where the wire was the cheaper, the Company-construction entailed four times the cost of the Government-con struction in the dearer country. And what is the result ? Why, that the telegraphic facilities in Eng land are far inferior to what are enjoyed in France. Thos3 who have had an insight into Company-con coction in England understand the reason of the difference. In contrasting the wire in America with Europe, taken as a whole, it ape irs that the cost of the Western Union Comp ,ny 's lines vari d according to the loca . ion and circums ,. ances from $l5O to $l,OOO per rude. The average is estimated at $4OO per mile of po'en and wires. The amount in Europf? 5 1 .0W3 an average cost of $lO3 86 per mile of wire, embracing ever/ clime from Gibralttir to the Arctic regions, the c-st of submarine cables in the Med,terranean, the Baltic, and the North S:a. The Amer:can newspapers 'have lately been filled with accounts of the break down of the British Goverinnent in its attem,t to work the tele! , raph. It is always a goo I plan to fix an idea in the minds of the people generally, for once implanted, there are thousands from whom it will be impos sible to eradicate the false notion when rooted. Mr. Sauer expresses the utmost confidence that Mr. Washburn's bill, which bad been referred to a special Committee of the House, with powers to call for persons and pipers, will eventually be car ried. It is his opinion that it will bring facts to light which will abundantly prove the advantage of Government telegraphs, a conclusion all unbiassed Persons are compelled to arrive at who study the subject. We would not imagine that they were about to arrive at this conclusion in America from reading the American papers as well as the remarks made in Congress, but we bow to the practical knowledge acquired by Mr. Sauer's long-continued study of the telegraph, which makes him a far better judge of what is likely to happen than those who have not devoted their special attention to the subject. Although he enters into a history of the telegraph from the days when the feeble fluid was transmitted through a wire 700 feet, by Stephen Grey, a pensioner of the Charter-House, in 1727, to the present, we nowhere come across the name of Francis Itonalds, who was knighted the other day by her Majesty, in consideration of his having been the original inventor of the electric tele. graph ; a fact to which we desire to draw Mr. Sauer's attention. If such an honour belongs to Sir Francis honalds, he should not be without a place in so elaborate a work as that of Mr Sauer ; if it does not, Sir Francis should not be held up to the gaze of an admiring public ; and as Mr. Sauer is certain to see this article, we will expect, in com mon with many of our readers, a few words on the subject from him.* * Sir Francis Ronalds has repudiated the honour awarded him in the Times since this article was written. The Prime Minister stated that the distinction was " in acknowledgment of his early and extraordinary labours in telegraphic investigation." The first paragraph, which appeared in the Times, was calculated to call forth com ment; but Sir Francis Ronalds is not responsible for it, and modestly states what his claims are. He invented and employed a perfectly efficient electric telegraph in 1816, and fully described it in 1823. lathe excellent monthlycircular of the Wall-street bankers, Messrs. Henry Clews and Co., it is contended that the Treasury is now in a less favourable'position for resum ing'payment on its notes than it was one or two years ago. The coin owned by the Treasury is barely 8 per cent. of its demand notes, and the continued sale of its surplus gold necessitates a severe contraction of the legal-tender circulation. This these bankers consider to be the Secre tary's policy, one of the means designed being that clause of the Funding Bill, which authorizes the Treasury to ex change 4 per Cent. Bonds for 11. S. notes without limit, and also the ninth clause, proposing an unlimited issue of new bank currency so long as it moves with a con current cancellation of an equal amount of legal ten ders. The measures broached in Congress have the reverse effect of that intended ; unsettling prices, and spurring speculative movements in Wall-street, which has lost its composure, and followed with unreason ing excitement the constantly varying proposals at Wash ington, and the Firm remarks :—" Out of the general con fusion an idea has sprung up that, in some unknown man ner, we have suddenly come to verge closely upon the specie basis; although it is difficult to see what, beyond the fall in gold to close upon 110, there is to suggest such an opinion." The North German Correspondent observes with pleasure in the monthly report of the German Chemical Society in Berlin (Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft zu Berlin') a considerable number of young Englishmen and Ameri cans who are at present attending the University in Berlin. An interesting paper on the history of the platina bases is furnished by Mr. Charles Gordon, which, it learns from the same report, had been previously read at a meeting of the society by its author. The exports of wheat from the United States during 1869, according to the report of the Bureau of Statistics, amounted to 31,360,649 bushels, valued at $46,413,633, giving an average value of 51 35 cents a bushel. The exports fur 1868 were 12,927,412 bushels, valued at $21,786,116, giving an average of $1 68 cents a bushel. The increase of 1869 over 1868, therefore, , amounted to 21,133,237 bushel=, and $24,627,517. The exports of cotton for 1869 amounted to 722,618,9291b5., valued at $187,762,477, giving 26 cents as the average value per pound. The exports of cotton for 1868 amounted to 786,600,7761b5., valued at $165,962,187, giving 21 cents as the average value per pound. The decrease of quantity in 1869 amounted to 63,981,847, but owing to the higher price of the cotton the increase of value was $21,800,290. THE BUILDING ACT. —A journeyman bricklayer has been summoned, at Wandsworth, for not having plastered the inside of the flues of some houses he had been building, which would cause the chimneys to smoke. He was fined 50s. and costs. FRAUDS BY A CHlLD.—Elizabeth Jordan, a girl of 13, has been charged at Southwark with obtaining Bs. and 2s. worth of postage stamps from a Post-office receiver, and also with endeavouring to obtain a sovereign from the branch post-office, Somerset House, and two half crowns from a receiving house. The girl went into the Somerset House office, and asked for two shillings worth of stamps. When the clerk asked her for the money she said she had put a sovereign on the counter which he had taken up. He took the stamps away and sent her for her mother,telling a messenger to follow her. She went into a post office in the Waterloo Road, and tried the same trick, asking for three shillings, and declaring she had given two half-crowns for them. She-was given in charge, and a third witness appeared against he r , w h o had actually been deceived by a similar story, and given her eight shillings and two shillings worth of stamps for a pretended half-sovereign. The ingenious juvenile thief was committed to Newgate for trial. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SECRETARY.—SamueI Taylor, for merly secretary of the Victoria Land and Building Society, has been charged at the Birmingham Quarter Sessions with embezzling a large sum of money. His total defalcations are believed to be about £3,000. He pleaded guilty, and as the counsel for the prosecution supported the plea of the defendant's counsel for a lenient sentence, he escaped - with three months' hard labour. CURIOUS TERMINATION OF AN ELOPEMENT CASE.— Charles H. Dixon was charged at Leeds with stealing a quantity of feminine attire and children's clothing, the property of George Gruham. The prisoner had gone off with the wife of the prosecutor, she having taken a large amount of property with her. It was contended by the prisoner's counsel that the things taken were necessaries alone for a woman and a comin? baby. After a lengthy and amusing examination, in which the use of each article was described, and about which the learned Recorder expressed himself entirely ignorant, " in consequence of his having no wife to provide for." The jury agreed with the counsel_ for the prisoner, and returned a verdict of not g u ilty. - MANSLAUGHTER IN THE ISLE OF MAN.—A very painful case has come under investigation at Douglas, Isle of Man. A man named John Kelly, a widower, with several children, married a widow, with children of her own. Both the man and his new wife were habitual drunkards, and the man's youngest child was eighteen months old, and was so neglected that it died from want and exposure. It was kept lying on straw nearly naked, and was literally starved to death. A coroner's jury found a verdict of Manslaughter against the father, who was committed for trial. A DRUNK AND DISORDERLY CHILD.-At the Rochdale Police Court Rosanna Whitely, ten years old, the daugh ter of a hawker, was brought up charged with being drunk and disorderly. It was proved that she was in the habit of going from one public-house to another asking the customers to let her drink. In this way she got intoxicated. This was not her first offence. The mother of the child said that her daughter was unmanag able, and was subject to fits, and the magistrates discharged her, warning the parents that they ought to look afterher better. A FATHER FINED FOR PUNISHING HIS SON.—At the Kidderminster Police-court a man named James Thatcher was summoned for punishing his own son, a boy apparently of 11 years, but who stated he was only nine. The father was summoned at the instance of his sister-in-law, the boy's aunt. The beating was proved to have been unduly severe, and the bench inflicted a fine of 10s. and costs, or fourteen days imprisonment with hard labour. THE CHARGE OF SCANDAL AGAINST A HEREFORDSHIRE{ CLERGYMAN.—The case of Martin v. the Rev. Mr. Jack son, late rector of Ledbury, Herefordshire, including charges of a very serious nature against the moral charac ter of the rev. gentleman, was brought to a conclusion after occupying the time of the learned judge, who pre sided over the Court of Arches at Westminster, for six days. Sir John B. Kerslake and the Queen's Advocate having addressed his lordship for their respective clients, the Dean of Arches (Sir R. J. Phillimore), stated that the importance of the question at issue, both as to the defendant and to the Church of England generally, required he should weigh and consider carefully the whole of the voluminous evidence laid before him in the case before delivering his judgment: He complimented the learned counsel engaged on both sides for the zeal, ability, and skill displayed, and for the fair manner in which each had conducted his client's case. He announced that he would give judgment at an early date in the ensuing (Easter) term. THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER. The Standard remarks that although the sentence passed by a council of war, composed of one general and five brigadiers, on the Duke of Montpensier, for killing Don Enrique de Bourbon in a duel, is, in point of fact, equivalent to an acquittal, we still consider that it is of a severer nature than he merited, all the circumstances preceding the meeting and on the ground being taken into consideration. An exile from Madrid for a month is not difficult to bear, particularly at this season of the year, and an indemnification of k:1,000 to a distressed though Royal family, his own relatives, is perhaps a less sum than his conscience would have led the Duke de Montpensier to have willingly and voluntarily paid them for the loss of their unfortunate parent. Never theless, we think a w rong h as b een d one hi m b y even the mitigated imputation conveyed by the sentence, for never in the annals of duelling, in so far as persistent abuse went, was there a man more justified in demand ing personal satisfaction from another, and perhaps never before was there an instance of the person com pelled by his position and his wrongs to send a hostile message to his traducer so marked by chivalrous mercy towards his antagonist when upon the ground. When a man is called upon to retract remarks which, although he may regret to have used them on an occasion when his challenger was bound to notice them and cannot from his own honest convictions of their truth comply with the demand, the only means of extricating himself from so unpleasant a situation is to stand his adversary's fire, and discharge his own pistol in the air, when, except a deadly wrong he inflicted, the matter must terminate. But the Duke de Montpensier did much more than the law of duelling would ever have exacted from him. He—the challenger —stood the fire of the person from whom he sought re dress, and only fired at last when he found that it was the deliberate intention of his adversary to kill or be killed. No man before, we believe, ever acted on such an occasion in a similar manner, and surely the humanity which he displayed towards his irreconcileable enemy should acquit him in the eyes of the world of all blame for the lamentable consequences which ensued. THE PROGRESS OF THE TIME, The Telegraph thinks we need not go farther than the actual business of our Parliament at this Easter time to shew that the influence of the Martyr of Humanity is more and more impressing His word, and " drawing all men unto Him." Foremost among the tasks lately self-set to the Empire is the education of all its little children—a task so pre-eminently Christ-like, that to speak of it at this holy season is to keep it well, and to bear in mind the thief precepts of the Master. No task could better befit the season, than that which has occupied, and after the recess will again occupy, the most prominent place among• the legislative schemes designed directly for the benefit of England ; nor could any spirit be more appropriate to the season, than that, which has prompted a generous waiving of denomina tional differences, to facilitate a work conceived in the higher spirit of true religion. The enterprise is worthy of the nation, and the spectacle of this agreement upon principles has been worthy of the task. Let no man and no sect seek to prevent the little children coming to Him; for such is the broad meaning of the change which shall rescue the childhood of England from ignorance, and give. them "eyes to see, and ears to hear." The great Educa tion Bill is, in very deed, to tens of thousands among our population, a Gospel of intellectual truth, addressed not to this generation of English children alone, but to all coming generations of Englishmen. THE INDEPENDENT LIBERALS. The Post considers the Session may easily come to be recorded as one of the most recklessly wasted in our con stitutional history. Given that Liberal members persist in playing cards which the leaders of the Opposition know —none better—how to trump, and it follows that the game may be lost. The Ministry must stand or fall on the principle of the Land 811. The have already gone as far in the way of concession and conciliation as a Govern ment which respects itself, and appreciates the public zonfidence which is reposed in it, can go, and they must draw a line somewhere. But, what is of more importance, it is manifest that the country, guided by its own sound common sense, will refuse to Ascend to the clouds of their theory in a fictiously inflated balloon. We shall be told, perhaps, that this is strong language, that it savours of intimidwtion, and that what it means is unconstitutional. Xgreat deal may be said about the independence of the Legislature, about its eights, its duties, and its dignity, and words of sober warn ing may be described as constituting an attempt to coerce or to circumscribe the action of the House of Commons in the interests of the Administration. We utterly dis claim and repudiate any intention of the kind. We are not wedded to a political party, and still less are we the bond-slaves of the Ministry. It is not the interests of the Government that we are considering, and we are looking beyond the views and over the heads of mere political partisans. Peace and progress in Ireland lepend, we firmly believe, on the acceptance by the Imperial Parliament of the measure of justice and policy which her Majesty's Ministers have proposed, with due regard, we are assured, to their constitutional responsi bility, and we simply desire, as we reasonably and legiti mately may, that the opportunity for reflection presented by the Recess should be properly improved. The statue of Lord Palmerston for Westminster Abbey, is just completed. He is represented as wearing the robes of a knight of the Order of the Garter, with mantle, collar, " George," and badge complete. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.—A. huge crocodile' apparently about 20 feet in length, made its appearance in the Pondicherry Roads on Tuesday last (March 8), where it still remains, exciting no small astonishment among the inhabitants of the town, who congregate in large numbers on the beach and the pier to watch its movements. The scaly monster paddles about on the sur face of the water between the ships and the beach, unmis ;akeably (mite at sea as to its own whereabouts. It is sup posed to have been drawn by the current from the month of some river in the neighbourhood, but no animal of such a ferocious size has been heard of in the district before. the catamaran men and masulah boatmen keep at a respectful distance from the visitor, and although it has frequently been fired at, the shots seem to have no effect in the creature beyond making him dive under water for a short time. Should the crocodile come in contact with a shark in its cruise there will doubtless be a terrific combat between the rival powers.—Madras Mail. THE TEA DEALERS AND THE BUDGET. — We understand that, following on the publication of the de tails of the Budget, there was cleared at the Glasgow Cus tom House in the course of Tuesday no less than 427,4181 b. of tea, the average amount on which duty is paid daily being 12,0001 b. The explanation of this exceptional in crease on the amount of business done is to be found in the fact that dealers throughout the country had reduced their stocks to a minimum in the expectation that Mr. Lowe would apply a portion of the large surplus with which he had been favoured in a still further remission of the duties on tea.—Glaagow Herald. TOWER SUBWAY.—This novel communication has at length been opened, and, we are glad, to say, with perfect success. It is quite true that the managers can not convey as many passengers as desire to cross, but the rapidity of the service will, no d ou b t, be improved by practice. We are able to say that the whole progress, including the lifts and the passage through the subway, is comfortable and unobjectionaole, excepting, perhaps, the occasionally high temp era t ure i n t h e s h a f ts an d . . warting-room.—Engineer. POISONING BY MISTAKE.--An inmate of the Is lington Workhouse having been recently poisoned by taking embrocation instead of medicine, the guardians have ordered that a distinctive bottle, of an oval shape, should be used in future, with the word " poison," placed upon it in raised letters. We would embrace the oppor tunity of calling the attention of Dr. Bridges to this im portant subject, and to the necessity of issuing rules as to the prescribing and dispensing of medicines in workhouses. Boards of Guardians cannot be supposed to b e very deeply versed in such matters ; and we believ - e that they would be ready to adopt proper regulations, if drawn up by Dr. Bridges, and issued under the authority of the Poor Law Board. The question of the contract for supplying drugs ought also to be properly regulated. The guardians will probably be tempted to accept the lowest tenders, and, as they have no means of testi ng th e quality of the icl9s supplied, it Is _pretty evrtai,u that adnite t w el-r.E9Meck—rAtkanati. WASHINGTON Ellsworth, Me. ... Keene, N.H. ••• ••• Montpellier, Vt. ... Waltham, Mass. ... Bristol, R. J.... ••• ••• Fairfield, Con. .•• Genesco, N. Y. ••• ••• Harrisburg, Pa. ... Plainfield, N. J. ... Mount Vernon, Ohio ..• Annapolis, Md. ••• Lansing, Mich. ... Lafayette, Ind. Poeria, 111. ... ••• ••• Fondulac, Wis. Minneapolis, Min. ... Dos Moines, lowa ... St. Joseph, Mo. ••• Little Rock, Ark. ... New Orleans, La. ... Jackson, Miss. ••• ••• Mon , gomery, A1a.... Atlanta, Geo. Columbia, Ten. Charleston, S.C. ••• Raleigh, N.O. ••• ••• Tallahassee, Fa• Lebanon, Neu. Richmond, Va. ••• Austin, Texas ~.. Lawrence, Kan. ... Omaha, Neb.... ... S rOitTIN G TELLIGE.NOE. The following appeared in oar Third Edition of yeater- day:— YORE SPRING MEETING. Icceptanccs for the Great Northern Handicap of 200 sove in specie, added to Sweepstakes of 20 sous each. Two miles. Tal ouret Argyle PlU:gliboy lllacklock AdolplAis Taral su ... Paul Jones ... Acaster C dlilenCo Cap h-pio Toisoa d'Or Age st lb ago at lb .O 8 121 Young Fenton 47 3 . 4 8 4 Soerntus ... 5 7 2 . 6 8 2 ltdalitd 6 7 2 • 5 8 Wild Flower ... 4 7 1 . 4 7 13 Pitmanlo ... 4 6 7 . 6 7 13 Torreador ... 3 6 7 5 7 12 4 7 11 5 7 6 5 7 5 4 7 5 ' Bobby ... 3 6 3 N'earnought ...3 6 3 Swansea ... 3 5 13 Lord Harewood 3 5 11. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. April 11, at 9 a.m., Camel out of 2000 Guineas Stakes. April 11, at 5.15 p.m., Knight of Athol, out of all engage- ments. April 12, at 9 a.m., Albania (dead) out of all engagements. April 12, at 9 a.m. Warlike, out of the Croydon Steeple chase Plate. April 12, at 11.30 a.m., Winifred, out of all engagments. April 14, at 9 a.m., Vansittart, out of all engagements. April 14, at 9 a.m., Duchess of Athole, out of Durham engagements. April 14, at 10.40 a.m., Swansea, out of the Monmouth shire Handicap, Abergavenny. The following names have been given :—Mr Schwartz's bl c (late Burgundy) by Claret, out of Just in Time, 3 yrs— Shilling a Dozen. Mr G. A. Wheeler's b f by King John, out of Christina (late Queen Anne), 2 yrs - Ophelia. Mr W. Bevill's b c by Thormauby—Blue Bell, 3 yrs— Barford ; b f by Cambuscan, out of Tabitba Bramble, 2 yrs—Dewberry ; yearlings: ch c by Newcastle, Sister to Stafford —Tyne mouth ; b f by Prime Minster, out of Nimble—Activity; b f by Cambuscan, Tabitha Bramble—Wait-a-bit. FORFEIT LlST —Bright Weather's forfeit has been paid. ►STEEPLECIIASE FORFEIT LlST—Domino's forfeit, 1868, has been paid. MODERN ELECTION EXPENSES. A Mr. John Francis Meaher communicates to the editor of the Waterford Mail, vouching for its " authen ticity the following extraordinary election bill Jim F--r, Mob Conductor and Botheen Boy, &c., to Mr. Herring's Election Agent, for the following work and Murder done on the day of the polling Feb. 26, '7O : Item To three shouts for Herrings, at 2d. per shout £0 0 9 „ To three hurray for same, at 3d. each 0 1 0 „ To four screeches, at 4d. each „ To three bounces in the air at 4d. each 0 1 0 „ To making a noise for two hours 0 1 0 „ To hitting a voter for Kickham, a rap of a dead cat, which I spent five hours killing the night before „ To making a prod at, and giving two strokes of a wattle to one of Mr. Kick ham's supporters, for which I got a most awful battering from the Kick hamites „ To gripping one of Kickham's party by the windpipe, or throttle ; for which I got a slap of a rock over the left ear, leaving me since in care of a doctor 0 6 7 „ To striking a voter over the sconce with a mud-bag, for which I received cruel treatment from the women „ On the declaration of the poll when Mr Herring was declared elected by 4 ma jority, I took a fit of hurooing, screech ing, roarin, leapin, bouncin, smashing windows, dashing into whiskey-shops, swallowing half-gallons of porter • 6 skelping glasses of whiskey, rowling peelers, smegging sogers, until I found myself nearly dead in the lock-up the following mornin, and had to pay one shillin fine 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 12 0 £1 10 7 P. S.—lf this bill is not pa'd before Patrick's Day be Herrings, there'll be bad work about it ; so look out for squally.—Yours to command, Jim F• RATES OF FREIGHT AND CHARTER. (Front the Slapping and Mercantile Gazette.) The Tonnage loading on the berth for India, China, and the Cape of Good Hops amounts to 56,183 tons, and for Australia and New Zealand to 35,762 tons. No improvement can be reported in Berth Freights for sailing vessels. Steamers, however, are commanding somewhat better rates. Coal rates eastward have changed but little during the week that has elapsed. C tale remains at £26, and Singa pore at £2l per keel from the Tyne. A couple of steamers may be placed at a good rate from the North to the Red Sea. There is considerable difficulty in securing remunerative homeward employment from the East; quotations from the Rice Ports are dull at 555. Coal rates to the cast coast of South America chew an upward tendency. Rio Janeiro is quoted at £24 from the North, and 255. for small ships, and 225. for large ships, from Wales. Bahia remains at 20s. For Marnham22s., as customary, is obtainable. Glasgow to Rosario, 40s. is paid for of sleepers. There is a scarcity of freights to the West Indies. Havana is firm at the rise reported last week ; 20s. might now be obtained. Some inquiry is made for vessels London to St. Kitts and back at 555. on the round. A small ship might be placed at 50s. to 625. 6d. Wales to Port-au-Prince and back. During the week there has been more activity in coal chartering to the Black Sea ; the rate for Danube front the Tyne having improved to £lB IQs. ; £l6 can be done for Odessa. For Taganrog, 15s. is paid from Cardiff. Very little is doing for Alexandria, a large quantityof coal being now afloat for that port; 15s. 6d. is paid from the Clyde, -, - td 13s. from Liveipool. Corfu and Smyrna are quoted £l6 from the Tyne. THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French Rentes to-day were quoted 73f. 77c. NEW MODE OF WARMING RAILWAY UAn !MGM —A new method of warming first-class carriages in Express trains has been adopted in Bavaria, A special van is attached to the train and contains a powerful " calorifere," and the heated air is conveyed to all the carriages of the train by means of india-rubber tubes. The experiment with first-class carriages is reported upon so favourably that the authorities have determined to apply it to all the carriages on the Bavarian lines, and it is expected that it will soon be adopted on all the German railways.—Guardian. THIEVES' SUPPERS.—" Ned Wright " still con tinues his efforts to benefit the criminal class from which he has been himself rescued. About two hundred con victed thieves were assembled on Wednesday night at his meeting-house--once a penny gaff—near the New-cut. They were each given a basin of good soup and half a loaf ; and after supper Ned Wright gave them a vigorous practical address. Before obtaining admittance, every thief is obliged to apply for a ticket, and to furnish parti culars of his position. Ned knows the name and address of every man who attends his meetings. He said on Wednesday night he was not without means of obtaining honest work for any who were desirous of leaving their present mode of life; but, it is to be feared, from the inte resting account he gave of his own history, that this must he his chief difficulty. THE VAGARIES OF A FEMALE PAUPER.-011 Wednesday, at the Town Hall, Salford, a woman named Elizabeth Clarke was charged by the master of the Salford Workhouse with refusing to do • work which had been allotted to her. She had been given into custody on the previous day, and• removed to the police-station. Divesting herself of her clothing, and tearing every article to shreds, she pre sented herself to the astonishment of the officer who went ' to the cell for bringing her into court in a state of perfect nudity. Puzzled what to do with the woman, the officer con- . sulted his superiors, and Clarke, envelopedin a blanket, was removed to the dock in the court. The master of the work- ' house deposed to her refusal to work. and outrageous and intolerable conduct. The bench advised her re admission to the workhouse, but the master refused to have anything more to do with her. The bench then discharged' her, and she left the building with the blanket wrapped Around her body. A REPREHENSIBLE RECTOR.—A. curious affair occurred at the last sitting of the Jersey States. The Rector of Trinity took his place among the rectors, though he had not been present before for two years. The Legislature of Jersey, as some of our readers may need to: be reminded, consists of a governor and bailiff, appointed , by the Crown, twelve judges of the Royal Court; the rectors of twelve parishes, and twelve con-j stables elected by the ratepayers. Before , the business of the day on this occasion was, commenced the rector of St. John's called attention to the unusual appearance of his brother rector of Trinity, and after a sharp speech moved the following singular resolution :—" Considering that it is incumbent on the States not to admit any person into this assembly whose reputation is such as may bo considered repre hensible, and that the conduct of the Rev. William Du Heaume, Rector of Trinity, since the desastre on his property in 1868 has not been such as to contribute in any way to help him out of his deplorable circum stances, nor that, until on the present occasion, he has made his appearance in this assembly, the States have resolved not to recognise his presence." A warmish conversation followed, but most of the members were averse to entering on moral and per sonal investigations. " Consider, said one of the depu ties, "how very unpleasant it would be to inquire into "private character. Everybody has his own history." The President did not consider that the ejection of the Rev. William Du Heaume could be legally effected ; and the best course would be to leave the matter between his conscience and himself. The rector of St. John's then withdrew his proposition, and the matter dropped. Would not all the rectors be better out of the States ;-English Indepaideqs_