The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-28 00:00:00

Despite the fall in the value of wheat, and the gene rally improved aspect of agricultural affairs, the tone of the Stock Exchange markets to-day has been depressed, and the fluctuations have been mostly unfavourable. At the same time, however, the fall has in no case been im portant+ Consols have been flat, at a relapse of per cent. For delivery, the quotation has been 921, 92, 1 ex div., and for July, 920, 92 ex-div. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 921, 92g. Exchequer Bills, par to ss. prem. Bank stock 233, 235 ; Indian Five-per-cents 1102, 1111; and Indian bonds 20s. to 255. prem. In Englisu railway stocks the business doing has been to a very moderate extent, and the alterations in prices have been neither numerous nor important. Metropolitan has fallen /, or to 691 ; Great Northern A or to 1321; North Western 1, or to 1291; and North Eastern 1, or to 1452 ; Caledonian, however, has been firmer, but 781 shews a rise of /, whilst South Eastern is I better, the quotation being 771. For Indian railway stocks there has been but littfe in quiry, and the movements have been unimportant. Cana dian shares have been flat, and Grand Trunk have been 1 lower. In foreign shares no transactions of importance have been reported. The market for foreign bonds has been quiet. The principal feature has been the inquiry for Mexican, resulting in an advance of 1. the price being 162. Peru vian have fallen 1, or to 911; Egyptian (1868), 1, or to 822 ; Spanish (1869), 1-16th, or to 31 1-16th. Turkish (1865) are quoted at 732 ; ditto Five per Cents, 521. The Peruvian Loan is quoted at 2 to 1 prem. ; and the Spanish at 2 to 11 prem. American securities have been flat. The Five-Twenty Bonds have fallen ; the Ten-Forty,' ; Erie shares, 1 ; and Illinois Central, 1. _ Bank shares have sold slowly. Chartered of India have fallen ; otherwise prices have been maintained. Telegraph shares have been quiet, and generally with out change. Telegraph Construction shares have receded to 26-i. _ _ . At Mark Lane to-day wheat was dull, and 2s. easier. Spring corn, although not actually lower, tended down wards in value. The traffic returns of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway shews an increase of £1,457 over the cor responding week of last year. The discount market has been moderately supplied with capital. The demand for accommodation has not been active, and three months paper has continued to be taken at 24 per cent. At a meeting of the Assam Company the directors, report was adopted, and a dividend of 31 per cent., making, with previous payments, 6 per cent. for the year, was declared. A balance of £12,112 was carried forward. The report of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Rail way, to be presented on the Ist of July, recommends the creation of additional capital to the extent of £700,000, of which £160,000 will be first issued, in order to extend the line to Azul, and eventually to Tandil, a distannce of about 17 miles. The work can be executed for about £4,000 per mile, and the prosperity of the existing line, which cost £ll,OOO per mile, is considered to afford con clusive desirableness of the measure. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states : " The commercial advices from A merica are of a very discouraging nature. From New York the failure is re ported of Messrs. Werner Brothers, engaged as jobbers in woollens and cloakings, with liabilities estimated to amount to $220,000, and assets $172,500. The stoppage is also reported of Messrs. Jones, jun., and Co., wool dealers, Boston, with liabilities variously estimated at from $300,000 to' $500,000. Several firms in Philadelphia are involved by this suspension. The Lawrence Worsted Company, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, has also stopped payment." LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-MONDAY. LATEST PRICES AFT. ER OFFICIAL HOURS. SECURITIES. Brazilian, 1865, 5 p c 9ll 92i Egyptian, 1868, 7 p c 824 82 Do. Rail. Debeu., 7 p c 10141021 Italian, 1861, 5 per cent 594 591 Peruvian, 1865, 5 per cent 914 928 Portuguese, 1869, 3 Do 334 34 Russian, 1866, 5 p c 934 948 Do. Nicolas, 4 per cent 6B/ 691 Spanish, 1867, 3percent 314 311 Do., 1869, 3 per cent Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 81 89 Do., 1865, 5 per cent 521 521 I Do., 1865, 6 per cent 734 74 U, S. 5-20 Bonds, 6pc 1882 90 92; Do., 1865 DO., 10-40 Bends, spc 1901 874 88 Erie Slll., 100 dots. all pd. 181 191 GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, MONDAY.—The market i steady, at 60s. cash„ 60s. 41(1. in one month. Buyers will do business at these quotations. Sellers want a little over. CORK BUTTER MARKET, MONDAY.—Ordinary firsts, - 112s. ; seconds, 1095.: thirds, 105. ; fourths, 995. ; fifths, 755. ; sixths, 555. 1,150 firkins in the market. Mild cured, firsts, 116 s. ; seconds, 113 s. ; thirds, 105. 50 firkins in the market. MONETARY NEW S.---YESTERDAY 1 GOVERNMENT Three per Cent Consols-924 924xd Do. for Account 924 92 fad Three per Cent Rdcd 924 924 New 3 per Cent Exchequer Bills,March, par spm Do., June Bank Stock India 5 per Cents 11011114xd Can.6pcJan.daulylB77-84 107 108 Do. 5 per cent. do. ,984 994 Domin. of Can. 5p c 1903 974 984 New S. W. 5p c 1871-76 102 103 ew Zealand 6 p c 1891.. 112 114 Do. 5 per cent 9941004 Do. 5p c Consolidated ueensland 5p c 1882 112 113 Victoria 6p c Jan.& July 115 116 Do. 5 p c do. 104 1044 RAIL' Bristol and Exeter B6 88 Caledonian 7B 781 Great Eastern Great Northern 12211231 Do. A Great Western Lancashire &Yorashire 133 134 L. B. andlSonth Coast Lon. Chat . , and Dover 1 5 3 /4 16 Lon. and Nbrth-Western 12911291 Lon. and South-Western 90 91 Man., Shef., and Lincoln 521 521 Metropolitan 691 70 Met. District — - Midland North British 371 38 North-Eastern Consols Do. York — South-Eastern Bona., Bar., &O. Ind.g.s po 1071108 i East India guar. 5 p 113 114 Grand Trunk of Canada 141 15 Do. Ist Preference Bonds 64 66 Great Indian Pen. g. 5p c 108 109 Great Western of Canada 14 151 Madras g. 5 pc lOBllO9l Scinde. Delhi, do. Scinde,%Punjaub, do 1041071 Dutch Rhenish 24i 25 Eastern of France 24 25 Great Luxembourg l4/ 141 Northern of France 0 ttom. (Smyrna to Aidin) 61 7 Recife and San Francisco 14 161 San Paulo (L.) guar. 7p a 21 21 , S. Aus. & Lom. Venetu. BANKING COMPANIES. • Pa Agra Bauk (L) A .... 101 111 10 Imperial Ottoman 4 l3lpm Alliance (Limited) .. 141 151 20 Lon.Cnar. of Austrlia24l Anglo-Austrian .... 16 18 pm 20 London and County 50 51 Anglo-Egyptu (Lim) 241 241 15 Londo a Joint-Stock 341 351 British N orth•Amren 54 56 20 Lndn & Wstminstr 61 62 Ch.of InAustralia 161 17/ 10 Metroolitan 9 91 Char. Mere. dia, of India 30 31 20 Midlanpd (Limited) 1 dis, par City Colonial Consolidated (Limtd) /1 pm 25 Union of Australia.. 46 47 Eng., Scot. & Aust. C 17118} 15 Union of London .. 391 40i Imperial (Li: nited) l9 191 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd 10 Anglo -American (L) 78 80 100 Atlantic 3 British Ind. Ea. (L) o 7 10 British Indn Sub. (L.) 8 81 7 Fal. Gibraltar, dm (L) 9 93 Pd 10 Great Northern .... 11i 12 25 Indo-European (Lmtd) 14 18 10 Med. Extension (L).. 5 63 20 Soc. Trans. France (L) 14/ 15j SW. India & Panama 7 71 MI SCELLANEO' Pd 10 Berlin Waterworks (L) 141 151 27 Canada Company 78 80 If) Ceylon Company (L) 38 28 die 20 Colonial idis, ipm 10 Cred. Foncier of E (L) 21 28 100 Crystal Palace 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 5 6pm 78 Gen. Cred. & Dsct 1 pm 14 Gen. Stm Navigation 29 31 45 Hooper's Tel. Works lB 1 dis [GETS. LONDON TRADE REPORT, MONDAY.-Tallow is quiet, Y.O spot, 455. to 455. 3d. per cwt. Town tallow, 415. 9d. nett cash Stock on hand, 35,774 casks, against 26,701 last year. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY.-Very few samples of English wheat were on sale at Mark-lane to-day. Owing to the late rains, and the improved state of agricultural affairs, the trade has been dull, and prices have receded ls. to 2s. per quarter. A similar reduction has been observable in the value of foreign wheat, for which the inquiry has been to a very mode rate extent. The show of barley has been moderate. The trade has been quieter, at about late rates. Malt has been quiet, on former terms. Oats have been in moderate supply, and fair request, at about late rate rates. Beans and peas have been quieter, but' without change. Flour has been dull. Country marks and foreign qualities have been ls, to 2s. lower. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, MONDAY.-There has been very little demand for tea to-day, at about late rates. Raw sugar has been dull, and the demand for refined has been inac tive. Coffee has been quiet. LONDON METAL MARKET, MONDAY.-Iron has been steady, but not active. Tin has been firm. Copper and other metals have sold slowly. LONDON OIL MARKET, MoNDAY.-Linseed oil has been quiet. at 31s. 3d. to 31s. 6d, spot. Rape has been flat. English brown, 425. 9d. to 435. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.-There has been a falling off in the show of stock to-day, both as regards number and condition. The supply of beasts has been mode rate. The trade has been steady, and enhanced rates have been obtained. The best Scots and crosses have sold at ss. to Is. 2d. per 81bs. As regards sheep, the supply has been short. The demand has been more animated, and prices have had an upward tendency. The best Downs and h a lf-breds have realised ss. 4d. to ss. 60, perBlbs. Lambs have been firmer, but calves and pigs have sold slowly. Beasts from 3s, 2d. to ss. 2d.; sheep, 3s. to Is, 60.: lambs, " Os. 6d. to 7s. ; calves, 35. 10d. to ss. Bd. ; and pigs, 4s. 6d. to ss. Bd. per 8 lbs., to sink the offal. Total supplies :-Beasts, 3,520 ; sheep and lambs, 25,080; calves, 350; and pigs, 120. Foreign :- Beasts, 310: sheep and lambs, 6,420 calves, 295; and pigs, 45. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, MONDAY.-The supplies of meat quotations have :-Beef, been from short 3s. 60 . eto . Th trade Is. has been steady, to Is. at our • lamb, ss. Bd. to 6 s. 4 d. ; veal, 4s. 80. 'to Is.; and pork, 4s. to ss. Bd. per 81b. by the carcase. LIVERPOOL CATTLF MARKET, MONDAY.-The supply of cattle was less, of sheep lambs much larger, at this market to day than last Monday. There was a fair demand for cattle, at full prices. There was not much change in sheep. Lambs sold at lower prises. Good lambs were very scarce. Prices-Beef, 64d. to Bd. per lb.; sheep, 74d. to 84d. per lb,; lambs, 740. to Rd. per lb. Number of cattle in the market, 1,404 ; sheep, 12,714. • LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.-This market opened with a fair demand to-day, and closed with a rather better feeling. The sales reached 12,090 bales. Speculation and export, 3,000 bales. Eight , hundred American bales sold at 840. to 12d ; seven hundred Pernambuco bales sold at 9/d. to 11d.; three hundred Bahia bales, 100. to 101 d.; two hundred Maran ham bales, 11d. to 11 d .; four hundred Egyptian bales, 6d. to 144. d,; ten Smyrna bales, 91(.1.•, three hundred Peru bales, 90. to 11id.,• 2,090 Surat bales, 7,4 d. to 940. The imports amounted to 3,437 bales. MANCHESTER COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.-The tone of this market is no worse since Friday ; and prices may be con sidered steady at the decline on that day. The business doing though still small, is rather on the increase, as producers on Friday, and also si nce, have shewn more willingness to meet buyers. The Liverpool cotton market shew less irregularity, and this has produced rather a better effect here, as many think a steady point has now been reached, MAR S SECURITIES. Pd 51. Rbbr. G P Tel. Wks. 45 46 100 Intr. Financial (14) 1 die 5 Mdras Irrigton g. 5 p c 104 105 5 National Discount IL) 1111 12 50 Ocean Marine 20 Pninslr & Orntl Stm. 40 42 Telegraph Constrotn 2611 26i St Tobacco 6 p c Ln, Qua. 5 by Italian Gvrnmnt 91 93 Ti - ust & Ln of U (Inds pin AYS. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, J UNE 28, 1870. LAW AND POLICE. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Although the commencement of the past week was characterised by tropical heat and the absence of rain, towards the close the temperature became cool, and refreshing showers fell, more or less generally over the country. The previous fall had been very service able to the corn and fruit, though too late for the hay crop, and should those welcome rains continue, the meadows will soon recover their verdure. The want experienced was causing the forced sale of stock at ruinous rates, and the slaughter of lean stock could not fail to have a most disastrous effect upon the future price of m eat already above the reach of many of the poor. But a better fate now seems intended for the nation, though a severe pressure has already been locally felt. France, as we surmised, has been excited beyond bounds, especially in the matter of wheat ; but with the crop already mature in the South, she begins to find out her mistake, and Paris has already noted a decline in wheat of 3s. to 4s. per qr., while in some parts of the country it has been more. Her influence has left many of the con tinental markets at a high and unnatural range, which we expect will shortly be set right, for whatever of justifi cation there may have been for the smart and very unusual rise in spring corn, there appears to have been very little reason in the fears for the wheat harvest. —Mark Lane Express. The Magnet says the'weather during the past week has been more unsettled. In the Southern counties bene ficial rains have fallen, and have assisted in improving the aspect of affairs, but much more moisture is wanted to remedy existing evils. The quantity of grass is still unusually limited, and where the crop has been sewn it has proved to have been miserably defi cient in extent. However, the effect of the rains now visiting most parts of the country is yet to be ascer tained, but it is certain that beneficial results cannot otherwise than accrue from the refreshing showers. The wheat plant does not appear to have suffered so much as has been represented. Indeed, it is asserted that on heavy soils and in low-lying districts the crop will be a good one, both as regards the quality and the extent of the yield, the depreciation being only perceptible on badly-farmed lands and light soils. Barley and oats are expected to make but a poor show, and beans as well as peas will probably turn out very light. Much still depends upon the immediate future course of the weather, inasmuch as heavy rains falling on a dry and heated soil would promote the rapid development of vegetation, and probobly fine large second crops of hay and abundance of late green and root crops. The severe drought which has wrought so much apprehension and damage 'in the southern parts of the kingdom does not appear to have been so severely felt in Scotland. In fact, throughout the northern counties, the corn crops are farther advanced, and give greater promise of an abundant yield than for a number of years past. In some districts barley is in ear. The hay crop will be unusually heavy. Field potatoes shew luxuriant growth. Turnips are the only crop with a backward appearance. The turnip beetle is this year unusually abundant, and it has eaten down the tender turnip braird as it appeared above ground. In many cases re-sowing has been re sorted to, and where it has been followed by a rainfall, the plants are forcing themselves forward. The eaelier sown turnips are thriving best, and in the lower districts hoeing has been proceeded with on many farms. In the counties to the south of Aberdeen there has been less rain than in the north, and the crops are scarcely so far forward, though they are not more backward than in ordinary seasons. Over the whole of Scotland, the pro spect of an abundance of feeding stuffs of all kinds is, for this period of the season, unusually favourable. Bell's Weekly Messenger says :—During the past six months less than half the average rainfall has taken place. Vegetation was altogether checked in April and May. The plant, however, had obtained a firm hold upon the ground, and was well able to resist the severe alternations of temperature to which it has since been ex posed, and even to benefit by the dry weather we have recently experienced. That this is the fact is evident because whereas the plant was backward—in some places very backward—at the close of April and the beginning of May, it is now in a fair forward condition, and there are no apprehensions of the harvest falling late. In short, a great improvement has taken place in the wheat plant during the last six weeks, and all cause for gloomy fore bodings, for which there was toomuchreason atthe close of April, has been removed. The plant is certainly not thick, except on favoured soils, and the straw is short, but the ears are strong and level, and appearances justify the be lief that the return will prove an average one. It may be remarked that in dry seasons like the present opinions usually become current in regard to the wheat crop, the falsity of which is generally exposed at the time of thrashing. The reason of this is not difficult to discover, and has indeed already been pointed out by us. In hot forcing seasons the wheat plant does not present that luxuriant appearance in the fields that it does in humid years ; but it will almost invariably be found that dry seasons are most favourable in this country for the proper development of the wheat plant. We are now approaching a critical period in the history of the crop.. Blooming has already commenced, and heavy falls of rain or strong winds would be prejudicial. The crop, however, would be stimulated bymore moisture on light soil. We must glance rapidly over the position of the spring corn corps. Barley is very variable, and is probably in most danger. Oats have also suffered from the want of rain, but the recent showers, which have been very general, have greatly benefitted both crops, and they have made considerable pragress during the past fortnight. Beans and peas stand in much the same position but the pulse crops do not give much promise of a good return, though there is sufficient straw to carry fair crops. Haymaking has become general in West Somerset, but the crop is light, and the farmers are uneasy about winter food for their stock. From France the accounts are some what better than was feared. In the Jura the wheat is tolerable, in Bazas it is good, and in the Loire it is described as magnificent. In the rise the wheat on good land is fair, but here as elsewhere the crops on light ground have suffered. In the centre of France the de ficiency is much greater than in the South. In Alsace the hops are as yet in a satisfactory condition. From the Continent the reports are somewhat contra dictory. In reference to the yield of wheat in France, it is now asserted that the actual deficiency on heavy soils will be more apparent than real, and that it is only on thin soils that the crop will turn out badly. Then, however, it is generally admitted that the yield will not ex ceed one-half the average. In Southern Prussia the fields have presented a magnificent appearance, and, not withstanding large purchases, the value of wheat has ruled slightly easier at Odessa. In Belgium, Holland, and Russia the yield will be about sufficient to meet home requirements ; whilst the state of affairs in Bohemia has been further ameliorated by the occurrence of copious showers of rain. From America we have varying accounts. Minnesota has been blessed with abundant rain, and has never had a more promising wheat crop, while the forwardness of the season promises a harvest two weeks earlier than usual. Wheat is reckoned at one dollar a bushel. Illinois, too, has good news, and promises uhusually large crops- Virginia has had an extremely wet season, so wet that the late kinds of wheat are very backward, but the earlier varieties are good. Clover and oats have suffered from wind and rain. Georgia has a good crop of wheat, but not much to spare for export apparently as much ground is given to cotton. From the north-west provinces of India comes the news that the price of wheat fell steadily from the beginning of April to the middle of May. Barly has also been low, but prices have reached their lowest point, wheat having been twenty seers per rupee, and barley twenty-four. It is thought they will now rise slowly. The Government has determined on laying down an additional telegraph submarine cable between Ireland and England. THE ROYAL VISIT TO READING.—SO great is the excitement at Reading respecting the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, that from ten to eighteen guineas are being paid for windows from which the procession can be witnessed. THE RIOTS AT CORK.—The correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette telegraphs that the men on strike at Beamish and Cranford's brewery, Cork, seized the engi neer on Friday and attempted to put him into the machinery, which was in motion. THE POPE'S CONSISTORY.—The Pope will, it is expected, hold a secret consistory for the preconisation of several bishops, among whom will be four French prelates. These will consist of the new Archbishop of Lyons, and the Bishops of Grenoble, Nantes, and E‘ reux. It is said there will be no more promotions to the Cardinalship. NORWICH ELECTION.—A. correspondent telegraphs that Mr. Warner's friends have sent out circulars soliciting promises of support to every registered elector, with the view of ascertaining their strength. The negotiations undertaken by the Conservatives with Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., have gone off, and Mr. Robert Baxter, of the firm of Baxter, Rose, and Norton, is now confidently named as the candidate of the party. According to the Observer, Mr. S. Morley was unavoidably prevented by his engagements at Bristol from voting with the Government against Mr. Richard's amendment on Friday. No pairs were to be obtained upon this division. Many of the ordinary supporters of the Ministry were at Windsor, in attendance at her Majesty's fete, and in consequence the majority for the Government, large as it was, did not represent the full strength of the support accorded to Mr. Forster's scheme. NEW LOANS.—The Economist again cautions the public against foreign loans, especially two brought out this week for Buenos Ayres and Honduras. It thinks neither of these States should be able to borrow without their claims being carefully scrutinised. One of the loans Perhaps is as bad as anything that can be imagined, but it is tolerably certain that more of these attempts will be made upon the public purse, with consequences it is not difficult to foresee. MR. HODGSON, M.P.—The new Member for Bristol, Mr. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, is not a stranger to St. Stephen's, as he represented the borough of Bride port from the year 1857 down to the general election of December, 1868. He is the eldest son of the late Mr. John Hodgson, of The Elms, Hampstead, Middlesex, who died about twelve years ago. He was born in the year 1814, and educated at the Charter-house. He is a merchant of high standing in the City of London, and a director of the Bank of England, and a Commissioner of Public Works Loan Office. PARK AND BOULTON.- 1 A FOOLISII FREAK.—William - Hewitt, a young man, describing himself as a waiter, was charged before Mr. Tyrivhitt, at Marlborough-street Police Court, on Monday, with being drunk and disorderly. Sergeant Mackenzie, 4 C, said that at four o'clock on Sun day afternoon he saw the prisoner, who was drunk, in Piccadilly, extending his arms before some ladies and gentlemen, saying that he was Park, then that he was Boulton, and to others that he was " Miss Park," and several ladies and gentlemen complained of his annoying them. He then took the prisoner into custody, and at the station he said he had been having a lark. The prisoner said that all he had done was to ask the persons whether they had seen Park and Boulton. Mr. Tyrwhite fined the prisoner 10s., or seven days. VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A RELEIVING OFFICER. — John Robertson was charged at the Thames Police Court yester day with assaulting Mr. Ed. - Neagle, one of the Relieving Officers of the Stepney Union. The complainant said he was proceeding along Salmon's-lane, Limehouse, carrying a parcel of books in his left hand, when he was met by the prisoner, who stopped in front of him, and with his right fist struck him on the side of the face. He seized hold of him and struggled with the prisoner, collared him and took him to the workhouse. While waiting for a police constable the prisoner struck him on the side of the face again. He then took the prisoner inside the work house, and kept him there till a constable arrived, when he was given into custody. The prisoner, in a whining, exaggerated strain, said Mr. Neagle was a villain, and the greatest liar that ever lived. On being admonished for using such coarse language, the prisoner said he went to the Ratcliff Workouse for relief. Mr. Neagle refused to give him any, and said " Turn that f ellow out of the house." Mr. Noaglo said he had been frequently threatened by the prisoner, but for what he did not know. His wife was receiving out door relief, and the prisoner was sup ported by the money. He never did any work. He was sent to prison for 14 days. A PAINFUL STORY. —Mr. Edwin Clarkson, a gentleman of independent means, residing at Brighton, has been summoned at the Worship-street Police-court for deserting his wife, and allowing her to become chargeable to the parish of St. John, Hackney. The wife was formerly a servant in his father's house, and the defendant's family were strongly op posed to the marriage. However the husband and wife lived happily together until last April when the defendant announced his intention of going to Brighton and taking the children with him. He parted from her at the station in an affec tionate manner, but she neither saw him nor heard from him until she met him before the . magistrate. The Hackney Board of Guardians, on being applied to for assistance, found her without the necessaries of life, and took proceedings against the husband. The case was Adjourned several times to allow of an arrangement, being come to, and eventually the defendant agreed to allow his wife 255. a week, his father becoming responsible for the due fulfilment of the promise. The magistrate threatened, if terms were not agreed upon, to commit the defendant to prison. He was ordered to pay £8 ss. for the reimbursement of the guardians, and the two younger of the three children were ordered to be given up to the mother, - • A QUESTION OF DOMICILE.—A case of some importance relating to the law of domicile, has been tried before Vice Chancellor James. The question was whether the representative of a deceased husband or the surviving wife was entitled to a certain sum of money, to which the wife was originally entitled as next of kin. The husband was a Scotchman, but resided in England dur ing the latter half of his life, and the wife contended that his domicile was English, and that, by a settlement made before marriage, he surrendered auy right to this particular property. On the other hand it was argued that the husband, whose name was Allan, was horn and bred in Scotland, a landed proprietor and a banker in Edinburgh, having been also once Lord Provost of that city. He was married in England to a wealthy widow lady, and it was maintained that her influence over him became so great that his selection of an English house was more a necessity than a choice.. Mr. Allan, who was a staunch Conservative, went down to Edinburgh to take part in the great banquet given.to Mr. Disraeli, but took a vio lent cold on the way, and returned to Brighton, where he died. The Vice - Chancellor decided that Mr. Allan was not so much under the influence of his wife that the choice of .an ' English home, was a matter of necessity, and therefore his domicile was English. There was no reduction into possession and it was therefore unnecessary to determine the effect of the settlement. • A HEBREW BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.—The case Of Keiser v. Marajosef was tried in the Bail Court, Queen's Bench, before Mr. Justice Hannen and a common jury. The parties were Hebrews ; the plaintiff keeping a re freshment and lodging-house in Duke-street, Aldgate, and the defendant being a lodger in her house. The plaintiff alleged that shortly after coming to lodge in her house the defendant promised her marriage, whereupon she obtained from a Rabbi, whose housekeeper she had previously been, a certificate of good character, that being a usual proceeding before a Jewish mar riage. She then, according to her own account, lived with Marejosef for some weeks as his wife ; but he refused to marry her, and then she brought this action to recover damages. Mr. Sarjeant Parry, for the defence, commented strongly upon the laxity shewn to have pre vailed, and expressed the opinion that if the law govern ing such actions was to be made available in such a case as this, the sooner it was abolished from our statute book the better. The defendant, on being sworn, positively denied giving any promise to marry the plaintiff. He said that on the first Friday night after he went to lodge at plaintiff's, she came into the room and asked to be allowed to comb his hair. He allowed this familiarity, and it was repeated every night for about a week, when the house being very full, he suggested that she should occupy his room, while he slept on a sofa downstairs. She said he was not to give up his bed; but she would sit on a chair and rest her head on his pillow. This she did, and slept that way, all night. About a week afterwards she slept with himf and continued to do so nightly for about three weeks. She frequently asked him to marry her, but he refused. Evidence was also given with the view of shewing that her conduct towards her other customers was very improper. Before the case was concluded, his lordship was called away, and conse quently it stands over for another day. Krwr-HOUSE.—Another of the historic houses c f London is doomed. Kent-house, so long the residence of the Duke of Kent, the father of the Queen, and subse quently of Lord Clarendon and of Sir Cornewall and Lady Theresa Lewis, is being pulled down. We trust its beautiful and extensive gardens may be preserved, and that those who build new mansions on the site of the old house may sti'l keep its fine old trees and shady shrub beries. There are few like it in London. ROUTE MARCHING IN HOT WEATHER. — It appears likely that when the whole facts of the recent movement of troops to Aldershott by march route shall have been elicited, an amount of official mismanagement greater even than that which' has been censured will be revealed. In addition to the deaths recorded and unrecorded which occurred in the 9th and 94th Regiments, it should be stated that when the 101 st Regiment, from Gosport, marched into camp, a fortnight ago, it arrived about half past 11 o'clock in the morning. The men were greatly fatigued by the excessive heat, and one of the first duties which they had to perform was to fall in with the band for a funeral parade at the burial of a private who expired on reaching the camp, it is believed from over exertion and exposure. If every case of the kind were made the subject of a coroner's inquest, there can be no doubt as to what should be the verdict of an intelligent jury.—Times. FLOODING OF MINES IN NORTH STAFFORD SHIRE. — The fears which have been entertained of the flooding of the mines in Tunstall and Burslem districts appear to be undergoing realisation. During the last few days the Winghay mine, at the Jackfield Colliery, at Burslem, was filled wirh water to the level of the Kewhurst Mine, into which water has begun to flow. This latter mine is one hundred yards deeper than the Winghay seam. As long ago as January last warning of this probable contingency was given to the mineowners ' by Mr. T. Wynne, Government Inspector of Mines, and two meetings were held in connection with the matter. At the first of these meetings it was stated that there had been a gradual rising of water in the mines since the stop page of Mr. A. H. Williamson's pumping engine at the Pin nox and Scotia Colleries,Tunstall. The Bycars Colliery was the first to become flooded, and soon after much damage was done at Messrs. Adams's Newfield Colliery, and work in other pits was stopped by the water. At the second meeting of the mineowners, Mr. R. H. Wynne, mining surveyor, presented a report, showing the extent of the coalfield affected, and likely to be affected by accumulations of water, the proboble cost of keeping the mines clear, and a method of assessing the cost upon the owners, but the meeting failed to agree upon the last i3oint, and, as a consequence, nothing has been done to check the progress of the water. It may h as well to add that the accuracy of Mr. Wynne's calcula tiens is being made manifest, and that it is evident that other mines besides those already flooded will be soon reached by the water. THE COST or A AVAlL—Little Peterkin's memor able question as to what good came at last out of a famous victory, may well be echoed by those who read the elabo rate statistics of the American Civil War, compied by General Schenk. Everything in America is on a gigantic scale, and the great Civil War was carried on with a spirit and energy commensurate with the enterprise of the people and the natural resources of the country, The immense armies sent into the field were more proportionate to the habits of the middle ages than of our sober nineteenth century. The number of men in the Federal army in the four years of the war was 2,335,951. Of these 3,931 officers were killed in battle, or about one in 21; 38,793 white men, or about one in 54; and 1,514 coloured men, or about one in 118. There died in wounds received in action 2,069 officers, or about one in 41; 30,887 white men, or about one in 67 ;1,037 coloured men, or about one in 173. These proportions are reversed when we come to deaths from disease While in the service. One officer in 49 died of disease, one white man in 17, and one coloured man in 7. This difference is explained partly by thegreater hardships endured by the privates in camp, partly by their disregard of health before and after enlisting. It is an error to suppose that reckless exposure and irregularity as to meals make men hardy, and able to stand anything. The very reverse is maintained by General Schenck, and is certainly partially substantiated by his figures. The statistics of deaths from. disease are necessarily incomplete, but the whole mortality from all causes amounts to the following Officers, 9,314, or about one in nine ; white men, 251,722, or about one in eight and a quarter ' • coloured men, 33,379, or about one in five and one-third. The total loss, therefore, is stated at 294,415. To this the reader must add the number of sufferers for life from the effects of wounds, disease, exposure, &c., if he would form an idea of the amount of individual suffering caused by the war I independent of the private misery of bereaved families. Peterkin's question certainly wants a sufficient answer. A BANKRUPT BRINGING AN ACTION AGAINST HIS CREDITORS. The case of " Stray v. Bull and another" was before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and a special jury in the Court of Com mon Pleas, yesterday. Plaintiff was, for thirty years pre vious to 1867, a tailor at the West-end, enjoying the custom of thePrinoe of Wales and a number of the nobility,but having purchased shares in the Royal British Bank shortly before the suspension, he became somewhat involved ; and on the failure of Overend, Gurney and Co. lie became so pressed for payment as to render it necessary for him to call his creditors together, and offer to pay 20s. in the pound, in instalments extending over twelve months. While this was accepted by some of the creditors, others objected, and a petition in bankruptcy was filed by the de- . fendants. Upon this the plaintiff was adjudicated a bank rupt, while unable to attend the court through illness. The consequence was that his business was broken up ; and he brought an action against the defendants for having made him bankrupt maliciously, and without probable or reasonable cause. The case came on for trial before Chief Justice Bovill, who held, as a point of law, that the defendants had reasonable and proper cause. Plaintiff took it to the Court Of Error, which found that as there was a conflict of evidence on a point of fact, -it was for the jury to decide. A new trial was had, which .lasted for three days, at the end of which time the jury, being unable to agree, were discharged without giving a verdict. After the plaintiff had opened his case in person on the present occasion, he suggested a reference, which was strongly supported by his lordship on the ground that such a course would obtain a definite settlement of law and fact, while if it went for trial it might go back to the Exchequer Chamber and even to the House of Lords, as such cases generally did.—Mr. Serjeant Parry consented, on the part of the defendants, who, he said, denied having been actuated by malice, but pleaded the instructions of the other creditors. —lt was then agreed that a juror should be withdrawn and the Solicitor-General requested to name an arbitrator —the Lord Chief Justice remarking that this was a very proper termination of the case. THE BRIXTON" BABY FARMING CASE. The extraordinary revelations in connection with this case culminated yesterday in an inquest on the bodies of three of the children whose deaths had occurred at Lambeth Workhouse. Of the large number of children which had been taken by the police, from the person in charge, to the workhouse, the three now subject to this inquiry had died. The Coroner expressed his regret that the jury should be called upon to enter into such an inquiry, and hoped they would be guided by the evidence before them.—The following evidence was then called : Mrs. Maria Edwards Cassell, wife of Mr. Cassell , house decorator and blindmaker, 164, Camberwell-road. Witness received ladies under peculiar circumstances. They were to arrange through her for their confinement and to get well. She received the young female, Janet Tassy Cowen. She was with her a fortnight, and then returned home. She had given birth to a male child. She had medical assistance after the birth of the child. The infant was taken away from the house of witness between 9 andlo on the 17tth instant by Mrs. Guera. The child at that time was quite well. It was able to take food—milk and water, and,sugar. It was a very fine child, weighing 12 lbs. at least. It was one of "our " finest children. Saw the child again at the police station, and knew it again only by its hair and general features. It was not so fine a child. It was horribly emaciated. Mrs. Caroline Guera, widow, No. 1, Langholme Villas, Loughborough-road : She occupied the house, and had lodgers. She had a lodger of the name of Robert Coweu. Witness knew his daughter, who was aged 16. She had been in service, and returned at Christmas last enceinte. She went to Mrs. Cassels and had a child, which was taken by her from Mrs. Cassels three days after its birth. It had, been registered in the name of John Walters. The female who took the child was named Willis. Mrs. Mary Guera, 1, Langholme Villas, Brixton, stated that she had a lodger of the name of Mr. Robert Cowen. His wife was not living with him. He had a daughter, and she was a single person. She was in her 17th year. She left home last March twelvemonth to go to service. Last Christmas she returned home. Witness was afterwards present when she gave birth to a child, at the house of the last witness. On the 17th of May, sixteen days after the birth, witness received the child from the last witness. The, child was taken to the Waiworth-road Railway Station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. Witness here met a woman representing herself as Mrs. Willis. On the previous day Mrs. Willis had called at witness's house, and she said that she wished for a baby to bring _up entirely as her own, that she had been 13 years married, and she had no children, and that her husband was passionately fond of them. She said she would take the baby for £4. She was handed £2, which she at first declined, saying that she did not care about money ; all that she wanted was the baby. Witness should know Mrs. Willis again. She said that she was in good circumstances, and did not want money. The baby was given up to her at the railway station. Afterwards Sergeant Relf called upon witness, and she went with him to 4, Frederick's terrace, and saw the child. It was greatly emaciated, and she said to her, " Mrs. Willis, you have been starving the child to death." . She said it had been suffering much from diarrhcea, and that Dr. Hallett had been attending it. She said she had done all in her .power to save the child. Mr. Cowen engaged a nurse afterwards. She subsequently said it was in charge of Mrs. Rowland. After gradually sinking, it died on Friday last. When she saw the child at Mrs. Willis' it was lying like death in her arms. It had scarcely power to cry, and was a most pitiful object. Witness saw all the other children on the day she called, and asked her motive for having so many. She said she was passionately fond of children, and witness asked her why she wanted this particular one when she had so many. She said the others were nurse children, and would be taken away, and she wished to have one to bring up as her own. When the child was taken away Mrs. Willis asked wit ness to intercede with Mr. Cowen to have it back again. Witness said she must be mad to think of such a thing. Robert Cowen said he was a musician and the father of Janet Tassy Cowen, and became aware of her unfortu nate condition. He first intended to place the child with a wet nurse but saw an advertisement in Lloijd's paper. She replied to it, andreceivedareply, signed" Mary 'Willis," by post. In consequence of receiving that he went to the Walworth-road station. Be waited an hour, but she did not keep the appointment. The next morning he received another letter from Mrs. Willis, making another appoint ment for that day at the Brixton-road station. They met there. She said she was the writer of the letter, but thather name was not Willis. She said she merely gave that name so that the child she adopted might not be taken from . her. She said her husband represented a large shipbuilding firm, and that she had been married fifteen years, but had no family. She said they were both passionately fond of children, and wished to adopt a respectable, healthy child. She gave no address. Believing she was what she represented herself, he gave her the particulars, telling her that his daughter had 'not yet been confined, but that he would let her know when she was. When that event took place he wrote to her at the Post-office, Camberwell, and she called on him on the afternoon of the 17th May. On that night the child was delivered to her. It was a fine child. Some days after she called at Mrs. Guera's, when witness asked her to give him a list of what clothes she would require. She refused, and said she did not want any. He said " Surely you will let me make a present of a cloak." She refused. He then took two sovereigns from his purse and handed them to her. She refused to take them. She said she knew he had been to a deal of expense, and would not accept any money from him. He then forced the £2 into her hand, and she left, promising to call the following week. She never did so, and witness lost sight of the child up to the 10th of June, when he was at the Camber well-road station, and saw her coming from the station. Thinking it was the same woman, he followed her, with the sergeant of police. Mr. Cowen then read a statement which set forth that in March of last year his daughter Jenny, then age sixteen years, met at the house of a mutual friend, a lady from Wales, wife of the proprietor of an hotel and boarding-house. This lady first suggested and then pressed her returning with her on a trial visit for three months, her occasional assistance being taken in lieu of her board and lodging. She did so, and afterwards a further arrangement was made, but his daughter returned for a holiday on December 23rd, and it was found that she was with child. He then heard the circumstances, which he submitted to the magistrates at,Bond-street, and acting on their advice, went down to Wales and placed the matter in the hands of the County Police. His daughter's health had been so precarious that she had been unable to make the journey to prosecute. The author of these outrages was the husband of the above lady, and the employer of his daughter. Mrs. Rowland, the nurse to whom the child was entrusted previously to its death, said that when she received it its stomach was quite flat, that it had no strength to cry loudly, it seemed to recover at first, but afterwards wasted away. It's bones were ready to come through it's sizin, and it died on Friday last. Serjeant Relf first saw an advertisement in Lloyd's newspaper of March sth. He answered the adver tisement, and received, in reply, a letter ' from a person who signed her name "R. Oliver " On that he made an appointment to meet the writer at Camberwell New Road Station. On the morning of the 10th he went there and was met by a woman, whom he ultimately traced to where she lived, No. 4, Frederick terrace, Loughborough-road, Brixton. He had the house closely watched that night, and on the following morning he went there. The door was answered by the woman he met over night. He asked if Mrs. Willis lived there, and she said no. He said, "Do you take in children to adopt here ? " She said, "No ; what put that in your head ? " He then asked her if she had a child there be longing to Miss Cowen. She said no, but that she knew where it was. He declined to leave, and she called out. " Margaret, bring up Miss Cowen's child." A woman made her appearance with a child, and the woman was identified by Mrs. Guera, who was with him at the time, as Mrs. Willis, and the child as Miss Cowen's, The child was dirty, wrapped in old rags, and appeared to be without the power of cry ing. The body was very emaciated. He asked Mrs. Willis if she had any more children in the house, and she said, "A few." He went into the front kitchen and saw some old clothes on a sofa. He removed them, and found five children underneath. They appeared to be about a month old, and seemingly in a state of stupor. Two of them appeared to him to be dying. He found four other children in the back kitchen and garden, making eleven in the whole. The latter five were in fair condition. He removed the ten children to the workhouse on the 13th. One of the three children since dead was one of those seemingly in a dying state on the sofa. The other was Miss Cowen's child. The hearing was adjourned. THE HOUSE AND. THE SENATE, • The House, by its amendments to the pending Appro priation Bills, preserves its character as the more economi cal branch of Congress. It discriminates in a manner which, unfortunately, the Senate seldom imitates. Thus, by adopting the equitable principle that the pay for cleri cal service shall be regulated by the character of the service, and the capacity of the person rendering it, irrespective of sex, the House does full justice to the female clerks, at the same time that it refuses to sanction the Senate scheme forincreasing greatly the Departmental expenditures on clerical account. The House also rejected heavy items connected with the National Capitol—lend ing no countenance to the agitation for its removal, and none to the folly which would stifle the cry for removal by reckless outlays at Washington. The Polar expedi tion, or rather the appropriation for it, was also voted down. The House is on the right path.—Reduced taxa tion should be followed by reduced expenditure. —New York Times. THE ST. THOMAS TREATY. Letters received from Denmark shew that the govern ment and statesmen of that country continue to be much mortified at the neglect of the Senate of the United States on the subject of the St. Thomas treaty, that body having two years ago been informed of its ratification -by Den mark, and• the period for the exchange of ratifications having been several times extended at the request of this government. The last time expired on the 14th of April. The Senate allowed it to elapse without one word for or against the treaty. The correspondence says the people feel now, as heretofore, that it is a clear breach of international good breeding, and that they have not been treated with the consideration that one friendly Power should shew to another. It was supposed that the Senate, at the present session, would take some notice of the matter ; but in this there has been disap• pointment. It seems to be settled that Denmark will make no further movement on that subject, especially in view of the fact that the proposition to purchase was ori ginally made bythe Exesmtive Department of this Govern ment, Denmark being reluctant at first to enter into the negotiation. It appears from these letters that the treat ment by the Senate is more complained of than would have been the failure to ratify the treaty, and that if the treaty had been promptly acted on, though rejected, this would have left less unfriendly feeling than is manifested among the Danish people. —N ew York Times. THE CUBAN DEBATE. The great Cuban debate ended to-day in the defeat of General Banks and his adherents. Though the final vote is not yet taken the result is assured, and the action of the House will sustain the position of the President. The debate was opened to-day by Fernando Wood in favour of the majority report. He was followed by Mr. Willard, in an able speech on the other side, one of the most noticeable features of which was the vigorous manner in which he defended the right of the President, and the propriety and good taste in his judgment to send a message to Congress on so important a subject at any time, especially when the fact was considered that Cuban advocates and ex-Confederate generals were per mitted on the floor of the House to appeal personally to members in behalf of their cause. Mr. Judd then ob tained the floor, but yielded in half an hour to Gen. Butler, who made a strong and characteristic speech' against the report. He was followed by Gen. Logan, to whom Mr. Judd yielded the balance of his time, and who made a speech that, to say the least, was most extraordinary. The first ten minutes was devoted to Butler, and it was the rough est assault ever made upon that gentleman in the House. The rest of it was a .characteristic advocacy of the Cuban cause, abounding in exuberant rhetoric, elaboi?.te and never-ending sentences, highly-wrought illustrations and extreme views, in which the President and his position were not overlooked. General Banks then rose to close the debate, but had not proceeded far when his voice failed him, and he said he would be obliged to call for the vote. Mr. Bingham then moved to reconsider the vote whereby the main question was ordered, so that he could get in his substitute, which is simply the third resolution of the minority report, authorising the President to protest against the manner in which Spain is conducting the war. Mr. Cox moved to lay this motion on the table; which was first lost on tellers by six majority, and then, on yeas and nays by thirteen majority. After considerable confusion and some delay, the motion to re consider was carried by eighteen maj ority,yeas eighty-eight, nays seventy, and thus the case fell under the manage ment of Judge Bingham, who immediately offered his substitute, on which the previous question was seconded, whereupon the House adjourned. The firs t vote will be on Mr. Logan's amendment to the majority .report, which is, in substance, to put Cuba on the same . ground in respect to intercourse and trade that Spain ' now occupies. The next vote will be on Judge Bingham's substitute for both the majority and minority re ports, and it will doubtless be agreed to.—New York Times, June 16. THE PRESIDENT ON CUB 1. The President's Message on the Cuban question is an impartial review of a highly important phase of national policy. The opinions it enunciates are those which the best authorities on international law have consistently maintained, and its protest against the barbarities of the contest is the earnest of an authoritative remonstrance which we have repeatedly urged. The present document refers to the position taken up by the President in his first annual Message six months ago, and proceeds to re capitulate the present circumstances of the insur gents as the most conclusive vindication of the senti ments then expressed. The most important sec tion of the Message is that which refers to the time-honoured policy and precedent of the founders of this Republic on similar questions of international law. The early necessity which existed for a well-defined rule in such matters is clearly shewn, and the honorable pre eminence we have secured by a steadfast adherence to the line so drawn, is emphatically noted. With regard to the position of foreigners making war on a friendly State, under cover of our protection, the President shews that nearly all of his predecessors had to deal with, a similar difficulty, and that all treated it in the same consistent manner. As a question of policy, our relations with Cuba are ably and concisely summed up in the statement, " the question of belligerency is one of fact, not to be de cided by sympathies for or prejudice against either party." After an exhaustive resume of arguments which we have repeatedly adduced in connection with the same subject, the President comes to the conclusion : " I am unable to see in the present condition of the,contest in Cuba those elements which are requisite to constitute war, in the sense. of international law." The strength of a conviction which has been reached in spite of a natural leaning to the cause of the struggling colonists, and in spite, also, of the weight of popular sympathy inclining in an opposite direction, cannot fail to be appreciated by every candid citizen. It ought, especially, to convince the Spanish Go vernment that our Executive has earned the highest right to demand the perfect immunity of our citizens from annoyance, and full reparation for all the outrages they have sustained. Scrupulous honour has the best claim for scrupulous justice in return. In seeking redress on be half of our injured citizens, and in interposing on behalf I of a common humanity to prevent atrocities that disgrace civilization, our Government occupies a position in which it is impossible that its motives should be misapprehended. Had any wish existed to provoke a quarrel with Spain, and to profit by the dissensions of her colonists, it could have been very easily and profitably gratified. But in persevering in the high-minded and honourable policy which was laid down very early in the struggle, the President has shewn that no such desire was ever entertained, and the demands which he makes in the name of the nation ought to receive instant attention. Though the Message wisely abstains from apportioning the blame of savage warfare anything but equally between Cubans and Spaniards, yet the latter must necessarily bear the larger portion of the blame. We treat with them as a regularly organised Power, having disciplined armies, and professing to regard the usages of modern warfare. Atrocities perpetrated by them must, therefore, rank as more heinous crimes than those committed by scattered bands of desperate and ill organised insurgents. From the one we are entitled to demand the proprieties of a civilised people ; from the other, though we may wish for mode ration we can scarcely be surprised to find excess. The short and emphatic refere,nce to the fact that Cuban bonds have been issued, whose payment is subject to the recognition of Cuban belligerency, or independence, is all that was required to make the Message a very complete statement of all the points of a complicated question. Perhaps no more appropriate comment can be made upon such a proceeding than that contained in the document itself, namely, that "it is a subject for serious reflection." If the Government has a right to expect that its un swerving rectitude will Meet its due recognition from foreign powers, it has ano less unquestionable right to look for both appreciation and imitation among the representatives of the people at home. One thing is certain —we must tolerate no more outrages upon American citizens in any part of Cuba.— New York Times WASHINGTON, June 13. The Cuban Message sent to the House this afternoon fell like a bombshell in the camp of General Banks and his supporters on the Cuban question. To-morrow had been set for the consideration of General Banks's report, several strong speeches were to be delivered, and it was intended to drive through the House a bill prepared by by General Banks that is directly at antagonism with the policy of the Administration. Very few persons were aware that the. President contemplated such a Message. It has been talked of in a quiet way for at least a fortnight, and no determination as to it was reached when the President went away last week. He seems to have thought it over during his absence, and his somewhat unexpected return this morning may have been due to the fact that he had made up his mind to send in the Message, or at least consult with the Cabinet about the matter. A special meeting of the Cabinet was called at noon. Boutwell and Belknap being the only members absent, and the Message reached the House just before four o'clock. The reading of it caused some excitement, and everybody in the House and galleries paid the closest attention to it. General Banks asked that it might be printed and laid on the table, this being the usual course with papers relating to matters concluded in committee, Mr. Judd thought it had better go to the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Cox broke out in hot wrath, denouncing it as an insult to the committee and saying it ought to be treated as the House formerly treated Andrew Johnson's Message. Mr. Dawes then came to the front, and remarked that, after Mr. Cox's words, the only respectful course was to send it to the committee. This was accordingly done by a decided ma jority. There is a great deal of talk in official and poli tical circles to-night about the Message, and nobody now supposes that General Banks can, carry his Belligerency Bill to-morrow. —Special Despatch to New York Times. There. are very few Americans who will cherish at this day any of the feeling of resentment against Mr. Dickens which was so prevalent at the time of the publication of " American Notes " and" Martin Chuzzlewit." The dis appearance of the sentiment of wrath may be dated from the war, which while it gave us some cause fornational pride, took a good deal of the old foolish conceit out of us ; but the feeling had been on the decline for some time, a sober second thought having convinced most sensible people that Mr. Dickens was entirely honest, and his tendency to caricature was inseparable from his genius, that he had made greater fun of the weaknesses of his country men than he had of our own, and that there was a greal deal more truth in his most disagreeable remarks than would appear at first sight to an American whose eyes were dulled by familiarity.—Boston Advertiser. A DEMONSTRATION IN TRA.FALGAR , SQUARE. On Saturday Trafalgar Square was visited with a new class of demonstration in a gathering of teetotaller from all parts of London and the suburbs to agitate in favour of Mr. Rylands' proposed restrictive legislation respecting the sale of alcoholic drinks on Sunday. The place occupied by the demonstrators was thst which was formerly the scene of the Reform meetings, at the foot of the Nelson column and facing the National Gallery, and the people who made up the gathering were nearly all " Sons of Phcenix," " Sons of Temperance,' and members of other temperance societies. The various societies marched into the square with bands and banners, and many present wore tinsel ornaments, cross-belts, and sashes. The position of chairman was taken on the base of the column by Mr. Hillman, and the following con clusions were sought to be enforced :—" That ex ter ded restrictions on the Sunday sale of intoxi cating liquors would result in sensible public benefits, including a diminution in drunkenness and crime, and an improved condition of the homes of the people more directly affected by them ; that to realise these benefits no corresponding drawbacks would be incurred, and no serious inconvenience occasioned to the sober and respectable of all classes ; that the restrictions required to obtain these results would be in accordance with public sentiment ; and, therefore, that nothing in the way of popular reaction may reasonably be feared," The chairman urged that where the public houses were closed on Sunday, vice, crime, and pauperism were diminished, as in Scotland, and he urged the working classes not to hug their chains even if the upper did keep their club-house rights of drinking and so of dissipation. The motion of Mr. Corrigan was to support a petition to Parliament in favour of Mr. Rylands' Bill, and arguments in favour of the enforced total abstinence were urged with some weight, and many homely illustrations were used. Mr. Clutterbuck, a working man, seconded the motion, and it was supported by Mr. Lester, who described the publicans as a class who kept the work ing classes of this country in a state of degraded poverty, and he told his hearers that the money the working classes spent in unnecessary drink, if put to legitimate use, would lessen the need for charitable institutions, for workhouses, and prisons. The motion was carried, though not unanimously ; as was another thanking Mr. Rylands for the Bill. The meeting then broke up into a number of different gatherings, and the display of teetotal eloquence was kept up in several parts of the square for some time. THE SHIPBUILDING INTERESTS IN FRANCE. The United States Consul General for France, John M. Reade, jun., has addressed a letter to John Lynch, chairman of the Committee on the Decline of Ameri can Tonnage, relative to the condition of the French naval and commercial marine. Mr. Reade calls special attention to the protection afforded the shipbuilding interests by the French government. This is in the form of a rebate or drawback similar to that proposed by the bill reported to the House by Mr. Lynch. Mr. Reade states that the provisions of this act seem tobe inadequate to the actual requirements of the interest it was intended to protect. It is a notorious fact that shipbuilding in France has for several years past been gradually declin ing. The number and tonnage of vessels built is growing less with every year. In view of these facts, the princi pal shipbuilders in Havre, Bordeaux, and other leading ports of France have addressed a series of manifests to the Government, setting forth the inadequacy of the decree of Ju ie 19, 1866, and praying for further pro tection. The sense of their memorial may be stated in a few words, as follows :—The decline of shipbuilding in France is becoming more alarmingly apparent- from day to day. Constructors are discouraged and are rapidly closing their yards, withdrawing their capital from the business and investing in other directions. Since the tax on foreign tonnage has been rendered uniform with that on French tonnage, foreign vessels have monopolised an excessive portion of the carrying trade of France. The activity of the principal yards of Great Britain, Italy, and the North German Confederation, contrasts most unfa vourably for France with the decline of her shipbuilding interests, the abandonment of her yards, and the de crease in her tonnage. The increased activity displayed by these Powers in the building of first class vessels indicates that they appreciate the decline of the shipbuilding interests in France, and are preparing to monopolise amon g c , themselves her very important carrying trade. In - the course of three or four years France will have fallen from the rank of a first class to that of a fourth or fifth class maritime Power. If the present unfortunate state of affairs is to be reme died the radical difference in the aid extended by the French government to its marine and that allowed by foreign Powers to theirs must be taken into consideration. If the requirements of the government render an exten sion of the privileges accorded to French vessels impos sible, certainly foreign ships should not be admitted to the enjoyment of the same privileges. The manufacturing interest of France, protected by a tariff varying from five to twenty-five per cent., has no right to demand a uniform rate of taxation on French and foreign tonnage, to the detriment of the national carrying trade, lowering the rate of freight and in the end transferring that trade en tirely to foreign bottoms. The matter, thus fully ex plained, is now before the Chamber of Deputies, and a committee has been appointed to investigate and if pos sible apply a remedy to the evils of which the memorial ists complain. Mr. Reade further states that the French Government now pays government subsidies to steamship companies employed in its postal service to the amount of $4,716,496. The Marquis of Westminster is confined to his bed by illness. The Times is requested to state that the report of Lord Ebury's illness is fortunately unfounded. _ _ An odd item in the expenditure of the United States Government for the past year is $416,000 for arti ficial legs for soldiers. CUBAN LADIES.—The Cuban ladies residing in New York are after their unwarlike compatriots of the other sex, who, they say, " spend their time promenading Broadway and sending letters to the papers, instead of going to Cuba to fight." They held a meeting in the metropolis lately, and took measures for reviving interest in the patriot cause. The most serious proposition was that of a Mrs. Villaverde who is going to raise to company of amazons, teach them to shoot, and take them to Cuba if the "Broadway promenaders" do not go. This is a hard hit at the patriots of the pavement. Judge Orth, of the committee on foreign affairs, also admini stered to them a sharp rebuke in his late report, and it really seems as though they must do something pretty quick—Boston Advertiser. 'ADVERTISEMENT. 1 Consumption, and all nervous bilious, stomach, aril liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated and aceslerated by drugs of eve: y description, but perfectly curable by Du BARRY'S health-restoring Revalenta Arabic°. Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastrio derangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ner vousness,' biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sink ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, ti.htness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, and beeween the shoulders, de. We quote a few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No 68,413 -" Rome, July 21 1866. 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On the 23d inst., at St. Mary's, Lewisham, Edward Wat son King, son of Knowles King, Esq., of Dlaidstone and, Blackheath, to Annie Elizabeth, granddaughter of Thos. Edwards, Esq., of The Lindens, Blackheath. DEATHS On the 25th inst., at 17, Woburn-square, Robert Low, Esq., aged 66. On the 23d inst., Alfred Richardson, of Ormond Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, aged 45. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIM SUN Office , No. 112, Strand, in the Precinc t of the Savoy, in the oounty of Middlesex. —Tuesday, dune 28, 1870. N°. 2 KINikHA Obserie the I hales " LL 'WU This celebrat Medal. Pure, RH Sold in Bottle Agents in the i 8, GRI sn69l ADVANCES Freehold or I repayable wee counted. For (IRYSTI tJ Day.—t Poise(' op Orchestra Operetta, Billiard 1 Coldstrea Grand Di minati( Palace br until Fine .Arts Flowers, Port Velocipede and innumer Note.—Th4 so much adn CRYST at 4, BEAUTIES.' 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