The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-12 00:00:00

ABOLITION OF THE lIOME CIRCUIT. SIIIPPG. information ;,petting thet .ng the last of the ship ports was ',266 tons re foreign, id 29.5 per of foreign it few years 'n 1868 the ;21, and of being 69.8 . _ . The gross total of shipping has risen in from 0,417,556 tons to 29,324,676 tons. 'able that in no other country except Nor zoportion of native shipping so high. In _ States the native is 43.9 per cent and the 56.1 per cent. of the whole. In France the only 36.1, and the foreign 63.9. The ' seamen employed in British vessels has 141,937 in 1851 to 197,502 in 1868. The of foreigners employed has increased. 7 were 5793 in number, and in 1868, ;crest has been caused by the announce-, intention of the Government to do away ome Circuit. A rather strong feeling is by magistrates and others of the Ilome against this measure. The proposal result of a recommendation of the -e Commission," which sat for the con of various subjects connected with the icn of justice in England. It is believed of the criminal business of the assizes of Kent, and Surrey, will be d one away Inding the power of the Courts of Quar and enabling them to try offence3 of a character than they could formerly. will bp rerkoyed .to_the , , . •r 4 , . ~, err ......................... , bre" MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. —o—___...: .-:,- - ~-; .. THE COURT. The Queen is still indisposed. her Majesty %; es - Anaable to visit the Prince and the Princess of Wales , on Thursday, the anniversary of their wedding, `..t , ..". , •:,; - nor could she join the Royal family at dinner the '.. -:. ' , same evening. The report that Mr. Charles Dickens is . • likely to receive some mark of honour from her - ,;.- Majesty is incorrect. Air. Dickens has visited the e ' . . _ Queen, but only that the Sovereign might make the s . r i - acquaintance of a writer whose works she greatly -st . admires. THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND THE BIM Colonel Wilson Patten's speech is generally N. r; .-.. . girded as a declaration of Conservative policy touching the Land Bill. The Times says that the speech was marked by characteristic candour and s -,- . • _1 •,.. -, - 'fairness. The Standard says much more. Colonel .• . Wilson Patten, it remarks, is a typical C onserve ,- 4ss ,• , tive-a representative of that class of country ges2tlemen who are the strength and sines , / .-- 1. 5 .. , ';.. of resistocracy in this country-the untitled .‘. •,:!. so, -4 ' • Dohilitysof England, rather than of the order of pro- . fessional statesmen and keen partisans from which . 1 - . :--- the leaders of parties are s e lect e d. "Hi s s peech of , • sss, Thursday night was the utt erance o f f ee li ng s enter- s: Se: _ -so" tanned by hundreds who lacked the power or the i4;'. - courage to express them so c l ear ly. Nearly all Con- :- s s ss ssrvatives, and a large number of Liberals, support the second reading of the bill exactly in the spirit of that speech ; they do not like it, they do - . . not . approve it ; it v i o l a t es th e principles of legislation to which th e y are accustomed, ..s. the rules of economic science in which they ' ' believe the rights of p ro p er ty in which they are s,s' ~ ; c • deeply interested and on the sanctity of which they - • - °lnsider the foundations of social order to rest ; but ' •.. •. : they dare not, in the present state of Ireland, take the responsibility of opposing the only plan that has been ss. , s, advanced, or that at present can be advanced with ! '',, .f • any hope of success, of settling the land question." "After such a declaration, it is clear that the debate on , the second reading can have been only an instalment of tke discussion which will take place in com- mittee. . ' -. THE EDUCATION BILL. ...t.; The vestries and district boards of the inetropelis avanststossether to have their fling at Mr. Forster's bill. Amongst the resolutions passed the opinion was expressed that the selection of the • hoards of managers of metropolitan district j33hools was open to the disadvantage of a f ;;,. connection between education and pauperism. Tho ~,s, same position is demanded for metropolitan vestries as will be granted by the bill to the corporate boroughs in the provinces. The meeting agreed with compul- sory attendance, but not with a permissive power by which school boards could introduce .the ,Jeaching of any religious creed or dogma. -llie education should be purely secular. The ex- penses of national education should be met by con- tributions from the common fund. In the course of the discussion remarks were made condemning what , _ . was called the misappropriation by the rich of the education intended for the poor. NONCONFORMISTS AND EDUCATION. ss.) correspondence has taken place between Mr. In Walter, M.P., one of the proprietors of the 1. es, and Mr. E. Shalders, of Newbury, on two omts of the education measure—its solution of the religious difficulty_ " and its " permissive com M - ulsion" clause. r. Shalders says that when the , onconformists begin to understand the principles f the measure, they will raise an outcry against it. r. Forster has not untied the religious knot ; he has ut it. He has thrown the difficulty ou local eards, and the adherents of the Established Church •ng in the majority in the country, they will, re fore, carry th e vo t e o f th e ves t r y, and intro- `e the religious teaching most agreeable to the • • gyrnan of the p ar i s h. With regard to the i 'misery po wer b eing l e ft t o th e l o cal authorities, a result will be that in those very districts where if most needed it w ill f a il to be carried out. Mr. it is .4 Tatter, in his reply, differs on the main points from Shalders, but thinks that a compromise may be between Churchmen and Dissenters by ex- the principles of the Conscience Clause urther, and withdrawing the chief obstacle •o-operation, which is the use of the Church .m. It might well be dispensed with as a exercise for children. Mr. Walter, from his experience in agricultural districts, has not -ed at the conclusion that, as a rule, parents.are card in taking advantage of the means of edu- -1 for their children. PRESENTATIONS TO BENEFICES. 411 has been brought forward by Mr. Cross, unt Sandon, and others to render void the sale a next presentation to a benefice. The beginning is the period at which, if passed, it will come 1 orce. It renders void in law any sale of next ntation by grant, demand, or contrivance, for `eason of any reward of money, profit, or advant- . 5..0 the bishop shall collate to or bestow the Le.;,,for that one turn only. A saving clause '7: :-.. / . ctiouch purchases which have been already is- ••- .- rs''S-'. 4e - ss .sinide. . r, .. _. • • COMMUNICATION WITH PRANCE. ':' ,l ''- .- . The Board of Trade has presented to the House of s' -. 's C o mmons a report upon two bills relating to the ''s . S.. or incorporation of two companies for the purpose of ~ S „, , t establishing steam vessels of great power to ply " s, between Dover and the Continent. Thu "Continental Ss. Communication Company " seeks authority to remove ' many portions of the existing works at Dover; to - excavate an extension of the harbour; to construct piers, quays, and railways in communication with the , harbour and the new works ; and to deepen and sS: . .s improve the bed of the present tidal har- 'l:sts hour. The powers requested by the " International s . .' - ' Communication Company " do not vary much in .* extent" or nature from those of the other corn- Steamers of " great power, speed, and bur- are to be established between Dover and Continent, and sea walls, breakwaters, other works are to be undertaken e former place. Seven years is fixed oe period for the completion of the works. The companies, if sanction is given:to the scheme, erry railway trains. across the Channel in yes- -45011. long, and 801 t. broad. It is, however, it to be a question whether larger accommoda- • ould not meet the purposes of improvement, , at trains being carried over the sea. THE BRISTOL CONTEST. is gratifying to learn that the Liberals of Bris- • ave decided to "suspend operations" until after Berkeley's funeral. The sign of repentance is ising ; but it is not the electioneering after the . limber% death, but the electioneering whilst he ying that is so di s g us ti ng . It i s too late to ice the indecency now ; but it may be hoped seve shall have no more of this haste to get an .nember killed off and put out of the way. It is y that when the truce comes to an end, the re- . of hostilities will be sufficiently vigorous to :up for all lost time. The feeling between the :ans of the various Liberal candidates is be- "ng exceedingly bitter. • SHREWSBURY. is currently reported that Mr. Clement, the :1 member for Shrewsbury, is about to retire. ,s been representative for the borough since 1865 . ; but he is now in a very delicate state of . Among the candidates spoken of, one is Mr. issioner Kerr, who has been once or twice invited - town with the view of his being returned, and ns a section of the local Liberal Association lromised those support. Another portion of era! party seem in favour of Mr. C. C. Cotes, nty gentleman. Tho Conservatives are d to choose Mr. Douglas Straight, who was a ate, though not for Shrewsbury, at the last I election. ESS OF THE BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPPLWr. cries of tables published for the information liament give abundant statistics respecting the •ss of our merchant shipping during the last years. In 1838 the total tonnage of the ship- entered and cle tred at British ports was ,556. Of this amount 4,522,266 tone British, and 1,8)5,296 tons were foreign, oportions being respectively 70.5 and 29.5 per During the - years 1850-63 the ratio of foreign eatly increased ; but during the last few years .d proportion has been restored. In 1868 the of English vessels was 20,474,621, and of .ships 8,850,055 ; the proportions being 69.8 .2. The gross total of shipping has risen in years from 6,417,556 tons to 29,324,676 tons. servable that in no other country except Nor- lie proportion of native shipping so high. In ted States the native is 43.9 per cent and the 56.1 per cent. of the whole. In France the • only 36.1, and the foreign 63.9. The f seamen employed in British vessels has 141,937 in 1851 to 197,502 in 1868. The • of foreigners employed has increased. hey were 5793 in number, and in 1868, "7"D ABOLITION OF THE HOME. CIRCUIT. crest has been caused by the announce-, e intention of the Government to do away Lome Circuit. A rather strong feeling i s by magistrates an d o th ers o f tlio Ilorne against this measure. The proposal result of a recommendation of the ,ure Commission," which sat for the con- n of various subjects connected with the raticn of justice in England. It is believed sh of the criminal business of the assizes of • rts, Kent, and Surrey, will be done away extending the power of the Courts of guar- s, and enabling them to try offences of a 'us character than they could formerly. •'. 4 . 0,g.__0&S will bp removed _ . the 1 ~. Central Criminal Court. The criminal busine: fa of the county of bilssex will probably be transferred to the Western Circuit. With regard to the civil business of the Home Circuit, the arrangements will be just the same as those affecting the criminal cases. The alterations are therefore very sweeping, and will probably involve a higher class of judges in the county courts, and of chairmen at Quarter Sessions. The people of the counties in this circuit are naturally alarmed at their ancient privileges being thus taken from them, and it is said that there is even a strong f eel mg abroad that the abolition of the Home Circuit is merely the introduction of the thin end of the wedge, and that it is preparatory to the abolition of the whole of the circuits and the centralisation of the business in London. AN IRISH ATROCITY. At last justice has found twelve Irishmen who have done their duty, in spite of Fenian threats. John and William Conroy have been found guilty of a dastardly outrage upon Mr. O'Conner, in King's County, and sentenced to seven years' penal servi tude. The crime was of a peculiarly barbarous description. A gang of men assailed Mr. O'Conner's h )Use ; seized him, and led him out of the hall down the steps. He was made to sit down on the lowest step, and William Conroy deliberately cut off his nose from the bridge downwards, together with a p ntion of the upper lip, leaving- the teeth bare. In the meantime others of the ruffians had been search ing the house for arms, and having possessed them selves of two 'guns, they departed leisurely, leaving their victim bleeding upon the ground. EASTER VOLUNTEER REVIEW. The inhabitants of Brighton are making every pre paration for the Easter Review. A. considerable fund has been raised, and the embarrassing choice of three sites is offered to the commanding officers. The Brighton Railway Company will render every assistance, and are prepared to convey volunteers from London for ls. 6d. each. A meeting has been held, a resolution passed in favour of the review, and a committee appointed to confer with the com manding officers. TILE POLLUTION OF RIVERS. The _Lancet considers we have at last got some thing like a definite starting point for the legislative prevention of the pollution of rivers. The Com missioners, Sir William Denison, Dr. E. - Frankland, and Dr. J. Chalmers Morton, have issued their first volu me on the Mersey and Ribble basins, in which they arrive at a series of conclusions which form the groundwork of recommendations for the protection of all other rivers throughout the country. As a remedy for the pre sent discreditable state of things, they demon strate the absolute efficacy of "mere enact ment, if efficiently administered," and urge various considerations. The chief of them are the deflection of the foulness from the river to the land, not only to lessen the pollution of the former, but even to derive a pecuniary profit from the undertaking. The Commissioners observe that the manufacturers also have in many cases found their special contributions to the rivers capable of being turned with advantage to the fields. The spent liquors from tan-yards and even wool-washings, can they gild, be completely converted to agricultural use. 13 it in all cases, whether of animal or of in organic refuse, the water may, they submit, be ren dered fit for all but domestic purposes by a properly conducted system of intermittent filtration supple menting a previously applied chemical process. ABOLITION OF OUTLAWBY. What is an outlaw—or rather, what was an out law ? for the dignity, we hear, is abolished. The most popular idea of an outlaw is that of the class who belonged to the type of " bold Robin Hood, a forester good, as ever drew bow in the merry green wood." This was the outlaw of the olden days, who robbed fat priests and set at defiance the Sheriff of Nottingham. And the modern out law, as the Daily Telegraph remarks, is still connected with the sheriff, who periodically " proclaims" him and summons him to surrender. The personage thus thundered against in a way, the result of which —if there is any—is most mystifying to the unini tiated mind, usually prefers, as we know, to hear the proclamation wafted by kindly breezes across the Straits of Dover. What harm was done to debtors by outlawing them, beyond their being consequently induced to take a change of air, or what good was done to creditors, has not been yet determined. The practice is now done away with, and the fact of its having lasted from the days of Alfred to those of Victoria does not prove its re moval less justified. TILE EMIGILATION MOVEMENT. Another large meeting, convened by the West minster Emigration Club, has been held in London, for the purpose of devising the best means of assisting the industrious poor to emigrate. Lord Shaftesbury was at his post as chairman, and referred to his hearty approval of the principles of the West minster Club. The emigration of its members would b 3 continuous, and would help to keep the colonies the friends of this country, and he was not one who wished to part with the colonies. Lord Alfred Churchill, in the course of his address to the meeting„ expressed himself opposed to State emigration, because through it the Government would be compelled to send out to the colonies a class of persons not welcome there. Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P., urged those present to assist themselves to emigrate, and to be independent of State aid. TIIE OLD INSTITUTION. A man was poisoned in a workhouse a clay or two ago. He was a coachman, and had been ob served tby some fellow workmen to be in a very exhausted condition. He was sent off in a cab to the workhouse, and " two hours and a half" were spent in driving about, endeavouring to find a relieving officer who might give the man an order of admission. At last a policeman got The sufferer inside the workhouse. His fate was sealed at once. His cause of illness was congestion of the lungs ; and a nurse at once settled the complaint and the man too by giving him a dose of castor oil and opium by mistake. The medical officer did not like to bring this case before the coroner ; there had been so many inquests, and the guardians grumbled so ; but he felt there was no help for it. The jury returned a verdict of censure. It is almost unnecessary to name the workhouse in which this episode took place; it was of course St. Pancras. EXPERIENCED BIGAMY. A curious bigamy case has been tried at Maidstone. Mr. Richard Foster, of the ripe age of 70, was in dicted for having married one lady of the name of Jane Smith in 1842, and with espousing another Smith, a Mary Anne, in 1869, whilst Jane was still alive. The veteran bigamist confessed the soft im peachment. But he argued that his marriage to Jane, in 1842, was illegal, because he had been mar ried once before, in 1828, to Maria Frazer. Now this lady was alive in 1842, so that the marriage with Jane was void ; but she was not alive in 1869, and therefore the marriage with Mary Anne was good. The jury acquitted him. The judge, however, pointed out that if he did ,not commit bigamy in 1869, he did, on his own confession, err in 1842. He must, therefore, exchange the frying-pan for the fire, and remain in custody. "THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER COMTE." The Positivists have been put in an invidious posi tion by recent legal events in Paris : they have had to defend their lord and master from a charge of immorality. M. Comte is charged by his surer viving wife with having deserted her for Madame Clotilde de Vaux, the wife of a convict; and the French courts so far endorse the charge that they have prevented the publication of those parts of the celebrated philosopher's will which refer to the dis pute. The Daily News has ventured to comment adversely upon these revelations, and con demned the philosopher as being guilty of immo rality. One of his disciples writes, defending his teacher; and urging that it was Madame Comte who who deserted her husband, not he her, and that the attachment between him and Madame Vaux was entirely platonic. To which the Daily News replies that it cannot so judge. M. Comte must not be held to be stronger than other men ; and his living with another woman, while separated from his wife, must be reprobated. The most charitable thing to say is that he was in his later years luwale. THE CONVENTION AND THE BIGHTS OF WOMEN. "Great laughter" has found its way into the staid ranks of the clerical and lay delegates of the Irish Church Convention. Amendments involving the right of the admission of women have been proposed, but they were all lost. Many upholders of the sex were found, however, in the assembly, and in one instance, on a regular division, the num bers were—for the women, 108 ; against, 158. What secret motive urged the Rev. Professor Gal braith when he proposed that the rule, that the names of the voters in the division be printed, should be in this instance suspended? His anxiety was allayed somewhat by a promise of no less a personage than the l'Emate, who remarked that if any gentle man feared any domestic disturbance in consequence of his vote he might send hii card to the chair, and they would omit his name. THE EDUCATION BATTLE. Two deputations, of very opposite views, waited upon Ministers yesterday. The Congregational Union had an interview with Mr. Forster and endeavoured impress upon him that unsectariau teaching was the best thing in national schools. The power given to local boards to decide what kind of religious instruction should be given in the New Schools was condemned as particularly likely to give rise to difficulties. The National Education Union, on the other hand, " interviewed " Mr. Gladstone, and sought to con vince h that the conscience clause quite frig fli• niE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 12 1870. mem, ana Inez trio otate ougnt nol ro interrere rur ther with religious education. The one deputation asked for the greatest possible amount of religious teaching, and the other for the smallest amount. The Ministers, of course, gave no precise reply to either party. DEPUTATIONS ON EDUCATION, THE CONO-REGATION'A ti } ION AND MR, FORSTER. This afternoon a deputation from the Congregational Union of England and Wales, consisting of Mr. S. Morley, M.P., Mr. Winterbotham, M.P., Mr. Richards, M.P., Mr. J. Spicer, Mr. H. Wright, Rev. Dr. Raleigh, Rev. R. White, Rev. a. G. Rogers, Rev. A. Hannay, and Rev. A. Macdonnel, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., Vice-President of the Privy Council, respecting the clause in the Government Education Bill which proposes to deal with religious teaching. Their views were ex pressed in the following resolutions, passed by a com mittee of the Congregational Union, which were handed to the right honourable gentleman :—" That this committee strongly deprecate the extension of the Denominational system, believing that national schools ought to be entirely free from sectarian control, and sec tarian teaching. They therefore object to the provision in the bill (clause A) by which the interval of a year is allowed the various denominations in which to provide free schools, but still more strongly do they protest against the power given to local boards to establish new denominational schools, or to take under their management and support those at present in existence. 1. Because of the opening thus afforded for the introduction of religious strife in the various borough and parishes in the kingdom. 2. Because of the sanction tins given to the principle of concurrent endowment. 3. BJcause the action of the compulsory clause will thus be greatly complicated, and under its operations childrenwill, in many cases, be forced into schools of sects to which their- parents are opposed, and whose influence over them they regard with anxiety and appre hension. They object to the conscience clause, believing that it will be practically unworkable. Several members of the deputation addressed the Vice- President in support of this statement, and it was repre sented that their views were shared by the Baptist and other Nonconformist unions. A large number of Dissen ters were in favour of strictly secular education; but as all did not agree in this, it was thought the difficulty would be met by the master of the school being allowed to read the Scriptures, but prohibited from teaching the dogmas of Christianity. A conversation of some length ensued, and a variety of questions were asked by Mr. Forster, who expressed him self to be most anxious to ascertain the various opinions held with respect to the bill, and particularly so from such an influential body as that which was repre sented. He referred to the difficulties which the framers of the measure had to encounter, and assured the deputa tion that the views they had laid before him should be duly reported to his colleagues, who would give them their most serious consideration. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From Messrs. Bowles Brothers and Co.'s Circular) tiNITED STATES TRIPLE CTJRRENCY CONSOLS. Our Washington correspondence mentions some opposi tion to the policy adopted by the Treasury, of making the coupons of our now United States Bonds payable at Lon don, Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfort, in francs, dollars, or pounds sterling at a fixed exchange. At the suggestion, it is said, of certain European financiers sojourning at Washington, it was feared that these arrangements would affect the new Four per ('ent. Bonds unfavourably in the markets where they wore not payable, and by reac tion elsewhere. At first sight it seems difficult to understand Low suet an effect could result from dis positions altogether favourable to the holders of these new bonds. What objection could they make to receiving, in even the small towns of France, Holland, or Germany, the interest on their bonds, payable at their doors, so to speak, without cost of transport or commission, at a uni form rate; that is to say, in au unvarying number of francs or thalers ? There can be no disinterested person who does not see in this new feature, when combined with the issue of bonds of small denominations—say 850—the sure way and means of placing the United States Government debt within the reach of holders however small,and of secur ing thereby the circulation of these bends among the masses of the people, who, after all, constitute the best and most ad autageous class of bondholders, since they buy to keep,and not for speculation. Would they imply that the market for the new Four per Cent. Bonds will not be the same as is now occupied by the Six per Cents.—that there will be any change of location, and consequent weakness? The location of the Bonds will change, it is to be hoped; and but little reflection is recesssry to dissipate all fears on this account. The market which, among our continental markets, first operated in American Bonds, commonly called "dollars," and which, until they ceased to be speculative, so largely , controlled them, was that of Frank fort-on-the-Maine. European speculation centres at Frank furt, having its connexions and powerful influences at London, Paris, New York, and oven Washington. With this speculative interest, the first object in financial transac tions is the rapid resale of values, purchased consequently less on account of their merit or intrinsic value than of their easy manipulation, or plausible and attractive look to the public. For such consumption a steady and non fluctuating bond is undesirable, and every feature which renders it plainer or more available to the public is na turally just so much to the advantage of those who would fain, through public ignorance, still keep it under the shears of private interest or speculation. In this point of view the market of Frankfort, and its agencies elsewhere, play a most important and useful part in the general movements of finance. Guided by keener in stincts, it detects a value unjustly depreciated, and, from self-interest, helps to raise it to its true level. Wo should be ungrateful not to acknowledge this. But this role and its importance are by nature temporary. When a value, of a solidity unquestionable, has success fully run the gauntlet of speculation, and becomes recog nised as steady, it gradually finds its way to other Euro pean markets of a less changeable character and having a greater capacity for absorption, such as Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Geneva, ,tc. It is only then that it takes its just rank by the side of first-class values, such as English Coneols, Irrench Rentes, &c. Now, if in this manner we can conceive that the paymeiat of interest at domicile and at invariable rates of exchange may be at least indifferent to monetary holders, who buy more in view of a probable rise than of an interest which they rarely count on receiv ing—no ono can think the s ame s of the serious holders and ermanent investors, whose interest and goodwill every able financial administration aims to favour and secure. It should inevitably be with United States Government Bonds as it has been with the Relates of the French Trea sury. Restricted to a relatively limited number of holders when they were confined to the control or direction of the bankers alone, they experienced an immense circulation and popularity from the very moment that the French Treasury opened direct relations with the public, and by the creation of bonds of small denomination, by the payment of its cou pons without loss in every village,renderod the holding of its obligations possible to the humblest of its thrifty citizens. The French Routes, which before 1854 were held mainly by privileged classes in great cities, have become since this change of their intermediate channels so popular and so widespread that there are few cottages in Franco where coupons may not be found. Such will also be the aim of our American Democratic Goverurn-mt, and, in order to attain it, we are right to demand that the interest of the future United States Triple Currency Four per Cent. Con sols shall be payable in the principal money-centres of the world, within the reach and comprehension of any citizen or friend, abroad or at home. (From the Springfield Republican, Feb. 25.) The flow of currency from country to city has been re versed during the past week. The nerves of commerce are pricking with unwonted enterprizo, and the winter quie tude of the marts of trade is giving way to the lusty busi ness of the new season. The financial history of the past few days has been marked by the gradual revival of trade rather than by interesting incidents. Money continues easy at New York at 6 to 7. The greenback average of the banks of that city fell off a million and a half last week, but alto sub-treasury balance increased more than that amount. The National Bank notes are no longer se plenty as to prove embarrassing, and the West and South aro I.e.giuniug to recall the currency which they have poured into New York steadily since New Year's-day. The vast amount of railway loans now offering to the public will absorb much of the capital now afloat, but the time that must elapse before these funds can be "fixed" in ballast and rolling stock will ameliorate the effect of their withdrawal from the loan market. The spring trade it is now thought, will be more active than it was last year. The business in foreign imports is already large, the amount of foreign merchandise marketed at New York, last week, being about nine millions, and the customs re venue nearly four millions. The total amount of imports at New York up to February 19, since July 1, 1869, was $164,210,595. against $157,100,226 for the corresponding period ol the previous sear. The exports were quite light, last week, except in cotton. Since July 1, they amount to $130,337,705, against $101,367,056, last year This of eourse does not include the Public Securities sent abroad, the aggregate amount of which has been immense, more than sufficient to cancel all commercial balances against us. They are chewing interest all the time, however, and cry "give" like the horse leech. In domestic trade there is a fair businesii, wes tern and southern buyers of dry goods, especially, coming forward with more alacrity than was exhibiting last spring. Gold has gone down in spite of the spasmodic vote of the lower house of Congress to instruct the bank ing committee to bring forward a bill for the issue of $50,000,000 more of bottomless currency. There is no probability of this measure going through the Senate, even if the House, for the sake of buncombe, should go so far as to pass it. Gold was down to 1181 on Saturday and again on Monday after a slight advance. Foreign exchange was also a little cheaper, the supply of cotton bills more liberal and the foreign quotations of bonds higher, so that the bullish effect of congressional action, if it existed at all, was ,core than counteracted. The high quotationsof bonds abroad on Wednesday bore the premium down to a still lowerpoint, the lowest fraction being 1171, from which there was some reaction. This downward tendency of gold is the more re markable in view of the present active demand for coin-for Custom house duties. The receipts of :he Government from this source are now large, and for the first and second quarters of the present fiscal year amount to $93,907,069, against $86,587,057 last year, an increase of over seven and a quarter millions. Secretary Boutwell, in his estimates, calculated an increase of only seven and a half millions for the whole year. Many of the importers provided for their present wants by buying coin when it was at 120 to 122, and this fact probably explains in a measure the present low premium. The export of silver front New York last week amounted to $119,800, most of which was from White Pine. This region continues to yield largely. A. London offer of $1,000,000 for the Aurora mine has just been declined. The advance of Government Bonds in the European markets for the past few days has boon unprecedented. It is hardly ten days since we congratulated ourselves on seeing them quoted at 88, and now they have mounted to 89, and on Wednesday were quoted in London at 891.. This extraordinary leap has had the effect in New York to drop gold and steady bonds, so that for the first time in a decade the promise of the American nation stood at par in its own market. The bonds of 1881 and American eagles were, for the first time since the war, quoted at the same figure in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1870. The cause for this activity in bonds in the British and German markets is, probably, the great ease of money in those centres and the abundance of capital seek ing profitable investment. Recent events indicate an unusual greediness for new loans, and, probably, the European loan market is rarely iu a condition so favourable as now to sustain the weight of any loan we may have to dispose rd. The Russian agent bad an assortment of bids, amounting to $500,000,000, when 4 he "placed" his $60,000,000 loan on . London, and the Chilian agent had offers of $10,000,000 for a recent loan of $5,000,000. The upward tern in the Stock -Market early last week was succeeded by a reaction on;Thursday, when a bear movement seemed to have been inaugurated. The programme thus far this week has been similar. The fluctuating stocks, which were St. Paul, North. west, Rock Island, and Lake Shore, have mostly recovered from last week's decline. No business was done at any of the Boards on Washington's birthday, the 22d. The earnings and expenses of the three great trunk lines to th) West-- the Pennsylvania, New York Central, and Erie—contrast as follows for the past fiscal year : Traffic. Expenses. Pennsylvania 517,250,811 $12,203,276 New York Central Erie Mail advices from Europe indicate that the wheat fields of the continent, especially of Hungary, have received much damage from floods. Ordinary travellers for some days boated over the grain fields, and the devastation was wide spread. The Mark, Lane (Loudon) Express, in its review of the crops and of the British markets, says :—" We aro reaching a crisis of contrasts. Bread goes a-begging, while many go begging for bread. W hile some propose emigra tion as the great source of relief to the country, no bolder of corn believes that a diminished consumption will in crease the demand. The strange phenomenon is this, Providence has made the earth to teem with plenty, that plenty instrumentally caused by the hand of man, yet the labouring man is destitute in the midst of abundance. (From the Wall-street Journal.) FRIDAY EVENING, Feb. 25. Failures continue, among whieh we hear reported that the Washington Iron Works of Newburg, New York which concern, during part of the war, employed 1,500 hands. The following firms in this city are also reported to have suspended :—H. Sampson and Co., - wholesale dealers in dry goods; W. W. and C. A. Robbins, dry goods jobbers; and H. Zweig, wholesale tobacco dealer. Money on call is in ample supply, at ö per cent. on Go vernments and 6 per cent. on railroads and miscellaneous. Discounts are readily obtained at 6} to 81 per cent. on primp double names, and 7 to 12 per cent. on single. Gold has daily declined, and yesterday fell to 1161, the lowest price reached since Aug. 30, 1862, when sales were made at 115 To-day the market has reacted, having opened at 116, thence ris.ng to 117}, and closing at 116 x. The exports of silver bullion from New York last week were $119,800. and the week before $125,643. This comes chiefly from Me recent White Pine discoveries, some of which continue to yield largely. An offer comes from London of $1,000,000 for the Aurora South Mine, owned by Messrs. Seligman Biothers and a California party, which has been declined. The Eberhardt Mine, the first of the White Pine openings, also attracts great attention on the other side, because of its productiveness. QtiOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. Amer. silver... 96 to 97 1 Eng. sovs 485 to 487 Mex. dollars...lo3f „ 104 20 francs 384 „ 386 Eng. silver 470 , 480 y Thalers Five francs .... 96 „ 97 Government Bonds are strong, with a fairly active de mand. Sixes, 1861, registered .. Sixes, 1881, coupon Sixes, 1868, coupon U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad Five-twenties, 1862, registered ll2f to 113 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ll3 to 113 f Ten-forties, coupon ll2 to 1124 Ten-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Sixes 1881 FOREIGN EXCH.INGE. Sixty Days. Three Days. London Bankers - -1081 1091-1091 London, Prime Commercial lOBl-108f Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers Ifamburgh, Bankers 351-86 Frankfort, 0 M . 4.01-4 02 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.24-5.171 Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss 5.22i-5.171 Express Stocks are generally steady. Adams American Merchants' Uni Merchants' Union, old Sto United States Well; Fargo, and Co Railroad Stocks aro gent Vanderbilt stocks, Central of Rock Island, Cliicago and N( Missiisippi. Railroad gold I mand, and we note large put , peaks and Ohio Railroad Con The following are the morl N. Y. Central 6s, 1883... 901 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887... 89 N. Y. Central 6s, H Est.. 87 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n.. 87 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876...100 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 ... Erie Ist Mort, Ex 100 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 98 Erie 7s, 8d Mort, 1883 93 •Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 85 Erie 7; sth Mort, 1888 RI Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M, '77 B7 R. 7s, Ist M, Hod. E. 7; 3d M, '75 106 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 102 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 124 Mich. new Ist 31 8s 'B2 — Mich. So., 7 p. c 2dM 9B N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 98 111. Cen. 7 p. c, '7O 110 Alton & T. 11. Ist M 93 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd 80 Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc. 75 Han.& St.J.LandWrntsloB Ilan. & St. J. Con Chi. B. & Q. Ist M 11 l Chi. & N. West, S. F 96 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony B9l Chi. & N. W. Int B B9l ('hi. & N: W. Ist M 93. Quincy & Tol, Ist 31,'75 71 111. & So. lowa Ist 11 7O Gt.Wesl. lstM, 'BB £3!; Gt. Western 2(.1 AL '9.1 7B Tol. & Wab. Ist 31 Ex 9O 63i to 64 ion 37 to 38 )ek 6-} to 7 51i to 51f 21f to 21y ;rally strong, especially the New Jersey, Chicago and Irth-Western, and Ohio and , onds continue in active de- Anse of those of the Chesa npany. gages : Tol. & Wab. Equip 751 & Pr. du Ch. Ist M — Gal. & Chic. Eat 9B Gal. & Chic. 2d M 93 Chi. & R. I. Ist M 100 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7's 9B Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 99 N. J. Central Ist M 102 N J. Central 2d M 100 Pitts. Ft.W., & Mist M 102 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 2d M 951 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 3d M 92 Cleve. & Pitts., 4th M 75 Chic. & Alton ; S. F. Inc 97 Chic. & Alton, S. F. lstM 10 Mil. & St. Paul Ist 31 92 Mil. & St. Paul 2d 11 B3 Marietta & Gin. Ist 31 B7 Morris & Essex let 31 l 00j- Morris & Essex 2d M Joilet & Chic. Ist M — Chi. & Gt. East'n 1801_ 75 N. Y. & N. H. 6s 97 Dubuque &S. City,lst M 95 Peninsula Ist M 9O Ohio & Miss. lit M 96 Ohio & Miss. Con Bl Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D 7B Atlantic & G. W. 2d It!. Del., Lack., & W., 2d 31.100 Lake Shore Div. Bonds 85 Cleve, P. & Ash. N.B — Do. 0.8... Union Pacific Gold 8... 8G Central P.llll. Uoli.l 8... 95 Pacific RR. guar. by Mo. 95 Miscellaneous Stocks do not show much animation, the principal business being in Pacific Mail, which closes at 421. N. Y. Cent. & Intd. Er Hi Erie Reading Mich. Central Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg lOl (Jhi & North-West North-West Preferred 87.:=1, Canton 5B Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo Fort Wayne 9lf I Pacific Mail 421 Atlantic Mail — Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph -1; Miraposa Mariposa Preferred U;iio and Mississippi 3oi. Boston Water Power l7 Cumberland N Y and N Haven 136; M & St. Paul M & St. Paul Preferred 87; Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia bankers, report as follows on February 25 :—Pennsylvania Railroad Shaies, 57 57; Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 99 100; Sixes, 2d Mortgage, 99 100. The Liverpool Mercury gives the following as the official list of cabin and steerage passengers of the still missing Inman steamer City of Boston :—Cabin.—From New York.—Allen Ebbs, wife, child, and infant ; Mr Ry land and wife, W. M. Cochrane, M. A. Praeger, Mre M. Cosgrove, James Cosgrove, James Adshead, B. C. Lawton.—From Halifax.— Captain Hamilton, 65th Regi ment ; Mrs Kihlabl, child (thirteen months), and infant; Lieutenant H. Horace Baker, R.E., and Mrs. H. H. Baker, two children, Frederick and Florence, and nurse (name unknown); Capt. Sterling, wife, infant, and nurse; IL 0. Morley, deputy assistant-superintendent stores ; Mrs Orange and child; Lieut. Orange and female servant, Lieut. Kildahl and female servant, W. E. Potter, Capt. Forbes, Mr Leconte, Master T. R. Robinson, Master Thos. 11. Ro binson, Mr J. Allan, Mr A. K. Doull, Mr E. Billing, Mr J. B. Young, Mr J Barron, Mr Walter Barron, Mr P. Power, Mr James N. Paint, Miss F. Paint, Mr G. A. Knox, Mr William Murray, Mr C. S. Silver, Mr E. J. Kenny, Mr John Thompson, Mr John D. Purdy, Mr Charles Fisher, Mr S. R. Montgomery, and Mr William Parkes. Steerage--From New York—William J. M'Crea, wife, and infant; Janet Barnesley and two children, John Moran, \Vm. Lapsworth, John Gibson, Benjamin Wood head, James M'Manaus, Kate MiManau, Michael Parkin son, Edward Parrey, James McDonnell, T. Fox, Thomas Barton, M. J. Harding, John J. Ashton, William Moales dale, William Barnsley, George Fearns, James IL Barns ley, George Jennings, John Taylor, Mary Taylor Thomas Bolton, John T. Bailey, Joseph Davies, Ellen, Davies, William Davies, Thomas Davies, W. J. Thre-trer, John Davies, Evan Thomas, Samuel M.Culls, Michael Dempsey, William Carr, Charles Grattan, James White, Francis McCarthy, L. Floyer, Thomas Francis, William Thompson, A. R. Conk. From Halifax : - James McCain and wife, Joseph Holland, Jas. Graves, Mary A. Erskine, Patrick Cassidy, Geo. Bowling. The vessel has a crew of 81 men :—Commander - Capt. J. J. Ilalcrow. Mates- J Mortimer, first; J. Craven, second; and W. 11. James, third. Surgeon —Thos. Spring Rice. Subordinate officers —William Smith, purser; Alfred Josepl - 4 Garnett, bar keeper; James M'Gregor, chief steward. Captain Bulmer, of the Helene Marion, arrived at Spithead in distress from New York for Antwerp, states that she left New York on the same day as the City of Boston steamer. On the night of the 29th of January met with a hurr.catie from S.E. to to S.W., which, while hove-to, took away his foremast and jibboom, although he had no sails set at the time, and his new sails were taken completely out of the gaskets and blown away. Believes the City of Boston must have been in the same hurricane. The National Conference on Prison Discipline will open at Cincinnati, Sept. 20, 1870, and Dr. E. C. Wines and Dr. B. K. Pierce, of New York; A.,E. Cham berlain, of Ohio ; Z. R. Brockway, of Michigan ; and F. B. Sanborn, of Massachusetts, have been appointed to make detailed arrangements, select topics, report sta tistics, &c. Dr. Wiebern, the famous reform school su perintendent of Hamburg, will probably .;attend. The National Association formed to secure the recognition of Almighty God and the Christian religion in the constitu tion of the United States has issued a call for a National Convention at Pittsburgh, on Thursday, March 3. This call is signed by William Strong, president of the associa tion; James Pollock; J. IL M'llvaine, professor in Prince ton College ; Bishop Scott, of the Methodist Church ; and General 0. 0. Howard, vice-president. From the Naples and Florence Observer we learn that "a large party of Americans, accompanied by the Consul, B. 0. Duncan, Esq., Mrs. Duncan, and Mr. Rogers, madean excursion to Pompeii, March 4, where, by order of Senator Morelli, a special excavation was made. Several vases, a few coins, and various other objects were found. A sumptuous dejenner was laid out in the narmx Stabiame, to which tha guests, upwards of forty, sat down. The day was remarkably fine, and all were highly delighted with the trip." The North German Correspondent remarks : "The. Observatory last year conchulei a most important examination of the course 41 followed by steam ships be tween the Lizard and New York. For this purl (use it made use of 374 logs. kept by the respective captains of eight vessels of the North-German Lloyd. These logs furnish exact information as to the position of each ship et noon on ever.day of its voyage, an accountof the state of wind and weather, and much interesting information as to fogs, ice, the quantity of coal consumed, etc., but unfortunately they contain nothing respecting the pressure of the atmosphere, or the temperature of the air and the sea. The practical purpose of this investigation is to discover by what route a steamship can accomplish the distance between the two points in question at vari ous seasons of the year in the shortest time. The report concludes with an expression of gratitude to the Buudes rath for the subvention lately grunted, and of satisfaction at the excellent relations existing between the North- German Ocean Observatory and titnilar institutions in oth©x c9untrics." CHOLZAA IN THE GAMBIA. An official return has been published containing extracts of papers relating to the recent outbreak of cholera in the settlement of the Gambia. The details of the visitation show it to have been of the most virulent character, and fears are entertained that, 'cholera having thus obtained a footing in Africa, its periodical visits may be anti cipated. The report states that the difficulties in contending with this epidemic are almost innume rable. The prejudices and fright of the natives make them insensible to any bribe or rate of wages offered to induce them to assist in burying the dead. The deadly unsupportable nature of the climate necessitates the immediate burial of the bodies, which are placed in trenches, as time and lab3ur do not admit of separate graves. Rear-Admiral Paley, in his despatch to Earl Granville, says, "bow long the cholera may last of course cannot be told, but we are now fast •approaching the sickly season, and should we not be free from it then, I fear but few will be left to tell of the cholera epidemic at the Gambia in the year 1869." INFA The crisis is evidently coming sooner than was expected. Instead of the Infallibility question being postponed until after the hot weather, perhaps being shelved altogether, it is now expected to come on in the second fortnight of April ; and even in this case, however, the pre lates will need to make haste, or they will work under very unfavourable conditions. One thing is certain : an additional article to the Schema, treating of the infallibility of the Pope, was distributed m Rome on the 7th, and published in full in the Cologne Gazette of Wednesday. It is a short document, and declares that the Pope can not err in defining matters of faith and morals, and that any one who disputes tins dogma thereby falls away from the truth of the faith (sciat se a veritatefidei dOcere). The Paris correspondent of the Telegraph points out, however, that even this step must not be strained beyond its legitimate meaning. " tfter all it is only the definition of infallibility which is now going to ba discussed and settled. Upon the nature of that definition will depend the action of France. It is only the political results of the dogma of Infallibility, not the dogma itself, that the Government fears." FRANCE AND THE PAPAL MONEY. The monetary question in the Pontifical States has ce. casioned a considerable sensation, and is likely to be a serious difficulty to the Government. The refusal of France to admit the Pontifical coinage as a circulating medium has been a severe blow to the Papal finance, as the coinage was issued in proportion not to the actual number of the Pope's subjects, but to those of the annexed provinces. In Italy, morever, the sight of anything in the shape of silver is too welcome for refusal, and the greater part of the Papal silver will therefore be absorbed by the producers of oil, cattle, and other provisions by which Rome is supplied, almost exclu sively from the Marches, Umbria, and other provinces annexed to Italy. This will necessarily increase the price of provisions in Rome, and occasion discontent among the people, which has been the great object of the Italian Go. venunent to attain, and there are many signs which point to a crisis in Rome as more than probable. The French Government is by no means so demonstra tive in its assurances of protection as it was a few weeks since. Notwithstanding the many offers made to the French War Office of colonels of high standing for the command of the Legion of Antibes, no appointment has yet been made, and Colonel D'Argy's place has not beea filled, which looks as if France was in no mood to commit herself to a second official military representation hi Rome. The Pope is said to be much preoccupied by the situa tion, which is far from an easy one, the complications caused by the Galilean party in Rome and in France ren dering every step taken in the Council a fresh hazard to Cie French occupation of Civita Vecchia. A CARPET-BAGGER IN CONGRESS. There has been considerable excitement in Congress respecting Mr. Whittemore, who is known as a " Carpet bagger." Mr. Whittemore represents, or did represent, the first district of South Carolina in the House of Representatives, and has been convicted of selling cadetships—a fact not very likely to raise the popular representatives in public estimation. The case which had been before the House at an earlier date, was reopened on February 23 by General Logan, when a scene of great excitement and confusion ensued. General Butler appeared as Mr. Whittemore's advocate, and de fended the sale of the cadetships, saying that the money had been distributed in the district which was represented by the accused. General Butler went on to say, probably with more truth than politeness, that if all such transactions were punished with expulsion a majority of the members would be expelled. There was a good deal of angry contention as to the r i g ht o f Butler to speak, but he spoke as we see to some purpose. Mr. Whittemore having obtained a day's delay telegraphed his resignation to the Governor of South Carolina. On the 24th the House was crowded in every part by eager spec tators, and the excitement when Mr. Whittemore rose was intense. He first sent a messenger to the Speaker, reading and then commenced his explanation. He had been a little too hasty in his movements, however, for he had not.read half a page before he was interrupted by Speaker Blaine. The mes sage sent to him was the copy of Mr. Whittemore's resig nation, and the correspondence between him and Gover nor Scott, of South Carolina. Having read this, the Speaker ruled that Mr. Whittemore was no longer a member, and therefore not entitled to speak. What the Hew York Herald calls " a very complicated parliamentary muddle " then ensued the result being that the House decided the speaker was right. Mr. Whittemore was no longer member, and could therefore neither be heard nor expelled, but a vote of censure was adopted without a dissentient voice. Whittemore's friends are annoyed at Isis resignation which they take as a confession of guilt. One of them who was standing talking to Mr. Whittemore when the vote of censure was being taken, shouted "aye" emphati cally, and even before the vote was declared a page was busy rubbing Mr. Whittemore's name from his desk, but not, it would seem for long, as the South Carolinians are expected to send him back again, a fact which gives some colour to General Butler's story of the distribution of the prize money. The fatality told in the song of "The Mistletoe Bough" was repeated at Balerno last week, when a girl aced 5, and a boy aged 3, the children of the gardener at Mallany Flax Mills ' shut themselves in a large corn chest in a stable. The lid hasped itself outside, and the children were not discovered until they were dead. SAD ACCIDENT THROUGH EXHAUSTION. —A shocking accident occurred on Thursday in St. Paul's churchyard. It appears that a young man of about 25 years of age applied for work to the decorator who had the painting of the exterior of No. 31, St. Paul's-churchyard. The applicant was in a state of extreme destitution. He stated that he slept the previous night at Mr. Williams' Refuge, Clerkenwell. He was given employment, and he had to work on a swing scaffolding, which was suspended forty feet above the pavement. After painting all day he became exhausted and dropped down on the scaffolding. Before anyone could go to his assistance he rolled off the scaffolding and fell to the pavement. The back part of his head was completely smashed in by the stones, and he expired instantly. THE UNITED STATES >AND CIIBA.—In reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives on the subject of Cuban affairs, the President has transmitted a number of documents to them. From these it appears that General Sickles dined with the President of the Cortes, and met the Secretaries of State, Senor Silvela, &c. It was understood that their remarks were official, and during the course of the evening it was said that Spain desired intimate relations with the United States, and would extend free institutions to Cuba ; that the Cubans were prepared for free institutions ; that Cuban questions could not be considered in the Cortes while Cuba was in rebellion, but that the Government were prepared to recommend the largest liberty. Secretary Fish stated to General Sickles that the interest felt in Cuban affairs in the United States has lessened since the violent acts of the insurgents' agents had become known. It is certain that the contest cannot terminate without the abolition of slavery. THE DI3IINUTION OF PAIIPERIS3L—The autho rities of St. Pancras Woskhouse are still, it appears, labouring in earnest to diminish the curse of pauperism. At an inquest held on Thursday night on an old man, named Discomb, it was shewn that they had kept him habitually fasting for fifteen hours between his five o'clock tea and his breakfast the next morning, and thus at length succeeded in reducing the burden on the rates by the amount of Discomb's keep. He died suddenly in the infirmary wartl. The j ury returned a verdict of death by natural causes, and expressed an opinion that fifteen hours was too long a period to keep old people without food. On Wednesday a further reduction of local expenditure was effected by the administration of castor oil and opium to George Stapleton whilst suffering from congestion of the lungs. The jury said this was carelessness. Lvidently, however, if this system be properly worked, it will com pletely supersede all such merely palliative remedies as emigration.—Pall Mall Gazette. . WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of the Hon. Lady Augusta Frederica Louisa Frances Vernon-Went worth was proved, under £90,000. Her ladyship bequeaths to her two daughters, Louisa Mary H. Vernon-Went worth and Henrietta Frances Elizabeth Thellusson, all her jewels, diamonds, and ornaments, and her carriages and horses, equally divided between them, as well as the rest of her property, appointing them residuary legatees.— The will of Mr. Thomas Fielden, of Wellfield, Crumpsell, was proved under 1,300,000 the executors being the tes tator's nephews—Mr. Samuel Fielden, of Centre-tale, near Todmorden ; Mr. John Fielde n , o f hobroyd Court ; and Mr. Joshua Fielden, M.P. for the West Riding of York- . shire—and to them he leaves his property, subject to the' payment of the interest from £30,000 secured to his wife during her life. —The will of Mr. Thomas Parr, late of Grappenhall, Hey-es, was proved under 500,000 personalty. The bequests to his sons and daughter are very large, in cluding numerous shares in companies ; also liberal lega cies to his nephews and nieces, and bequests to his clerks, servants, and others. To his executors, Mr. Cross, M.P., and Mr. Charlton, each 230 guineas ; to his grand-daughters, Florence and Emily Jeffery, £l,OOO. He has left £l,OOO towards establishing an infirmary at Warrington, and £lOO to the Ragged Schools there. He devises his estates of Grappenhall and Appleton to his son Joseph and issue : and devises all other his estates, except Kiliechronan, which is subject to disposi tion, in conformity with Scotch law, in favour of his son Thomas Philip Parr whom he appoints residuary legatee. —The will of Mr. George Thomas, of Bristol, merchant, was proved under £200,000. He leaves to his wife a legacy of £3,000, an annuity of £ 1,500, and a choice of one of his residences. To his nephew, Alfred Kettson Thomas, a legacy of £lO,OOO • and liberal bequests to his other nephews and nieces and to friends, and to several institptiens ; and appoints his nephew and executor, J. ga h° 4 l4 R2 EgtSka r Ykg 4 tri7-4 - PfeiV4. 1 04...92 gig . THE NATIONAL EDUCATION UNION AND MR. GLADSTONE. This afternoon a deputation from the National Educa tion Union waited on the Premier, at his official residence, Downing-street, to represent to him their views on the Government Education Bill. Their opinions were ex pressed in the following resolutions which had been alopted by the Central Executive Committee :--" (1). The bill of the Government deserves support, inasmuch as it aims at supplying the needs of elementary education without prohibiting religious instruction, without super seding parental responsibility, and without extinguishing the schools which owe their existence to the costly and persevering labours of the best friends of the education of the people. (2). It is defective in not adopting that indirect made of - compulsion which consists inreqineing education as a condition of the hired employment of children; vhich has been successfully applied through the Factory Ads, and has been more recently adopted in the Workshops Regula tion Act. 3. Compulsory attendance at suitable schools may be rightly enforced on vagrant children, and on those whose parents are receiving parochial relief, or are unable to pay the school fees." The deputation was very nume rously attended, and amonst those present were : The Right Hon. Lord Harrow'by, Lord Howard of Glos sop, Right Hon.- Lord Shaftesbury, Right Hon. W. F. Cowper-Temple, M.P. (South Hants) ; Lord Robert Mon tagu, M.P. (Huntingdonshire) Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P. (East Surrey) ; Lord Augustus Hervey, M.P. (West Suffolk) : Mr. Edward Baines, M.P. (Leeds) ; Colonel Akroyd, M.P. (Halifax) ; Mr. F. C. Smith, M.P. (North Notts) ; Mr. T. W. Mellor, M.P. (Ashton-under- Lyne) ; Mr. C. S. Read, M.P. (South Norfolk); Mr. W. Cunliffe Brooks, M.P. (East Cheshire) ; Hon. A. Egerton, M.P. (South-East Lancashire) ; Hon. Captain Egerton, R.N., M.P. (North Derbyshire) ; Mr. James Sidebottom, M.P. (Staleybridge) ; Sir H. Selwin Ibbet son, M.P. (West Essex) •, Mr. Henry Barnett, M.P. (Woodstock) ; Mr. It. B. Wingfield Baker, UP. (South Essex) ; Mr. It. P. Amphlett, M.P. (East Worms torshire) ; Mr. W. J. Legh. M.P. (East Cheshire); Mr. It. Assheton, M.P., Clitheroe ; Mr. W. Gray, M.P. (Bolton) • Mr. H. C. Wise, M.P. (South Warwickshire) Mr. Hit Birley, M.P. (Manchester) ; Mr. Henry Cecil Raikes, I. P. (Chester) ; Colonel Marcus Beresford, M.P. (Southwark) ; Mr. J. Hick, M.P. (Bolton) ; Mr. F. S. Corrance, MP. (East Suffolk) ; Mr. T. Collins, M.P. (Boston) ; Bon. Wilbraham Egerton . , M.P. (Mid-Cheshire); Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P. (Westminster); Lord Landon, M.P. (Liverpool); Mr. A J. Beresford-Hope, M.P. (Cam bridge Univereity) ; Mr. J. W. Pease, M.P, (South Durham) ; Mr. J. S. Hardy, M.P. (Rye) ; Mr. J. Floyer, M.P. (Dorsetsbire) ; Mr. Robert Dimsdale, M.P. (Hert ford) ; Mr. C. Wren Hoskyns, M,P. (Hereford) ; Mr. E. ' Cawley, M.P. (Salford) • Mr. 3. S. Henry, M.P. (South- East Lancashire) ; Lord G. Cavendish, M.P. (North Der byshire) ; Mr. 3G. Talbot, M.P. (West Kent) ; Viscount Enfield, M.P. (Middlesex) ; Mr. William Finnie, M.P. (North Ayrshire) ; Mr. Albert Pell, M.P. (South Leices tershire) ; Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P.; Mr. Alex ander S. will, M.P.; Mr. W. M, Hodgson, M.P. ; Mr. S. R. Graves, M,P. • Mr. W. Tapping, M.P.; Major Allen, M.P.; Mr. E. B.'Eastwick, M.P. ; Lord Garlies, M.P. ; Mr. N. Greville, M.P. ; Mr. W. M. Torrens M.P. ; Mr. J. Round, M.P. ; Mr. T. Chambers, M.P. ; Mr. E. Hermon, Lord George Hamilton, M.P., and others. Ministers of all denominations were present, besides laymen not M.P.'s. Mr. GLADSTONE was accompanied by Lord de Grey, President of the Privy. Council, and Mr. W. E. Forster, the Vice-President. Mr. COWPER TEMPLE, M.P., introduced the deputation, which, he said, was attended by seventy-four members of the two Houses of Parliament. They agreed generally with the object of the Union, although they reserved power to differ in detail. The National Education Union was very wide-spread throughout the country. It had branches in a hundred towns, including all the most important, It had recognised agents in 300 rural districts. It had had its resolutions confirmed in various parts of the country, and it had the support of a great number of persons who had taken an active and well-known interest in educational affairs. The Union did not belong, as the right hon. gen tleman would see, to any political party in the State. Its object was not to enforce ,the views of any religious com munity or creed, but they sought to represent the ratepayers, who were desirous for the extension of educa tion without any unnecessary interference with the free dom of religious teaching. They held that it was not the province of the State to determine what religious education ought to be given in schools, and certainly not to prohibit it. (Hear, hear.) But they thought that the State ought to respect the congeientious convictions of the manages and teachers, and in return to request that they should also respect the religious opinions of the parents of the children. Every facility ought to be given to enable parents to withdraw their children from any lessons of which they did not approve. They were accordingly anxious that nothing should be done to render education unpopular. They desired to assure the Government that the principles which they had embodied in their bill were principles which had the snpport of a very large portion of the country. They trusted that the Government would not be deterred by opposition to these general principles. He could assure the Government that they could count on a very large amount of support if they carried these principles into effect. The Rev. Dr. BARRY, Principal of King's College, Len don, hoped that the Government would not allow the pro visions of the bill which had been laid before Parliament to be tampered with. The conscience clause as it stood afforded full religious liberty to all sides. It was well to recollect that not a penny of the money raised would go to the support of religious education. They . would find, the Government would adhere to the provisions of the bill which had been so honestly and ably sketched, and he could assure the right hon. gentleman that the Union would place its strength at the disposal of the Govern ment. The Rev. EIISTACE CONDER, Congregational minister of Leeds, said that amongst Nonconformists, Independents, Baptists, as well, probably as amongst the Metho dists throughout the country, there was a feeling of alarm and anxiety lest the reform which all felt to be needed should be the means of rekindling the religious strife which recent legislation had tended to put' an end to. In order that parents might not be placed in an unfair or unpleasant position, which might possibly be the case in some districts, he thought the managers of the schools should ask the parents whether they " consented " to the religious education. Mr. E. Baines, M.P., Colonel Akroyd, M.P., Lord Harrowby, and Mr. A. Pell, M.P., also spoke in terms of general support of the bill, and particularly of that clause which provided for the religious education. Mr. GLADSTONE replied to the representations of the deputation in a very few remarks. He said that the ques tion of how far education was a legitimate burden on the rates must be treated by them as separate from the ques tion out of what property ought the property to be supplied— he meant the money which constituted the legitimate source of local expenditure. With regard to the Bill he was very much obliged to them for the views which they had been pleased to express, and which he took to be simply repre sented in the words which had been used by Lord Harrowby, "that religion was not to be compulsorily, separated from education." (Hear, hear.) That he pre sumed to be the main principle. (" Yes.") With regard to the mode of applying those principles, they must, of course, involve much difficulty in detail. It would probably be prejudicial and injurious to make any premature disclosure. The Government would give the matter their best consideration. When they discussed the bill in committee they would be able to grapple with these difficulties. He hoped the result would be one in which they could all to a great extent concur, and that t then the measure would give general satisfaction. Mr. COWPER-TEMPLE, M.P., having thanked the right von. gentleman for granting the interview, the deptito,tion retired. The New York Tribune remarks :—" Here are pleasing little statistics ! The cost of hanging Pike, the Hampton Falls (New Hampshire) murderer, was $450. The gallows cost $250; the Sheriff's fee was $lOO (and not a bit too much) ; and the incidental expenses were $ll5. But the point to be noticed particularly is that it was with great difficulty that the Sheriff found carpenters to build the gallows, workmen exhibiting no little repug nance to engaging in its construction. Really these honest New Hampshire carpenters must have neglected the study of Jewish history, or they would have known that there is nothing more delightfully beautiful than the fine old doctrine of an eye for an eye and A tooth for a tooth," 3.IO2VETARY REPORTS —Yesterday. -- iery little business has been doiniiiithe btocx change markets to-day, and there has been a tendencY tcjj lower rates. Consols, however, have been steadY# at 9,2.1! 921 for money, and 92/, 92i for the April acco unt• duced and New Three per Cents, 91g. 91k. Ban k , Sl4e j has marked 240, 244. India Five per Cents bill 1.12, 4 ., 11 . 11 India Bonds at 205., 255. prem. Exchequer Bills ts; 3s. prem. e_ ci Realisations of profit have had a depressing nw ile " upon the market for English Railway stocks te-dgi An , an almost general decline has taken place. • At the saw l time, however, no important movement has tak en Plae l Metropolitan has been firm, and g better s haul London ito Brighton has risen to the extent of 4, but Great North el A has fallen 4, Caledonian Midland 4, Londoe aD North-WesteGreat Western, 4. Tndian Railway stocks have been quiet, but Nvithoutl movement. Canadian shares have been flat. Gr Trunk have fallen and Great Western 4. Fora,%l shares have been dull, with a tendency to lower rates. Less firmness has been noticed in the m oneyular ket day. Capital has been more freely offered, and the derll3jl, for acccommodation has been less active. Three raootlo paperhas been takenper cent. --• • it' At the Bank of England to-day no bullion operaid jiave been reported. As regards the exchanges the rates have been Othet • lower, but no quotable change has taken place. As regards foreign bonds Egyptian and Turkish 11°8 been flat, and the latter five per cent- stock has falleu!h; Mexican bonds have receded ; New Grenada, 3 Sp a l (1867), I, and Venezuela 1 per cent. ; but an adv ance has taken place in Argentine (1868), Guatemala, Austri and Dutch certificates, and of in Italian (1861), Chilian scrip. The Russian Loan is quoted at 3,2 to 4 prem. uee s American securities have been flat. The 8P..- have fallen Ten-Forties, and Virginia, 2. si,oe There has been very little inquiry for bank nevertheless, prices have been without alteration. (40 , Telegraph shares have been more freely dealt in. A n 'o American have risen British Indian Submarine, 1: Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta, Telegraph Construction shares have been flat, but 11/1' altered, but Silver's India-rubber shares have fallen 11. „ For miscellaneous securities the demand has been active, at about yesterday's closing quotations. At Mark-lane to-day, wheat was quiet but firm. . 4 1 The Fortuna Mining Company have declared a dend at the rate of 3s. per share, the Linares ConWarl ss. per share, and the Alamillos 2s. per share. • 3 - 1 —At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Prentice en Inglis, galvanisers, Glasgow, the liabilities were s hell° amount to £16,000, and the assets to about £4,000. In reference to the state of the bullion market een ge s r '.. Pixley and Co. remark :—The gold market has b quiet during the week, and the only arrival we have te: port is that of £l,OOO per Prussian, from Halifax• demand for the Continent has quite ceased, and e l) : 0 .219,00 Q has been sent into the Bank. Silver.—W e without any arrivals to report, but the market continev firm at 60id. per oz. standard, and the demand is 0011 the Continent. The dollars brought by the West steamer and by sundry vessels from New York have b sold at 59id. per oz., sheaving a slight decline in Pric e ' on cl . The following is from the Levant Herald of the ri c . , inst. :—Tht Porte has granted to the Smyrna and v;:t; Baba Railway Company some important modificatf,, in the concession for prolonging its line 's i tho • ther distance of fifty miles to Alascheir, with view of facilitating the raising of the capital req um js As our notices from time to time have shown, the preg 4 , of this railway has been very encouraging. The B'l'osBl, ceipts have nearly doubled in the four years it has bee n i o work, and the net profit has more than doubled within to same period,having advanced from 216,891 in 186 6 , to g4°':toli in 1869, or to a little over 5 per cent. per annum on the 01'41 of the company. There can be no doubt that by construct' yl the proposed extension to Alascheir, a larger dividen d ° o i l be earned on the total cost of the whole line. A quee ti lo ' principle, which has been for some time under diec tl ' s !i e f between the Government and the company, as towile" 0 certain items of expenditure were properly charge 3b i e revenue. has, we are glad to learn, been arrallg'et,.. a manner which is equitable and satisfactory for both ois ties, and the sum of 28,328, which had been retained frul the guarantee pending its final settlement has , according been paid over to the company. Nov!' At a meeting of the New Brunswick and Scotia Land Company, a dividend of 15s. percen t, declared. n oil The Manchester Guardian announces the suspags' e Messrs. G. W. Pixton and Co., buying agents, of P e " - street. The liabilities are believed to be small. 11?A1?KE7S-1 ester(' a y. LONDON CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—The supplies of P'7 o o wheat on sale here, to-day, were again short, and there , io e y for certain amount of firmness in the trade. The inqnir ene fes of white parcels was somewhat active, and the full curr i s t? Monday last were maintained. Foreign wheat changed a fair extent at the recent improvement for Russian and j" i foe can descriptions. Barley was steady in value and deman, ;„31 both malting and grinding qualities. Malt was inactive at nonrod; currencies. Oats, beans, and peas tended upwards in va lue ' Inluiry ruling steady. 'Baize changed hands on former werO, The flour trade was very quiet, but fine country qualiti e 2,, r ief , l held at extreme rates. Arrivals.—British : Wheat, 1,09 0 ; 1,910; beans, 320 ; peas, 70 ; and maize, 2,730. Foreign 4,670 ; barley, 720 ; oats, 4,450 ; maize, 710 quarters ; sacks and 1,000 barrels. 6 0 ' LONDON TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.—TaIIow is rather th ro at 465. buyers, spot and one month ; and 465. 6d. 190 cutt" , months. Oils remain unaltered in value. Safflower dull lower to sell. ctiol34 LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, FRIDAY. -The trall sa ,;;:s sr! , In the trade have been of quite a retail character, but Prw-icat° ' unchanged. Coffee has ruled firm in value, though the Pr o vii transactions have been small. No public sales have o il place to-day. There has been some demand for strong re„. sugars at full currencies, but inferior samples have centliallf dull. Relined goods have remained steady in value. e and depressed. Saltpetre rather dearer, 258 . having bee' for Bengal, nd. per cwt. refraction. 04' METROPOLITANPOLITAN MEAT MARKET. FRIDAY .- The r e 11 o leo'. been fair supplies of both town and country killed meat ee uc ef, which has met a moderate inquiry at our quotations : from 35. to 4s. Bd. ; mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; veal, v s Osti to ss. Bd. ; pork, 3s. 4d. to Os.; and lamb, Os. Bd. to Bs. Pe r by the carcase. BORORGH HOP MARKET, FRIDAY.-The hop market Ugh continued inactive, except for fine qualities of New Bril r iot which have sold at full quotations. Yearlings and all in "li samples have been neglected. Mid and East Kent, £ 7 t° „ - Weald of Kent, £0 to a ; Sussex, £5 ss. to £6 6s. ; to £9 ; French, £5 to £8 Os. ; American, £4 to £0 ; Yea' £1 10 to £3 3s. pet cwt. be e g MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.-There ha s 0 1,1 ' very little inquiry for any kind of goods to - day, eith er fer.,evt ,11 ment or for home consumption. Although spinners have 'e no anxiety to force business, prices have tended in fes ° buyers. • td LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY .- Wheat 24.1. oc, • per cental advance. Corn active, at an advance of ad. r re flour firm. Other articles steady. f the Wee l l 3 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY .- Sales o r e 48,375 bales ; ditto on speculation, ,000 ; ditto declared 11 2 , 00 P, port, 5,000 ; taken by the trade, 38,500 ; actual ex p ort, import, 24,000; stock, 271,000. To-day the market was Import, 5,500 bales. Sales 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 on lation. Y; LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, FRIDAY.-Market ste36'' Bars, ail; ores, 13 to 13i. t 0 0' WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY .- The whoa . , is active, and prices have advanced is. to 25., accoranot9 quality. Barley firm, and tendency upwards. Flow' and steady. 8 01641 GLASGOW IRON MARKET, FRIDAY.-Market quiet. 401 645. 4d. to 545. od. cash, and 545. B } d. to 543. 90. one In" Closes buyers at best. ~,e; eel CORK BUTTER MARKET, FRIDAY.-Firsts 1361: ,e;;,,tenj 130 s. ; thirds, 107 s. ; fourths, 825.; fifths and sixths Pet 4 1590." Two hundred frldns in the market. Mild-cured : Firsta, '- seconds, 1395. it thirds, 1228. ; seven firkins in the market. AMSTERDAM, FRIDAY. -Banca tin, 72k, firm. , it,APM AMSTERDAM, FRIDAY.-Rye, March, 179 i ; May , 1854. seed, autumn, 76k. 11 ft f ' d HAVRE COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.-Cott on a changing in value. Stock, 57 , 900 bales , of which .1 3 , ' r,' 1,6 American, and 8,550 Indian. Afloat, 40,900 American , an Indian. 5 6 ' °1 PARIS, FRIDAY .- Flour , current month, 5015 ; Apr-I, o yr May-August, 57'25. Rape oil, current month , 155'50; SO" December, 104•50. Mr. W. H. Miner; of hai just iieee elected Corresponding Member of the Paris .A.cadel l3 J Sciences in the section of Mineralogy. til e The third report of the Ritual Commission) substance of which was published in all the papers ago, was issued as a blue book this morning . M. Rochefort has been suffering for the last,f6o days from a sort of intermittent fever, and has deal obliged to keep his bed for a day or two. His 'nu" - attendant has declared complete rest to be necessary,. At the inquest yesterday touching the death of the two men from the recent falling of the warehnO e ths Harrington-street, Liverpool, the jury found that warehouse had been loaded beyond its bearing capecitl',l The Church _Review hears " that the BishoPL London intends making a raid upon all the Ritao73. clergy in his diocese—the monitions being no w in 11 paration." ab' Mr. J. Cunningham, the timber merchant scht.(3arged tconded from Sunderland ten days ag o, and who CP, late with extensive forgeries in that to w n , was capture%rtil on Thursday night at Shields by Mr. Hewett, the Shields Superintendent of Police. BIRTHS. ;f a Of CLERK —0 n the 10 th inst., at 2 , Hans-place, the vir•-- Major Edward Clerk, of a daughter. f Vi r • N EAL —On the 10th inst., lit Peckham-rye ' the wifo 0 - Geo. Neal, of a daughter. MARRIA GES. GALTON—BREIVERTON—Od the 10th inst.. at Friern net Church, John 11. Galton,Al.l). 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