The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-07 00:00:00

THE GENERAL DISARMAMENT QUESTION.—The Paris correspondent of the Telegraph contradicts the re port that France has proposed to the other great military powers general disarmament. This is not likely to be the case, especially after Count Bismarck's speech. The present is not a suitable time to make reductions in the army, although it may be desirable to lessen the cost of a large army establish men t. Th e reduction of the military contingent lately referred to meant no more than that a certain proportion of men had been sent on furlough. A ROYAL GIFT.—The Philadelphia Press says:— Just before leavin g Boston, Prince A r th ur sen t t o Miss Minnie Sherman, daughter of General Sherman, a chaste and costly gold medallion, having his likeness on one side and that of Queen Victoria on the other. Accompanying the gift was a delicately worded note, in which the Prince begged that Miss Sherman would accept the medallion as a token of the appreciation of the generous hospitalities he had experienced at the house of her father, and as a slight tribute to the beauty of American women, of which she was so striking an exponent. COUNT BISMARCK ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. = Count Bismarck made a long speech against the motion for the abolition of capital punishment which was recently carried in the North German Parliament. He stated that the opponents of capital punishment attached too much importance to death, and put too great a value upon life, and their views were based on a morbid tendency to treat the criminal with more consideration than his victim. As to the wrongfulness of taking human life, did not numbers of people die annually in factories and mines ; and if innocent men were sacri ficed to secure the public comfort, why should a criminal be spared? He thought the responsibility of condemning a man to imprisonment for life was as heavy as that of condemning him to death. He called the movement a "morbid sentimentality of the day," which it was desi rable to oppose with vigour. THE ARMY IN 'ENGLAND.—Great Britain, says the Army and Nary Gazette, is to be divided into nine great military commands, with fourteen districts within those commands, conterminous with them and with the counties, which will make this ceuntry one for all military purposes. The Inspectors of Reserve Forces, have becerne inspectors on the general staff of the army, in order that they may be part of this general united military administration. There will be twice as many recruiting districts as before. There were four in England, one in Seotland, and two in Ireland, or seven in aIL There 'will now be fourteen. There will be recruiting stations open at London, Dover, Bristol, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Birmingham, Peterborough, Liverpool, Manchester, • Newcastle-on-Tyne, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, and Dublin. THE GAIrE AND THE TURNIPS.—The Dundee. Advertiser, in an . agricultural report, mentions having made special exarninittin into numerous turnip-fields on the braes of the Carse of Gowrie, and thus des, , :Til - K,s its experience; gained by actual observation :—" du.,trac tion from hares, rabbits, pigeo ns , an d f rcm crows i t s frightful—enough to make the farmers' gorge rise. We noticed that the side of the turnip exposed to the south and the rays of the sun was invariably attacked, being the only part that could be assailed during the severe frost by the game. The roots were cut and scraped into every conceivable shape. After the hare and the rabbit had satisfied themselves, it was then the turn of the pigeons and crows to follow up the destruction of the tuber, which they found to be easily accomplished. The stron g bills of the crows worked mo s t disastrously. No wonder that the farmers are disgusted at the Game Laws, seeing the produce of their irksome toils brought to such a pass. The sooner they associate and agitate for the complete removal of these laws the better." PAPAL MONEY IN FILINCE.—There has lately been a great deal of excitement in Paris respecting the Roman money which the French Government refuses any longer to authorise the fiscal establishments to receive without a loss of 9 per cent. The public irritation at this inconvenient change is not lessened by the offer of the Coniptoir d'Escompte to accept the same money at a loss of 5 per cent. only. The Sa/ut Feblic, a Lyons paper, says that it is quite plain that if a financial com pany can make a good speculation on terms so much more favourable to the public, the Govern ment's affected generosity deserves little credit, and the public is deceived and mulcted. The Monde suggests a mode by which the objectionable coins might be with drawn from circulation i France without prejudice to the public. Let the faithful and the priests who make collections for Peter's Pence effect a gratuitous exchange of the moneys so collected in their immediate circles. They could tnen transmit their gatherings to Rome in the Pontifical coin." THE SAN DONATO COLLECTION.—The sale or the ancient pictures in the great San Donato collection commenced on Friday in Paris. At the previous sale the works of the French painters in the 18th century sold for im mense sums, while on Friday Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Domenichino and Perugino were obtained at comparatively low prices, without any eager competition. The only painting which obtained anything like its real value was " A Venetian Supper," by iorgione, which was purchased by a dealer, M. Reuter. La Belle Tani, by Veronese, was sold for 30,200 f. A n Ad am and Eve by Tintorctto, full of light and grace, obtained only 6,000 f. A Virgin and Child by Perugino, (the roaster of Raphael), sold for 39,000 f. There was a Francesco degli Albizzi by Sebastian del Piombo, wh ose wor k s are not common which sold for 6,000 f.. but a ser i es o f views of Venice, attributed to Marieechi were sold for 1751 r. One of the most extra ordinary events of the sale was the purchase of a Saint Catherine, by Domenichino, for 520 fr. Another was the price given for a " Supper at Emmaus," by Titian, a very fine work, although it has suffered from retouching. The name of Titian alone one might have thought would have raised the competition beyond 12,500 f. A Greuzo sold at the previous sale for 89,000 f. A Titian on Friday could but obtain 12,500 f. So much for faShion in art ! The sum total produced by the ancient paintings was 189,315 f. ; that of the French school and marbles was over a million. Tug VISITATION AND RELIEF OF THE POOR.---Mr. Henry Ilownall, the chai rman o f th e Middl esex magi strates, has issued a pamphl e t, a d voca ti ng some impor portant reform s i n connection with the visitation and relief of the poor. He recommends a much greater distinction to be made in poor-houses, between the aged poor and th e a b le-bodied, and that greater facilities should be permitted for the relatives and friends of the former to visit th em and b ring them presents. Especially should the visits of benevolent ladies be encouraged. Their aid i n th e r i ght management of females is essential, while their services in reading to the sick and instructing the young are invaluable. Mr. Pownall shews by prison statistics th a t t h e effect of encouraging such visits has been to reduce by one half the number of disorderly women sent to gaol from poor-houses. He also recommends that the poor-rates should be raised by national taxation in equable proportions, and that - the laws of settlement should be altered. Thus the whole of a certain midland parish is owned by an UP. who employs on his estate 200 men and women who are not permitted to reside on his land, but in an adjoining parish whose heavily -rated tradesmen and other occu pants have to pay entirely for the expenses of sickness, vice, and old age, of these poor persons, whilst ,their wealthy neighbour receives the benefit of their laboui• and time of health. Similarly the affluent West End parishes with low rates enjoy the services of persons who, in time of poverty, come upon the heavily-rated, struggling East- Enders, THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—Lord Justice Giffard ahs heard an appeal in the Court of Appeal from a deci sion of Vice-Chancellor James in the case of " Salisbury v. the Metropolitan Railway," whereby the Vice-Chan- Cellor refused to restrain the directors from paying dividends, as theplaintiff alleged, out of capital, because the plaintiff had not asked the interposition of the court with sufficient promptitude. The case arose from a difference in the estimated value of lands which the company had been f- ,ed to buy, in consequence of injury done to, their adations. The Lord Justice said there was no case ,atever for an interlocutory injunction such as that eyed for, the plaintiff having delayed his case 13(,) long, 1 he accrodingly dismissed the appeal. jIIARGE AGAINST A MERCFIANT.—Mr. Robert Brown, Irchant, of Cornhill, wh o i s c h arge d w i t h o b taining the eptances to two bills of exchange by fraud, has been in examined at the Mansion House. The prisoner teed a Scotch firm of shipbuilders to build iron screw steamers, and obtained £1,500 its commission. teacher of languages, named rski has now been called, and admitted signing the ;ract; for building the ships, though he had no capital, had never been a shipowner. He signed several bills ;he prisoner at his request. IARGE OF FORGERY. —Richard Batten, a secretary and I, who was said to have been educated at Harrow, been charged at the Lancashire Assizes with forging mnissory note for £1,500. He wrote from the Water 100 d, Liverpool, to a firm of money lenders in London tg for a loan of £l,OOO. He represented himself to be `Beer named Cooke, in the Lancers, and sent his pho- Th, which he desired them to verify at the United ice Club. On finding there was an officer of the name ioke in the regiment, that he had property, and that ;holograph was his likeness, a promissory note for )0 was sent down to the prisoner, and signed by him to name of Cooke. Before the money was paid, how an accidental communic a ti on with the real Lieu it Cooke exposed the fraud. The prosecutors and .enant Cooke united in recommending prisoner to ;yr on account of his family, but the judge observed the case was tb bad one, and sentenced to seven years' PCITitIISIO. 1;;Isti;*: THE BISHOPS AND THE. COUNCIL. The Bishop of Quimper and Leonhas published a pastoral almost entirely devoted to the question of Papal Infalli bility. He says that when the Pope solemnly promulgates er.les of belief and of conduct as teacher of all Christians, then he is really infallible. This is an in evitable necessity, it is his right, the right of bishops and priests of all the faithful and of the whole Church. The Bishop of Hebron and curs of Geneva, has addressed a letter of explanation respecting his speech; and his attitude in the Council to the journal of Geneva. " You judge the Council," he says, "at a distance, and by means of partial accounts. There are, in fact, many diverse opinions and tendencies among the bishops, but these do not affect the complete unity of the faith. Some bishops think the proclamation of the complete rights and authority of the Vicar of Christ is inopportune. They think it more prudent to suspend certain promulgations to conciliate the suspicious susceptibility of civil powers. Anxious for weak souls, and sensible of the dangers of the Church in our epoch, they hope by this reserve the better to obtain the goodwill of States and the conversion of Protestants. Others more numerous admire this prudence, but prefer the in tegral affirmation of the truth. I am with them. Ido not doubt either our age or the secular powers." The Ga:ette Populairc deCologne has an article on the Augsburg Ga.:rue, in which it says that behind that journal is a per sonage c.ipecially protected by his high extuiaal position, who is not himself obliged to observe secrecy, andwho therefore feels himself bound to make public all he knows of the Council. Those who are not familiar with the diplomatic and ecclesiastical world of Rome would be perplexed to discover the name of this personage. Notwithstanding the measures adopted against the correspondents of hostile journals, the Augsburg Gazette can consequently continue its revelations. The Berlin, Post says that a report is cu rrent in the diplomatic c i rc l es of Vienna to the effect that the Austrian Ambassador at Rome has been giving un sparing warning,s to the Curia, which have produced a storm in the Vatican, the Jesuits declaring that the Papal Nuncio must be recalled from Vienna. Antonelli him self is reported to have said to Cardinal Rauscher, " Things have come to suc h a pass with you in Austria that you have ministers who might be placed undt interdict. fore( fin t what pray and .-- CI nerc acne] ' agaiz induo a two • al hi - Thin contr - and 1 r for ti Cu sgent r, has b pro . Hote askin, an off togra] Servi: • of Co, the pl ,„• -C1,501 . the eser p. nam Lieuto w iercy ,pat „rwia THE IRISH LAND DILL. DEPUTATION TO MR. GLADSTONE. SATURDAY. For some time past the supporters of Tenant Right in Ireland have been forming a deputation to lay their case befose Mr. Gladstone. The deputation arrived in London from Ireland yesterday. Lord Bellew is its chairman ; and it comprises re• presentative men from every county in Ireland. The deputation as a preliminary sought the support of Irish liberal members. Nineteen of these met at the West minster Palace Hotel last night, and considered the prayer of the memorial. In the end they adopted the following resolution That this meeting do agree on a definition of tenant right, and that Mr. Gladstone be requested to embody that definition in his bill, and extend it to the rest of Ireland. Definition :—The right of continuous occupancy subject to the payment of the rent to which the tenant is liable, and such charge of rent as shall be afterwards set tled from time to time by fair valuation as hereafter pro vided, with a right to sell his interest to any solvent tenant to whom the landlord cannot make reasonable objection. The Irish members, having thus adopted the memorial, this day accompanied the deputation. Lord Bellew. as has been said, was at its head. He was supported by tha following members of Parliament :—Mr. Bryan (member for • Kilkenny county), Mr. J. T. Power (Wexford county), Mr O'Reilly (Longford county), Mr. G. H. Moore (Mayo), Mr Heron (the newly returned member for Tipperary), Captain White (Tipperary), Sir John Gray (Kilkenny County), Sir Patrick O'Brien (King's County), Mr. D'Arcy (Wexford County), Mr. McCarthy Downing (Cork County), Mr. E. J. Synan (Limerick County), Mr. W. H. Gregory (Galway County), Mr. Jonathan Pim (Dublin City), Mr. Matthew O'Reilly Dense (Louth County), Mr. J. F. Maguire (Cork City), and Mr. Win. Johnston (Belfast). Lord BELLEW first addressed Mr. Gladstone, and asket the right hon. gentleman so to amend the Government land measure for Ireland_ that the tenant-right of Ulster might be extended to all Ireland. He defined that right to be continuous occupancy at arent tobe fixed, if necessary, by arbitration. His lordship also claimed for the tenant as his right, a power to sell his interest in his occupancy to any solvent purchaser against whom the landlord could have no reasonable objection. Three members of the deputation not members of Par liament next addressed the Premier. Mr. Smethwick, Mr. O'Donnell, and Mr. M`Quade each declared definitely that the bill was opposed to the wishes of the Irish people. The tenants wanted more security than the measure gave them. It did not go far enough. They required tenant right as Lord Bellew had defined it. In reply to the representations made to him, the Premier thanked the deputation. He was glad to receive suggestion as to the details of the bill. At the same time, he must point out that the Government had carefully con sidered the measure which they had laid before Parlia ment; they had endeavoured to do the fullest justice to the Irish nation ; and the principle of the bill could not be departed from. Not only the people of Ireland, but those of England, must be consulted on such a question. Themeasure was a national one, in which all were interested ; and he warned the Irish people against factiously opposing it. The inhabitants of other countries (said he) had hitherto sympathised with Ireland ; they thought her aggrieved ; they partook of her wish to have her wrongs redressed. But if an attempt were now made to oppose a just settlement of this question, the opinion might change. He would of course, as was his duty, give his very careful consideration to the repre sentations made to him ; he could go no further, however; more than that it was impossible to say on this occasion. The Irish Land Bill comes on for second reading this (Mon day) evening. It is stated that Mr. Disraeli will open the debate, but will not oppose the second reading. Mr. Bryan has given notice that on the second reading of the Irish Land Bill he will move that it be read a second time that day six months. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. The Graphic gives a further glimpse at the prospects of the Royal Academy this year. Mr. Frederick Goodall has completed-his picture of "Moses in the Ark of Bull rushes." It is described as a "noble work," and the fi res are spoken of as "grand in expression "—"majestic" --" full of sub tAlity of treatment." Mr. Millais will have seven paintings—besides thane already mentioned he will exhibit a portrait ; the picture of a young dressma.Ler dropping her mite into the box, and a two-figure picture Of a knight releasing a lady from a tree to which she 1,3 bound. MR. CARDWELL AT THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION. The thirty-ninth annual meeting of the members of this institution was held on Saturday at Whitehall. Thera were present the Eight Hon. E. Cardwell, Secretary for War, in the chair ; Sir Harry Verney, Admiral Sir E. Beresford, Admiral Englefield, Admiral Gossett (RE.), General Boileau, Sir Frederick Nicholson, General Lindsay, General Stanhope, Admiral Lord Mark Ker, General Sir Edward C us t,Sir John Hay, Admiral Ommaney, Admiral Collinson, Captain Tyler (R.E.), General Fox, Colonel Alccck, Colonel Hume, Colonel Fletcher, &c., &c. Captain R BURGESS, Secretary to the institution, read the annual report which shewcd that during the year 1869 165 members had joined the institution there being a loss by death of 98, and by withdrawal of 59. The accounts shewed a balance in bankers hands of L'245,100. The .funded property of the institution on the Ist January, 1870, was £6,653175. H., as compared with £6,396 Bs. Bd. on the Ist January, 1869. Sir HARRY VERNErproposed the first resolution, that the report be printed and a d o pt e d. I n moving the report, the speaker alluded to the presence of Mr. Cardwell, and expressed his opinion that a wise Minister listened to the opinions discussed at the lectures of the Institution, inas much as they could be only offered for the benefit of the two services. Admiral Sir EDWARD BERESFORD seconded the resolu tion, which was carried. The usual formal resolutions having been passed, Mr. CARDWELL, in responding to the vote of thanks to the chair, said it had given him great pleasure to accept their invitation, and to have the honour of presiding- over them on the present occasion. H e f e lt extremely the importance of that institution, and he was very much impressed with the feeling expressed in some o f th e speeches, viz., that Government derived great advantages from the opinions of those who con tributed towards the literature of that institu tion. We lived in an age when both pure and implied science contributed more to the progress of the military profession than in any other period, and to this the honourable and intellectual rivalries of members of that institution must greatly contribute. Many of the most Interesting subjects formed the first germs of their existence in the lectures of that institution, and according to what they read in the works of modern philosophy, those germs, if unhealthy, perished, and were no more heard of, while the more hard and robust ones flourished into life, and became the origin and the future of the practical measures to be adopted by Govern ment and the State. Then he felt the advantages of that institution. (Hear, hear.) It was their practice not to have lengthened speeches, and he should be the last of all not to observe the rule. But he would just make one or two remarks. When they read of all that science and the study of history was doing, the first thing they rejoiced in was to see that on the whole, great as were the improvements in the art of attack, still greater were th ose i n th e ar t o f d e f ence. He trusted that that honourable rivalry would be maintained but he should always be pleased when he found the science of defence gaining on that of attack. The philosopher said that all things went round in circles • and he had been struck with the fact that oftentimes the most advanced, science brought us back into the footprints of history. Julius Cmsar included in the art of war earthworks and trenches, and they now found military science leading them back ~to the same curious parallelisms. When he first went to Pim lico he found the shako manufactured from cork, and he was reminded of that part of Virgil which described men as coming amongst the people with head gear made of cork. He could assure them that he felt great pleasure in presiding over them on that occasion. He did not know whether anything in the way of modern improvements would compel them to quit their present residence to find one more com modious ; but if so, he trusted they would find one in which their increasing treasures would find the required con venience. THE LIVERPOOL - GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. The Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, which is run on Wednesday, is the next turf event which engages the attention of the prophets. The race excites much in terest, and the speculation upon this contest, which can not be•called one of the great racing events of the year, shews that the spirit of betting is still as brisk as ever. The Field selects Gardener as the one best representative, with Primrose and the Doctor as the next Lest. It says :—" Mr. Brayley's lot, which consists orl'earl Diver, Moose, Casse Tete, and Silvermere, has been backed to win several thousand pounds, and all four may be sent to the post. Neither Casse Tete nor Silver mere, however, have the remotest winning chances, as the first is a very moderate animal, and the last is a light, narrow horse, and will never get the course. Pearl Diver is overweighted, and Moose, the best of Mr. Brayley's team an uncertain horse. th oug h, if i n an am i a bl e mood, the son of Mountain Deer may run forward. The Colonel, we believe, runs untried; he is a good, h ones t h orse, b ut rather orerweighted, and we doubt his ability to repeat the Abd-el-Kader feat under the steadying impost of list. 121 b. The Doctor, if he can stay the course, of which we have grave doubts, must be dangerous, as he is a quick horse and an accomplished fencer. This horse has been a steady favourite for several weeks past, and, as he belongs to a genuine sportsman, the victory of The Doctor would be a popular one. In our opinion, however, The Doctor will not quite stay the course, which is heavier than usual, sufficiently well to win." The following remarks are made upon two horses whose chances are favoured in some quarters :—" Surney has been supported to win a goodly stake by parties who do not usually throw their money away, If our information, however, respecting this horse is correct, he is more likel to break down than .win, as he has been fired all round. Fan is quite capable of winning, if the jade would only take heart and try ; one thing in her favour is the removal of the fence, at which she refused in 1868-69." Land and Water places the Doctor first. Fan second, and Surney third, with the Colonel close up. The writer says :—" Mr. Swindells, the owner of Surney, who knows the way to the winning-post as well as any man in the country, informs me that his horse is very fit and well, and will about win if he meets with no mishaps. I cannot help thinking, however, that as Fan has been running more kindly than she did last year, she will run a good mare ; indeed, if she does not refuse, I look upon her as the best outsider in the race, and I think she is well worth backing to get a place. She is a well-bred, good-looking mare, with plenty of strength, and well able to carry 10st. If lucky during the journey she will make the Doctor gallop before he reaches the winning post." The qporting Life goes in favour of the Doctor and Cristal, with Primrose for a place. It say s :—" The Doctor has risen step by step until he is one of the firmest favourites there has been for a number of years, the advance of none of the recent " pots" tending to weaken his position, or to decrease the confidence of his supporters. He is the representative of one of the most powerful steeplechase stables in the kingdom, where the sole and exclusive occupation of Holman is the train ing, trying, and preparation of such animals. When the Doctor was running on the flat as a two-year-old he was considered worth backing for the Derby, and when he took to jumping, and that extraording horse L'Africain was his contemporary stable-companion, I have heard it stated on good authority that there was little if anything between. them. He is already known as a very excellent steeple chase; highly finished in his jumping, like Globule,Jealousy, and other celebrated sons and daughters of The Cure." The impression of Q.C., says this writer, is that he cannot stay ; Gardener will do well, though ho cannot be de pended on as the absolute winner; and Colonel was run a great horse. The Sportsman pronounces for the Doctor or Surney, with Cristal and Primrose as the next likely can didates. This journal devotes live columns to prophecy 4 - on the forthcoming event ! THE EDUCATION BILL AND THE PARMA. MENTARY MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE. At a conference of thirty members of Parliament on Friday, under the presidency of Mr. George Dixon, it was determined (says the Pall Mall Gazette) on behalf of the members of the Education League that when the Education Bill comes on, at later stages, the question of free schools shall not be pressed, but the following points shall be persisted in : The universality of school boards, absolute compulsion of attendance, separation of hours for religious teaching from hours for secular teaching, and the unsectarian character of new schools founded and supported by rates. THE BRISTOL ELECTION. We understand that Mr. Berkeley really has resigned his seat for Bristol. In the event of three Liberal candi dates being brought forward, as seems likely—Mr. Hodgson being the choice of one section, Mr. Odger coming out as a working man's representative, and Mr- Robinson urging his claim as a local man—the Conserva. tives will bring forward Mr. Phillip Skinner Miles, whose family influence in the town is great, and who previously contested the borough. It is said that the Marquis of Bute is about to jolt_ his yacht at Gibraltar, and go a long voyage to Australia and New Zealand. A verdict of wilful murder has been returne against the men concerned in the death of Smith, the tramp, at Ecelesfield. John Bull states that the Bishopric of Sierra Leone has been offered to the Ituv. Henry Cheetham, Vicar of Quarndon, near Derby. The ✓ohn hull learns with great pleasure that the Bishop of Hereford bag conferred the vacant canonry in his cathedral on the Rev, Dr. Jebb. The great Conservative banquet in the City takes place next Wednesday. John Bull, and its correspondent, complain earnestly that a tolitical dinner party should be called for a Wednesday in Lent. Bishop Twells, according to the Church Review, is present in London, and has recently been examined by three medical men of high standing, who have pronounced him not to be of sound mind. On the third reading of the War Office Bill, by which Mr. Cardwell proposes to create two new Under Secretaries in the War Department, Mr. J. Feilden, mem ber for the East Riding of Yorkshire, will move its rejec tion. The case of Henry Goodwin, charged with mali ciously destroying a number of pictures at his father's resi dence, Wigwell Hall, was before the Crown Court at Derby assizes. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and sentence was deferred. The South London Press contradicts on authority a a ateinent which has been made, that the illness of the Roy. Newman Il;:11 has become alarming. Mr. Hall was last heard of at Jerusalem, and was no worse than he had been. A petition, asking for inquiry into the conduct of the Norwich Election Commissioners during the late inquiry, has been forwarded for presentation to the House of Commons. Some of the local Conservatives are dis satisfied with the manner in which the inquiry was con ducted. The directors of the Brighton Railway Company are preparing a statement on the question of compensa tion, more especially as it may be illustrated by the expe rience of the late New Cross accident. The Railway News believes it will be shewn that for every £lOO paid by the company for compensation, nearly £BO are absorbed by tke lawyers. • The Rev. Dr. Steere, Rector of Little Steeping, who went out with Bishop Tozer on the formation of the Central African mission, writes stating that he h as ro ceived letters from the bishop, in which the right rev. prelate informs him that the whole district as yet occu pied by them them is being ravaged by cholera, and that the people of Zanziba r are dyi ng b y hundreds or even thousands. Among the Parliamentary papers issued to day was a return of the number and tonnage of transports employed in the Abyssinian expedition, the time each one was employed, the rate per ton, &c. An account of the receipts and disbursements connected with the Duchy of Lancaster. for the year ending December 21st 1869, has been published, and also furnishes correspondence relating to the impoitation of South Sea Islanders. The Western Daily Standard of Saturday an nounced its own decease. This paper was started at Ply mouth about a year ago, in order to advance the Conservative cause in the western counties; it ascribes its failure to the apathy and indifference of the party. Just before this paper started another journal, the _Herald, originated with the same obj , ct, died, after a brief existence of ninety days. The Nail, a weekly Conservative journal, projected by Mr. C. J. Mare, who was unseated at Plymouth, was discontinued in 18G2, after ten years' existence. • "REVIVAL" SERVICES BY A BISHOP. The Bishop of Rochester purposes holding special services during the week commencing M arc hl3 in Saffron Walden and several parishes in the neighbourhood. The object of these services is to awaken the careless by reminding them of God's anger and judgment against sinners, and to com fort and encourage godly persons who are cast down u n d er a sense of their own manifold shortcomings. The Bishop will be aided by the Bishop of Colombo and Archdeacon Ady. _RAILWAY SLEEPING UAERIAGats.—The Economist draws attention to a plan for 7-0-2.1‘.1Li• .r; sleeping accommo dation in railway carriages, which _ i it ' thinks merits atten tion. What the in ven t or , Mr. I-Emr l4 ...m. of Glasgow, proposes, is to m a k e use o f the existing compartments of railway carriages, his arrangement permitting them to be used either for sitting or sleeping at the will of the passengers. Unless when used for sleeping, the compart ments will present almost exactly their present appear ance, and the sleeping arrangement will consist- in first- I THE SALT LAKE ClTY.—General Schaffer, o, class carriages of one shelf, in second-class carriages of Illinois, the new Governor of Utah, has left for the S a lt two shelves—placed at equ a l di s t ances a b ove the present Lake City. He has received important instructions from seats, of equal breadth with them, and extending in the Washington. In advocating his bill for the prevention of same direction. The arrangement is in short similar to , polygamy, Mr. Cullom declaredthat the longer the attempt that of berths in ships; and the railway berths may be i was delayed the more difficult would it be to obtain suc made equally, if not more commodious. It would intro- ' cess. The first step must be to substitute a United States duce needless technicality to explain the mechanism judiciary for the territorial one. His bill would render by which the change in the compartment will the Mormons ineligible to vote or to hold office. The be effected—the inventor has two or three ways of doing Mormons were not likely to offer a general resistance, but it ; the point is th a t th e mec h an i sm i s s i mple, not liable in any case it was the nation's duty to get rid of a relic of to get out of order, and so easily and quickly worked that 1 ';arbarism. whi c h was a st i gma on the country. - the passengers them se l ves can app l y i t i n a minute without 1 throwing any labour on the railway servants. Of course TELEGRAPHIC IRREGULARITIES. —" Verbatim" under this system a first class compartment could hold furnishes the Times with an interesting statement, which only four, and a third class only six passengers, but these . does not redound much to the credit of the Submarine numbers, the Economist thinks, are quite sufficient for long . Telegraph Company. Th e G overt i ment Telegraphic iournevs. Department will be be pleased . to see that it is not the TILE PROFESSOR OF STARVATION.—The chair- only telegraphic institution f oun d f au l t w i th. In May man of the bench o f mag i s t rates b efore whom the criminal 1569 " Verbatim" telegraphed bo a friend in India, charge arising out of " the death of the Welsh Fasting C paying £2 17 s . f or the emit of the tel egram . L ong after he heard th a t th e message had never reached his friend. Girl " is bein g h ear d h as rece i ved an extraordinary tender of evidence. A " person," in a " well-written " letter, bearing j He thereupon demanded back his money. His letter to the London postmark, has declared himself to have "great the company was not answered, and on calling to remon experience in protracted fasting," and offers t o fast under strate at the offi ce , h e was told that inquiries would be made, which would occupy about eight months. Sable the strictest surveillance for one month. In short, he will be happy to enable the magistrates to commit upon him- quently he was told that it might take fifteen months self the act alleged 3.3 a crime against the accused. The bofore he could have the satisfaction of knowing why his p - oposition is novel, as though the judge and jury telegram had not been delivered. Delays in transmitting s pltinnly investigating a charge of murder were invited ts• - lezrams to India appear to be becoming notorious. by a lady or gentleman, who had no objection to COHMISSIONS.—IVe belie ve th a t it i s contemplated bocorne a victim to try their h an d at murder, with to hold a larg e mee ti ng o f officers on an early day at one Ce feelin g s o f th e pr i soner at the the amiable i n t en ti on o f being bar. It is a pity the able to enter i n t o of the servi ce clubs, with a view of .petitioning the Crow n chairman of the ben c h did not pu b l i sh the name of the and Parliament against the aboliti on o f pr i ces paid over regulation for com m i ss i ons w i t h out compensation to their Professor of star va ti on , as h e thought it worth while to holders, as we ll as to d ec i de upon what further action it is mention the fact of hi s h av i n? rece i ved a communication necessary to take to aver t a measure which must subject of the nat ure d escr ib e d . The incEvidual in questi on m i g h t drive a lucrative trade by fasting in public, pay 4$ all officers to severe pecuniary loss.- 7 A my and Navy Madame Tuillud'a, in map" TA the ala4WalrorkA a(47444--- - --- -- ' ---- -- - - ...tarthe.....,y :-.•,..-...„1-,- f. ~5...• •:.- ; , 7 , . . ‘. CaA'GRESS. SENATE, Feb. 11.—Mr. Sherman introduced a resolution recognizing the belligerent rights of Cuba. Ile said the people would no longer tolerate the in difference of the Government towards Cuban affairs. Mr. Sumner said the facts before the Foreign Com mittee relative to Cuban affairs were not official, and did not warrant definite action. The resolution was referred to the Foreign Committee. The bills abolishing the franking privilege and admitting Mississippi were considered. The death of Repre sentative Hopkins, of Wisconsin, was announced, and the Senate adjourned until Monday.— Feb. 12. The Senate did not sit this day (Saturday.) Feb. 14. —The report of the Secretary of War on affairs in Georgia was presented and referred to the Judiciary Committee, along with the credentials of Senator-elect Miller, of that State. Mr. Carpen ter, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill to increase the salaries of the Supreme Court Judges, giving the Chief Justice $12,000, and each Associate Justice $lO,OOO, the Circuit Judges $6,500, and the District Judges $5,000. Mr. Mor ton introduced a bill to enforce the FifteenthArnend went, which was referred. Mr. Harlan introduc,d a bill, which - was referred, giving soldiers who en listed when over 45 years of age, and served their full time, the same bounty and pension privileges as those who were within the military age. Mr. Wilson, from the Military Committee, reported with amendments, the bills giving artificial limbs to disabled soldiers, and bounties to soldiers and sailors who were slaves. Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, reported adversely the bills regulating the jurisdiction of United States Courts, to provide for summary trial of minor offences against the United States, to prevent collection of taxes on property exempt from taxation, and de claring against the power of any State to enforce he passenger tax. Mr. Trumbull said a bill on the lat ter subject had been reported by the Commerce Committee. The Mississippi Bill was discussed. After an Executive session the Senate adjourned. Feb. 15.—A communication was presented from. the Secretary of War, with a bill relating to acqui sition of sites for national coast defences. On the motion of Mr. Morton, the President was asked for information as to the number, character, cost, and condition of the ironclads, by whom they were de signed, &c. The bill to abolish franking, and the bill to admit Mississippi, were considered. Pend ing debate on the latter, the Senate adjourned. Feb. 16.—Resolutions were presented from the Alabama Legislature favouring a national postal telegraph, and from the Rhode island Legislature for a harbour of refuge at Block Island, at the en trance to Long Island Sound. The House Bill, to provide artificial limbs for disabled soldiers, was considered, and an amendment adopted extending its provisions to soldiers of the Mexican war. The Mississippi Bill was discussed. A message was received from the President announcing that he had signed the bill to relieve the poor of the District of Columbia. Feb. 17.—Mr. Fenton introduced a bill appropriating $200,000 for the refunding of the duties levied upon Russian hemp, in excess of those upon Manilla hemp, singe the passage of the Tariff Act of 1861. A conference report on the West Point Appropriation Bill was adopted. Mr. Scott gave notice that the Naval Committee had adopted a resolution declaring its opinion that Congress ought not to consider applications for restoration to service of court-martialed naval officers, unless recommended by the President. Mr. Drake intro duced a bill amendatory of the naturalization laws. The Mississippi Bill was taken up, and au amend ment of Mr. Willey to repeal the conditions in the Virginia Bill was defeated. Yeas, 23 ; nap, 36. The Senate substitute admitting Mississippi with out conditions was lost, the yeas being 27 and the nays 32. The House Bill imposing conditions simi lar to those placed upon Virginia was then con curred in by a party vote of 50 yeas to 11 nays. HOUSE CF •REPRESENTATIVES.—Feb. 11—Bills were introduce I by Mr. Scofield to amend the Bank rupt Law ; Mr. Dyer, to further reduce the army ; Mr. Ketchum, relating to purchase of navy supplies and naval enlistments. Resolutions of inquiry were adopted as to expenditures by the Freedmen's Bureau, and the aggregate public and private ex penditures in the District of Columbia since the establishment of the seat of Government. The death of Mr. Hopkins, of Wisconsin, was announced, and after the usual marks of respect the House adjourned. Feb. 12—In theHouseMr.Starkweather introduced a bill regulating the rank of staff offi cers in the navy. Mr. Judd introduced a bill to exempt from tax, as manufacturers, hop packers, lard renderers, persons engaged in curing hams and curing meats, and those in the provision trade ; and ordering the refunding of such taxes already 031 lected. The bill was referred to the Ways and Means Committee. On the motion of Mr. Beck, the Secretary of the Treasury was directed to state the amount of unexpended balances for the varies Departments at the end of the fiscal year. Ti. Legislative Appropriation Bill was considerea pending which the House adjourned. Feb. 14. The following bills were introduced. By Mr. Gilfillan, allowing bounties to discharged soldiers who have entered the civil service; by Mr. Dewee , , to " provide homes for the homeless" in the lan: slave States, repeal the test oath, and abolish the duty on salt; by Mr. Lawrence, to fund the debt at a lower interest ; by Mr. Ingersoll, to amend the Constitution so as to allow Congress to make paper a legal tender; and by Mr. Hay, to repeal the mileage law. Mr. Loughbridge offered a resolu tion directing the Banking and Currency Commit tee to report a bill increasing the currency at least fifty millions. Mr. Ward moved to lay the resolu tion on the table, but his motion was not carried, the yeas being 74 and the nays 93. The resolu tion lies over until next Monday. The Military Academy and Naval Deficiency Bills were taken from the table, the Senate amendments rejected, and a conference asked. Mr. Morgan introduced a substitute for Mr. Sherman's Currency Bill, which was referred. The Judicary Committee reported against increasing the salaries of the Supreme Court Judges. Mr. Logan called up and advo cated his resolution looking to the recognition of the belligerent rights of Cuba, and it was referred to the Foreign Committee. Mr. Wood offered a resolution of inquiry, which was adopted, as to whether the Spanish war vessels Victoria and Lealtad are going to be repaired on the Govern ment docks at New York, and, if so, by wh a t authority. Mr. Wilson, of Minnesota, intro duced a bill to reduce the number of naval officers. After considering the Legislative Appro priation Bill the House adjourned. Feb. 15. Mr. Julian, from the Public Lands Committee, reported a bill, which was passed, to close the land offices in States where the unsold public lands do not exceed ten thousand acres. The resolution re ported from the Foreign Committee calling upon the President for information regarding American citizens in British prisons was adopted. The re port of the Election Committee, giving the seat from the Eleventh District of New York to C. H. Van Wyck, was considered. Mr. Morrell, of Penn sylvania, introduced a bill giving bounties to per sons who, after bring rejected as volunteers, were immediately afterwards drafted and held to service. —Adjourned. Feb. 16.—1 n the House, on the Illation of Mr. Maynard, the Select Committee on Navigation were directed to consider the expediency of granting a bounty to all iron sea-going vessel , built in this country of American material during the next three years. Mr. Bennett introduced a bill " for better protection of the northern and north western frontier." Mr. Cullom, from the Commit tee on Territories, reported adversely the bill giving a territorial government ta_Alaska. -He-also re ported back- from the same committee his bill to prevent and punish polygamy in Utah. Mr. Banks introduced a bill, which was referred to the Foreign Committee, authorising the President to proclaim the neutrality of the United States between Cuba and Spain, and also suspending, with regard to that struggle, the provisions of the Act of 1818, which prevents the furnishing of men and war materials to the insurgents. The resolution was adopted of the Election Committee, giving the seat from theEleVenth New York District to Mr. Van Wyck. Feb. 17—Mr. Cullom spoke in advocacy of his bill to prevent polygamy in Utah. Mr. Lynch, from the Select Committee upon Navigation, reported two bills for the relief of American commerce, which were made the special order for the third Tuesday in March. The substance of these bills has already been pub lished. C. H. Van Wyck was sworn in as Repre sentative from the Eleventh District of New York. The Legislative Appropriation Bill was considered. A conference report on the West Point Bill was adopted. Mr. Logan desired to introduce and have passed a bill appropriating $3,000 for expenses of witnesses in the investigation as to sales of cadet ships, but Mr. Scofield objected. Instructions have been received at Pembroke Dock to lay down a new turret-ship, and a sum of £17,000 is to be expended upon her during the present year. LADVERTIBEMENT.I—TioIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Prevention of Weakness.—Whenever circumstances pro duce impuro blood, lessen the force, or in any way disar range the balance of the circulation, stagnation takes place in the lungs, and consumption or other formidable symp toms discover themselves. Let Holloway's remedies be tried on the first feelings of debility or on the first appear ance of a dry, hacking cough. After the chest, both be fore and behind, has been fomented with warm bring, and the skin has been dried w ith a t owe l , th e Ointment should' be well rubbed twice a day upon the chest and between the shoulders, and the Pills should be taken in alternate doses to purify the blood and cleanse the system, writwithout weakening it or rousin g or aggravat i ng Rorvous irtions. , MARCH 7, 1870. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From Messrs. Bowles Brothers and Co.'s Circular) PARis, March 4 One year ago to-day President Grant took his seat, and the steady rise of our Government bonds, with the fall in the gold premium since then, tells greatly in favour of his wise and effective administration. During the four pre vious years gold had averaged 140 and bonds had been greatly depreciated. In the past week gold has touched 115, and bonds have recovered fully twenty-five per cent. upon their gold price of a year ago The tele graph advises a further reduction in the public debt of 61 millions for the month of February, and the advance of last week will doubless be well sustained, showing that it was not speculative but appreciative. Even to us, who foresaw this recovery, and in August last pointed out the signs of its proximity, it is hardly less surprising than gratifying to note the extent of change in the public opinion. With few exceptions foreign financiers and busi ness men have looked on, as they have during the war, to see long established rules disproved, and predictionsof conse quent disaster falsified; they judged us bytheir own standard, our democracy, our disregard of traditions, our entire lack of any ruling class or special reverence for rulers, simply as such seem to them signs of coming anarchy and agrarianism, placing ourselves at their point of view. We can well judge of their surprise at seeing such a people, of a political existence comparatively recent, carrying its bonds in one year, and against all opposition, to a level with those of the oldest and best administered European nations. Eight years after their creation, during the complications of civil war, to see the Fe deral Bonds rise above par, so as to render their con version to lawer rates not only possible but advisable, has quite confounded and put at fault all oppositions. This last advance to par has been the final victory of our financial campaign, and with it closes the last serious phase of our Civil War. We step at once to our rightful place in the van of progress, seeking alliance and friendship, and deprecating further jealousies or op position. We have shown the firm and matured determination and power to discharge our national in debtedness; this spirit was doubtless concealed from the foreign view by the caprices, the political trickeries, the mistakes even which are inseparable from the youth of any nation ; superficial minds have not taken the trouble to go behind these surface-faults, and have measured the progress of our new people by their own standard—hence their profound surprise. The child has become a man; the late youthful nation of the last century has attained its majority, and nothing can stop the march of its deve lopment. Instead of contesting these rights, our present nation should counsel with and lean upon us in turn giving the experience and support of their age and sav ings to aid rather than to obstruct a progress which is its he common interest of all. (From the Springfield Republican, Feb. 18.) The abundance of money, now for some weeks in the market, as yet finds little employment in an increase of either business or speculation. Tho internal commerce of the country is waiting for Congress in doing something towards a better currency and the alleviation of taxation, with, it must be confessed, a poar prospect of the passage of anything more than makeshift measures. The currency of the country, it is true, c , enes nearer to a known standard at the present time than it has for some years, but during those years the people accepted, and did business with, a more depreciated medium, because there was no escape from it, the day of remedy being so far distant. We are now almost. out of the woods, on the very verge of the clearing, and there is much anxiety to re-establish our reckoning before engaging in new ventures. It is also to be remembered, as among the minor causes of wintertullness, • that the present facilities for communication and transporta tion render it unnecessary that preparation for the spring trade should begin so early as it used to. The effect of the Supreme Court decision on legal tenders has been very slight, as was expected. Many parties who have been receiving currency interest on contracts prior to 1862 will not find it for their interest, and so are not disposed to insist on the payment of gold henceforth. The New York savings banks have been interviewed," and profess to hold but few mortgages back of 1862,and will not demand gold oven on those. They may consider themselves fortunate if the de positors of sums previous to that time treat them with.the same grace. The life insurance companies hair() also de cided to accept currency. Some are disposed to question whether the coupon of a bond executed' prior to 1562, covering the interest say from January to July, 1870, is a part of the original contract and thereflye affected by the decision. The interest is certainly :IC part of the original contract, else the latter would never have been executed. The fact that time must elapse before the in- torekt can possibly accrue is so essential to the idea of interest at all that we wonder how any one can make it the excuse for absolution from the operation of the decision. Rents on old leases coma under. the Came category, and the Astors, Stewarts, and Lorillards are re ported to incline to a merciful view. Mercy is commend able, but should not, be hid in the darkness of a legal quibble, and where justice instead is demanded let the justice of the Supreme Court decision be meted out. Of the States, Missouri has already had up the payment of gold interest in her Legislature. Unfortunately the mover was a heavy owner of Missouri bonds, and the House thought it proper to snub his rather forward attempt to _ _ bull the quotations. The State Treasury is full, however and the sentiment of the press and undoubtedly of the Legislature is in favour of prying gold. The banks at New York now have out $265,864,652 in loans, aping $264,380,307 last year, and hold in gold and gold notes $38,072,184, against $25,854,331, and in deposits $213,142,740, against $192,997,860. This gold item, show: ing a specie reserve more than 50 per cent. larger than was held a year ago, indicates the thorough preparation of the banks at New York for specie payment. It is a very grati:ying fact that the banks at the commercial centre of the country are so well ballasted—a fact which should give the Administration and Congress more courage for financial reform. At Boston the banks are carrying a larger ban than ever before and will not care to increase it, except with such funds as may be paid in by holders of maturing paper. Interest on all call loans at both points is at 4to 6, with discount at 7i to 10. At Chicago wheat speculation revived somewhat last week, and occasioned some activity in the local market and the recall of funds :rom New York. The money market is very easy abroad also. The recent Russian 5 per Cent. Loan of $600,000,000 at 80 per cent. was talon greedily in London, and the stock rose 2i per cent. on the street before the awards were made public. English and continental money is beg ofered in New York at 7 per cent., on good collate rat for four months. Gold has passed through one or two advances to lower quotations than those of a week ago. The action of the Lower House of Congress in refusing to table the bill for sso,ooo,ooosinflation, on Monday, Was erroneously translated on Wall-street to mean favour to the measure, and gold went up to 121. It dropped back, with a better understanding of the case, to 119 j. Again PARIS, Friday, Feb. `25. Since date of our last Circular United States Bonds have reached their par value. Henceforth their conversion or redemption in gold at par depends only upon the option or will of Congress and Mr. Boutwell. This unexampled progress of our Government credit should be carefully marked by its opponents and friends alike. It has been made in the face of discouragement and opposition rarely equalled. It has had to struggle with popular ignorance abroad, widely-spread and maintained, in all ways pos sible, by eager speculation and jealous competition. It Las had to strive with an almost equal popular ignorance at home in America, where a giant people, fearless in all else, but young, and therefore inexperienced in finance, has ignored or mistrusted its own great strength. But this time is passing, or has passed. Every rise in these values is thinning the ranks of the opposition and swelling our ow❑ with converts to the faith in our credit and in a low funding rate. The more intelligent, and some of the largest banks in England and on the Continent, are to-day loaning or aceeptinx upon these bonds, and when in a short time this shall become general, how long will it take to convince the pub lic of the superiority of a Government security pay ing 4 per cent. at their own doors, NI , bile remote from all danger of European convu'sions, and upon which they can, if wanted, borrow money at two and a half or three per cent. ? It may seem hardy to superficial observers, or to those who believe in traditions, to expect the securities of the United States to overtake and exceed the obligations of leading Continental Governments, but to us, who do not live in the past, there should be nothing strange or improbable in it. Our bonds rest upon the security of a united and self-governed people, not upon a privileged part or class government. They rest upon a base, not upon a superstructure, and this very distinction between apeople governing and peoples governed is the true key to the whole position. With capital idle, or at two or three per cent. per annum today, why are all three per cent. Euro pean Government Bonds below par? Because there is in every case a risk, greater or less, of the Government's ' permanence, as indicated upon the market barometer by the depreciation of their bonds, and capital makes them pay in proportion to the risk, giving 92 per cent. to England, 74 to France, and so on. What risk attaches to our popelar_Go- I vernment? Does any unprejudiced perscn still think it 'I may be overthrown ? Decidedly no! Theu our bonds ' will surely rise to their true level, irrespective of others. It is hut a question of time, which the following table may i help us to solve• on Tuesday it rose on tho strength of Washington advices of the prJbability of Cuban recognition, and fell. The concessiou of Cuban belligerency would have the temporary. effect to unsettle the gold market; but the probability of a consequent war with Spain is so small that no great ad vance in the premium would be justifiable. Foreign ex- change is kept up at Ne w York by the remarkable scarcity of cotton bills, which, in view of the immense export of that staple, indicates tho large proportion that is being shipped directly from Southern ports. Government Bonds remain as high at least as they were last week, and aro very film. The decline which would naturally fcllow the weakness of gold has been staved off by high quota tions abroad, and by the general disposition of domestic holders to hold fora rise—the Ilse inevitable on the ope- ration of the Funding Bill if it should become a law. There promises to be a liTely scramble for 6 per Cents. about he time the 4 per Cents. are paid out, and those who will invest is the latter will have previously reaped a handsome profit from the appreciation of the former and their conversion into gold at par i nto the new issue. There being some discrepancy of statement as to the amount of Pacifi2 Railroad Bonds issued and the actual decrease of the public debt since General Grant's Administration, Secretary Boutwell in a letter - to Senator Cragin shows that the issue of Pacific Bonds during the eleven months ending Feb. 1 has been $10,520,320 ; the direct debt has diminished meantime $80,619,971. Substracting the former sum from the latter we find the diminution of the entire debt, direct and contingent, to be $70,129,651. State stocks have been firm. On Monday ad vices from Ten nessee of the probable sale by the state of its bankrupt railroads tan the stocks of that State up to 54 to 55, so high a figure that the market was very soon depressed with the amount of offerings. Let Massachusetts notice that to get rid of bankrupt proteges raises one's credit Railway stocks have been buoyant, but not so much so as would be supposed from the ease of money. Vanderbilt stocks continuo to rise, the earnings since the consolida tion on the first of October being large beyond all prece dent. The company has paid $2,000,000 of Hudsrm mort gage bonds, due February 1, withoutrecourso to $3,600,000 of net earnings, with which will be paid a 4 per cent. semi-annual dividend on $90,000,000 stock and scrip. North-west is a favourite stock also, having the advan tage of two markets; New York and Amsterdam, the latter promising to be the higher. Chicago and Rock Island, having been restored to the "call," has reached 122 k. All the grain-carrying roads are expecting more business in that staple. Erie was active and strong on Wednes day, owing to the reported arrival of Burt, the agent of the English bondholders, to open war on Fisk and Gould Breadstuffs continue unsettled and depressed. No. 2 spring wheat bias sold in Chicago lately at 70c. per bushel against $1.47 in last August. It is believed that the bot tom is nearly reached. The Financial Chronicle estimates the wheat in the markets of Great Britain and the United States at New Year's-day to be respectively 16,000,000 and 12,000,000 bushels, nearly.double the stock of the previous January. During January, 1870, these figures are calcu lated to have been reduced 25 per cent. The imports into Groat Britain from the Black Sea have ceased with the closing of navigation, and the cargoes from California will probably all be in by April 1. The field for the seven mouths prior to the next harvest is therefore open to the Atlantic ports. And nearly all the wheat that has thus far been sent to the coast has been exported and eaten up, and the farmers will soon feel a demand—a very tender and delicate one though, which will wait long before paying much of an advance. General trade has been somewhat impeded by storms, but continues moderately active. Pork has had quite an exciting week, fluctuating between $25.50 and $27 at New York; butter is dull, and cheese mode rately active for export. "Wool continues attune, except for foreign grades. Hops are moving more freely for ex port. Tobacco is quiet. Dry goods are having a stronger and more vigorous trade. (From the Wail-street Journal.) FRIDAY EVENING, Feb. 18. Money on call continues in ample supply at Five to Six per Cent., with some exceptions at Four par Cent. Dis counts continue easy at Six to Seven per Cent. for prime acceptances, and for single names at Seven per Cent and upwards. Gold continues heavy- at 119 to 119 f, at which latter figure tho market closes. Government Bonds are steady, but the transactions are few. Sixes, 1861, registered .. , ................ .... 1171 to 118 Sixes, 1881, coupon Sixes, 1868, coupon ... .................. . —to U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad . ..... 1111 to 1111 Five-twenties, 1862, registered ; ..... 1141 to 1111 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon ............... 115 to 115} Five-twenties, 1864, coupon .. .............. 1141 to 1141 Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1855, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ll3l to 1131 Ten-rortiea, coupon ll2l to 1121 Ten-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Sixes 1881 — to Southern State Bonds are lower, especially Louisiana's, Teunossees, Virginias, and New North Carolinas, the lat ter of which continue to be thrown on the market in large lote. Railroad Gold Bonds continue to be taken rapidly, both by home and European Investors, and we note.that many of those recently advertised have been absorbed. We lu ar of a negotiation of $2,250,000 by one of the new Wefitern roads, of Six per Cent. Gold Bonds, of which a million and a half of dollars go to Holland, where a pr,vioni negotia tion for the same company was effected some mouths ago, and for the Frankfort market a large amount of the Bonds of another Western road has been taken by Selig• man Brothers, of New York, New York quotations for r N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 891 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 88 N. Y. Central 6s, It Est 87 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n 87 N. Y. Central 75,,1876-100 N. Y. Cen. 78, con. 76 — Erie Ist Mort, Ex 9Bl Erie 75, 2d Mort, 1879 95 Erie 7s, 34 Mort, 1883 92 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 B4 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 BOl .Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M,'77 9O Hud. R. 7s, let M, '69 101+ Had. R. 7s, 3d M, '75 101 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 103 Mich. C. Ist 31, 69'72 103 Mich. new Ist M 85,'82 — Mich. So., 7 p. c 2d 31 97 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B M.ich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c.lool 111. Cen. 7 p. c, '7O 110 Alton & T. H. let M Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton &T. H. 2d M. Inc 741 Han.&St.J.LandWrntsloB Han. & St. J. Con ,Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 111 Chi. & N. West, S. F 93 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony 9Ol Cul. & N. W. Int B B9l & N. W. Ist M 93i Quincy & Tol, Ist M, '75 70 111. & So. lowa Ist M 7O Gt.Wesf. Ist M, 'BB B7 Gt. Western 2d M '93 7B Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex 9O Miscellaneous Stocks do not show much animation excepting in Pacific Mail, which, spite of the report that the subsidy to the China route will be reduced one-ha flags at 42}. N. Y. Cent. & Hud. Rr 971 Erie •ailroads and mortgages. Tol. & Web. Equip...-. 75 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. let M.. Gal. & Cnic. Ext. - - 98 Gal. & Chic. 2d M 93 Chi. & R. I. Ist M 102, Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7's 9B' Clove. & Tol. S. Fund 99 N. J. Central Ist M 102 N. J. Central 2d M 9B 'Pitts. Ft.W., & Cb. Ist M 105 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch.2(131 96 Pitts. Ft. W.. &Ch.3d M 9O Cleve. & Pitts., 4th M 74 Chic. & Alton. S. F. Inc — Chic. &Alton:S.F. lstM 97 Mil. & St. Paul Ist M 92 Mil. & St. Paul 2d II B3 Marietta & oth. Ist M B7 Morris & Essex Ist M 100 - 4 J Morris & Essex 2d M Joilet & Chic. Ist Chi. & Gt. East% lstM... 75 &N.H.68.. . .. 96 Dubuque &S.City,ls . U 92 Peninsula Ist M BB Ohio & Miss. Ist M 96 Ohio & Miss. Con Bl Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D._ 78 Atlantic & G. W. 2d M. IDel., Lack., & W., 2d M.lOO Lake Shore Div. Bonds 85 Cleve, P. & Ash. N.B — Do. 0.13 — Union Pacific Gold B._ Bfl Central P.RR. Gold B 9( t Pacific RR. guar. by Mo 95 'Pacific Mail 42i Atlantic Mail Quicksilver W. U. Te l egrap h Reading Rich. Central l2l Illinois Central Cleveland Jr Pittsbrg 92 Chi. & North-Westl 7 31 North-West Prefereed 89i Canton 5B Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo Fort Wayne 9lk I Miraposa — 9 Mariposa Preferred 2O Ohio and Mississippi 31• Boston Water Po wer 16, Cumberland N Y and N Haven 1361 M & St. Paul MJr St. Paul Preferred 79-i QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. Amer. silver... 96 to 97 Eng. sovs 485 to 487 Mex. d011ar5...1031 „ 101 20 francs 384 „ 386 Eng. silver 470 , 480 Thalers Five francs .... 96 „ 97 Express Stocks are dull. We quote : Adams 62} to 62} American Merchants' Union 37} to 371 Merchants' Unio n , o ld St oc k 8 to 8} United States Wells, Fargo, and Co 201 to 231- FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Sixty Days. Three Daya London Bankers lO4-1081 1091-109 f London, Prime Commercial 108}-108/ Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers flamburgh, Bankers 34-36 •••• ••• Frankfort, O.M. 4oi-404 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.211-5.171 Amsterdam, Bankers I Swiss 5 2l}-5.171 In view of the agitation in Congress in regard to a re distribution of the currency among the States the follow ing may be of interest. It shows the National Bank ca • pital and circulation in the States named. The figures, as far as they relate to the Northern States, aro taken from the report of the Comptroller of the Currency to Congress at the beginning of the present session. Those relating to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Lousiana are taken from the re ports made to the Comptroller under his last order : State. Capital. Circulation. Massachusetts 585,082,000 $60,104,670 Rhode Island Connecticut New York 116,284,941 76,057,510 Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland 12,790,202 9,436,780 Ohio Indiana 12,902,000 11,391,695 Illinois Virginia North Carolina South Carolina .. 854,700 218,000 Georgia 1,500,000 1,147,800 Alabama Louisiana ....... ....... (Extract from Monthly Circular of Messrs. Henry Clews and Co., New York, Feb. 15.) The Funding Bill introduced in the Senate has had little influence upon either the home or foreign markets, mainly owing to the uncertainty whether the House will accept the substantial features of the measure. Should it, *however, prove that the Secretary of the Treasury is au thorized to negotiate a 41 to 5 per Cent. gold bond, free of taxadon, Five-T weu ties would, in all probability, approxi mate closely to par in gold ; such is the confidence felt in the feasibility of necotiating a loan at that rate. The future course of the market must depend largely upon the extent of the Government purchases of Five Twenties. Should the Secretary of the Treasury feel at liberty to ex tend his purchases to about the scale of the clo3iug months of last year prices could scarcely fail to advance, from the scarcity of stock ; but, from the tenour of our advices from Washington, we deem it doubtful whether Congress would sustain Mr. Boutwell in such a course. It appears to be the policy of the Committee on Ways and Means to discourage any immediate measures for funding, and to aim at indirectly enhancing the public credit by reducing the duty on imports about V 0,000,000 and the internal taxes about $30,000,000. This policy would meet with the general sanction of the business community ; although it would necessitate a material reduction of the Treasury purclutseo of bonds. ~w ~~ 1, MONETARY REPORTS —Saturday. There has been a co n ti nuance o f fi rmnes s in tke St peg Exchange markets to-day, notwithstanding that the acts amount of business concluded has been on l y moder o Consols hav e b een s t ea d y, at 92 * to 92ff for mon ey ali (l _,. th w e 9th inst., and 920 t o 93.2 for April. Reduced and M Three per Cent s ., 91i t o 91# x d . Ban k stoc k has lo rkei 240 to 242 ; Metropolitan Board of Works, 93i to India Five per Cents, have been done at 111 k to 112, India Bonds at 20s to 25s prem ; Exchequer Bills, 23 ail to 3e. par. With the exception of Metropolitan, which has be e p dull, and * lower on realisations, the market for Bng ll ' railway stocks has been firm, and a further advance 11 ,1, 't5 taken place in prices. G rea t N ort h ern A and N °r `' . Ea,stern ;Berwick) have improved 1, South-Easte rn been better, whilst Great Western, London ar Brighton, S.,ondon and North-Western, London, CliathA and and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire' each chew an anvance of Firmness has been the feature of the market for foreV bonds, and an almost general advance has taken Pl ace Prices. Honduras have risen 2 ; Italian (Mareinan°, Railway, 1; Spanish (1869) and Turkish Five per C e nts, t' Peravian (1562), R uss i an (1822) , di tto A ng l o -Dutch , j and Chilian Scrip, New Granada, Russian ( 1 - 87°) :, Turkish (1869), p er cen t. Brazilian (1865) have fo e ' per cent. For American securities there has been a fair irl ir n at enhanced rat es . Th e Fi ve -T went i es (1887 ) a nd , Forty Bond s h ave risen Virginian *, and Erie an d nois Shares *. Indian rail wa y s t oc k s h ave b een steady in vealiv an inquiry. Canadian shares have been firm. Grand Tr" - ,4 have advanced , and Great Western *. Foreign sh% have been d e alt i n t o a mo d erate extent, a t ste'" prices. Bank shares have b een d ea lt i n t o a mo d era t e extent, full quotations. For mining shares there has been 010, moderate inquiry. In telegraph shares the business doing has been lime' and the only alteration at the close of business *O• 6 adiance of in British Indian Submarine. it Hooper's Telegraph Works shares have been firmer' , e an advance of /, th e quo t a ti on b e i ng g to * dis . Indiarubber and Telegraphic Construction shares have 1 ' unaltered in value. For miscellaneous securities there has been but litee inquiry, at about previous quotations. no rt' The money ma r k e t h as b een w i t h out f eature o f in l r tio ance. The supply o f cap it a l h as b een, li m i te d, but demand for accomm o d a ti on h as not b een ac ti ve . lwv months' paper has been charged 3 per cent. The sum of £lO,OOO has been sent into the Bank to-d3,Yt: The Pera has taken out £110,935 in specie for the 3 ..; .0 A prospectus has been issued of the Franco-Y:0' 0 0 1 0 6 Telegraph Company (Limited), with a capital of VA 3 in £lO shares ; £1 per share to be paid on allotment, • the remainder in three equal instalments, falling dins the 11th of April, 10th of June, and 10th of JulY• „3 1 company is formed to provide a direct line of telegn i r et between England, France, Algeria, and Egypt, her e3f e l to be extended to India and China, as may be deternl o by the shareholders. The French Governmen t , granted the right to lay down the cable, ni lu contract has been enter e d i n t o w ith t h e Indisrubuer, %. Gutta Percha, and Tele gra ph W or k s C om p an y to n 3 l O O facture and lay the cable a len g th i n a ll o f a bout !',l miles, for the sum of £394,000, th e w h o l e to b e eorcee" by the end of the current year. The directors of the Surrey Commercial Dock Co nPsill recommend a dividend of 3 per cent. per annum. p The Crown Preserved Coal Company have dechuv . dividend of 4s. per share for the half year. The failure has been announced of Mr. Peter Jac n oo, of Ancoats, Manchester, with liabilities for about Vs'"- MARKETS—Saturday. beef LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, SATURDAY.—There ! l aitie" . very little inquiry for tea, ne ver th eless prices have been rus o3 , 4 vil Sugar has been dull, but witho u t a l teration in value, sales li ot. acti f been pressed. Coffee has been held for full prices, with E"' demand. LONDON TRADEPert7. SATURDAY.—The tallow P 1 5 1a0 4 has been quiet. but steady. IJ on the spot, 46s ; March, 465 three months, 465. 9d., buyers. LONDON OIL MARKET, SATURDAY.Lingeed oil bas t steady, at 31s. Dd., spot. Rape has been in moderate reque' buyers of English brown at 41s. Other oils have sold slowly. beeo LONDON METAL MARKET, SATURDAY. I r on has :$ quiet. Tin has been firm ; St ra it s , £ll9 Ios. to £l2O ; Ban c, " Copper has been steady. „The trs LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, has been quiet. Sales about B,oos or 10,0110 bales. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 4.—Banta tin firm. Buyers, M' Bank of England Returns, An Account, lursnant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending I he Act 7th and Bth Vict ori Of Wednesday, March 2, 187 0 . P A_RTMENT. Governmt. Debt £11, 015, 901 Other Securities 3,98 1, Gold oin and Bullion Silver Bullion ISSUE DEI Notes issued . £34,098,200 X 34,098,200 BANKING D . Proprietors'Capi- -- £14,553,000 Rest 3,624,636 Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Bank; Commissioners of National Debt and Div. 3PARTMENT. Goverumt. Secu- rities(including Dead Wt Annuity) sigh .... £13,83041 Other Securities 19,492,;0 Notes 11, 43 8t‘ Gold and Silver 9311255 Coin .... Accounts 9,793,327 Other Deposits 17,274,771 Seven Days and othor Bills 447,832 .C 45,693,626 £45, 690 COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 1117 } ... 11 181 Do 3Ms ... i Rotterdam — ... 12 4 ••• 12 42' Antwerp ... 25 35 ... V 5 , Brussels — ... 25 35 ... 25 ';;, Hamburgh ... 13 10 .. 13 2 0" Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 l 2` , ),t •• Vienna ... 12 70 ... 12 4" Tri este — ... 12 70 ... 12 i" Petersburg ... 81 Copenhagen.- ......... 928,, I:, ••• Berlin Madrid.. 481 Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... 26 40 .., 26 !-' Genoa — ... 26 40 .... 26 4 4 Naples Palermo Messina --- ..... 2 2 6 6 4 4 t1 ...". 2 2 6 6 4455 Lisbon — ... 511 ~ 52i Oporto — ... '52 ... 521 Rio Janeiro New York ......... ._ ..... There has been no further disturbance at the Military Train Barracks, Woolwicb, and the wh °l of the ringlead ers h ave b een captured except Or 0 who are supposed t o b e secrete d i n the lower Or of the town. 13 18 [AI) YERTNEKENT.]—Efenceforth no one will doubt the va- u9 properties of Du Barry's health-restori ng R eva l en ta Arllvi eo .40 Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the th ousan d s o f bless l ' e , it has already received from Invalids whoa position land L ' e „ o , deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the ror_ i ars' whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty 9- p du unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the ~( 31-azett v 19 fp Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866. - The health of the Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other re7lo dies, he has confined himself entirely to D u Ba rr y's Be"' le eol• Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at even' It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health , vire his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly" of extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures : —C u r e No. 5 8 41 0 0 the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years ' liver anig deaf wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous pairs% in all over, bad digestion, co ns t an t s l eep l essness, an d the 13,0 ' 1 do tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 1,771 : L or d Stusr Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dysP e P s ia, No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dysPloth nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, sP 9 ' jor• sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Cure No: 46,27 0 ~ a . O James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased to j 8 spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. lo g! portent Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more : 0 sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Lieu 4 name is most audaciously attached. nos: In tins, at is 14d; Ilb 2a 9d; 2 lb fe 6d; 5 lb 11s; 121 b * 'l.ll 24 lbs 4 s.—Also BARBy's RUNALENTA 4RABIOA.CnoDO O O PoWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at 2s, for 24 , e 650 at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for 576 cups 3 '",, e pt —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Orde r ~,1 ARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; '- all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. BULWER —On the 4th inst., at Stirling, the wife of Colonel Bulwer, C.B , of a daughter. FRASER—On the 3d inst., at Beaufort Castle, InverneoB- shire, the Hon. Mrs. Fraser, of Lov a t, o f a daughter. MA GE'S. orti" DOUSE - FREEMAN— On the 3d inst., at Woodham snot, Essex, Thomas Douse, 8.A.,, of Brixton, to A i ri e laide, the fifth daught er o f J ohn Freeman, Esq., o f Lodge, Woodham Mortimer. WAKELING—HussEY—On the 3d inst ,at Bromptov , to Edward Wakeling, of Tit c hborne-street, Piccadilly , 0 ... to Mary, only d aug h ter o f the late James Russo'', geon R.N., of Kilniallock, co. Limerick. DEATHS. ASHBY—On the 3d inst., at Stamford,ThomasWoodh ouo Ashby, Esq., aged 64. WILLEs—Ou the 4th inst., at Peckham, Mr. Thos aged 81. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAII A N Virnd, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TR& Su N Offi ce, NO. 10, Sta in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tho County of Kida lesel Monday, March 7, 1070;