The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-01 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-SATURDAY. Business in the Stock Exchange has been almost entirely suspended to-d3y, in consequence of the examination by the committee of the books of a large firm who had failed to meet their engagements, and whose liabilities were said to considerably exceed £lOO,OOO. Assistance was eventually tendered, and the whole affair was arranged. The actual transactions effected to-day in all classes of securities have been only moderate, and the fluctuations in prices, both as regards railway stocks, have been about evenly balanced, and have not exceeded i to 1 per cent. The consol market has been in a depressed state, ' and a e fall of ,- 1 -, per cent has taken place, the quotation for ' - delivery and the account being 89*, 89a; . Reduced and New Thr r Cents., 89R, 89k ; Bank Stock, 233,' 235 ; Exche , 2s. to 6s. prem.; India Five per Cents., 109,.., 1 , lid India Bonds 18s. to 25s prem. The Bank of England have given notice that, in order to prepare the dividends on the sth October, 1870, the balan the several accounts in the following funds will buck. on the night of Thursday, the I st Septe,lB7o, viz :—New Three per Cent. Annuities, Reduced £3 per Cent. Annuities, annuities for 30 years, annuities for terms 'of years, and Indian £4 per Cent. Stock, on Friday, the 2nd September. The above-named funds will be transferable without the dividend due on the sth October next. Bank Stock shut 14th Sep tember—open—Thursday, 6th October. In Colonial Government securities next to nothing has been doing, and the movements have been unimportant. English railway stocks have been dealt in to a very moderate extent, and prices have shewn no change of im portance. South Eastern at 66 to 67 shews a rise of 1, and Metropolitan at 65 to 66 of ; but Caledonian has been 1 lower, at 721 to 73*, and Brighton i, at 34i to 351. Great Northern (A) is quoted at 120 to 122 ; Great Eastern at 31 to 32, Midland at 1221 to 123, North-Western at 122 to 123 Great Western at 62i to 63, and North-Eastern at 132 to 133. Indian railway stocks have been quiet, and without change. For Canadian shares there has been very little demand. Foreign sbares have been in limited request. Lombards have receded /. • t Foreign bonds have been dealt in to a very moderateex tent. Turkish have been firm ; 5 the per Cents., at 38, 39, and the 6 per Cents. (1869), at 48 to 49, are each better. Mexican have improved to a similar extent, but Egyptian (1868) have fallen 1, or to 67, 68 ; Spanish (1867), or to 23k, 24k, and ditto (1869), or to 23i, 24. American securities have been firm. The Five-Twenty Bonds have risen -1-, and Illinois Central 1. Bank shares have been in limited request at about pre vious quotations. Telegraph shares have been quiet. Anglo-American have risen /, but Telegraph Construction have fallen /. The money market has continued very firm, but the demand for accommodation has not been so active to-day. In Lombard-street, the rate for negotiating three months' paper has been 5 per cent. The Java has brought £281,600 in specie from New York, and the Biela £28,000 in specie from South America. The liquidators of the London Colonial Company have announced a further dividend of 2s. in the pound, at the offices of Messrs. Theodore Jones and Company, the ac- countants, The East India Railway Company invite applications for debentures to replace others falling due, transferable from hand to hand, without stamp, and bearing interest at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India. ry At a meeting of the Imperial Union Assurance Com pany (limited) to-day, the new life policies for the year were stated to have been 485 for £113,300, yielding in premiums £3,591. In the accidental department 793 policies have been issued, yielding in premiums £1,934. The sum of £50,000 in sovereigns has been withdrawn from the Bank for transmission to Germany, and £10;000 for India. The dividend of the Metropolitan Railway is at the rate of 3 per cent. At a meeting of the Westminster Palace Hotel com pany it was stated that the net profits of the year, after being debited with the losses in the previous year-23,000, left a balance of £1,560, which was carried forward to next account. The failure is announced of Brown, Seton, and Co., of Mincing-Lane, with liabilities for a considerable amount. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-SATURDAY. -LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GCVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 891 891 Brazilian, 1865, spc .. 891, 4, 4. 4, Egyptian, 1868, 7 p c.. .. t, Do for Account Three per Cent Reduced 893 899 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 93 96 893, 8, 53 New 3 per Cent 891 1,1, i 45 1 , I , 6 1 Exchequer Bills, March 2s, 6s pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p c 2s 6d prem 941, 5 Do, June 2s, 6s pm Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c.. 269 271 Bank Stock India 5 per Cents 10911091 871, 1099, 1 Do Nicolas 4 p c India Bonds 18s, 25s pm 641 Can 6p c Jan&JulylB77-84 9 7 100 Spanish, 1867 , 3 pc Do March & Sept. 102 105 249, 4,1, ' Do 5p c Jan & July .. 91 93 Do, 1869 . 3 p c Do Inscribed Stock .. 91 93 231, 4 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 93 95 Turkish. 1854, 6p c BO 83 Ceylon 6 p c May and 81 November 1878 lO6 108 Do, 1865, 5p c Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 38, 1 July 1873 lOl 103 Do, 1865, 6p c New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 97 99 U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p c 1882 821 83 New Zealand 6 p c 1891.. 105 108 83,d28, 31 Do 5p c 83 o 1885 82 82i Do 5p c Consolidated 92 94 931 Do 10-40 Ends, spc 1904 79 81 Do 6 p c Mar &Sept 1891 105 108 79 Do June & Dec 1891 104 107 Erie Sha, 100 dots, all paid 15 16 Vict 6p c Jan & July 1891 107 110 151, 15 108 Illinois Central Shares . DoApril & Oct 1883-85 lO6 109 Atlantic and GW It Con Vict 5p c Jan & JulylB94. 96 99 Mortgage Bonds l9 21 971, I, , , RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B2 84 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian Great Eastern 321, 1, 2 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern Do A l2O 121 Great Indian Pen g 5 p c 103 105 Great Western 621 631 105, 621, 31, 3 Great Weatena of Canada 131 132 Lancashire & Yorkshire 126 128 131, 1 Lou, Brigh, and S Coast 341 351 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 97 99 35, 1 Do 51 do, 1877-8 95 97 Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 12 14 Do 5p c pref, issued 80 par 2pm Lon and North-Western 12211231 Madras guar 5p c 123. 24, 3 1021 Lon and South-Western 85 87 N. Railway of Canada, Man, Shef, and Lincoln 391 401 6p c Ist Pref Bonds 401, 1, 391, 401 Oude and Rohilkund g Metropolitan 6 4 4, 51 1021 ' Midland 122 123 Scinde, Punjaub, and 122, 3, 21, 3 Delhi guar 5 p c North British North-Eastern Consols 132 134 g 7 p c 133, 21,, 31, 21, 3, 2 Belgian E Junction South-Eastern 65 67 Buenos Ayres Gt Sfhm.. 23 25 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 75 80 Dunaburg and Witepsk 161 171 78 Dutch-Rhenish l9 21 Bombay, Baroda, and 201 Central India, g 5 p c.. 102 104 Eastern of Frame 2l 23 Buff & Lake Huron Pref 3 4 Great Luxembourg Do 51 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 9 15-16 Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5 p c lO3 105 7 p c l4 15 1031, 141 East Indian, g 5 p a .... 106 108 Northern of France 1071, 1 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 41 51 Grand Trunk Canada .. 12 13 Recife and San Francisco Do Equip Mort Bnds, I (Limited) guar 7p 0 charge 6p c Do 2nd do Scrip —.. par 3 pm South Austn & Lom-Ven 131 14 Do Ist Pref Bonds . ~, Southern of France .. .. 24 26 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 10 Agra Bank (L) A 9lO 10 Imperial Ottoman . 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 20 22 221, k 21, 20 20 London and County 48 50 50 British N American 51 53 481 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 16 17 15 London Joint-Stock 31 33 25 Char Merc of India 26 28 20 Lon and Westmnster 58 60 271 10 Metropolitan 8 9 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) •• • • 11 Pm 25 Orntal Bank Corpora 38 40 20 Eng, Scot, and AusC 17 18 25 Union of Australia.. 39 41 20 Imperial IL) 18 15 Union London .. 35 37 I !Pm THE 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 45 pm 2 Thames and Mersey 10 Fgn and Colonial Gov ' Marine Insur, (L) .. 2 3 1 , pul Trust 6p c Bonds.. 87 92 St Tobacco 6p c Loan, 91 guar by Italian Gov. 76 81 71 Geu Credt&Disct (L) 1 Idis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stm Navigation 29 31 Upper Canada .... ?, ipm 7 Hooper's Tel Works 4 3 dis CP - Marine, Lvpool (L 5 6pm 1, g 20 Union Steamship (L) 21 2.1 20 Hudson's Bay 8 81 6 United Dis Corprn (L) 11 1 dis 45 Indrbbr,Gutrer, and 5 UnivMarinelusurtLi 31 41 pin Tel Workt(L) .... 38 40 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c 20 Intend Fl in SociL) 21 I:dis Mortgage Loan.... 67 70 , .3 691.9 - It Irrig (Can Cavour) 2! 31 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7 dia 100 Int 6 1) c Bonds, re decinall:e 1870 . 55 60 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian En d- 30 London Fin Assoc (L)191181dis holders Certificate 11 21 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .... 21 2. 5 10 BerlinW a terworks(L) 11 1 2 21, 9-16 12 2 Lon & Pros , Marine Marine gsp c by hid Gov. 99 102 00 Boston City (U.S.) 5 p c Sterling Loan 8 8 90 2 Mauritius Land (L)..1 dis, par 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 2121 pm 5 Natnl Disct 111 Comp (L) 10 11 101, 27 Canada Company. 7O 75 10 Ceylon Company (L) 5 4 dis 21 N Zealand Loan and 35 City Offices (L) 20 Colonial (L) 5 Cora Union A.iirnee 1 1i 1 2 1 ip d m is 5 N Zealand Lo an and ii ii _ pm Trust (L) 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 2 21 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 25 28 2, 1-16 5 anM 100 Crystal Palace Steam 39 41 e a l m 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 50 Rh ymney I ron 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L)..1311 dis 15 Do New lO 101 100 Egyp 9 p eV'roy Loan, 60 Royal Mail Steam guar bYEgYp Gov.. 88 91 20 Tel C and Main (L) 221 22 1 871 2 25, 2 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 83 87 10 Great Northern 85, 61 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) .. 12/ 131 Japan Extension 4 3 dis 125, 1. 25 Indo-European (L) l3 17 100 Atlantic 100 Do 8p c 3 British Australn (L) .. 41 4 5 dis 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) •.. 51 61 i, I 21 Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 dis 10 British Ind Exton (L) 41 51 8 Reuter's 10 British Indian Sub- 20 Soc Trans France (L) 145 155 marine (L) Do Subarinripe m Sc 2 China Submarine (L) 5 4 1dis 10 Wlndia &Panama(L) 5/ 61 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, - and Malta (L) .... 91 91 95,1 MARKETS. LIVERPOOL. STOCK EXCHANGE, SATURDAY.—There is a quiet settlement going off to-day, and better than was expected. No prices. e NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a middling attendance, at.this market to=day. Wheat commanded the extreme rates of last Saturday. Some transactions took place at ls. advance, but the general trade was, firm. Good wheat soldat 565. and 575. per. qr. Other feeding stuffs were fulu at late rates. Averages, 1,249 qrs. 3 bushels, 525. 3d. per quarter. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market opened dull to-day, and very little business had been transacted up to mid-day. There appears to be no probability. of a rise in price. The following are the prices quoted :—New wheat, 465. to 555. per quarter; old wheat, none on sale ; barley, 275. to 465. per quarter ; Oats, 19s. to 28s. per quarter ; beans, 445. per quarter ; peas, 38s. to 40s. per quarter. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of English wheat at this market to-day, partly of the new crop, of good quality, and in good condition. One lot of fine Talavera sold at 645. per quarter of 4961b5. Old wheat was unaltered from last week. Foreign wheat was in fair de mand, at a decline of ls. per quarter. Oats, barley, and maize were 6d. per qr. cheaper. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY,—There was a fair supply of wheat at this market to-day, and the prices of last week were fully maintained, viz. : White wheat, 20s. to 235. per load ; red wheat, 18s. to 20s. per load, being about 4d. advance from this day month. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market wheat gave way on Wednesday 3s. per quarter, but is since firmer, and again ls. per quarter higher. Flour, is. to 2s. per sack lower. Barley ls. per quarter dearer. Oats were a slow sale, at late rates. Peas were quite as dear. Beans were unaltered. The arrivals for the week amount to 12,240 quarters of wheat, 3,465 quarters of oats, 184 quarters of beans. and 605 sacks of flour. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, SATURDAY.—AIthough the supplies of meat on sale here to.day have been rather larger, the demand was animated, at the following rates: Beef, from3s.6d. to Is. 2d. ; mutton, 3s. Bd. to ss. 4d. ; lamb, ss. 4d. to 6s. Od.; veal, 4s. Bd. to Is. oth ; and pork. 3s. 10d. to ss. 4d. per 81bs.. by the carcase. COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKETS, SATURDAY.—The demand for tea has been, very moderate in extent, and prices are mini-. nal. Sugar, both raw and refined, has been in limited request, at about late rates. Coffee has been quiet, on former terms. The oil market has been without feature. Business has been restricted, and prices have been unchanged. In metals very few transactions have taken place. Tallow has been quiet, at 455. 6d. spot* LONDON WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY. —Since the close of the public sales the demand for colonial wool has been in active, at the recent decline. English wool has been dull and drooping. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—The attendance in the cloth halls this morning seemed to indicate a bustling market, but the throng consisted of the local manufacturers and mer chants almost exclusively. There were no out of town buyers, and only small parcels were disposed of of seasonable goods. The most active inquiry was for Hoch and white tweeds and fancy coatings. These were only taken by houses having home orders yet to complete. There were no other of what may be called legitimate sales, but the many small makers who have rashly been preparing stock beforehand find themselves forced to realise on their goods if possible. Quantities of cloths, both for ladies' and gentlemen's wear, have been offered under these cir cumstances, but there are scarcely any speculators in the white gobds•department. There was about the usual sale for Victorias and Tweeds ; and as to prices this department is firmer than the coloured. There are merchants more sanguine than others who think trade is only suffering temporarily. There were those who complain for the simple reason, they say, because there are more sources than formerly of supplying the market. The autumn trade is backward, and this to some extent causes gloomy forebodings. The reason is that last autumn trade was definite, and orders are kept back until old stocks are got rid of. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—Opening Re port.--Import per bill of entry, 2,639 bales. This market opened more hopefully to-day. The arrival contracts are nearly all arranged either by fair compromise or, in full. There are a goodly number of spinners down, but there is less pressure to sell. The sales will probably reach 8,000 bales, at steadier prices. This market closed with a better tone ; and a good business was done at steadier rates. Sales, 12,000 bales ; 3,000 for speculation and export. East India cotton at sea for Liverpool, 380,000 bales against 556,449 bales for the same period last year. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—The business at this market in both cattle and sheep is nearly paralysed, on account of the continued drought, and there is nothing doing. Small pigs are again lower. Good store pigs are firm, although the trade is dull. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market closed with a steady tone, as compared with last Satur day. There is no quotable alteration in prices. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 1205.; seconds, 1155.; thirds, 1075. ; fourths, 1045.; fifths, 925.; sixths, 695. 1,370 firkins in the market. Mild cured, firsts, 1285.; seconds, 1175.; thirds, 115 s. 70 firkins in the market. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINCIS. The orders of the day for Monday, August Ist, include some matters of. interest. The House will go -into committee on Supply, and on Ways and Means, on the Mer chant ShippineActs Repeal Bill, the Sunday Tradingßill, and the Canada Loan Bill among others. Among the re committed Bills to be considered are the Post Office, the Stamp Duties. the Lodgers' Goods Protection, and the Corrupt Practites Acts Amendment Bills. The Foreign Enlistment Bill, the Prayer Book Table of Lessons Bill, the Judicial Committee Bill, and the Truck Acts Bill. Among the notices of motion for that day is one by Mr. Graham, for a return of the number of gallons of British, foreign, and colonial spirits consumed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, and the number of houses licedaed for the sale of intoxicating drinks for the year 1869. The most important notice is, of course, that of Mr. Disraeli calling the attention of the House to the state of Europe. On Tuesday, the want of emplOyment, the defective state of legal education, and the unsatisfactory state of the Red River Territory will be brought under the notice of the Government by private members. The orders of the day for Wednesday are, as usual, short and simple. The Sale of Liquors on Sunday Bill is to come on for the adjourned debate on the second reading. The Game Laws (Scotland) Bill, the Contagious Diseases Acts Repeal Bill, and the Married Women's Property Bill are down for discussion. On Thursday among the notices of motion is one by . Viscount Milton concerning the North American Fisheries, and another respecting the Alabama claims. Friday chews a predominance of Indian affairs. The Committee 'on the Indian Budget, and its attendant motions being the first on the list. Among the general subjects on for discussion is a ' motion on the employment of 20,000 persons in the Post office on Sundays, and a suggestion on the part of Mr. Buxton that the Parliamentary Session should begin in January, and that a vacation of three weeks should be allowed at Whitsuntide instead of at Easter. ENGLISH SOLDIERS. In these days, when we fancy we are soldiers if we can only keep step, it is interesting to rectll the following ob servations, made by Mr. Windham on April 3, 1806, with reference to the military establishments of the country : " We seem (he said) to suppose that whenever we have got a set of men together, no matter on what principle combined, have put them in a certain dress, ranged themin certain order, and taught them certain exercises, that, as far as that number goes, we have created an army; which is about as wise as what we see of children in their sports, . who, when they have fixed a piece of stick in the ground, fancy they have planted a tree. What is wanted in either case isthe vital principle. We perceive this in the case of the children, but never suspect that the same is true of our own attempts when we suppose we can create armies with out danger and without discipline. Danger and discipline are the very sap and juices out of which all that has life and action must spring ; it is from them alone must arise the real military character, as from the military character must proceed all that can really constitute an army. How danger must operate to th's end is obvious to every one ; but it would not be difficult to spew that discipline is equally necessary, and that all the high military virtues, whose characteristic is courage grow like flowers out of dung, from a principle that is founded on fear." The element of danger is not wanting in the regular army, who, when marching to Aldershot, incur the risk of death from suffocation or sunstroke. But if we may judge by the accounts of the late Review at Wimbledon, the only danger Volunteers incur is that of losing all sense of dis cipline, and how far this would have satisfied Mr. Wind ham we are unable to say.—Pall Mall Gazette. Mr. G. G. Scott, the architect of the new Home and Colonial Offices, has received a command to proceed with the work immediately. The stoppage occurred (the Architect says) by order of the First Commissioner. Admiral the Hon. George Grey will probably hear with feelings of disappointment that there is no intention on the part of this country to give up Gibraltar to the Spaniards, but, on the contrary, in order to prove how we value the possession, we believe that a small iron-clad squadron will for the future be stationed before this im portant fortress.—Army and Navy Gazette. It was.recently announsed that the Government had determined not to ratify the treaty concluded by Sir Rutherford Alcock with China. A letter bias been sent to the chairman of the committee of London merchants by Earl Granville stating that though the Government were of opinion that the treaty would have secured con siderable advantages, yet they deferred, with regret, to the forcibly expressed opinion of the mercantile com• munity. _ _ On Friday morning six men were employed in driving two branch headings at the New Pit, near Pen gam, Cardiff. Three men were in each heading, both of which reached towards the old workings, which had been closed for forty-two years, but of the close proximity of which the men appear to have been ignorant. A shot was fired in one heading, and the men retired for the ex plosion, after which one of the three men thought he heard a trickling of water. They advanced to see, when the whole burst upon them in an overwhelming flood. One of the men was drowned, and four others were shut off from help in one of the workings for several hours. At the Meath Diocesan Synod, held in the Rotunda, Dublin, on Thurday, the Bishop of Meath, in an opening address, said that the "Manual of Short Prayers " (about which there has recently been so much excitement) contained the doctrines, taught by th e m odern High Aiiglican Church school of divines and was unfit for circulation among their flocks, especially the youth. He, however, deprecated the cry for revision of the Liturgy, as it laid them open to the imputation that for 300 years they had cherished as leading. doc trines that which was false. Besides, it would only tend to- confirm in place of eradicating evils complained of, but.-would estrange the Church from other episcopal com munions, 96 98 67 69 62 64 98 100 SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1. . 1870. THE WAR. THE SECRET TREATY. BERLIN, THURSDAY. Whatever doubts you in England may have on the subject of the- Sic ret Treaty, we in Berlin have none whatever. Seldom, indeed, have facts of such importance, facts concerning which there was likely to be very lively contestation, come to the light with such great rapidity. The apologies and protestations of the Paris press are so wretchedly poor as to condemn themselves without further hearing. They admit the existence of the treaty, but declare that it was dictated by Bismarck. The idea of the Chancellor dictating such a document is preposterous It proposes to secure for France the most extensive advan tages ; it gives Prussia comparatively nothing. And not only is logic entirely on the Prussian side, but the Government , has likewise- the most abundant material means of proof. The document is in M.- Benedetti's hand-writing ; it is in possession of the Prussian Foreign Office ; and it is stated by the Cologne Gazette of yesterday that the offer was made more than, once. When the affair of the Belgian railways was in hand, the proffer was made 'again, indeed the Belgian quarrel was got up expressly that the bargain might be struck under the most propitious circumstances. If this be correct, and tare is every, reason for believing it, the, last. plea of the French defenders—that the propositions have not been made recently—disappears. Several of the leading German papers publish the text of the draught with a second version, containing a slight alteration upon the first. The difference is of no importance in itself, but it goes to shew that the proffer was made on at least two distinct occasions, and in two varying forms. Another point connected with this draught is likewise tolerably well established. It was M. Rouher who has been throughout this matter the direct go-between of the Em peror and his Ambassador at Berlin. The proposals, in short came specially through the Emperor, and the Foreign Minis ter had little, if anything, to do with them. Whilst Count Darn was in office a few weeks in the early part of the present year, he was kept quite in the dark as to the real object of the Emperor's German policy. He exchanged assurances of peace and good will with the Cabinet of Berlin, whilst all the time the sovereign and the astute Rouher were cogitating over their long cherished de signs. Of course few impartial observers will credit Count Bismarck with any great display of virtue in the matter. The extent of his scruples are well known. If he declined the offer of France it, he did so simply because it was not to his interest to accept it. It is, indeed, quite possible that he might have encouraged more or less directly the preferring of such an offer in order to gain a diplomatic advantage. But it is true, all the same, that the bargain is one which France, encouragement or none, ought pever to have thought of. THE GERMAN FRONTIER. COLOGNE, THURSDAY. The country round about this famous town of the Rhine presents a curious appearance. There are very few people to be seen, but multitudes of sol diers, who by their uniforms give a remark able aspect of lively monotony to the scene. All the Prussian troops are dressed in dark blue, with black trousers, the white cuirassiers only presenting any contrast. Hence the indistinguishable mass of blue-coated humanity parading in all directions on the Rhine. It is not easy to distinguish one corps ' from another; it would have been impossible to distinguish one Lranch of the army from another unless special precautions had been taken. Thus the reserve is distin guished from the line by a white circle on a black cockade, the first van of the landwehr by a white cross on the cockade, and the second van of the landwehr by a double peaked shako. It may be needful to recall the salient features of the military system in Prussia. At twenty years of age (with the exception of Westphalia, where there is exemption of a year) every sound young man is liable to serve in part of the army. He spends two years in active service, four years in the reserve, six years in the first van, and six in the second van of the landwehr. After completing his eighteen years of service, he is classed in the landsturm—the levee en masse as a last resort of defence—and is kept under control until age or infirmity prevents him from being of further use. At this moment the line of the reserve and both vans of the landwehr are under arms. Hence all the male population of Prussia between the ages of twenty and thirty-eight are in the field in one capacity or the other. None are left to reap the harvest except old men, women, and children. Such a depopulation was perhaps never seen before. It is a nation preparing for battle. The soldiers who have been recalled as reserve or landwehr are mostly excellently formed men, and soon settle down into superior regiments of troops. The greater part of them wear medals commemorative of the campaigns of 1864, and 1866. Cologne has been so materially strengthened during the last few days, that it is now in an excellent con dition of defence. The embrasures are now well restored, the declivities turfed, redans and outworks have been pushed out, and many batteries which lacked offensive material, are well supplied with guns. Cologne, too, is well furnished with. provisions, which is more than can be said of many towns on both sides the frontier. At some eatables have risen to famine prices. Saarbruck, for instance, well nigh fell a prey to a riot a day or two age, in consequence the high prices asked for food. coblentz, of course, is in first-class defensive condition, and so is Mayence. At Aix-la-Chapelle there is a very strong garrison. The rapidity with which the various atoms of which a regiment is composed are gathered together is wonderful. A regiment of artillery counting four batteries of six pieces each, has just re formed here. Three days ago the men had not joined, the horses had not arrived, the guns and munition were in the arsenal. To-day the whole regiment, complete and in splendid ceder, started off for Mayence. Special cor respondent s meet with better treatment here than on the French frontier, but they are carefully excluded from quarters, and will remain so until the campaign actually commences. ON THE FRENCH FRONTIER. WISSEMBOURG, THURSDAY. The Bavarian and Baden troops are harassing the French frontiers, and the latter have just been making an escapade which has done them little service. A patrol of sixteen dragoons on Sunday passed through Lauterburg while the people were at church, and destroyed the telegraph wires, afterwards taking themselves off to the woods at Hagenbach. On their way they met a gendarme and a French lancer, who attacked them. The lancer killed an officer's horse, and was himself struck down and left for dead. The gendarme was captured, but escaped and ran off to give the alarm. The next morning some French cavalry made their appearance off the Baden lines and fired on the sentry. The Baden dragoons fired from the windows of their inn, and there was an exchange of shots. The French chasseurs, however, forced their way up the staircase, and in a few minutes the enemy was disCoinfite'd' 'five *ere killed, six wounded, and the rest captured. Among the wounded was an Englishman who was holding a commission in the Baden army. He was mortally hurt. The French lost one man. There was great excitement at Niederbronn when the pri soners were brought in. It was particularly noticed that among these sixteen men no less than five were officers, who all wore the uniform of 'simple soldiers. Wissem bourg has also been visited by a band of these patrolling troops, and some alarm has been created, but nothing of any consequence has taken place. Some twenty men, part of the infantry which occupies Schweigen, came towards the town, and the rumour of their approach pro duced great excitement and cries of Aux armes I But after a shot or two were fired the patrol, which appeared to be merely reconnoitring, galloped off. The Prefect has put up a notice at the Hotel de Ville to the effect that all due precautions have been taken to preserve the public safety; and there is no ground for uneasiness. In some villages the people, recalling the evil days of 1814 and 1815, have taken themselves and their belongings off to the woods. More than 300 families have left Walbourg for the forest of Haguenau with all their goods and cattle. METZ, THURSDAY. The representatives of the press at head-quarters here suffer a fate which ought to command the sympathy of every right-thinking person. They have little or nothing to describe, they are treated constantly like spies, and their letters and telegrams are shamefully delayed. To day the first post was not delivered until two o'clock in the afternoon, and for some time, things have been little better. The few sources of excitement we get invariably prove false ones ; the events that are reported are almost all lies. Yesterday the rumour spread in the camp that the Prussians were contemplating' an attack. After the fast day order by King William it was said that no time would be lost in ordering an advance, bu the alarm proved to be groundless. The commissariat is the great question of the day, for the French do not follow the fashion of drawing supplies for the army from the in vaded country, and consequently the administration has to provide everything. About war material there is no difficulty, the supply being ample. Each division is furnished with the famous mitrailleuses, which are not, however, allowed to be visible until the day of action. The reserves are coming in, and the force is already large enough to open hostilities. Many of the reserves consist of old soldiers and volunteers who have been through the, campaigns of the Crimea, Africa, Italy, and Mexico. The heat has modified a little, which is a great blessing. There is so little eagerness 'for an immediate battle that if the authorities know when 'the enemy will be at a given spot, they take care to reach it just too late. If the foe is seen in the distance a few shots are fired, but nothing decisive is attempted, and it is impossible for the unitiated to say when the first move ment will be made. The levees en masse have been pro ductive of great suffering. . Bread in Rhenish Prussia is very dear already, and those workmen who were at work in France have been forced to cross the frontier. Nothing is certain, but the general belief is the great struggle will begin very soon. MORE CORRESPONDENTS TROUBLES. - Azamut Batuk writes the Pall Mall Gazette the forthcoming war should prove a desperate one for the French and Prussian armies, it is already a despekate one for English correspondents, though in a different sense. None of them has run as yet any serious risk, but all of them have had go through an almost unbroken chain of degrading sensa tions. It is now a week since I left England, and during the whole of that time I have not ceased for a single hour to be accused or suspected of being a spy, or to feel that lam behaving like one. The same thing seems to be experienced by many gentlemen whose acquaintance I have made here, and a couple of whom were actually arrested on the supposition I have indicated. Matters did not go so far with me ; but at Luxembourg I underwent a very unpleasant moral hunt, on the part of the people at the hotel, the post, and telegraph office. At Thionville I Was forced to disguise myself, or at least to try to appear as a citizen of that locality. At Metz I had the pleasure of being regarded everywhere with open suspicion and distrust. Finally, here I was not only told that I was a spy, but at one time had reason to expect to be given over to the French outposts as such with two English gentlemen. THE WAR FEELING IN NEW YORK. Since the Union 'army compelled the capitulation of General Lee, with his disorganised and badly beaten forces in April, 1865, New York has been overwhelmed by no such tidings as those which flashed over the cable yester day at noon, proclaiming that at ten minutes past two o'clock France had spoken for war. New York was filled with exultation. Despatches from Washington came pouring in announcing that the Napoleonic menace had been received in the House of Representatives with profound sensation. The afternoon papers discussed the position and crisis with flippant p'eriods, and men went around on the eve of a cosmopolitan disaster with light phrases and feathery jokes. Singularly enough the same joy that followefl Lee's surrender in 1865 is now pre ceding the gigantic struggle between the two mightiest Powers of Europe in the summer of 1870, and this kind solicitude on the part of America for the misery of the quarrelling dynasties of the Old World seemed to be a sort of entertainment to those. who read the voluminous despatches and eagerly watched for the latest intelligence. Setting aside that ,- extreinely small body of humani tarians who alWays labour for peace, and the highly respectable body'of broadbrims, there is no doubt that Yesterday's doings abroad were a subject of congratulation in most every household. The long gloom of faces of 1861, when the pall of . war hung over the young Admin istration of President Lincoln was nowhere to be seen. An ocean separated America from the battle field to be, and people were happy, remarkably contented. Upon applying the finger to the popular pulse it was found to beat swifter than for ,previous years, and all themes, social, political and financial, were absorbed in the capil lary subject of the French-Prussian dontest.—Neui. York Herald, July 16. THE WAR BETWEEN. FRANCE AND. PRUSSIA. The news of a declaration of war between France and Prussia, which reached us by cable telegram yesterday, was not unexpected. For some weeks past it was evident that France desired to throw down the guage of war, and that Prussia was not unwilling to take it up. At two o'clock yesterday Napoleon communicated to the Corps Legislatif that war with Prussia was proclaimed in conse quence of insults offered to the French Ambassador at Berlin, Count Benedetti, by the Soveroign and Court of Prussia. We may accept this incident, therefore, as the immediate eaev,s belli, although we know very well that a variety of irritating causes have existed since Prim offered the Spanish throne to a member of the Prussian royal family, thereby provoking the indignation of France, leading to hasty and defiant words on the part of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, which were met by the King of Prussia at first with dignity, and afterwards with some natural display of irritation, which resulted in the dismissal of the French Ambassador. These are the ante-war incidents of some days past. That the peoples of both France an d Germany are eager for this war there can be no doubt. The utmost enthusiasm is said to prevail in the leading cities of France and Prussia. Whether the succession to the Spanish crown was the real cause of the difficulty, or only a pretext, matters .little now. We are -on the threshold of one of the most terrible wars Europe has ever witnessed. It may be of short duration ; but, taking into account the skill, the numbers, the opportunities of the contending forces, and the deadly appliances which modern science has placed in the hands of each, the result in any event must be fearful. It may culminate in a Jena, it is true, or it may be so prolonged as to draw all Europe into the vortex — possibly into a coalition against France. BOt we cannot expect to see such a coalition as that which brought the allied troops into Paris in 1815. There have been revolutions among nations, and changes of boun daries since then. England, of course, unless forced into an alliance, must stand aside. She has too many thorns tormenting her at home to go into the foreign war busi ness. Besides, the army she could bring into the field (about two hundred thousand men) would be but a pigmy in this battle of the giants. However, if the rumour be true that she will protect the neutrality of Belgium, her navy might do terrible service at Antwerp. In looking for the cause of this conflict, so suddenly sprung up, we must go deeper than the question of the Spanish crown. It may be a matter of mutual necessity on the part of both sovereigns. The crops in France are very short. Bread riots in Paris are dangerous affairs. A hungry and discontented people must be diverted in some way from ' brooding over home grievances. A war is just the thing for the emergency. Napoleon is shrewd enough to see this, and it may be presented to his sagacious mind just now, the question between a war and a dynasty. There are troublesome elements at work in Prussia too. The popular parties who are disposed to cut down the army supplies and reduce the army are gain ing ground. There appears to be every probability that they will have a majority at the next election, which would he most, embarrassing for the King and Govern ment. Do not' the real causes of war lie in these facts ? We in the United States cannot but deplore this unfortunate event, in the general interests of mankind. A bloody war is always to be regretted ; but whatever the consequences may be to Europe, the benefits of the conflict will accrue to us. There will be a larger demand for our abundant breadstuffs, our merchant marine will find wider employment, and all the general, interests of the country will partake of a stimulating influence from the thunder of cannon on the Rhine frontier.—New York Herald, July 16. GENERAL FAILURE OF THE EUROPEAN CROPS. The year 1870 will long be remembered in Europe, not only for its intense heats but for the prolonged and wide spread drought that now gravely threatens nearly two thirds of the cereal and other harvests. By our latest advices we perceive that the situation in this respect has become actually alarming. In many departments of France not a drop of rain has fallen for many weeks, and even throughout regions near to the seashore the crops look poor and thin compared With those of former years. Universally hay, straw, and clover are lost, and the pea santry are hurrying their cattle to the butchers, because they no longer have fodder wherewith to feed them. At the late La Villette market, in Paris, four thousand head of beef cattle were offered for sale at almost any price, where two thou sand has been the usual figure. Thus there is more meat offered to consumers than ever before; but the question arises, " What are the latter to do next winter ?" Farmers near the garrisoned towns who usually enjoy the loan of artillery horses by the Government, have sent them back to the army for lack of the commonest feed for them. Wheat, barley, and oats have doubled in price, and the standing growth is wretched. Peas and beans are in the same condition ; hemp and flax are gone ; the fruit trees of all kinds begin to droop and are full of cater pillars, and the vineyards of the southern districts are seriously attacked by the worm known as the "phylloxera vastatrix." Even Algeria has suffered from both drought and locust, and can count upon only a medium crop of grain to aid France. Spain and Italy are similarly tried, and the only really fine crop of staple that the latter will be able to boast of will be silk. Bohemia, Hungary, and the Danubian Principali ties will come to the rescue, to some extent, but the deficit in Germany will probably absorb all their superabun dance. The most singular feature of this " beggarly account of empty boxes " is 'that in some of the finest grain provinces of the Russian empire the crops are short for another reason than heat and drought. Untimely cold and moisture have_ crippled them. Sweden will do no more than sustain itself, and it is doubtful whether Belgium and Holland will do so much. The East seems to be similarly threatened. Early in the season we noticed the distressing lack of rain and running water in Syria and parts of Turkey, and both those countries look to importation for help. Prices - in France have gone up largely and are rising every hour, and the reserve which the govern ment always makes there, for a year or two in advance, is likely to be more than taken out of its hands. At all the leading markets grain has reached the rate of thirty francs per metrical quintal. In some places it has risen even to thirty-five, which is from five to ten francs above the prices of last winter. What, we may ask, will it be three months hence, particularly should an insane war open the floodgates of devastation and waste ? It is now that the United States step into the foreground as the granary of the nations. It is to this " fruitful land of Canaan " that all must look. Here are the-golden fields and the laden orchards all the way from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, and from ocean to ocean. Here are the cattle on a thousand hills along with the rich grass, the luscious fruit and the bursting ear. Out of the midst of war and desolation this much favoured land has been raised up to offer the Old World, in the hour of its dearth and its warlike madness, healing and a refuge. To-day the Republic stands before mankind the image of Liberty, holding the olive branch of peace in one hand and the horn of plenty in the other.—New York Berald. Tali: ADMISSION OF GEORGIA.—It would be a great disgrace to Congress if it adjourned without taking the necessary steps for the readmission of Georgia, and yet that seems likely to be the barren issue of all its discussions on the question. There is not a dingle good reason to be adduced against the restoration of Georgia, but the obstinacy of one or two Senators threatens to place Congress in a false position before the country. Our Washington correspondent tells us that the President is advised that he may order an election in Georgia next Fall, but this would not compensate for the failure of Congress to do its duty. Is it impossible, at this eleventh hour, to prevail upon the Senate to act in a rational man ner on this question ?—New York Times. PHILADELPHIA FIREMEN'S FIGHTS. They of the City of Brotherly Love have just had the old-fashioned entertainment of another bloody fight in the streets be tween two companies of bellicose firemen. Thank our stars. we of New York, with our paid and re gularly appointed and disciplined fire department, have been relieved of this old time feudal age nuisance of firemen's fights. Philadelphia is be hind the present age with her feudal system ; but let her adopt our orderly and efficient system and she too will be thankful over a happy deliverance. She will find the change in every respect of law, order, efficiency, and economy something to be particularly proud of. Let her try it. With us it is the greatest reform of all our local reforms of the last twenty years, and we are very proud of it.--New York TWA DOINGS AT DEVONPORT DOCKYARD. Real alarm is felt by sober-minded men in Devonport and Plymouth at the procedure of the Admiralty at this critical period. On Friday night the whole of the smiths connected with Devonport working at both dockyards have commenced working until half-past eight, in order to get the ironclad ships Audacious, Invincible, Iron Duke, and Vanguard, now in dock, ready for service. But the pro gress is very slow, as the , weekly reduction of smiths which was continued up to within three weeks has so greatly weakened the strength. Otherwise no prepara tion whatever is being made for grave " eventualities." On the contrary, apathy seems to reign supreme at head quarters. Since April last two hundred and , forty workmen have been compulsorily superannuated, reduc ing the strength of the establiAhments below that pro vided in the estimates ' • and now that it is fore seen by everyone that some of these men will have to be re-entered, as overtime arrangements will not overtake the work, no attempt is being made to detain or secure those first-rate, middle-aged workmen who have lately gone out, but who are rapidly removing to long distances away. Some have lately gone to France. Fine seasoned timber is still being stacked and measured preparatory to another great sale of stores, which has been ordered, unmindful of the fact that'prac tical men declare that in the event of war this very timber would have to be repurchased. The paint-house is almost empty. This week it was found that there was not sufficient yellow paint to paint the masts of the Incon stant, and the commander had to send out and purchase some himself. The stock of rope at Portsmouth is so far exhausted that rope from Devonport is still being sent there in haste by railway, at considerable cost compared to water conveyance, to enable the fitting out of ships to be proceeded with, although the Devonport ropery is now fully a year's make behind the Admiralty demand. Three hundred men have been superannuated from- the ropery since the reductions commenced. These are facts, although if taxed with them in Parliament they will probably be glossed over as mere newspaper canards.—Western. Morn ing News. OUR DEFENCELESS CONDITION. The condition of our military and naval armaments is at present occupying an unusual share of public aitention. With regard to the army, the Army and Navy Gazette says :—" Last month, according to official returns there were on paper serving in Great Britain and the Channel Islands 33,740 infantry ; 11,167 artillery, including both field and garrison, of which about 5,500 were available for field service , and 7,060 cavalry. In Ireland there were 15,130 infantry ; 2,558 cavalry, and 1,191 artillery. The force in Ireland, unfortunately, in the present state of the country, cannot be reduced. We hope that, in the event of war, it will not have to be increased. At least 10 per cent. has to be deducted from the force on paper in Great Britain for casualties, if we wish to know the effective force. We have, therefore, 30,000 infantry, 5,000 artillery, and about 5,500 cavalry , including the Household troops. Were the prospect of war im minent, our Mediterranean garrisons would have to be reinforced by at least 8,000 infantry. Portsmouth, our arsenals and dockyards, would have to be• protected. With their present organisation and state of efficiency these duties could not be entrusted to the militia and so called reserve. Possible 10,000 infantary and 4,000 cavalry might be left at our disposal and even this force could be with difficuly maintained. Such being the case, We consider that the confidence of some of our contem poraries is misplaced, and that their boasts almost amount to " bluster." It can scarcely be considered unjustifiable curiosity if we are anxious to know what the Government propose to do, fully believing, as we do, in the truth of the old saying 'Si vis pacem para bellum.' " - - The Broad Arrow last week formed a rough estimate of the available strength of the troops in England as being certainly under 60,000 men, all told. Our contemporary adds to-day :—" We are now able to state that the contracts issued for rations in Great Britain specify 7,500 cavalry, 35,000 infantry, 11,000 Artil lery, 2,300 Engineers, and 1,000 Control—making a total of 56,800 men of all ranks and arms, exclusive of the staff. After making the necessary reductions for the sick list and other causes, the battalions would certainly not exceed an average of 400 men each ; we are, therefore, quite justified in repeating our conviction that, if we were called upon to despatch 10,000 men to the Medi terranean, and the like number to Belgium, we should be at the end of our immediate resources. In the present state of Europe this fact is too startling to call for comment, and it is not surprising; considering how many there must be who have a vague idea of our defenceless condition, that a variety of rumours with regard to the placing of the British army on a war footing have been in circulation for the last few days. Without taking upon ourselves to disclose the secrets of the State, we may say that this important question is under the serious considera tion of the Cabinet, as also is the expediency of embodying a portion of the militia." COMPENSATION FOR A RAILWAY AC CIDEN T. A collision occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Salford on Friday, the 28th of May, 1869, whereby a number of passengers were more or less severely injured, amongst them being Mr. James Vickers, pawnbroker and general clothier and draper, Bolton, and Mr. Roocroft, 'boot and shoe maker, of the same town. The latter tradesman obtained £2OO compensation as the award of the jury who tried the case. In the case of Mr. Vickers—without going into court, the company, looking at all the facts, have agreed to settle the matter by pay ment of the sum of £1,250 in full satisfaction of all demands for compensation and costs. EX-SENATOR FRELINGHYUSEN TO SUCCEED MINISTER MOTLEY.—The President has finally made this appointment, as rum our had ithe woul d. Mr. Frelinghuysen is a man well calculated to do the duties of the position in a manner becoming to the dignity and honour of the Government. He is an experienced statesman and an ac complished scholar, and, better than all, he has a broad American view of the questions pending between this country and England. Mr. Sumner's unseemly attack on the President for making the appointment is as reprehen sible as Fenton's action regarding the Custom House ap pointments, for it was engendered by the same feeling of personal spite that cannot see beyond its own little malice. —New York Herald. OURS—A FAIR. OPENING FOR INDEPENDENCE. — Captain General De Rodas has just returned to Havana, and the campaign against the Cubans may fairly be con sidered as at an end, for the present, at least. Looking at the late campaign from an unprejudiced stand-point we cannot help coming to the conclusion that while the Spaniards have accomplished little with well equipped and well disciplined soldiers, the Cubans, lacking these, have been able not only to hold their own, but to gain a little. Lately the Cubans in the East ern Department have been active. So much so, in fact, that more troops have been asked for by the Spanish generals. Where the reinforcements asked for are to come from it is difficult to say. It is out of the question to think that in the present state of affairs in Europe Spain can forward them. Now is the time for the Cubans to hit hard and hit often. They have a chance which they should hot lose. Spain's difficulties at home may prove Cuba's opportunity to win her freedom.—Ncw r ork Herald, July 16th. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pits. — Sudden changes of temperature have frequently a most injurious effect upon the skin, and also upon the nervous system. Hence the prevalence of erysipelas, blotches, boils, rheumatism, and sore throat. Fortunately in Holloway's Ointment and Pills we have means of remov ing this class of diseases. These wonderful remedies not only suppress the inflamation, but expel the cause of it, by a gentle excretion through the pores, and thoroughly invigorate the whole system, so that patients who have given Holloway's Ointment and Pills a fair trial are often delighted to find that when their disease is vanished, they are in better health than they were before, Directions are affixed to each pot and box. THE WATER SUPPLY IN NEW YORK. Considering the anxiety in the city from time to time on the subject. of the Croton supply, it, may be worth while to consider whether the inexhaustible Hudson might not be called on to, fur nish water for every civic • pur'pose, except drinking, washing, and cookery. This is a questlon which will occur to the public mind more and more with the growth of population. With North River water at dis cretion, drawn up by machinery and "distributed from a tank, there need be no more warnings and expostulations on the subject of Croton in dry weather. Water could then be used without stint, either to flush . the sewers or clean the thoroughfares, or furi.ish a hun dred ornamental street-basins, with their foaming and sparkling foUnWns for the general . refreshMent. Our noble river is not yet put to half its proper uses ; and the day will probably come when water from it will be fib tered for all purposes. It would come all the sooner if, instead of making "sinks" of the bright river,- we re turned the refuse of cities and towns to the fields to in crease our crops and harvests.—New York Times. AMERICAN NEUTRALITY. Many rumours have been in circulation regarding the sympathy of the United States in the war. It is an nounced by cable that- the leading journals in America favour Germany, and that, with the exception of the Tti orld, no daily newspaper of great influence takes the side of Ffance. At Brussels, while the American squad`] ron was at Antwerp, it was believed that the Washir Government desired to avail itself of the opportum, now offering to repay France_for its attempted establ; - ment of a Latin monarchy in Mexico during the k. War. Again, it has been said that the American Vt,,„,;, would be influenced to take the. side condemned by the English, and more rubbish of the same sort has been freely set afloat. There are two considers' tions which ought to be duly weighed hi those who desire to estimate correctly American opinion on the war. The first, and by far the greater is the rignt and the wrong of the question which, as lin° interested neutrals, Americans can view impartially and decide justly. If the American ' press has gone against France it is, because the information placed before the, people by the cable leads them to believe that France in the wrong. The point will be discussed on its merits' in America with less prejudice and more truthfully than anywhere else, for the Republic is far enough off to see all in one view, and having no direct interest involved , that view is impartial, while its acquaintance with the hostile countries is quite as intimate as that of alai other people. Hence the greut value of .the Ameri' can decision, which must impart its influence to the' sentiment of the world. The other consideration may perhaps tend to impair that value, being the exercise on the nation of a strong Germau sentiment ira' parted through its large body of citizens of German, extraction. Had the Germans the clannishness, the taste for political combination of the Irish settlers, a consider' able pressure would be brought to bear on Government. But what has made the Germans such good citizens 10 lessened their politicel influence in rendering them hi' capable to act in a body. Above all things is it desirabl e for the Republic that those who array themselves in ft° nationality should put off all foreign garb •, that they should cease to have foreign designs : that' their objects should be wholly American. The Fatherland may be loved and visited, a tender recollection may be preserved and instilled into the American - born children of German parents ; but it is essential for the good of their new country that they should cast aside th,,,°, politics; the aspirations, the hatreds they left behind. r is because they do this—it is because they seek the mate' rial objects for which they emigrated, and in promoting their own prosperity promote that of the communit l among whom they have cast their lot, that. the Gerrosl, excel as settlers, whereas, in this it is that so many Irf sP el fail.' But the Germans rule no great cities ; they have no their Fenian representatives in Congress ; they do 1 1 °' threaten to defeat the choice of the native-born majority for President, unless some object, wherein America 1 155 no right to meddle, be interfered with. There are said t° be 3,000,000 of Germans in the States, which we imagin e to be a low estimate. That 3,000,000 of an educate d a,ntithinking poople will exercise an influence on a na tioi even of forty millions among whom they are intermixe is certain, and all the more in their quiet, non-politiel, way ; in that their demonstrations are not noisy, n° paraded with music and banners, with arms and uniforo and buncombe of the tallest kind. Our point is this' That German citizens will exercise a very considerabl e influence over their fellow-citizens in America, but 1 0 t that sort of influence which the Irish so direct as to 3; 11 upon the governments of States and of the Union, st r ' such an influence on opinion as tells more and In oo daily if the cause they advocate be just and which nn' 6 eventually produce results. The cause of t? • Fatherland, however, is not calculated to exc,n, ,tile sympathy of a nation so much governed n; sentiment as the Republic, nor can the cle:i sense of the Americans be in the slightest degree deceiv ed on such a point. It is the fight of two bullies for supre' macy, and howeverinteresting, however grand and plug may be the combat, however enthralled the attention ,° the world, no enthusiasm by it can be evoked in a fore*" breast for either. There is nothing calculated in this Of; to endanger American foreign relations, although wh e , Spain was supposed to be involved, how France, with hr.' commanding navy, might act against Cuba, was the qu e "'", tion of interest to the Republic. The idea that th United States would run directly counter to the opinfi ) : 4 expressed in England is one of .those outragel assertions which impose upon people who will le i .not WY or cannot reflect. A more just and discriminatM community; taken as a whole, does exist. He • imagines that in the question of the right and wrong of j great crime against mankind, as it is held to be, a war • overwhelming importance, the citizens of the. Republ i c , will judge on any other ,grounds than the ample eviden, they will accumulate; in his ignorance does them wront The principles upon which the Republic is determined act were laid down in strong language by Mr. Dawes i o { the debate in Congi ess on restitution to British owners,.,, ships illegally seized by American cruisers. These pia ciples received the immediate sanction of the House, sf - d . were endorsed by the nation,; and they may be broscw • summed ,up in these words Because a natd"i ) , • has done a wrong, is no justification for ty., United States, which, in dealing with that nr tion, should be most careful not to permit t b e e example to influence its conduct, for it can seek redr e• for an injury against itself on the case complained 0 1 while tendering the redress for any wrong it may lis s committed. The farce of visiting upon the headri Q Frenchmen, or of Germans, th e si n of English sympst with their cause, may be enacted in Dublin or Cork ; 1 ", that man must be anlrish citizen who states that suell course could be taken, outside the Irish pale, in AmeriO. There are no two countries between whom Americo!: would be more likely to be impartial than between Fran ti„ and Germany. The one w as their close ally in the dal ) their Independence ; the other has become the gre,, e feeder of American w a s t e s, and the blood relation of ti! Republic. Both stand well in American 1 mation, while for the Government of neit l ; o is there any sympathy. To many Ameri papers and ardent Republicans the person',l rule of the Emperor is hateful, but th!, cannot turn to the King for relief, the different to them being slight indeed. The policy of America not justly appreciated, either, with the masses in E n glan: What makes the people 9n the other side the Atlantis ' O , jealous of European interference with the Cabinet, ae demns American interference in European affairs. 3 ,,Yi upholder of the Monroe doctrine would be convicted ,' his own creed who advocated anything beyond the ex.PP,:, sion of an opinion, which is the right of the world, WI especially of a world injured by the wrong . committer, Englishmen finding the Republic exacting in Amen questions, imagine it likely to be exacting in Europe? questions, but they arrive at a false conclusion, bees:4 they do not rightly comprehend the premises from whiff they deduce their argument. We believe that Anier i j will get the fullest information, and will arrive at the In'e just conclusions during this war, while preserving most rigid neutrality.—Anglo American Tin Les • The Ipswich Journal states that the town has given notice to the Town Council to advise the Corporation to ask the Governi. the grant of £lOO to Ipswich races, as the Queen's and to give it instead to the Suffolk Agricultural A ciation. A. NOTABLE BANKRUBT. 7 -A petition for adj udi° l tion of bankruptcy has been filed againstDanielde Castle solicitor, of Mitre-court, Fleet-street. The case will and remembered from the remarkble circumstances which it was recently before the public. The debter the misfortune accidentally to shoot a gentleman who Vi c ; dining with him, and being sued by the relatives a verl ) l for £3,000 was given against him. Execution for the de and costs was levied on Wednesday and on the folloW!V, day a petition for adjudication was presented by Mr. fo t R. Burton. gentleman of Hampstead, and a creditor £lOO. Mr. Linklater now applied for an order to restroid the execution from proceeding until after the-day appoin t o f for the hearing of the bankruptcy petition—the 12th August. His Honour granted the application. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCVt No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by hit° be THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of Savoy, in t County of Middlesex. Monday, August 1, 1870. Mont ( stands AlabaE and IC Majesi Mr. MINE. Lyell's resting rti9. 5 ritA LOGY F R N° TR C li c ( and is CH than a: While 1 C I teeth, ti ceitiet nen in and tee nutriti( superb() contrib C Packets Sole I soon M ~_ r~`HL+' RU trict, THE N tvv , r ti Si BIRTHS. - T y ) On the 26th inst., at St. Omer, the wife of Vice-Adnli d the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C. 8., of a daughter. On the 28th ult., the Lady Victoria Lambton, daughter. On the 29th ult., at 14, Blandford-square, the wife of D. Gibbes, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 28th ult., at St. Marylebone, Joseph Barrio „le Deacon, Esq., late Royal Scots Greys, to CharITAI Milicent, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Wilk Smith, of Dunstone Hall, Derbyshire. a q On the 28th ult., at St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, -0 Haddock, Ancient House, Ipswich, to Charlotte youngest daughter of John S. Sweeting, Esq., Brig hill, Surrey. DEATHS A 0 On the .27th ult., at Lamb's Conduit-street, Thov Hornidge, Esq., aged 77. - Ou the 27th ult., at Bath, Benjamin Roberts, Esq., " rioo. mander R.N., aged 79. ZONE CgAB Itorro T' The valual BOOK be hat Buckt Office Or; "T Mr Thi Cor &c., FOl enti the enti opei (get free Hall Part A N - .l] will t