The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMPENSATION. EVIDENCE OF THE JUDGES. The Select Committee appointed to consider the state of the law with reference to the liability of railway com panies to compensation, resumed its sittings yesterday, when Baron Martin and Baron Bramwell, of the Court of Exchequer, were examined. Mr. Headlam, the chairman of the committee, addressing the judges, said : Baron Martin and Baron Bramwell, —The House of Commons have directed us to inquire into the state of the law respecting the liability of railway com panies to give compensation in case of accident to passengers, and in the course of that inquiry they have had before them several gentlemen representing the inte rests of railway companies. They complain both of the theory of the law and of its administration. We have, therefore, thought it right to obtain the assistance of judges, like yourselves, of the highest experience, to assist us in the inquiry. _ The learned judges were then examined at great length in respect to the several points raised. Baron Martin said that unless there were some special provisions in Acts of Parliament to the contrary of which he was not aware, the liability of the railway companies was regulated by the common law of England. With respect to the carriage of goods, the common law of England makes it incumbent upon public carriers to carry all goods that come to them, but there is no such liability by the common law to compel them to carry passengers, and in point of fact he was not aware that there was any absolute penalty if they refused to carry passengers. They carried passengers in the same way as any other people seeking to make money by business, and consequently they sought to carry as many passengers as they could. Baron Bramwell said that the idea of the companies was that they could not get rid of their liability to carry pas sengers, and therefore to pay them compensation for injuries ; but he agreed with his brother Baron Martin that they might refuse to take them altogether. Mr. Headlam pointed out the difference in the value of certain lives, and asked whether it would be in the power of the companies to refuse to carry persons whose lives were very valuable except at an enhanced fare. Baron Martin said that would be illegal. It would be legal to charge them up to the extent of the maximum fare, but they were all restrained with respect-to the fares to be charged to each class of passengers, and therefore all they could say was "We cannot take you." They could not say, " We will only take you if you pay twenty times the amount of the fare." The ordinary mode of performing their duty was to say, " We won't take you at all." Baron Bramwell : My notion is that they could not re fuse to carry a passenger, but they might say to every pas senger, " If we carry you at the ordinary fares we will not be liable for any accident." I don't know anything that could prevent their doing that, seeing that they are not bound to carry at all. Baron Martin said that if they were called upon to give an authoritative opinion on the subject they ought really to have some little time to consider it, because he had great doubt as to whether a company could say that they would carry a passenger,. but that whatever occurred on the journey, under no circumstances would they be re sponsible. In fact, it would be repugnant to the spirit of the contract. He would rather not answer the question without consideration. The Chairman pointed out that the Act for the general regulation of traffic in 1854, known as the Railways and Canal Act, included not only goods but passengers. Baron Martin said that they could not, under the com mon law exonerate themselves from all liability. The general Act requires that they shall make arrangements for receiving and forwarding the traffic without unreasonable delay, and that included passengers. Baron Bramwell said that it appeared to him to be really a question of contract. A man taking a railway ticket made a bargain between himself and the company that they would each conduct themselves with reasonable care and diligence in the matter, and if he came to harm on the journey, the bargain was broken by the company. The Chairman said that railway companies thought it a hardship in the law that they were made liable when there was no fault on their own part,and where there had been no positive negligence, and he put the case of the injustice of making the master of a private carriage liable for injury caused by his driver, when he had taken the very best means he could to get the most careful driver. Baron Martin said that that was a question involving the general law of master and servant, which law was as old as any in the country, and it was a well-established principle of the law that a master was liable for the neg ligence of his servants. Baron Bramwell said that if his servant was driving him in his carriage and caused damage to another, he would be liable, because he was driving him as his servant, and he had a right to control him, and tell him whether to drive fast or slow, but if he hired a cab the cabman was not his servant' in law, and if he told him to drive so and so h e might say thathe would drive fast or slow just as he pleased so long as he was within the limits of the law. The result was that if he was riding in his own carriage he was liable, but if he jobbed a carriage or a coachman or a day the rule did not apply. There did not seem to him to be any sound principle in that, and it seemed to be a relic of the old Roman law in which the sevants were really slaves, and consequently the master was liable for their acts just as he would be for the damage done by his cattle in trespassing. It was quite certain that if a coachman, in the absence of his master, chose to drive his fellow servants out for a treat and in flicted any damage either on them or anyone else, the master was not liable. Baron Martin : The master is not held liable criminally at all in the case of an accident caused by his servant, but if he sat on the box of the carriage and encouraged him to drive furiously he would be. Baron Bramwell said that he was a railway shareholder himself, and might therefore be supposed to be in their favour, but his opinion was that it was a matter of bar gain between the passenger and the company, and there fore no hardship could arise. He should have no objec tion to the liability itself provided that none but honest claims were made ; but he objected to a liability involving dishonest claims, and very often foolish and dishonest verdicts ; and therefore the railway shareholders asked that they should not be held liable to any damage arising from negligence, because if they were, all the rogues in the train would be bringing actions against them. He thought whatever rules the companies made the general law would render them liable ; but he thought that the suggestion made that the railway companies should be allowed to limit their liability by way of assurance was a valuable one. Baron Martin thought that the public would have no right to complain of such a provision as that of being called on to pay for assurance, and that the com pany should not be held liable to damages beyond the amount assured, but he thought that in practice in every instance the companies would be held liable to pay the highest amount. He did not think that so far as his ex perience went the injuries of railway passengers were fictitious. In most cases in which claims were made they had sustained some injury, though they might be exag gerated. He believed that in case such an altera tion were made the highest damages which could be would always be given, and it was for the railway com panies to consider whether they would gain or lose by it. Baron Bramwell thought that it would be perfectly fair to limit the liability in that way. There were now few cases of culpable negligence, but they were extremely rare as was proved by the fact that very few persons had been found guilty of manslaughter in consequence of such accidents. The learned judges were then examined as to the ad ministration of the law, and Baron Martin said that it was not likely that seventeen judges would come to a unanimous opinion as to the precise manner in which the law should be administered, but he had always endeavoured to keep the damages down to a moderate amount. He could not call to mind any one case he had tried in which he thought the damages were outrageous. His brother Bramwell's experience also was that taking into consideration the nature of the cases he had tried, his impression was that assuming the cases to be really genuine the damages were not excessive. Baron Bramwell said that not only did he not consider the damages awarded too excessive, but he had in many cases been rather surprised at their moderation. He thought, however, that the railway companies were very unwise in having the cases tried by special juries, because as they always gave their verdict according to the value they attached to their own lives and limbs, it was likely that they gave much higher damages than ordinary jury men would give. Baron Martin said that he thought extreme damaes were given, from the example set in the early history of railways, when there was a general impression on the minds of the public that they were going to be extremely profitable undertakings. He thought it very desirable that there should be an inspection by the Board of Trade, and that a commission should be issued establishing a par ticular court in which to try railway cases. There was no doubt that a certain class of attornies and doctors made it a business to get up these cases—at all events he had seen the same faces very frequently. He was also of opinion that there should be a medical man attached to the court, perfectly independent both of the railway companies and the passengers, who should give their opinion as to the condition of the passenger and the effect of the injury. Baron Bramwell also concurred that in the large majority of the cases they were real, though they might be a little exaggerated, and the amount of damages was not excessive. The learned judges then retired. Sir G. Watkin the chairman of the South Eastern was then examined, and stated that the compensation given in cases that were suspected not to be genuine was very great, and the cost bore the proportion of 20 per cent. to the damages, of which 12A went to the lawyers and 7 to medical men. He complained that the railway companies were subject to having actions brought against them a year or two after the accident, and when the opportunity of making inquiries into the merits of the case was lost. No claim should be allowed to be entertained in cases in which notice had not been given of the claim within a reasonable time. He approved of the suggestion for the establishment of a separate court for the trial of these cases. Mr. Laing, the chairman of the London and Brighton, was also examined, and expressed his opinion that if some limitation were placed on the cost to which railway companies were put to, the public would get the ad vanta g e i n cheaper fares. I--fe did not think it would be advantageous to the railway com panies to assure, but it was a concession which they would have to make. He was in favour of arbitration as a means of settling such claims. The committee adjourned at four o'clock. THE BABY FARMING CASE. At the Lambeth Police-court, Margaret Watson, 35, having also the aliases of Willis, Hurley; Walters, Ellis, Oliver, Blackburn, Fort, J. W., and M. 'l'., and described as a nurse, was again placed in the dock yesterday, before Mr. Elliott, charged with neglecting to provide proper food and nourishment for the illegitimate male child of Jeannette Tassy Cowan, whereby its life was in danger. She was further charged, with Mary Ellis, 29, her sister, with having in their possession four other infants, names unknown, and not providing proper food and nourishment for them, whereby their lives were endangered. The facts in connection with the tracing out this extra ordinary case by Sergeant Relf, of the W, and Police constable Tyers, P division, have already full appeared. It may as well, however, be mentioned that since the remand, these officers, under the direction of Captain Baines mid Superintendent Gernon, have still further obtained such evidence as will, it is fully believed, place the prisoners, or one at all events, upon her trial for a much more serious offence—the murder of several infants whose bodies have within the past few months been picked up not a very great distance from the house where Watson has resided. The house, it should be known, is situate nearly at the bottom of a somewhat secluded spot, called Frederick-ter race, Gordon Grove, leading out of Loughborough-road, Brixton. Within a few yards of the house is a partly completed thoroughfare called Foreign-road, and by passing down this, or under the viaduct of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, access is obtained to what remains of Myatt's fields, by the side of which runs a path to the Camberwell New-road railway station. It was about here that several dead infants have at different times been found. The house has been thoroughly searched, and several letters found which relate to the farming of infants. Amongst the bottles found were several labelled "Paregoric Rlixer, Poison," and some packets of poison. The back and front gardens have been dug to some depth, but nothing has been traced there, although some private information was forwarded that a few feet below the surface something woul3 be disclosed. The officers have in their possession the names of parties involved in this affair, but at pre sent it would be unwise to disclose them, Observation has been kept upon the post-office at Brixton, and the following letters, showing the system adopted, came into the office'r's possession " Madam, —I shall be at the Loughborough-road Station on the London, Chatham, and Dover line on Saturday, June 11th, 1870, at four o'clock in the afternoon. Please wait in the first-class waiting-room, and wear a white kerchief round your neck in a conspicuous manner. I shall wear a blue-striped shirt and frock coat, and I shall arrive from Ludgate-hill.—Yours obediently, " H. W. IL, Post Office, Upper Holloway." " 34, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, June 13th, 1870. " Madam,—A friend of mine wishes to know whether you have already adopted a child. If not and you will write me, I will see you on the subject.—l am, yours faithfully, "JOHN WRIGHT." " June 10. " Madam ' —I am sorry to have kept you so long with out a reply. I did not receive your note until last evening. I should feel very pleased for you to take my child. I would give £5 with her. She is in the country at present —Egham, in Surrey. You could have her when you pleased.—Yours most respectfully, " M. WINTER. Please address Mrs. Winter, 3, Ebury-street, Pimlico, S.W." "Thursday Afternoon. " Sir,—ln reply to yours I shall be happy to meet you at the Waterloo Railway Station on Friday afternoon at six o'clock in the first-class ladies' waiting-room. Should this not suit you will you favour me with a line.—Yours truly, " A. J. "I'.S.—Please to have my letter in your hand." " May 16. " Madam,—ln reply to your letter I beg to say we should be very pleased to adopt your baby ; we love children very much, and would do all in our power to secure the happiness of the little one. I should like very much to see you, so if you will write, saying where and when I can do so, I shall feel obliged. Hoping soon to hear from you, I remain, your's sincerely. •, M. HURLEY." This letter was addressed to M. L. G., Post Office, Wordley-hill, Stoke Newington-road, and found there by the officers. The letter by which the prisoners were traced was writ ten by Sergeant Relf, and in reply the following was received : " Wednesday, June 8. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter I beg to say that it would give me great pleasure to adopt as my own your little boy, if he is not too old. You omitted to state the child's age, and I wish for one as young as possible, that it may know none but ourselves as its parents. The child would be wellbrought up, and carefully educated ; he would have a good trade, and be to us in all respects as our own. We have been married several years, but have no family. We are in a comfortable position, have a good business, and a home in every way calculated to make a child happy. We are both very fond of children, and should you entrust your little one to my care you may rely on his receiving the loving care of a mother. Any place you like to appoint for an interview will suit me. I can meet you at any time you please, and should be very glad to have the matter settled as soon as possible. Hoping to have an early reply, I am, sir, respectfully yours, " R. OLIVER." Mr. Poland, instructed by the solicitor to the Treasury, ; appeared .to prosecute; and Mr. Mayo was for the pri soners. 1 Mr. Poland told his worship that the Treasury con sidered this to be a case which required the fullest investi gation, and he regretted that he only received the full instructions on Saturday. He should go as far as he could to-day and then ask for a remand. He hoped eventually the prisoners would be sent for trial on a charge of neglecting children they had undertaken to look after, and, it might be, the evidence would go to shew they had been guilty of a more serious charge. Ellen O'Connor, aged 14. stated that she had resided at the prisoner's house, 4, Frederick Terrace, Gordon-road, Brixton, and acted as servant. There were eight children there when she went, and afterwards eleven. When they were ill they were taken out by the prisoners, who said they were going home. On one oecasion they took out two children at night, and did not bring them back, though when they returned they had a shawl and hood belonging to them. She used to be sent for laudanum, and was told to say it was for toothache. She got some lime by Walter's request, and gave most of the children lime water in their food. She was told it was for sickness. The child Cowan (whose mother first caused the charge of neglect to be preferred against the prisoners) was suckled. The children were generally fed with the bottle. Dr. Harris very often came to the house to see Mrs. Ellis and little Cowan, and one or two of the other babies. Crosss-examined :—The clothes brought back after the children had been taken away belonged to the house. They were brought to the house in a night gown and blanket. The prisoners were fond of children, and paid a great deal of attention to them and treated them alike. Little Cowan had a cough when she fetched the laudenum, and she was told it had been used to rub its chest with. It was not warm weather when she got the lime. If was very cold, and she thought it was about a month ago. The milk sometimes turned sour, but she did not know that the lime was used to prevent it. She understood that it was put in to prevent sickness. They had corn flour, arrowroot, isinglass, baked flour, milk, and Ridge's food ; and they were fed four times a day, and had plenty. The sour milk was thrown away, and that in the bottle at the top of the cupboard, which the police found, was not, she believed, intended to be given to the infants. Mr. Elliott said the police had spoken to finding the sour milk in the bottles which were being used by the children. Witness said she did not know that this was so. Each . child was bathed every morning. After some further evidence had been given Mr. Elliott adjourned the 'case until next Tuesday, when it is stated more startling disclosures will be made. A GENEROUS GIFT.—Mr. Hugh Mason has just presented an extensive public park and gymnasium to the town of Ashton-under-Lyne. The gift has been accepted by the corporation, and the formal opening is appointed for next Saturday. A man named George Dean entered a field near Epping to fetch the cows up for milking, when he was attacked by a bull, which knocked the poor fellow down, . then trampled upon his body, and afterwards tossed him about round the field. The unfortunate man was removed home, when he soon expired. The bull was immediately killed. The statement that Archbishop Lycurgus had officiated at the funeral of a notorious brigand chief, named Tomaro, has been brought under his Grace'snotice by the Rev. George Williams, who publishes the reply which he has received. The Archbishop writes ,—" Be lieve me, never was such a brigand chief as this writer mentions buried at Syros, nor have I ever been present at such a funeral." The Palais de Justice at Clermont has been the scene of a terrible tragedy. The President was about to hear in private a man and his wife who were pleading for a separation, when a piercing shriek was heard from the Salle des Pas Purdus. It was found that the husband had stabbed the woman with a clasp-knife, and then stabbed himself to the heart. The woman expired shortly afterwards. PRINCE ALFRED.—Accounts from the Galatea are full of the disgust felt by all on board, from the Royal Commander downwards, at the sudden and still mysterious mandate which has changed their destination from Eng land to Australia. His Royal Highness is said to cherish happy memories of India, especially of the sporting trips, and to be quite resolved to return there as a sportsman pur et simple at no distant date. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S ELEPHANT.—The young elephant that was presented by Sir Jung Bahadoor to the Duke of Edinburgh has not been allowed to lead an idle life on board the Galatea. His services were utilised at Galle for the purpose of hauling in some three hundred tons of coal which would otherwise have employed up ward. of thirty men. He rather objected to the occupa tion at first, but a little coaxing and quiet treatment soon reconciled him to his fate, and he cheerfully went through his task to the great delight of the Jack Tars. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 21, 1870 THE HABITUAL CRIMINALS ACT. SHIPWRECKED SAILORS IN JAPAN. A circular has been issued by the HOme Department to magistrates in London and throughout the country, in Which Mr. Bruce states his opinion that the operation of the Habitual Criminals Act, 1869, would be facilitated by a more frequent resort on the part of magistrates to the practice of remanding, for further inquiry, persons in custody on charges of felony, and of the other offences enumerated in the first schedule of that Act. He therefore recommends that in any case where there is reason to believe that a person so chaaged is living a life of habitual crime, or that the ends of justice might be promoted by a more accurate knowledge of his previous history, a remand should take place' for the purpoSe of affording time to procure further information. The accounts which have been received at the Board of trade respecting the wreck of the iron brig Eliza Corry and the screw steamer Ocean Queen, on the coast of Japan, tell a tragical story. There was but one survivor of the Eliza Corry, the other men being drowned in attempting to swim ashore. The passengers and crew o the Ocean Queen were more fortunate and landed in safety, being afterwards sent on to Yokohama by the Japaneese authorities, a distance of four hundred miles, The Japanese, of all classes, behaved with extreme kind ness to the shipwrecked mariners, and their generosity was the more remarkable coming from a people who for merly detested the very shadow of a foreigner. The British Consul at Hakodod, after describing the wreck of the Eliza Corry, narrates the manner in which the crew endeavoured to save their lives by lashing themselves to life-buoys, spars, .&c. None, however, reached the shore alive. The captain's wife was on deck with a life-buoy lashed to her, but being dashed about the seas, she expired of exhaustion in her husband's arms. The captain, first officer, and three men left the ship holding on to a piece of timber. The captain, however, was the only one to reach shore. He passed a night on the, coast in a straw shed, walking about to keep himself warm. After some time a kangaroo hound of his rushed into the hut. The next day he saw a man who at first ran away from him, but afterwards •came back and took him to a village close by, where every care was taken of him. The captain, whose name was Graham, was seriously ill and delirious for three days. The Japanese sent to Noshiro, the capital, three miles off, to inform the officials. A doctor was sent for from some distance. Finding out afterwards that he was an Englishman, an officer was attached to him who spoke a little English. Clothes were made for him in European fashion, and when he felt better they sent miles away for a chicken and made chicken broth. A Japanese sleeping-dress was procured from a town twenty miles off—one of those thickly-padded sleeping gowns. Then, when he was able to be moved, he was taken over to Noshiro, and here they appeared not to be able to do enough for him. He was an Englishman, they said, and they would do anything and everything for him, because the English had not joined the rebelsin the late war. A camp stool was made, and a portable table, a fork, and soup and tea-spoon of copper, English shape, plates were got, and after a while they managed to get a wideawake, apologising because .it was secondhand. At Noshiro Captain Graham was made as comfortable as possible He was lodged in the best house ; even a room was set apart for his dog with an attendant to wait upon him, and when the captain's meals were served, the attendant was ordered to feed the dog as directed. While here the captain was very sick, spitting up blood, brought on by a bad cough. Every possible remedy was procured and invented. The-officials sent for miles to pur chase chickens and fresh eggs. Every day he had chicken broth and grilled chicken, and when potatoes were pro curable they were served up as a delicacy. After many endeavours they at last discovered a comb and a looking glass. One day the officials arrived in greet glee ; they had found a European comforter. When the captain was well enough to move, the interpreter and another officer were appointed to see him safe into the hands of the English consul at Hakodadi, and tii o men were told off to carry . the dog and see his rations given him. When the party reached the Consulate they would not hear of accepting payment for their great and long-continued kindness. The passengers and crew of the Ocean Queen were as we have said forwarded 400 miles up the country by the Japanese authorities, and addressed an acknow ledgment of their gratitude to the escort appointed. These remarkable instances prove that the Japanese people are far from being naturally churlish or un hospitable. AGRICULTURE AND THE CORN TRADE. The severe and protracted drought has at length been relieved by a copious fall of rain. A violent thunder storm burst over the metropolis and its suburbs on Thurs day night, accompanied by a heavy and soaking rain, the effect of which upon vegetation, previously suffering from want of moisture, was soon apparent. The weather has since been unsettled, and hopes are now enter tained that we shall yet receive sufficient rain to save our crops. Refreshing showers have also fallen in various parts of the country ; and advices from Scot land state that the aspect of affairs has so decidedly.im proved, that graziers are buying up cattle to turn into the pastures. Haymaking has made fair progress in the southern English counties, but the yield has been miser ably small, and has yielded a very poor return in all places, whilst in some fields there is barely sufficient grass to pay for the labour of cutting. Hbwever, should the weather now become unsettled, and judging from present appearances, such a supposition is by no means improbable, there is very little doubt that a good sound crop would be secured. Clover has come up well and thickly, but is very short. Mangolds will probably be a good crop ; but as regards Swedes, prospects are very uncertain. With scarcely an exception potatoes look well, there being an entire absence of disease. The condition of the wheat plant during the week has certainly not deteriorated ; in fact, if anything, the tendency has been towards amelioration. This is especially the case in low-lying districts where the want of water has been less seriously felt. On the uplands the plant is very deficient in height, but we do not hear of any particular falling off in the size of the ear. The condition of the spring corn, on the other hand, is very precarious. Wheat now depends on the state of the weather during the next few days, as, in the event of a return of the drought the yield can not fail to fall considerably short of the average ; whilst with two or three days of steady rain the aspect of affairs would be entirely altered, and the corn would then partly retrieve its lost position. Continental advices do not allude to any new feature. Prospects in Eastern Europe, especially in Hungary, Galicia, and Bohemia, are stated to be highly satisfactory, and should no un toward event happen the yield will be sufficiently large to admit of an extensiue export trade. But accounts from France have not improved to any material extent, not withstanding that rain has fallen in most districts.— 'agnet. The position of the growing crops has not greatly varied since we last wrote. Wheat has continued to gradually improve, and the rain, which fell somewhat copiously in the midate of the week, proved of great service in reviving the plant on light soils, where there was much loss of colour in consequence of the continued drought. Wheat promises well, and we believe that the harvest' will not fall late. If the plant does not look so well as is the case in more humid seasons, it will come well to the sickle, and, what is of infinitely more importance, will be found to thrash out satisfactorily. It will be conceded that a dry season is the best for wheat in our climate, as experience teaches us that years of drought have usually been accompanied by good wheat harvest. As a rule, under intelligent and liberal farming, wheat is wonderfully independent of the weather, though out-of-door farm operations are fre quently seriously impeded in an unfavourable season. Looking at things from this point of view, a total failure of the crops may now be regarded—save under the most exceptional circumstances—as an utter impossibility. Having removed the most threatening danger to the wheat crop by a proper drainage system, the principal difficulty with which agriculturists in our variable climate have to contend has been obviated. But no season can equally serve the great variety of crops that we are in the habit of raising in England. For example the present promises to be a good wheat year, but has certainly not proved favourable to the spring corn crops. The first cut of hay will be quite insignificant, and, though there is time for a good second growth should the requisite moisture be forthcoming, there can be no doubt that we shall suffer great inconvenience from the scarcity of feed for the stock. This is a matter of the most serious impor tance, as prices of meat must rise in proportion to the enhanced currencies of feeding stuffs.—Bell's Weekly Mes senger. The heaviest rainfall ever registered at Malton occurred between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, when 1.35 in. of rain fell, equivalent to 135 tons of water to the acre. At 2 p.m. rain ceased, and up to Saturday night no further fall occurred. On Saturday the farmers reported that the rains will afford a capital turnip season, but that they are too late for the corn and hay crops, especially on sandy lands. Old hay has risen 21 per ton. Clovers to mow and graze after sell from £ 8 to 212 per acre, and bad crops. The Journal Officiel of Paris says that in Southern Russia the fields are magnificent, and prices have slightly fallen at Odessa, in consequence of the good yield pro mised by the standing crops. In Belgium, Holland, and Prussia there is supposed to be sufficient to meet the re quirements of the population without having recourse to im portations. That situation permits the hope that if theyield is small in France, foreign countries will at least be able to supply us with the corn we require without any great increase of price. With respect to Algeria the year appears likely to be in , general above the average for wheat, and about equal to it for barley, both in the civil and military terri tories. Between Boghar and Medeah, in the environs of Berrovaghia, especially, the crop has a splendid appear ante, and the barley is being cut everywhere. There will be an abundance of the latter in the district of M6deah. In fact, the year is a good one both for Europeans and natives. Also there will be no want of fodder, although the grass crops were thought to have been lost after the long winter." to THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AT SANDHURST• — The first visit of the Commander-in-Chief to Sandhurst College since the new regulation for its management, took place on the occasion of the half-yearly examination. Under the old regime the Duke was governor; under the new he is President of the Academy. Having gone through the preliminary ceremony, the Duke referred to an event which has somewhat disturbed the serenity of the academical half-year. Some of the students had been guilty of misconduct, and three of them were removed from the academy for insubordination. These expressed regret, and, as they told the truth, they were reinstated. Two others who prevaricated were expelled. This occurrence occupied a good deal of the Duke of Cambridge's brief address, and he took occasion, while expressing a hope that as President, he should hear of no more such breaches of discipline, to advise the youths before him to be in all things straightforward and truth ful. The cadets had two distinguished examples of military success before them—Field Marshals Sir John Burgoyne and Sir George Pollock, whose careers had opened as theirs did, and who had attained their present position by hard work, knowledge, and discipline. Discipline was as indispensable as knowledge, for unless they learned to obey, to give orders, and to see those orders carried out, they would be useless as officers either of the Engineers or Artillery. The Duke, in conclusion, acknowledged the value of the technical education they were acquiring ; but reiterated that the root of every thing in the army was discipline—advice which was evidently not superfluous in the great military training school. THE PRINCESS EDITHA GIL BERT MONTEZ. On the evening of June 6, a coach drove up at police head-quarters and from it alighted the Princess Editha Gilbert Montez (who claims to be a daughter of Lola Montez), accompanied by a lady friend and the special officer stationed at the Astor House. She had been sent to the building by Mr. Stetson, to whom she is indebted to the amount of seventy-six dollars. It is also claimed that she is insane and subject to epileptic fits. The lady was arraigned before Inspector Jameson, when she ex pressed her intention of settling her indebtedness at once, and denied most emphatically that she was insane. She claimed to be a daughter of Lola Montez by the King of Bavaria, and claims also the title of Countess of Landsfeldt, which her mother bore. Dr. Swan, of the Astor House, pronounces her insane, and, by the advice of the Inspector she was taken back to the Astor House to await further developments.—New I ark, Herald. THE. MEN IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES. Yesterday Mr. Wills, instructed by Mr. Maddock, solicitor, of Serjeant's Inn, applied to Mr. Justice Byles, at his lordship's private residence, 3, Prince's Gardens, South Kensington, to reduce the amount of bail fixed for the liberation of Mr. John Safford Fiske, the American consul at Leith. It will be remembered that on Satur day Mr. Justice Willes refused to enter on the question, and referred it to Mr. Justice Byles before whom the motion was first heard. Mr. Wills having reminded his lordship of the circum tances, handed in his affidavit to the effect that Mr. Fiske had been unable to procure the necessary bail : that, being a foreigner, it was improbable that he should be able to obtain the necessary sureties; and that it was not, and never had been his intention to go abroad in order to avoid the charges upon which he was in custody. Mr. Justice Byles wished to hear what the Treasury had to say. Mr. Archibald Would place before his lordship the letters which had been written by the defendant, and leave the matter entirely in his (Mr. Justice Byles') hands. _ _ _ _ . Mr. Justice Byles thought under the circumstances, as set out in the affidavit, that the defendant was placed on a far different footing to the other defendant, and being entitled by law to be liberated upon, reasanable— not excsssive—bail, he should reduce the amount to per sonal recognizances of £l,OOO, and two sureties of £5OO each with 48 hours' notice, the defendant to be released sooner if the Treasury are satisfied as to the bail. The parties then withdrew after thanking the learned Judge for hearing the application at his private residence on a day (Coronation day) when the offices are closed, and thereby saving the defendant a day. - LAW AND POLICE. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SUGAR COMPANY.—This company has been in compulsory liquidation for a king series of years, under the old Act of 1848, and its affairs were brought forward for final settlement in the chambers of Vice-Chancellor Malins yesterday. The liabilities were about £70,000, and the assets under £40,000, and a dividend of 11s. in the pound had already been paid. The application was to authorise the payment of a final dividend of 5d., amounting in the gross to £1,423. The usual affidavits of verification havinc , been presented, the application was acceded to, and the company will, therefore, be speedily numbered among the things of the past. ACTION AGAINST A PEER.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, Lord Rivers was the defendant in an action to recover a very large sum of money upon several bills of exchange dated 1852. The defendant pleaded, amongst others, the statute of limitations. The action was brought -by Mr. Edward Ransom Clarke. ' It was stated there had been a Chancery suit between the parties, andthat a deed for £20,000 had been compro mised by the payment of £16,000, and Lord Rivers be lieved the bills sued on had been paid under that arrange ment. Sir J. Karslake, who appeared in the case, said that no claim had been made for the bills, which the defendant believed bad been paid, until after the death of his nephew, and he succeeded to the title and the estates. He submitted it would be better to enter a non suit and argue the question of law on leave to move to set it aside. It would be impossible to try the facts by a jury. Ultimately, at the request of the parties, his lord ship nonsuited the plaintiff with leave to move on the point of law, and in the event of the court deciding in favour of the plaintiff, the amount due to him to be as sessed by an. arbitration. The plaintiff was accordingly non-suited. CHARGE OF FRAUD.—Simon Jonas and Lewis Sterne, Jews, were brought before Mr. Lushington , at the Thatnes Police-court, charged with attempting, by false and fraudu lentpretences, to obtain 204 boxes of soap value £lO 4s. 3d. from Mr. John Parker, dealer in soap, of Parkfield-street, Islington. The prosecutor met with Jonas about six weeks ago opposite the Royal Exchange, and said he would introduce him to several persons and transact business with safety. Jonas subsequently introduced Sterne, and, in consequence of what the former said, he supplied Jonas with soap of the value of £lO 4s. 3d. The order for the soap was received through Jonas from Sterne. The , terms were cash on delivery. All that the prosecutor ever received was £2. He had since applied to both prisoners frequently for the money, but without success. Lillystone and Alfred Smith, detectives, searched the house of Jonas in High street, Stepney, and on doing so found 172 boxes of scented soap. The officers asked for a remand, and said they should have more and important evidence to adduce. The prisoners were members of the notorious " long firm." They had offered the prosecutor £4 in addition to £2 already received, but was refused. Remanded accordingly. -•-- - A SINGULAR STORY.—John Turner, a butler, and Alfred Cummings, a police-constable, have been charged at Wandsworth with maliciously damaging the property of Mr. Valpy, of Wimbledon, and also with stealing several bottles of wine. It seemed from the account of the prosecutor's son that last Thursday morn ing about four a.m. the family came home from a party, and were let in by the butler, Turner. An hour or two later he was roused by a crashing noise, and on going downstairs with his father found the pier glass had fallen. The dining-room windows were broken, and the butler was intoxicated in the pantry. The two gentlemen finding this, went back to the drawing-room, and found that the chandelier and lamps were broken, glass shades and ornaments overthrown, &c., at a damage of about £ lOO . A pepper-box and mustard - pot which had been thrown through the windows, were found on the lawn, and a bottle of wine was found in the shrubbery. The police-constable in custody was found coming out of the house. It turned out this was the constable on duty there who was missed that morning by his inspector. On a search being. made he was discovered asleep in a neighbouring garden with four bottles of wine upon him. The prisoners were both committed for trial. CHARGES CF EMBEZZLEMENT AND FORGERY AGAINST A SURGEON.—Francis Horne Scaife was brought up on remand before the Richmond magistrates, charged with embezzling, on the 2nd of June, the sum of £5 13s. 6d., and a cheque for £7 10s. 6d., the property of William Anderson and his partner Richard Hassan, surgeons, of Richmond, his late employers. On searching the prisoner's portmanteau, the constable found a cheque, dated 7th of June, 1870, for £2BO, and another cheque, dated" June 4th, for £323 75., both purporting to be signed by Wm. Ander son, M.D., and payable to Francis Scaife, Esq., as bearer ; and a cheque for £7 10s. 6d., signed by W. Knight, as executor of T. J. Knight, Esq., deceased. The evidence of Dr. Anderson went to shew that the pri soner was provided with a cash-box, in which it was his duty to enter all receipts, and on the 23rd of May witness handed the cheque for £7los. Gd. to the prisoner to keep till the next settlement, and on the 28th of May the sums of £2 and £5 13s. Gd. were handed to the prisoner by witness, but neither amount appeared, nor had they been paid to witness at the last settlement. The cheques found on the prisoner for £323 7s. and £2BO, were in the prisoner's handwriting, and were both forgeries. At this stage, Inspector Ayre applied for a remand, stating that an important witness was not in attendance. The bench, after a consultation, granted a remand. REVIVAL OF THE CASHIER EPIDEAIIC.—ThO late cashier of the Bank of Bengal, Akyab, has been con victed and sentenced to transportation for life. Of the RBO,OOO, of which he defrauded the bank, 846,000 have been recovered. - - a. vw • • The Liberte states that at a Cabinet Council held in Paris on Saturday the question of the Saint Gothard was raised, and that the Ministry decided that the convention concluded between Switzerland, Prussia, and Italy does not possess the importance of a political ques tion. - • The Right Rev. the Bishop Mcllvaine, of Ohio, delegated by the New York Conference Committee, has arrived in London, and has met various noblemen, clergy, and others at the Evangelical Alliance House, where a report was made of the progress of arrangements in the United States. The Bishop stated that from communi cations received from various parts of Europe and else where, the Conference was likely to be very largely and influentially attended. The average number of persons living in a single house in London is 8, in Berlin 32, in Paris 35, in St. Petersburg, 52, and in Vienna 55. For every 1,000 in habitants the average annual mortality in London is 24, in Berlin 25, in Paris 28, in St. Petersburg 41, and in Vienna 47. The average proportion of illegitimate . legitimate births is in London 4 per cent. ; in Berlin 16 per cent. ; in. Paris 20 per cent. ; in St. Petersburg 26 per cent. ; and in Vienna 51 per cent. It is evident from these figures that in those cities where the population are much restricted in houSe-room, not only is the mor tality higher, but the number of illegitimate births is also greater. THE GREEK QUESTION. —The brigandage ques tion in Greece is far from being satisfactorily settled, and a few days since six brigands, who were to have been exe cuted at Corinth, escaped from their prison. These have no connection with the 'Marathon group, since they have been in prison for three years under sentence of death, time enough one would imagine for their sentence to have been carried out. Their escape seems to indicate that these worthies are not very closely watched, and an Athenian paper asks what Mr. Zaimis intends to do with the 83 brigands now in prison and whether they are to be allowed to escape. With such an impression abroad it is plain there is not much hope of amendment, but though every one declares a change to be absolutely necessary, there is kgeneral fear that the accession of the Koumoudoros or Bulgaros party will obstruct much needed reforms. There is another party leader who might be summoned. M. Deligeorges, but the King is unwilling to see him again in office (he has been Prime Minister), because he is not personally liked by the representatives of the foreign Powers. The constitution of the country is not thought to be so much at fault as the vices of the ad ministrative system and the incapacity and vacillation of the Ministers. Public respect for law, whether civil or constitutional, is the great want of Athens, and until that is gained no changes will suffice. THE EXCISE LAW IN NEW YORK. New York like most of of the other great capitals suffer from the effects of Sunday drinking. The Ncw York Times of Monday, June 6th, says :—Yesterday's police record contains what ought to be an effective argu ment in favour of the enactment of a stringent Sunday Excise law in this City. Thirteen cases of violence in various forms are reported, all, or nearly all the result of intoxication. ' These include stab bing, shooting, highway robbery, assaults, burglary, and drunken savagery generally. In every case, we believe, the inciting cause of the crime, or attempted crime, is traceable directly to the repeal of the Excise law. If these demonstrations of lawlessness and brutality shall continue to increase in the future in the same ratio that they have since the new Excise law went into effect, our city will be a disgrace to the civilisation of the age, besides being positively dangerous on the Sabbath. The cause cannot be removed under the existing law ; but our police and courts can, "if they are so disposed, restrain violence by vigilance and severe punishment, and we call upon them to act accordingly. A PETITION TO CONGRESS IN BEHALF OF AMERICAN COMMERCE. The following petition is on the desk at the New York Corn Exchange, awaiting signatures, of which it has already received a large number : " To the Honourable Senate and House of Repre.senta tives of the United States in Congress assembled : We the undersigned merchants, ship-owners, and other interested in the American carrying trade, an industry which has been nearly destroyed by foreign competition, beg earnestly to advocate the passage of the bill 'to encourage the building of ships for the foreign trade and for other purposes,' introduced in the Senate by Hon. Z. Chandler, as a truly patriotic and impartial measure. The first section grants to American ship-builders all that they can possibly demand. The justice of the provisions of the second section cen be disputed by none, and the third section meets the requirements of our shipowners and of the general public. The bill is a fair and states manlike compromise, and we sincerely trust that your honourable bodies will not adjourn without testifying your interest in the commercial prosperity of our country by the speedy passage of this bill." PRINCE ERIE AGAIN IN ARMS. The railroad titans are again preparing to wage suicida war upon each other, and, judging by present indications, the contest this season will be unusually fierce. Vander bilt has at length laid aside his mask and come out in open hostility to competing lines, hoping thereby to further the ends of this gigantic monopoly he has so long and vainly sought to establish. The doughty Commodore has flung down the.gauntlet by notifying to President Gould that all arrangements hitherto existing between the New York Central and Erie lines are to be considered null and void. Disappointment and the utter defeat of his English agents, Raphael, Burt & Co., is assigned as the motive which has induced Mr. Vanderbilt to come out at last in his true colours as the great opponent of the Erie interest. Acting in concert with his foreign filibusters,with a view to crush ing out Erie as a competing line, Vanderbilt has refused to receive Erie tickets between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and is making tremendous exertions to block the routes to Chicago and the North-west. Gould, the indomitable, and Fisk, the irrepressible, have promptly acknowledged the challenge of the Central combination, and are deter mined to accept the gage of battle against the threatened monopoly. Vanderbilt having also repudiated the arrange ments hitherto in force with the Pennsylvania Central will stand alone in the coming contest. Negotiations for a defensive and offensive alliance are now being carried on between Erie and Pennsylvania Central, and should a satisfactory treaty be concluded between these powerful corporations, Vanderbilt will be brought to terms before long.—New York Herald. STRATEGY IN LOVE. Three years ago a German family residing in a small country town in the interior of the Fatherland, decided to move to this country. They were poor, and had not sufficient means to transport the whole family, and it was decided that the eldest daughter, a charming young lady of some seventeen summers, should be left among their friends, while the rest of the family tried to seek their fortunes in the New World. A young man who had for some time been paying his addresses to the young lady in question, thought that the golden opportunity for him to win her hand had at length arrived, and so he made an offer of marriage, consulting only the old gentleman, and telling him that he was devoted to his daughter, and would not only accompany the family to America, but would bear the entire expenses of the young lady. The offer was accepted, and the young lady promised in marriage. The family, accompanied by the young gentle man, came on to Pittsburg, and the young man here left them to seek his fortune in the West, going to Milwaukee Wis., with the intention of returning at an early day to claim his bride. Circumstances prevented him from return ing until one day last week, when he came back and claimed the hand of his fair—well, we will call her Christina. But, alas ! for his expectations, the young lady had given her affections and plighted her troth to another, in the shape of one of the workmen in a rolling mill in the Ninth Ward. Enraged at this sudden gloom cast over his pro spects, the young man sought the aid of the law, and de termined that if he could not marry the young lady he would at least be compensated for the expenses he had been to in bringing her to America. So he commenced a civil suit for money expended in bringing the fair Christina to America. Among the items in the bill were the pas sage money, pay for four tickets to New York theatres, and sundry bottles of wine, and glasses of the " good. old lager-beer." The bill which he presented footed up $205, and he said to Christina, " settle this bill o r marr y me. " She decided to let the case come before the Alderman and have a hearing. At the hearing an acute attorney, who had been engaged for the young lady, questioned the young man closely, and the bill of damages was reduced to $42. Still the anxious young man insisted that the bill should be paid or matrimony ensue. At this point the Pittsburg lover,whom the young lady really wished to marry, stepped up and paid the $42, and as a result there will probably soon be a wedding.—Pittsbvry Commercial of June 2. CUBAN PROSPECTS BRIGHTENING. Dawn appears to be breaking upon Cuba at last, and that noble struggle of the people of. that beautiful island against injustice and tyranny is drawing to a happy close. History records no revolution more just, nor one which called forth greater sacrifices, loftier patriotism or sterner courage than has been evinced by the Cuban patriots, and it would seem almost questioning the justice of Providence to doubt the ultimate success of such a people. Our own Government, instead of extending to them the active sympathy, if not practical aid, which a people struggling forindependence have a right to expect, has pursued a supinely indifferent course, rather assisting Spain, to per petuate her tyrannical rule upon the Western Continent than extending a helping hand to establish another republic upon our borders. It is safe to say that had the United States extended to the Cubans the same privileges as were awarded to Spain, Cuba to-day would be an independent sovereign Power acknowledged by most of the nations of the civilised world. But those privileges were withheld, and the struggle was prolonged until the hearts of the-patriots well nigh failed them. The American people, however, becoming tired of the timorous policy pursued by . our Government, are moving in this matter, and their influence is seen in the renewed interest evinced in Cuban affairs by both the President and Con gress. General Banks' report, published exclusively in the Herald, was the first full official sight into the Cuban revolution which has been laid before the public. Its disclosures have aroused all classes, and Congress itself has been forced to abandon its indifference and to take some action upon the subject. The Pre sident has always sympathised with the Cuban patriots, but prudential motives heretofore pre vented his moving in the matter. Now, however, he feels at liberty to pursue a different course, and we are assured that both he and his Cabinet will warmly support any policy that Congress may initiate. Upon Congress, therefore, rests the responsibility of Cuban independence. General Banks has plucked up courage enough to offer his long-withheld report to the House to-day, and he will be ably seconded by leading members whose active sympathy for the Cuban cause has been many times expressed. The House will doubtless take favourable action upon the re port at once, and send the matter to the Senate, where it must not be suffered to " sleep the sleep that knows no waking." Mr. Sumner has doubtless ere this modified his views upon the Cuban war, and has learned that the pat riots were in earnest when they emancipated their slaves, and that Spain is equally in earnest in her efforts to per petuate slavery. The Senate is to be the battle ground of Cuba ; that body will determine the fate of the Queen of the Antilles—whether she is to be made a desert and a waste or take her place among the independent republics of the western world.—New York Herald. Nearly complete returns from the First District of South Carolina show that Whittemore is returned to Congress by about 8,000 majority. The vote, as compared with that of 1868, when Whittemore was first elected, was very light, only one-half of the coloured and one-fifth of the white vote being polled. - - THE FRENCH POSTAL TROUBLE.—The want of proper postal facilities between the United States and France is much complained of in Paris—and that is where the complaint ought to be, as all the difficulty is due to the mulishness of certain of the French authorities. Proper efforts from this side were made in time for the establishment of postal regulations by treaty ;. but the French Ministry would not accept our propositions in regard to rates, believing that the Government income would be greater without a treaty, and having little regard to the convenience of the people.—New York Herald. ASSASSINATION IN BUENOS AYRES. General Urquiza, whose assassination in Buenos Ayres has been reported, was at the time of his death in his own palace at San Jose reading quietly in his patios. The house was surrounded by a band under the leadership of the notorious Lopez Jordan who ordered them to fire. Urquiza, unarmed, retreated to, the house, closing the door. He was followed and shot in the presence of his daughter. Upon his death Jordan proclaimed himeelf Emperor of Entre Rios, a claim which it is understood that Sarmiento and the Government of the Argentine Confederation have recognised, to avoid a civil war which threatened in consequence of this revolt. It is as if one of our own State Executives were killed, and the assassin should set up an imperial government and be recognised by the President. The Argentine Confederation pre sents the anomaly of an empire within a republic.—Boston Ad rertiscr. TELEGRAPHIC ASSOCIATIONS. We must say that if the American Press Association llas the least knowledge or sense in its management, and it has shewn signs already of having a good deal, it can it can easily improve vastly on the European despatches of the Associated Press. The want of sense of perspective in the latter is something curi ous, although they have greatly mended since the earlier days of the cable, when they used to give ns an account of the ladies' dresses at the Ascot races and even predict the price of stocks. But what can induce even a stupid man to telegraph across the Atlantic that " the Saturday Review has a savage article on Beecher's sermons? " If this be worth telegraphing, it skews that the reporter neglects his duties terribly, because we never hear from him of a million of facts of twentyfold greater importance. If the news be of the importance he thinks it is, however, how does he suppose we are going to wait till we see the article ? Think of the suspense—ten days long—in thousands of American homes—the dreadful waking, morning after morning, of strong men and tender women, to the con sciousness that the Saturday Review's judgments of Beecher's sermons were still on the treacherous sea—and the sermons all the while on our tables i—Nation. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY. Cyrus W. Field has received a favourable hearing at Washington for the greatest undertaking of his life, and perhaps the greatest yet undertakenin the history of sub marine telegraphing. The project is to lay a cable from San Francisco by way of the Sandwich or the Aleutian Islands to the east coast of Asia. The enterprise has been made to appear so important to the Senate com mittee on foreign relations, in its international and com mercial bearings, that Mr. Sumner has reported a bill to ai it with an annual subsidy of half a million dollars for twenty years, with the right reserved to purchase the line within that time at cost. Recent as the discovery of ocean telegraphy is, the great nations of the world ar e now dependent upon it. And yet the United States holds its intercourse with other countries by cable through the favour of foreigners, which may be withdrawn upon the first disturbance of the peaceful reltions we now have with the world.—Boston Advertiser. ,EMARKABLE METEROLOGICAL EVENTS. With the details of the heaviest rains and most destruc- tive floods, in March last, ever experienced in Australia since the occupation of that continental island by the Anglo-Saxon, we have the news of a five days' storm of snow, hail, and rain last week in the Rocky Mountain Territory of Montana, and various reports of drought and its disastrous consequences of blighted crops and burning forests, from Maine westward to the Winnipeg basin, in' eluding Northern New York and nearly the whole of the New Dominion. Several weeks ago we had reports of an alarming drought throughout the State of California, and thence extending northward into Oregon ; but subsequently the apprehensions of a. general dis aster to the suffering families were materially lightened by refreshing rains. Meantime, from the lati tude of New York city southward, we have no complaints of drought from the interior or the seaboard, except from Long Island, where the farmers are complaining of short supplies of rain, and where heavy losses from fires in the woods have resulted from an unusually dry season. Since the advent of spring, too, the volcanic regions of Mexico and Central America have been in a high state of .com bustion, and earthquakes from time to time have tunic(' into the streets, at a moment's warning, the whole popu lation of San Francisco. • Down in Texas they appear to have had a mixture of dry weather, hail storms and water spouts ; while in several of our North-western States, from Illinois to Minnesota, they have had already a number of very respectable tornadoes. What conclusions can we reach from all these things? Taking the late destructive floods in Australia in connection with the recent terrific hurricane and inundation at Buenos Ayres, it would ap pear that while unusually heavy storms (autumnal) have swept around the globe on the south side of the equator, the season (spring) on the north side, with some excel).* tional storms, has been comparatively dry. From this We may conclude that when one half of the earth suffers from an excess of rain, the other half suffers from a deficiency' the general evaporation from the sea by the sun being from year to year the same. But why these great fluc tuations in any locality between excessive drought and excessive rains in any one season as compared with another ? Various causes operate to produce these local differences. The general causes operating upon the rail fall of different countries are the movements of the globe on its axis and on its orbit, the prevailing currents of the atmosphere and the great currents of the ocean, warm and cold, the configuration of the continents, and the islan d. groups of the several oceans, the moon and its changing phases, the movements of the tides as affected thereby, the great mountain ranges of the con; tinent and islands, and the great deserts 01 Asia, Africa, and America; for these rainless deserts plaY a very conspicuous part in watering the fruitful portions of the earth. The great rainy zone, extending some fifteen degrees or more each side, is that of the equator, because around the line of the equator the evaporation from the sea is the greatest. Mountain ranges and forests are the condensers of this vapor, and the deserts, in creating a vacuum with their heated and rarified air, draw towa rds them the denser air with its moisture from the sea, to be discharged among the woods, plains, and mountains the way. The most important local causes affecting the rain fall in any quarter are the prevailing winds and t he ocean currents ; and if for the last month or two the pre vailing winds from the latitude of this city northsva r e into Canada have been carrying their moisture from t r Atlantic to be discharged among the pine forests o f the. tablelands and lakes of Minnesota, where the Missis si lg ' has its sources, and a thousand miles westward of Wi ly nesota, among the Rocky Mountains in Montana, 'cabe r ! the Missouri has its sources, we may reasonably expee,.' very soon a reaction which will water all the interveMut country to the Atlantic. We think that the prevailllr heat in this quarter of the last week or so has been makinn a vacuum which will bring the rain. A heated term, proportion to its heat, always does. The heaviest or 0 1 ,15 terrific storms always follow the intensest heats. In science of meteorology comparatively little progress.l. this age of progress has been made, because of the n , culty of noting the movements and laws of storms. l' be with the aid of the telegraph, scientific men ought to able to tell us all about the weather that it is necess ary iv know. We believe, too, that in the course of a years, with some aid from the Government, such a sys tem of weather telegraphic reports might be established would result in the saving of millions of property by lan d and sea from threatened losses from storms and floods an droughts.—New York Herald. The Committee appointed by the Admiralty t .q devise a better mode for the keeping of ships' books Wl' commence their duties immediately. 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