The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-10 00:00:00

- I.III6OIIIIIIMMA ;CIE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCIIMIE, 1 S 7 Al E RIG 117 S AND THE FIF7'EEN PH A3IENDMEN7. WEDNESDAY. This afternoon a large and influential deputation waited upon the Premier at his official residence in Downing- Ntreet, upon the question of the Government education Mr. Gladstone was accompanied by Lord de Grey and Mr. Forster. The deputation consisted of about 400 of the members of the National Education League. Mr. DIXON, M.P., in introducing the deputation, said that it consisted of about 400 gentlemen collected from about 70 different localities, and included about 30 Mem bers of Parliament. The League consisted of a body of gentlemen who about twelve months ago combined, and during that time theyhadgrowninto an organisation of un weal magnitude. The principles they enunciated were that I; was the duty of the State to see to the education of the poor, and they felt that the way to impress this upon the `1..--;islature was by forming a league. They further saw tint the only method by which the scheme could be carried o.lt was by the imposition of a rate; and it was ls•lieved, further, that the schools should be perfectly free and unsectarian. (Hear, hear.) :1 t ,, might mention that the League was over• w:!ehned from all parts of the country with applica t't,ns to explain their objects, and that the result had been that they had largely increased in numbers. The working men e.=pec..,ially had joined them, and it was his belief that when they became more extensively known, the large majority of the voters would join them. Nlr. .TOSErif CHAMBERLAIN, the chairman of the execn t've, explained the objects and working of the League, and t ra pid strides which in a f ew months it had r :lc ,. They had received, he said, the co-opera- Con of the great trades unions, and there w, re representatives present from nearly every part, ii f:lr north as Newcastle, from the Isle of Wight on the smith ; from the west, Falmouth, and from the east, liy.wich. They objected t o several clauses in the bill, which, he said, would not have the effect desired, and he impressed on the Government the necessity of providing purely unscctarian education. They also objected to the .;prescience clause as not meeting the requirements of the es se, and upon that o n - round it was, he said, unsatisfactory Further than this, he feared, as the bill now stood, it would give facilities to the Established Church in Eno.- land and to the the Roman Catholics in Ireland which Would not be possessed by Nonconformists. He also ob jected to the proposed constitution of school boards. Sir C. W. DILKE, M.P., having addressed the Premier, Mr. MUNDELLA, M.P., pointed out the effect of com psissr-A- education in other countries, andsaid that without eon . notion it was impossible to get proper education. _r. GLADSTONE said he would express at once the great p• asure he and his colleagues felt at receiving so many ,ntlemen of so much weight, and hearing their views upon this important subject. They were all well aware of the gravity of the question at issue, and they would nil.; derstand him when he said it was their duty to take the views "of the deputation into careful and grave consideration. He should wish to be certain as to what those views were. If he under stood them correctly, they took great objection to several of the provisions in the bill of the Government ; and at the same time, as he listened to the general expressions of confidence and goodwill towards the Government, more, he was sure, than they deserved, he found the admission that, setting aside their particular objections, the bill on the main principle was satisfactory. He must say this, that they had been met that afternoon with open and frank statements, and he hoped the Government by exercising firmness, and also conciliation, would work a result, the precise details of which he would not antici pate for one moment, but which he hoped would be con .idered satisfactory. They had other matters in hand, which at present absorbed their attention, but they should se ready when the time arrived to give their utmost consideration to this scheme for education. There was one point which struck him ; he had not yet discovered bow the League proposed to deal with existing schools. They evidently did not believe in the conscience clause, aid if that be the case, he did not understand them to mean that existing schools were not to receive any aid from the rates or from the Privy Council. Mr. DIXON understood that there was no intention or wish to prevent existing schools from receiving the grant, providing that the teaching was unsectarian, and all classes could benefit by it. Mr. GLADSTONE said the old schools might differ from the new ones then, because the former would provide for teaching of every description. As to the local boards of education, though they had spoken against them, he did not find that they suggested a substitute. And, again, where would they draw the line between what was termed sectarianism and unsectarianism ? Were the Holy Scrip tures to be read and explained, were they to be read and not explained, cr were they not to be read at all ? Mr. CHAMBERLAIN said the League would advocate the Holy Scriptures being read, but read simply, and not explained, because two sects put different constructions upon the same sentences. He would also like to impress 11D011 the Government that the schools should be at the disposal of all denominations, without undue preference being ehewn to any sect. Mr. GLADSTONE then thanked the deputation for the information they had afforded, and assured them the p - >ints they had advanced should have the careful consi deration of the Cabinet. The deputation then withdrew. :icheme. An attempt to upset a railway tram has been mace on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line at Gilnow, near Bolton, by the placing of a sleeper on the line. Fortu nately no damage was done - except the breaking of the engine-guard of the train. The mischief was discovered on Tuesday, and there is as yet no clue to the per petrators. Mr. Bernal Osborne is said to be unable to take his seat for Waterford, owing to a severe attack of rheu matism. It may be remembered that the hon. gentleman, on his triumphant return for Waterford had to scramble through some skylights and over housetops in order to escape the pressing attentions of his eager constituents, and that in doing so he• fell into a tank of water, which accounts, no doubt, for the severe attack of illness. The _Archbishops of Canterbury and York sent a letter to the Archbishop of Armagh with the address of s y m p a thy presented by the Primate to the General Con vention of the Church of Ireland. The address was signed by nearly 4,000 persons. The letter contains the following assurance :—" That our efforts shall not be wanting whenever you may call upon us, to render such assistance on this side the Channel as we may be able to render to our beloved sister Church." The death is announced, after a long and painfla illness, of the Rev. Thomas Markby, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Classical Lecturer at Trinity - Hall. For several years past Mr. Markby had held the laborious and responsible position of Secretary to the Syndicate for conducting the Cambrid ge L oca l Examina , • . Cons, and in this capacity he displayed so much quiet . • • ~e4 g rgy and practical good sense, that his loss to the I.lni -(' ity cannot readily be supplied. With his friends he • left behind him the reputation of an honourable. and true man. conference of the clergy and laity of the rural .ry of Wirral was held yesterday at Birkenhead. It gilled by the bishop • but the busin ess f or w hi c h i t wits iLled was delayed Cy a discussion on its raison d'etre. party urged that the conference was unconstitutional ; t was an assimilation to Presbyterianism, and noxious :e Church of England; and that its resolutions wi,ulcl ally bind the clergy though they did not agree with them. arm discussion followed. The matter ended by the `,I ion of a resolution to the effect that no resolution di: be carried without tho consent of two-thirds of the dug, and it should not be binding in any case. gnor Mario has had great success et St. Peters -. A correspondent writes :—" The night before last jpera ilouso was literally crammed, and I think never ire (save perhaps at the reception of Garibaldi in Eno-- ) have I witnessed a similar scene of enthusiasm. The 9rmance was the 'Huguenots,' and at its termination Mario was called out before the curtain twenty times, amid shouts of Viva, viva,' and waving indkerchiefs, shawls, hats, and anything that could be d. He received from the public three handsome gifts: go crown, with an inscription in gold ; a massive gold , ongraven A Mario, sea admirateurs, Petersbourg. " and a beautiful silver eper gne ; b es id es b o uq ue t s Jut nnmber. On leaving the theatre the crowd followed o his own house " e death is announced of Mr. Edward Stanley, or Hall, Lancashire, a collateral member of the noble of Darby, which occurred yesterday morning at his once in Grosvenor-square. He was horn in 1789, and ied, Sept. 3,1819, Lady Mary Maitland, semi(' daughter rues, eighth Earl of Lauderdale, by whom he leaves sur -, issue a son, Mr. Edward James Stanley, and two airs, Eleanor (formerly inlaid of honour to her Majesty), led to Col. Long, and Augusta, Countess of Dartmouth; decease I gentleman was'descended from Sir Edward ley, of Bickerstaffe, who was created a baronet 26th iary, 1627, younger brother of Sir George Stanley, Kt., rosy Hall (commonly called the Black Knight), Marshal .-eland and Captain of the Isle of Man, and groat grand a of Thomas, second Lord Stanley, and Eleanor, daughter Richard Nevin, the great Earl of Warwick, " the king- - maker." At the Worcestershire Assizes yesterday an action 'as brought by John Knowles, a butcher, against Mr. 'lager, chairman of the St our b r id ge Town Commissioners, others, to recover damages for an illegal seizure or intiff's meat from the Stourbridge market. The plain . was a butcher at Wombourne, and attended Stour ridge every Saturday to sell meat in that market. On the lth October plaintiff purchased two beasts at a fair in north Wales, for which he paid £3O. A portion of these Jots, when killed, was sent to Birmingham and there ; the remainder was taken by plaintiff to Stourbridge exposed for sale in that market. Mr. Stringer and thor commissioner ordered the police to seize the plain meat and guard his stall, and when the market was vir over plaintiff was told that he could take his meat as could find no fault with it. In consequence of this, Miff suffered great loss, and his sales since that time had .nished. The counsel for the defendants submitted that 1 action was offensive and malicious, that the defendants done no more than their duty, and that if they had Tmitted a trespass it was only a slight one. After con rig for nearly three hours, the jury found a verdict for .efendants, but Mr. Justice Lush gave the plaintiff leave -eve for a new trial on certain points which were MI SE II Al 3 LE SINNER.—On Sunday the Made , t e, at Paris, was as usual thronged with persons attending V.. One young woman was particularly remarkable for . ..energy with which she struck her breast while acknow- Ling her manifold sins and wickedness in the usual rchi, "Men. eulpa, meaculpa, meamaxima culpa!" As this yin:; young lady was leaving the church her foot caught he skit of her dress and she had a fall. At the same ~,ent a dozen portemonnaies fell from her pocket. , 110 !" said a police officer, who was standing near, and an to help her as she fell, "I have heard of the us multiplication of loaves, but not of purses. e kindness to accompany me to the comissaire of a order to explain the interesting phenomenon." way to the police station the pious young threw a handful of snuff into the eyes of with the remark, " Remember that you are . 4." Having given this unpleasant illustration ,ropriety of casting " dust to dust," she bolted \e nearest corner, and has not since been heard (Front the Anglo- American Times.) Since 1787, when the delegates from twelve States met at Philadelphia to deliberate on the Constitution of the United States to the present time, the ques tion of State Rights has been a bone of contention. The greatest talent of the Union has been exhausted in discussing the - subject; its every aspect has been scanned from every side ; above and below ; yet the fertile theme continues to produce new varieties, the latest of which relates to the Fifteenth Amendment, and its predecessor, the Fourteenth. The Nation thus puts the question—Can a State withdraw or re peal a ratification once made of any pending Amend ment of the National Constitution ? New York tries to do so as regards the Fifteenth Amendment., and two States attempted it with respect to the Fourteenth. Before answering this question, how ever, we•will glance at the history of State Rights. Previous to 1787 the States bad either been co lonies of the British Crown, or were ruled as a Confederation by delegates sent to Philadelphia, be ing there held together by little more than the bond estaLlished by the long and trying war for their in dependence. As Mr. MOTLEY says, " this Conti nental Congress, which was the Central Adminis trative Board, was a diet of envoys from sovereign States; it hal no power to act on individuals; it could not command the States; it could move only by requisition and recommendations ; its functions were essentially diplomatic, like those of the States- General of the Old Dutch Republic ; like those of the modern German Confederation. We were a leagueof petty sovereignties." This condition experience proved to be inconvenient, there being no antral na tionalauthority. Congresewas a mere adviser, it could contractdebts, but it could not raise the money topay them ; declare war ; yet not levy the necessary troops; and make treaties, but not insure their observance. Prior even to the federation existing from 1781 to 1787, a league had been formed in 1643 by Massa chusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, styled the United Colonies of New England, which lasted for 40 years, and was found to answer the intended war-purpose, though deficient in all the attributes of sovereignty. In 1751 a plan of Federal Govern ment was adopted by seven of the colonies at Albany, providinga strong Executive, and delegating to it the power of levying and collecting taxes. This, which would have effectually united the Government of the colonies, was disallowed by the Kits, and the next Assembly of the sort was that of Philadelphia in May, 1775, when the Thirteen States met, which was followed in July, 1776, by the Declaration of Independence; but it was not till the 4th March, 1789, after a long war and absorbing debates, that the present Constitution went into practical operation, WASHINGTON being inaugurated the first President, iu the following mouth. Throughout, the battle had been between those who desired to federate the different States into a strong general Government and those who upheld local interests and State sovereignty The fight at the Convention of 1787 was between the big States and the little States ; the big, contending for representation ac cording to population, the little holding out for epresentation by States, and the end was a com promise, by which the Representatives were appor tioned according to population so as to represent the national interest, and the Senate represent ing the States; each State, however small, sending two Senators, as does the largest in the Union. It is curious to look back at the views expressed on behalf of certain Staes. The national was termed the Virginian plan, and the other that of New Jer sey. The Unionists at first sontended for a central Government so strong as really to turn the States into a nation ; and Virginia, North and South Caro lina, and Georgia were the advocates of this. Virgi niaand Georgia were then the largest States.; Pennsyl vania, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Virginia were the four leading States, and next to them came New York and Maryland. Hence it appears that Vir ginia was once the most powerful advocate of Union; yet, strange to say, the Old Dominion in this last de cade did most in the endeavour to destroy the work it had then been foremost iu constructing, and she was aided in her attempt to split the Union by those . which had mainly helped her to establish it. Mas sachusetts, in 1787, heartily joined the Southerners, and New York led the opposition. The Northern States on the whole opposed federation, more especi ally the smaller States, such as Rhode Island, Connec ticut, and New Jersey. Yet in all the State Rights party were powerful; Virginia itself only ratified the Constitution by 89 to 79, and Massachusetts by 19 in a Convention of 355 members. Since then, ques tion after question touching State Rights has arisen, and eventually culminated in the great civil war, but although many might have anticipated a strife, none could have foreseen the events which, by uniting the material interests of all the Southern States through such a staple of cotton, raised the Domestic institu tion into a question of vital importance, and broadly divided the Union into North and South, Free Sill and Slavery. The Constitution provides for its own amend :nent through a proposition made by two-thirds of both Houses, or on the application of two-thirds of lie State Legislatures, which, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, becomes operative. We may here, en passant, observe, as showing the jealousy with which the smaller States battled in the Convention for their Rights, that in this Fifth Article it is expressly exempted from Amendment that any State, without its own consent, cin be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. Since the Civil War, which the South always dc stared to be a war for State Rights, the Federal power has gained greatly at the expense of the States, and several articles have been ad led to ths Constitution. Lately there have been two, and out of them this ratification question has arisen for con sideration. The fact of the State's ratification only can be noticed—three-fourths of such ratifications, either by a Convention in each of th e St a t es or by . _ heir Logislatures can alone make the Amendment operative, rejection being no more than silence, nothing being counted except the ratifications offi• eially forwarded to Washington. If, asks tha Nation, after ratifying, when can a State withdraw thevote? If before r.roclamation of full ratification, why not of terwards, for is it the proclamation that binds the State, or the State's own action; and if the latter, can it bind and loose itself at p!easure ? Does not such a proposition resolve itself into, and rest upon, the same theory and reasoning by which secession was sus tained? The Copstitutiou does not allude zo con firm- in,gratifications, stating only when three-fourths have acted in the affirmative. It is not an engagement to be cancelled, after being entered into, at pleasure; but _ _ it is urged that there is no engagemen t until a certain number have acted upon it till when it is ►nerely pending, and as up to that there is no additional article of constitutional law, any State may act at will. But who determines w hen a sufficient number of States have acted, and decides on the sufficiency of each ? Certainly not the State Goverrnnents. The question is not only one of Constitutional law, but of paramount political law, as distinguished from statu tory legislation, and to give such a power to States would be unjust, impracticable, and dangerous. Un just, for the example of the State might influence others whose interests it affected. impracticable, as it does not comport with the nature of the trans action. Dangerous, becauseitmig lit lead to civil war, for the State Department, should the Amendment go into effect, might act on the ratification, ani make proclaim ation that the Amendment was adopted at the very moment that some Status withdrew their ordinance of ratification. if withdrawal he allowed the gravest difficulties arise as to settling the fact. The power cannot be given to the States nor to the President or Secretary, nor to Congress, nor should the Supreme Courts determine. However regarded, the difficulty is insurmountable, and the only way in which the ratification can be annulled, is to va- cite the Amendment as it was adopted by another Amendment proposed and adopted in the same way. This cannot be regarded as a hardship, for the State need not ratify, and it would be all the more careful in acting, knowing that the ratification when made is irrevocable. Following on this na turally arises the question—May a State, %aid: has rejected, aftcrwardi ratify? Certainly, for nothing is federally binding except the official an- nouncement of the State's ratification. Rejection no more titan inaction, and the amendment may "'TT •catie +L le part w :e CI ally 1 arin .t inn be tieg, .ano A jperf 're (sf ) hay . 9rmal Marl time ' tadk go cr , 0131 7, at Alt r o e (1 , Ha of "flee ied, rues, is: -fifers ied to dace ley, o ,rosy 11 "Ireland of Th( f llicharc :maker." At the •as broul lager, c others intiff's was a ridge eve Ith Octo north Wa . •:!sts, wb 'I ; the : expos( thor co • meat ly over could su .niched I action it done ° Tmitted rig for 6 ..efendf ,ve bbd, ' MISF (NC *•,•,, at Pc 1; .• One . ..energy' .eing her • cb,"l\l‘. ;• t en n he L.kikt „ cot a " . "7'llo ! " 111 ti Jl3 ok a or wa th • - )r Vt. ' :.rOp Ile 1 • THE SUN, LONDO v, THU E SDA Y EVE MARCH 10, 1870. be pending for years, while public opinion may change when a State can ratify what it before re jected. The difference is that ratification is fol lowed, not by a mere statutory enactment, but by a vital political fact, stamping an additional lettee on a new page which carries weight all over the nation. The ratification can only be regarthd in the light of a treaty pending between two or more sovereign Powers. Neither can withdraw its ratification within the term prescribed for its exchange of ratifications, but in the case of an Amendment there is no pre scribed term, and the ratification is therefore a continuing and subsisting obligation until the result is finally ascertained and announced. The strongest argumect is that a State can undo what a State does, but this is not so in all cases ; as, for instance, it cannot contract a debt or vest an interest, and revoke at pleasure. But the Vuti,nr part:et:daily points out this fact : the State may repeal any law which it can enact in the exert of original or underived political power, hut the rule does not apply to the executital of a specific power con ferred. In ratifying, the State s du itot act or initiate upon their own motion. The Cons itution confers a specific power enab:ing Congress and the States to act. Congress may propose and the States . may ratify or not, but they carnot resc:nd, for that power is not conferred. The power not to do it or to refuse to do it is discretionary, but, not to annul it after it has been d:_ine. A resolution has been introduced into Congress dtelatiog such withdrawals to be incompetent ; a false and danger ous ground to occupy ; for if Congress can prohibit States from withdrawing, could it not, on the other hand, permit States to withdraw ? No question is more likely to cause a split unless the mode,laid down in the Constitution be rigidly adhered to. The do minant party will always endeavour to graft its lead ing principle on the Constitution, and it will be strongly tempted, if it be permitted, to travel beyond the prescribed and legal mode in doing this. Take, for instance, the way in which the thee-fourths of the States have been secured for the Fifteenth A amend meat. The condition was imposed ou the unrecon structed States or those pronounced to be out of the Union of ratifying it before admission to representa tion in Congress—that is, into the Union ; therefore they were not properly States of the United States, and unqualified to ratify a constitutional amendment. But even if qualified, is au act done under compulsion legal ? Although in the long struggle which has been going on since 1787 the Federal power has gaioeii, there may come a reaction against it when the question of State Rights might again come up for fierce de bate on these two last Amendments; when it would be well to have the point finally settled wtethrr a State can withdraw its ratification to an amend ment to the Constitution after it has been officially forwarded to Washington. 711 E UNIVLRSITY BOAT RACE. CAMBRIDGE, We incsJay. The crew remains unaltered, and this afternoon have been down to Bottishanx Locks and back. After another fortnight's training they will take their departure from th© Cam, for a fortnight's practice on the Thames, where they make tl.e Star and Garter, at Putney, their bead -quarters. It is said that Mr. Morrison contemplates taking the crew for a long twenty miles row to Ely before the expiration of the present week, and it is not ex pected they will do much outrigger work till after then. It seems probable that the reserve four will not go out again, as the two men who will be relied on for emergencies —Spencer (Second Trinity) and Mc Michael (Downing)—can obtain necess try practice in their College eight. The somewhat un settled state of affairs at Oxford which are reported raise the hopes of the Cantabs. Some surprise is manifested at the conflicting statements which ap pear in the papers of the day of the race. No doubt is entertained that the race pill be rowed this day month, perhaps a couple of hours before high water. It is satisfactory to know that if the new boat which J. H. Clasper, of Wandsworth, is building for Cam bridge does not suit, they have several good racing craft to fall back on. The new boat being built by Clasper will probably not be tried until the crew get to Putney. Mr. Morrison, who is so assiduously and disinterestedly coaching the crew, is the guest of the Rev. J. Porter, pastor of St. Peter's College, and it is generally felt that the University ought to mark its sense of the efforts of that gentleman by the conferring of an honorary degree upon him. OXFORD, Alitrel 9 The Oxford crew, in accordance with ;:nriounce went, took a long sweat from Oxford to Walling ford this afternoon, a distance of about - 20 miles, Mr. Iloublon, Christ Church, rowing stroke, with the crew the same as before. We are not acquainted with the result of this test of the powers of the new stroke and his brother oarsmen, at, the crew had not returned from Wallingford when the parcel left Oxford, but we have reason to think it will decid the vexed question of who is to be the stroke oar, and the disposition of the other members of the boat. LIS7 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO 271 E METROPOLIS. MUSEUMS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application to too secretary. Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London. %pint's park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. British—Great Russell-street. Open free on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10 to 4 7 • summer mouths 10 till 7. Closed let till 7th January , Ist till 7th May, and Ist till 7th September; also on all thanksgiving days. City—Guildhall. A collection of antiquities, ecc. Daily 10 till f. Geological - Jertnyn street. Open daily (except Fridays) free. India—lndia Office, Charles-street. 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The new naval retirement scheme has been gene rally accepted with great satisfaction by naval uffiars on full and half ply at Portsmouth; but, as &matter of course, there are a few dissentients, especially among those officers who have elected to retire from further active service within the past 12 or 18 months, THE CALIFORNIA MINES. REVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS DURING THE YEAR 1869. PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE. There was no important change of general cha racter for the gold mining industry of California in 1869, except a slight decline in placer productions, the precise amount of which is not ascertainable, and a slight increase in the yield of the quartz mines. The treasure exports were $37,287,117, and the re ceipts were 551,226,769, including about $12,000,000 from Nevada, $4,132,055 imports and $3,042,540 brought by coast steamers, mostly from Oregon and Idaho. One of the chief events of the year has been the resumption of profitable work on the . Mariposa estate, which had not produced enough to pay expenses for tlie last five years. The Princeton Mine, which yielded a great revenue under the ma nagement of Park, is neglected; but the Pine Tree, the Josephine, and the Mariposa, which paid lint very little, are now yielding finely. The Mariposa, Mid has twenty-live stamps runni,g by wet pro- . eves, and twentytfive more are to be add d in the spins-. The quartz ranges in yield from $l3 to $lB per ton. A large body of ore is in sight. The Benton Mills have sixty-Clue stamp, including twenty-five stat ted lately running on ore that ave ra“.s $lB per ton, mostly from two large ply chutes, each 500 feet lung horizontally, and live feet w ide on the Pine Tree Mine. The expense at the Lemon Mills is $1 for extraetion,9o cents for transportation, and $1.25 for pulverization and amalgamation by the wet procss, making $6.15 as the total expense per ton. The expense of pulverization and amalga mation is $2.25 more per ton by the dry process; but the gain in yield is considered to be enough to justify the preference of that mode of working the rock containing the gold in very fine particles. We have no statistics of the total yield, but the 86 stamp must crush about 70 tons per day, or at the rate of $378,000 in 300 working days. The Eureka Mine,* at Grass Valley, produced $573,600 gross, and $360,000 for the year ending on the 30th of last September. The number of tons crushed was 20,638 ; the gross yield per ton, $27.80; the cost of mining and milling, $9.65 per ton. In the last three months the clean-ups have been as follow : October 20, $20,293 ; November 5, $19,158 ; No- vember 20, $17,916 ; November 20, $28,459 ' • De cember 18, $23,820.41; December 31, $20 ,000; sulphurets, $5,229—t0ta1, $134,885. The dividends have been $30,000 for each of the last three mouths. The following figures show the gross yield, the number of tons worked, and the dllidends monthly of the Amador Months. Gross Yield. Tons Worked. Dividends. January February 65,070 98 2, 51 97 37,000 Mareb April May CI, Juue 45,091 94 2,930 37,000 July August 36,269 '26 1,566 2 . ),2 - )00 - September October November December Total $638,702 52 32,510 8377,400 The gross yield was $20.06 per ton ; the net $11.36. The product of the Sierra Buttes Mine for the last year has been $217,000, and the dividends $123,000. The average yield of the quartz is about $l2 50 per ton. There are 40,000 tons of good ore iu sight, enough to keep the present mills running for three years. The Alaska Mine is producing $4,000 per month gross, and the Brush Creek Miaie is cre sited with a yield of $105,000 in the 12 months ending September 18. The Idaho Mine, in the year end ing October last, crushed 9,488 tons, avid extracted $308,745, or $32 50 gross per ton. '1 he dividends were about $15,000 per month, and the rock is, now better than ever before. The Allison Mine has crushed some rich rock from the dump and from the old levels, but is not yet fairly reopened. We have no late figures from the Confidence Mine of Tito luinne county, which, according to report; is pro ducing about $20,000 per month. The Sou'shy Mine, which long occupied a leading place in that county, is now producing little or nothing. The Keystone; of Awador, Is being enlarged to double its capacity, so as to run 40 stamps. It has bcien producing, with 20 stamps, until within a few weeks, when it Ehut down, $25,000 gross and $15,000 net per month. The Keystone of Sierra, which turned out $20,000 per mouth for a short time last summer, was stopped by the water, and pro duction will not be resumed until a drain tunnel now in progress is finished, and that rnayrequiresix months or more. The Crescent, of Piumas county, after having passed through some strange vicissitith s of prosperity and adversity, resumed work in June, rooming only sixteen of its thirty-two stamps. Two months were spent in repairing, and in the four months of work $58,000 we:e extracted. The yield per ton was from $l2 to $l5, and the total expense of mining and milling is repoßed to have been $3 per ton. The Oaks and Reese Mill el-list - lel 9,059 tons, and extracted $130,229.10 in 1869; an average 01514.3.7 per ton, The mill has twenty-tight stamps, of which twelve first com menced work a mouth since. The Union Hill Mine, which has hotly been sold to an English company, cleaned up for Daceinber $16,300, of which forty per cent. is profit. The monthly production seldom exceeded $12,000 before. The Empire, North Star, and Banner Mines are at work, but we have no figures from thew. The consumption of dynamite, or giant powder, and the employment of single hand drills, have been gaining ground steadily ; and, in some kinds of rock, they have enabled the mine-owners to make important reductions in the cost of extraction. In May there was an excite ment at Grass Valley, in consequence of the for mation of a league among the miners to prevent otlers from working for less than $3.50 per day, and from using dynamite. The leaguers repeatedly used violence agaiii4 those who refused to obey their rules, but they found public opinion against them, and they disavowed a resort to force. Quiet has now been restored, and in most of the mines there is no opposition to dynamite. There is a fair prospect that the gold production of 1870 will be larger than that of 1869.—San Francisco Alta, J.inuary 9. * This was the mine recently ottemd ou the London market, we believe, in vain, through the hostility o: bro kers the proprietors did not chooso to bribe. John Bull s a decided prJference for " dit not surpris'ng that there are men in Aniesica reads to accom modate hm. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE WAX CHANDLERS' COMPANY,—This appeal has been heard by. the Lord Cliancellor from a decision of the Master of the Rolls. The testator, William Kendall, by his will, dated 1558, 'devised certain houses and tenements in the " Olde Channo.e. in the parishe of Ma r i e Magdalen es in Lon don at' Old Fish-street ende, to the Master, Wardens, and Commonaltie of the Misterie of the Wax Chaund lers of the Citie of London," upon condition that they should distribute yearly £8 as follows :—£7 138. in charities, and ss. to the master and wardens for the time being equally. The annual value of the property shortly before the date of the will was £9 45., but it had since greatly increased in value. It was contended that the defendants were not entitled for their own benefit to the surplus income of the property. The Master of the Rolls held that the defendants, on complyinc , with the two conditions imp ose d by th e w ill , name l y, the payment of £8 in charity, as aforesaid, and repairing the buildings devised by the testator, were entitled to the surplus income. The appeal was dismissed. THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.—The Master of the Rolls has delivered judgment in the case of Symes v. Hughes. It was a bill filed by the plaintiff to compel the executors of a deceased lady to reconvey to him certain property which he had settled on her previous to his becoming a bankrupt. Mrs. Mannochs, the lady in question, had been living with the plaintiff, and the settlement was made on her in May 1868. When they ceased to cohabit, the plaintiff was desirous of having the property reassigned to him, but the lady objected, and on her decease he filed the b:11 against her executors. When the plaintiff became bankrupt he offered to compromise with his creditors, and it was agreed that he should be allowed to carry on this suit in his own person, on the condition of paying 2s. 6d. in the pound if he did not succeed. The Master of the Rolls considered that the transaction came within the meaning of the 118th section of the Bankruptcy Act of 1861, and decided in favour of the plaintiff. COMPLICATIONS OF BRITISH LAWS.—A cab-proprietor has been charged before Mr. Arnold with plying for hire without a plate on his cab, which had not been licensed for this year. The defence was that the complication of the cab laws was such that the cabmen were in utter ignorance of what they might do and what they might not do. An inspector, who said the defendant "knew the law well enough " received as answer from the magistrate :—" Then the defendant understands the law better than I do, for there are about eight Hackney Carriage Acts and two sets of regulations. How the defendant can be expected to comprehend their meaning I cannot understand. I shall order the defendant to enter into reomisances to come up for judg ment when called upon." iIIL COLLISION DDTYEEN THE BOMBAY AND ONEIDA.—When the telegram received from New York by the " Central Press" said that the captain of the Bombay, after running down the Oneida, had calmly pur sued his course, leaving a sinking ship's crew to perish, doubts were expressed as to the justice of the Yankees' indigna tion. The Pall Mall Gazette called attention to the fact that indignation at the Britisher is a favourite paAime in the 'United States ; and that an American ship of war should be run down by a British packet-boat, a mere mail-steamer, seemed very likely to stimulate aceu salon on the part of our cousins. Tile facts which have since come to light, however, cause this paper and others to suspect that their confidence was not justified. The captain of the English ship says that he was unaware that the collision was at all serious : "He did not think the Oneida could have been much damaged, and continued his journey to Yokohama." " Certainly (says the Pall Mall Gazette) this is very strange. A shock so great as to destroy a ship of war is felt so little by the vessel which struck her that her cap tain carries on without a suspicion that any harm has been done. Nor does he hear the distress guns. Surely there must be some explanation of all this which does not yet Appear ; most earnestly we hope so, anti cling to the Vie livf that the story is not yet convlete,n,4 • ' SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE CONSERVATIVE BANQUET. The Times declares that a grand banquet to the Con servative members of the two Houses of Parliament at which Mr. Disraeli does not appear is—the illustration is inevitable—" Hamlet " without the Prince of Denmark. Nothing but indisposition, and, as we must all hope, a passing indisposition, prevented Mr. Disraeli from feasting in Cannon-street and congratulating the Conservative As sociation of the City on " their great constitutional triumph in the Registration Court;" but it was scarcely wise in the promoters of the banquet not to have made sure of their leader before determining to celebrate their victory. The absence of Mr. Disraeli must proyoke speculations. We a7.4k ourselves what would become of the great Constitu tional party without his inspiring genius ? He is their phrase-maker who weaves for them new symbols of faith and cries of battle. He is their " medicine man," as Mr. Bright aptly called him, always ready with some fresh and potent incantation to bytng . down the gods which preside over the constitu encies of the kingdom and compel them to fight on his silo. So gallant in speech and so dauntless in war, there Inver was a leader for a losing side to match with him who was unfortunately absent onWednesday evening. Con s- bred as a political demonstration, the banquet in Can n 'n-street is most remarkable as shewing the modest atti ti le the great Constitutional party is, after all content to .:mme. Mr.. Fowler avowed almost in so many words that ny had at present nothing to do but watch. They were not c :!led on to oppose the principles of the Irish Land Bill, a id the Edu ca ti on Bill- in tie main deserved their sup p rt ; but by and by the Ministry might become revolu t; mary, and the guardians of the Constitution must hold t i :Ins'elves ready for action then. Mr. Hardy said the p -csent position of the Conservative party was to proteet t'te Ministry against its " Left." Nobody can quarrel with it for shewing this spirit. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The Standard remarks that as the discussion on the Irish Land Bill proceeds, the points at issue between the Government and the House become defined. Whether Vie bill will effectuate the objects proposed may be disputed by the movers of tie amendment now under discussion, may be doubted by many others, but let that be tried if some striking blemishes in the measure can be removed. This was the policy foreshadowed in the speech of Dr. Ball, and illustrated and supported by Mr. Hunt and Mr. Henley. In Dr. Ball's speech was contained a distinct pledge on the part of the Conservative party, that so far as the bill deals with the existing interests of landlords and tenants, with the controversies and questions now pending in connection with their mutual relations, the utmost assis tance will be given to the Government to make their bill sb final settlement. Moreover, a determined resistance will be offered to all attempts to alter the bill in the direc tion of the objects of the party who cry out for fixity of tmure. No weakness or vacillation of the Government . in this respect will be tolerated. So far Dr. Ball's speech shews us the support the Conservatives are willing to give the measure, with the meaning and conditions of that support. At the same time the w'aole energy of the party . will be directed to modify those portions of the bill which deal with the future rela tions of the two classes affected. The restrictions on the freedom of contract embodied in the third and fourth sec tions will meet an uncompromising opposition. These provisions are an attempt to tie down the future of Ire land, to fasten the cramp of statute upon the relations of all classes connected with land in that country. THE EDUCATION BILL. The Daily News observes that the Government had an opportunity on Wednesday of measuring the strength of the opposition which has been aroused in all parts of the country by some clauseS of the Education Bill. Mr. Gladstone's official residence in Downing-street was taken by storm by one of the largest deputations which has waited upon a Minister for some years past. There were, in fact, two separate deputations with the same object. The National Education League went first. As soon as the League host had got away, the room was occupied by a body of Welshmen, who went to represent the Welsh Education Conference, and to deliver the protest of the Principality against denomi national education. The deputations were unanimously of opinion that the bill would increase religious strife in. Wales and awaken it in England. Yet with all this dis satisfaction.with Mr. Forster's method of dealing with the religious difficulty there was no desire to throw the bill over. A suggestion of delay was received with cheers, but was so received as giving a prospect of making the bill a satisfactory one. It was not quite clear what the depu tations would think satisfactory. A hint from Mr. Glad stone as to leaving the denominational schools to the Privy Council grants, and limiting the rate-aid to purely unsectarian schools, seemed to some to point a way out of the difficulty. It may be that some such compromise would be accepted. But one thing at least is clear, that an admirable measure is spoiled by a scheme which intro duces concurrent endowment in England and Wales, and necessitates the setting up of a denominational system in Ireland, and that it would have been far better to reverse the process, and instead of extending the English system to Ireland, boldly to extend the Irish national system to the whole of England. SCOTCH CHURCH RATES. The Post does not mean to say that the considerations which were urged against the second reading of the bill were sufficient to explain away the grievance it sought to remove. No doubt to a greater or less extent it is a griev ance • but the unanswerable objection to th e bill is that it practically called upon the House partially and very seriously to disendow the Scottish Church under the pretence that it was depriving , it of resources as comparatively trifling as the English Church rate. There was a want of candour in this,, perhaps not intended, but which was none the less likely to mislead. If there exists now such a feeling of aversion to the assessment as ren ders it imperative that Parliament should abolish it, or if such a feeling should by and by reveal itself, there can be no doubt of the power of the English Legis lature to repeal an Act passed by the Scotch Parliament, and the fact that that Act has been in existence upwards of two centuries notwithstanding. No position is more clear than that Parliament has a per. feet right to deal with property, but it must not lose sight of justice in doing so. In the case of th e I r i s h Ch urc h the Prime Ministr admitted that the claims of the clergy ought to meet with liberal and even generous considera tion, and whenever, if ever, the time comes for the disen dowincnt of the Scottish Church, Parliament will, we are sure, not deal less liberally or generously with her clergy. THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S FUND. The Telegraph thinks it is hardly necessary to call attention to the great importance of the objects sought by the formation of the Bishop of London's Fund. The most important fact to be borne in mind nowadays by our Christian philanthropists is exactly that which is most naturally lost to sight—namely, that the spiritual destitution of London is not a " fixed quantity," but always growing. When by dint of earnest effort we have made a certain impression one year, we find, next year, that what we have failed to overtake is increased by a fresh influx of destitution, and that the aggregate is as great as it was when we made our first effort. As a means of directly acting upon these outcasts of our society, the Bishop of London's Fund is admirably chosen. It is essentially a reforming and civilising agency, and, though springing from the Church of England, it takes no party ground, and can provoke no sectarian feeling. As Lord Sandon well remarked at the meeting on Wednesday, the labours of other denominations were heartily acknowledged, and no unseemly collisions have ever taken place. Nor is it the least among the merits of the scheme, that such encouragement has been given to lay agency of the most devoted and unselfish character. Mercy is twice blessed ; in this case, as in most others, the benefit con ferred is inexpressible ; and the reflex influence upon the Chureh at large is precious and far-reaching. We hope that the meeting will have the effect of an inte rest which had been allowed to wane, and that a part, at least, of the large unsubscribed balance of £600,000 will soon he contributed by willing helpers in so admirable a work of faith and labour of love. A QUESTION FOIL DOCTORS OF DIVINITY.—The Cucen of the sth of March contains the following query : —" Can any lady recommend any Sunday toys, for very young children—fourteen months old? 1 find the Noah's Ark is not safe, as they break off the limbs from the figures and put them in their mouths." It is, indeed, a little difficult to know what theological toys can be recommended to persons of such tender years that they put all they possess into their mo u ths ; perhaps thirty - nine Irticles of the nature of ninepins might suit. A NATIONAL OFFERING TO MRs. GLADSTONE. —The Belfast News Letter says that Mr. M'Creery, Bally macarrett, has completed an Irish spinning wheel for presentation to Mrs. Gladstone. It is similar in style to those he formerly bad the honour of presenting to her Majesty and the Countess Spencer. The workmanship is admirable, and in point of neatness and finish is all that could be desired. Mr. Gladstone's arms are engraved on the wheel, with some other appropriate decorations. A quantity of fine flax is supplied . with the wheel from the works of Messrs. William lto , s and Co. REMOVAL OF A LEGAL GRIEVANCE.-Xl'llB new Act abolishing imprisonment for debt has incidentally removed what to debtors was regarded as a " legal grievance," by getting rid of all proclamation of outlawry. Since the days of Alfred, debtors after judgment have b.len proclaimed at county courts for five months, and in many cases the publicity or exposure has led to arrange ments. By abolishing imprisonment for debt, the parties, if they surrender, cannot be taken to prison. On the last court day there was not a single case called, and it is expected that the cessation at the Sheriffs' Court will be of lone continuance. THE PUBLIC IIEALTH.—Last weeic tne rate 01 mortality in London and 19 other large towns in the United Kingdom was 28 per 1,000 varying from 20 in Birmingham and Leicester to 32 i n Portsmouth and Not tingham. In the metropolis 2,259 births and 1,673 deSths were registered, the latter havi ng excee d e d the estimated number by 102. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 1139, the corrected average numberbeing 322. Eight persons cried from smallpox, 21 from measles, 78 from scarlet fever, 3 from diptheria, 58 from whooping-cough, 6 from tiyhus fever, 14 from enteric (or typhoid) fever, 7 from simple continued fever, 8 from relapsing fever, and 16 from diarrhoea. The mortality from scarlet fever was the lowest that has been recorded in any week since that which ended on 24th July, 1869. During the 32 weeks that have elapsed since that date, the deaths from this disease have amounted to 5,255. Six deaths were attri buted to privation, and an equal number to street acci dents. Ths mean temperature during the week was 45'3, or 5'7 above the average, and the entire range of the ther insmeter was more than 28 decrees. GERMAN MILITARY LAW.—'llol) . artitort dournak rtates that the Progressist party in the Federal Parlia ment has introduced a motion proposing that the Federal power shall proceed to the reform of the military penal code. They wish to provide the same guarantee in matters brought before the military tribunals as in the cases tried by the ordinary tribunals, and they propose to limit tip , jurisdiction of the military courts in time of peace to offences . against discipline merely. A com promise is talked of with respect to the new penal code abolishing the penalty of death. The present law sanctioning capital punishment is, it is said,. to be retained for five years, and then subjected to a revision. During this interval the Government will have time to ascertain whether there is a necessity for the change so loudly, de manded by the public. i'reliminary arrangements have been made for the establishment of a new Liberal club house, and the com mittee cf the Cobden Club have issued a circular expressing their belief in the existence of a general feeling as to the necessity of further club house accommodation for the Liberal party, and inquiring how far the members of the Cobden Club would individually be prepared to support the sne alinvr.4 rdarrcul tn. „ _ ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICA L FUND. The annual general meeting of the above associa tion was held yesterday in the saloon of the Lyceum Theatre, Mr. J. B. Buckstone in the chair. There was a large attendance of the members of the pro fession, both ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Cullen ford, the secretary, read the report, which stated that five members had died during the past year, while two only had joined. The number of sub scribing members was 180. The council regretted that more members of the profession were not en rolled in the association, looking at the great advan tages it offered. An example of that might be found iu the following amongst many other cases : one member had paid in subscriptions £l2O, and had received in annuities the sum of 11,460; another had pail £2l and had received £9OO ; and'another £7O, and received £6OO. The total income for the year, including £368. drawn from the reserve fund, had been £1,739 15s. 6d. ; and the expenditure, including £1,543 paid in annul i S and £3O for deaths, had been £1,737 10s. 2d. ; leaving a balance of £2 3s. 4d. The in vested fund was now £12,624. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said that although the income of the society bad fallen short of the expenditure for the year by £368, which had to be drawn from the reserve fund, he did not think there was any cause for despondency. They must make up for the deficiency by inducing a larger number of the ladies and gentlemen in the profession to enrol themselves as members, by setting continually before them the great benefits accruing from membership. For himself, he had full faith in the buoyancy of the fund. had much pleasure in being in a posi tion to state that he bad received a personal pro mise from the Prince of Wales to take the chair at the forthcoming anniversary dinner, the day for which, however, had not yet been fixed. The com mittee and other otlizers for the year having been elected, and the routine business transacted, the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The Bank Returns. Tho Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir' culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Ist of Jan., 1870. These returns, combined wiih the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 29th of Dec. (the nearest date furnisbad by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Dec 4, Jan. 1, 1869 1870 Increase Decrease. Bank of England 23 : 181 : 19 1,. 0 2 2 2 :6 7 6 06 :1 7 1 2J Private Banks v7.517 ,roint-stock Banks I 2,3 8,731; 2,281,198 174,438 ta.,599 E 7,541 Total In England. I ‘/F,301,64 • : 27,650,070 Scotland... I 5,287,4 5 4,%1 5,f 47 [reland 7,354,163. 7,056,256 6 Y 1,578 312,41 I 297,907 United Kingdom. 40,9 ; :J9,681,3731 1,261,8!hi And as compared with the month ending the 2nd of Dec., 1869, the above returns show a decrease of £412,119 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £30,413 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks are below their fixed issue 1,380,506 The English joint-stock banks aro below their fixed issue 457,442 Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,837,948 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,225,776 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 701,762 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending 29th of Dec. was £19,091,239, being an increase of £648,033, as compared with the previous month, and an increase o £006,873 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the Ist of Jan. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £3,087,604 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,757,358 .£5,844,962 being a decrease of £79,689 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £314,579 when compared with the corresponding period last year. • COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam , Do Rotterdam — ... 12 i ... 12 1 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 421 Brussels ... 25 35 ... 25 921 Ramburgn — ... 13 10 ... 13 101 Paris - Ditto Marseilles Frankfurt-on-the-Main ... 120 i ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 7U ... 12 75 Trieste — ... 12 70 ... 12 75 Petersburg Copenhagen.. ......... Berlin Madrid.. - ... 981 ..„ 481 Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... 26 40 .. r 26 45 Genoa — ... 26 40 .., 26 45 Naples Palermo --... 26 90 ... 26 45 Messina Lisbon — ..„ 51 I ...,. 521 . Oporto— .. 52 ... 52i RZo Janeiro New York The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment, at present stationed at Chatham, will.occupy Colchester Camp on the removal of the depot battalions. The depot 81st will be attached to the 27th at Colchester. An order has been received at Colchester from the Iforse Guards directing that all the depots com posing the 4th and Bth depot battalions shall be held in readiness to remove to the following sta- tions:—.6th to Pembroke Dock, 18th to Chatham, 20th to Kilkenny, 41st to Portnoy, 49th to Kinsale, 53(1t0 Aldershot, 76th to Dover, 83d to Chatham, and 96th to Shorncliffe. A station for the 29th has not yet been named. A detachment of the Bth dtpot battalion, which had been stationed at Land guard Fort, Harwich, for ball practice, has been withdrawn. Machinery for the manufacture of the new 9-pounder muzzle-loading bronze field-gun for India has been made in the Royal Arsenal, Wool wich, and will shortly be forwarded to Bombay for the purpose of completing the number of guns re- quired for the equipment of the 9th Brigade Royal Artillery, stationed at Ahmedabad, which is the first brigade ordered to be supplied with the new gun. The depot of the Ist Battalion Ist Regiment is under orders to move from Chatham to Alder shot, and will be attached to the Ist Battalion 4th Foot. The 11th Company Royal Engineers, at Alder shot, under the command of Captain Salmond, is under orders to proceed to Gibraltar. The com- pany has been medically inspected, and it will be up to the customary strength by transfers from Chatham. Thirty-three men of the Gth Company Royal Engineers, at resent stationed at Aldershot, have been presented with the medal for service in New Zealand by Ccl. Laffan, commanding the Royal Engineers at that station. Iler Majesty's ludian troopship Serapis is re ported, by telegram from Alexandria, to have arrived there on the morbing of the sth instant. All well. The Secretary of State for War has approved the hospital stoppage of the wives and children of sol diers married without leave admitted to the Female Hospital, Aldershot, being charged at the uniform rite of is. per diem, on the understanding that those persons are only to be admitted into hospital in very exceptional cases, and when it is absolutely necessary on the score of humanity. The 3d Dragoon Guar,]:, at Colchester, are under orders to proceed to Aldershot, and are expected to arrive at the Camp about the end of the month. The move of the 27th Regiment from Chatham to Aldershot has been countermanded. [ApiattnshmENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Fear .Not.—Though surrtuuded by circumstances - disad vantageous to health, these remedies, if properly applii will cut short fevers, influenza, inflannuation, dipl,theria, and a host of other complaints, always lurking about to seize on the weak, f or l orn , an d weary. The superiority of Holloway's medicines for subduing disease has been so widely proved that it i, only necessary to ask the afflicted to give then, a trial, and if the instructions folded round them be followed, no disappointment will ever mite or dangerous consequences result. In hoarseness and ulcer ated sore-throat the Ointment should frequently bo rubbed on the ;neck and top of the chest. It will arrest the in creasing inflamination, allay disquietude, and gradually cure. • MONETARY REPORTS—Yesterday. Influenced by the satisfactory traffic return, the tone of . the market for English Railway stocks has been healthy, and without exception the fluctuations have been favour able. The principal movement has been in Great Northern A, which has risen 2. London and North-Western has improved Midland g, Great Western t, and Metropoli tan f Indian railway stocks have been firm in value, with a moderate demand. There has been a continuance of the inquiry for Canadian shares. Grand Trunk have fully maintained late quotations ; whilst Great Western shows a further recovery of it. Foreign shares have been firms in value and demand. No important change has taken place in the position of the money market. Capital has continued comparatively scarce, and with a fair demand for accommodation, both at the Bank and in other quarters, three months' paPe r has been charged £3 to £3l per cent. At the Bank of England to-day no bullion operations have been reported. The Maine, from New York, has brought £13,10 0 in specie. As regards foreign bonds, there has been a fair inquiry for Italian, Peruvian, and Spanish bonds, and a fra c tional enhancement has ensued. Russian and EgyPti'T have' been steady, but Turkish have been fiat. The fol lowing are the alterations :—An advance of in Peruvian 1865, of in Spanish and Italian, and a fall of Pe r cent. in Brazilian, 1865, and Turkish. Five per Cents. American securities have continued firm. ho twenties, 1887, and Ten-forty Bonds have risen t ; ginia, Illinois, and Pennsylvania, Mining Shares have been purchased to a moderate extent, and prices have been without material alteration . Bank Shares have been quiet, nevertheless the quota tions have been unchanged. Telegraph Shares have been rather better, and price s have slightly recovered from the recent depression- Anglo-Mediterranean have advanced and British Indian Submarine I. Telegraph Construction Shares have been firmer, All a have risen I. India-rubber and Hooper's have been unaltered. For Miscellaneous Securities there has been but little demand, but prices have been supported. At a meeting of the Kettering, Thrapton, and Hunting- don Railway Company, the directors' report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum we ° declared on the A or Preference Stock, and off per cent* per annum on the B or Deferred Stock. Paris advices mention that the subscription for the Great Ottoman Railway scheme will commence on th e 15th inst. The bonds, which will be of the nominal vale ° of 400 francs, will be issued at 180 francs, and bear It° . rest at the rate of 12 francs per annum. There will be oilc, annual drawings, three of which will include pr i z es oL 600,000 francs, and three of 300,000 francs. At a meeting of the North British and Mercantile in . surance Company it was shown that the fire premiu° during the year had amounted to £505,429, and the losses, to £197,434. The new li f° policies .were 863, insuring £933,301, yielding ill premiums, £30,922. The fire reserve funds now amoun t to £598,251. The total annual income of the company £901,567, and the accumulated funds are £3,091,91 0 . dividend of 20s. per share, being at the rate of 1 6 Pe r . cent. per annum, was declared, and it was resolved th at in future the dividends should be paid half-yearly. At a meeting of the Legal and General Life Assura nce Society, the new premiums for the past year were 01100 to have amounted to £9,121, assuring £246,975. The total is £212,000, of which £70,625 is from interest Oa investments, and the total assets are £1,580,000. The failure has been announced of Messss. J. B. - 01 bridge and Co., commission merchants, of New 0140' 11° 4 ', with a branch at Li verpoo l. Th e li a biliti es are heavy, but they will principally fall on New Orleans houses. Messrs. Gold and Taylor, c h em i ca l ma nu facturers, 0f Newcastle, have suspended payment, with liabilities Or £26,000, and assets valued at £5,000: At Mark-lane to-day wheat was firm, and the late scl' vance was maintained. The traffic receipts of the Midland Railway shell' 511 increase of £8,290. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Thoulag Postlethwaite and,Co., of Liverpool, but the liquidation 115 expected to prove favourable. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Paneo, Sch der, and Co., of Manchester, an offer of 3s. 4d. in the poll was accepted, on the understanding that Mr. Paneo sh° 4l pay a further sum of 3s. 4d. in the pound by annual inst al ' meats of £l,OOO each for five years, out of property settle'. en his wife. MARKETS—I estertla y. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.-Firmnes s continued to be the feature of the grain trade to-day, 'l o n i o although business has not been extensive, Monday's quot3t , "_.4 have been well maintained. The receipts of wheat from Essex a"„, Kent have been very moderate. There has been a fair attendaT'a of millers, and with a healthy demand, the value of both red ,;(, T white produce has ruled firm. As regards foreign wheat,. 'in . supply has been good, and the trade steady at full quotati r lo Moderate supplies of barley have been on the stands. The te has been steady, at full currencies. M a lt h as b een in mode h 0 request, on former terms. Oats, the supply of which,,,unl, bee moderate, have changed hands to a fair e-1, 0 0 at the late advance. Beans and pe as have ' l ,-- quiet, but firm. Flour has commanded full prices. Arvi: 3 ol .British : 'Wheat, 340 ; barley, 990 ; malt, 1,140 ; beans, 120 ; peas, 40 qrs. Foreign : barley, 510, oats, 3,000 ; maize, 710 cl flour, 740 sacks and 1,000 barrels. f' f LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. -Very transactions have taken place in the value of tea, neverthe lo9, „ t oo prices have been supported. For coffee there has been very inquiry. Fine plantation sorts maintain late rates, but the of the other qualities has been with difficulty maintained. i'", o s. sugar has sold slowly. Fine grainy Mauritius duty, lls. 3( l .!_ r eci to 425. ; Taal, 255. qer cwt. Refined goods have been unalw in g, in value, with a slow sale. Sago has been dull and dro°l', The spice auctions have gone off well, at improving prie, e some instances. White pepper, (ifd: to 6id. ; middling ana - nutmegs, 2s. ld. to 3s. 6d. ; African ginger, 265. 6d. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, WEDNESDAY. -.-- peer , plies of meat have b e en on ly moderate. The trade has e .a ; steady on the whole as foll ows : -B ee f f rom 2 s. Bd . to 4,. • mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; lamb, 7s. Gd. to Bs. 6d. veal , 43. to ss. 4d. ; and p or k , 4s. 6 d . to ss. Bd. per 81b. by the carcase. ° BOROUGH HOP MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The market 11 re , been depressed for a ll descriptions, the inquiry has hee n i lia stricted, and the tendency has been towards lower rates : and East Kents, £7 to £l2 12s. ; Wealds, £6 to £8 ; SusseS,;; 12s to £6l3s. ; Bavaria ns, £6 Bs. to 49; French, £5 to A . American, £4 ss. to £6 ; and yearlings, £lO 108. to £3 15 0 . cwt. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—There has b ees very little inquiry for tallow, and th e quo t a ti ons have a dr00P . ,,, 1 tendency. Y.C., spot, 40s. ; mon th , 4 5 5. 9d. ; Apr /1-„.'l'- 455. 6d. ; last three months, 465. ed. per cwt. DAS LONDON COTTON MARKET, WIWNESDA Y. —Th e t r ade been dull, but prices are unaltered. LONDON METAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Iron has 1) ,,, i0 quiet. Scotch pig, 535. 7id. cash, and 53 5 . lOid. one m onth. : - et , has been fully as dear, w i th a s l ow sa l e . C opper h as b e en tlw at nominal prices. bee o LONDON OIL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Linseed oil has • firm, at 325. to 325. 3d. spot. English brown rape, spot, 41s one montg, 41s. 9d. Cocoanut, olive, and other oils have D l ' slowly. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The tract:. has been quiet. Sales, 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 were on ep ees lation and for export. $ l7 LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —Nea t nothing doing. Prices nominal. fir o ' GLASGOW IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—S co t c h pig fi/4 535. 7d. to 535. Bd. cash, and 535. lid. buyers o ne month. De`" demanding ld. more. 10ss.MAßKET,;fourths .E ;fifthss Y nCisl . Fi seconds,COlt, 1305.; BUTTERthirds, quoted. Mild-cured—firsts, 130. ; seconds, 139; thirds, 14v- Supply two hundred and f or ty fi r ki ns ; ordinary ten ffirkin atbisskfil b . I(:t t a l s, )UftlaeSr,lENT. I —UODSIII4I . IOI3, and all nervu n i t an' lira: complai n t s i n every Stare are on gravated and aceslarated by drugs of every description , p rfe tly curable by DU BARRY'S health restoring Revalen:ii A 'abica, Food, as proved by th ousan d s o f cases which had be`,,, co tsidered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), wag., sat consurcption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gast ri n der mgements, luemorrhoids, liver co m pl a i n t s, flatulency, net you ness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrh s ! cold influenza, noises in the head and ears , r h eumat i sm , .g°, ut • impu:ities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, s leeples s ' ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, erarnPl! spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or a t se a, zi ° ,,, e ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, ti. htness of the ch es t , p a i ns at pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, &c. We €1 00t i & o , few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Ba rr y' s F oo d. Cure 68,413 —'• Borne, July 21, 1866. The health of the Holy Father: o , excellent, especially since, abandoning all oth er reme di es , he Father excellent, confined himself entirely to Du Barry's ll eva l enta A ra bi ca F°" „; of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has prodav a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, a n d hi s Holine4 cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the Gaze' r du Midi, July 2;. Cure No. 4640. Mr. James Roberts, tisub t3 ,, merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, o f thi r t y years ' di sease d lungl; 'pitting of blood, liver der angemen t , an d part i a l deafge.g. -Curd, N 0.1,77 . Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Nivaterfo l .;,.. of many y( 's' dyspepsia.-No 49,8:3 . "Fifty years' indesurl" able agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, ast h ma, cough, ,cfrllo, stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Jolly" Important Caution.—Beware of ,the many unsavoT„.. and more than sloppy imit a tions to which witho u t authorit/' Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at Is i td; 11b 28 9(1; 2 lb 4s 64; slb .1 Is; 12 lb 22 1 14lbs 4 s.—Also I U BARDY'S RDNALENTA .RABICACHOCOLA I ; POWDER 13 packed in tin canisters: for 1t cups at 2s, for 24 cal'„ at 3s 64, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30a, for 576 cups at 5 ... ; —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Orden ARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. Brea On the Bth inst , at 20, Carlton Hotse-terrace, 0 16 Hon Mrs. Henry Byng, of a son. ELLIOT—On the Bth inst., at Bonjedward, Jedburgh, the wife of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles Elliot, of a sot" MA ARIA GE$. B itEiVSTER MICKLETHWAIT—O n th e Bt h inst. at Q.l t Mark's, Regent's. park, Arth ur C . Brewster, Escl, to Mary Ellen, eldest daughter o f th e late Win. , Micklea v wait, Esq., of Keresfortli, Barnsley, Yorks. S MY THIES KEBLE- -On th e 24 t h of February, a t All f Saints', Bisley, Stroud, b y t h e Von. the Archdeacon 0 Gloucester (Sir George Prevost, Part,), assisted by t l2° Rev. G. Frith, M.A. , an d the Rev. A. Livingstone, M. A " William Gordon, second sou of the Rev.W.Y. Smythies, 'of Hill Side Hetis , .., Weeley, Essex, and of Gloucester; streEt, S., Belgravia, to Charlotte Mary, young° 6 daughter of the Rev. Thom a s K e ll e Al. A., Vicar 0 f .. Bisley, and ni ece o f t h e l ate Rev. John Keble, auth° l " of "The Christian Year." D EATHS: COBB —0 n the sth ins`., at 488, Milc-eud-road, Mr. Wes' Cobb, aged 92. WATKINS —On the sth inst., at Cheltenham, Itear-Adiniral Thomas Vernon Watkins, aged 77. 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