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

SPIRIT OF 'I HE PRESS.—Tms MORNING. LORD RUSSELL AND THE COLONIES. The Times observes that the purport of Lord Russell's criticism on the colonies was that Canada had been neglected, but Lord Northbrook showed that aid was still given abundantly—more so, indeed, than we should be prepared to defend. Lord Northbrook, indeed, and sub sequently Lord Granville. took the right line when they spoke of the numbers, the zeal, the growing national and military spirit of the people of the Dominion. Sooner orlatei every British soldier must be removed from the Americas continent, and we must cease to expose a few thousands of our troops to the armies of a nation of forty millions. In this determination there will be no faltering on the part of any House of Commons ever likely to be elected. Whether the withdrawal be completed this year or the next will depend on the progress of the Dominion to the full organisation of its resources. But a State of 4,500,000 souls, rapidly increasing in population, with a marine equal to three-fourths of that of France, and with 70,000 seamen on her lakes will not need the military driblets which a di s t an t European country can send over the sea. Once more, and let us hope for the last time, says the Post, the irrepressible Colonial question has been formally raised. Lord Russell moved an address to the Crown praying for an inquiry as to the best means of guarantee ing the security of the Colonies, whatever that may mean. Rendered in other words, the resolutien would run thus—The Colonies have expressed their contentment at the treatment they have received. Their expressions leave no doubt as to their loyalty and attachment to the old country. Therefore, let us seriously inquire hoNi we may preserve the connection and best protect our de pendencies. Be Lord Russell's motives or objects what they may, it is satisfactory that the discussion was of a charactei calculated to lay the ghost of this question finally. He will be a bold and not a very judicious man who attempts to introduce the subject of supposed colonial mismanage ment to the formal notice of Parliament. Canada has nc reason, and she does not herself shew that she has any de• sire, to object to the policy under which she is about tc become a powerful and prosperous country. New Zea• land, now that the fright in that colony is over, will be found to be satisfied with her position and treatment. The Cape as yet is apparently not quite reconciled to the removal of the Imperial troops, but that colony will also come to admit the desirableness as well as the necessity for the thorough application of the colonial policy that has been deliberately, not rashly or hastily, determined on and approved by the people of this country. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. The Standard thinks that the ministerial amendments in the Education Bill have as might have been expected, I failed to satisfy anybody. tis plain that Mr. Forster has failed to satisfy the more consistent and logical of the party which his late and sudden concessions were meant to conciliate. On the other hand, they have alienated from the Government the confidence and support of the Conservative party. Mr. Hardy dealt very sharply, but very truthfully, with the policy by which the League are driving us to a pain ful and shameful conclusion. Their real object, he said, whatever they might talk of nonsectarian religion, really aimed at striking religion out of the school system alto gether. Non-sectarianism, in short, and secularism are virtually identical, and either implies that a very large proportion of the children of this country—and especially those on whose account this bill is brought in—will be brought up as heathens. The Daily News says that Mr. Gladstone has taken from the Opposition their enthusiasm for the bill, but not their acquiescence in it. Mr. Hardy is obliged to forecast the future to find any danger to the denominationalsystem in the amended bill, and his complaint really was, as Mr. Melly said, that the two systems were not fairly handi capped in the race they are set to run. Mr. Melly, indeed, hit a point in which the abolition of building grants is in favour of the denominational schools, inas much as they have received those grants, and the rate aided schools which have yet to be founded will now be denied them. It may, as Mr. Forster pleads, be impos sible at present to exclude religious teaching from even the rate-aided schools; but both he and Mr. Hardy will yet learn that the religious difficulty is a real and practical one. LORD ARTHUR CLINTON. Lord Arthur Clinton, observes the Telegraph, died at Christchurch, in Hampshire, on Saturday last. The son of an eminent nobleman, whose closing years were embit tered by an overwhelming domestic sorrow, he never, it is to be feared, enjoyed the benefit of that tender but vigilant control which might have guarded him against influences vicious in their immediate effects, and as destructive of refinement as of self-respect. We are informed in the documents which we printed yes terday that the sole reason why he escaped arrest was his illness ; that, so far from seeking to evade justice, he was anxious to surrender; and that to the last he persisted in a solemn denial of the serious charge made, pleading guilty to nothing more heinous than indulgence in a very silly frolic. Meanwhile we cannot but look with sadness, not un mixed with pity on the last moments of a foolish lad, whose misguided career has inflicted a new stain on the escutcheon of a house, distinguished in the last g ene ration by one who must be ranked among the most in telligent, honest, and sincere in the roll of English statesmen, There are some, however, still hying who are associated with the young prodigal by name and family—although themselves honourable and respected— who certainly deserve a word of sympathy. Whilst death seals up the sad and wastad career of Lord Arthur Clinton, the painful nature of their position earns a general tribute of regard. " BLACKWOOD " AND " LOTHAIR." That which is called the " Second Edition " of Black wood's Magazine for June contains, says the Standard, a " Note," by the writer of the scandalous article on "Lothair," justifying his production and retorting upon his critics. This note—which is obviously a mere trade advertisement, resorted to with a view of impressing upon the public that Blackwood's Magazine, by reason of its brilliant review of Mr. Disaaeli's book, has attained to the unwonted honour of a second edition—is marked with all the coarseness, flippancy, and scurrility of the original article. In this new light, the bad taste, the vulgarity, ingratitude, and blasphemy of this ill-favoured production become doubly con spicuous. The writer has not a single word to offer in extenuation of his offence, but to repeat, in a dull, maundering kind of way, some of the epithets with which he has been chastised by the almost unani mous press of this country, and to reiterate that " Lothair "is all which he had described. The personal animus, the extra-literary venomousness, the malignant allusions to Mr. Disraeli's birth, the rancour with which the man no less than the author was pursued, are but feebly justified in the " Note," and it is unnecessary to occupy ourselves with this part of the reviewer's work. As to the political significance of this wanton and outrageous attack on the leader of the Conservative party, it is no less and no greater than it was before the explanation was given. Nothing in that book can be said to have rendered him unworthy of the confidence of the party. Whatever be its literary merits, it is a work which does not lower but rather heighten Mr. Disraeli's political reputation. Nor is there any justification whatever, either literary or poli tical, for the foul blow which has been dealt at the author by those who only a short time ago, when Mr. Disraeli was at the hei"ht of power, were impressed with a pro found admiration of his character, The article in Black wood's .Magazine becomes still more, after its explanation, a cowardly and brutal libel, unworthy of literature, and only to be accounted for by some low trade motive or some personal malignity. THE NEW CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD. The Telegraph declares that in bright and welcome con trast with careers which have brought disgrace upon noble names, and thrown ancient houses into the shadow of evil repute, that of the Marquis of Salisbury culmi nates in the high dignity attached to the Oxford Chancel lorship. The honoured nobleman is young enough, no doubt, to reap many another distinctfon in the fields of social and of political renown; but, having arrived so early at so conspicuous a position, his lordship finds him self, as it were, upon the Table-land of Dignity and all the other prizes of ambition which he may desire to annex lie within view, attainable by pleasant travel rather than laborious ascent. To prove how eminent is the Chancellorship of Oxford, it would be enough to remark that the late Lord Derby was prouder of the style and title derived from that august seat, than of any ornamental glory attaching to his earldom. Rarely as such a distinction can be con ferred, and special as the career must be which is crowned with so much and such early dignity, there is yet, in the event we believe, a most ordinary moral taught by the young nobleman to his order. It all Iles in the words that Mr. Robert Browning uses when writing upon the corpses laid out upon the slabs at the Morgue. " It's better,' the poet moralises, " being sane than mad—it's better being good than bad!" And so it is ! by proof of every pathway in life, and by all the manifold dénouements of human dramas, from the brilliant spectacle to be witnessed at Oxford to those ghastly tables at the dead-house in Paris. It is much that a young man, even with fortune and birth to help him, should, by choice of manly and intel lectual pursuits, arrive so early in life at such a point of seniorage. We do not think, however, that Lord Salis bury is the man to forget how much of his dignities he owes to circumstance, or what obligations they lay upon him as an English statesman ; and hence it is only the more easy and becoming for his countrymen to remember how high-toned and consistent his political course has been, how full of self-reeved his conduct and his private reputation. MONOPOLIES.—The House is evidently in earnest. Not content with reducing taxes, it recently aimed a heavy blow at the Pennsylvania monopolists. The tariff sections which Mr. Schenck proposes to add to the pending Tax Bill included anthracite in its additions to the free list. Practically that amounts to nothing. The House, how ever, by a vote of 113 to 79, has declared in favour of free coal generally, and has instructed the Ways and Means Committee to bring in a bill repealing the present duty. The relief thus provided will be of great impor tance to the Atlantic States ; and in providing it the House strikes down one of the worst abominations of the tariff as it now is. We are not without hope that the salt monopoly will next receive its quietus. —New York Times. [ADVERTISEMENT. I —Holloway's Pills.—Unusually hot weather in the summer months is often productive of un pleasant consequences to many. The liver, the stomach, and bowels, in such cases are more or less seriously affected, so that the natives of England are, at cer t a i n sea sons, liable to some of the disorders which rage in warm climates. People cannot have a more powerful curative than Holloway's justly celebrated Pills. They cool and purify the blood, and render the system less liable to any sort of irregularity, or when disease is present they abate its force, and at last totally destroy it. Dysentery, biliousness, acidity of the stomach, sick headache ? and debility, soon disappear before a course of these admirable Pills. 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. T., and described as a nurse, was again placed in the dock on Monday 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 Pelf, of the W, and Police constable Tyers, P division, have already appeared. It may as well, however, be mentioned that since the remand, these officers, under the direction of Captain Baines and 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 completedthoroughfare called Foreign-road, andby 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 Elixer, 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 woull 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 officer's possession : " Madam,—l shall be at theLoughborough-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. H., 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 sec 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. "P.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 well brought 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, " It. OLIVER." Mr. Poland, instructed by the solicitor to the Treasury, appeared to prosecute; and Mr. Mayo was for the pri soners. 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 wards 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 EN , E ING JUNE 21, 1870. LAW AND POLICE. SHIPWRECKED SAILORS IN JAPAN. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SUGAR COMPANY.—This company has been in compulsory liquidation for a long 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 hid 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 having 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 clue to him to be as sessed by an arbitration. The plaintiff was accordingly non-suited. 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 Japanese 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 rebels in 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 lodved 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 tai 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. CHARGE OF FRAUD. —Simon Jonas and Lewis Sterne, Jews, were brought before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police-court, charged with attempting, by false and fraudu lent pretences, to obtain 204 boxes of soap value £lo4s. 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, lie 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 2,2. 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 Hassall, 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 Juno 4th, for £323 75., both purporting to be signed by Wm. Ander son, M. 1)., 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. 6d. to the prisoner to keep till the next • settlement, and on the 28th of May the sums of £2 and £5 13s. 6d. 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. 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 t: here is barely sufficient grass to pay for the labour of cutting. However, 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. — Magnet. 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 midge 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 thereis be forthcoming , timeforag oodsectohnedre can be n growthshou o ld do t u h b e t re th q a m t we site moisture 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 £1 per ton. Clovers to mow and graze after sell from £8 to £l2 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 thatif the yield 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 Med4ah, in the environs of Berrovaghia, especially, the crop has a splendid appear ance, and the barley is being cut everywhere. There will be an abundance of the latter in the district of Medeah. 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." Mr. Bright was the only Minister absent from the Cabinet Council held on Saturday. The Soir announces that it is about to publish a translation of " Lothair " as a feuillcton. The Society of Arts is about to establish examina tions in political economy. It is rumoured that the In onstant proved herself the reverse of an efficient sea-boat during the late cruise of the Channel squadron. Mr. Charles Stephenson, the Secretary of Lloyds, has sailed for New York, in order to investigate the circumstances under which the false intelligence of the loss of the Dacia was transmitted to this country. The Prince of Wales has intimated his intention to be present at the annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland, to be held in Ballinasloe, in the first week in August. The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the laws relating to pawnbrokers met yesterday, when Mr. May, of Salford, and Mr. Brooking, of Exeter, were examined. Both witnesses condemned the present system. ADMIRAL 111ITFORD.—Adrniral Mitford died at his residence, Hunmanby Hall, North Yorkshire, on • Satur day morning, in his 90th year. Admiral Mitford was much respected in his neighbourhood as a fine old English gentleman and landowner. REVIVAL OF THE CASHIER EPIDEMIC.—The 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. 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. • KEEPING 'UP HER CHARACTER.—Lord F. married his cook. On the bridal day it rained tremendously—the coachmen and his attendant sprites were wet through. " Ah," said a wag, " all quite in character—there's nothing but dripping wherever she goes." The question as towhether the Captain or Monarch is the proper class of turret vessel is now under the con sideration of the Admiralty, where, it is said, a wrangle is going on as to whether Mr. Reed's or Captain Coles's class of vessel shall be awarded the laurel. According to the Washington telegrams, a rupture between Holland and Venezuela is imminent, in conse quence of the seizure by President Blanco of the Dutch mail steamer Honfleur for' carrying contraband war materials. A Dutch corvette has gone to Loquayra to demand reparation. The Bishop of Winchester consecrated the new Church of Holy Trinity at Richmond on Saturday, and afterwards was present at a luncheon in a tent erected in some adjoining grounds. The church has cost about £7,000, which has been raised within the ten months since the foundation stone was laid. The Right Rev. the Bishop Menvaine, 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 to 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 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 winch 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 GREEK QUESTION.—The brigandage ques tion in Greece is fax 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 haveno 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 a general 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 be 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 PRINCESS EDITHA GILBERT 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 Y ork Herald. 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 Representa 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 pro Visions 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 Now 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 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 thei 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 whichi he presented footed up $205, and he said to Christina, " settle this bill or marry 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 Gommercial 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 for independence 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 b e 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 Jos6 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 Advertilcr. TELEGRAPHIC ASSOCIATIONS. We must say that if the American Press Association has 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 us 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 iNation. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY. Cyrus W. Field has received a favourable hearing at Washington for the greatest undertaking of his life, and perhaps the greatest yet undertaken in 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 ail 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 are 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. REMARKABLE 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 M ou ntain Territory of Montana, and various reports of drought a nd its disastrous consequences of blighted crops and burning forests, from Maine westward to the Winnipeg basin, in cluding Northein 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 xains. 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 turned 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 excep 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 rain 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 island 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 of 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 vacuum with their heated and rarified air, draw towards them the denser air with its moisture from the sea, to be discharged among the woods, plains, and mountains on the way. The most important local causes affecting the rain fall in any quarter are the prevailing winds and the ocean currents ; and if for the last month or two the pre: vailing winds from the latitude of this city northward into Canada have been carrying their moisture from the Atlantic to be discharged among the pine forests of the tablelands and lakes of Minnesota, where the MississiPP i has its sources, and a thousand miles westward of Min" nesota, among the Rocky Mountains in Montana, where the Missouri has its sources, we may reasonably expect very soon a reaction which will water all the intervening country to the Atlantic. We think that the prevailing heat in this quarter of the last week or so has been making a vacuum which will bring the rain. A heated term, 1 , 1 . 1 , proportion to its heat, always does. The heaviest or mo terrific storms always follow the intensest heats. In the science of meteorology comparatively little prog ress, in this age of progress has been made, because of the d it n culty of noting the movements and laws of storms. Now, '„ with the aid of the telegraph, scientific men ought to tli able to tell us all about the weather that it is necessary o u know. We believe, too, that in the course of a few years, with some aid from the Government, such a sys.ten of weather telegraphic reports might be establishednvl would result in the saving of millions of property by la g and sea from threatened losses from storms and floods a nd droughts.—New York Herald. 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