The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-21 00:00:00

A MINER ON HIS TR IDE. Delegates from the various lodges of the Amalgamated Miners' Association are now holding a conference at Wrexham. Some noteworthy remarks were made on Tuesday by the President, Mr. T. Halliday. He observed f! . ..at he had long been of opinion, bared on his experience of the mining body, that the only way by which they could raise themselves in the social scale was by their associatinr , and combining together. Much had been written against trades • unions ; but where unionism was wisely used it had been a blessing to the working man . By unionism they had reduced the hours of labour and increased the rate of wages. In some of the agricultural districts, it was admitted that men were being on the miserable pittance of 9s. a week, and only very recently a reverend gentleman had recommended the labourers to form a union for the purpose of obtaining higher wages. But it was not only the working men who had cAablished unions, for they found that the religious bodies combined together for the purpose of protecting themselves, whilst the coalewuers had also associated together, although it was said not for trade purposes ; but they knew differently. The law of the land gave them power to combine, and so long as they used that power wi se ly an d moderately it would be of the greatest benefit. Tee association was composed of a large body of inieers, not only from Lancashire, but from Staffordshire and orth and South Wales. Their wages must be increased, greater security to life provided, and various other grievances under which they laboured would have to be redressed, and the association would be the great lever for effecting those objects. Efe-had been one of a dePutation WhO endeavoured to connect the association with the National one ; but the latter were not prepared • enter into an alliance which would require the taking up of the wages question. The president then reviewed the state of the wages question in Lanca s hi re , an d th e means recently adopted to obtain the advance. Referring to the Mines Bill, he traced the progress of the bill of -1869, remarking that fishery and other bills could •be passed, whilst one in which the lives of thousands of men were • concerned had to be abandoned. The present bill, he considered, was more conspicuous for what was omitted. than for what it contained. They had asked for more inspectors, but Mr. Bruce said it would be taking the management of collieries out of the hands of owners to do so. If inspectors were to visit collieries, not after an accident, but at a time when their visit was not expected, then they would have them letter managed and better ventilated. Government, ltrough the Board of Trade, saw that o ffi cers of mer-- chant vessels were properly qualified and tested by exa mination. If such was the case with regard to the ship ping interest, was it not far more necessary to see that persons who had the management of co dieries and the lives of so many men in theirkeeping, should beful.y competent by undergoing an examination to fill so important a position? He considered that the number of hours which it was pro posed that boys should be allowed to work underground were too many ; while no provision whatever was made for their education, which he considered essential for their future welfare. With reg..rd to the weighing of coal, he contended that the clause should be made peremptory that all coal should be paid for by weight— the standard weight of the country. If the Government refused to concede that point, then he would say that either by striking, or by some other means, they would not cease until they got the coal paid for by weight. • They must also get the truck system entirely done away with, and if possible cause the wages of the wo.rking.collier to. be paid weekly, and not, as in some parts of North Wales, once only in three months. He trusted that they would all continue to combine for effect ing the objects woich he named, not only for the benefit oethemselves, but for those who would come after them. THE MOABITE STONE. Mr. Grove has forwarded to the Pail Maq Gazette a nar rative of the discovery of the remarkable Moabite relic Which has recently lien brought to light. The account is written by Dr. Klein, a Prussian clergyman. who has been for many years in the service of the Church Mis sionary Society at Jerusalem. This gentlemansays : "It was on the 19th of August, 1868, that in the course of a journey I undertook to Jebl Ajloon and the Belka I ar rived at Diaan (ancient Dibon), about one hour to the north of the Wadi Mojeb (Anion). For the sake of my friend and protector Zattam, the son of the famous Fendi l-Faiz,*Scheich of the Beni Sachr, who accompanied me, I • was received in amost friendly way by a tribe of the Beni Hamide, encamped near Diban. Carpets and cushions were spread in the tent of the Scheich, and coffee pre pared with all the ceremonial of Bedouin etiquette. before - the operation of preparing and drinking coffee had been terminated, my friend Zattam, who was always most anxious to make my tour as pleasant and in teresting as possible, had informed me that there was among the ruins of Dibi.n, scarcely ten minutes from our encampment, a most interesting stone with an ancient inscription on it which no one had ever been able to decipher, which he would take me to see. As sunset was drawing near I was anxious to be off at once, but Zattam was not to be pursuaded to get up from his soft couch and leave off smoking his nar ghilee. while I was burning with a desire to see the inscription, which the Scheich of the Beni-Hamide also described to me as one of the wonders of this region, which no Frank had yet seen, and which he now had offered to chew me as a mark of honour to his friend Za` tam and to me who was travelling under his protection. I, of course, took this for what it was in general meant to be —a Bedouin compli ment calculated to bring out a nice bakshish. Still I afterwards ascertained that his assertion as to no European having before me seen the stone wes perfectly true ; none of the distinguished travellers in those parts had ever seen or heard of it, or they would not have shunned trouble and expense to secure this treasure. lam sorry to find I was also the last European who had the privilege of seeing this monument of Hebrew antiquity in its perfect state of pre servation ; and it is for tins reason I think the few obser vations I am able to offer on the subject may be wel come to those who take an interest in this important discovery.. When I came to the spot where this precious relic of antiquity was lying on the ground I was delighted at the sight, and at the same time greatly vexed I did not come earlier, in order to have an oppors tunity of copying atleast a good part of the inscription, which I might then under the protection of Zattam have done ' without the least niolestation. I how ever, had time enough to examine the stone and its inscription at leisure, and to copy a few words from seve ral lines at random, chiefly with a view, on my return to Jerusalem, to as certain the language of the inscription, and prevail on some friends of science to obtain either a cbfnplete copy - of the inscription, or better, the monument itself. The stone was lying among the ruins of lliban perfectly free and exposed to view, the inscription upper most. 'I got four men to turn it round (it was a basaltic stone, exceedingly heavy) in order to ascertain whether there was no inscription on the other side, and found that it was perfectly smooth and • without any inscription or other marks. What time was left me before sunset I now employee in examinins, measuring, and making a correct sketch of the stone, besides endeavouring to collect a perfect alphabet from the inscription. According to my correct measure ment on the spot, the stone had-1 metre 13 centimetres in height, 1 in• Are 70 centimetres in breadth, and 1 metre 35 centimkres in thickness, and, according to my calcu lation, had thirty-four lines ; for the two or three upper lines were very much obliterated. The stone itself was in a most perfect state of preservation, not one single piece being broken off, and it was only from great age and exposure to the rain and sun that certain" parts, especially the upper and loWer lines, had somewhat suffered. On my return to Jerusalem I shewed my sketch and parts of the inscription to Dr. Petermann, of Berlin, who I knew took great interest in archaeological researches, and he was delighted at the information, and immediately took the necessary steps to acquire the Moabite monument for th e B er li n Museum. A young clever Arab at Salt was entrusted with the business of transacting the matter with the Bedouins at Diban, but the difficulties he met and the aaeediness of the Arabs put an insuperable obstacle in his way. The services of another native were subsequently engaged, but also with out, success. The matter, being thus necessarily entrusted to the hands of natives, of course then ceased to be a secret, a other parties also heard of it and exerted themselves will. laudable zeal and energy to obtain, if not the stone itself, at least a copy of it; and one cannot too highly praise the zeal, energy, and tact of M. Ganneau and Captain Warren, who have, through their exertions, preserved to the learned world parts at least of this most valuable monument of Hebrew antiquity, and who, I sin cerely trust, will ultimately succeed in obtaining and deciphering the whole inscription. Scheich Zattam has since informed me that he had in his possession a small idol made of brass with similar characters upon it, which I have, however lately been informed was sent to Nablous, a n d sold there. Whether this is true or not I know -not. But most assuredly a scientific expedition to Moab is a great desideratum, and could not but greatly enrich our knowledge of Hebrew archaeology." PARLIAMENTARY I NCIDENTS.—The opening•of the Parliamentary campaign at Melbourne, according to the latest accounts, seems to have been marked by one or two unusually, interesting incidents. On the first day the House met, Mr. G. P. Smith, th e A ttorney-General of the last M'Culloch Administration, took offence at a remark by Dr. Macartney (of South Gipps Land), to the effect that there. would some day be a settlement of accounts between them, and replied that he was reedy to kick the hon. member when he pleased. Upon. this he was threatene i by the. Chief Secretary with a vote of censure, and accordingly withdrew th e offensive expression. Nevertheless, meeting Dr. Macartney that same evening in. one of the lobbies of the louse, he struck that gentleman a blow; but upon the matter being brought before the House and strong measures being hinted at unless an humble apology was offered, Mr: Smith humbly apologised, and the offence was overlook ed . To add to the troubles of the House, on the very same evening of the apology, Mr.' Frazer, of Creswick, a mem ber of the Opposition, came into the Chamber in "a dis graceful condition,"—indeed, from the account given in the Argun, it is to be feared that the hon. member was in an advanced state of intoxication, for it is statet,that he " almost immediately commenced interrupting the proceeding and insulting; member after member in a manner which, indulged in in almost any other place. would have earned for him a well-deserved and severe peisonal chastisement, or would have led to his being con signed to the care of a constable." This line of conduct not unnaturally led to - expostulations f rom the Speaker, and entreatic from his friends that he would ba quiet or leave the Chamber. Mr. Frazer at fir s t seems to have declined to follow either of the two courses - suggested ; and it was' not until he - had been "named"' by the Speaker and threatened by the Chief Secretary that he would be given into the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms that after another disorderly scene be allowed one of his 4lowls to load Ill= ftaa 211 , ;q qxvoltri AN INDIAN PRINJE. Almost simultaneously with the receipt of the Rotnba, papers announcing the departure of the Rajah of .Kuffoor• tulle, " the first independent native Prince who, casting off the trammels of superstition, has visited England," has errived the telegraphic news of his death. There were several circumstances which rendered the Rajah an object of public interest. He was one of the native Princes who was faithful throughout the mutiny, and when the rebellion broke out, though he was not bound to furnish soldiers, Laying tribute instead of military service, he volunteered to raise as many levies as were required to put himself at their head. and march with them to Delhi. It was thought, however, that he would be more useful in protecting the station of Jullmudliur, and keeping open the communica tions with Lahore, and he fulfi.leil this duty most effi ciently. When Delhi had fallen he marched with his forces to Lucknow, and was the only native Prince who took the field in person. He was resolved to show no 'nice warmness in his adherence to the English cause, and regardless of his rank as a sovereign Prince, he put him self under the orders of General Sir Hope Grant, and personally engaged the enemy on several occasions, and once nearly lost his life. Lord Canning, in open durbar, alluded to thess services, which he said should never be forgotten, and the Rajah received, in recognition of them, an addition to his territory, and one of the first orders of the Star of India. The Rajah was seemingly the proudest of the simple mutiny medal, which he always wore on state occasions. In a religious aspect the Prince deserved notice, as he was the only native ruler inclined to become a Christian. He had the Ame rican missionaries constantly with him, and entertained the Calcutta bishops on their visitation tours. The private romance of his life was less satisfactory. On c.nning of. age he married a Christian lady, according to Christian rites, but having afterwards quarrelled with his wife, he endeavoured to repudiate the marriage on the ground of difference of caste and the absence of proper Hindoo ceremonials. Great efforts were made to enter tain him prior to his departure, and the news of his death has cast quite a gloom over Bombay. • - THE AMERICAN FISHERY PROBLEM. A Washington despatch, dated the Gth instant, states that the following message was sent to the House of Representatives on that day by President Grant : " In answer to a resolution of the House of Representa tives of the 7th of March, relating to the fisheries in British waters, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers which accompanied it, and I have to state that the commanding officer of the naval steamer Ordered to the fishing grounds will be instructed to give his attention, shostld circumstances require it, to cases wadi may arise under any change which may be made in t is British laws affecting the fisheries within British juris d.ction, with a view to preventin g , so far as it may be in his power, infractions by citizens of th. United Stat es o f the first article of the treaty between the United „States and Great Britain of 1818, the laws in force relating to the fisheries within British jurisdiction, or any illegal in terference with the pursuits of the fishermen of the United States. (Signed) U. S. GRANT." The Secretary of State, to whom the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of March was re farred, calling. on the President to communicate any infor mation in his possession as to the determination of the Canadian authorities in the matter of the fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and coast of Canada, and whether any steps have been taken for the prot ec ti on of the interests of American citizens engaged in the fish in; trade. &c., informs the Pr es id en t th a t on t h e d ate of t ie receipt o the attested copy of said resolution by tae Department of State, no information of any such d.,..ision as that described in the preamble of said reso lution had been officially communicated to the depart mmt. and, that up to the present time none has been o .icially communicated through the British Minister a'.:credited to the Government, or through the Minister of tie United States at London. It is proper to state that in the absence of any official announcement from the British Government of a proposed change in the practice of granting licenses to foreign fishermen, this depart irimt is not aware of any steps having been taken in anti cipation of such a contingency ; but on learning that stringent measures might be adopted by the authori t es of the Dominion of Canada to exclude all foreign fishing vessels from the inshore fisheries wiless provided with licenses, the Secretary of the Navy was directed by the President to cause a small active naval steamer to be sent at the beginning of the approaching fishing season to the waters in which these fisheries are chiefly carried on, for purposee of warning and protection to the fishermen of the United States. Certain documents chew that Sir John A. M`Donald stated in the Dominion Parliament that he had already announced that it was the ntention of the Government to liime no more licenses to foreign fisherman, and they were Liking- every step possible to protect the fisheries. A. DISCREDITABLE BARGAIN.—A Catholic COMPS.. mndent writes :—The King consort of Spain has sold his wife's letters to Serrano, to an Englishman who appears to exercise the discreditable profession of collecting com promising documents. Don Fran c i sco d e Assise is said on the authority of his own friends in Rome to have received 80,000 f. for this utterly _disgrace ful transaction. The letters had been deposited by the Queen with a lady at Madrid, who appears, for some reason unknown, to have quarrelled with Donna Isabella, and sent the letters to the king consort. They are said to be fatal to the succession of the Prince of Asturias." THE AUSTRIAN MINISTR Y.—A special correTon d,l9t of the Eastern Badget says that the New Atistrian Ministry has decided to dissolve all the Diets of Western Austria, and order new elections. This step is opposed by the German Radical party, which desires that •the Diets of those provinces only should be dissolved whose members have left the Reichsrath. No objection is offered by this party or its leader, Dr. Rechbatter, to an extension of the autonomy of the various province's, and the report that the reason of Dr. Rechbauer's refusal . to, enter the Ninistry was that Count Potocki had declined to sanction the abolition of the Concordat and the reductiin of the army, is stated, on good authority, to be withoitt the slightest foundation. TIIE EASTER " FOOT-WASIIING " AT VIENNA.— The Eastern Budget says that the ancient ceremony of washing the feet of twelve poor old men and women was performed this Easter by the Emperor and Empress of Austria in the throne-room of the Imperia. palace at Vienna. The royal family of Hanover, theprincipal court dignitaries, Count Beust, and most of the other Ministers were present, together with an .immense crowd of visitors: The old men and women, whose ages ranged from 88 to 03, were dre ail in the old German costume. They first sat down to a cold collation, the men being waited on by the Emperor, the oldest of the women by the Empress, and the rest of the women by the maids of honour. This was a mere form, as the various dishes were only put on the table andthen taken away, and placed in wooden vessels appropriated for the purpose. The feet of the women were then washed by the Court Chamberlain, and dried by the Empress, while Prince Hoheulohe and the Emperor performed the same office fnr the men. After the ceremony the Emperor and Empress washed their hands, and hung round the neck of each of the poor people a bag containing 30 pieces of s' leer. The latter were then seat home in Court car• riage.4, each with a bottle of wine and the vessel contain. ing his or her dinner. BRAZILIAN JUSTICE.—The Anglo-Brazilian Times comments on the mode of administering •justice to foreigners in Rio de Janeiro. It especially complains of the excessive delay in bringing to trial the cases of• men who have once been thrown into prison, the vicious animus which is shown against them, and the severe sentences inflicted on them even when they have already undergone a captivity equivalent to the punish ment of a much more serious offence. The Brazilian Times, in proof of its allegations, instances the case of Patrick Kelly, an Irish seaman. This prisoner was found guilty in England of inflicting a slight wound on a fellow seaman, but he was at his trial allowed his liberty upon a pro form engagement to appear for sentence when called upon in Brazil. When the man arrived at Rio in May, 1869, he was apprehended, lodged in gaol, arid not tell nine months afterwards was he brought up for judgment. He was finally sentenced to six months' fresh imprison ment, and ordered to pay a fine or in default to be kept in custody for several mouths more. AN ENGLISH LUNATIC AT THE TUILERIEF.—Za OauTois of Tuesday gives the following account of an event that happened on the previous day. An English lady of middle-age, who had conceived an intense affection for the Emperor Napoleon, came to Paris and endeavoured to obtain an interview with him. She met with numerous obstacles to the gratification of her wish, but she hired an apartment on the second story of the Hotel du Pavilion de Bohan, looking upon the Rue de Rivoli. Since she in stalled herself there she has made innumerable attempts to obtain an entrance into the Tuileries, but the gates were too closely kept. - On Monday, however, she con trived to evade the watchfulness of the gatekeepers, and made her way into the private garden of the Tuileries, where she prepared to await the coming of the Emperor. Her hope was frustrated by the officials on duty, who dis covered her unauthorized presence and marched her off to the guard-room attached to the palace. Upon being inter rogated she said her name was Louisa Creery, a native of Dublin, and a descendant of the Stewarts. She added that she had an irrepressible affection for the Emperor Napo leon. The poor lady was examined by the medical officers, and by their direction was removed to a maison de santa until her friends, to whom a telegram was despatched, should arrive to take charge of her. TER GROWTH OF INTELLIGENCE.—IR the first volume of M. Taine's new book, "De l'lntelligence," he make some children's sayings the text for ingenious com mentary on the awakening of the human intellect. A little girl, aged two and a half, wore' round her neck a blessed medal. She had been told " C'est le bon Dieu," and sh e wou ld repeat, " C'est le be Du." One day, sitting on her uncle's knee she took his eye glass and said, " C'est l e bo Du demon oncle." " It is clear (M. Twine opserves) that involuntarily and naturally she had established a class of objects for which we have no term, namely that of s ma ll round objects, with a loop, pierced with a hole, and attached to the neck by a cord—that a distinct conviction which we do not expe i fence, and corresponding to these four general characters, had formed itself and was acting in her mind. It i s w i th much diffidence and humility that we would sugg es t th at when M. Taint; gives his little damsel head credit for so much conztrtetiveness, her - baby understanding was cnly bungling in een unreilectiug wanner.' We will cap AL Taine's instance. A little boy who had been taken to see a balloon ascent; and had asked endless questions, and been much puzzled by the ballons d'es.sai, was repeating his prayers in the evening at his mother's knee. When he came to a particular sentence in the Creed, he euddonkv bzoke out : "Now, e r.a, kW/ Ashr IVA WWI& 1444 bAllon."‘46ll kcal ago" ' . - • • - PROGRESS OF THE ERIE WAR. Mr. J. Gould replied before the New York St itri Senate Railroad Commit ee on the 23d Marcia to Mr. Burt's arguments for the repeel of the Erse Bill. Mr. Gould has come forward in the cams eof truth aid jueiee to show the utter groan I;essue-s of the accois *lions against him and hos associates. Mr Burt's real client • are, he alleges, flesh aei i Raphael, two Jewis:i bankers His meals for ear rying on the proceedines were obtaie 1 by c ter ci m an I fraud, *led, inste7ani of the large number of feat .kholders tie professes to represent, the fol io ing is the list : robe t A. I teeth, 1,100 shares ; Heath arid Itapeael, 3,500 shares; Rap .act and Sons, 56,400 shares. writ, $6,100.000. Letters were received from London stockholders prot sing ag ins' the proce dings of the commiitee. He an i ano her were carte iug two millions of Eri.- stock in London, which the Exchange comooelled hiin to stamp, paving a a share to Burt's commit tee to liget hiinself. A fertile'. step is now ere: osed to compel him io reg.s er that treck n the nam.• of Head, and Raphae:, a resolution of the Lo..doe Sock Exch - inge having beee taken, that ro c - r . ifi Cate of E•ie ghoul I be considered g unless re gieter d in their name; thus, if permitted, co 1- densing in the hands of two geet emen the stock actu illy owne I by 2,000-iudividuals, whereof these two need not ow n $l. "Bonaeide owners," Sail Geulnl, " are to have no voice," and he Board of Directors to manage the affairs and adminisrer to the w nuts of this grew corporation is to he made up its the dingy oibc- of a Jew banking house in London. It teems to me that such a condition of things is the most conclusive taigument. of Vie wisdom or. thel nte law. By this judicious enactment the control ef the road is prevented from passing into the hands of inexperienced and iriespousilde parties, and i is effectueliy secured from beli e ; sold out to t•oe Penn sylvania Ceetrol or the New York Cen.ral Comp L ines, ei her of which could well afford to pay two millions or three nil lio:is te shut tip or 1 ic dose the Erie. So much for the origin and obi •et of th .Loedou nem meet." To heir Air. Geu d, he cetn iiii tee nee t have been wider the impteesion th :t he ,as talkieg of hitnse:f and;Fosk, a 1 bet the • di g.• office, fo. th- hea!qua.te - rs of th • Erie in the Upe .a ilote.e are gorgeou , imtembellish cent. When Mr. BL1• t'S arrivai 'nee Line . kTtowa ion. d was careu that he sho mid have ev opportonity for inquin ins in: o the c. imp my's affairs. N. thing -could exceed the conciiialory manna-r in which he was met, Mr. Gould even coed - scending to pro ose h•mself as an escort over the 1 ne, w sic I the curt Burt bluntly refused, decining all intercourse wi.:ll the Erie directors, Theo the meek and forgiving Gould thus proceeds :—" I naturally felt hurt at such rude and uncourreous treatment, and deter mined to allow matters to take their course witeent further interference. Shortly afterward Alm Burt, apparently ashamed of the position he had at fi st taken, sent a message to nie requestieg a persenal interview, and asking me to call upon' him. It s emed te me that this was a little moie that he deserved, cousi :ering the spirit in which he had received my :lily meas. But, feeling attunes o harmonize any d fferences between us, and willing to d.) all in my power to as.sis. in arriv,ng at a settlement of the question at issue in the eontre versy, I complied with his revest, and o ir inter. view took peace accordinely. rel ve a'l that occurred I.etween us on that occasion woeld t .x my memory ant your patience more than would be either pleasant or profi. able. Sane s-rywions and a 'missions of Mr. Burt's may, however, be repeat id h re. lie approved of ill • princip'e of class fic•iti n as embed.ed in the Direct es Bi . l, awl 'remarked th ‘t a 'similar provision was in force on many E ;gush rai 's. Re spoke in very flat ertng torins of myself and Mr. Fisk, going so f ;is top onomice us the akoest railroad m nagers in this country, and s ating his wish that we shoul I r m the hoar I of direcors." Mr. Burt w el to seleet, twelve out, of time seven - een direc tors, h•nting at , lie pl =c,• of treasurer for and old said he wood. l use his ieflue.nce to get them sob,ti=tv. A, and would be gin I to resign his place as treasu er to a res o. sdal., ma , m who would carry on the finances of the road as he had b,en doing; but he could get no intelngible n•ply. Mr. Gould then defends the Cl.u-s;fi..a,ion as furnishing exp rienced a od compet-nt maizagetnent beyond the control of speculative info. noes." (!) Mr. Burt, Gould coutend-, dos not reeresent a Wiare whose holder hts riot ai proved this bill ; but a small minori y of the S:ocli was at th • time held in Eng land, the purchase of that stock having been sieve ma to wi h h knowled.-e of its exi,t-nce and ap r =val of its provisions. Dien Mr. Gould comes cut with the stock-in-trade argorn , N=t of the bun combe orator: -" If, as Air. Burt says, he repr - seets a majority of tee stock by an ownershi e acquire I in a t* w men hs held by foreienets ha, it no qmpatily with the growth o•• cleveliipme s n p to t f ties country wheal intinufact Ties and great ;ro e interests are in d rect aetagoolisin te ours, a nd whose money is fr.ely subser=i - .e i and lavishly en in the r Nat °nal Legis'atave to cripple amid des toy the maisufacteres of this country, wiiat i mor u e i uenffdeecr tual method coal they employ hat to send ov er a batch of Eiig'i hmen to run the Er; to import rs' re to ietio th it woaid cruse out eieiy team' act ory oli tee line of the toad? In this way a blew c be struck which . w uld do irr. parable injury hefore the mischief con d berewedi d." Mr. Bart charges a wa it of economy withou b , ingit,g forward any prof in fac s. tiLures or the o mien of a siiigle practical r diroad maim ; wither has he visi.ed ohe line, nor coneeriied with the dwellers sling it, on the manaeement. His statements, too, differ altogether from those he had previously ex pressed to Mr. Gouloi. The direct , ire' facts and rige re e are then submitted. After that fn lows mote ru e _ combo. ; wed tinally Mr. Gould eniphatieally ads , ses the corn eitt e to let well enough alone, a d h nts that New York s a hundred miles further Join the Wert than lialtlnore or Phda lelphia, and that it would be wise in the New Yuck Ltgislatute te sus tain a•iii pr , tec this- who are doing so taut;, t o uphold the mat, ral interests of the Empire State. lie was fol owed by Mr. George Crouch, tin Ang 0_ Ante, ican s ockholder, haviogs,ooosi,ares,w a ho ei . u r ee - . tested .g onst the, schemeef Mess , s.ll phaelitedC.e lie was sea out by tri.mds in England, and e call( ) i upon tee President of the road on his arm al, wh o afforded him every facia y to acquire ieforinati on , *hough he had expecte him to bar every v He speaks in behalf of two millions dollars' worth of Erie Stock owned in Eingland, which will soon be largely increased by seceders from the Ilea h alit Raphael tarty. The II imsity-Eation-Vantler bilt colubiliatioe, in revenge at their 410:fent, i;ave lased the Engli-h ihtere,t as a cat ' s paw, schetnin at the out: et, so successfully. as to raise sangui ne hopes of ;get mg nit the ceestm-s. " Ignorant alike of the h s ory, con boo", and pro-petty of the roal, and, the most obviou4 pgint of all. Ln , tra t of he ul erior de-igus of 11.• coot tib e couspi rators w , to are stirring them up t ) urn against best, inanazers Eri e)t-r had, a very c mai d ra lo own f t le foreign stoclool !era have b, en sha nufully ittipoed upott by the avits t , e iivai Atiterii:att co •por tio 8, and the wou d-b twee, ssors f Gould and Fiske. The most tempt ing b lit, h-wevt , r, was the prospect of oustin4 the Americtio directors acid fillip, their p 1 e•ts wi h Ettglislunen. Titanks to dazzling delusion. thy: Lwrioit stockholdors di 1 not perceive the nook oi widch they are now wispended until thee' ha I be bled by the plidadithropie finmeiers who co , npo , e tt , es..callod Protective. Cuminittoe' to the tune of £25,00." Quoting some of Mr. Burt's words Cronth alludtsi to the sublime itnpu ie ce by which the Euwlist) shareholders have been imp-sed upon by 'heir American frienris, being actiialiy ham bo,aled into the belief that Drew and Vander:at f l iegiit in their iu'erest bAttle id 1868. . Mr. Cr.iuch pr.iceelle Ito use h irs'i terms in &seri iig the• I>rooee.ling4 of what he cal s th in - 'lfitio .8 Pro t ctiun cOn.pc;aey, •h • tner • a4elits of a gig int c rifig formed out of thn New York Central and t'euu sylvan,a Central, to crusq the Erie as a couipetkg line. Failing himself to justice to the gang he had recourse to what he calls the figurative bat forcible, style of Mr. Fisk, who says 7 ‘ these End lishmen—Raphael, Heath, and Co.—have gone in on a whirl of speculation ; they are all on the make, . _ and are going in for what they e-t.n root out, ladl ing by the vigorous opposlion Vauderbilt's English aunts have hid to contend with on both sides of the Adak c since the timely ex;.4osure of their play's. Mr. Fisk w also rig , it when he prop',e sied th it th y wou . d not make enou .11 to piy for court plaster to over the taw snoot, wilich the roo , ii , g process would inevitably come on Their re- Throtlghout, Mr. Crouch rep e ;gents the Et,glish "r;ng" as a se 7 fish baty of con= s;irators in hot pursut of plunder, which exactly turns the taides, for this was the impres,ion heft in Eugland of the Erie gang. "In conclusion," says Mr. Crouch, after warmly defending tl:e Classigcation 13i11,.," it is eyident, from Mr. Burt's THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1870. own showing that nothing is more likely to defeat the above desirable end than the very chicle fur which he se inetinsid -r teyclaitiours on behalf of his clien s tep--al of. the Ciassiticatioii ; sh mid this wise ant betteficial law be annulled the trials and troulaica of Erio will continence anew, the power of the inajoi sty would he vi wed sit the haudi of the three uuseriipulous spe tivor.l who are be hind Mr. Bu t, and the I ernianeoce of such a management as woul i be formed by 'nt hat pha 1, Com tro ler Ile Alt, an I their EnJish asso cia'es, with t•ieir 1 g tl agent asTreasorer, co J t only result in the utter rain of the v s avid magnificent . pro erty t ley are so utterly incap trtle of control in:;." shortly after these addres es Judge Ha nard hear I the eonclu ling arguments in the suit of the Erie against Coritelius Vanderbilt fur ih. recovery of $1,500,000 in cash aid stock. When we say heat d we siy too much, as the rs dc shows. Mr. Beach, one of the defendants' cowls 1, ha I deliveral a glowing eulog - un oo the coaracter of his client., Vande bilt, but Mr. Dudley Field, in reply, de e) (red these laudato sto be misplaced. lie w-.ts rich, for he hid stretnied oat his arm over tzigantiic corooratious, and grasped tiieir money; bit, who kai t e ever done f r mankind ? He hid erected no Coo o er lostitute, or Gir trd Codege, or mian lustitu , e. A MOUUM nt did ems erected iii St. John's Park, very likely with the money th tt he had wrung from this corporation, ider the roof of which might be written—he would not say "To the great robber," but " To toe great appropriator of other men's goods." He was Ihe tempter, not the tempted. lle was he bottom, the foundation of this great conspeaey, which has bee I discl , set' hefore the Court ; and when the counsel on the othe r s , de has finished his plea4ng i , u 1 in ciestiog remarks abut his client, he goes further, acid states tha , Aiessts. Fisk aid Gould are uns.Topillotts adventurers, who have in ode the Erie itoa, I a scoro anti by—wor I in ohe m ars of the world. \Ve knave no such thing. t doly him any wti-re pi° 'uce lirciuf ; ante Ib g your honour to b erve that. f;r as the testino ,y g es, ;It c ot rawer of these parties stands thus : Vasideroilt, an oust uou oils operator, having been defeat d to an at'einpt to make mon-•y in the ma , ket on Erie ttailroa i stock, cas•ing a tout for softie me ins to repl &cc thl mon tv which iie ; list, and o mike .s Ai. srs S;nell ad B 1 (it , go-).t an I Work to tiring li ig t , this in this Court, has tig tor a pre tended o 'jest tie 000 I of th stockholders of the Corp tt atioa, having foe their real objet the extrac tion of $5,000,000 from its coffers, a id he brngs, by means of thee suits, such a pressure to b ar upon the indivi tual members of this ho trd of diree tors (hat they di l ransfer this $4,500,000, rec--iving in e..chAnge this stock. Now, is this , the high min led, public-spirited citizen of unsullied reputa tion? Th characters of risk ant G ul.l s:aud out in a different light. Men who, in a mioority of two in a board of seventeen, stoo t out, at great risk and tiers mal disaclvantaze for a period of seven months to prevent a tobbet y, ac the last mo:oe it for settlement, fiu ling that they were tractically overthrown by their e,).npeers, fi ~ling th tt a settl.imaitt was agree I upon and would be ear red torotign, At the las man nt wi hdrew that 0. postion, aid put the only stall upon their ch tracle , -s that they bear before your Honour in this Corm and in this caose, and -hit stain they to 4t paies immediately by this action to wipe out. After a few more reatarks, to the intense astomso ment of the Court, who had prepare t elabitrate arguments iutendoig to keep uo the talk for at least a week lo g tr, Judge Barnard sai 1, " motion to dis-niss the c m..laiut ni tile oil Friday week, and to witich this reply has bee.' made, is d T ten Mr. Da. is, who for sone tine h d been soeechless, tecovered, asked, " Ate we not a-lowe Ito reply e" 'leis right the Jud e d d not tli pate, hut air. B ach a d that after his Hon tur h t.i thus a.inoii,leed his ~ie w s it wou ld be inju lieio is to p name the i 'ten led coot se, but tha doom la t's cou'isel ;desired s nits disunite grounds on w deli his Flom) it ma to that ruling. lie was t en asked whether the plaintiff kid a right to et:ov r, and the tie tge ansstered that hay ng care fuLy !wilted ;Lao the eomplaiot he was not c.ear whether they could recover this $3,500.000, kit if the testimony proved it •ud o t h part of the defen dants the plain iffs eat, recoy. r $1,0u0,000. This our readers will remember is the money pal I, the other being stock. At the same rime ;he repot of the Botou, Hartford, and Erie 1C diroad throws some light on its affairs. The first item w- ich attracts attest : ion is $150,000 p to the presid lit, J. S. Eldridg , de itico'd from the money receiv.-(1 from the Erie Railroad, the next is $lO,OOO to Jury Gould for commissions, then $54 . 000' to F. A. Lane for the conrract with the Erie. But these amt ifles when c rliptre I with the legal expense , of $:355,000, and the loss the company has sus a:ned of $2,000,000 in speculating in i s own s ock. Yet tois iotert sting offshoot of Etie ring apoears unolushi igly b fore the Massa,hu etts LegiAtt tare for more! being the thi d bowl, while the - hi g h cre lit that once a tachi d to bias a hust-itts has been damaged through the connection of its legisl tore wi h his rai road. Contrasting, how ever, Air. Eidi Lige with the extraordinary style of test mchiy given by Me<srs. Pisk, t rouch, and ild, tie .Npriugfield Republican, a h c i east beett elan ing in its tneteavonts protect the Sta e from trit says :—" Air. Ebb idge h-is much to answ,r or a tie bar or p iblic ° I :JOAO tor his gros ly specul t , ive awl corrup• m n tgemeitt of this enterpi i e, in -which the state embarked its mon y and credit with him i t good ; posts bly the judgment of h-s old c , n:rere, JAitit s Fisk, jut.., exote s d in the New York courts last week, that he and ks associates in the Er e . aiid Vai.dei bd. settletne , t were a nest c f t °libels,' will he finally upheld, and transferred as wt I; to ti e Massacl. tt setts Erie ring ; but t! is is surely to be said for him, that he does not forgt t to lie a getitlrmait in his personal anti othe-al inttrc urste; arid that if we ale to be swindled and deceived, it is somt thsug to have it ( - Woe in a hi g h-toned acid getteel man ia r.r It- is cert nily irovoking to be- vililir d and ridiculed a- a gat g tf ittio s by the %ery rig which is mil till swy robbing you, yet that is the p- sition of tie Anglo-Athet kit!, tont eholders. Air. Raiiisay is aro jog on the star (4 ail st the Erie clique. 'I he Suot me Court of New York havii,g deided the app-al of the Erie ditectors to stay Mr. i a ti g t a r i u t e ts L t jtntlietemd. assttiititeswacsircom menced Y 1 8 a 1 t ro vtio art on behalf of the E iOsh wia - eholders ..i e o edatinagys against thus directors of the — Eria ItaimAv. It is hase.l on the ch that tie dtreeto .3 have Mega ly o!).ained I ho• control over tt,e conip.tuy's affairs, and have uawarraqtahly i•tvolved them in disastrous ohligatio , is. The complainants apply for au injunction against t tl directors until ihe snit shall be decide I. Iha &fondants 11144 file their answer by the 21 of May next. ANIERICAN AF'FAiRS. (From the Anglc -American Times) We ;Ire I,ot surprsed that Colonel Bake , should hate replied iu tt., measured ti-rms of indignation, when called on ~y General Sheridan, to what lie calls the mali ciously false rep,..r.s circulated iu th e E a st ern p apersa b uut his cteelirated Piegan expedition. His le.ter, which' is as follows, is dated Fort Ellis, Montana, March 23,1870: "in answer to your telegram, receivA on the 22d inst., I report that, alter having amide i very effort to get the jud4ment of the officers of the command, I was satisfied that the following cumber approximates as nearly to the exact truth as possible :—The number kill .d at the Plegan v ill age was 173, of when' 120 were able-bodied men, and :53 women and children; 140 women and children 'were afterward captured and released. I believe that every effort was made by the ifficers and men to save the non con•bittants, and that such women and children that were kilted were actidehtall) killed. The report pub.ished iu the EziStern papers is w hoily and muliciou.ly false. It s.ettis incredible that the false tostetiehe of two persons, neither of whom has made any efforts to inform himself in the matter, should outweigh the eports of those en gaged in the fight, and who feel that they have nothing to palliate or conceal in their conduct. All that the officers &timid of the authorities is a full and complete investi gation of the campaign, and less than this cannot be con ceded them. " C. L. BAKER. "Brevet Colonel U. S. Army, Major 2d Cavalry." A goo i migration scheme is thus alluded to in a New S prk paper:—" The Northern Pacific Railroad is about to become au immense immigration bureau.an d in this csp•tcity proposes to send Senator Schurz, ex-Secretary and ex-Governor Marshall to Europe as drum mers. Immigrants will work on the road a year or two, and then receive farms of froni 40 to 100 acres, with cot tag's, the surplus wages being sufficient to stock the f inns. Horrible to relate, 'the company manufac ture the houses, exactly alike, by the thousand.' Houses in morocco cases mailed free on receipt of stamp !" The best means of promoting emigration is to have the work performed through the agency and instrumentality of the poet , railroad oorpontiono of th 9 Wivt. tla tho 6rtit p 14007 they own the best land; next, they control the tiausport; thirdly, they are very powerful, commanding vast re sources; and, finally, because successful se tlemen* for wards their interest only in a lesser degree than that of the settlers. Therefore we always welcome and strenu ously t dvocate any steps towards what we believe to be a system calculated to produce so much benefit to all. BUDGET OF MIsCELLANEOUS.—Four statues are to he placed upon ihe New ity Hall of Detroit, repre senting Justice, Industry, the Arts, and Commerce.— Ile New Euglauders are puzz;ed over a new edible dish pre sented to them meter the title o " Baked Shed and 8h io Fie ." " shoo fly" part of it cousis , s of small strips of potetoe, cut thin and frit) t herd and crisp. -A man at Massachuset a, says in his wed that tie desires to be buried is a burglar-proof safe. —lt is calculated that a railroad trait consisting of all the locomotives and rail roed cars in Europe would reach from St.Petersberg to Paris. There would be iu this train tone hundred thousand pas song.r wageons a d live hundred thousand freight cars. The European raiir ails go over sixty-two thousaue bridges, great and small, and pass through more titan a hundred and fifty intles of tunnels. Eighteen thou baud locomotives are continually running on these lines. —The process of "caunmg" eggs in their own shells was recently explained at a meeting of the New 1 ork Farmers' Club. When two Or three dozen eggs are obtained from the nests, plitee them in a dish and pour scalding water over them, and immedattely turn it off. This process is repeated three Hines, by wheel means the elburnan is fixed or coageleted, the pores of the shell closed, :Led the age, as it were, canued in its own covering. The eggs time prepared are teen packed iu salt, with the apex down - ward, and they are said to keep perfectly fresh for many moat ha.—T he Apaches i u Arizona are plundering and mur dering the demuceless whites in eveey direction. The ship C. a Horton, Captain Taylor, from London, Feb. 11, for Reston, was abaudoued at sea in a sinking condition on the 12th of March.-- An American paper says the Sand= wich Islanders, after having killed Captain ('ook and eatea his body, tire about erecting a monument to the memory of the great navigator.—Chicago has this season packed 690,t1U0 hogs, t incinnati 337.3:10, a d St. Louis 61i,316, and Milwetikee 172,626. -The monitor Terror, accompanied by the U. S. stettwee Frolic, arrived at For tress Mimeo° March 25. Among the stud nts at New York Medical College for Women is a young coloured woman 23 years of age, who has just completed her cou se mini is about to graduate with honour. California pipers report that much more lent) in that State will be dew); ea to 111 , Chlttlie of tue Vine this year than ever be fere. In a case recently on trial before a Court at Larit ity, Wyo • leg Terri ore, ail the male Series were cleillenged off the Joy, lietvieg ir entirety to the women. - The emtro Tun el l e ts beeu exeitvitied 8;4 feet. A bed of r clt has lei ea struck _which req tires blasting. There has beau no increase of • water in the , tuneei. - In the Legi , uttiire of Unite di Columbia e motion wes adepte t that Ca ada perches,. Alaska aed the State of Maine. It is ear i t b tt rat. Celiaelau Rift at are to be immieliately dis banded, and the officers retire on half pay.—Receut rape,- rations iu the Rocky Mountains have determined that the tl gliest neiut in the mega yet unieetireil is Mount Har vard, fourteen thousand two h ndred and seventy feet. RAILWAY Nt. Ws.—The Central P4cifie Rai!road has purchased the San Jo:4 Railroad. The first payment of $..,500,000 was to be made in New York on the Ist of April. i lie Wall-street Journal informs us that the South Pacific Railroad of Missouri is making rapi I headway. Th. •track now laid 20 miles beyond Lebanon and will reach Sprine fi e ld (211 f rom St Louis) by the 20th ot hprd next, and Neosho, fifty miles runner, by the first of July. One regular daily passenger and two freight trains now run to Lebanon, there connected by stage tu all south-western points. The traffic is good, and returns for the past fiscal year indicate a pron. of 5U per cent. Though the setual terminus of this road is Springfield, it is de tined to be an integral portion of the great through liue of the Atlantic and Pacific, via San Diego and Aleu querciee to San Francisco. The following new lines are contemplated and being built, which will intersect this liar and add to its revenue. Front Keussts City to Leba non and thence to Memphis—already being surveyed, to the construction of which liberal county subscriptions are pl Aged. From St. James (a station ou the line) to Little Rick, Arkansas, forming the most direct route from St. Louis to that point. The prospects of securing a liberal laud grant to this line are flaunting. From Fort Scott to Lebanon (eventually to Cape Girardien, on the Mississippi), 20 miles of which are graded, and the remaining distance assumed by county subscriptions.—During its seven open mouths, last year, the Erie Canal's freights exceeded by 700,i,00 tons the joint transportation of the Erie and New York. Central flailroecle.—One thousand Chinese labourers are to be imported from China by the Suez Canal, to work on the Midland Railway, New Y ork. They are to get $lO is mouth and ratethe OBITUARY.--Alatthe w D. Field, an elder brother of the Hon. David Dudley Field and M. Cyrus W. Field, of New York City, died in Southwark, Mass., ou rues day, March 22. He was born at Haddam, Conn., iu 18 il. Hes taste led him to engieleering and inec ittuisd pursuits, and he was at one time a railroad contractor iu the -own. He ale., built wire cusp nsior, bridges at Nashville, Tenn., and Featikloit, Ky. It was during a subsequent associa tion with hint as engineer and builder of a telegraph int) to and ecroes Newfoundland that Cyrus W. Field became int ee3sted in au Atlantic ocean cable. In 1856 he Was engaged in polities, amid served one year as Reputilican State Senator of Massachusetts. The remarkable family to vileice he belonged has now lost father, mother, three brothers, and two sisters. There are four brothers left— Stephen (Judge of the U. S. Supra ee Court), Cyrus W., David Dudley, and the Rev. Henry M., all ot New York.-- Mr. G. Burnett died at Chicago ou Saturday, March 19, at the ago of 51. lie was born at Ediubureli in 1819, but was brought to America at the age ot 15, and iu New York was apprenticed to a printer. Removing to Boston at a later period, he went on the stage at the H ward Athenmum, and subsequently acted in New York at the Bowery, at Laura Keene's Theatre, at Niblo's, anti other theatres. The remains, in charge of an escort of brother Masons, arrived in New York city from Chicago on the 24th March, and the futierel, with Masonic honours, was to take place on the following Sunday. Colonel John Goduitt d, the great lumber dealer, of Maine, died at his re sidence. in Cape E izabeth, ou Sunday, March 27, aged 27.—General Waiter Metehell, a prominent citizen of Maryland, and several tunes Presidential Elector of that State, died Match 19, aged 67 years.—Tne Rev. Tobias H. Miller, a Univerealist clergymen and one of the editors of The Portsmouth Chronicle, AeW Hampshire, died March 31, aged 68. LITERARY.— A German-American Cyclopedia has Fist been rotnoled by Professor Al. x slider J. Semen, in which 1,300 Articles are meutioned not to he feund in the Lexicons of Iheckliauss, Meyer, and others. A de railed ac,ouut is given of every State and Territory, and twenty pages are devoted to Alabama, Alaska, Alkalises, and Anzoutt, in which great pains have been taken to obtain correct statistics of the German inhabitants. Care has also been bestowed on American h story and politics, with definitions of legal terms and those tewures of juris prudence peculiar , o the United States. Article,: have been eoutribitted by the following welt-knowu G , rman-Ameri cans: --Dr. Douai, Kapp, Meech, Gen. Sigel, Prof. Ktiortz, Seidensticker, Goepp, Recker, Dr. Tiodernann, tied many others. The following interesting statistics tend greatly to disprove the charge of irreligion often brought against Germans in •Aine , •ica : The city of Albany has 14.0011 inhabitants of G. rman birth, who support right churches, two newspapers, several scheols, and Li lodges and bent-ve!eut societies. Allegheny City, iu Pettusyl vania, has 35,000 Germans, with 10 churche4, 11 so .00ls, and 4u societies of various kinds. Alleutowe,. iu Peutis 'vaunt, possesses 18,000 inhabitants, but few of w Minim Ithough native- born,habitual iy speak English. 'l' he town has 7 G-rman churches aced 9 Get man newspapers. The Cyclopedia has already attracted attearion in the Fatherland, where a recent numtkir ef the Magazinfur die Literatur des Auslands says: " Coneerniug American An tiquities, conditions of language and law, the History and Geography both of th e No r th an d Southern hemispheres, the Cyclopedia gives the most valuable informatiou, such as hitherto has never yet been furnished in the same com pleteness. We have only the warmest praise to offer to this undertakitig."—The American Engineer, a weekly sci eetitic journal of practical information, mechanics, eh -Dais try, arts„and manufactures, has recently been established iu Philadelphia.—The Scientific American predicts that, in less than twenty years, illestrations witl be as common a feature of daily newspapers as marker reports are now.— Lydia Thompson has published a pamphlrt describing her argument with the Chicago, editor, entitled the "Literature of the Lash." JOURNALTSW.—John J. Doran, late of the Cin cinnati Enquirer, has puechased the inte.e:t of Mr. Vallan dighani ai.d Juno Dwyer iu the Dayton Ledger, and will become the leading editor of that paper. That j .urtuthsts d tier as wed as doctors ti.a) be gathered from tlie,temaras we reproduce, brat from the Standard's New York corre apt nadent. who, after sneering at the earn- of Punchinello, the n , wly-ittunched corn c pap-r, as showing poverty of iuveutiou, says "it does not argue much for the wit ot the tie ich s. and the first number of Punchinello seemed in spired by the very genius of oul.noss. The drawiues ere as feeble as the puns are bad, an i the satire pointless. The experiment is likely to be carried further than any previous one, for the capital behin.! the paper is said to be unlimited. Indeed, the on dit is that Mr. A. T. Stewart sup plies the money for Punchinello, ~nd th:tt if artists and wits are not forthcoming to make it clever with peu and pencil, this will not be for the want of a pecuniary stimulus. If it be true that Mr. Stewart is the (ninths and controls the satirical contents ref the publication, then, indeed we must suppose that his relations with President Grant have un• de'rg . one a ch:►uge since this time a year ago. The cartoon represents the President in two phases - in 1869 a.. a giant among the p;gmies, and in 1870 as a pigmy among the gian.s. If this depreciation of his Excellency is in accord wi• h Mr. Bt.-wart'm own feelings, ri►e President has lost one of his most, powerful triendSand one of the most active promoters of his ` Gift Enterprises.'" The Round Table is considered goon critic, and hero are its comments: - "Punchinello, the new satirical paper, has reached its second number. It is a model of typ•graphic.il beitu,j, its Cartoons and smaller cut.-4 are excellent, and its reading matter quite up to the average of Punch. It is couiuctt-d by Messrs. Stephens and toih of whom were con nected with Vanity Fair in its li,at days, mid who are abundantly able to manage the new paper as it should be managed.' —Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun, has sued the Chicago Republican for $20,000 salary due for editorial services in 12565 and stock remised. He was to receive $7,500 salary and $lOO,OOO in stook. Th. follow g editorial announcement appeared in the li'hite Pine Daily News, a Nevada paper, of March 14:—"Ap.logetic. - At the present writing we are in the midst of the most terrific storm we ever experien. ed any where. The attuo sphere is not intensely cold, but it curls about with a ra pidity, variety, and industry not at all charming. The. tin roof of the office has gone off entire, and all hands are at work without shelter. The gale is ,•-ao terrific that re pairs cannot be mare, and we are compeded to hoaxe it our, praying for an early subsidence of the storm. Under the circumstances. it is 11.3.435.ary t . , crave indolg-itce of our friends with the delicieumei of this issue of the Daily News. Every man is in his place, all industriously working in the cold, labouring to bring out some sort of pa11:449n, to imp up tho proper daily apparitw." MONETARY REPORIS-YESTERDAY' With the receipt of high prices from Pari s ' tilt' continuance of fine weather, and the abiuidanc° of money, the Stock Exchange has to -day P. re. scuted an snimated appearance, so far as f° l.°ls bonds and English Government securities hav e been concerned. Railways, however, owing to realisation! caused by the late heavy rise, have receded in value, and importa nt. in some instances the fall has been Consols have continued steady, at previous clu °. to tations, 944 to 94/ for money, and 94k 94i for May. Reduced and Nev Three per Cents, 9'4 912. Exchequer Bills, par to ss. •prem. India Five o f Cents have been done at 113, 1131, and India Bowls 20s. to 255. prem. Numerous fluctuations have taken place in the va lue of , English railway stocks. During the ear li er part of I : morning, the market exhibited considerable s trengt' Midland especially ; on the announcement of an iste r f e as ; •of - 210;788 in the traffic receipts, rose being quot e43 '" to 127 k, and a similar improvement took place 411.Gre3 ., Western, which marked 72i, 721. The improveraeov; however, proved to be quite temporary, as the quota ti,or, of the former stock subsequently relapsed to 120, : 3 being a decline on the day of 1, whilst the latter At II 72, has been lower. Metropolitan has fallen 1; Gr Northern A, 14 ; London and North-Western, ; L°ll`.°l, and Brighton, On the other hand, London an d Sont'' Western has risen ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin c°lir shire, 1; North-Eastern (Berwick), ; ditto (Leeds), Indian rail - way stocks - have been quiet. Ca nadiAll shales have been firm, but without movement. As regards foreign shares, the principal transactions have been in South Austrian and Lombardo-Ve net t ,' which after falling to 15i, have since recovered to to 16i. t There has been a continuance of firmness in the msr -e 0 for foreign bonds to-day. Considerable purchases been made in Egyptian and Turkish Securities, an in further improvement of - per cent. has taken p lace ..; ) values Portuguese have advanced and Russian 116'"' ; but Peruvian (1865) have fallen per cent. oaa American securities have been quiet. Virgin"' - Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds have fallen I, and Erie Shares f. _.../fh British mining shares have been quiet, and movement of importance. As regards foreign min es, Pedro have been flat and 3-16ths lower at 2 9461'" 2 11-16ths prem. ex. div. gortgag ° Bank shares have been steady in value with a modal" The export inquiry for gold has been very mod er i The supply on the market is not large, but upw ards o ° . £400,000 will be offered on Saturday next, a consi ders ; proportion of which will doubtless find its way intO Bank of Epgland. tl l ° The traffic returns of the Midland Railway for ja week ending 16th April instant, amount to £75,263, b e im an increase of £10,768 on the corresponding period of previous year. _ for The traffic return of the North-Eastern RailwaY ; the past week amount to £82,999, being an £9.884 in the corrospondino period of the previous ireol:. The report of the West Flanders Railway sheave t ' j 60 there is an available balance of £8,713. A dividend of 9d. per share is recommended. Telegraph shares have been dull. British Indian increase °"' marine, and Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta have f' in and respectively. Telegraph Construction shares have been dull , 5t a decline of Miscellaneous securities have been quiet, and Price° have shewn no change of importance. both There.haa been a good demand for money to -day, at the Bank and in other quarters. In the gen e r market three months paper has been taken at 24 to 3 r cent. The silver market has continued flat. Bars have been auoted at 60a. Mexican dollars have been firm at 5" MARK ETS-Y ESTERDAY. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.-At 3farlq):el a to-day, the receipts of wheat from E ssex an d Kent hav e than limited, but the quality has been good. There has been attendance, and the demand has ruled heavy, at about late r 'oes With foreign wheat the market has been fairly supPlied* hate business doing has been unimportant, and pa c es - been 113 been without change. The show of barley ' but moderate. The trade has not been active ; The quotations have ruled firm. M a lt h a s been quiet, at 4 1,00 rates. Oats, the show of which has been moderate, hav e , h a ve firm in value, with a m o d era t e i nqu i r y . B eans a nd Pea' been steady. Flour Iris been quiet, at stationary prices* LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.-Tallow has last tinned fiat at 445. Cd. to 44 5 . Cd . spot, and 48s. 9d. selle rs do, three months. Linseed oil h as ruled firm, at 325. 6d. Len as4l 325. to 325. 3d. Hull, spot. English brown rape, 42s 3s , , LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, WEDNES DAY . -Therr been very little inquiry for teas, but prices remain nornir' b ut u 'altered for all descriptions. Sugars have ruled quiet, , it i% w flout change for either raw or refined. Coffee steady, v . : ;0 , a moderate inquiry. Rice dull, even at present low wren" AU kinds of spices have been quiet. t ble d BOROUGH HOP 'MARKET, WEDNVSDAY.-Much cltt- e o ld his been noticed in the hop market. For all qualities the but ee u hl3 been to a very moderate extent, and the quotations hayaT a o f almost nominal, Mid and East Kents, 47-to 412 e,% 63. Kents, £6 to 48 ; Sussex, £5 12s. to 46 12s. ; Bavarians , '7 a ud to £9 ; French, £5 to £6 10s. ; Americans, £4 ss. to £" yearlings, £1 10s: to £3 15s. per cwt. sup pIy'ETROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, WEDNESDA--"'" to weathe r, of meat has been moderate. Owing to the hot iod. to trade has been dull, at drooping prices. Beef from 2 s•„t 841. ; 43. 4d. ; mutton, 3s. 24. to 4s. Bd. ; lamb, 6s. Bd. to the veal, 4s. 10d. to ss. 4d. ; and pork, 4s. to ss. 4d. per 811-s" by carcase. LONDON METAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-ScOtch pig iris ruled firm, at late rates. Chili bar copper, £6B ca s . 035 £33105. for arrival. Straits tin, £133. English block, bar, £136 ; refined, £139. Dltir ke6 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY. - n or quiet, but steady. Sales, 12,000 bales, of which 3,000 on 51 " lation. I LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-3farket D * Bars, 671 to 68 ; ores, 134 to 134. p .. 0 0, il. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 19.-Ban ta ti n , 77, fi r m. 3 4 1 ; spot, 461: May, 454 ; Autum n , 434. Li nsee d o il, spot, Spring, 341 ; Autumn, 361. Petroleum, 244. ber PARIS, APRIL 19.-Rape o il, Ap r il-M a y , 125 ; septa' December, 115. BERLIN, APRIL 19.-Wheat-April-May, 614 ; May.T llll ,, , irit. Rape oil-April-Slay, 15.02 ; Sept em b er -O c t o b er , 13.02. -April-May, 15.05 ; August-September, 16.01. ST. 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