The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS—THIS MORNING. THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL. The Telegraph says that the House of Commons has de clared that it will not forcibly divorce the religious element from the primary education of the people ; that it will not demolish the existing educational machinery of voluntaryism ; that it will not shut the Bible out of the rate-aided schools by Act of Parliament ; that, in a word, it holds the Government bill to be the only measure of education within reach of the country. Although much time has been wasted in making that affirmation, the Telegraph does not regret the length of the debate. The most difficult part of the work in committee has, to a great extent, been already discounted. The House will not endure renewals of the fight when it has to pass under review the precise phrases of the bill. And it will be the less inclined to sanction any such waste of time after hearing the emphatic declaration of the Prime Minister yesterday evening that the Government is de termined to use all its strength in order to push the bill through both Houses this session. The Government, and the great bulk of the Liberal party (says the Standard), seem to be quite of one mind with the Conservative party in declining to regard the mere reading of the Bible as in any way equivalent to " religious teaching." Thus the largest measure of grace which the League was willing to grant to the Church schools has been rejected by the Government and the Liberal party as insufficient in the case of the rate provided schools. It would be a mistake to assume that the division was a complete triumph for the Church and the denominational cause. On the contrary, they have both to look forward to some stubborn contests in com mittee; but in the meantime they may derive comfort and courage from the fact that the League has sustained such a crushing reverse as can hardly fail to paralyse its parliamentary action for some time to come. The Daily News thinks the Government has every reason to be satisfied with the vote. So far as the amend ment is concerned, it cannot now be maintained that they have called in the enemy to defeat their friends. The Opposition, of course, voted in the majority, and the small minority contained some of the chief Liberal repre sentatives of the great urban populatic ns ; but the Opposition members merely swelled a vote which would have' shown the same result had been actually confined to the Liberal side of the House. The Daily News believes there is reason to hope that the measure may emerge from committee in a form which will satisfy the moderate expectations, if not the highest hopes even of the 60 members who, in the division of yesterday, expressed their desire for a bill which should in no way extend denominational influence in national education. The Morning Post says that never was a battle more earnestly or more conscientiously fought than that in which the representatives of the League have sustained a conclusive but not an ignominious defeat. They main tained their ground manfully, and with a sincerity of conviction which must have won for them the respect of their opponents on both sides of the House. But, even if it had not been evident from the beginning that they would be defeated, a shrewd suspicion to that effect must have entered their own minds as, one after the other, they disclosed in their speeches to the House the utter absence of a common policy or coherent principles in the views for which they contended. In this respect it must be owned they have been most unfortunate, and the Post re gerds the fact as an augury that their defeat is not one of those reserves through which a truth must sometimes pass before it can convert the world to believe in it. The Yorkshire Post of this (Saturday) morning thinks that, unless Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues are hope lessly and impenetrably obtuse, the important result of the education debate, added to its previous course, must have convinced them that they perpetrated a useless and monstrous blunder in altering their original scheme. Like the dog in the fable, Mr. Gladstone has dropped the substance to grasp the shadow, and now finds himself with a huge majority indeed, but without the hearty support of all on either side of the House. The bill, as originally framed, was not a bad measure, and when it reaches the peers their lordships' task of modification need only take the form of restoration to convert it into a useful bill. The responsibility of rejecting a measure for the promotion of popular education will then rest with Mr. Gladstone and his Liberal majority in the House of Commons. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The Times says the conduct of the committee is disap pointing. The debate on the second reading raised the hope, perhaps too sanguinely entertained, that the Peers who are legislators also had emancipated themselves from the prejudices of mere landowners, but this belief has been almost entirely dispelled in the two nights that have passed. The Times finds the Opposition impressed one and all with the profound conviction that the proprietary rights they exercise under a system so complicated and technical as the real property law of England correspond in the minutest particulars with the deductions of inde pendent morality. The simple faith thus indicated is naturally most startling when held by men of the greatest ability. Lord Salisbury seems to be persuaded of the absolute perfection of our law of property. An argument used by Lord Halifax that it was better to pay compensation than to be shot —in other words, that it is better to be compelled by legal process to do justice than to suffer by illegal process vengeance for doing injustice—excited him yesterday in the highest degree. He protested that such reasoning had never before been used in a free Legislature, and he leaves upon us the impression not only that he believes in the perfection of our own law, but that he is ignorant that such a modification as is now proposed to be introduced in Ireland has long prezailed in principle throughout a wide breadth of Europe. The Glasgow Daily Mail says the Lords have addressed themselves to consideration of the Land Bill in a business like way. Some utterly foolish propositions encumber the notice paper, but much may be said for those which stand in the names of leading men. The bill is likely to pass weakened, but not essentially changed. THE ORLEANIST PRINCES. The Standard considers the letter which the Princes of the House of Orleans have addressed to the French Legislative Body must satisfy the Emperor, if he had en tertained any doubt upon the point, as to the safety and expediency of repealing the law of the Republic which pecreed the perpetual banishment of Louis Philippe and his family. The Count de Paris, his brother, and their uncles claim the common rights' of Frenchmen subjects of the empire, and, in claiming these rights, accept the corresponding obligations. If they return to France in virtue of a law repealing that which decreed their banishment, they will return pledged to recognise and support the Empire and the dyna;','. Napoleon the Third could ask nothing more of them, cL el be must congratulate himself that they come forward to offer so much. The removal of this sentence of exile, termined, as it now will be, at the instance of tilos,. who it affected, is the best testimony he could desire to t success of his government, and the most splendid pr( for the permanence of his dynasty. GARDEN PARTY AT WINDSOR CASTLE. Her Majesty the Queen gave a garden party yesterday afternoon, which began at half-past four o'cloek, and lasted until seven o'clock, in the grounds of Windsor Castle. Tents had been erected in the Home Park under the East Terrace, and on the grounds extending towards Frogmore. The State Apartments of the Castle were also prepared for the reception of her Majesty's guests. The Buffet was arranged in St. George's Hall, and refreshments were also served in the tents. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Hol stein and his Serene Highness Prince Woldemar of Schleswig-Holstein, the Duke of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of IVlecklenburgh-Strelitz, and the Prince and the Princess of Teck were present. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince and Princess Chris tian, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and the other members of the royal family, conducted by Viscount Sydney (the Lord Chamberlain), and attended by the Duchess of Sutherland (Mistress of the Robes), and the Marchioness of Ely (Lady in Waiting), entered the grounds soon after five o'clock, and proceeded to her Majesty's tent, which was situated upon the lawn near the East Terrace wall. The party was numerously attended. It is stated that the Diplomatic and Consular Ser vices Committee will make no report this year. It is pro bable that the inquiry will be completed with reference to the former service, and the evidence taken may be printed. The committee will probably defer the inquiry as to the Consular service until next year. Reports have just reached Liverpool of a fearful shipwreck during a terrific storm which raged along the coast of Iceland. The fine ship Maria Celeste, of Gran ville Pitron, was totally lost, and the bodies of eighteen of her crew had been washed ashore on the coast. As no fewer than fourteen vessels were known to have been in the region of the gale at the time, it is anticipated that a f ew d a y s will disclose a still more appalling catalogue of disasters. A. great fire has taken place at Nottingham. The factory of Mr. George Bridgett, yarn and-lace manufac turer, has been completely destroyed. The Mayor is said by the Nottingham Guardian to have looked after the engines, while the borough police "seemed perfectly wild with excitement." The roof fell with a terrific crash, and yet there was no water sent up from the steam engine, the pipes apparently being all in a heap prevent ing the water from getting through. Two hundred hands will be thrown out of work by the fire, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVESING, JUNE 25, 1870. LAW AND POLICE. YACHTING TRANSACTIONS.—In the Court of Queen's Bench the action brought by Sir J. P. Shelley, Bart., against the Marquis of Drogheda, with respect to the sale of a yacht, was called on, but it was announced that a juror had been withdrawn. HEAVY DAMAGES.—A heavy claim upon the North- Eastern Railway Company has been the subject of inves tigation this week before a special jury in the Sheriff's Court at Doncaster. The claim was for severance and damage to warping works adjacent to the new Doncaster and Hull Railway. After a three day's hearing the result is a verdict for £16,567. " DEARLY BELOVED."—There was a curious discussion before the Dublin Court of Probate as to whether a tes tator's " dearly beloved" was his widow. The testator, Michael Sullivan, of Cork, by his will, dated the sth November, 1869, bequeathed allhis property "to my dearly beloved, and I appoint her executrix." It appeared that the deceased had instructed his solicitor to leave his pro perty to his wife, and that the solicitor, in drawing his will, intended to write the words "my dearly beloved wife," but by mistake omitted the word "wife." Judge Warren took time to consider whether the evidence was admissible ; he had no doubt that it was conclusive. THE MEN IN FEMALE ATTIRE.—It has been ascertained at the Judges' Chambers that no further application had been made to put in bail in the cases of the defendants committed to the Old Bailey. The sessions will commence on Monday fortnight, the 11th proximo, and the only de fendant on bail at present is Mr. Hurt, who will be defended through Mr. George Lewis, jun., by Sir John Karslake ' on a very large fee. The defendant Fiske expected to find bail on the reduced amount of two in £5OO each, but at present has not been successful. Mr. Giffard, Q.C., has been retained on his behalf. The other other defendants, Park and Boulton,will be defended by Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Serjeant Parry. The Attorney General will prosecute in the several cases. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn is the presiding judge on the rota at the forthcoming session of the Central Criminal Court. THE SPECIAL JURY SYSTEM.—In the Court of Common Pleas a special juryman in a railway case applied to be excused from further service, inasmuch as he had served several times during the present sittings. Mr, Justice Brett said it was part of the present inconvenient sys tem of special j ; uries, which everybody hoped would speedily be remedied but in the meantime the complain ing juror was only in the same position as many others, and could not be excused on the ground alleged. If' parties paid for a special jury they were entitled to it. SAVAGE FREAK OF A DOG FANCIER.—DanieI Walsh was charged at Liverpool, at the instance of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with brutally . . ill-treating a dog which he used for breeding purposes. He had not only drawn all its teeth, .but had removed the greater portion of its jaw. The animal had died in con sequence. Walsh was fined 60s. and costs, with the alternative of six weeks imprisonment. THE BUENOS AYRES RAILWAY COMPANY AND THEIR CONTRACTOR.—Vice-Chancellor Stuart has granted an injunction against the Northern Railway of Buenos Ayres Company, at the instance of the assignees of their late contractor, Mr. Eugene Murray, restraining them from raising debentures to the extent of £16,000, for the pur pose of paying dividends, until his own claims shall have been satisfied, and also from converting their tramway into a railway, or by any means extending their undertaking, until they had increased their original capital to £250,000. Sir J. Stuart expressed his opinion that the directors, of whom Mr. C. Seale Hayne is chairman, had acted in an unauthorised manner, and granted liberty to the plaintiffs to apply for a decree to examine the accounts of the company in order to ascertain what sum was owing in respect of the con struction of the line over the contract priee of £lOO,OOO. A JUVENILE SHOPLIFTER.—Sarah Ann Jackson, aged 16 ,years, was brought up at the Thames Police-court, charged with stealing three rings and two earrings, the property of David Davids, a 'dealer in fancy goods, No. 48, Commercial-road The prisoner came to his shop yesterday afternoon and looked at a large quantity of articles, but she did not buy anything. • She then drew his:attention to two men in the street, and said she did not want to be seen by them. She was advised to go to the back part of the shop, where she remained a short time, and left. After she had gone he missed two pairs of ear rings and three rings, in all about 18s. He went after her, but did not find her. He then gave information to the police. This morning he saw her go by his shop and gave her in charge. In answer to the magistrate he said he had often seen the prisoner loitering about, but had no suspicion of her. He thought she was a respectable girl. The prisoner was remanded for a week. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT AND ASSAULT.—Geo. Cook, a bootmaker, was charged before Mr. Benson at Marlborough street Police-court, yesterday, with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting Richard Edwards, in the employ of Messrs. Roberts and Edwards, furniture dealers, near Wardour street, Soho. The complainant said that on the previous afternoon the prisoner entered his employers' shop, and demanded the sum of £5, which he said one of the clerks owed a loan office. No one knowing anything of the prisoner he was requested to leave the shop, when he refused to do so. As it was then observed that the prisoner was drunk, and there were several ladies in the shop, the prisoner was put out, when he returned and kicked him and knocked him against a cabinet on which there was 100 guineas worth of china. He was then given into custody. The prisoner said he knew he had done wrong, and that he ought to have gone out when re quested. Mr. Benson said it was very gross misconduct, and inflicted a fine of 20s or seven days. £5OO DAMAGES FOR THE LOSS OF A WIFE. —ln the Divorce Court the cause of " Batty v. Batty and Gower " engaged the attention of Lord Penzance and a jury. The petitioner prayed for a dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The parties were married at Derby, and there were seve ral children. Subsequently they removed to London. where Mr. Batty carried on the business of a tailor in the Poultry, and had a country house in Clifton-road, Dalston. The respondent was landlord of the Lord Stanley Hotel, at the same place, and through his children going to the same school the families became intimate. One evening when the petitioner arrived home, he found his wife missing, and on inquiries being instituted it was found that she had gone away with the co-respondent. —These facts were clearly proved, and the jury awarded the petitioner £5OO , damages; whilst the learned judge granted a decree nisi for a dissolution of the marriage: QUESTION OF SCOTCH DOMICILE.—Vice-Chancellor James delivered judgment yesterday in the case of Aitcheson v. Dixon. The question at issue was, whether the widow of Mr. Allen was entitled to property left her by Mr. John Gough, who, at the time' of his death was possessed of considerable wealth. The plaintiffs disputed her claim, alleging that the domicile 'of Mr. Allen was Scotch, and that the property in dispute, according to Scotch law, could not vest in Mrs. Allen. Mr. Allen was born in Scotland, and had carried on business with his father as a banker in Edinburgh. He came to England, and the remarried Mrs. Allen. They went to Scotland, where they resided until 1843. They then went abroad, and Mr. Allen did not return to Scot land, but a house was purchased at Brighton, where they settled. His Honour was of opinion that the domicile of Mr. Allen at the time of his death was at Brighton and not in Scotland, and dismissed the bill of the plaintiffs with costs. A JEWELLER'S BILL.—An action has been brought in the Court of Exchequer to recover the balance of a jeweller's bill amounting to nearly £4,000. The defen dant paid £BOO into Court, and pleaded never indebted as to the remainder. He is a young man, named Blyth, and is entitled to considerable property under his father's will. He was introduced to the plaintiff, Mr. Webling, who carries on the business of Metcalfe and Co., by a Mr. Ellis, who said the defend ant was a minor who wanted credit for some jewelry until he was of age. In a few months he was sup plied with goods amounting to nearly £9,000. A set of coral studs, buttons, and links were £300; a dressing-bag, with silver fittings, £5OO ; and other articles were charged at the same rate. The plaintiff swore that the profit upon the whole of the articles supplied did not exceed 30 per cent. Four thousand five hundred pounds had been paid to him on the defendant's behalf, and he now sued for the balance of his bill of £8,411. After several witnesses had been examined, the case was adjourned. It was ultimately agreed that the question as to the prices charged for the jewellery should be referred, Mr.. Huddleston stating that the plaintiff was anxious to have and courted the fullest inquiry into all matters re lating to his transactions with the defendant. SERIOUS CHARGE OF FRAUD AND SUBORNATION OF PERJURY.—At the Guildhall Police Court, Henry Banks, an accountant, carrying on business at 2A, Wells-street, Cripplegate, John Harris, his assistant, and Julius Lawrence, a solicitor, in practice at 50, Lincolns Inn fields, were charged on remand, before Sir Robert W. Carden; with conspiring together, and with various other persons, to defraud the " Society for the Discharge and Relief of persons imprisoned for Small Debts," &c. Several witnesses who had been taken through the Court of Bankruptcy by Banks, detailed the processes which the prisoner adopted, including the petitions which pro cured them money from the society in question. A man named Beckett deposed' that Banks agreed to take him through the Court of Bankruptcy, and did so. First heard of the society from "Banks while he was in prison. Banks drew up his petition to the society, and when wit ness went to present it Harris gave him a piece of paper on which was written ' George Wilkie,' and Banks told him that he must remember that that was the name of his detaining creditor, as he would be asked the name of his detaining creditor. No stipulation was made that Banks was to have any portion of the grant if it were got, and no person of the name of Wilkie was a creditor. In one case there had been great cruelty, A young lady named Miss Hall had a claim made on her for £25, by a man named Little, and she was served with an eight-day writ from the Mayor's Court. Not understanding the meaning of it, and knowing that she did not owe the debt, she took no notice of the writ until she was arrested in May last, and lodged in White cross-street Prison. There she was introduced to Banks, who advised her, as it was an unjust claim, to go through the court rather than pay it. He undertook to take her through the court for 35., which she paid him. When she came up to pass her examination Lawrence success fully opposed her on a technicality, and then Banks sug gested to her that she might probably prefer an arrange ment to going back to prison, and she agreed to pay £4 per month, and did so until she paid it all off. Banks then commenced visiting her, and on his second call she forbade him ever to come to her house again. He went away, and some time after sent her in a bill for £2l 10s. for services she had already paid for. To that letter she sent an indignant reply, stating that if he dared to make another attempt to extort money from her her friends would take steps to punish his rascality. She heard nothing from him until one day the sheriff put in an execution from the Mayor's Caurt for £24, debt and costs. Nearly the whole of tnis sum was spent in law costs, repelling the claim of the man Banks. The prisoners were again remanded, Sir Robert Carden peremptorily refusing bail. CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. The Select Committee on the conventual and monastic institutions of England and Scotland re-assembled on Friday, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers in the chair, and proceeded with the evidence called by Mr. Newdegate. Mr. Dewar, of Glasgow, was recalled and produced a copy of the newspaper in which the sermon preached by Dr. Smith, with a letter from the reporter offering to swear to the accuracy of the report, The sermon was preached by Dr. Smith, on the occasion of the opening of the new chapel by the Redemptorist fathers, and expressed the gratification which the Roman Catholic Church felt at the peaceful opening of such a chapel, after a period of 300 years of persecution. He then produced extracts from the valuation roll relating to the property of the Convent of St. Margaret's, Edinburgh, the value of which was put down at £5,000 ; the occupier was Marjory Clapperton, annual rent £380; and St. Catherine's, Edinburgh, Sisters of Mercy ; occu piers, the Sisters of Mercy; the property owned by Colonel Hutchinson's trustees ; annual rent, £340. He also produced the valuation roll of the establishment of the Jesuits, in Lawnston-street, valued at £4OO a year; proprietor, Mr. Wansley ; and the valuation roll of the establishment of the Nuns, at Leith, the proprietors being the trustees of the Roman Catholic chapel, including the dwelling-house, the annual rent being £45. Ile sermon referred to stated that it was not in tended by any means that the establishment of the Redem . k.torist Fathers should interfere with the regular missionary work of the district, or should supersede the religious work of the clergy. On the contrary it was to help them, and to afford retreats for a short time for prayer and penitence. Mr. Robertson was then recalled, and produced a map of Glasgow and the description of the Franciscan priory in Cumberland-street, and read a list of trustees. There were means in Scotland of enforcing the proper application of the trusts in the case of the misappropria tion of charity. Some of the Roman Catholic deeds avowed the purposes for which the money was left, but others did not. He had not seen any of them which he was prepared to say were illegal ; he never heard of one being disputed. Land could be left for religious purposes in perpetuity in Scotland. In Scotland the Roman Catholics held their property in precisely the same way as other dissenters. There was no difference in law, the difference was in the terms of the contract made by the deeds, the difference being that the community cannot in the case of Roman Catholic pro perty exercise any power over it. He was not prepared to give any authority for that statement, but it was his general impression; and there was nothing in the deed he had seen which was contrary. In Scotland, in cases of dispute, the property followed the decision of the Ecclesiastical Court. His opinion was that in Roman Catholic matters such disputes would be left solely to the bishop or some other higher authority. He knew of no rule which made Catholic trusts illegal fn Scotland. Mr. O'Reilly : Is there no law against religious men or men bound by vows ? Witness : In regard to monasteries, I know of no difference between them in England or. Scotland. I could not say whether the Statute of Superstitious Uses applied in Scotland, but I should think so. The witness said he was not aware that the names given as the owners in the valuation roll was in. every case correctly stated: Mr. Matthews pointeu oni that the Franciscan Con vent was held in trust by the Right Rev. Bishop Mur,lock, Vicar Apostolic, and the Right Rev. Dr. Smith, for pur poses of education, whereas in the valuation roll it was stated to be held by the Franciscan, Dr. J. Conolly. The witness said that there was no limitation in :the deed as to the disposition of the property, but he was not pre pared to say that they had sold it to the Franciscans. Mr. Matthews next pointed out that the property said to be - occupied in Mungo, Glasgow, by the Marist Brothers, was held in trust by two Roman Catholic bishops and several Ronian Catholic clergymen in trust for pur poses of education and religion. The witness sad that he was not prepared to shew any deed by which property was to be held in trust by any monastic institutions, but that property was held by them he had not the slightest douht. He subsequently sad there were 120,000 Roman Catholios in Glasgow. The committee soon after adjourned. THE YACHT RACE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. The English schooner yacht Cambria, Mr. James Ashbury, early on the morning of the 4th of July will start with the American schooner yacht Dauntless, from off the Head of Kinsale for Sandy Hook, in a match across the Atlantic. The yachts may make a certain portion of the voyage in company, or, what is equally probable, may not sight each other from the time of leaving the English Channel until they breast the waters of the Hudson. It is not at all improbable, however, that something may be heard in this country of the progress of the yachts prior to any intelligence of their arrival off the American coast being notified through the Cable, the owner of the Cambria having taken measures for sending such in telligence whenever a fitting opportunity may be con sidered to present itself by the sighting of an home ward-bound steamer, or at a time of crossing the probable track of the homeward-bound vessels. As the vehicle for conveying such intelligence, Mr. Ashbury takes out in the Cambria several of the " sea messengers " invented by Mr. Julius Vandenbergh, jun. The " sea messen ger " is a vessel of narrow boat-like form, made of cop per, with a cork lining, having a watertight cover and a leaden keel. The cover unscrewed and taken off dis closes a central compartment, 18in. in length by 12in. in breadth and depth. This compartment is intended to hold the papers or intelligence to be sent from a ship, either despatched from a vessel on passage to a distant port on the chance of recovery by some other vessel, or in the event of any sudden calamity at sea such as befell the President, City of Boston, and thousands of other vessels never seen or heard of after leaxing port. The sea mes sengers supplied to the Cambria are painted in blue, white, and red bands, or tricolour. The flag surmounting the messenger will be copies of the Cambria's racing flag —a white ball on a blue ground. The Lord Mayor will entertain the archbishops and bishops at a grand banquet on July 6th. The annual banquet to her Majesty's Ministers will take place on July 30th. FRENCH AND ENGLISH SHIPS.—The committee of inquiry into the French Mercantile Marine has addressed a letter to the Minister of War, desiring that in future the transport ships for the conveyance of troops between France and Africa shall be built in French ports. Hitherto these vessels have been built in England. THE NEWARK ACCIDENT.—It is noted as a curious fact that of the passengers in the train which met with the terrible accident at Newark, all, or very nearly all, who were asleep at the time escaped uninjured—nature's anesthetic ensuring them, not only against fractures and contusions, but even against the bad effects of shaking and concussion. A BANKRUPTCY CASE. —A wine merchant named Sharpe has been charged at the Mansion House with a fraud under the Debtor's Act. It was alleged that he obtained from the complainant, on credit, a quantity of wine of the value of £2O, within four months of the pre sentation of a bankruptcy petition. After some conflict ing evidence had been given, the defendant was committed for trial, bail being accepted. THE ST. GO THARD RAILWAY.—The remarks which the French press made on the discussion in the Corps Legislatif with respect to the St. Gothard Railway have not given satisfaction at Berlin. The North German Gazette, an official organ, regrets that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs should have deemed it necessary, in consequence of a misunderstanding, to preface his reassur ing remarks by a sally against Count Bismarck on account of his speech at the Reichstag on the 25th of May. The same journal observes that the Duke de Grammont and M. Plichon seem to entertain more fears on the subject than Austria had done. GERMAN POLITICS.—The Spenersehe Zeitung, in an artic:c on Bavaria and Wurtemburg, says that Herr von Prankh, in the former, and Herr von Suckow, in the latter State, will have a very difficult position to main tain towards the Landtags, for if they refuse to do the will of the so-called Popular Party, the cry will be- 1 " This Minister of War can never shake off the prejudices of his military caste, but we, men of the people, know the martial disposition of our race better ; " or else : " The War Minister dare not give way on account of • Prussia." Acording to the beobachter of Stuttgard, the proposals made by the leaders of the Popular Party are exceedingly moderate, " having been merely intended to prepare the way for a system of defence based on liberty." The Menzorial Diplomatique says: "Lord Claren don has resumed the nogotiations for the despatch of a collective Note to Greece, signed by the protecting Powers and Italy, Austria, and Prussia, relative to the affair of the brigands at Marathon. In order not to complicate the question, and to avoid furnishing Russia with a pre text to decline signing the Note, England and Italy will settle directly with Greece the question of indemnity. The Note, which is now accepted by all the Powers, states the impression produced on the whole civilised world by the massacre at Marathon, and recommends Greece to adopt measures to prevent the repetition of similar revolt ing scenes. TRANSPLANTING HUMAN SKIN.— The extraordi nary case referred to in a note which we published the other day, in which it was stated that a piece of skin had been removed from the body of a negro to that of a child, is thus explained :—" A child had sustained an enormous burn, leaving a wound so large that the powers of the little sufferer were totally unable to heal it. It was determined to make an attempt partly to cover this wound by the transplantation of skin, and the attempt was followed by results which rendered it desirable, for their correct interpretation and for the surgeon's future guidance, to transplant a piece of skin of darker tint as a test to determine how much of the fresh piece became itself incorporated with the tissues over which it was placed. For this purpose a morsel of skin was taken from the coloured man in question, and the little experiment is expected to determine a point the knowledge of which will in all human probability enable the surgeon to save the child's life." [ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Pills.—The constant changes of temperature, with rapid alterations of drought and rain, are causing daily derangements in chest, sto mach, and liver. For rectifying the slightest or most severe disorders of these organs nothing has been found so constantly successful as Holloway's Pills, which may be taken by any one without fear of injury. These Pills exercise so salutary an effect over the organs of digestion, that almost any ordinary food may be eaten with ha punity, and they strengthen the weakest stomach against acidity, flatulency, and heartburn. Their aperient qua lities speedily relieve both nausea and biliousness. They remove all obstructions in the system, and healthfully re• store its proper function to every organ. THE INDIAN PROBLEM. The advent of the chiefs to Washington has brought out the feeling of the people upon the Indian question. We are glad to see that it is, on the whole, temperate and just, and that the country is wakening to the fact that this problem is the gravest and most important which itis called upon to face. Extermination is still urged by such army officers as are able to see in it only service for them selves and full pay for a prolonged period, and by certain editors to whom extreme and final measures are always welcome, as they save them the trouble of thinking. There is, however, despite the awakened attention of the people to the general issue, great misconception of the importance of this visit of the chiefs. Several of our contemporaries gravely advise "the offering them showy presents, so dear to the Indian heart, and the subsequent terrifying of them by the display of arsenals, review of regiments," &c. We conceive that the time is past when the gift of a few beads or tobacco pouches would blind the judgment of such men as Red Cloud or Spotted Tail. The effort to scare them, too, reminds us forcibly of the clamor and the painted monsters of the Chinese, by which they hoped to drive back the English barbarians. These men have probably as clear an idea as ourselves of the relative strength of the red and white men. " Our na tion," said Red Cloud, " is melting away like the snow on the side of the hills where the sun is warm ; while your people are like the blades of grass in spring, when summer is coming. You are great and powerful. We are but a handful." There is a marked change in the spirit and tone of the Indian tribes from any that have been made since the days of the first encroachment of the whites. There is apparently a fuller comprehension of the power with which they have to cope, and a remark able absence of any former attempts to conciliate it by humility. The statement of the wrongs done to them is calm and moderate in tone, but almost hopeless of re dress.- This savage, though his skin be red, sees more plainly, perhaps, than the men to whom he talks, that the two races are brought finally face to face, and the issue for him and his people will most probably be death. We do not think that showy gewgaws, or State dinners, or warlike tom-toms, will affect him very deeply. We have no wish to put out of sight the Indian outrages on the border. The amount of butchery and theft has been very equally balanced between the redskins and the whites. The savages naturally are savages, and the pioneer settlers are assuredly not saints. The innocent have suffered in consequence on both sides. But these are surface matters, which will adjust themselves when the basis of injustice is set right. Underneath lies the imminent problem of the false position which the nation holds to these people. Shall we pay this creditor the debt we owe him, or rid ourselves of his importunity by taking him by . the throat and strangling him and his little ones? There is to us a terrible pathos in the words of this Indian, spoken in behalf of his people. Pathos, however, should have no power to interfere with justice ; but we commend his calm statement of the case to the gravest con sideration of those whose office it is to adjust his claims, especially his recognition of the ineradicable distinction between himself and them which we are so apt to keep out, of sight. " The Great Spirit has raised me in this way. He raised me naked. The Great Spirit has raised you to read and write and put papers before you ; but lam not so." Half of our maltreatment of the Indian has arisen from ignoring this simple fact. We hope that there will be no disposi tion to either palter or practice diplomacy with this deputation. If the answer be given in the same dignified and just spirit as the complaint and grasp the position as fully, we may hope for the best results. The Indian question trenches as deeply on human rights as did that of the negro, and the onus of guilt is as heavy upon us as slavery. The ordinary argument that the savage must from inexorable law of nature give way to the civilized man is our old friend " Cursed be Canaan " in a new guise. It is the very problem that vexed us for nearly a century—a gigantic wrong versus expediency. The result of our error in the first case steeped us to the lips in a bloody war. We can come to its choice of the second with experience of wounds not yet healed to give us. At least let us recognize the importance of this question, and bring to its decision the coolest reason and best thought which the nation can command, and not leave it to the chance settlement of a few hot-blooded soldiers and ag grieved frontiersmen.—New York Tribune. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 6on the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst Indian Ocean (taken) 20 to 1 agst Miss Sheppard (taken) 20 to 1 agst Antoninus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Roberto it Diavolo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sweet Sound- (taken) • ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Kingcraft (taken) 9to 2 agst Macgregor (offered) 6to 1 aged Sunshine (taken) HAMPTON RACES.-FRIDAY. The Bushy Park Stakes of 5 sovs eaoh. Half a mile. Prince Soltykoff's Starthistle, by Knight of the Thistle —Azalea, 7st 131 b (2200) (Jewitt) 1 Mr T. Stevens's Cowboy, Bst 21b (2100) (J. Clark) 2 Mr S. Reeves's Vivid, 7st (2100) (Penfold) 3 Oxhorn, Twickenham, Lady Orant, Shreckhorn, Voucher also ran. Won cleverly by a length. The Wolsey Plate (Handicap) of 100 soya. Three-quar ters of a mile. Mr T. V. Morgan's Electricity, by Thunderbolt—Lady Kingston, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (in 71b ex) (Hunt) 1 Mr J. J. Ellis's Cymbal, 3 yrs, Bst 61b Mr P. Pitcher's Theodore, 3 yrs, sst 71b (G. Jarvis) 3 Bonnie Katie, Thundercloud, King of Clubs, Professor also ran. Won by three parts of a length. The Garrick Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 80 sous. About five furlongs straight. Mr H. Goater's Our Tom, by Prime Minister—Pluck, 7st 121 b (in 71b ex) (Wilson) 1 Mr R. J. Woodman's Olive, 7st (Rowell) 2 Mr Trimmer's Sea Anemone, 7st 411, (J. Clark) 3 The following also ran :—Victress, My Queen, Dora, and Lecturer. Won by a head. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; weight for age. Two miles. Mr H. Wright's Ventnor, by. Buccaneer— Maid of Der went, 4 yrs, 9st 71b... (Custance) 1 Mr G. Hodgman's Cauldron, 3 yrs, Bst (Parry) 2 Mr P. Merton's Wamba, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (J. Clark) 3 Robinson weighed for the Myrtle filly, whose number was telegraphed, but she did not go to the post. Betting-11 to 8 on Ventnor, 5 to 2 agst Cauldron, 6 to 1 agst Wamba. Won in a canter by six lengths ; a bad third. The Railway Plate of 50 sous, given bythe South Western Railway Company. Five furlongs. Mr Sherwood's Master Dick, by Master George— Estheg, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (E 100)...... ...... .• (Hunt) 1 Prince Soltykoff's Jersey, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (£100) (j. Clark) 2 Mr. C. Jones's Outpost, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (£100)_ • - (J. Clark) 3 The following also ran :—Delusion, Young Philip, Pussy Cat, Vivandiere, South Hatch, Masquerade, and Visage. Won by a head. The Stewards' Cup, value 40 sovs. One mile. Mr. Mortimer's Royal Lad, by St. Albans—Flirt, 3 yrs, 9st 81b (in 51b extra) Mr. Herbert's Sir Robert, 3 yrs, 9st 51b (in 51b ex) (Wyatt) 2 Mr. H. Goater's Rockery, 3 yrs, 9st 61b (in 51b ex) (Goater) 3 Detective and Contempt also ran. Won by a length and a half. The Prince of Wales's Stakes (Handicap) of 60 sovs. One mile. Mr. T. V. Morgan's Tit-bit, (51b), 3 yrs, 7st 411? Mr. J. Edward's Breach of Promis e (Dewitt) 1 , 6 yrs t 7st 411? (Jeffery) 2 Mr. Pitcher's Theodore, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Jarvis) 3 Esmerald, Departure, Cawdor, Hammerton, Barcelona, and The Sheans also ran. Won by three-quarters of a length. _ _ The Visitors' Plate. Five furlongs straight. Mr. Roberts's Flash, by Thunderbolt—Miss Hinda, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (in 71b ex) Mr. Drewitt's Wilful, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Killick) 2 Mr. W. London's Juanita, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (F. Webb) 3 Antias, Chilham and Bouquetiere also ran. Won cleverly by a neck. The King Hal Stakes. Five furlongs straight. Count F. de Lagrange's Croisade, by Monarque—Vivid, Bst 131 b (in 71b ex) Mr H. Wright's South Durham, Bst 101 b (Marsh) 2 Mr J. Johnson's Alex. Hawthorn, Bst 71b (H. Jackson) 3 Chorister, Guildford, Bonny Mary, Eleanor and Cheese cake also ran. Won easily by three-quarters of a length. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Ocean Telegraphy" was the toast of the evening at Arlington street, Piccadilly, on Thursday night. In a spacious and handsome pavilion built for the purpose, and iri the presence of scme seven hundred of the leading members of the scientific, the political, and the fashion able world, the Heir to the Crown conversed freely with the King of Portugal, the Khedive of Egypt, and the Viceroy of India; sending mes sages to and receiving answers from, Lisbon, Cairo, and India, in the course of a few minutes. The comple tion of submarine communication between London and Bombay, by the successful laying of the Falmouth, Gib raltar, and Malta, and the British Indian cable lines, was the immediate cause of the remarkable gathering, which Was successful throughout, and which will be re- Membered hereafter as one of the most brilliant and interesting soirees of the season of 1870. Mr. 4 - ohn Pender, the chairman of the two lines named, and one of the chief promoters of submarine telegraphy, determined that the opening out of direct dommunication with India should be celebrated in a way fitting the occasion ; and it was on his premises, at 18, Arlington-street, that a great variety of electrical experiments were carried. on. The pavilion we have mentioned was erected in and covered the whole of the court-yard of Mr. Fender's house, and here, beneath delicate draperies of soft colour were the batteries, retorts, and wires, by means of which instantaneous communication was established with the countries named. Thursday night was the first time in the history of telegraphy when the Eastern and Western hemispheres were spanned, and when quasi public experiments were tried as to the possibility of in stantaneous speech between them. Arlington-street has thus gained another tradition, and henceforth, when those versed in street-lore point to the house in which ' the famous, or infamous, Duchess of Cleveland lived after the death of Charles 11., and when she could no longer afford to reside in Cleveland House ; to that of the neglected wife of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, who was called in derision, and during her husband's life-time, " the dowager duchess ;" to that in which Lady Mary Wortley Montague spent her youth ; to that in which Sir Robert Walpole lived when he went out of office, and where Horace Walpole was born ; and to that from which Lady Nelson left her husband, never to return, after the altercation about Lady Hamilton, which Charles James Fox overheard they will add, when talking of Ar lington-street, that to No. 18 belongs the honour of enabling the Heir to these realms to talk freely with her Majesty's Viceroy in the East. The Prince of Wales arrived shortly before 11 p.m., the whole company standing up to welcome him. The scene now was very brilliant. Over one of the doors of the pavilion a huge cluster of gilded hooks, like one of the drags of the Humane Society in gold, but four times their size, was pendant. Behind it was a coil of rope decorated with laurels. The first was the grapnel which picked up the cable from the bottom of the Atlantic in 1866, where it had lain twelve months. The second was a portion of the cable so rescued, and both were hung up as appropriate relics. Shortly after his arrival his Royal Highness signified his wish to send a message to Lord Mayo, and the following words were flashed under the ocean to India :—" I congratulate your Excellency on England and India being now connected by a submarine cable. I feel assured this great achieve ment will be of immense benefit to the welfare of the Empire, and its success is thus of Imperial interest." Before the news that this message had been sent circulated the crowded rooms, its receipt had been acknowledged by the operators in India. Lady Mayo had previously to this sent a message to the Viceroy in India ; and when the word went round that his lordship• was in bed, but that he would be roused with all speed to receive her ladyship's and the Prince of Wales's congratulations, commiseration was expressed, and the ladies • said " Poor man ! " The Prince subse- quently communicated with the King of Portugal and the Khedive of Egypt. Mr. Pender sent messages to Colonel Staunton, her Majesty's Consul-General in Egypt, to the Governors of Malta and of Gibraltar ; and to the Governors of the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras. The Prince of Wales finally sent a congratulatory mes sage to the President of the United States, and answers were received at short intervals from the King of Portu gal, the Khedive, and the President. When Lord Mayo's message came soon after midnight it was dated Simla, 5.4 a.m., and there was considerable laughter. His Ex cellency had been taken from his bed at an unseason able hour. The actual time occupied by the mes sages from India to London was four minutes and two seconds. Amongst the guests present were M. de Lesseps, Sir William Armstrong, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Teck. THE CO➢IPETITION FOR THE QUEEN'S PRIZE.— The National Rifle Association have announced that the competition (Ist stage) for her Majesty's Prize at the ap proaching rifle meeting at Wimbledon shall commence on Wednesday, July 13, and continue till the following Friday. A POLITICAL INTERREGNUM. The Memorial Diplomatique says that there has seldom been a more complete dearth of foreign news than there is at present. In all the different capitals of Europe the solution of difficult questions are literally in suspense. The cause may be partly attributed to the hot weather, which has scattered diplomatists, ministers and statesmen far and wide. The momentary interruption in political matters is also occasioned by the difficulties of certain questions, for after having spent some pains in seeking to settle them, the statesmen were fain to leave the result to Time. Of all the parliamentary assemblies which are now seeking to be released from the cares of State, the Spanish Cortes is the most imp a ti en t. Wh en Senor Martos proposed that the sitting of the Cortes should be suspended until the 31st of October, 91 votes against 41 were readily given in his favour. The Italian Parliament can ill support the heat of summer, complicated as its deliberations are by financial questions of exceptional gravity. A PLAGUE OF FOG. Aristophanes, when he put a certain invocation into the mouth of Socrates, must have been under the influ ence of some such meteorological conditions as those to which, for several weeks past, New York has been sub jected. In the " leafy month of June" we might, with out over-sanguine anticipations, have looked for a fine day or two ; but we have thus far been treated to little more than " a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours." The protracted fog and the never-ending drizzle are teach ing us, in a word, what it is customary to regard as at once the main English incentive to ennui and excuse for suicide. Aristophanes makes even the clouds themselves so exasperated with the dull, encircling mists, that they pro pose to scatter and dissolve them, to the end that they may. " shew themselves to the earth in their immor tal beauty." The Greek satirist may have been a little uncertain in his science, but he had a just conception of the effect of fogs and mist upon the spirits and temper of mankind. These are elastic, as he knew, and, with an occasional relief from pressure, return with ease to their normal cheerfulness. But when, as of late on our Atlantic seaboard, days and weeks follow each other enlivened by the scantiest and most transient gleams of sunshine, and bestowing as staple weather a succession of dismal fogs, relieved by steady down-pofir, Aristophanes may have doubted, as we do, whether there might not be limits to human endurance. There 'is a melancholy conso lation in reflecting that others have passed through worse vicsisitudes than those which have lately disturbed ourselves. In London one expects to hear of dense fogs as matters of course, so that accounts of extraordinary phenomena of the sort that reach us, as occuring in that city, excite little wonder or attention. But even in beautiful Paris such things now and then have been. An old journal of the reign of Henry 111., published in French, says that "on Sunday, the 24th of January, 1588, there rose over the City of Paris and its environs so dense a fog, lasting from noon until the next day, as never was seen the memory of man. It was so black and thick that two persons walking together in the street could not see each other, and were compelled to provide them selves with torches, in order to recognize one another, when it was not yet three o'clock. Very many wild geese, and other flying creatures of the air, were found where they had fallen bewildered in the courtyards of the houses, having dashed themselves against the buildings and the chimneys." This was nothing,however, to the great fog of 1783, which spread all over E urope, an d l aste d f or something like two months ; or to the fogs at Lima, which are said to have lasted in some instances for half a year. In the latter city, however, it seldom or never rains, so that the fog, by moistening the soil an d p reserv i ng the freshness of the vegetation, is a blessing, and not an unmitigated annoyance. Some philosophers tell us that we ought to find comfort in our recent affliction, in the probability that it is caused by the Gulf Stream, which, by being deflected nearer and nearer to the American coast, is gradually altering the climate, and making it mild and soft, like that of the south-western counties of England. But those who have been off Newfoundland will have an uneasy apprehension that the climate of that damp locality, rather than of Torquay or Bournemouth, is what such a change would bring us ; and certainly late experience gives colour to the fear. The theory that we are indebted for our obsti nate visitor to the proximity of icebergs is plausible enough in a scientific sense, although not corroborated by incoming ships. In either case, the grounds for con gratulations are slight, since on both hypotheses we can only look to be made uncomfortable without any visible corresponding advantage. A third possible cause is even less agreeable to contemplate. We know that the phenomenon is produced by the meeting of two currents of air of unequal temperature. It is con ceivable, then, if not probable, that by some as yet mys terious process, two such currents have established a con stant friction in the neighbourhood, so that our atmos phere may be reduced to a state of chronic murkiness, and fogs be with us much more frequently than we have been accustomed to see them heretofore. Lieutenant De Haven, of the United States Navy, during his expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, saw, we are told, what appeared a similar instance. At the northern extremity of Welling- On Channel he beheld a dense fog-bank, motionless and s uspended in the air— a "water-sky, " rising above the Polar Sea discovered by Dr. Kane in 1854. Very much such a sky seems of late to have hovered over New York, and we can only still cling to the hope that we shall get rid of it be for the Fall season fairly sets in. The French always associate London with melancholy vapours, and the weep ing- sky typifies for them the conventional gloom of the English character. When the choice drama of "Jack Sheppard " was adapted and brought out at the Porte St. Martin—the principal scenes being in the London streets —it was christened "Les Chevaliers de la Brouillard " "The Knights of the Fog "—and dun-coloured gauzes were stretched across the stage to give proper effect to the action. If the atmosphere of New York does not quickly change for the better, we shall eventually eclipse the well won reputation of London, and usurp in the estimation of the lively Gaul the place she has hitherto occupied. The capital of perfidious Albion will no longer be to his mind the synonym of sadness and weariness of spirit—the dis tinction will be fairly wrested away by the foggy triumphs of Manhattan.—New York Times. NEW IDEAS IN OLD VIIIGINNY.—The times change and the men change with them. What would the men of Virginia. who grew to greatness on her rich tobacco crops in the old days, say to the sight of the people of the old State huckstering for the Northern market on straw berries and green peas ? They would have thought it a small business and beneath the Virginia dignity. Strange are the ideas of dignity. Why is it more dignified to cater for one appetite than for another—why nobler to fill the old clay pipe than the dainty china dishes that set off the rare piece of colour combined of strawberries and cream ? Now this answer of the supposed old Virginia gentlemen would only shew once more what a set of old fools made up their generation ; for after all their dignity was according to their account at the bankers' ; and a man with a hundred acres in strawberries and green peas will make more money than the old farmers did with five hundred acres in tobacco. =New York Herald. LOTHAIR ' AND MR. GOLDWIN SMITH. The Nation very naturally comes to the assistance of Mr. Goldwin Smith. It condemns " Lothair "as a trashy novel, and makes a point of overlooking the wit, the knowledge of the world, and the keen observations on social and political affairs, with which the book is literally crammed. The wonderful sketches of character are ne cessarily only an odious feature in the work, since they include a portrait, as Mr. Goldwin Smith is pleased to assert, of .Mr. Goldwin Smith himself. The Nation refers to Mr. Disraeli's satire as " praise in disguise "—disguised so thoroughly that it even deceived Mr. Goldwin Smith, and led him to write a letter such as a quarrelsome school boy might be ashamed of in his cooler moments. Why should Mr. Smith have resented " praise in disguise ? ' Why abuse the writer who praised him ? Either the Nation or Mr. Smith must be wrong—and it would be strange if there really were any differenCe of opinion be tween these authorities.—New York, Times. A CANADIAN ON ANNEXATION. The Ottawa correspondent of the New York Tribune of Jnne 11th gives the substance of an article published in La Minerve, the French Canadian Government organ. "It is," he says, "on the subject of the responsibility of the United States for, permitting the assembling of Fenian troops, and of England for not being able to protect Canada. Such is really the meaning of the article, and it is quite from high quarters. It is not difficult to under stand what Sir George E. Cartier, who inspires the Unnerve, and who is the Government in himself, is driving at. It i s the old cry which the Tribune was the first to perceive and report last summer coming up again, but this time in official quarters. The article in question contrasts the conduct of the United States and that of Canada under similar circum stances of raids and invasions. Correspondence between the two Governments during the last American civil war is quoted to shew that the United States demanded the most complete and efficient measures to be taken by Canada for the purpose of preventing any hostile expe dition from the latter country, and a list of these measures is given, by which it was intended not only to prevent such. expeditions leaving, but also to prohibit their formation within, Canadian territory. These went so far as not only to prohibit the importation of arms, but also their transportation from one point to another , within Canada. More than that, in the case of the St. Albans raiders, our Government admitted their responsibility for the depredations of these latter, who operated from the base of our frontier, so far as to appropriate a sum of money to cover the losses of the banks of St. Albans which they had robbed. The conduct •of the United States has been the reverse of all - this. The Fenians, whose avowed and chief design was the invasion of our territory, have all along been tolerated by its Govern meht, flattered and encouraged by the press and public men, and sympathised with by its people, and when, at the last mom ent,.silence became no longer possible, the commands of the First Magistrate of the Republic were trodden under foot. We have no concern with the special quality of anyone coming thence ; it is enough that they are subjects of a neighbouring country, and if that country has not thought fit to arrest its subjects, it is to its Government we look as being responsible therefor. It is thus the matter was understood by our authorities when they reimbursed the St. Albans banks for their losses. It is our turn now to demand the application of the same principle, and we are not content to let the matter rest where it is. It is true the Canadian Govern ment has made out its account for the Fenian raid of 1866, and placed it in the hands of Great Britain for collection. But, 'proceeds the • Minerve, we have lost all confidence in the liberal disposition of the men who govern Great Britain. They make use of the Fenian claims to combat those of the Alabama, and seek to protect their own interests by sacri ficing ours. There was hardly six months between the lodging of the claims by the St. Albans banks and our satisfaction of them ; we have a right to exact the same diligence. In order to do this we must address ourselves through England, and she must insist for us. If England washes her hands of the Red River imbroglio, we wash our of that of Fenianism. Fenianism is purely an Im perial quarrel. The Fenians attack Canada merely to revenge themselves on England. Is it not our turn to say to England, ' This is a state of matters that can be no longer tolerated?" English statesmen of the present day have carried selfishness so far as to deprive us of British troops, and even to make us pay for the use of and dam age to the arms lent us to repel the Fenians. If this is to be the way of it, if England can no longer protect us against the consequences of her own acts, we have a right to insist that we be not made to suffer exclusively from her quarrels. Once confidence between the colony and the mother country is lost, there can be no more union possible, and no sympathy can be felt for a power that shews a dispositiou to crush us. _ _ _ " The greatest evil that could befall us would be our abandonment by England, and we hope it will never be thus, for we are not ripe for independence, and we do not want annexation ; but the scourge of Fenianism may compel us to a choice between two evils, and if England is not generoUs enough to recognise the responsibility that falls to her, all the consequences will be in favour of a system where there will be many privations to bear— many risks to run, but where there will have to be no de liberate injustice endured. Injustice is the hardest trial to bear—no man of spirit would submit to it. We have, therefore. serious claims to make on England—claims of indemnity for the past and protection for the future. The feeling in Canada is unanimous in support of these claims and will warmly support any Government that will enter into negotiations on the subject, and so far as legitimate satisfaction is not given to the most faithful subjects of the British Empire, the most loyal will be powerless to preach devotion to it." The North German Correspondent says the an nouncement of the death of Charles Dickens is deeply and generally regretted in Germany, where he had many ardent admirers. The Figaro and the Gaulois say that, in reply to the Orleans letter, the Emperor has written to Emile 011ivier to the effect that he is anxious by a spontaneous measure to put an end to the exile of the Bourbon princes, and begging him to inform them that it has ceased so far as they are concerned. M. d'A ndrimont, ex-Burgomaster of Liege, who so liberally extended his hospitality to the British Volun teers during their visit to Belgium last year, has arrived. in London. He intends to pay a brief visit to the manu facturing districts in the North of England, and will re turn to London to be present at the annual meeting of the Volunteers at Wimbledon. A WONDER IN UTAH.—We will never know when the great natural wonder of this Continent has been discovered. A dispatch from Corinne, Utah, now re ports the discovery in that vicinity of an immense mael strom supposed to be the outlet of that other wonder, Salt Lake. Scientific men are already on the way to in vestigate the matter. There is nothing so calculated to give us great ideas of the grandeur and magnitude of the domain we occupy as thus to suddenly discover on the silent, unexplored wilds of the great West such stupen dous wonders, hitherto unknown.—New York Herald. GREAT FIRES.—The recent fire in Constantinople will probably rank in history next to the great fire of London. There is something appalling in the swiftness with which the conflagration must have spread and on the inexorable doom of those who were hemmed in by its progress. The imperturbahle fatalism of the disciples of elahomet was forcibly illustrated by the calmness with which the Turks met their impending destruction, and their refusal in many cases to avail themselves of and chances of escape. The fire itself probably origi nated in some such exercise of stoical indifference con cerning the relation between cause and effect, but we are quite sure that the Turks are no wiser on the subject now than they were before.—New York Times. [ADVERTISEMENT. 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