The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The last !ntelligence from Abyssinia will not, in the o pi n ion of the Times, much gratify the people at home. We have just now begun the war itself. A very unwel come complication, however, may be introduced by the advance of the Egyptian troops now announced. We might have bad the alliance of Egypt from the beginning, but it was thought better for reasons of special policy to decline the proffered co-operation. The Abyssinians are suspicious of their northern neighbours, and impressed with a belief that the Egyptians would readily avail themselves of any opportunities of conquest or annexation. If, there fore, the forces of the Viceroy had appeared in the field in conjunction with our own, all the chiefs on whose assist ance•or neutrality we had counted would have been turned against us, our own professions would have been disre garded, and our advance must have been made through a hostile population. These considerations deterred us from accepting the aid of an Egyptian contingent, but the Viceroy, nevertheless, assembled a force on the Abyssinian coast, in the vicinity of our own, and now we learn that at the moment of Sir Robert Napier's advance this Egyptian army is also in-movement, independently of our operations and without Our concurrence. This proceeding may occasion much trouble, for while, on the one hand, the appearance of these troops may materially disturb our relations, hitherto amicable, with the Abyssinian people, it will be difficult, on the other, to interfere with the resolution of the Viceroy's Government. The Egyptians profess to be co-operating with us for the purposes of the expedition, and Egypt itself, as must not be forgotten, represents the direct line of communication between this country and Abyssinia. We may have to choose, therefore, between offending a valuable ally and alarming the jealousies of a savage population. We had hoped to escape this alterna tive, and enjoy the goodwill of Egyptians and Abyssinians together ; but this intelligence deranges the expecta tions entertained. After all, too, as must again be remarked, we are but at the beginning of our work. The army has but just commenced its march upon Magdala in quest of King Theodore and his captives. Our principal work hitherto has been to establish a base of operations at a distance of sixty miles from the seacoast, and there accumulate a sufficient supply of provisions and munitions for the campaign. This in itself has been a most arduous task, but as re gards the immediate object of the expedition it amounts to nothing but the removal of an obstacle in the way of our first advance. If we could have made this advance from Zoulla—that is to say, directly from our own ships and storehouses on the coast—we should have saved three months of time, toil, and outlay, but that could not be done. Between Zoulla and Senafe there is a moun tain defile which may at any moment become absolutely impassable to man or beast. In other words, communi cation between a base of operations established at Zoulla and an army moving on the highlands above could not be ensured. Consequently, Zoulla could not be taken as a base, and Senafe was necessarily substituted. The Post speaking of the letter from Lord Russell to Mr. Chichester Fortescue on Irish affairs, &c., calls atten tion to the passage in which Lord Russell intimates his resignation of the leadership of his party, and points to >Mr. Gladstone, in terms not flattering, because they are deserved, as the statesman most fitted to carry out the views and projects of the Liberals. It is singular that this announcement should occur at a moment when we can no longer doubt that the Prime Minister must resign. Lord Derby, it is now no secret, is so ill, so debilitated, that while we trust there is no serious danger to his life, it cannot be concealed that his efficiency as a Minister is hopelessly impaired. The termination of his Premiership -is only a question of days. With the disappearance of these two great statesmen, the last of the. antiquated school, in the last year of the old state of things, the Post bids farewell to a past generation. The day of younger men and new experiments has arrived. Farewell, not only to our old pilots, but also to the narrow seas of oligarchy in which they guided us. Henceforth we launch out upon the ocean of democracy, and it will require no mean order of men to steer our course with safety. Hitherto we have had older men for Premiers. •It is understood, however, that when Lord Derby resigns, Lord Stanley, who by statesmen's reckoning is a boy, and not even a middle-aged man, will succeed to the Premier. ship ; and that he will be immediately called to the House of Lords, probably as Baron Stanley, to avoid superseding Mr. Disraeli. The Daily News discusses the same letter, but from a different point of view. It draws attention to Earl Russell's views on the great questim of the Irish Esta blished Church. Hie lordship tests that Church by asking whether it discharges the first duty of an Establishment by giving religious instruction to the people ; and finds that, tried by this standard, it has utterly failed. The Protestant clergy are now what Dean Swift described them to be—" country gentlemen in black coats," only much better men than in his days. Not more than one eighth, sometimes not more than a tenth or a twentieth of the population listen to their religious teachings. Thus, the Irish Establishment is like nothing else in the world. Nowhere but in Ireland Is the religion of the minority the religion of the State. No foreign writer on British affairs, whether Protestant or Catholic, Conservative or Liberal, partial to England or prejudiced against her, but expresses his amazement that such an institu tion should exist among reasonable men. If it is desirable that this state of things should be reformed, the plea of prescription, urged by Lord Cairns and others, is no bar to a change. Without alleging that the Irish clergy have violated their trust, it is enough in this case if the nation has changed its mind and policy in regard to the application of the funds. Both in England, at the Reformation from Popery, and in Scotland, when Episco pacy was abolished under William 111., the clergy were deprived of their property, although they had fully com plied with the conditions on which they had received it. What the laymen and members of the House of Commons of the Roman Catholic faith want is, that the four mil lions and a half of Roman Catholics in Ireland may be placed on an equality with the seven hundred thousand Protestants of the Episcopal Church. Earl Russell main tains that this is a just demand, and he quotes a speech which Mr. Disraeli deliverer in the House of Commons four-and-twenty years ago, to the effect that ecclesiastical equality is one of the indispensable conditions of order and prosperity in Ireland. A most ludicrous outburst of what the Horning Herald calls Austrophobia has just been produced by the emigration, from Switzerland to France, of the so-called Hanoverians who refuse to return to their country to be made Prussian soldiers of, and whom King George keeps in his pay. The movements of these several hundred men have occasioned the Prussian Government much very unnecessary anxiety. After leaving the Austrian dominion they went to Swit zerland, and thence a few days ago, as we have said, crossed into Alsace. The Prussian press was at first in dignant with the French Government, which it accused of high crimes and misdemeanors against Germany because it did not at once handcuff the po or d ev il s and drive thug to the nearest Prussian frontier town. However, theils anger is now concentrated on Austria. It turns out that the Hanoverians were provided with Austrian passports, without which they could not have entered France. The Prussian Government was indignant. If the poor fellows had been hemmed up in Switzerland their extradition might have been obtained; but it is not possible to bully France into the surrender of exiles whom Prussia chooses to call deserters. Complaint was made to Vienna, and the Austrian Government, insisting upon its right to grant these passports, fortifying it by Prussian precedents, and protesting against any unfriendly intention, admits that there was an excess of duty on the part of certain sub ordinate officers, who have been censured. The Standard thinks that, on the whole, it must be con ceded that the judges were right, and that the reluctance to accept a new responsibility has been satisfactorily explained. In the first place, it is to be observed that this unwillingness on the part of the bench is not the result of divided councils. Among its fifteen members are many who have been prominent politicians, and several who, like the late Mr. Justice Wightman, knew no politics but special pleading. Yet the letter of the Lord Chief Justice shows that, without exception, one and all of them charged hi m t o Canvey to Lord Chelmsford " their strong and unanimous feeling of insuperable repugnance to having these new and objectionable duties thrust upon them." If thi s " insuperable repugnance " were a matter of feeling simply, Parliament . might perhaps take upon itself to adopt the with it which Mr.somewhat Ingh-hande . d mode of dealing Lowe seemed to desire. Of course, it would be quite within it s to were public serva n t s —wer ."". tell . ihe judges that receiving . public pay, and therefore bound to do whatever the üblic by their consti tutional representatives, the to t . hem. Still, this would only be to aggfavate the evilslwhich their lordships nut unnaturally deprecate,an_dafir_ead. They gre y now respected and influential present i t t h, office is 'ally because they are independent and impartial. At invested with a halo, because by attaining the dearest day-dreams of a hi g, h and honourable ambition are sup posed to be realised. Butit would be quite anothe r thi t ng if it were understood that one consequence of a ccept i ng • constrained entering into a stipulation perforce tochaasrga duties for which those who undertake them feel themselves unfitted, and upon the performance of which th e y will entere With well-grounded apprehensions that portions both o f t h e press and the public will be ready to suspect them of deflection from the strict impartiality which ought to characterise their prcceedings. Both Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone have (the .Ti . 1 effraph points out) declared that the representation of ,tl.Lecl ought to be increased. There is this difference between them, however : Mr. Gladstone gave seats to Se..tland at the -expense of the small English boroughs ;, Me. Disraeli, on the contrary, said that the seven new seats were to he obtained by a net addition to the aggre gate nuniker of the House of Commons. To the kingdom at large, it will at once he seen, the issue thus raised is far more important than the slight contemplated accession to the power of the North. For, if Mr. Gladstone's views pre vail, the lom“hreatened nomination boroughs of England are at last destined to lose their franchises. Mr. Disraeli's scheme contemplates an addition to the total number of members in the House of Commons. Instead of 658, he proposes that we shall henceforth have 665. The plan of the Conservative Minister is to put additional weights in the lightest scale ,• that of the Liberal leader is to shift weights from the heavier scale to the lighter. The obvious disadvantage of Mr. Disraeli's plan is, that it adds to the load of a machine which is already over•weighted. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FE: BRUARY. 17, 1868. MR: ROEBUCK ON CAPITAL AND LABOUR CANON MOUFANG ON THE PAPACY. The Sheffield Independent publishes a letter written by Mr. Roebuck, M.P., to one of his constituents who had called the hon. gentleman's attention to his having omitted all reference to the sins of capital in the course of his recent lecture at Sheffield. Mr. Roebuck says : " For a moment consider the circumstances in which I was speaking. The audience was one of working men of a town in which there had lately been horrid disclo sures of murder and cruelty, committed by men of the very class which I was addressing. These men had lately had an opportunity of bringing charges, and, if possible, of substantiating them against the possessors of capital. No such charge was preferred, and my belief is that none such, if made, could have been substantiated. My mind was by the nature of things directed to the subject occupying all men's minds, viz., the wrong views entertained respecting the nature of labour and cal'ital. When I had explained what these errors were, I had really done all, as I conceived, that I was expected to do ; and I illustrated the principles I had laid down by one striking instance. I stated broadly what I thought ought to be the aim of the Legislature in any future legislation, and there I left the matter. You compel me to talk of myself—l reluctantly yield to the necessity. I ask you, then, to look at my career as a politician. Is there anything in it which has been caused or brought about by consideration of self ? Have I ever flattered or attempted to cajole the people? When I have thought them wrong have I not said so ? When I thought them right, have I not at every risk boldly supported and defended them? But you say that more constant intercourse with the rich and influential may have weaned your sympathies from the hardy sons of toil.' At what time do you state this supposi tion? Just when I have given the strongest evidence of my confidence in and sympathy with those `hardy sons of toil.' My influence has been strenuously employed in inducing the House of Commons to give those hardy sons of toil more power in the government of the country than they ever yet enjoyed. And there are not few who wilt tell you that that influence was not wholly power less in bringing about the passing of the last Reform Bill. But your supposition in its very foundation is incorrect. My intercourse with the rich and influential has not been more constant of late years than through my whole life. My sympathy with the working men was not the result of association with them, but it arose from careful study and industrious investigation. My habits have been through life the same ; my fortunes have not changed. Experience, I hope, has corrected errors. Age has not chilled my sympathies, and the temptations which failed to influence the young man will not make me swerve from what I believe the path of duty now that my career is coming to its eud.—l remain, with great sin cerity, yours very truly, " J. A. ROEBUCK " At the great meeting at Cologne, under the presidency of the Archbishop, and with unani mous assent of the representatives of all classes and of every district in the Rhenish and West phalian provinces, it was resolved that hence forth, on the part of the Catholic people, the following programme should be adopted : First, that the territories which the Holy Father still possessed should be maintained un diminished and defended against every attack; secondly, that all the territories which the Revolution had despoiled him of must be re turned ; thirdly, that the States of the Church thus restored should be placed under the guar dianship of the law of nations, and their neu tralitybe recognized by all the States of Europe; and fourthly, that these demands should be brought forward and enforced on every occa sion that presented itself, and in every manner that should be deemed suitable, until Govern ments themselves again recognize the stand point of right, and declare the neutrality of the States of the Church. It was then moved that this demand of the Catholic people of Prussia should be made public. Firm con fidence was expressed on many sides that such a demand as theirs could not be long dis regarded, and, perhaps, indeed, would be sooner conceded than many imagined. The meeting, which was held during two days, was very numerously attended, and the most determined spirit of loyalty and devotion to the Holy Father was manifested, both in the speeches that were delivered in the course of the two days and in the reception they met with from the crowded audiences. The Archbishopof Cologne made a very impressive speech on behalf of the rights of the Holy See. The meeting at Cologne was a worthy con clusion to the meetings which have recently been held in the larger cities. The movement is now spreading over the whole country, where similar meetings and manifestations among the rural populations attest most vividly that the idea of the Papacy, represented by the Holy Father as Sovereign of a free, independent State, still lives as strong as ever in the Catho lic peoples, and will be upheld by Catholic peoples from age to age. Perhaps the most able and the most charac teristic speech at this meeting was that deli vered by Canon Moufang, of Mayence. Canon Moufang is highly esteemed throughout Catho lic Germany as one of the most zealous up holders of the civil sovereignty and the spiri tual authority of the Pope against the time serving or half-hearted policy of the minimizers who are, unfortunately, to be met with in some quarters of Catholic Germany. We translate the following report of Canon Moufang's speech as we find it in the Kol nische Bilitter :—"Canon Moufang, of Mayence, opened his magnificent and enthusiastic speech, which lasted nearly an hour, and was repeat edly interrupted by vociferous applause, by saying how glorious it was to do battle for the Church, for the highest spiritual interests. These are glorious days, he said, these days of battle—glorious days for him who has eyes to see what God is doing. He is confident God intends to raise the world from its present de gradation to a new spiritual life. Such meet ings as those of to-day are an evidence of a new in m o o r v e e , m a e s n n t o ; thin for, g a i s n n fli o e t g degrades a upon nation the world mo r e injury and mischief, than low views and false ideas, so nothing elevates people more than when they allow themselves to be mastered and led by great ideas. History proves this. England a hundred, and even fifty years ago, was not only rich, but great, for it had a policy which was based on principles ; it possessed statesmen who were guided by great ideas. But now things are different. Cotton and coal are the rulers. England's policy is now only framed according to the interests of trade and commerce. Old England's voice is now but of little worth in the councils of nations ; its ministers are become the obsequious ser vants of mercantile interests. In France, the Empire of 1852 promised to introduce a period of prosperity, but entered on a false path by encouraging, as it did, luxury and financial gambling. Its policy has promoted neither its honour nor its greatness. In 1859 it entered upon an unjust war, and now the most crafty of all cunning rulers is grown so weak as to have to throw himself into ' our arms,' to look for help to ' us, Ultramontanes.' In A m erica, there was a great and glorious union of thirty six states ; but the spirit of Washington, the spirit of freedom, moderation, and honesty, is vanished. Gain is become the highest aim. Hence the proud Union is come to this, that, after a long civil war, half of the nation exists deprived of every right, and the whole of North American freedom is in jeopardy. During the whole of the 18th century, in the most civilized States of Europe, no great idea, no faith, was visible in public life, therefore was Europe trampled in the dust of the French Revolution. How is it that Austria is to-day so weak and mean spirited as to allow its rulers to hold them selves neutral in the great question of the day, the Roman question ? Why, but because, for forty years, th e p eop l e h ave b een so t rea t e d as if eating and drinking were the chief things in life. But a people without ideas deserves reverses, and is ripe for slavery. How true is it that low views and false ideas destroy a people, but it is also just, as true, that tine and noble ideas elevate and regenerate a people. In the tenth and eleventh centuries the people of Christendom had fallen into a degraded state ; the salt of the earth had lost its savour; princes encouraged lowmindedness in the clergy. Then it was that God inspired the great idea of the crusades, and faith revived, morals were purified ; and art, commerce, in dustry, municipal and political freedom sprang up in the following centuries. And what took place in-our fathers' time ? When Germany I w as trodden und er f oo t, w h en our Ki ngs did homage in his anti-chambers to the Son of the Revolution, God kindled in the people the idea of its independence, of its rights, and of its national existence, and wh a t did thi s idea effect? The throwing off of the yoke of the stranger was the least ; but exhausted Germany—how did it arise ? What then happened, may God effect again. False ideas now govern all things ; but where the spirit of God bloweth there error will be wafted away, and men will be inspired by the truth. This is the signifi cation of the war which Pius IX. is waging, and which we wage under his head. It is not a question of a few square miles of territory, but of great ideas, which the Holy Father re presents. Among these ideas, the chief is that of justice. Justice is the foundation of all States. It has been said that force is more than right ; but right is right with God in Heaven, and wrong is wrong. Where are the Governments who represent these ideas of jus tice ? One alone is there who represents right, aitdhaneedreis a or justice that G is od Pius IX. He represents not only hi s own r i g ht , b u t th e r i g ht s o f a ll. Thi s id i m n u h st ea s v ur en. Another vi v e ,so truly idea a i s sthat the true value of spiritual interests. Of such an idea the world has no longer any under standing. All its thoughts are given to work and money-making, to the acquisition of ma terial possessions, to trade and commerce. One there is again who does not do this—who does not allow mankind to be degraded —who —w o up holds spiritual interests—the Pope. A further primary idea is the independence of spiritual authority. In heathendom, when the civil and spiritual authority were confounded, free dom of conscience was unknown. Christianity has placed both in independence side by side, and for fifteen hundred years they remained distinct until the Reformation set up the prin ciple. Whoso was ruler of the land, had the right of determining its religion. Hence comes the gradually increasing irreligiousness of the educated classes, who do not like having their religion proscribed to them by the civil autho rity. There must be authority in matters of religion, but this authority must be free and independent. This independence is the motive of the present momentous struggle. And finally, in the sequence of great ideas is the idea of the unity and community of all the nations of Christendom. The idea of nation ality has been perverted and turned to de structive uses. Austria's rivalry of languages offers an example where nationalities and lan guages are in conflict. Christendom aims at making the whole world into one family—one kingdom of God. This idea, the noblest that exists, is realized in the struggle which the Pope is maintaining. His army is not composed of Germans, of Frenchmen, of Belgians, but of the faithful sons of the Holy Father from the whole world. The blood shed at Mentana gives to all Catholics a blood relationship as glorious as can be conceived. The world stands in need, not only of great ideas, but of great men to realize them, for they are then the instru ments of God. Our Lord sends such men from time to time to ennoble the world. Men like Leo the Great, Gregory the Great, made for a thousand years the Papacy the centre of poli tical action. St. Benedict established his order, and saved the treasures of literature and civi lization ; Charlemagne realized the idea of the Western Empire. When this Empire perverted its power God sent a Gregory VII. and an Inno cent 111. to uphold the idea of the freedon of the Church, and in the beginning of this century a Pius VII. to represent the freedom of con science against despotism. Cologne, too, had its Clemens August when the Church was treated almost as a slave by the bureaucracy. Since then things have become better. We have now in Pius IX. the great man who car ries out great ideas. In him all is great. When, in 1846, he ascended the Pontifical throne, it did seem as if his benevolence and kindness of heart might lead him into acts of weakness. But, together with his great bene volence, he has manifested great energy — energy against threats and flattery, against caresses and falsehoods. The time in which such a great Pope brings into action great ideas is arrived. This Pope is attacked, God be praised for it, for that doubles our love towards him. Pius on the cross draws every heart to himself by the great ideas which he represents. What have we now to do ? what have we to hope ? To draw around the Holy Father, to make his ideas our own, and to pro mote them by our influence and our money, our blood, and our life. We may expect rich and great blessings, as the fourth command ment promises, for the Church is our Mother, and the Pope our Father.. Blessings and sal vation will follow as a consequence on all the world. We see it in France, where a revolutionized people is lifting itself in battle for the Holy Father. We see it in the much calumniated, but noble people of Spain. We see it in Belgium, Holland, and England, where the Catholic movement is beginnin g . We see it also in Ge rman y, th e l a nd of the seven sleepers. With all these wonderful doings shall we not believe in still greater, in universal return to the living faith, so that at last there shall only be one shepherd and fold ?—West minster Gazette. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. CFrom the Anglo-American Times.) PARIS, Feb. 13. Tempera mutantur, and now we believe in spring as a settled fact. As Mr. %Yeller's pieman observed, " Fruits is iu, cats is out ;" deer, pheasants, and par tridges have disappe'ared, to be succeeded by new potatoes, haricots verts, green peas, &c., which already appear in the markets from Algeria; and the longer days, the soft breeze, and warm sun, denote one of the quickest transitions of the season that I have ever known. Work, too, is more easily obtained, the grand magazines of fashion are again open to their numerous employes, whose wages recal Hood's celebrated song of " The Shirt," but nevertheless save many a poor girl and helpless widow from starvation ; and though Scotch and English winter fabrics of John Manby and Co.'s well-known establishment have not en tirely disappeared from his windows, a mélange of lighter fabrics indicates more truly than many a barometer, the advent of spring. Talking of fashions, by the bye, which are not much in my line, one of the greatest alterations, it is said, will be in the disappearance for sortie time of the jet trimmings and ornaments which have for so long been the rage in Paris, and which are now suc ceeded by a very elegant combination of black satin cord and buttons, handsome enough to turn the head of many a fair dame, and turn out the pockets of her husband. Bread will Again be cheap, as large importations of wheat have come into Paris. During the last week 118,000 hectolitres arrived in one consignment from Marseilles. Politics are at a standstill, and the war-cloud so readily descried by alarmists appears to have passed away from the horizon. The law relative to the Press is still in discussion before the Le gislative Assembly, and another important article has received ratification, which, in diminish ing the existing tax upon journalism, will probably tend to the increase of that branch of literature, and a corresponding decline in cost of the article supplied. It is said that the arrangements making for the great International Maritime Exposition, which will take place at Havre in June, and last until October, are now nearly complete, the aqua rium being more than half as large again as that at the Universal Exposition of the Champ de Mars, resembling rather one of the immense basaltic caverns of Fingal than an ordinary aquarium. Of course the Fine Arts find admission to the Exposi tion at Havre, but the great peculiarity of this Ex hibition is its especial reference to everything mari time—from the numerous varieties of fish from every part of the world, which will be found in the aqua rium, to the most important improvement in naval architecture. Less extensive in its aim than the Universal Exhibition at Paris, it nevertheless presents a more attractive singularity, and I feel certain that those of our American and English friends who may come over will dud that they have not thrown their time away. His Holiness the Pope appears to be in funds at present, notwith standing his recent warlike defences, as he has for warded to the Archbishop of Algeria the sum of 5,000 francs, for the benefit of the native Arab population, who are suffering terribly from famine ; whilst, in acknowledgment of the benefits accorded to the Catholics in Egypt by Ismail Pacha, he has forwarded to that Prince a rich casket, containing nine cameos and precious stones, set in gold—the cameos representing the engravings and allegorical devices found ou the cuirass of a magnificent statue supposed to be that of Caesar Augustus, which was discovered two years ago at Campo Fiori, Rome. His Holiness has forwarded a similar present to his Majesty the Sult an f or th e protection accorded to the Catholics in Turkey. One of the greatest suc cesses amongst the fair sex at Paris has been that of Mademoiselle Rachel, who, it appears, has brought to a high degree of perfection the botanical dis bcoevauertiiefysinogf the e e hfuammailuynipneerieeu ; at all events, if thega rd to permanently good folks of Paris are determined to embellish their personal appearance, it is certainly more desirable to avoid the ordinary poisonous cosmetics so much in vogue, and to select a system which combines a knowledge of the properties of aromatic herbs with an application at the same time of the plainest and most useful rules of , medical science. Judging from the costly cadeaux of bijouterie which have been presented to this young lady, it would appear that her Clientele have every reason to be satisfied; and it reminds one of the proposed testimonial in Monte Christ() to be erected by a grateful world to the Dealer in Hatchis. The carnival is still dragging itself along merrily, and rapidly approaching its termination with the " Mardi Gras." A new p i ece h as b e en brought out a t the Ambigu Comi que , ent i t l e d tt The Crime of Fa- Verne," which again introduces to a French audience the celebrated actor, F. Lemaitre. The Fantaisies ,Parisiennes have brought out a very pretty piece, "The Return of the Crusaders." At the Gymnase Le Comte Jacques attracts nightly crowded audi ences. At the Cirque Napoleon a new gymnast, who goes by the name of Avolo, throws Leotard into the shade, whilst for scenic decoration and splendid emblems the Theatre Imperial du Chatelet and the Theatre Forte St. Martin stand unrivalled. The Chatelet is, perhaps, the largest theatre in Paris, being capable of containing at least a,doo pert sons, and at present " Gulliver's Travels" have a fforded an opportunity to the French author or auth ors to produce an improbable kind of panto naimi romance, of which the scenic effect atones for its extravagances of style. The French have e .icquisite tas to in these affairs, and " Gulliver" in partial./ ar contains one or two scenes which have n ever seen surpassed, indeed equalled. The sudden breaking up of the ice whilst he and his co.r_u: panion are lying on an • iceberg, showing in the dist ante the flying Island Laputa illuminated by the - rays of the sun, which strike vividly upon the rich and quaint costume and weapons of the guards k tanding immovably at posts, and again the view of the city of Lilliput, its bridges and draw bridges -with the sea in the distance, and lastly the exquisite fairy scene presented in the gardens of the Sorcerer of the Lakes, with a combination of costumes and colours of the richest and most vivid description, not forgetting a well arranged ballet to fill up the centre—are most especially worthy of notice, and it is - not to be wondered at that " Gul liver" 'ma been, and continues to be, a success in Paris_ A splendid ball took place at the Hotel de Ville on the evening of the 13th. I observe that the goo 1 citizens have purchased the Pavilion of the Bey of Tunis, with the intention of setting it up in the midst of one of the principal squares or prome nades. The Palais d'lndustrie has been let for a p er iod of five years to the Societg Hippique Fran gaise. At the ball which took place on the sth, at the Tuileries, the following Americans were pre sented by their Minister :—Mr. and Mrs. Durant, Mr. and Miss Toppan, Mrs. Crane, Mr. and Miss Robbins, Miss Harbeck, and Mr. Van Clief, of New York ; Mr. and Mrs. Bross, of Chicago ; Miss Til ton, of Brooklyn ; Mrs. Field and Mrs. Ralton, of San Francisco; Mr. and Miss Blanchard, Mr. Bowles, and Mr. and Miss Curtis, of Boston ; Miss Sims, of Alabama; and Miss Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Brittan, Miss Fuller, and Miss Winters. NAPLES, 7th Feb., 18G8. The landslip at Santa Lucia has proved less fatal to human life than what was believed at first. It occurred at an hour when the shops were closed, and the people out of the houses. The number of deaths is estimated at nine, and all were killed at once by the fall of the ruins, as the vaults where some were expected to have taken refuge, when reached after most difficult tunnelling, were found empty. Only a poor cat was found alive, but mad dened by fright and hunger, so it escaped one kind of death, but met another by drowning in the neighbouring sea. Much astonishment was caused here by Reuter's Telegram in the Times, that part of Vesuvius, oppo site the Castello Nuovo, had fallen, burying, the houses. Considering there are above ten miles between the two points, people knowing the locali ties must have been rather puzzled. Vesuvius since yesterday is again more active, and the eruption appears likely to last some time longer. A Convocation was held at the University of Oxford on Thursday last, when a grant of books from the University Press was agreed to be made to the University of the Southern States of America. It was then proposed that the sum of £350 should be given from the University chest towards re storing the buildings of the said University, destroyed in the war. This was opposed, and rejected on a division by 63 votes to 60. The opposition to both grants was led by Mr. Goldwin Smith, and it is stated that the main cause was the fear that an af firmative vote would be taken in America as an ex pression of sympathy with the South. We are sorry that the Southern College lost the proposed aid through so ridiculous an idea. The larger the sums given by Oxford or any other university for educa tional purposes in the South the lighter will be the burden which now bears so heavily on Northern generosity. Large sums are subscribed in the Northern States for the purpose, and although the donors would oppose endowments to any seminary likely to teach treason, yet they would thankfully receive any aid towards liberal and enlightened education for their Southern fellow-citizens. The steamer Island City, in which Colonel Henry R. Foote is about to test his system for generating steam by liquid fuel, was built on the Clyde, and used during the war as a blockade runner. The oil for the first short trip has been placed in two tanks, one on either side of the boiler, each hold ing 1,000 gallons. These tAnks are securely fas tened to the side of the ship, and replenished through an orifice in the deck. The Colonel has improved the retorts for vaporizing the oil by the introduc tion of air and steam. Various experiments in ma nufacturing establishments have proved the utility of petroleum in generating steam. Instead of eight firemen and a corresponding number of coalheavers required by such steamers as the Island City, one man can manage the four fires, which are easily regulated by stopcocks. Great interest is excited, and if the steamer makes a good run from Boston to New York, it may be the precursor of a revo lution in generating steam, especially for the pro pulsion of ships. J. Ross Browne, of California, has been nominated by the President Minister to China i❑ place of Anson Burlingame. This appointment has caused surprise at Washington, as no resignation or inti mation that any was intended had been received from Mr. Burlingame, for which it is thought Mr. Johnson should have waited. Mr. Browne can be ill spired from his important duties in the Pacific States. The progress of mining is of far more moment than any diplomatic duties at Pekin, and Mr. Browne, after a lengthened, expensive, and toil some experience, which has given him a fund of in formation, will, if the President has his way, be suddenly transferred from the field of his labours to the Celestial Empire. Mr. Cox's appointment as Minister to Austria will probably be passed by the Senate, as the Committee on Foreign Relations has reported favourably upon his nomination. Mr. John P. Hale, it is said, resigned his post at Madrid on a hint from Secretary Seward. William D. Bishop, of Connecticut, has been nominated Com missioner of Patents, but it is doubtful if the Senate will confirm the appointment. Francis S. Price, of New Jersey, has been nominated Consul-General to Flavannah. There are rumours of changes in the Cabinet, and one is that Mr. Banks will succeed Stanton as Secretary for War. A great fire broke out in the heart of the busi ness portion of Chicago on the night of the 28th. January, and continued burning for two days. It commenced in the shoe store of M'Dougal and Nichols, in Lake-street, destroying that build ing known as Birch's block, and rapidly extending to other blocks. More than twenty of the prin cipal business houses suffered. The great book selling firm of Griggs and Co. were among them. The losses are estimated at $2,500,000. The Etna Insurance Company, of Hartford, loses by this event $250,000. Cyrus W. Field has been presented by George Peabody with a costly silver service, manufactured by Messrs. Starr and Marcus, of John-street, New York, consisting of 13 highly ornamented pieces, each adorned on the one side with a med ►]lion head of Mr. Field,. and on the other with that of Mr. Peabody. It is not in recognition of the service that Cyrus Field has rendered to the world in the Atlantic Cable that this testimonial is given, but, in the words of the inscription, it is presented " by George Peabody to Cyrus W. Field, in testimony and commemoration of an act of very high commer cial integrity and honour. New York, 24thNo venaber, 1866." The Russian Minister has lately had two inter views with Mr. Seward touching the ratification of the Russian-America Treaty. A new difficulty has arisen about payment. While the negotiations were pending a bill for $lO,OOO was quickly run up to the Atlantic Cable Company, and the question is, Who is to pay it ? Mr. Seward considers that Russia should settle the account, and Russia that it ought to fall on the United States. Until this is decided the appropriation is held in abeyance by the Congressional Committee. Ou Wednesday the Evening Standard brought out, limier a highly sensational heading, the letter of its Washington correspondent, dated from that city, January 31, 5 p.m. The Standard has for years laid itself out for sensational American intelligence. It was "Manhattan" who gavo to that journal a push so vigorous that it is enabled with some degree of truth to head its leading columns with the gigantic figures it declares to represent its circula tion. Our " stodgy" old Tory contemporary can not refrain from a policy which has produced so gratifying a result, and when " Manhattan's" career came to an end his place has been supplied by another vigorous sensational writer. This corre spondent is evidently the bosom friend of the Pre sident. He assists in his deliberations, he is the confidant of his griefs and troubles as well as his champion, and through Mr. Johnson's aid the Standard is supplied with the exciting news that sets all England on the qui vice. He writes : " I have official authority for stating that Mr. John son declares that he will present, as the ultimatum of the United States, the settlement of the so-called Alabama claims' upon the b heretofore insisted upon by this Government, or suspension of diplo matic relations between the two countries. The demand, I am informed, will be made promptly, and a prompt response will be expected. The Pre sident has long contemplated this step. He believes that the Aineric in people are ready to support him in the movement, and he believes that the internal condition of England is such that your Government will, for policy's sake, be compelled to acquiesce in the demand. The subject has been debated in Cabinet meetings during the three weeks just past ; to-day the President declared his intentions. He asserts that he alone has the power to promulgate the contemplated summons ; that Congress has no power to interfere, and dare not interfere, had it the right to do so." Again he makes Mr. Johnson exclaim to Mr. Jeremiah Black, " By God, I mean to have a Cabinet that will support me in any po licy," and to have expressed the opinion that " England should prepare to pay what she owes us, or prepare to fight." The man thus repre sented has cordially received her Majesty's Minis ter, Mr. Thornton. Gold shows a tendency to fall; Congress is ordering the sale of surplus ironclads, and the curtailment of military ex penditure ; the army is reduced to the lowest point, and, excepting the usual " stump" speeches directed to secure votes for the coining Presidential election, there is not the slightest sign on the part of the na tion of the sanguinary intentions attributed to the President. Mr. Seward is represented as studiously preventing a settlement of the Alabama question for the purpose of making political capital out of it as occasions arise, but his chief is now described as about to embark in the rough-and-ready mode of " Your money, or your life." Yet the President, it is asserted, takes his cue on foreign policy from the Secretary of State. The news by the France is that contradictory accounts from Washington have appeared in the New York papers regarding the Alabama claims. Oae asserts that the President has resolved to bring the question to an immediate issue ; another avers that the report has no founda tion, but that a correspondence on , the subject of the claims will be at once opened through Mr. Thornton. The plan of settlement by arbitration. is said to have been abandoned. The intelligence from New York by the France is to February 2, and the news there published from Peru is to the 12th January, which confirms the disastrous defeat of Prado by the revolutionists be fore Arequipa, and states that he retreated in dis order upon Lima, narrowly escapin g capture. Prado afterwards left for Chili. Intense excitement pre vailed at Lima and Callao. The whole country is now held by the revolutionists. Her Majesty's Consul at Havre, Frederick Ber nal, Esq., has called the attention of his country men to the International Maritime Exhibition, which will open there on the Ist June, and which, as yet, has scarcely excited any notice in England. He thinks this neglect a mistake, by all connected with the mercantile marine, and attributes it to their ignorance of the wide scope and importance of the Exhibition. In the seaports and large towns of France the greatest interest has been excited, an influential committee has been formed in New York to organise a proper exhibition of American naval objects and appliances, and the Emperor and the Prince Imperial give their earnest patronage and support. Mr. Sumner proposed to the Senate to send representatives, but this was rejected after a discussion. Mr. Bernal desires to make the public aware that information will be furnished on appli cation to him. MILITAR Y TELEGRAPIIS. The manner in which the Abyssinian expedition hat oeen supplied with telegraph equipments seems to reflect much credit on the Engineers' staff. Great saving of time is effected by these means, whilst the cost of com munication with distant outposts is very considerably decreased. A fixed line of telegraph is in itself simple and readily manipulated, but we notice that a somewhat original application has arisen in the form of " a flying telegraph," by which term we understand a Elie capable of following an army in its march, and to be actually used on a battle-field. The importance of a ready means of conveying orders from headquarters cannot be overrated. For this purpose, forty-flue miles of Hooper's insulated wire have been sent out, and it may be interesting to notice a few or the specific requirements of such a telegraph. Being part of the military train, it must necessarily b 6 capable of being moved at a moment's notice, easily erected, and readily transferable from one place to anethei No fixing or burying in trenches is admissible—the wire must be laid on the open ground. Mr. Hooper's wire Is strikingly adapted for this last condition on account of its known capability for sustaining exposure to high tempe• ratures without injury, and also from its being capable of resisting a considerable amount of mechanical violence. Experiments made at Chatham by the Royal Engineers, under the direction of Captain Stotherd, have resulted in shewing that heavy pieces of artillery may pass over this wire without producing the slightest injurious effect, and probably troops might be marched without risk over lines of telegraph route where the Hooper wire was laid. The results of the working of Professor Sir Charles Wheatstone's cryptograph will be very instructive, as well as important, as this or some such instrument appears to be a great desideratum in military telegraphs. If an enemy gained possession of a telegraph station, it can be readily understood what awkward disclosures or what inimical uses might occur ; as indeed, we have at least one very re markable instance in the American war. In the crypto graph are two circles of alphabets, one of which is set as a key to the other, which key can be varied day by day, or even message by message, and in this way can only be intelligible to those for whom it is intended, and who are previously informed of the arrangement to be used. The message by this means will neither be known at the telegraph stations by transmitter nor receiver, and the strictest privacy is thus secured. By setting both alpha betical circles in conformity, ordinary messages can be transmitted. During the Crimean hostilities a telegraph line was laid between Varna and Balaklava, and Lord Lyons is said to have considered that the war was considerably shortened by the rapid communication thus afforded. Whilst pre parations were being made for the Abyssinian expedition, it was urged that a line of telegraph, either along the shores of the Red Sea or a submerged wire, would be of immense service, and we can see no reason whysuch a course should not be prepared for, if not indeed immediately adopted ; for the outlay would be very small compared with the saving of expense, if the operations of such a telegraph tended to reduce, by no more than two or three months, the duration of the war. At least a great deal of anxiety - might be avoided by such means, as we notice that the Malta-Alexandria cable has broken down, and communication is therefore arrested through this channel. SUICIDE OF A STOCKBROKER. An inquest has been held on the body of Mr. Alfred Arrivabene, a City stockbroker, who committed suicide in Quarry Wood, near Great Marlow, by shooting himself with a six-chamber revolver. The inquiry took place at the Bull Inn, Bisham, before the deputy-coroner, Mr. W. Weedon. Ernest Lelile, of 35, York-street, Portman'. square, London, said the deceased lived at the same house with him. He had known him for about six years. Wit ness went to school with him in Paris. Mr. Arrivabene was a stockbroker, and had offices in Copthall-court. He thought he was doing very well, and did not know to the contrary until after he left London. Witness received a letter on Monday morning stating that the deceased was in debt, and was a ruined man from speculation, and that he could not bear up against it. He asked pardon in his letter for the sorrow and grief he caused to his parents. He said, "It is useless to tell you why I kill myself. My conduct has been unworthy, infamous ; it kills me." His last wish was how to dispose of some trifles. The letter was very long, written in French. He had written to his principal creditor, Mr. Bierdeman, who sent a telegram advising him to do nothing desperate, as all might be arranged. In answer to Mr. Powell, the fore man of the jury, v. itness said he knew nothing of deceased's circumstances before, and did not know that he was in difficulties. He left his lodgings about three o'clock on the Saturday. The servant sat up late for him, but he did not return. He complained of headache on the evening previous, and went to bed soon after six o'clock. He ap. pearcd very dull. Henry, flessey, of Cookham Dean, grocer, said on Monday he was going down to Marlow Point fishing, expecting to meet some friends, when at the top of the wood he heard the report of firearms. When he got to the bottom of the wood he saw the deceased lying on his back, and the six-chamber revolver produced on his chest, the case being between his legs, He was quite dead, but warm. One chamber of the revolver was discharged, the other five were loaded. The revolver and box were quite new, made by G. H. Daw, of 57, Threadneedle -street. There was a letter in his possessiOn, which stated his intention to commit suicide, and asking that a tomb might be provided, where anybody who pitied him might go and pray for him. G. Sargent, one of the waiters at the Orkney Arms Hotel, Maidenhead-bridge, stated that the deceased slept at the hotel on Saturday night, the Bth inst. He had a small parcel wrapped up in paper, similar in size to the pistol-box. Deceased had eight sheets of paper, and wrote several letters before he left on the Sunday morning. The deceased was last seen at Cookham on Sunday, the 9th inst., when he left a letter to be posted to the first witness, and which was produced. The verdict of the jury was " Suicide by a, pistol-shot from his own hand during a fit of temporary insanity." DARING ESCAPE FROM A POLICE STATION.—A Prisoner named Bailey, who was in custody in the county police-station, Guildford, on a most serious charge, and who was to be brought before the magistrates, has managed to escape from custody. It appears that the prisoner, a man of good manners anti address, asked warrnission of Saperin tendent Parr to write a letter, and alt:iough it was ten o'clock at night, that official allowed his prisoner to quit the cell, and to go into the guard room, where paper wa3 provided for him. A constable was left in charge, with instructions, when the prisoner had finished his writing, to take him back to his cell. The officer with inexcusable indiscretion, observing the man busily engaged in writing, took the opportunity of quitting the room fora few minutes. As soon as he was gone, the prisoner quietly unlocked the door, went, down the passage by the superintendent's apartments, unfastened the entrance door, and so gained the yard. Arrived here, the outer wall was at once scaled, and the prisoner yi4s free. NEIV YORK MARKETS. (Front the Correspondent of the Anglo- American Times.) NEW YoRK, Feb. 1, 1868. The reflux of money from the West to the East lias set strongly in, and added to the glut caused by the dulness of trade. The supply is, therefore, very large at 4to 5 per cent., and discounts are easy at 6 to 7 per cent. for first class names, and 8 to 9 per cent for others. The Banks have groat difficulty in employing profitably and securely their heavy balances, and the large remittances daily received from the country adds to the plethora. At Boston 5 per cont. is the rate on call, and even in the West the rates aro working easier, in spite of the drain to the East. Gold has not much varied, and closed yesterday at 140.1. Early in the week it touched 1414, but the gold room not being agitated by any exciting rumours, there were nore of those violent fluctuations lately witnessed. The exports of gold from New York for the week and year were $1,069,300 and $6,979,831, and this week $157,000 have gone out. The total receipts, this year, from California and Aspinwall are $978,615. Since July 1, 1867, the exports have been $34,367,517 against $19,313,481, and the deliveries from California $17,413,017 against $26,559,318. The gold received at New York for customs in the same time was $62,042,133 against $70,421,505, and the gold interest paid in the same city was $46,433,019 against $32,854,463. The exports (ex clusive of specie) from New York for the week and year were $3,260,323 and $13,360,701 against $3,210,976 and $13,908,549. Silver is 6 to 7 cents below gold, and Mexican dollars are 1021 to 1034 in gold. Exchange is firm, with more business doing, and a better demand for bills, of which there is but a limited supply. I enclose the report of Mr. Delmer, of the Bureau of Statistics,* who gives a valuable table of the number of miles of rail road completed in the several States at the close of 1867, an d the cost of construction and equipment. Also a tablet of the earnings of the principal railroads for 1867 as compared with 1866. The earnings of the Central Pacific, of which 91 miles from the wharves of Sacramento to the top of the Sierra Nevada have been opened for business during 1867 have amounted to $1,200,000 in gold. It is estimated that the road will work this year an average of 200 miles, and net $3,000,000. The inflation policy of Congress has given a spur to speculation in stocks and shares. It is expected that the President will veto the Anti-Contrac tion Bill, and that Congress will pass it over the veto. The abundance of money, and the hope of more when the in flationists begin to work their will, has sent New York Central, Erie, and Hudson River—the lines which are to benefit by the consolidation—up to the highest point they have touc' ed for a year. The movement upwards is some what checked, and a slight decline followed. But the New York Central sold on Monday at 1321., Erie at 781, and Hudson River at 147. They closed yesterday respectively at 1311, 74, and 145 i, which represents a considerable fall from the best point. The quarterly repoit of the New York National Banks gives their condition on the first Monday in January, and the following are the aggregates —Loans and discounts, including over drafts $102,210,884, Miles Cost of roads *States, &c. Complete. and equipment. Maine 512.57 $18,039,779 New Hampshire 667.36 22,230,337 Vermont ... 588.74 24,459,693 Massachusetts... ... 1,400.60 71,731,934 Rhode Island 119.24 4,973,682 Connecticut ... 637.30 24,997,741 New York ... 3,182.59 169,308,170 New Jersey ... 911.29 64,550,741 Pennsylvania 4,192.01 221,947,857 Delaware ... 160.40 5,417,484 Maryland ... 606.69 37,106,685 West Virginia... 364.75 22,972,154 Virginia 1,494.18 49,365,194 North Carolina ... 1,000.42 20,089,040 South Carolina ... ... 1,007.17 26,961,091 Georgia 1,547.90 34,352,624 Florida... 439.60 9,416,000 Alabama 850.50 27,268,295 Mississippi 897.90 25,508,404 Louisiana ... ... 333.25 14,386,557 Tennessee 1,326.35 47,577;387 Kentucky ... ..• ... 631.90 23,719,404 Arkansas ... ..• 113.00 4,400,000 Texas ... ... —• Ohio ... 495.25 15,200,000 3,307.81. 149,510,950 ::: ..:.. ::: 2,306.05 89,560,722 Indiana Illinois Michigan . ::: •::: :: 3, : 1,062 82 45 , 043 , 87 0 224.49 149,000,657 Wisconsin ... ... 1,036.50 40,966,182 Minnesota ... ... ... 419.50 11,250000 lowa ... ... ... ... 1,209.00 49,191,450 Nebraska, &c.... ... ... 555.00 25,000,000 Missouri ••• ••• ••• 984.75 55,751,105 Kansas ... ... ... ... 491.00 22,500000 California ... .. ... 382.50 27,090,000 Nevada and Utah ... 30.00 2,000,000 Oregon ... ... ... ... 19.50 500,000 . --- ----... Aggregate ... ... ... 38,605.81 1,654,050,799 ._, Akiroi;atu last year 36,896.26 1,592,44:.085 Increase over 1866 1,709.55 $64586,714 f Wu repot that the table 411t1d8d t 9 Wfal. United States bonds to secure circulation 864,534,900. United States bonds and securities on hand $7,595,850, current expenses $450,664, specie on hand $2,259,786, ca pital stock 879,782,000, surplus fund $13,871,445, undi vided profits $6,002,770, national bank notes outstanding $56,401,293, State bank notes outstanding $769,395, in dividual deposits 860,929,366. The annual report of the coffee trade of the United States shows the largest im portation since duty was levied in 1859 ; 226,322,8111 b. were imported during 1867, as compared with 165,392,983 lb in 1866. The figures of the statistical bureau prove immense coal trade. The ant hracite coal of the United State s during 1867 was 12,650,571 tons, which compared with last year is an increase of 271,081 tons. The total pro duction during the year amounted to 25,800,000 tons. Of this 5,000,000 tons were consumed in the interior. Of the remainder, the Central Railroad of New Jersey alone car ried to tide -water in the vicinity of New York 1,367,903 tons of anthracite, or 27,654 tons more than in 1866. Of this amount 206,391 tons of Lehigh and 843,667 of Lacka wanna were delivered at Elizabeth, New Jersey. For Thiston and vicinity the larger portion of the supply of anthracite coals comes by boat from Philadelphia. The arrivals from that port last year were 435,061 tons, while Boston's total consumption was 797,661 tons, including 13,991 from Great Britain and 103,419 from the British provinces. At Pittston in the Pennsylvania coal region coal for domestic con sumption costs only $2.75, or, including cartage, $3.75. In New York it costs from $l7 to $l9, and the difference is the allowance made for profits and freights. On the whole, the trade has not been profitable, and though better now than a year ago, prices are not good. The dry goods market is in a better conditiop, and prices have slightly advanced. Although the improvement is not general the tone is firm, and as spring advances more activity is. expected. Cotto❑ has improved 2 cents within the fortnight ; the impression being that the crop in this country will next season be very short. The estimate at New York is 52,500 bales, and at all the ports of the country 315,000, against 560,000 at this time last year; 618,000 bales have been exported since Sept. 1, and from. Now York 173,800. New York has received during this period 293,646 bales, and all ports 1,008,000. (From the Wall-Street Jourrial, Feb. 1) The following were the closing quotations this evening for the various Public Funds of the United States :- PUBLIC FUNDS.-Sixes, 1868, registered, 139 to 1391 ; Sixes, 1868, coupon, 139 to 1391; Sixes, 1881, coupon, 1111 to 11117 Five-twenties 1862, coupon, 111 to 1111; Five-twenties, 1864, coupons, 1081 to 109 ; Five twenties, 1865, coupon, 1091 to 1091 ; Five-twenties, 1865, coupon, new, 1071 to 1071; Five-twenties, 1867, coupon, 1071 to 1071 ; Ten-forties, coupon, 104 to 1041 ; Seven -thirties, 2d series, 1071 to 1071 ; Seven-thirties, 3d series, 1071 to 107/. RAILROAD MORTGAGES. -N. Y. Central 6s, 1883, 93 ; do. 1887, 93 ; do. R. Est, 90 ; do, Sub'n, 91; do. 7s, 1876, 1031; do. con. 76, 129 ; do. '65-76, 129 ; Erio Ist mort., 1867, 1031; do. 7s, 2d mort., 1879, 103 do. 3d mort., 1883, 991; do. 4th mort., 1880, 931 do. sth mort., 1888, 91 ; Long Dock Bonds, 97 ; Buff. N. Y. and E. Ist M. '77, 93 ; Hud. R. 7s, Ist M., 1869, 991 ; do. cony., 1867, 102 ; Harlem Ist mort., '6B '72, 102 ; Mich. C. Ist mort. 82, 110 ; do. new Ist M. Bs, 'B2, 110 ; do. So. 7 p. et., 2d M., 92 ; N. Ind. Goshen Line, '6B, 101; Mich. S. and N.I.S. F'd, 7 p. ct., 99 ; Illinois Central, 7p. el., 1870, 115; Alton and H. Ist M., 93 ; do. 2d pfd, 86 ; do. 2d M. Increase, 81 ; Chi. B. and Q., Ist M., 108; Chi. and N. West, S. F., 971 ; Chi. and N. W. In't B, 87 ; Chi, and N.W. Ex'n 8., 86 ; Chi. and N.W. Ist M, 80 ; Tol. and Wab. Ist M, 92 ; Gt. Western 1 2d M. '93,71; ; Mil. and Pr. du Ch. ISt M, 98 ; Gal. and Chic. Ext., 101; do. and Chi;;. 2d M, 100 ; Chi. and R. I. Ist M, 100 ; Clove, and Tol. S. Fund, 100; N. J. Central 2d mort., 101 ; Pitts. Ft. W., and Ch. Ist M, 102 ; do. do. 2d Al 97 ; do. do. 3d M, 88; Cleve. and Pitts. 2d M, 98; Chic. and Alto; S. F. Inc., 93; do. do. S. F. Ist M, 100; Mil. and St. Paul 2d M, 80; Marietta and Cin. Ist M, 89 ; Joilet and Chic. Ist 111, 100 ; Chi. and Gt. East'n Ist M, 75; N. Y. and N. H. 6s, 97 ; and Du buque and S. City, Ist M, 821; Peninsula, 80. RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STocx.s.--N. Y. Cen tral, 1311; Erie, 74; Hudson, 1451; Reading, 951 ; Mich. Southern and N. 1., 88 ; Illinois Central, 1331 i Cleve laud and Pittsburg, 961 ; North-west, f , 9-; ; North-west Preferred, 721 ; Canton, 59 ; Rock Island, 981 ; Cleve land and Toledo, 1101; Fort Wayne, 1021; Pacific Mail, 1141; Atlantic Mail, 971 ; Quicksilver, 23 ; W. U. Tele graph, 361; Mariposa Preferred, 141; Ohio and Miss. Certificates, 3`21; Boston Water Power, 201; Cumber land, 371. And the following for the New York City Bank Stocks : —Merchants', 1131 ; America, 1361 ; City, 190 ; New York 130 ; Manhattan, 133 ; Mechanics', 118 ; Union, 116 ; Phenix, 104; Tradesmen's 127 ; National, 106 ; chants' Exchange, 115 ; Seventh Ward, 107 ; State of New York, 109 ; Commerc9, 116 ; Ocean, 102 ; American Ex change, 1162 ; Bank of the Republic, 114 ; Bank of North America, 1032 ; Eleventh Ward, 110 ; Mercantile, 118 ; Fulton, 156 ; First National, 205 ; New York County, 150 ; Mechanics' Association, 110 ; Broadway, 239 ; Hanover 109 ; Irving, 106 ; Metropolitan, 128 ; People's, 135 ; Mar ket 111 ; Nassau, 1061 ; Shoe and Leather, 110 ; Corn Ex change, 122; Continental, 100; St. Nicholas, 10617 Com monwealth, 105 ; Importers and Traders', 116 ; Central National, 103; Fourth National, 1032; Ninth National, 1031 ; Park, 142 ; Leather Manufacturers, —; Oriental Bank, 130; Tenth National, 98; East River, 971. EXPRESS STOCKS.—Adams, 761 to 761 ; American, 721 . to 75 ; United States, 761 to 77 ; Wells, Fargo, and Co., 45 to 451; Merchants' Union ($35 paid), 361 to 371. NEW YORK RATES OF EXCHANGE, Corrected by W. Aufermann, 68, Exchange-place, N.Y , January 30th, 1868. Sixty Days. Three Days. London Bankers London, Prime Commercial._ Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 36}-36f Frankfort, 0.M.40i-41 •.• Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.18f-5. WI ; Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss -44 - -5.16 i LATEST PRICES OF SILVER MINING STOCKS AT SAN FRANCISCO. By telegram from Sau Francisco, dated Jan. 29, 1868, we have the following quotations :—Gould and Curry, $415 per foot; Savage, 2,700 do. ; Chollar-Potosi, 200 do. ; Ophir, 60 do. ; Hale and Norcross, 3,500 do. ; Crown Point, 1,275 do.; Yellow Jacket, 775 do. ; Belcher, 160 do. ; Alpha, 800 do. ; Kentucky, 265 do. ; Imperial, 195 per share. (From Messrs. Bowles, Drevet, and Co.'s Circular.) PARIS, Feb. 14, 1868. 'We can add but littlo to our preceding circular, the general market showing no decided variation, and United States Securities fluctuating but slightly in value, as in fluenced by the rise or fall in gold at New York. 'We quote the issue of 1862 at 811, and in steady de mand. No business in the other issues. The Rente closes at The Italian closes at Exchange on London ... 25f. 15c. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Henceforth no one will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from Invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—" The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has pi educed a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We extract a few out of more than 68,000 cures:—Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ner vous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,83 . 2 : " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness Important Caution. Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority Baron Liebig's name is most auda ciously attached In tins at ls. lid.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. ; 2 lbs., 4s. 6d,; 5 lbs. lls.; 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 408.— BARRY Du BA.REY and Co., No. 7 7, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street 330 Strand; and all grocers and chemists. Births. GREEN-0n the 14th inst., at 16, Temple-street, White friars, Mrs. Edward Green, of a daughter. VERNON —On the 13th inst., at Sudbury Hal], Lady Ver non, of a daughter. VINCENT—On the 14th inst., at Hill Farm, near Wool wich, Mrs. Vincent, of a daughter. Marriages. ARCHER - MAGNus —On the 15th inst., at St. Pancras Church, George Richard W. Archer, son of the late. J; W. Archer, of Oakley-square, to Anna Rosa, third daughter of the late George Magnus, Esq., of Twickew ham, Middlesex. MARSHALL-JAMES —On the 14th inst., at Holy TrinitY , Haverstock-hill, Pembroke Marshall, Esq., late 48th Regiment, to Annie, third daughter of C. F. James, EK I of Haverstock-hill. Deaths. BAXTER —On the 13th inst., at Fulham, Middlesex, ChriS- topher Baxter, late of Shenley, Herts . , aged 39. lstrAm—On the 14th inst., at Lamport Hall, Isabel Vr e ,i youngest daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Ishana, age`" . - six years and five months. KING—Ou the 14th inst , at 72, Mildmay-park, Mariat: rst, ; Augusta King, youngest daughter of the late Admi the - Hon. Jane:s W. King, aged 38. PILCHER—Oa the 13th inst., at Bifrons Cottage, near CO terbury, Edwd. Pileher, agent to the Marquis of C 0 1 1 336-. ham, aged 51. PHILBRICK—On the 14th inst., at 5, St. George's - te rrao _ e : Regent's-park, Charlotte, wife of Fred. A. Philbricic Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 27. 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