The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-12 00:00:00

SPiniT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, -.eV The - Times eulogises the First Lord of the Admiralty. In Mr. Corry the navy has an excellent spokesman. He understands naval matters in the same sense that ad mirals and post captains understands them; he has the traditions of office, if not of service ; be can command the att , .eition of the House of Commons, and lie speaks with the firm conviction that the first duty of us all is to uphold the British navy. So far the service ought to be satisfied with its chief and the Government with its representative. When we read the speech in which the First Lord intro duced the estimates we feel that everything has been said to reconcile us to the present system. There is a man before us who knows where every ship in commission is at the present hour, how many guns it carries, how many men form its crew, how long it has been abroad, and when it will come home. As the well-kept books of an insol vent are said to disarm the anger of creditors, so the nation may be satisfied with the knowledge that every pound sterling of its expenditure will be duly accounted for. On tl,:s head at least we may be at ease. No one can give the narrative of the Admiraty's operations with greater efect than Mr. Corry, and last night lie made out what may be considered as the best case possible for the naval policy of the Administration. As to the estimates ore announcement of the First Lord will give general satisfaction. It has been the practice for a ship to go out to the West Coast of Africa and remain there during the whole period of her commission, for three or four years or longer. After a certain time the climate began to tell on the constitutions of those em ployed. It is intended for the future that no ships shall be kept on the coast of Africa for a longer period than eighteen months. The most important infOrmation which the House received related, however, to the construction of armour-clad vessels. Mr. Corry is able to boast that the amount of work accomplished for 1867-8 has nearly equalled that which had been promised. This year six armour-clad vessels are to be built, including a turreted Monitor and a ram of great size. If the Admiralty has time and money enough, it will, no doubt, provide the country with the most effective marine defences which skill and science can devise. But, what with constructions new and old, it is evident that the navy estimates, like those of the army, have a tendency to increase. Mr. Childers criticised them in as temperate a manner as could be desired. The elaborate speech of the First Lord, shelving a complete acquaintance with the principle and practice of the subject, demanded such a tone, and the homage was paid to the clearness of his explanations. But when all is said it is still the fact that there has been an increase, though a small one, on the total cost of the service, and this although there is a large diminution in the number of men employed. It may not be Mr. Corry's fortune to superintend the expenditure he proposes, nor to devise the operations of another year; brit whoever may be in office will have before him a meri torious though difficult task —that of completing the work, on which he has somewhat timidly entered, of transform ing the structure and system of the British navy. It was not so very difficult, the Daily News says, to find a good man for the bishopric of Hereford, provided there was the disposition to take him ; but there are always rea sons why the best qualified persons should not be appointed. These Mr. Disraeli appears to have set aside, and in nominating Dr. Atlay to succeed Dr. Hampden he has made a really good choice. Dr. Atlay passed through his university career with distinction, but he never set par ties in the Church quarrelling about his opinions ; he has doubtless been made a bishop on account of the success with which for the last nine years he has administered the large and important parish of Leeds. The selection of bishops on account of efficiency that has been tested in parochial charges was becoming the settled practice of Governments until the important controversies within the Church which began about nine years ago, when scholar after scholar was recommended for the highest posts in the Church by his theological publications. In an article on Napoleon's speech at Orleans, the Post declares that the guarantees of European peace depend on bases more solid than the naked protestations of princes. Napoleon does not intend to make war, for the best of all reasons—namely, that it would be madness to do so. With everything to lose and nothing to gain by an attack upon Prussia, there can be no question respecting the course which so shrewd a man as Napoleon 111. will pur sue. He will do his best to preserve that tranquillity iu France which he has so long maintained, and will adopt every means in his power to promote the commercial prosperity of the country, well knowing that in the absence of that prosperity he can never expect the French people to submit to those burdens which the exigencies of the time in which he lives compel him to impose. The Herald points out that the speeches of the Emperor t. , 11 us nothing more than that he does not contemplate war at present. They corroborate the belief that he has no notion of going to war unless forced to it by some com bination of circumstances which he does not yet anticipate, although there are a number of people who have made up their minds that he has resolved upon war, or feels that scar will be forced upon him, and only awaits a favourable o tunity to bring on the struggle that is unavoidable. Some people may think that he might have spoken more emphatically in favour of peace, but they forget that pro testations of that kind are really worth nothing. A Sovereign or his Minister has seldom any difficulty in re •a:nciling these protestations with a declaration of war following them at an interval of but a few weeks. The peaceful assurances represented their wishes and their intentions ; the warlike declarations and the hostile mea kures following them are only steps in a policy into which they have been forced by the wickedness of others. That Napoleon 111. has not made another protestation of his peaceful purposes cannot be regarded as any misfortune. But, in the presence of the stories of war told on every side, and the confident assurances given us of his bellicose intentions, it is a satisfaction that he has not seized such an opportunity to appeal to the warlike passions of France. • The Telegraph notices the thoroughly unsatisfactory state of the law on court martials. As now constituted, a court-martial is an anomaly that would not be tolerated in any legal system. It differs materially, both in essence and process, from a criminal court ; and, while it affords little protection to the private soldier, it does not effect much more for the officer, unless he happens to be rich. For instance, what can he more repugnant to all notions of fair play than the practice of permitting the prosecu ting officer, the advocate who urges the guilt of the prisoner at the trial, to give evidence against the accused, to wind up the case, and then, it may be, to adduce supplemental testimony ? On the other hand, the prisoner, nearly always an ignorant man, pleading before superiors, is left to defend himself ; and, although he may secure the services of a friend to compose a written defence, he is compelled to read it himself. Frequently h e poor man can barely read anything, and he is rarely .ble to read with effect. Surely the accused might be permitted to have his answer to the charge delivered for him by some competent person. Much depends on the manner of putting a document before the court, and at present the defence is often produced in the least impres sive style. Again, the mode of taking the evidence is literally a disgrace to the age. Instead of question and answer delivered in the manner suggested by common sense, every interrogation and every reply must be written—a process which, to say the least of it, involves a painful loss of time, and must often defeat justice. When the sentence is deli vered it is not promulgated until it has been confirmed, and whether a man is declared guilty or innocent he is not the less subjected to imprisonment. There is no sort of reason why a sentence tuld not be promulgated at once, n.e it is in the civil courts and in the navy. The necessity of preserving. the royal prerogative is pleaded against this reform, but the precedent of the navy shews that the custom can be revised without injury. THE LATE LORD BROUGHAM.—The venerable lard's remains are to be brought to England for inter ment, and will ultimately be deposited near those of his beloved mother, in the village church near Brougham DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE. —A man named George Grafton, aged 35, who had been a soldier, but had latterly been in very bad health, was at work in a field at Worksop a day or two ago. He stopped to eat his dinner, and was going to resume his labour when he complained of dizziness, and falling down, he expired immediately. It was the opinion of the medical man who was called to his assistance that death was the result of sunstroke. FEMALE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.—At the recent Arts Examination at Apothecaries' Hall, Mrs. Isabel Thorne presented herself in company with sixty-six gentle- Out of the sixty-seven candidates forty-seven passed. Mrs. Thorne came out among the first six, and her papers were so excellent that the usual vied voce examination was dispensed with. Last. May Mrs. Thorne finished the curriculum at the Ladies' Medical College in Fitzroy-square by carrying off double first honours in the medical and obstetrical classes. men. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR GEORGE W. PATY, K.C.8., K.H.—We have to record the death of th, above-named general, colonel of the 70th (the Surrey) Regiment of Foot, in his 80th year. The late general entered the army in 1804, as ensign in the 32nd Foot, and served in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807. He after wards served in the Peninsula from 1811 to the end of that war in 1814, including the siege and capture of Badajos, battle of Salamanca, retreat from Madrid to Burgos, battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, and Nivelle, battles of the Nive on December 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, 1813, besides various minor affairs. He had received the silver war Medal with six clasps. - LAW AND POLICE. FATTENING IN SHEFFIELD.-At the Sheffield Town LTall Joseph Bradshaw was charged with being in the Young Grinding Wheel, Forge-lane, Sheffield, for the purpose of committing a felony or rattening. On Monday night, the 4th inst., three men were seen to lift the prisoner through a w indow into the wheel, and on the police following he was found in a hull rented by two men named Morton and Sharpe. He was sitting near the fireplace, pretending to be asleep, and by his side were some wheel-bands rolled up. Morton and Sharpe were behind in their con tributions to the Union. Bradshaw was on the "box," and the conclusion was at once arrived at that he had been " commissioned" to fetch the bands. Morton now came forward and gave the following perfectly unexpected evi- dence. He said that both his and Sharpe's bands required greasing, and that they themselves had taken them off the wheels, rolled them up, and left them where they were found by the police. The magistrates were of opinion that the prisoner was in the wheel for the purpose of com mitting a felony, but after this evidence they felt it unable ; - .o convict him. He was therefore sentenced to three months' imprisonment for being on the premises for an unlawful purpose. NEGLECTING TO MAKE RETURNS OF INCOME.—In the Court of Exchequer, the case of the Attorney-General v. Stevens was heard. It was an information filed against the defendant for failing to make periodical returns of his income. The defendant, a printer, made a claim for com pensation for the removal of his business, and the Com missioners of Income Tax deemed the returns made by him insufficient. As the defendant was perfectly willing that his books should be examined, a verdict for two penalties in £5O each was taken as a matter of form. ACTION FOR INJURIES.—In the same court, an attorney's clerk named Oldham sued an omnibus driver named Smith for injuries received when getting into his omnibus. It seemed that before he had fairly done so the conductor shut the door, and the plaintiff's thumb was much injured. It was maintained that the injuries would not have been occasioned had the plaintiff exercised an ordi nary amount of care in getting into the 'bus. The jury took this view of the case, and gave a verdict for the defendant. TIIE QUESTION OF MARRIAGE FEES.—In the Exchequer Chamber judgment was given in the case of Bryant v. Foot. The defendant, a rector in Buckinghamshire, claimed 10s. for himself and ss. for his clerk, as fees upon any marriage solemnised in his parish. The plain tiff asked that his fees might be returned, as they were illegal. The case was argued in the Court of Queen's Bench, when the judges, with one dissentient, gave judg ment for the plaintiff. The Lord Chief Baron now delivered the judgment of tbo majority of the court. It appeared, he said, that from 1804 to 1854 these fees had been paid, and the question was whether they should hold that the claim was made out by prescription, and they were of opinion that the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench should be affirmed. In order to shew that a claim to such a fee was legal, it must be shewn to have existed from the time of legal memory (Richard I.) The payment must have been made from time immemorial, and it must have been the same amount of money ; and it was impossible to sup pose that in the time of Richard I. such a fee as 13s. was charged. A QUESTION OF TOLLAGE.—In the Court of Error the case of Lawrence v. Flitch was heard. This was an action brought by the plaintiff as the lessee of the street tolls of the manor of Cheltenham, to recover from the defendant tolls due on divers goods exposed for sale in the public streets and places in the manor and town of Chel tenham. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and said that the plaintiff was not lessee and that no such tolls were due. The case came on for trial at the Gloucester Assizes, when a verdict was entered for the plaintiff subject to the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench ni o t a special case. The special case was afterwards argued in the Court of Queen's Bench, when the court gave judgment for the defendant. Then there was a writ of error, and, after argument in this court, time was taken for conside ration. On Monday morning the Lord Chief Baron delivered the judgment of the court, and it was considered that the toll was properly demandable and payable, and that the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench must be reversed. —Judgment reversed. A MOUNTAIN SLTP. —An extensive mountain slip took place a few days ba - dc in the village of Ober bilten, canton of Glarus, in Switzerland. The inhabitants, warned in time, had left their houses, which, for the most part, have been overwhelmed. Large masses continue to fall, accompanied by loud reports. LEAP DOWN A COAL PIT.—A girl named Mary Cartwright, daughter of a miner at Bloxwich, having been beaten by her brother, rushed out of the house and leaped down the shalt of a pit at Sott's Hole. Assistance was immediately procured, and the girl brought out and con veyed to her home, where she was examined by a surgeon, who ascertained that she bad sustained serious injury of the spine. The depth of the shaft is sixty-six feet. DEATH BY LiouTNING.—A communication from Edinburgh, dated Monday, says :—" To-day, during a thunderstorm, a man named Donald Mathison, about 30 years of age, was killed by lightning while walking on the Pad:cal•road, Salisbury Crags. One of the wit nesses of the event saw a flash of forked lightning come down upon the unfortunate man, who raised his hand to the back of his head and fell to the ground. His whiskers and hair on the upper part of his head were burnt. His coat, trousers, boots, and stockings were also burnt awl torn." The annual meeting of the British and Foreign School Society was held on Monday, at the Borough-road school. The previous examination of the children took place in the presence of Lord Lyveden and many other friends of the institution. It had been announced that the chair at the meeting would be taken by Earl Russell, but his lordship was prevented from attending by indisposition. A note from the countess to the secretary, dated Pem broke Lodge, Richmond, in which she expre 3sed, on the noble earl's behalf and her own, deep regret that for the reason before mentioned they could not be present, was read to the meeting. It seems not improbable that the noble defend ant in the somewhat too conspicuous suit of D'Alteyra,c v. Willoughby swill before long be involved in a yet more difficult case. In 1853, under the "Drummond Restitu tion Act," Lord Perth regained his ancient family honours ; and it is rumoured that he contemplates an at tempt to substantiate his claim to the family estates now in the possession of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, in right of his mother. Lord Perth, it is said, has hitherto re frained from prosecuting his claims from feelings of per sonal regard for the late Lord and Lady Willoughby. The Lincolnshire and other property enjoyed by Lord Wil loughby as representative of the Duke of Ancaster would not of course be affected by the proceedings in question. — Telegraph. MR. VAncus.—The Whip has an office. Ho has six or seven clerks and scouts. He has a private printing press. But, above all, he has one responsible deputy, who is the real Whip, whose efficiency is the basis of every majority, upon whom he depends, who in reality is what Colonel Taylor or Mr. Glyn only seems. The present holder of this post has held it, if we mistake not, between thirty and forty years. It is not a highly-paid office. Yet upon the diligence and perfection with which its duties are fulfilled depends perpetually the fate of Ministries. Understand, the Whip does not, like the Patronage Secre tary of the Treasury, go in and out of office with Minis ters. The Whip who drummed up sixty too few for Mr. Disraeli this year is the same who the year before last drummed up eleven too few for Mr. Gladstone. He has no political feelings, or shews none. His one object in life is to get a good majority for whatever Government is in. At night he is at the Hoes ; in the daytime he is at Ln office in King-street. Thence proceed almost every day circulars to every supporter of the Government, telling them what there is to watch for in •the Government interest. Besides these circulars there are many special messages on which he has to send his scouts. In fact ; there are few places in London where more business is (lone or done quicker or at greater pressure than in this little King-street office. —court Journal. AN INSANE GYMNAST. —Thomas Hanlon, one of the Hanlon Brothers, gymnasts, had a fall lately at Louisville, from which he became insane. Arriving at llarrisburg on the 3rd ult., he attempted to kill two boys uid to drown himself, and was put in gaol for safety. The gaoler brought him his dinner on a pewter plate, which he ,eized, broke in two pieces, and attempted to cut his throat with the rough edges. Fearing he would Lang himself ni some iron hooks, he was removed to a cell lined with , nards and containing no furniture. On the floor were rcn heating-pipes, with a large brass nut projecting at a ~ f uture. When left alone in this cell he attempted to •ornmit suicide by a method of which none but a gymnast vould think. Ile sprang into the air about five feet, and, urning, came down with his head oil the brass pro jection. He repeated this terrible feat several times, mil when assistance arrived the floor was covered with blood. Six strong men were unable to hold him. threw them off with the greatest ease, drove them out id the cells and cut one over the eye and broke another's nose. 'When his cell was cleared he repeated his horrible performance. His scalp was cut in a number of places, awl hung over his forehead and face. Haulon's strength now began to wane from great loss of blood. The physicians who arrived administered chloroform; he was bound down to a bench, handcuffed, and his wounds dressed, He is since dead. READERS. A great deal is written from time to time about public speaking, preaching, and lectur ing—how the voice should be modulated, the words expressed, the composition put together. How boldness should never swell into effron tery-, nor gentleness invite the contempt of a rough, surging crowd. How in the pulpit the Word of God should be handled as some thing sacred and almost awful, and how the eloquence of the preacher should principally show itself in impressing the audience that he is the minister—the loving, earnest minister of a God eloquent in deed as well as word ; of a Christ, preaching to the world from the wooden pulpit of the Cross. What books have not been written, giving rules how to make men eloquent, as if by the complication of a mechanical process, on the supposition that a bashful youth could carry in his mind, and go through a most complicated process of in flections, pauses, modulations, and gesticula tions, when he is ready to sink into the earth in fear of the dread blank which may present itself to his mental vision when the whole of what he has learnt by heart, with painful effort, shifts away from him in a moment, and leaves him with his hands raised to the heavens, a dumb orator ! Books full of rules can do little for a man who has felt the sensation of coming suddenly to a dead lock just as he is mounting the last step of a climax. Coming events cast their shadows before. And, indeed, little under any circumstances can be done by mere trick or acting. Speaking is from the heart ; eloquence is the full flower of a splendid mind —the glancing expression of the highest gift of the creature as it is manifested to his fellow man. Men may write books, men may read. them—they may be some help—but a man can no more pick up the gift of rousinc , hearts and bending stubborn minds by Whately or by Blair, than a poet can be made to order, or an understanding purchased for a sum of money. Enough has been written—possibly too much —of these things ; but there is a point on which very many remarks are not offered to the public. Men not only have to speak in public, but they have to read in public too. The study of the habits of that species of " animal rationale" is an interesting one. It far surpasses in in terest, and is more curious by far, than many other studies in natural history to which people dedicate much time. The very way the book is opened, or the place is found, has its sig nificance. Some of these various creatures seize the volume with avidity, hold it straight on its back, open it suddenly in the middle, and then, with a wet finger, violently turn over the leaves, giving the finger a refresher at the turn of every leaf. Then they take a sudden start, and turn over rapidly to the left, then the right again, till at length their heads all at once drop, like a lark to its nest, on the desired spot. There is another kind which reads the title first, then looks at the back, then the table of contents, and after turning down the leaves in different directions, drops the book alto gether. Others have an instinct to pitch on the place almost at once, and with a long finger and serious face, with a frown of the forehead, and a pout of the lips, follow down the printed lines quickly, as if reading with the finger, turning over with a jerk, and. down the next side, till the journey seems over, and the finger leaves ibs mark, and the mind begins to work. Some have an instinct just in the other way. They can never find the place. Sometimes because they have the wrong volume, some times because they have forgotten what th e y are in search of, sometimes because they are too eager, and so the leaves are twisted back ward and forward, increasing in velocity in proportion to the eagerness of the reader and the distance from the attainment of the desired result. Others don't care to find any place at all. They contentedly settle down where the book opens, and read a bit here and a bit there, and that, often enough, without knowing who is the author, what is the title, and on what subject it is written. Some care for the pre face, others love the index, a few the name of the publisher, and the general idea of what it is about. These are curious beings, these readers. There are as many ways of opening a book as of reading one. One species, for instance, grasping the volume wide open with each hand, hold it at arm's length, begin countenanceto read as ifalttolgieeytheliv.. Others ds hr ta e re s putheir head s on one s i de, but preserve i ai n tn: t the rest the same attitude as the others, and allow the different emotions suggested by the narrative to play upon their countenances: s ci t u u l e n k o b a s n e d r v o e v d e lry; in n o t l h v e a c s o m rn il e e r , sboef ,niTivniangsmalimleo, 'ale mouth, steals gently - but masterfully up and round the lips. The neighbourhood catches the infection, the lips give - the qui rive, they laug, the face joins in, the book is brought to the knees, and shut with a slap, and the creature exclaims audibly—Ha ! ha ! ha ! He begins again,the lips contract and expand, and the Ivo ume continues to the end to play in its varied ways upon the face that is staring into it. We thinking are of suggesting that this practice be brought to per fection, so that men may have the benefit of reading a book in the countenance of another, like the stars of heaven and the clouds above can be read a thousand fathoms down in the bosom of a lake. This might be called the power of reading without an " immediate in tuition. Others, again, are very different ; they seem angry all the time,• and rip the volume open with a paper knife, as if it had done some irreparable injury to the family. Who has not seen that species which wears spectacles on the forehead, and buries nose, mouth, and chin in the pages, and in place of moving the eyes along the lines, move the whole head • quietly from left to right, and back with a jerk, and so on, as if done by a trick made of wire and springs? Others, elbows on table, hands lost in their hair, frown down on the unhappy volume as if they had been hunting it for days, had at length overtaken it, and were looking with angry triumph on the helplessness of their , victim. Others, cross-legged, hold the book in one hand and lick a paper-cutter in the other, and suddenly every now and then make a mark of admiration on the • margin, or put " nonsense," " folly," or " fool " to what they disagree to, and three black marks of the pencil wherever they are pleased, or not too lazy to show their approbation. Others, once more, no sooner get a book into their hand. than " they are off in a moment ;" the book falls, a snore, a jerk of the neck back wards and forwards ; a stare of the eyes ; a sullen picking up of the volume, and a repe tition of the same, till the reader in im patience throws the book down, gapes, and goes away. Some read to get to sleep—others read to keep awake ; some read to drive away thought—others read to suggest thought. Some read on the principle of the tabula rasa, beginning without an impression in their minds, and ending with as perfect a blank as they began with. Some read, and master the book—those are men with principles in their brains—men who have anchor and ballast, and don't carry too much sail. Others read and are run away with—men who are like light craft surged and swayed, blown and tossed by every wind and every wave. They believe in the last book they have read, and come out amongst their friends with sonic clever argu ment, as they think—a ripple from the shallow of an empty brain, thrown into forcible lan guage, and put with point—and imagine that they are beginning to set the small world on fire in which they live ; the small world all the while (it could be seen in the corner of their eyes) knowing well enough out of what pan the flash was stolen. Others read, looking out for " principles," and summing up the book as they read, putting it under some one cate gory before conceived, and gibbeting the author or holding him up to glory, according as lie reaclles or deflects from their standard of right. Men who read to amuse themselves are passive readers—are operated on by the emo tions thrown into print, to be melted into their own mind and to set it in warmth of motion THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1868. and a glow of thought. Men who read to learn are active readers; they gripe the subject with a strong intelligence, and master it with an effort and make it their own by dint of stress, the principles, or facts, or views, put forth. The various kinds of readers can be judged almost by the way they look at a book —certainly by the way they handle it. Tile pleasure reader has no love or reverence for the book. He takes it up as he does his glass, and throws it down ; were it not contrary to cus tom, he would as soon throw it under the table as cast it upon the table. He is a mere pleasure animal, and he eats and drinks and gormandizes upon these mental foods, but is both too selfish and too gifted with worldly common-sense to care for the food except to eat it. If he takes up a book by chance which he does not understand, he flings it down as if it had offered him a personal affront. He is a coarse kind of animal enough, and we will not touch him any more. The study-reader loves and reverences the books of all gco 1 men. He looks upon books as treasure-storey of mental labour. He sees in them a man's mind, bound in calf or board, a folio, quarto or octavo, as the case may be. He touches them, carries them about, takes them down, and puts them back, more as if they were living creatures than dead paper and ink. His eyes look tenderly on them, and if they be the works of great men, master minds which have gone away, minds which have left a deep, broad mark on the face of humanity, he could kiss their pages, and sigh quiet gratitude and love to them, and treat them as the most pre cious monuments of the most noble part of noble men. He knows that a book is a mark of mental travail, and that the dead words contain thoughts that once lived in a splendid mind. He loves to think their thoughts, and to fashion his own intelligence into the same conceptions which they indulged in, and to become participant of the brightest flashes or deepest colouring of their varied powers. So far for readers at present. We have only made a few points upon readers who read to themselves. There is another class full of curious ways and habits, which read to others. Of them we must say a word at another time. How full of life—of manifestations of life, each his special way—these classes are ! Man is many-sided, and on all sides his soul peeps out, and says—l am great, or lam vile; lam generous, or I am selfish ; I am vain, or I am lowly.— West minster Gazette. 711 E STATE TRIAL. (Front the Anglo-American Times) When we wrote last Friday we little anticipated having again to write in ignorance of the result of the tob lm et p h e e ac e hm 4us zt ~, thetrial. m an lNh 4 r ge a r t w 4 g e al imagined proves ii olilti and they 'are drowning the Senate and delug,iag Washington with' the flood of their eloquence. The Hon. Than. STEVENS earnestly'desires to - support the Article of Impeachment, which he insisted upon adding to the charges, and for this 'he craved an' hour, alleging that " without some explanation of that Article his position before the country would be truly awful." The hour turns into a day, and the time of the Assembly is wasted in needless argu ments, which convince no one and do no earthly good. The only telegram this week referring to the trial was dated Washington, May 2. The Mana gers had finished, and on Monday, the 4th instant, Mr. BINGHAM was to close. No intelligence has reached us of the time taken by this Manager ; but we will be much surprised if the verdict is not known in Europe by the time we go to press. A tremendous pressure has been brought to bear upon the doubtful Senators, COLE, FRELINGHUYSEN, FESSENDEN, FOWLER, SPRAGUE, GRIMES, and CORBETT, with three or four more whose spectacles are so slightly coloured that all objects may not be seen with the Republican hue. To get up a little of the necessary dye, to wipe the eye, and clear the sight of the oblique-visioned, Republicans of the highest influence from many States, frien Is, home companions, and relatives have been hurried up to Washington, and the doubtful are subjected to a style of treatment that might make them sigh fur the peace and quiet of the grave. On one side are imploring eyes; on the other, averted heads ; before the Senator is an impassioned friend, picturing the ruin of the country ; behind him an influential Republican whispering in his ear the great rewards that await the 'iouest and manly discharge of his duty. It is now stated, with what truth we know not, that the Senators will vote by ballot. If so, those who go against what is pro nounced to be the party interest, will be unknown, and the threats and coaxings alike defeated. Mr. BOUTWELL'S speech occupied the greater part of two days ; Judge NELSON'S was even longer ; General LOGAN'S fills nearly 24 closely printed columns of the Globe, and we may judge of the length of the others by the time occupied. The order in which both Managers and counsel were to speak was pre viously arranged, and we believe it has been strictly adhered to. Mr. BOUTWELL'S address was delivered from printed slips, Judge NELSON'S was for the most part extempore, being merely aided by a few manuscript notes. It was mainly devoted to the personal character of Mr. JOHNSON, and the counsel makes a strong point of his unfaltering defence of the Union when other Southern Senators were false to their allegiance, and what he had suffered for his loyalty. Backing this argument, the Democratic papers reprint an order of 1862 by a court in Knox ville, Tennessee, headed " Confederate States of America," &c., confiscating "the estate of ANDREW JOHNSON, an alien enemy." They contrast how he adhered unfalteringly to his Union principles in 1862, and how he is treated by the Unionists in 1868. There is a remark in Mr. BOUTWELL'S ad dress that is not an inapt answer :—" He has one rule of life : he attempts to use every man of power, eapacity, or influence within his reach ; he attacks to destroy all who will not become his instruments, and all who become his instruments are destroyed in the use." In truth, ANDREW JOHNSON loves opposition ; he is essentially pugnacious ; if he found men around him good he would be bad in opposition, and we are half inclined to believe if he found all men around him bad, he would be good out of pure devilment. He has ability enough to make his op position felt ; and a man of his character could scarcely fail to be a strong and unscrupulous oppo nent of the Confederacy when most around him were its supporters, and go over to the rebels when those around him were loyal. The PRESIDENT de sired Judge NELSON to speak, although this was opposed by his counsel. A body like the Senate is not to be influenced by Tennessee stump orators,' and the able lawyers employed in the defence were fully aware of the fact. Mr. NELSON endeavoured, by impassioned gesture, to make up for his lack of argument, and no doubt, in a field gathering, he would have been a most effective speaker. But it is considered on the whole that his speech was a mistake. One portion of it excited much interest, and Mr. CHASE was narrowly scanned to see the effect on him. This was when he appealed to the Chief Justice to charge the Senate upon the law treating the Assembly merely as a jury, and assert ing his own position as a Judge. Not much is ex pected from General LOGAN'S address, but all heartily congratulate themselves on the absence of General BUTLER. The self-assertion of that gen tleman is one of the most remarkable facts elicited by the trial. The man who could not take Fort Fisher stood alone on the crowded 11 )or in the highest, national assembly,, and bullied Judge, jury, counsel, and witnesses, overcoming alike all efforts of suppression by friend or foe. He is a singular character this General BUTLER, and is rapidly m a ki ng a biography for the amusement and instruction of posterity. Sur rounded by men of far greater talent and far more legal knowledge, of a record pure and undefiled, it is amazing to see what audacity can effect in giving prominence to one individual. That the PRESIDENT will be convicted is the general impression. What we have all along said is what we have now to say, that ANDREW JOHNSON undoubtedly broke a law, and the Senate will merely have to decide whether it was with a guilty intent, in which they cannot fail to be influenced by expediency, and as four fifths of the Assembly believe it to be necessary for the peace and wellbeing of the country that he should be removed, and as they ca❑ legally remove him, they certainly will do so. The Cabinet by their acts show that they also hold this impression. As we last week stated, Mr. SEWARD is sending off his property to Auburn, and forty boxes have already been dispatched. Mr. WELLES is dispatch ing his goods to Connecticut, and Mr. M'CuLLoclI is following his example. Certificates of characters are the documents on which the Ministers are at present engaged for their weeping adherents now about to. be thrown on the world, but the most significantis Mr. JOHNSON'S own course, who has not only packed off some of his baggage to New York, but has chalked out for himself another tour! and if Congress caught it in the first, what will ANDREW JOHNSON say when shaken clear of all restraint. We trust, however, that nothing will induce him to use the great posi tion he has held as a means of raising scandal, which could only have the effect of degrading him self and confirming the justice of the action of Congress. We may here notice that an Appro priation Bill passed by the House for $lO,OOO ex penses of Impeachment, and $lO,OOO for the mis cellaneous expenses of the Senate, sanctioned by the Senate, has gone to the PRESIDENT for ap proval, and will perhaps be the last which will come before ANDREW JOHNSON, as President. His withdrawal of the Hon. THO3IAS EWING'S name, as Secretary of War, and his substitution of General SCHOFIELD'S, has been variously interpreted. Many consider it as an offer of the " olive branch" to the Senate, intended to smooth away the difficulties that would arise in a verdict of not guilty. SCHO FIELD, who commands the first military district, is an officer of high character, well thought of by all parties, and with no very pronounced political opi nions. In case the Senate's verdict, contrary to expectation, should declare the PRESIDENT not guilty, and record au act of political virtue as yet unknown to the world, this appointment will re move LORENZO THOMAS and EDWIN STANTON, the chief stumbling-blocks, and if Mr. JOHNSON be not, in truth, mad, allow matters to run smoothly for the remainder of his term. It appears to us to be the only act dictated by good sense, which has lately marked the PRESIDENT'S Administration. The news last night was that the Senate Court agreed on Thursday to adjourn till Monday, and to take the final vote on Tuesday. This settles the question of time, and we now know when to expect the Verdict. 7HE MORAL OF THE DICKENS BANQUET (From the Anglo-American 2 biles.) " Bill, who's that queer un?'' " I don't know; never saw un like that afore." " Let's 'eave 'elf a brick at 'int !" Ignorance is the power that sends the baked clay flying at the stranger, for it begets prejudice, which begets hostility. ~.Irishmen ln ..California ter'.. Melbourne, Chinese labotireis;', era". iiSta*.4= pd..so -ar&' l the. the4sel.;teiw4'en,tie - hriUtround a Elirdpefin fWtOrky,,aud ii/Ot - pariiiitadiethe.-" foreign:devils"' ;to cross "the bairler: Turkish, rabble at the:fie:etln' of a Frank in Constantinople- throwing stones .and curses, at the Christi at. dog another exa`niple. To the mind of 'a handsoMeStranger an unpleasant. question is suggested when he sees an alarmingly ugly child running in fright from him. He flattered himself that he was rather a pleasant, attractive looking fellow, and judging from appearances the circle of the little imp's relatives could not be one of beauty ; but in that lies the cause. The black woolly-headed cub flies from what is strange, illus trating in its untrained nature an impulse which un derlies the better expressed and more courtly pre judices of the refined. Because a thing is strange it is disagreeable, and henc3 arises the feeling that impelled the little imp to run, or the English clod "to 'cave 'alf a brick." If a brogue, the use of un accustomed words, or even an uncom:nou emphasis on certain syllables, is enough to generate prejudice, the different air, manner, mode of thought and of expression, which arise even among kindred widely separated, and in wholly changed circumstances, cannot fail to caus3 mutual repulsion and dislike. The only cure is frequent intercourse, which not only makes what is strange familiar, but assimilates, thus in a twofold way, destroying prejudice. When DICKENS, 27 years ago, first landed in America, he in common with his countrymen kaew far less of Americans than is kaown now, and Americans knew less of them. The dissimilarity between the Old World anl the New was infinitely more marked, and even DICKENS, with all his genius and discern ment, gave way to the impulse of "'caving more than 'alf a brick "at the strangers. But with riper years, greater knowledge, and better opportunities, he has both discovered and corrected his mistake. Perhaps he truthfully caricatured while not under standing what he saw, influenced by the dislike generated from the unfamiliarity of all around. A second visit has enabled him better to judge of the structure whose builders he had satirised a quarter of a century before. Now he sees the value and beauty of the edifice, and learns that those engaged in the work, however disagreeably to him soiled with lime and mortar, had been well and usefully employed. Now also he learns that with more leisure to wash and be clean, in spite of the traces of work so offensive to his European training, the labourers not only display some remarkably fine qualities, but a taste and culture of which he had no previous conception. When people commence an acquaintance by heaving bricks at each other, they do not pursUe the best means of overcoming a natural antipathy, but, on the con trary, their acts tend to confirm the dislike. In dealing with each other the kindred nations should make ample allowance for the prejudice to which we have alluded. Being the child of ignorance, it is most strongly developed in the gross and vulgar, and people must always expect to meet on their travels a large number, of such. It is a remarkable characteristic of those most strongly imbued with prejudice that instead of endeavouring to learn any thing of the object against which they are thus biassed, they do exactly the reverse, putting aside all means of information and avoiding all contact. In one breath they harshly criticise and in the next scorn and refuse all knowledge. " Strange, indeed, is it to hear confident and disagreeable criticisms on the American character and national spirit by per sons who have never crossed the Atlantic, and had made up their minds not to do so on any account." These are the words of the Times in commenting on the great banquet given by the members of the Kmerican 'Press - to CHARLES DICKENS in New York. It is marvellous to see the rapidity with which the prejudice between the kindred nations is break ring down, and it is gratifying to us to think that in our small way we have helped in this good work. That dinner was the happiest expression of the change yet given. The speeches far surpassed in eloquence those ordinarily heard on such occasions. Mr. DICKENS'S was one that well became the great author and the great nation for whom he spoke. What a recantation was conveyedin these words—" Wher ever I have been in the smallest places equally with the largest, I have been received with unsurpass able politeness, delicacy, and sweet temper, hospi tality, consideration, and with unsurpassable re spect for the privacy daily enforced upon me by the nature of my avocation here and the state of my health." Ile announced his intention to append this statement to every future copy of his two bloks referring to America, " as an act of plain justice and honour." In speaking of Americans in Eng land, he alluded to the absurdity of supposing they were regarded as foreigners ; and, singular as it may appear, it is the truth of 'this Which has tended so much to sharpen the *prejudice which doubtless has existed. Those who speak a different language c in not arouse the prejudice caused by pronunciation, expression, and mode of thought. Men whose lan guage totally differs are regarded as foreigners, and a prejudiced JOHN Bum, treats such with simple contempt. In the A•nerican, however, he meets a man who asserts his superiority ia BULL'S own lan guage, and JOHN is curried down against the grain. The narrowness that makes the colliers of Lanca shire actually speak of those brought into their county from Staffordshire as foreigners—that sepa rated Great Britain into the three strongly-marked divisionsof English, Scotch, and Welsh, is not likely in the first instance to be soothed by a contact with those who in the mother tongue boldly assert the decreptitude of the old country, and the vigour, youth, and manhood of the nr.v. Bat if the kin ship —so long as the peoples were strange to each other idled to, rather than detracted from the dislike—as their minds opened and their views grew broader, it helped to facilitate a change. There is no doubt that more just notions of the work dlotted to the Anglo-Saxon race are taking hold of the minds of the English-speaking peoples. Rivalry and hostility be ween the race in America and in Europe is unspeakable folly, and both sections are beginning to recognize this truth. They see that everything is to be gained by union—that every thing is to be lost by enmity—that they have no clashing interests whatever, but, on the contrary, that their interests are identical. In DICKENS'S words It rests with them jointly to uphold the grea'. Anglo-Saxon race." It would be vastly more im portant if all nations could be joined in the brother hood ; but this cannot be, at least, for centuries. Failing that, the next best thing is to join in a brotherhood the two most powerful nations—the one with a great history past, the other with a great history to come. Not only can this be accomplished, but we maintain that the natural tendency is towards such a fusion. Material circumstances have immensely favoured it within the period of Dic KENS'S visits. The telegraph and steam bring the countries together. Thought is interchanged instantane ously, and persons and property travel so rapidly, that thousands of miles, in effect, dwindle to hun dreds. What men have to do is to suppress preju dice, and to get the masses to regard that man as an enemy to society, who endeavours to sow the seeds of discord. If Irishmen could but be conciliated, if they would but cease to give expression to their senseless hate, the "barrier would be broken down, and the most desirable object on earth achieved. Hitherto we have had numerous leaders of English thought playing into the hands of the bitterest enemies of their country, and alienating that great people who, themselves following suit, have reacted on the mother country, both giving way to that aimless dislike, which is but increased by the brick-heaving process. If there be one trait more marked than another in the American mind, it is a generosity which is absolutely noble in its forgiveness. This is the feeling which seems most strongly to have affected CHARLES DICKENS, who has been in truth overpowered by it ; and it receives a further illustration, in the way Americans are in clined to forget England's conduct during the civil war. What makes it the more difficult to sink that conduct in oblivion is the impossibility of showing to the average Englishman what the injury wa s . If he really could understand and see it from the American stand-point, he would lose no time in making reparation, but in his blindness —he is un just. Mr. GREELEY was happy and graceful in his remarks ; Mr. RAYMOND, impressive in his do .quence; Mr. HURLITURT, genial in his humour ; Mr. ','NORt9N eloquent and just, in touching on the rela -:tintis lietWeen Ehgland and America; but the speech ,a fthceveriingwvlsthatof Mr. Cr. W. CURTIS, who gave the . anost forcible expression to the feeling of his class --that is, of educated Amercans ; and when he sat down Mr. DICKENS whispered to the person next "he is one of the best, if not the very best; speaker I ever heard." Unfortunately, there were many prominent and influential journalists absent, but this was chiefly due to local differences and jealousies. Even to the ship the goodwill of the people followed him. The Russia was crowded with the most eminent Americans ; Mr. DICKENS'S state-room was adorned with flowers, ladies carrying beautiful bouquets met him, and the vessel got under way amidst the cheers and the kindly farewells of the most distinguished in the United States. Yet, a little more than six months ago, a near relation of Mr. DOLBY expressed his anxiety about the re ception DICKENS would meet if he trusted himself in America, and his pioneer was sent forward to learn if the numerous invitations he had received were wishes merely of a section, which might be overwhelmed by a national sentiment of uuforgiven injury. Even the doubt showed how much he had to learn, and he frankly confessed how complete in her generosity and amiability had been COLUM BIA'S conquest. AMERICAN ALI RIVETS. (Front 3fessrs.Beldiag, Keith, and Co.'s Circular.) NEW YORK, April 24. The Financial Chronicle of this date, refers to th© mar kets as follows: THE MONEY M —TIM bank statement of last Saturday was less favourable than was expected. The deposits showed an increase of $1,980,643, but this was set off by an addition of $1,881,000 to the loans and discounts ; while the legal tenders exhibited a loss of $1,118,000. These figures, however, rather reflected the course of affairs at the beginning of the week, when the Treasury was selling gold to a largo extent, than the position at the close. The fact of the Treasury having suspended its sales of coin for a few days, and its showing more disposition to buy Seven-Thirties, had a favourable effect upon confi dence among the banks, and indeed a freer use of balances. Moreover, there is a steady flow of remittances front the interior, so that the banks are now steadily gaining in funds. The stringency in money has now spent its force, and call borrowers find no difficulty in supplying their wants at 7 per cent. Discounts also are easier. There is not any large amount of first class paper on the market, the merchants being apparently intent upon a short time business ; and the banks are accommodating their mercantile customers more freely, and are also buying a moderate amount of paper from the dealers. On the street, prime names pass at 7to 9 per cent.; second rate names are little waLted, and can be negotiated only at high rates, for there is not a healthy confidence in any except the best-known names. Ono year ago prime commercial paper was current at t to 7 per cont. ; and call loans ranged at 4 to 6 per cent. The following are the quotations for loans of various lasses : Per cent. ... ... 7 to Call loans ... ... ... ... ___ ___ Loans on bonds and mortgages ... to 7 Prime endorsed bills, two months ... 7to Good endorsed bills, three and four months ... ... ... ... ... 7 to 9 Ditto single names ... ... ... —to 10 Lower grades ... ... ... ... —to UNITED STATES SECDRITIES.—The upward tendency in Governments noted in our last has been continued this week, and prices are now about 1 per cent. above our last quotations. As usual at this season there is a steady in vestment demand ; and the payment of the May coupons amounting to $25,000,000 raises the expectation of a de mand for the employment of interest. Moreover, the grow ing ease in the money market makes it easier for dealers to carry a full stock of securities ; while the purchases of Seven-Thirties by the Government diminishes the supply on the market. The upward tendency in gold has caused a firmer market for the exportable bonds ; on Wednesday the price of gold touched 1401, and Sixty-Twos rose to 1121- in sympathy ; but to-day, gold being 1} lower, the bonds have fallen to 1111. It is not generally anticipated that any important amount of bonds will bo sent to Europe, in return for coupons, the market there being ap parently well supplied ; this, however, must very much depend upon the price of gold. There has been some talk of a probability that the Se cretary of the Treasury will issue the balance of a few millions of Ten-Forties in exchange for Seven-Thirties; but, so far as we can learn, there is no official authority for the proposal. it is supposed, apparently on good authority, that the Treasury will soon be prepared to offer a Five-Twenty bond dated July 1, 1868, in exchange for the outstanding balance of Seven-Thirty notes. At present Governments range 1 to 4 per cent. above those of a year ago, when money was easier than now, as will appear from the following comparison : April 24, 1868. April 26, 1867. United States 6's, 1881 113 ... 1091 : 77 5-20 s, 1862 1114 ... 110 5-20 s, 1864 110 ... 1081 5-20 s, 1865 1101 ... 109 If 5-20 s, 1865, new 108 f ... 1071 f, 10-40 s 102; ... 98k 7-30 s, 2d issue ... 107 ... 105 The following are the closing prices of leading securi ties, compared with preceding weeks : Apr. 9 Apr. 17 Apr. 21 U. S. 6's, 1881 coupons ll2- 1121- 113 U. S. 5-20'8,4862 coupons - mi U. S. 5-20's, 1861 U. S. 5-2,+'s 1865 U. S. 5-20's, 1865, N. iss. U. 8. 5-20's, 1867, c. U. S. 10-40's U. S. 7-30's 21 Series U. S. 7-30's 3rd Series RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS.—Tho passage of the Erie Bill by the Legislature and its becoming . law by the Governor's signature has boon the controlling event of the week in the stock market. The event appears to have been construed as favcurable to the Vanderbilt interest, although the act in some particulars appears to have boon directly framed for crippling his schemes. Now York Central has advanced from 112, our last quotation, to 125 yesterday; Hudson River from 125 to 135, and Cleveland and Toledo from 101-1 to 10-1. Erie has not ad vanced proportionately ; the facts of a difference- of policy among the directors, and of the litigation being continued, having a tendency to keep the stock unsettled. The price has fluctuated between G - and 72. The fact of Nov York Central being very largely oversold, while it was known that Mr Vanderbilt's friends hell mast of the stock, has no doubt contributed very materially to the ad vance in its price. The general list has been more active and higher, in sympathy with the rise in the stocks alluded to. Rock Island has fluctuated somewhat widely, first of all advanc ing to 95 in consequence of a decision which virtually re moves the injunction upon the directors as to the use of the funds, and then falling back G to 7 per cent. upon sub sequent legal proceedings. A variety of reports are in circulation as to the position of Erie affairs, and it is difficult to ascertain the truth as to the situation; from all we are able to learn, however, the following are probably about the facts of the case : Mr• Drew appears to have come to an understanding with Mr. Vanderbilt with respect to a future joint policy. In pursuance of this policy, whatever it may be, Mr. Drew recently attempted to effect the removal of the Erie funds from a bank iu Jersey City to New York, under his own custody. Mr. Eldridge, becoming aware of the at tempt, caused the funds to be detained, and construing Mr. Drew's act into a course of co-operat'on with the Vander bilt iut3rest, the friends of President Eldridge combined for the purpose of displacing Mr. Drew from the treasurer ship and substituting Mr. Jay Gould. At a meeting of the directors held yesteriay, the attempt at removal was made, but failed from the lack of an adequate majority. It thus appears quite likely that Mr. Drew has a majority in the direction, prepared to support him in a combination with Mr. Vanderbilt. This evening Mr. Drew appeared on Broad-street after board hours, and his appearance being construed as an indication that ho had taken the course above indicated, the price of Erie advanced froin GBi to 70i. BREADSTUFFS. FRIDAY, April 24, 1868, p.m. Tho market has this week been fairly active for flour, wheat, and rye, with an advance in prices. Corn and oats have also been active, but at some decline in prices. Flour has not come forward in quantities sufficient 0 meet the daily increasing demand ; stocks have been con sequently reduced, and assortments somewhat broken, causing an advance in prices of 25 to 50c. per bbl on nearly all grades. The demand has been largely for export. The British provinces, the West Indies, and Europe have all bought freely. The local trade has also been well repre sented, but for coastwise shipment the trade has been but moderate. Local millers have not been able to do much, wheat continuing relatively higher than flour. Wheat has been taken freely for export, with a moderato business for consumption. Spring, for arrival, has brought sc. more money, but on the spot has not been quite so firm. Winter wheats have not varied materially, being relatively in fair supply. The first arrivals from the canals are expected on Monday, and many orders are held back in consequence, so that is probatle the demand will be com mensurate with the increased supply. Corn has been in much better supply. An overdue fleet from the North arrived on Monday and Tuesday, and the receipts from Baltimore have been liberal ; under which accumulations prime new mixed declined on Wednesday to $1 171-, recovering yesterday to $1 191-, and closing to day at $l 18. The business has been quite brisk. The distilling and other home demand has been very large, and shippers have been more active. Large quantities in store have been closed out, in addition to the current arrivals. Rye has been in demand for distilling, for milling and for export to Germany, and prices have advanced 10c per bush. The sales to-day included Western to arrive from the canal at $2 05. Oats have been fairly active, but the pressure to sell has weaken,td the market, and prices are slightly lower. 13arl:y and barley malt are nearly out of market. The following aro the closing quotations : Flour, No. 2, per barrel, $8 63 to 9 25 ; superfine, $9 40 to 1U 00; extra State, $lO 35 to 10 85; shipping R. hood Ohio, $l O 50 to 10 90; extra western common to good, $lO 15 to 11 50; double extra Western and St. Louis, $ll 75 to 16 00; Southern supers, :$lO 40 to 11 15 ; Southern fancy and extra, $ll 23 to 15 25; California, $l2 75 to 14 50; rye, flour, fine and superfine, $8 25 to 9 50 ; corn meal, $5 e la to $6 25 ; wh ea t, Chi cago spr i ng per b us h e l , $2 45 to 2 7 0; Milwaukee Club, $2 45 t o 2 63 ; re d w i n t er , $2 8 5 ; amber do., $ 90 to 3 00 ; white, $3 00 to $3 40 ; corn, western mixed, $1 16 to 1 19 ; yellow, $1 22 to $1 21; Southern white, $1 11 to 1 10 ; rye, $2 05 to 2 25 ; oats, western cargoes, $B5 to 87 ; barley, $2 10 2 35 ; malt, $2 05 to 2 25. COMMERCIAL EPITOME. NEW YORK, Friday Night, April 25. There is but little improvement in the volume of regu lar commercial transactions; and the only feature of im portance in trade is the advance in prices of leading staples of domestic produce —breadstuffs, hog products, cotton, naval stores, petroleum, /cc., which may be attributed to a great variety of causes, but evidencing that the agricul tural capacities of our country require a much better de velopment than is now produced. Cotton closed at a decided advance on the week. The same is true of flour, wheat, and rye ; corn and oats are lower. Tobacco is firmly held wtih more doing. Groceries have b_en fairly active and prices close atasliiht improve ment. Provisions show a pretty general advance, butter on l 9 showing weakness and decline under increasing supplies . Pork has been under speculative manipulation, an d ad vanced at this afternoon's 'Change to $2B 50 cash, the highest figure in many months. Other hog products have been buoyant, prime lard closing at 181 c, pickled hams 17 1 c, short ribbed bacon 16c. B ee f h as a l s o ad" vane; d,lndia mess being taken for export at s4lc per tc. Cheese has met with a liberal export demand and the stock is reduced. The extent of the export demand is cured moats has rarely been equalled in this market, and some apprehension begins to be felt respecting our oiva supplies. Hides have become fairly active at 201 c gold for dry Ric ) Grande, and Die to 21c for Buenos Ayres. Leather has be..ome scarce. t. Naval stores are generally firmer, but closed quio Spirits turpentine sold to-day at 70c to arrive, and 73c 0 3 the spot, but other articles were somewhat nominal. Oils show continued activity in crude whale, with sales of 4,000 bbls prime at 75c per gallon. Other oils are in better demand. Metals remain quiet. East India goods are firm, with $ continued good business in gunny cloth. Petroleum has been without important variation in crude: though more active, but refined has become scarce, an d standard white, in bond, was held to-day at 271 c. Naphtha more active for future delivery. Tallow has declined to 12-ic for prime, with more doing for export. The sale of Mestiza wool yesterday brought together $ fine attendance of buyers, and the offerings, 1,500 bake, were nearly all sold, mostly within the range of 261 0 39c, but including cleansed at 60c to 83c. Freights have become quiet. Room is being held back for the liberal receipts of grain expe c t e d f rom the cant', i next week. The Liverpool steamers have taken cotton a' id., and grain for next week 7id. 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From the "Gazette du Midi, July 2 5 T, e r No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years 1 complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nerr7d palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness , ;: f d the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Curs No. 1,771; Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many r!,01 dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agory,ll7cp dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fla titie No; spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly."—Curer_ar, 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 3', 0 d diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangemen t, of partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the in unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, W i he d. authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously sits i f 0. In tins at Is. 14d.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. ; 2 lbs., 4s. 4d,; 1b5., 0 1 : 7 /, 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 405.— BARRY DU BARRY and Co., s o, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piee_ e :, 296, and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, n' Oxford-street 330, Strand ; and all grocere Rnd chemist Births. •gtol BUDGETT—On the 11th inst., at Redland House , Prl the wife of W. B. Budgett, Esq., of a daughter. aeo , POWELL—On the llth inst.. at Croydon, the wife °f Thompson Powell, Esq., of a son: , W./ WARREN—On the 10th inst., at 61, Montagu-srll ia liigle the wife of Augustus Warren, Esq., Major 78th landers, of a son. Marriages. re- DALLMETER—WILLIAMS—On the 7th inst., at the Co lo r gational Church, Finchley, John H. Dallmeyer, of 3 West End, Hampstead, to Elizabeth Mary, eldest (1 ter of T. It. Williams, of Sellers Hall, Finchley , de st HAILVEY—LACON— On the 9th inst., Henrietta Julia, e'..,ear daughter of IL J. 11. 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