The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-28 00:00:00

CHARLES DICKENS

There are very few Americans who will cherish at this
day any of the feeling of resentment against Mr. Dickens
which was so prevalent at the time of the publication of
" American Notes" and" Martin Chuzzlewit." The dis-
appearance of the sentiment of wrath may be dated from.
the war, which while it gave us some cause for national pride,
took a good deal of the old foolish conceit out of us ; but
the feeling had been on the decline for some time, a sober
second thought hiving convinced most sensible people
that Mr. Dickens was entirely honest, and his tendency,
to caricature was inseparable from his genius, that he
had made greater fun of the weaknesses of his country-
men than he had of our own, and that there was a,gTeal
deal more truth in his most disagreeable remarks than
would- appear at first sight to an American whose eyes
were dulled by familiarity.—Boston Advertiser.

A DEMONSTRATION IN TRAFALGAR
SQUARE.

On Saturday Trafalgar Square was visited with a new
class of demonstration in a gathering of teetotallers from
all parts of London and the suburbs to agitate in favour of
Mr. Rylands' proposed restrictive legislation respecting the
sale of alcoholic drinks on Sunday. The place occupied
by the demonstrators was tbst which was formerly the
scene of • the Reform meetings, at the foot of the Nelson
column and facing the National Gallery, and the people
who made up the gathering were nearly all " Sons of
Phcenix," " Sons of Temperance,' and members of other
temperance societies. The various societies marched into
the square with bands and banners, and many present
wore tinsel ornaments, cross-belts, and sashes.
The position of chairman was taken on the base
of the column by Mr. Hillman, and the following con-
clusions were sought to be enforced :—" That ex-
ter ded restrictions on the Sunday sale of intoxi-
cating liquors would result in sensible public benefits,
including a— diminution in drunkenness and crime,
and an improved condition of the homes of the people
more directly affected by them ; that to realiSe these
benefits no corresponding drawbacks would be incurred,
and no serious inconvenience occasioned to the sober and
respectable of all classes ; that the restrictions required
to obtain these results- would be in accordance
with public sentiment ; and, therefore, that nothinc,
in the way of popular reaction may reasonably be
feared:" The chairman urged that where the public-
houses were closed on Sunday, vice, crime, and pauperism
were diminished, as in Scotland, and he urged the working
classes not to hug their chains even if the upper did keep
their club-house rights of drinking and so of dissipation.
The motion of Mr. Corrigan was o support a petition to
Parliament in favour of Mr. Rylands' Bill, and arguments
in favour 'of the enforced total abstinence were urged
with some weight, and many homely illustrations
were.used. Mr. Clutterbuck, a working man, seconded
the motion, and it was supported by Mr. Lester, who
described the publicans as a class who kept the work-
ing classes of this country in a state of degraded poverty,
and he told his hearers that the money the working
classes spent in unnecessary drink, if put to legitimate
use, would lessen the need for charitable institutions, for
workhouses, and prisons. The motion was carried,
though not unanimously ; as was another thanking Mr.
Rylands for the Bill. The meeting then broke up into a
number of different gatherings, and the display of teetotal
eloquence was kept up in several parts of the square for
some time.

THE SHIPBUILDING INTERESTS IN
. FRANCE. •

The United States Consul General for France; John
Reade, jun., has addressed a letter to John Lynch,
chairman of the Committee on the Decline of Ameri-
can Tonnage, relative to the condition of the French
naval and commercial marine. Mr. Reade calls special
attention to the protection afforded the shipbuilding
interests by the French government. This is in the form
of a rebate or drawback similar to• that proposed by the
bill reported to the House by Mr. Lynch. Mr. Reade
states that the provisions of this act seem tobe inadequate
to the actual requirements of the interest it was intended
to protect. It is a notorious fact that shipbuilding in
France has for several years past been gradually declin-
ing. The number and tonnage of vessels built is growing
less with every year. In view of these facts, the princi-
pal shipbuilders in Havre, Bordeaux, and other leading
ports of France have addressed a series of manifests
to the Government, setting forth the inadequacy of
the decree of Jule 19, 1866, and praying for further pro-
tection. The sense of their memorial may be stated in a
feW words, as follows :—The decline of shipbuilding in
France is becoming more alarmingly apparent from day
to day. Constructors are discouraged and are rapidly
closing their yards, withdrawing their capital from the
business and investing in other directions. Since the tax
on foreign tonnage has been rendered uniform with that
on French tonnage, foreign vessels have monopolised an
excessive portion of the carrying trade of France. The
activity of the principal yards of Great Britain, Italy, and
the North German Confederation, contrasts most unfa-
vourably for France with the decline of her shipbuilding
interests, the abandonment of her yards, and the de-
crease in her tonnage. The increased activity
displayed by these Powers in the building of first
class vessels indicates that they appreciate the
decline of the shipbuilding interests in France, and are
preparing to monopolise among themselves her very
important carrying trade. In the course of three or
four years France will have fallen from the rank of a first
class to that of a fourth or fifth class maritime Power.
If the present unfortunate state of affairs is to be reme-
died the radical difference in the aid extended by the
French government to its marine and that allowed by
foreign Powers to theirs must be taken into consideration.
If the requirements of the government render an exten-
sion of the privileges accorded to French vessels impos-
sible, certainly foreign ships should not be admitted to
the enjoyment of the same privileges. The manufacturing
interest of France, protected by :tariff varying from five
to twenty-five per cent., has no right to demand a uniform
rate of taxation on French and foreign tonnage, to the
detriment of the national carrying trade, lowering the
rate of freight and in the end transferring that trade en-
tirely to foreign bottoms. The matter, thus fully ex-
plained, is now before the Chamber of Deputies, and a
committee has been appointed to investigate and if pos-
sible apply a remedy to the evils of which the memorial-
ists complain. Mr. Reade further states that the French
Government now pays government subsidies to steamship
companies employed in its postal service to the amount of
$4,716,496.

An odd item in the expenditure of the United
States Government for the past year is $416,000 for arti
ficial legs for soldiers.

CUBAN LADIES.—The Cuban ladies residing in
New York are after their unwarlike compatriots of the
other sex, who, they say, " spend their time promenading
Broadway and sending letters to the papers, instead of
going to Cuba to fight." They held a meeting in the
metropolis lately, and took measures for reviving
interest in the patriot cause. The most serious proposition
was that of a Mrs. Villaverde who is going to raise to
company of amazons, teach them to shoot, and take them
to Cuba if the "Broadway promenaders" do not go. This
is a hard hit at the patriots of the pavement. Judge
Orth, of the committee on foreign affairs, also admini-
stered to them a sharp rebuke in his late report, and it
really seems as though they must do something pretty
quick.—Boston Advertiser.

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vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrhs,
colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout,
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spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sink-
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pit of the stomach, and be'eween the shoulders, &c. We quote a
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confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revaleuta Arabica Food,
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N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford
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