The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-06 00:00:00

CANADA AND ENGLAND.

At a complimentary banquet given at Quebec on the
15th of July, to Sir John Young, the Governor-General
)f Canada, that gentleman made an important speech.
Speaking of the good relations between Canada and the
mother country, Sir John said that no distrust ought to
be caused by the withdrawal of troops by the Home
Government. " The reasons for that reduction are such
as, if enumerated, would commend themselves to
every intelligent individual. In the first place,
we are at peace ; and, looking at the strength
of England, never greater than at present, and to
her vast resources, never better in hand, and also bearing
in mind the unanimity with which public opinion on
questions of foreign policy is expressed, it is not thought
there is much danger of peace being disturbed, or of our
being involved in the trials and calamities of war. You
roust recollect, besides, that in many parts of Great Britain
end Ireland, especially in the great centres of industry, in
the great manufacturing towns, there are vast masses
3f people toiling from year to year for a bare subsistence,
end who at every depression of commerce are
?lunged into great want, while, at the same
time, the country is heavily taxed. It is necessary,
therefore, with a view to relieve those people, to re-
duce their taxation as much as possible by wise states-
nanship. Therefore, it is not desirable to keep up
a larger number of troops in any part of the Em-
pire than is absolutely necessary. Then another rea-
son given for a diminished garrison is this—modern tactics
end experience have demonstrated the necessity, if troops
ere to be kept in a very high state of efficiency, of bringing
them home and aggregating them in large camps such as
.ddershot, so that they may be accustomed to manoeuvring
n a large scale. This practice has been long followed
)re the continent of Europe, and has been recently
idopted in England, so that in addition to the
prospect of peace and the need of economy, the efficiency of
;he army has dictated the recall of the troops from
Canada. But should an emergency arise, should their
presence be required here again, I think you may rely
with confidence on the assurance given in Mr. Cardwell's
lespatch of June 1865, that the Imperial Government
would be prepared to sustain every part of the empire
vith all the resources at its command." These remarks
-ere received with loud applause.

One of the Liverpool Gaol chaplains remarks :
It is a fact worthy of mention that the number of COM-
nitments increases with the fine weather, and that a

arm summer, with multiplied facilities to obtain labour,
ills the gaol more than a severe and trying winter,
hewing that poverty is not the main source of crime in ti.e

The Leamington authoiitics will not allow to be
listributed tho villainously obscene quack-doctors' adver-
isetnents which aro so copiously thrown broad-cast in the
netropolis. A distributor was on Wedresda3 fined £2, and in
iefault ordered a month's imprisonment, for giving away a
loctor's obsct no publication in the streets.

Mr. Wheelhouse, M.P., was present on Wednesday at
meeting of the Leeds West Ward Conservative A •socia-
lion, and delivered a speech in which he reviewed the busi-
less of the session. He expressed regret at the passing
)f the Irish Church Bill, and urged that the English Church
must now be firmly supported.

A telegram from Cork states that Timothy Murphy,
Dne of the three prisoners in custody for the murder of
Patrick Foley, near Tralee, bas given information. Foley
was murdered by the other prisoners, Darby Connor and
fererniah Connor. The crime was committed by blows
tvith a large stone on the back of the head. Murphy was
present, but was afraid to interfere, list they should murder
'rim also.
From a return of the Bank of England notes in
:irculation during the last twelve months, we find that the
total held by the public and the tanks conjointly has never
been higher in any ono week than 36,660,000, 117:d never
owor than £30,511,000. Against this quantity of paper the
Bank has held securities to the fixed value of fifteen mil-
lions, and a sum in bullion varying from .£21,C60,000, to
£15,511,000, thus keeping the balance in all cases.
Mr. Lowe is said to intend during the recess to
visit Ireland, and to remain there for several weeks, com-
mencing from the beginning of September. The object of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer is said to be, "to become
thoroughly acquainted with the land, the railways, and the
fishery questions, so that when they are brought before
Par:iament next session he Tray be al le to approach their
discussion with ample knowlr dgo acquired on the spot."
TEA CULTIVATION IN CALIFORNIA.—The tea
planted by the Japanese colony in California is doing well.
The seed nuts are coming up, and the valley lands are
round admirable for the tea culture. If the result shall
itgive •
prove a complete success,will give a vast stimulus to
the immigration of Chinese to this country, and, what is
better, they will come with their line of industry specially
marked out for them by their past experience.—Chicago
Tribune.

DOUBLE MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—OD Thursday
the Liverpool coroner held an inquest on the body of
Thomas Williams, a seaman. On the sth of July the
deceased, a man named Simmons, and a Manilla man
named Joan Florendo, quarrelled in Upper Frederick-
street, in that town. They then parted, but met again
some time subsequently, when the Manilla man stabbed
Williams and Simmons in the chest. Simmons died on the
16th ult., and Williams on Monday last. The jury
returned a verdict of wilful murder in each case. Florendo
is in custody.
THE WHITWORTH SCIIOLARSHIPS AND EXHI-
BITIoNs.—The competition for the practical work for the
ten scholarships of £lOO each will be conducted by Colonel
Rich, 11. E., Mr. Manby, secretary of the Institution of
Civil Engineers, and Mr. Marshall, secretary of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers. In addition to these
scholarships, tenable for the present year, Mr. Whitworth
has just offered to the Science and Art Department eighty
exhibitions of the value of £25 each, to be awarded to
students in the universities, colleges, and schools, public
and private, in the United Kingdom. These exhibitions
are to be held for one year, and the students must skew
an aptitude for mathematics, mechanical science, and
drawing.
TILE FIRST STEP TOWARDS A FIRMER SPHERE.—
The trades unions in Liverpool are making what a local
palter describes as very praiseworthy areas to remove
the prejudices in the public mind against such combina-
tions, by taking meas•.res fur securing the moral and
intellectual advancement of their In embers. They are
initiating a movement for the purpose of founding, a Trades
Hall, the use of which will obviate the necessity of the
societies transacting their affairs in public-houses. A
company has been formed with this object, and the capital
is being raised chiefly by the working, men themselves in
one pound shares ; but the borough members and
other gentlemen have encouraged the scheme by taking a
few shares, and Lord Stanley has also promised his sup-
port. Combined with the hall, it is proposed to establish
a workmen's club, reading-room, and literary and educa-
tional institute. Mr. James Sarnue7son is at present the

chairman of the new company, and we learn that the
bricklayers bare already been induced to quit their public-
house, and remove to a more suitable locality, pending
the establishment of the Trades Hall.