The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-20 00:00:00

LONDON,

is one of degree, is, how far they shall be taxed ? We
trust that before long a Chancellor of the Exchequer
will be found bold enough to renew the attempt to
perform that which is only an act of bare justice—
the depriving the minority of a privilege which they
enjoy at the expense of the majority.

TEE Peace Society has just celebrated its fifty-
third anniversary by lamenting the enormous size of
the standing armies of Europe, and by deprecating
with anxious earnestness a war between two nations
of the same race. The Peace Society was estab-
lished in the year after Waterloo, and this is the
state of things after entering the second half-cen-
tury of existence. The result is certainly
not encouraging, and the only satisfactory
feature is that two members of this association
have succeeded in obtaining admission into Par-
liament. And yet there has been some progress
since Waterloo. That enormous butcher's bill has
not been forgotten, and there is at least a keen
appreciation of the horrors of war which must have
frequently helped to prevent war. In fact, the very
embroilment against which the speakers so vehe-
mently protested is all but impossible by reason of
the strong repugnance that there is on both sides of
the Atlantic to this kind of appeal. It can hardly be
doubted but that fifty years ago such a controversy
as that in which the United States and ourselves
are now engaged would have led to hostilities.
That it has not done so now—that nations
generally are more reluctant to fight than they
were formerly, is, we believe, due chiefly to
two causes. The most powerful is the increase of
commerce. The repeal of the corn laws was the
severest blow ever dealt against the warlike spirit.
The relations between Great Britain and America
became thereby immensely strengthened and in-
creased. The loss that would arise to both sides
through a rupture is so enormous that both sides hesi-
tate to incur it. Similarly it is to the French Commer-
cial Treaty, not to our fortifications, that we owe that
peace between England and France which has been
continued in spite of panics and misrepresentations,
and which seems impossible to be broken. The
second cause of the greater rarity of wars is the
increase of democracy, It was said many years ago
that war was a game which, if their subjects were
wise, kings would not be suffered to play at. But
the subjects at that time had no power to prevent.
They were without political privileges ; they could do
nothing. All is changed. The people are now vir-
tually self-governed ; it is they who decide if there
shall be peace or war ; and as it is they who have to
bear all the burden of the latter alternative, their
voices are generally for the former. Of old, "the
kings played the madman, " and the people were
punished." The people now keep their kings under
restraint if necessary. And thus it comes to pass
that just as in proportion as a country becomes
democratic does it become peaceful. The Working
Men's International Congress at Geneva, was so
democratic that NAPOLEON was alarmed by
it. . Europe, at all events, had no reason
to be alarmed, for while NAPOLEON was
forcing his Conscription Bill through the French
Legislature, the Congress were raising the cry of
" War against War." T here is no reason, then, why
the Peace Society should be cast down. They may
not have much influence as teachers, but, at least,
the education of the race is going on. It may be of
small use to tell the nations that war is horrible and
sinful, but, at least, the nations are determined that
they will not lightly have war. Let us then promote
commerce, increase political freedom among all
people, and they will at last, even though the Peace
Society should be dissolved, come to see that war is
not only shocking, but illogical; that, in fact, it
proves nothing.

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HER MAJESTY.

BAL4ORAL, May 18.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High-
nerses Princess Louise, went out yesterday morn-

ing.
Her nijesty drove out in the afternoon,

The Prince and Princess of Wales went to
the Flower Show at the Royal Botanical Gardens,
Regent's-park, yesterday.

LATEST INTELL iGEN OE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, May 19.
COM3IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1431 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1441 ; the lowest, 141 i.
Sterling Exchange on London ion.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1291
it 6, 1885 ..
16 46 1867.......... l2O.
10-40 66
Illinois

Erie ..................... ......................... 291.

Cotton —Mid. upland 2Blc.
Petroleum—Standard White 3lic.
Flour, extra state, $5.95e. to $6.55c. Corn, old
mixed, 89c.

A riot between the police and the people oc-
curred at New Orleans to-day. Several persons
were more or less severely wounded, The troop 3
restored order.

AUSTRIA,

VIENNA, May 20.

The Official Vienna Gazette of to-day announces
that the Emperor has given hia 84notioa to the
Public Schools Bill,

FRANCE.

BoURSE, May 19. —Th ree o'clock—The market
closed as follows :-
4i per Cent.
End of month... Italian Fives 57 65
3 per Cent
End of month 72 20 Mexican Loan 25 25
Credit. Mobilier

End of month... 268 Spanish Threes 3O
Credit Fonder ...1617 50 Home. Debt —
End of month... Deferred — -
RAILWAYS.

Cash
Orleans
Northern M..,...... 1070
...
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern--
613
Western
Eastern
••
Sardinian
Austrian 73li
Lombard 467*
North of Spain bB
Saragossa
Roman 62

The 3d Royal Surrey Militia,.froni Kingston-on-
Thames, will proceed to Aldcrshott Camp to-mor-
row for the usual period of training.
LAD YERTISEMENT.I—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,.lnly 21, 1366. - The health of the Holy
Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme-
dies, he has confined himself entirel to Du Barry's Revalenta
Arabica. Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal.
It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and
his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We
extract a few out ofmore than 63.000 cures:—Cure No. 58,216, of
the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint
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all over, bad digestion, constant 'sleeplessness, and the most in-
tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.77 1 : Lord Stuart de
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No. 49,832: "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 parilal deafness. Im-
portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than
sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's
name is most audaciously attached.

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TH URSDAY EVENING,