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assertion is, to say the least of it, discourteous on the
part of any one so eminently placed as a leading
Minister of the Crow N, as a responsible member
of the Cabinet, as one of the sworn—no, we
must say, of course, exceptionally in Mr.
BRIGHT'S instance, as one of the affirmed

—Privy Counsellors of the SOVEREIGN. The ccca-
sion of this gratuitous rudeness on the part of Mr.
BRIGHT is singularly malapropos. Lord GRAN-
VILLE, as he himself remarked last evening to the

House of Lords, has but just now been earnestly
entreated in his bearing towards the House of Lords,
to be " conciliatory." Precisely at the same juncture.
Lord GRANVILLE'S colleague goes out of his way to
be—instead of that—signally and flagrantly insolent.
To do this, as we have said, he goes out of his way,
and he does so in a manner the most cool and deli-
berate. He writes a Letter to the S:.cretary of
the Birmingham Liberal Association, in the second
paragraph, in the second sentence of which he says,
with inimitable impertinence—he a leading member
of the House of Commons, he a leading member of the
GLADSTONE Government—" The Lords are net very
wise, but t here is sometimes profit to the people in their
unwisdom." Now, in a discourt. sy like that, there is
something partaking of the character of the lowest
type of American candour, as betrayed not infre-
quently among the occupants of the back benches of
the Congress at Washington. A poiet blank ass r-
tion of that sweeping and comprehensive kind,
directed against the whole body of an as-
sembly as unquestionably august, and as
undeniably ancient and (as the phrase is) time-
honoure a as Lam I.An .
an arrogance on the part of any speaker or writer
indulging in such words, such as entitles him, no
matter what his position, no matter what his indi-
vidual capacity, no matter what his indubitable consci-
entiousness, to anything but our respect. An assertion
to the effect," The Lords are not very wise, but
there is sometimes profit to the people even in their
unwisdom," is one in every way just as paltry, just
as absurd, and (there is really no other term for it)
just as vulgarly arrogant as that uttered by a Liberal
(liberal, save the mark !) to the effect that the" stupid"
party was the party of the Conservatives. "0 Liberty,"
exclaimed Madame ROLAND, when standing at the
foot of the scaffold, " What crimes are done in thy
name ! " 0, Überalistn —it might just as
appositely, often and often of late years, be
exclaimed how many a Lease, how many a
narrow-minded, how many an illiberal proceeding is
done in thy name—insomuch that we, as Liberals, some-
times read our own party designation almost as though

it were applied to us all ironically. " T:Je Lords
are not very wise," says Mr. BRIGHT in his twofold
capacity as a member of the House of Com-
mons and as a Cabinet Minister, addressing
his remarks, as we • have seen, to the Sec-
retary of the Birmingham Association —" The
Lords are not very wise, but there is sometimes
profit to the people even in their unwisdom." The
Tribune of the People turned Privy Councillor,
thereupon reads to the " stupid" Tories—indeed,

it must be said, to the Lords in their
aggregate " unwisdom"—a pretty sharp lesson,
couched in the severest language of reproof and
comprehensibly enough, even, we are left to presume,
by " stupid" Tories and " unwil e" Lords, filled (in
every sinister sentence of it) with only half-hidden
threats. "It is possible," says one of these rhetorical
brickbats, " that a good many people may ask what
is the special value of a Constitution which gives a
majority of 100 in one house for a given policy, and a
majority of 100 in another house against it." Another
of these, as we may otherwise call them, taps on the
thick head of the house of Lords, as ni It a bludgeon,
is th's—" It may De asheu aizv,
quite as significantly " why the Crown, through its

Ministers in the lions?. of Commons, should be found

in harmony with the nation, whilst the Lords:Ll e gene-
rally in direct opposition to it." But, as if this were
not enough, the great self-a prointed arth-arraigner of
the Lords goes on to advise their Lordships—through
the Secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association
by the way—in the same tone of contemptuous and
arrogant impertinence, that" Instead of doing a little
childish tinkering about Life Peerages it would be
well if the Peers could bring themselves on a line
with the necessities of our day. In harmony with
the nation," adds Mr. BRIGHT very authoritatively,
" they may go on for a long time ; but throw-
icg themselves athwart its course, they may
meet with accidents not pleasant for them to
think of." Significant enough—all that—surely !
But, then, as the old proverb has it, " a nod is as
good as a wink to a blind horse !" And the Lords
are—as Mr. BRIGHT and all such ultra-Liberals
assert—so blind, so stupid in their unwisdom—
that it seems hardly worth the trouble
nodding and winking at them vicariously through
the Secretary of the Birmingham Liberal
Association. Nevertheless, it has its value—
this extraordinary letter of Mr. BRIGHT'S—as the last
specimen, we presume, of the conciliatory policy
adopted towards the leaders of the Opposition and
towards the majority in the House of Lords by the
more Liberal members of her MAJESTY'S present Go-
vernment.

WHILE the Government have adopted thefortiter
in re with regard to the Irish Church, they are skew-
ing the suaviter in tnodo with regard to the Endowed
Schools Bill. Mr. FORSTER, who was supposed to
be the least malleable member of the Government,
has carried concession quite as far as is consistent
with the fundamental principles of the reform
whereof he is the propounder ; perhaps a little
farther. It is to be regretted, for instance, that he
should have so far yielded to the old -fashioned preju-
dices of old-fashioned people as to make, the
rearrangement of the doles and other similar
demoralising charities dependent upon the will of
the trustees. Anyone who knows the kind of per-
sons who hold that office in the small country towns
of England will have very little hope of any initia-
tory movement from them. Doles are to a certain
extent a substitute for the poor rates, and it is too
much to expect of human nature that the rate-
payer should voluntarily increase his contribu-
tion towards the maintenance of Widow SMITH
in order that Orphan SMITH may receive a
proper education. So far as these bequests are con-
cerned, there is little hope that the education of our
lower classes will benefit by the organic reform
which is now being originated. There are other
portions of Mr. FORSTER'S bill, or rather of that
half bill which is all that he seeks to pass this
session, which are as open to favourable, as the point
above mentioned is to unfavourable, criticism. For
instance, there is no reason to object to
the concession whereby the trustees of edu-
cational endowments worth more than £l,OOO
a year shall be permitted to draw up a new scheme
for the application of the funds. It is one thing to

sly that there shall be a new scheme, and that the
trustees shall have the right of propounding it, sub-
ject to the approval of the Charity Commissioners;
it is another thing, as in the case of the doles,
to permit the trustees to say if there shall be
any new scheme at all. Moreover, as a
rule, there is none of the inducement to retain an
inefficient arrangement with regard to schools that
there is with regard to doles. No one profits by the
first;. as we have seen, a good many persons may
profit by the second. There is another decided im-
provement of the same kind. As the bill originally
stood it was left to deans and chapters to apply por-
tions of the cathedral revenues to the improvement of
cathedral schools. It is scarcely to be expected that
cathedral dignitaries would spew themselves very
,eatkusiastio in this matter, and so it has been wisely

determined to give the initiatio to the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. A third manifest improvement is
the better provision of schools for girls. Hitherto
the gentle and Greekless gender has been shame-
fully overlooked. There is many an instrmce in
which endowments have been left for the education
of boys and girls, and yet note single girl is nom' pro-
vided for. This is the case ewe though the funds are
so large that they are, as at rerkhampstead, in Hert-
fordshire, used to bribe peents to send their sons
to school.

But after all, the most important portion of the
Education Reform is postponed. The appointment
of a central body, the examita tion of schoolmasters,
the arrangement of schools into the three proposed
grades upon a general plan—these, the bolder
features of the recommeidations made by the
Royal Commissioners, are deferred until next
year, if not to the Greek Kalends. And yet a
scheme of reform whiCh doesnot include these changes
will scarcely be worth the hating. They are essentially
the constructive portions of the main scheme, and
it loses the greater portion of its value and efficacy
without them. No system d education can be other-
wise than seriously defective so long as anybody is
allowed to turn educator Vithout proof of fitness.
The revelations made before the Royal Commis-
sioners shew how large is the number of grossly-
incompetent persons in the profession," and there can
be no great improvement in the quality of instruction
until such men are forbidden to be teachers. Then,
again, at present there are often schools largely
endowed in two closely contiguous towns, while be-
yond them is a large district absolutely destitute of
any such provision. This defect ought to be
remedied, and must be before we can greatly con-
eratulate ourselves upon what has been done. Mr.
FORSTER seems to cave iLUt-r ic
slowly," hoping to disarm oppositibn by taking one
step at a time. This may be prudent, but prudence
sometimes involves impatience on the part of those
who have very little respect for stupid adherence to
antiquated abuses

FRoM our New York telegrams our readers will
have learned that the Republicans have had it in
contemplation to take party issue at the next elec-
tion on the Alabama question. Some of the
leaders proposed that the Republican " platform"
should be based upon Mr. -SUMNER'S demands.
It is yet uncertain whether this idea first originated
with Mr..SUMNER himself, who is said to have been
greatly disappointed at the refusal of General GRANT
to take his famous effusion as the groundwork of
Mr. MOTLEY'S instructions; but the more moderate
men of the party have speedily seen the folly of
such a procedure, and the scheme has been abandoned.
Its adoption would, in all probability, have destroyed
the ascendancy which the Republicans now possess.
To employ a great national dispute, involving a
question of peace or war, for party purposes
must surely have improved the position
of the Democrats, who have already announced their
intention of falling back upon the policy of peace
and conciliation. Mr. SUMNER'S speech, taken as
the programme of the dominant party, must
inevitably• have led to war. It would have
bound the Republicans to insist upon re-
paration for our " premature " recognition of
belligerency, for it was upon this head and front
of England's offending that Mr. SUMNER chiefly
founded his claim. The injury inflicted by the
Alabama was trifling compared with the disastrous
effects of our unfriendliness as a nation. And yet it'
now transpires that even the highest American
authorities are of opinion that no demands based
upon the QUEEN'S Proclamation of Neutrality can
be substantiated. Dr. WOOLSEY, one of the
leading exponents of international law in
the United States, fully believes that damages
can be exacted for the depredations of the
Confederate cruisers, but he decides that
Mr. SUMNER'S theory of demands founded
on the recognition are wholly untenable. It
finnears. too that. PreAident GRANT'S Government
has been lookingl into the sulum.,
same result. On the 21st of June, 1831,
Mr. ADAMS informed Mr. SEWARD that a desire
to be perfectly neutral had inspired the
Proclamation, and the latter, in reply, whilst
regretting that the belligerency of the South had
thus been admitted, virtually acknowledged that it
furnished no special cause for trouble. Other procla-
mations of the kind followed, and were passed over in
silence. If they were not complained of then, the PRE-
SIDENT'S advisers, we are informed, cannot conceive
how one of them is to be made the foundation of
huge demands eight years afterwards. We have
-probably heard the last of this claim. It was solely
on its account that the unfortunate treaty of Mr.
JOHNSON was rejected, and it appears, after all, that
the Americans will be constrained to accept similar
terms.

SIR MORTON PETO. AND THE NATIONAL
BANK.

An application was made at the Court of Bankruptcy
on Monday to Mr. Commissioner Winslow for leave to
prove against the separate estate of Sir Morton Peto,
Bart., for £150,000. The claim was made on behalf of the
National Bank, and a question arose as to whether it
ought to be admitted against the joint estate of Peto,
Betts, and Crampton, or against the separate estate of Sir
S. M. Peto, and it was also contended that the proof was
not in proper form. After hearing Mr. Bagley on behalf
of the National Bank, and Mr. Mayard for the assignees,
his honour decided that the bank was entitled to prove
against the separate estate of Sir S. M. Peto, and admitted
the proof accordingly.

LA :EST INTELL LOA Ut

(REU"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, June 14.
The Cunard steamer Heela arrived at 6 p.m.

yesterday.
The Inman steamship City of London and the
Gnion steamship Minnesota arrived out to-day.
The Allan steamship Prussian arrived at Quebec
to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1381 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1391; the lowest, 1381.
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 122.1•
44 " 1885 ll9ll.

,t 1867..

119 i.

10-40 14
Illinois.
Erie
Cotton—Mid.' upland 32e.
Petroleum—StandArd White 313-e.
Flour, extra state, $5.70e. to $6.30e. Corn, old
mixed, S9.lc.

WAsuiNuTox, June 14.

The President has ordered that the differentia
duties hitherto levied on merchandise imported in
French bottoms should be discontinued, thus re-
ciprocating the action taken by France in reference
to American vessels.

According to a report of Secretary Boutwell,
published this day, the cash in the Treasury

,A i &1 g,l .000, 0 0 0 , showing an increase of

$10,000,000 since ti.; ;„t. vi 111;6 .dill
$107,000,000 are in coin, and $27,000,000 in cur-
rency.

SOUTHAMPTON, June 15.

The North German Lloyd steamer America, from,
New York, has arrived here, with 170 passengers
42 sacks of mails, and $94,681 for London.

QUEENSTOWN, June 15.

The Cunard Royal mail steamer Malta, from
New York, arrived here at 3.30 a.m. to-day. She
brings 95 passengers, of whom she landed 23 and
despatches, and proceeded for Liverpool imme-
diately. All well.

HUNGARY.

PESTI!, June 15.

In yesterday's sitting of the Lower house the
members of the delegations were elected, all of
them belonging to the Peak party.
The bil introducing a gold coinage with the
franc as unit was agreed to.

CANADA.
OTTAWA, June 14.
The House of Assembly has to-day reconsidered

its votes of Saturday refusing to grant an additional
subsidy to Nova Scotia, and has rescinded that re-
solution and granted the subsidy iu question.

NOVA SCOTIA.
lIALIFAx, June 14.

It is asserted that the Repeal League, established
in this city, has resolved to'make annexation to the
thiited States the platform of their policy.

FRANCE.

PARIS, June 15.
The Gazette des Tribunaux, published this morn-

ng, says :

At Belleville some persons who had collected in
groups, shouting " \rive Rochefort !" were arrested
as late as Sunday, and were handed over to the
sergents de ville by the inhabitants themselves.

Yesterday (Momlay) complete tramr.,i‘-,
vaned everywhere. Strong bodies of sergents de
vine, however, are still traversing certain quarters.

LIT.tRATURE.

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POEMS BY Loan CARLISLE (Moxon).—A charm-
ing collection of the poetical effusions of the late
Earl of Carlisle, selected by his sisters, and in-
scribed on the title-page In Memoriam IlJatris,
comes to us in this little volume of 137 pages very
acceptably. It begins with the Earl's prize poem
on " Paestum," and ends wih his paraphrase of
"The Second Vision of Daniel." The best piece in
the whole volume, to our mind, are the noble lines
"On Niagara," every word of which we have known
by heart for years past, a piece worthy of its theme,
and one by which Lord Carlisle's name as a poet
may yet be long remembered.
COOLING CUPS AND DAINTY DRINKS (Routledge)
appears refreshing at the approach of midsummer.
Wines, liqueurs, syrups, cordials, bitters, aerated
and effervescing drinks, cups of all kinds, from cider
to champagne, sherry cobbler, gin-sling, mint
julep, brandy smash, pick-me-up, tickle-my-fancy,
apple toddy, whisky cocktail, shandy gaff, ale
posset, birthday syllabub, egg-flip, Billy Dawson's
punch, claret granato, brandy sangaree, cam
multis aliis--here they all are, making us thirsty
even to read of them, giving us a relish only se-
cond to that derivable from the lip of horn, glass,
tankard, goblet, or wassail bowl. The collection of
these anything but " unconsidered trifles," of these
recipes for those wonderfully compounded tipples,
is 30 much of a benefactor that he deserves at the
least the mention of his name, being that of one
'rerrington.
STAMFORD'S MAP OF THE LONDON RAILWAYS—
published, as the title indicates, by Stamford of
Charing-cross--is, beyond any question, the com-
pletest, and iu every way the best Special Map of
the Railways and Stations in Loudon and its
environs. It is a folding map, of considerable size
wben opened out, but wonderfully compact and
portable when closed. It is accompanied by a very
ample, but at the same time a very succinct
11
guide to the routes of all the trains running from
every terminus in the metropolis. Besides which
the same little handy guide embraces within it the
routes of all the metropolitan and suburban omni-
buses, with the routes also of all the Thames Steam-
boats. The map is beautifully engraved, excellently
printed, and brilliantly coloured.
PALMER'S INDEX TO TIIE TIMES NEWSPAPER
(Samuel Palmer).—This really masterly Index to
the History of Nowadays appears no longer, we are
glad to see, experimentally. It comes forth now
at regular stated intervals—that is to say, as a
quarterly publication. It was at the outset a luxury.
It has grown since then into a necessity. It enables
any one consulting it to turn so readily to the page
and column of that great record of contemporary
annals, the Thunderer, the Jupiter Tortans of Print-
ing-house-square, that the non-appearance of the
periodical issue, now, would be felt as seriously
•as, let us say, a cab strike, or as the non-appear-
ance (monthly) of Bradshaw, or as the non
appearance (annually) of Kelly's Post-office
London Directory. Politi&ans, journalists,
city men, anyone and everyone, who may have
got into the habit of using Palmer's Index
to the 7 i InCS cannot contrive to do wit'lout it other-
wise than with the greatest inconvenience. So far
as we have carefully examined each successive vo-
lume, we have noticed a steady and appreciable
improvement in the condensation of the refeeecus
and in their symmetrical arrangement alphabeli
Bally. The compiler is evidently as assiduous as

-ver in the care—the minute and yet comprehensive
care—applied by i&ni to the Ilerculean task wh.!,,
he first undertook its detailed accomplishment,
now that he won his way by practise through all
the windings of the labyrinth. We so fully realize
this, as a commendation to which ha is justly
entitled, that we hesitate not to offer him, at one
and the same time, our congratulations and our
acknowledgments.

Ketileholder, while ruuuing for the First Class Woking-
barn Stakes at Ascot on Friday, broke a b:oodvessel, and
Parry dismounted before reaching the post.

THE PURCBASE OF THE TELEGRAPHS.

The terms which the Post Office have agreed to pay to
the British and Irish Magnetic Company are stated in
a circular just issued to the shareholders. Th?
price is £1,243,000, and is calculated, as agreed, upon the
net profits of the half-year ending June IS6B. If the
Government now had to purchase upon the same terms,
and were compelled to take as their basis the net profit.;
on the half-year ending December 31, 1868, they would
have to pay £1,452,000. The receipts of this company
for the fist four months of 1860 are £10,250 more than
for the corresponding period of 1867, thus sheaving
improvement equivalent to £30,000 per annum. A large
Portion of this increase is, no doubt, owing to the more
moderate rates which have prevailed of late years, anl
which have induced a habit of telegraphy that may be
still further encouraged. It is satisfactory to find that
under the arrangements proposed by the Telegraphs Bill
the State will profit by all future developments.

MR. BRIGHT OA TILE HOUSE OF LORDS.

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The following is the text of Mr.' Bright's letter which
was read at the meeting in Birmingham on Monday

evcning

" London, June 9, 1569.

" Dear Sir, I mast ask my friends to excuse me if 1 am
unable to accept their invitation for the meeting on
Monday next.

" The Lords are not very wise, but there is some•
times profit to the people even in their unwisdcm.
If they should delay the passing of the Irish Church
Itill for three months they will stimulate discussion
on important questions which, but for their infatuatiw',
might have slumbered for many years.
"It is possible that a good many people may ask what
is the special value of a Constitution which gives a ma•
jority of 100 in one house for a given policy, and a majority
of 100 in another house against it.
"It may be asked also why the Crown, through its
Ministers in the House of Commons, should be found in
harmony with the nation, whilst the Lords are
.generally
in direct opposition to it.
" -"" ,1";^3 a little childish tinkering about Life
.Peerages, it would be well if the Peers could briny:
selves on a line with the opinions and necessities of our
clay. In harmony with the nation they may go on for a
long time, but throwing themselves athwart its course,
they may meet with accidents not pleasant for them to
think of.

" But there are not a few good and wise men among
the Peers, and we will hope their counsels may prevail.
" I am sure you will forgive me if I cannot come to
your meeting.—Believe me always, very truly yours,

" JOHN BRIGHT."

ELECTIONEERING AMENITIES.

An action for libel was brought in the Court of Exche-
quer on Monday—" Jackson, M.P.,v. Bell." The defendant
pleaded not guilty. The plaintiff, Mr. Ralph Ward Jackson,
was the founder of West Hartlepool, and when the Hartle-
pools were constituted a borough under the last Reform
Act, he presented himself to the constituency as a
candidate in the Conservative interest, a Mr. Richardson
being the Liberal candidate. Political feeling ran very
high during the election, but on the declaration of
the poll Mr. Jackson, who had been returned by a
small majority, offered to shake hands with his oppo-
nents and make up all differences. On the following
Saturday, viz., the 28th November, 1868, there appeared
in a paper published by the defendant, Mr. Bell—
the South Durham and Cleveland Mercury—a letter
signed by "A Liberal Member of the Liberal Committee,"
referring to Mr. Jackson's offer, and containing the fol-
lowing passage :—" If the most disgraceful bribery and
corruption paralleled only in the worst days of Notting-
ham or Yarmouth or bloated pot•wallopers' of York ; if
beerhouses thrown open and drink scattered with lavishlibe-
rality to all ; with strangers dexterously retained at all the
dirty work, and then retreating under cover of the night to
escape identification ; if drunkenness and debauchery of the
grossest quality, constitutes titles to your consideration
and esteem, then, indeed, is Ralph Ward Jackson en-
titled to the position he assumes. The writer went on
to say that on the day he took his seat in the House
of Commons he would find a petition against his
return, and that before many days were over they would
pull him down from his pedestal, and return him back upon
his clerical and Tory friends for consolation and sympathy."
A petition was presented against Mr. Jackson's return,
but when it came on for trial before Mr. Justice Black-
burn, the counsel for the petitioners confessed that he had
no case, and consented to pay the expenses of Mr. Jack-
son, who was consequently declared duly returned.
In opening the case, Mr. Huddleston said, as the defen-
dant had refused to apologise for these serious allegations
44 v-,laintiff. he claimed heavy damages.
Mr. Baron Martin suggested that the case was one ror
amicable settlement ; and, on the application of the lead-
ing counsel on each side, his lordship granted them a
private interview with a view to an arrangement.
Mr. Davidson, on returning into court, said the letter
nad been written during the heat of the political antagonism
that existed in the borough, and did contain libellous
matter, of which Mr. Jackson had every right to complain ;
but immediately after the decision of Mr. Justice Black-
burn, the defendant published an ample apology In his
paper. The defendant now entirely retracted the charges,
which, he said, was without foundation, and expressed his
regret at having circulated them, and apologised to the

Mr. Huddleston, on the part of the plaintiff, accepted
this apology, and, subject to a private arrangement, a
verdict was entered for the plaintiff, damages 40s.

The Leeds Mercury announces the death of Mr.
Josiah Lewis, of Edge Rll, Duffield, near Derby, one of the
oldest directors of the Midland Railway, in the 64th year of
his age.

THE FIRE AT PENTONVILLE.—At the adjourned
inquest on the bodies of the three persons who lost their
lives in the fire at Pentonville on Saturday week, the
jury has returned a verdict of Accidental Death, accom-
panied by a resolution declaring that the Board of Works
had neglected to provide Clerkenwell with sufficient
protection against the loss of life by fire.

A Cork correspondent telegraphs that on Sunday a
policeman was savagely attacked. Two constables came to
his assistance and endeavoured to take the assailants into
custody. A mob collected and furiously assailed the police
with stones. The constables took refuge with their prisoner
in Shandon barracks, when the mob attacked the barracks,
hurling volleys of stones, and smashing the doors and win-
dows. The police, on being reinforced, sallied out, and got
several prisoners to bridewell. Three policemen were
severely wounded.

NINE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.—A negro named
James Wilson, 25 years of age, arrived here on Tues-
day evening, 25th inst., in the steamer Rising Star, from
Aspinwall, who had existed during the entire passage
without eating. He was employed at Aspinwall in
receiving the cargo, and after supper on the lith inst.
fell asleep in a secluded part of the lower hold. At
one o'clock on the morning of the 18th the vessel sailed.
The man, on awakening, perceived that she was at sea,
but the hatchways being closed, he was unable to make
himself heard from the depth where he was situated. The
cargo in his proximity consisted of wool, indiarubber,
mother-of-pearl shells, and hides, and offered no
means of sustenance. The hold was by no means
crowded with goods, and he enjoyed locomotion, but
weakness and the confined air finally overcame
him, and be slept profoundly until the hatches
were reopened on 'Wednesday morning after arrival.
The fresh air revived him, and, as the stevedores
descended, he was discovered, but was unable to stand.
He had been nearly nine days without eating. Tea was
administered, but he could not retain it. Sherry wine
was tried with better success, and he gradually became
able to absorb food. He was taken to the Coloured Home,
at the foot of East Sixty-fifth-street, and will be returned
to Aspinwall after recovery by the Commissioners of
Charities and Corrections, in whose charge he remains.—
New York Times, May 29.

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY.—
Seven out of the eight directors of this company have
just issued a circular to the shareholders and mortgagees,
with the object of obtaining their assent to the bill now
before Parliament, in order to chew that the great
majority of the holders are favourable to the scheme of
arbitration prc•posed. Remarking upon the recent Chan- •
cery proceedings, the directors state that the persons
moving the court did not derive their authority from the
shareholders and mortgagees whom they professed to re•
present, and whom they had on no occasion called together
or consulted with respect to the bill ; and they add that
the result of the polls at the half•yearly meeting
were :—At the shareholders' meeting, 17,115 voted for
the bill, and 361 against it ; at the mortgagees' meeting,
7,384 votes for the bill, and 1,291 against it. The
circular then goes on to state the reason which
induced the directors to apply to Parliament fur the
bill, and points cu`, certain provisions in the bill which
they do not consider altogether free from objection,
but they add that they believe the main principles of the
measure are approved by a very large majority of both
shareholders and mortgagees, and that they will obtain
such modifications of its details as they deem desirable.
In conclusion, the directors say they look forward to the
passing of the bill as the most sure, just, expeditious, and
least expensive mode of putting an end to the present
disastrous state of things, and rendering the net income
of the railway available for those to whom it ri htfully
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