The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-10 00:00:00

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AIR. WASIIBURNE ON RAILTVAT SUBSIDIES.

LONDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENO

OSB ORNE, holOr
The Queen was this day pleased FEB..
to. confer tho vice
of Knighthood on William 111'bourne James, Esql $
Chancellor.
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The Queen has been pl WHITEHA
eased toFEB direct letters pa llt f A
be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignitid o
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ouvresr
laud unto William Young, Esq., Chief Justice and Sof°
dent of the Legislative Council of the Province co
Scotia.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 2. flcis
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain,,-I'no
Brockman Morley, late of the 40th Foot, to be -cilc„; the
her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, fr°7l re'
23d January, vice Captain Thomas Parker Rickf°r
signed, 24th October, 1868.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, FEn• 9.vbelifit
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—John Robert &goo
Goodden, Gent., to bo Cornet; Staff-Surgeon ""
Wilson to be Surgeon.
6th Dragoons—Lieutenant John Bland to be ---•
Cornet Gage Chas. Fitzßoy to be Lieutenant. gob,
6th Foot —Gentleman Cadet Edward Henry Corse"-
to be Ensign.
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10th Poot —Lieutenant Theophilus Scott to be ws•
Ensign Eustace B. Burnaby to be Lieutenant. Cor
13th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander D. Simpson to 134100
tain, Ensign Robert A. Jalland to be Lieutenant, 1Y
T. Summers, Gent., to be Ensign.
15th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Bourke to ii-
nistant-Surgeon.
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21st Foot—Ensign William Andrew Yule to be
agligi
nant : Gentleman Cadet Henry Frederick J.
to be Ensign.
27th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Burch Pye PhillipPs Lied'
Captain; Ensign Charles Sumner Pinwill to b° /401'

tenant ; Gentleman Cadet Alfred James Phgre
hall to be Ensign.
38th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Stokes to be Capta;ii:irtht
il
46th Foot —Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel —do to
Need to be Major, Captain Thomas Douglas r,i°r„tat°'
be Major, Lieutenant Henry Patten Law to be bu
Ensign Gerard William Thorpe to be Lieutennn 001'
sign Henry Elliott Chevalier Kitchener to b° b°
tenant, Gentleman Cadet Henry Pinnock Bailetont
se
Ensign, Gentleman Cadet Shirley Apthorp to be Prtituc
63d Foot—Ensign Alfred Nuthall to be Ensign,
Millar to be Ensign.
65th Foot—Major Robert MacGregor to be ILient- j,ieol•
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Colonel; Captain Charles Blewitt to be Major;A er
tenant William Wrixen to be Captain ; Ensign
ander Acheson to be Lieutenant.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 6.
Lowry John Monteith, Esq., has this day Pra't
bee floe I
'noted to the rank of Staff Surgeon in her Majesty
with seniority of the 4th inst.

Mr. Seward has lately been arranging his
for an extended tour of travel, which he proposes :b:f-oel
nf.hg on the expiration of his term of office. The jvtlit-oec°
will be across the Continent to California, and her
through the Republics of South America.—General thets
man, the last report from St. Louis says, has been I",a the
for some days.—General Mower has been assigned '-
command of the Military District of Louisiana. rb 00'
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The dedication of the American Methodist Jot
logical Seminary at Frankfort-on-the-Maine took tote
on the 18th Jan., and the clergy and presiding are'P
from various parts of Germany and students weroef 110
sent. Addresses were made in German by 1113'13'h1i 1/1
clergy and by some of the professors, and in Eag,-; !Jr'
G. P. Kettell, United States Consul, Carlsruhe, I)"fessei.
Murphy, Consul-General, Frankfort, and by Pro TO
M'Chesney, United States Consul, Newcastle' . 110
seminary is a large four-storey brick building 11
eastern part of the city, commanding a view of Fr33g,
and vicinity. Its cost will be about 400,000 franc ,rl3l
the gift of T. Martin, of Brooklyn, New York; joabt;
being the only Methodist college in Germany wil't doet:
less be a success. After the ceremony some 200 55 oter
to tea, and next day the clergy and professors were.,-)kfett
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tamed at dinner at the Hotel D'Angleterre in froftee'
by the American Consul-General, at which about
clergy and professors were present. f the
THE PUBLIC LANDS.—The entire area of the
States and Territories, the soil of which belonge,a.o 01,
nally to the United States, commencing with °Plres,
ending with Alaska, is estimated at 1,834,998,400 ace otsr
2,867,185 square miles, of which 485,000,000 acres a rore
veyed, and opened to homestead settlement. The sores;G.,,
merit has since its organization sold over 154,000,0°'‘, esd
80,000,000 acres.are now in the hands of speculator
elusive of the 124,000,000 granted to Pacific I'o4ooo
57,000,000 to other railroads west and south, 17'°;011:1:3
acres to canals, 60,000,000 s leeted and classed as i 1 ,
and overflowed lands," 9,600,000 acres granted ,
States in ail of agricultural colleges,
.„11c hele ,
being sold by scrip, and will erantually, r
by land speculators and likewise by monopelists'iliA
sides this, 17,716,555 acres have been granted for 1316,550;
and naval service, making the total disposed of 401.,es
The Commissioner of the General Land Office gl 603" f
64 8 o
number of surveyed lands undisposed of as 'ose,o
acres. It is estimated that of the 493,000,000 disPror
at least 225,000,000 acres are now in the hands of IrrOti'i
companies and private speculators. The Osage to s'ry
now before the Senate for confirmation, prolins-ssess°,,o
the land, in all 8,003,203 acres, belonging by P°ll 0 tr.
right to the Osage Indians, to a corporationßhanifrwotdocr 460
Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston
pany, at 81 99 per acre. These lands, it is assecrt;sirabci,
fertile and valuable, and situated in the most barge
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part of the State. The railroad company, it r °At
t thel the
proposes to hold and sell them in a few years a tof to
prices ; thus, instead of facilitating the settlenlet! tends
portion of our domain, including a system which
drive the settlers to other localities.

Births. „ 0.11/4
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HENLEY—On the 7th inst at 11, Cedars, fut°"''
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the Hon. Mrs. Robert Henley, of a son. a'negf
Hurrr—On the Bth inst., at Ore House, near gas"—
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wile of Jas. Hunt, Esq., of a son. f 04i°
Wicionm—On the Bth inst , at Clifton, the wife °
Colonel Wickham, of a son..

Marriages. c, Pet ,r 1
KNOLLYS —BRISTOW—On the Bth inst., at P"i Sir
Eaton-square. Frederick Robert, sen Gen°,_r,3„,. of °
Knollys, to Laura Carolin , y gest daugy"'"
late R. Bristow, Esq., of Breoimoourne Park, Wilts
irclj'
MAUDSLAY—LUCAS—On the 9th inst.. at Chrivsta°o}2i
Lancaster-gate, Walter Henry Maudslay', -111;o'
Hyde-park-square, and Lambeth,l' to EntilY'r, oo6l'
daughter of Charles T. Lucas, Esq, of 94'
gate, and Warnham Court, Sussex.

Deaths. 00130 e
GODFREY - On the Bth inst., at 29, Spital-scriare'
sb
gate, Mr. Valentine Godfrey, aged 43. ire'
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LRARMONTII—On the Bth inst., at Parkhall, Sto.llo 5
ore'
Thomas L. Learinonth, aged 89. Ati
Mußcnisox—On the 9th ins; tl6 Be/grav'e".uiSoe'
~ a. t
Lady Murchison, wife of Sir Roderick 1. 1111° at
Bart., K.C.8., aged 05V0-
WILDMAN —On the Bth inst., at 29, Park-street, 34.
square, Captain Leveson Wildman, R.N., aged
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Middlesex,--Wednesday, February 10, 18f2.

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Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, made a great speech
in the House on the 19th January against the grant
of subsidies, more especially to the Union Pacific
Railroad (Eastern Division). He asserted thav,
nearly one-third the public domain had gone t°
railroad corporations. To the Pacific Lines alone
the Commissioner of the General Laud Office esti'
mated the amount as about a fourth of being twice
aslarge as the united area ofEngland, Scotland, Wales'
Ireland, Guernsay, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and the
islands of the British seas, and within less than 3
tenth of being equal to the French Empire prerer;
The report of Jesse L. Williams, the Government
Director of the Union Pacific Railroad Cell
pang, showed thrlt the entire length of the road
would be but 1,110 miles, while the Government
subsidies in bonds amounted to $29,50090,10
giving an average per mile of $28,589.
company's first mortgage bonds would yield
over $27,000,000, so that the fund realised froth
by
those two sources amounted to over $40,000,000'
being an average of $51,034 per mile, exceeding .
$16,000 the actual cost of construction and c(134)0-f
meat. This yielded a profit to the eompaeY
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nearly $18,000,000. As to the subsidies b°llo,
granted by Congress to various railroads, the ,r.t
port of the Secretary of the Treasury proved 00.
they amounted in the aggregate to $44,337)°°,be
Mr. Washburne proceeded to show that d
Eastern Division road was badly located 31'1,5
poorly built, while the recapitulation of gran'
made the United States • Bonds subsi4l'
$6,305,000 ; land subsidy, worth $23,240,000J
privilege of subordinating first mortgage hoods,
$3,033,000; total, $35,846,000. This was the 001
received by the company for building a railroad 400
1'
miles in length, which is represented as being °OB
of the easiest and cheapest ever constructed in time. 0.
rica. It was equal to $89,615 per mile, and patt'te
the actual cost at its highest possible estimate
$`30,000 per mile, it would leave a net profit of vor
company of $59,615 per mile, which for °OO.
hundred miles would give the company $23,746.,° it
He was the more earnest, as by the vote 11Pen
the House would determine its policy on the I
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ject of other land grants and subsidies to rafirn°
If this bill was passed, with all its enormities, 10,
House would be ignoring the demands of the Ce°
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try, would be giving emphatic sanction to n'
projects that were lying in wait, involving
two hundred millions of dollars to aid in the e°d,
struction of some ten thousand miles of railres
Two hundred millions for the benefit of ent:P°
111 le tions, speculators, lobbyists,and adventurers, Iv
a pestiferous monopoly, the Western Union Tcje.
graph Company, was to be perpetuated, which
robbing the public of ten millions a year.