The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-03 00:00:00

THE ANNUAL REPOR2S.

REPORT OF THE HON. DAVID A. 'WELLS,
SPECIAL REVENUE COAMISSIONER.
WHAT IS THE PRESENT CONDITION OF INDUSTRY
—The facts which constitute an answer to this ques-
tion are to a considerable degree contradictory and
paradoxical. On the one hand, there is much that
indicates that the country is rapidly recovering
from the effects of the war, and resuming that won-
derful career of progress and development which
especially characterised its history during the period
embraced in the thirteen years from 1847 to 1860.
On the other hand, there is another class of facts
which as unmistakably indicate the existence of
agencies which tend to arrest or obstruct national
development, and which foster speculation, idleness,
extravagance of living, discontent with moderate
and slow gains, haste to be rich, and the spirit of
trading as distinguished from the spirit of produc-
tion. Withi❑ the last five years more cotton spindle ;
have been put in operation, more iron furnaces
erected, more iron smelted, more bars rolled, more
steel made, more coal and copper mined, more lum-
ber sawed and hewn, more houses and shops con-
structed, more manufactOtes of different kinds
started, and more petroleum collected, refined,
and exp3rted, than during any equal period i❑
the history of the country ; and this increase has
been greater both as regards quality and quantity,
and greater than the legitimate increase to be ex-
pected from the normal increase of wealth and po-
pulation.

EFFECTS or THE WAIL —lnvestigation shows that
in many departments of industry the cost of skilled
labour and of raw material in Great Britain and the
United States very closely approximated in 1860.
In 1860 American coarse 'cottons were obtaining
the command of most extra-European markets.
In 1860, wooden ships, allowing for quality, could
be built cheaper in the United States than in any
other country. In 1860 copper in the pig was ex-
ported from the United States in profitable com-
petition with the mines of Cuba and South Ame-
rica ; and evidence has also been presented to the
Commissioner showing that in some instances pig
iron was manufactured with profit at rates far lower
than the average of Europe, while the purchasing
power of the wages paid for the same was consider
ably greater than at present. But the war came,
bringing with it certain inevitable results, and these
results now constitute the per contra upon the na-
tional ledger before referred to. The feature about
them which, iu contrast with the facts above cited,
seems contradictory and paradoxical, is that while
our resources as a nation have, on the whole, con-
tinued unimpaired, while we continue to possess
and enjoy the greatest area of fertile territory, the
most unrivalled means of intercommunication, na-
tural or artificial, and the freest and most popular
form of government; while the aggregate annual
products of the soil have continually increased and
not diminished, and those of the anvil, the forge,
the loom, and the spindle have also multiplied, there
is, nevertheless, hardly a single domestic article or
product, agricultural or manufactured, in behalf of
which the claim, either directly or indirectly, has
not been made within the last two years that the
same could be produced to greater advantage or
profit in some other country than the United States;
increased protection even being demanded for oil
paintings, rough building stone, Indian corn, Bibles
and ice—the last to the extent of 15 per cent. gold,
and this claim the Commissioner is obliged to admit
is, to a very great extent, iu exact accordance with
the truth. The United States finds itself, there-
fore, in the anomalous position of a great nation,
favoured in many respects as no other nation upon
which the sun shines, unable to exchange its pro-
ducts on terms of equality with the products of
any other country; the marked exception being
always its product or supplies of the precious
metals.

ADVERSE AGENciEs.—The immediate cause of
the anomalous condition of affairs in question must
unquestionably be referred to the greatly increased
cost of nearly all forms of labour and commodities
as compared with the price for the same that pre-
vailed in the decade imme liately preceding the war ;
while these in turn inu,:t be regarded as the result-
ant mainly of three agencies growing out of the war,
viz., irredeemable paper currency, unequal and
heavy taxation4and a limited supply of skilled la-
bour, the last manifesting itself at the present time
in specialties rather than in general.
NATIONAL TAXATION UNDER TIIE TARIFF.—It is
important to recognize the fact that under the exist-
ing financial condition of the country, the old-time
issues between the advocates of free trade on the one
hand and protection on the other, have ceased to be
of any real practical importance—inasmuch as in
the arrangement of a tariff with a view to revenue,
the requirements of the Government must certainly,
for the present, necessitate so high an average of
duties as to afford all that can be reasonably asked
for on the grounds of protection ; and with a given
requirement, moreover, for revenue, in excess of
what can be derived from- the taxation under the
tariff of acknowledged luxuries, there would seem
to be no valid objection to distributing the addi-
tional taxation in such a manner as to favour those
branches of industry most exposed to foreign com-
petition.

THE EXISTING TARIFF.--The avowed object of
the tariff, as revised in 1861, was revenue to pro-
vide for the expenses of a great war. Subordinate
only to this was the other principle of discriminat-
ing duties in favour of domestic or home industry
—a principle which may be considered as the set-
tled policy of the great majority of the American
people, and which, as we have already shown, is
recognized and virtually acted upon by all the lead-
, ing commercial nations of Europe. With the ter-
mination of the war, and with accruing receipts
from the tariff in excess of the actual requirement
of the Treasury, the popular tendency as expressed
by legislation, accomplished or projected, has been
to reverse the order of importance of these two
principles, and to make the idea of revenue subor-
dinate to protection rather than protection subor-
dinate to revenue. And in carrying out, further-
more, the idea of protection, but the rule for guid-
ance would appear to have been adopted for legis-
lation, viz. ; the assumption that whatever rate of
duty could be shown to be for the advantage of
any private interest, the same would prove equally
advantageous to the interests of the whole country.
The result has been a tariff based upon small issues
rather than upon any great national principle; a
tariff which is unjust and unequal ; which need-
lessly enhances prices ; which takes far more indi-
rectly from the people than is received into the
Treasury ; which renders an exchange of domestic
for foreign commodities nearly impossible; which
necessitates the continual exportation of obliga-
tions of national indebtedness and of the precious
metals ; and which, while professing to protect Ame-
rican industry, really, in many cases, discriminates
against it.
INDISCRIMINATE PROTECTION A CHARACTERISTIC
OF THE EXISTING TARlFF.—Another characteristic
feature of the existing tariff is that it attempts in-
discriminate or universal protection, an idea which,
if fully carried out, would render all protection a
nullity; and to the extent to which it is carried out
does more for foreign as compared with domestic
industry than almost any other one agency. The
term raw material is only a relative expression ; so
much so, that it would be difficult to instance any
article, the product of industry, to which it could
be absolutely and unqualifiedly applied. Hence the
necessity in the construction of a tariff, whether
the object aimed at be revenue or protection, of the
exercise of discrimination ; which discrimination, in
order that it may be intelligent, must be based, not
on a consideration singly and separately of the in-
terests involved, but upon a consideration and
knowledge of the relations which the separate in-
terests sustain to the whole, keeping in view at the
same time the cardinal doctrine that all legislation
approximates to perfection in the degree that it
provides for the greatest good of the greatest
number.

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THE SUN, , LONDON WEDNESDAY SVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1E69.
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r IFEBOA'I' SERVICES.---During the Storms QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. cotton famine, and if cotton consumers would pay as Manchester Freetraders are beginning to abandon COARESPONDENOR FROM PARIS.
H. Liston.
J1...4 of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution
Tins EVE 4,1 T Manager,felissrrs.. W.
L. Toole, S E ry, W. H •
much to insure against famine as they did to insure their principles. They may do so, but the nation
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contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship- Stephens, C. Wyndham., and L. Brongh; blesdam. ems eMontagne wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution ilignoll, Mgare, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING' against fire, they would soon have an increased will not. The nation will insist upon having goods (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER from Belgium and France if these are cheaper or
supply. The losses which have accrued since the
PARIS, TUESDAY, February 2.
Establishments, in addition to granting .£2,431 for re supply.
than those from England. Manchester
wards.
THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. American war from a scarcity of cotton far exceed The debate on the right of public meeting was a disap-
The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George millowners must seek to improve their con- .
public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia the losses from fire, and yet if it were possible
dition by other expedients than by a pointment, and to many an inexplicable collapse. A great
fiedd-day was anticipated, but nothing resulted except a
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Foote and Larkin. After which. TURK° THE TERRIBLE : for the old supply to come from the American cotton •
Messrs F Thighes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey; great politico-economical reaction. They have miserable skirmish. The discussion had been solemnly
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton. Miss fields to-morrow, we have no doubt that our menu-
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Fanny Josephs, cite. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTES peculiar- facilities for doing so. No country in the announced; the reactionary journale had made much pre-
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-greet, Adelphi, London. ktAlv
facturers would again fall back into the old system world, except the United States, possesses such a fine liminaryfracas; a great debate, if not a storm, was expected
on all sides. After half-past one all the seats apportioned to
THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, c.
THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPI .
at 7, SL ASHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, of exclusive dependence on the one source. Years cotton-field as we have. With all India under our
the public were crowded to excess, and in the waiting-
rooms an immense number of the disappointed vainly
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Cbatterton. faughan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. ago Mr. BRIGHT endeavoured to draw attention to the rule, with a country full of great rivers that now
Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on After which. at 7.45, TIM YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H
endeavoured to gain tickets. They did not lose much. In
every Wednesuay and Saturday clnringthe Christmas Holidays Ne-ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. cotton cultivation in India, and we hope that he will flood their banks in the rains and are dried
THIS EVENING, will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield avail himself of his present influential position up in the heats, but which might be con- an hour it was all over. Yes, forty minutes sufficed to
To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled
GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; oR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN Boors,
IND THE MILLER'S Soss, with new and magnificent Scenery ROYALTY THEATRE. to bring the subject forward. By so doing he will verted into sources of irrigation, it is absurd dispose of socialism, atheism, and all other obnoxious
"isms," and to save from destruction property, family
by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. confer the greatest benefits upon the people of India, for Manchester to be complaining of the short supply
union, religion, and public order. Baron Benoist, who was to
strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe TIM EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss
of cotton, or to be hankering after an antiquated and
of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, for the cultivation of cotton will bring many bless-
any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND exploded system of commerce. Hitherto we have
half-past 8, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily.
ings in its train. To make it successful India must hour. M. Baroche replied. M. Emile 011ivier vainlyendea,
PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.
done almost nothing for India except conquer it, voured to fan the flame. M. Pelletan explained the
THEATRE ROYAL, II A YMARK have better roads, more extended railway accommo-
ET. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton If their distress should- induce Manchester mill- silence of the Left, and then Baron Benoist, "satisfied,"
Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. Tins EvErtnie, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, dation, and, above all, an efficient system of irriga-
But why did not the
THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss owners to insist upon the completion of the
Bnckstone, jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. C. Addison, and Miss Marie 'Wilton. After which, A WINNING tion. Thus, while we are removing the risk of a works so long talked of, the present dullness Left speak ? Well, it is argued, it did not
great withdrew his interpellation.
After which, HOME: Messrs. So ern, Chippendale, Comp- HAZARD. And LNTRIGUE.
ton, A stley, Sc„ Mesdames Cavendiffi, Burke, Hill, &c. cotton famine from Lancashire, we shall be at the of the times will not have been useless. raise the question. The interpellation was one which
Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. NI essrs. Comp
concerned only the Government and its supporters. The
CHRISTY MINSTRELS St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
ton, Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames same time averting the danger of a more terrible Free Trade, too, will have won another triumph.
Wednesdays and Saturdays,. at 3 and 8 all the year round.
Right is aggrieved by the socialist doctrines preached at
Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c.
Commenee at Seven. famine in India. Had the country possessed better Having first brought us into intimacy with nations
these public meetings ; if the Left interfered it is probable
ROYAL AL HAMB RA PALACE. - THREE BALLETS, means of cheap and ready transit, had irrigation done from which we had often been estranged-inti- that the conse
THEA TR E ROYAL, ADELPHI. Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office quences would be disastrous only to itself.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. so close that war became almost impossible-it In other words, if the Liberals assailed the Govern.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
open from 11 to 4. its part in parched and barren districts, we should macy
will have induced us to do our duty towards the ment on this point, it might probably end in a
THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex. not have been appalled by the story of a million
TO CAMBERWF.T.T.. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children deaths from want in a British dependency. We hope great empire which we have governed hitherto with law being brought up to repeal the former,
kt a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja- under twelve, 6d.
and the right of public meeting would be lost
so little advantage to it or credit to ourselves.
nun Webster, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, . that the Manchester Chamber of Commerce will not altogether. Such is the reason given for the attitude of
Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J.
. ,
' -.• the Opposition. It can hardly be deemed satisfactory. It
smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss
..?, ' - relax its efforts until our cotton trade shall be placed
is not likely that the Government will retrace its steps.
Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. .... 4,
tlit olg
,-tr '
~, sak...t. 1.., 44 44. on a firm and satisfactory basis. If its members LATEST INTELL IGENCE. It has given too little liberty to France to take away what
' *"t.!-.'' .• Ilt or ''S'' Una succeed in accomplishing this they will have conferred
ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
there is. The Left ought to have come forward in defence
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(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
a lasting benefit on their country. of their privileges, and have shewn that whilst
Last 6 Nights.
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some demagogues abused the right of public meeting,
THIS EVENING, THE SECRET.
After which tat 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in ILONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1869. ARRIVAL OF THE SERAPIS. many other men, including some of the most
Cs= acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life.
celebrated names in France, had discoursed temperately
ONE matter of general interest was discussed PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 3.
Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt,
-4.-
J.G . Shore Miss Emma Barnet, and Miss Rose Leclercq.
at the meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com- and moderately upon the great truths of morals, religion,
The proceedings of the Manchester Chamber of Her Majesty's Indian troop ship Serapis, Captain
Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds an assistants.
and social order.
To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. merce, which took place on Monday. We learn Soady, arrived at Spithead this morning from
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open Commerce are never altogether without interest.
The failure of this interpellation decides the fate
daily from 10 till 5. from Mr. BAZLEY, the senior M.P. for Man- Alexandria and Malta.
Manchester represents so many branches of our in- of the session. It will be barren, stale, and
gar On Thursday, Feb. 11, a new Drama, entitled MARIE
Chester, that in his city the soundness of Free Trade
unprofitable. The elections are already becoming the
ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. dustrial enterprise, that its merchants and menthe-
AMERICA. principles is beginning to be doubted. This is really leading topic, though as yet the various candidatures are
R OYAL STRAND THEATRE. turers naturally take a very keen interest in the cam- (Per City of Antwerp.) very incomplete. But I can affirm that in no case will
I 1.) Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. mercial legislation of the day, and the directors of 1 serious news. It means that in the very birth-
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. any of the clerical candidates be opposed by the Govern-
THIS EVENING, at 7.30. THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. place and headquarters of Free Trade, in the
Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But „4n Commerce n and Maitland. the Chamber of C have usually a tolerably 1 In the Senate Mr. Sherman introduced a bill to meat.
After which, THE FIELD OF' 'PE, S CLOTH OF GOLD. city where they have erected a noble temple
A rising of some kind has broken out in Algeria. The
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long- long and important list of topics to recommend to toFree Trade, men are beginning to question the most amend the National Currency Act, so as to require
more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c.
details are few, and even doubtful, but there seems to be
To conclude with HUE AND DYE. the notice of their members. Nor are their proceed- elementary doctrines of the Freetraders' creed. regular periodical reports from the National Banks,
some ground for the apprehension of a serious movement
ings confined to mere verbal comment. More than True, Mr. BAZLEY said that these doubts referred to and defining penalties for violation of the provisions on the part of the native population.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, once have these gentlemen succeeded in originating cotton only, but they cannot remain confined to of the original Act. The last traces of the Exhibition of 1867 have not ye-t
HOLBORN.
This Evening there will be a series of entirely New Acts and a desirable reform, in inaugurating • an importam
cotton. It is an old story that the fisherman was in The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations disappeared, but they are rapidly vanishing. The building
Performances at this fashionable and popular place of amuse-
occupied by the Imperial Commission, and the elegant
meat. Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Trick policy, or esin calling public attention to some long- favour of free trade in everything except red
yesterday gave a hearing to General Raasloff, the chalet of the General Commissariat, are all that remain,
Horses "Topaze," "Saladin," "Nedjed," "Tancredi," "Frets- and if the cotton lords who fought the
chute," and e Abdallab," which for symmetry, breeding, and in- established abase or almost forgotten grievance. special Danish Envoy, who addressed them in an and they are rapidly being demolished.
telligence, are unequalled and matchless throughcut the world, ..., battle of Free Trade 25 years ago now declare
The other day I mentioned that two human legs had
England's Champion Equestrian, Mr A. Bradbury, with his co- Lvery one remembers the part played by Manchesterable manner in favour of the immediate consum-
adjutors, Messrs Carre and A, Salamonsky, will execute that that their principles will not bear application
been mysteriously fished up out of a well in the Rue Prin.
wonderfully daring act "The Three Olympians," on three horses. in the great battle of Free Trade, and although the nation of the treaty providing for the purchase of
to the factory, the farmers and landowners
Nothing in the historyof equestrianism has ever approached the
cesse. They were supposed to be those of a woman, be.
superb riding of the Mdlles. Montero and Salamonsky in their movement was not directly associated with the who protested against the application to the St. Thomas by the United States. cause they were clad in stockings fastened above the
double Pas de Deux with Messrs A. Salamonsky and A. Brad-
bury: and certainly no words can describe, or at all events do Chamber of Commerce, still the strong sympathy field will be fully justified. In fact, the In the House Mr. Griswold introduced a bill knee; but the doctors assert that the limbs once formed
justice, to the inimitable bill of fare nightly set forth at the
Royal Amphitheatre and Circus. The Press is unanimous in its with the reform manifested throughout that part of second have far more show of reason than the proposing an issue of gold notes by the Government, part of a man's body. The police have en.
the mystery, and have an ,
verdict of approval.
"Such a varied entertainment, so replete with excitement the country was evidence of the commercial first. There is something like logic in the argument redeemable i •
saga- g, n coin, and receivable fob all Govern-
inhabitant of a house in the Rue Dauphine has been ,
tered into discovered that
amusement, and evidence of refined skill, has never before been that a country ought to be independent of others for meta dues. Such issue not to exceed $350,000,000. missing from his domicile since the 14th of December. On i
introduced to the metropolis." Telegraph. " The trick horses city and intelligenc3 of the Manchester men.
are magnificent animals, and every lover of horses should make its supply of food, lest, relying upon them, The amount of gold in the Treasury above that the 15th of the month part of the left breast of a man was ]
it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard. "Many per- This same question of Free Trade occupied an
sons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibi- important it should find those sources cut off by war •; for
havefound on
decidedtli e quay
cons which travel through the provinces; the Holborn Amphi- place in the discussion of Monday in the required to pay three months' interest on the
, England can corn. But it is impossible totha
tneatrhethedPieosenettidenes Aofrts.theslo'herdorotcitoonrss
ii
theatre is as far above them as Patti'a singing is above that of a Chamber of Commerce. Wonderful to relate there , grow public debt is to be appropriated to the redemption
street ballad-singer."-Court Journal, Jan. 2.
j apply this argument to Manchester goods, for
Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. 'Mornin,g Per- are actually men in Manchester who are inclined to of the greenbacks at current gold values. of the body was done by a practised hand. The police
are actively inquiring into the matter. c
formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past England cannot grow cotton. The Manchester mill-French juries seem disposed to make an example of t
Two. be sceptical as to the benefits conferred by Free Trade. There will be no immediate action upon this
owners have absolutely no ground to stand upon,
seducers. A young woman, who had been betrayed and t
This doubt is not altogether a theoretical one, butbill, GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
abandoned, determined upon revenge, disguised herself as f
arises from the present unsatisfactory condition of : unless they return to the old untenable-position that
Mr. Menard, the negro Congressman-elect from a man, and deliberately shot her seducer. She confessed s
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry,
the consumer is made for the producer, not the pro-
At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0, the cotton trade. in the Chamber itself
BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, - ducer for the consumer. It is, in fact, this very Louisiana, appeared yesterday before the House her crime; but the jury with more pity for the girl-she t
David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. tion was felt on the subject, but it
Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be was acknow- heresy which is now making its appearance Committee on Elections, and delivered a long rend, Hughes, and Stephens. )edged that out of doors a question had been raised argument in favour of his claims to a seat. .
acquitted her.
was an orphan-than respect for the law, absolutely td
respecting the application of free trade to the cotton in a place where a quarter of a century ago it was
d the farmer urged : not tolerated. The landowner an e en rd is said to have made a favourable im-
\l a ' •
„siiT. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent street,
tlijelit=in:
K...) Langham-place. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. trade. A single fact stated by Mr. BAZLEY, M P :tart
department.
committed near Dwiaegnael in
First app.arance, since 1862, of the ROYAL ORIGINAL • • I
i it. You will sacrifice us, the salt of the country;
CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WIL- in the course of his very able speech, furnishes a ; you will reduce the farm labourer to destitution, pression upon the Committee, but as his election is named Borel, 17 years of age ; the victim, a boy of 14. h
will get
it is doubtful whether Menard
SOM and MONTAGUE), who will commence their Lon-
comprehensive refutation of the doubt. In 1816, were
eh were
accustomed shepherds, t
e play a and
pitch whilst
and watching ttcohs isn. g
Oneth their i rdaf flocks
o thec k s
dc
they cried, if. you leave us exposed to competition .
don season in the above theatre on Thursday, Feb. 11,
younger lad won 506. The other paid the money, but a quarrel p
1869. The only Company of Christy's who have had the when the corn laws were repealed, the exports from countries where labour costs almost nothing,
A petition has been circulated in the house ask- having arisen shortly afterwards about a previous debt v
honour to appear by special command before the Queen
of the country amounted to £60,000,000 ; in 1867 and where corn grows almost spontaneously. We
of two sous, Bond left the spot greatly irritated, and
and Court. Acting Manager, Mr. A. Nimmo. Evening
the ill ers inn the Senate not to confirm any niore of Mr John-
at 8, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 and 8. Private th cannot help that, was the reply of m own .
shortly afterwards crept stealthily behind Morard, and
e exports had increased to £225,000,000. "It You, the bread-makers, are the few-the bread-eaters son's appointments this Satsion. This movement
boxes, £3 3s, and .42 2s. ; dress stalls, 55.; reserved seats,
stunned him by a blow on the head with a large stone, and
3s ; balcony seats, 23.; admisai n, ls. Boxes and places might be said," remarked Mr. BAZLEY, "that that are the many; we must think of these first, was started by friends of General Grant, and then beat out his brains with the same, and afterwards
may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library; at all the
principal mnsicsellers; and at the box-office, did not meet the case of the cotton trade; but the even though you should suffer. Free Trade came, with his sanction, in order that the incoming admi- carried the body a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile P
V
DEAFNESS. —Acoustic Instruments, for the fact was, that in 1846 the exports of cotton manu. I and, as Mr. BAZLEY says, the exports increased from nistration may not be embarrassed by Mr. John-
e and returning L
factures and yarns amounted to £25,500,000, but byson's appointments. t o
washedthro
thew itaromresherisvohira.ndTs haendyfoaueng, criminal then
Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to join in general £60,000,000 a year to £225,000,000, and the cotton
home with his sheep, ate his supper as usual. He was
conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies.bloodinto
tl
-The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and e end of e
th 1867 they had
become more than trade alone had over £41,000,000 of this increase.
Colonel Baldwin and others in behalf of the afterwards arrested,
being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cor- £71,000,000 sterling. Surely when the trade bad These figures tell only a part of the tale. They
The cure of Labroye, in the Pas-de-Calais, recently ran 8€
nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.—SOLOMONS, 39, Alba-
Virginia Conservative Committee, were before the
merle-street, Piccadilly. more than doubled by a change of policy they might .. .
mean that if, as we know, £lOO will maintain an or-
off with his female servant. The interesting pair proceeded ti
(unary industrious family of five persons, there '
Reconstruction Committee yesterday. They de-
to Belgium, where they were obliged to beg. Being given
a. f irly infer that there had been great soundness in dared that all the claims raised against Judges of into custody, they have been sentenced to a fortnight's of
QPECTACLES.-The Achromatic and Tinted is a fund here which is more or less available for the
1,,, SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO- that policy." We are not without an instance of the
for va abondae-e. fir
MONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief . support of 2,000,000 persons. And the increase of State Courts in Virginia originated with Northern imprisonment g 0
-I fa
to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from evil effects of a protective system in a country whose wealth has been obtained without inflicting any of Radicals who had gone to Virginia, and were
...
the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.--39, Albemarle-street, Pic-
Or
enterprise and whose resources are not inferior to the predicted evils upon the landed class. Rents are candidates for the offices they sought to have va- TILE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY.
aJilly.
our own. America, who prides herself on her higher than ever, the farmers are more prosperous, cated by Act of Congress. ee- .r,
vt re
T"E"SUN" NE WSP APER.-G. R. GLENIE, rapid progress in other respects, his remained the labourers are getting higher wages. CompetitionMETEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. : '‘' nc
Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeways-road,
Colonel Baldwin assured the committee that the
has compelled invention ; and a new enterprise- •of the State,Extreme Sea . pt•
delivers the LATH; EDITION of " THE SUN " at the earliest
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver absolutely stationary with respect to her commercial
: that of agricultural machinery-has grown up native copulation - Wednesday, f.. 4 IF. 0
.. Feb, 3, B. I l'. .' 0 W. Ito F. D. WR. to tri
Cepies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country policy, and the consequence is that her trade is
as a consequence of Free Trade. During the period of ACA
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by cal considerat.ons, were disposed to deal justly and a a.m. 12 9
—.- _ _ ____- _ __ _____ _ _ es*
9.45 o'clock hampered, her commerce restricted, and her people
Nairn - 2
Orders by pos punctually attended to transition there may have been some amount of sf u - Aberdeen
are deprived of comforts, while the cost of living has
The delegation stoutly denied that loyal men 1-31etIlle.
.. 29'61f. 37 36 S.E. 2 2 E c.r. o'o9 Hi
. 29'641. 40 39 E. 3 4 E.. r. 0'331 5
faring; yet that did but stimulate and ener • E
land draws her food supplies from all natters of' nthge- even generously with the negroes.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN risen 75 per cent. Mr. \Veers, the Special Finance
Scarborough 29'69f. 39 39 SAW. 3 4 N.N.E. co.r o'o9 3 he
R. GLENIE, of the Sporting library, c - .
Yarmouth.. 29'851. 43 42 S.S.E. 2 5 N.N.W. - s
Holder .... _ _
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x
0111M1Ssioner,:bas not hesitated, in his Report to
The Indiana Legislature has elected the Hon. D. eux haven .. - - - _ _
KA •4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to earth ; yet, if England were cut off from
communi-
- - - - - rel
atonal his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general, Congress, to point out the true remedy for the ern-Mud esims - - - _
.._ _ _ _
fat he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper incation by sea, she could better provide for her ou- S. Pratt (Republican) to succeed Mr. Hendricks
were ill-treated in Virginia.
Ardrossan .. 29•55 f. 40 39 F. 2 2 E.B.E. o.n o'4o i all
ddition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " THE &TN,"
Green castle 29.46 f. 45 45 S.W. 1 1 W. c.br 0'32
nd can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town barrassed condition of the
orderrers,t
ht to y enableare questioning her t o d
Freeo so.
lation than in the old P P
days when Protection (Democrat) in the United States Senate. Holyhead .. 29'53f. 50 49 SAW. 8 4 SAPP'. c.o. o'3l - the
lir country.
that the
wisest Treasury, but has declared
dmuapnotni f a ci nt
uln the Georgia Legislature a resolution providing Liverpool .. 29'58f, 46 45 S.E. 3 2 B.E.r. o'l7 2 he
Valentia .... 29'64f. 51 51 W.S.W. 3 4 W. c.r f 0'29 2
G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that ile is Agent for the course for America to pursue would.
fCATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlie.
cape Ole ar • • 7 ex
!Jan any other man in London or Country the evening of pei , be to adopt the system of Great Britain. Awassfinorsisthtee
that coloured men may act upon juries was defeated. noche a Pt. 2s.c4f. 51 51 W.S.W. 3 4 S.W. c.m o'3o 3 ._
Penzance .. 29 79f. 52 52 S.W. 5 6 W. b.crio-22 1 "
*don. No connection with any other persons. Paily's Itii:,'s
.. 29'851. 51 51 W.8.W.3 8 W b.r. o'ls 4 fir
right's, and M•Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers,' Ma. •• The troubles of the cotton trade have really no- Trade because it has had wider results than they General Grant is in Baltimore. He has been Plymouthth 29'84f 52 51 S.W. •1 1 •0- 2 -''
.
Weymouth . W.N.W.wN c.o. 0 2
Ones, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joie thing to do with the •ofunrestricted coin- expected. In 1844 they knew that they could beat Portsmouth 29'85f. 49 48 S.W. 6 4 W.N.W.c.r. 014 3 rel
ftioel: Coal Company. Orders by post attended ir. question
entertained by several private citizens, but con- London .... 29111. 48 47 S.W. 6 6 SAW. c.br o'o4
all the world, and that the removal of Protection c peGriseies 29'92r. 43 41 W.S.W. 7 5 N.W.c.o. o'o2 5 tee
merce. They arise from a kcarcity of the raw mate- all
to refuse public receptions. The General Brest ...... - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _
so,
THE
LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" to Hal. The manufacturers still suffering _ . . would therefore be to their advantage. But the times L'Orient.... - _ - _ _ _
.... _ _
are
be seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT 3IEACOEE's,o are changed. Other countries are able tocompete has addressed the following note to a committee 13tioaerhz. 7tfzo rt : : -_-_- :: -_-_ ::: -_-_
_2 -.— —
_ _ _
-itannia, Kendal New-town. long neglect of plain common-sense precautions with --
with ours. Th • • Their labour is cheaper, their machine ry having charge of the preparations for an Inaugura- Fi% umineehg; :: . . - :: -_-. z 7 = - : ::
regard to a manifest danger. To trust to one source,
Paris
-
THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," at least as good. Finding this, the Manchester mill- tion Ball :ne
-
Strasbourg - - - - _ _ _
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tin
giving all the SPORTING NEWS of the day, maybe seen and that a foreign one, for the enormous supply de- owners, who contemplated with• Headquarters, Army of United States,
at JEM 7A Y MANTON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," the greatest equam•-
Toulon
_. 3o'2or. 46 44 N. 5 7 W.N.W. z.b. - 5 are
mended
Little Britain, City, P.C.by the spinning looms of Lancashire, was a mity the prophesied ruin of the agricultural interest Washington, Jan 20. Heart's Con-
g 2: tent (9 a.m.
folly, certain eventually to bring its own punishment. if Protection were withdrawn, are now c •out for Gentlemen, -Understanding that your commit- . local time) —_ __ _ _ __ _
ag,
W H O'S GRAIN G E R? LICENSED T, . crying
REMARKS.
221
VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. The absurdity of doing so was the greater from the Protection. The fact that continental con fti pe i on tee meet this evening for the purpose of arranging
The distribution of pressure has again changed considerably since
T SPORTING EDITION of "THE. SUN " can be seen at fact that cotton is b exclusive d t makes clothing cheaper for the consumer is li• for the Inaugural Ball, I -venture to drop you a yesterday morning. Readings, after increasing generally till last hot
OR AI N GER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight y no means the pro uc not mg
u'cleck. of America, but was certain)used y cultivated and in to them, or rather is an aggravation of their grievance, line to say that if any choice is left with me I would (particularly in the south-east), are now decreasing-the fall sat
evening
at our north-western stations amounting to about a quarter of an ant
Asia and Af • They loved Free Trade which enabled them to dis- it dispensed with
be pleased to see. I do not wish
inch. The lowest pressure is at Greencastle, and is 0'461n. below tell
MHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " Africa long before it was put to any use in
11._ supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. the West, Ages before C e dreamed f Lance all the world; they detest Free Trade now '
to disarrange any plans made by my friends in the that at Cape Griz Nez. A fresh rise in temperature has occurred at
cle:
ALEXANDER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old COLUMBUS first o
that it is enabling all the world to distance them.attendingsouthern and
matter of the ceremonies the inaugura- western stations, and the air in these districts con-
our
cat
Cavendish street, Oxford-street. a Western Continent, the ' • had 't '
e priests of Isisworn i in
tion, but in this matter it will be agreeable to me tinues very warm and damp. The winds are light and easterly In
They demand the protection of the few at the Scotland ; but have again backed to S.W. elsewhere, and are blow- exi
their snowy robes,
should agree that the ball is un- l. chi
ing strongly in the Irish Channel. Rain has been and is still genera
if your committee
THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" and the Hindoos of Bengal had expense of the many, just as the landed interest did
supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST woven it into their airy muslin. When CORTES and ns. necessary.-With great respect,
_your obedient The weather continues very unsettled. Warnings repeated._ Only £69
NEWS and' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W HARRIS, . ~, before them.
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rpm LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN "
supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W.
ALEXANDER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old
Cavendish street, Oxford-street.

THE LATESI EDITION of " THE SUN "
NEWS and supplied
SPORTING IN as soon as published, containing all the LATEST
TF.T.TIGE,3, by W HARRIS,
Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S.

T"E"SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE
delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn,
8 • Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford,
9.45.

PORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the
►` LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub-
lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C.

riIHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at
I JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street,

Strand

PRE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN."
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generally that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE
SON " as soon as published.—No. 10, Hampstead-road N.W.

THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN "
LL J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden.

PHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at
W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden

town,

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L A NE.
tole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
This EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE'S OFT. Followed by the
Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILg. Messrs. Howe, Bnekstone,
inn., Miss F. Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern,
Chippendale, kc. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding
with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton. Kendal,
Buckstone, Jun., Weathershy (te - Mesdames Wright, Burke,
Gwynn, ct. Commenem at 7. *

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Tins EvrNiNa, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO CAMB7.IIWELL. Mr. G. Belmoro, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45
MONI. E CRISTO. Messrs. Feebter, B. Webster, G. Delmore, A.
Stirling. R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, W
burns, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Lee:en%
and Mrs. Leigh Murray.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. VininZ.
THIS EVENING at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8,
AFTER DARK, a
Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, 3fr. W.
Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, G. Shore,
&reclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss l'oseLeclercq
Concluding with MA STE tt JONES'S BIRTHDAY.

thing to do with the question of unrestricted com-
merce. They arise from a scarcity of the raw mate-
rial. The manufacturers are still suffering from their
long neglect of plain common-sense precautions with
regard to a manifest danger. To trust to one source,
and that a foreign one, for the enormous supply de-
manded by the spinning looms of Lancashire, was a
folly, certain eventually to bring its own punishment.
The absurdity of doing so was the greater from the
fact that cotton is by no means the exclusive product
of America, but was certainly cultivated and used in
Asia and Africa long before it was put to any use in
the West. Ages before COLUMBUS first dreamed of
a Western Continent, the priests of Isis had worn it in
their snowy robes, and the Hindoos of Bengal had
woven it into their airy muslins. When CoRTES and
his Spaniards invaded the land of the Montezumas
they found the Mexicans employing it for all kinds of
domestic purposes, a fact which need not surprise us
after its abundant growth in the Southern States of
the American Union, but which shows that Ame-
rica, properly so called, has no exclusive claim
to its possession. Europe itself can supply its
quota of the precious seed ; the sun of Italy
favouring the cotton plant as well as the vice and the
olive. Besides all this there is the fertile conti-
nent of the south, part of our own dominions, in
whose benignant soil and genial climate every thing
seems to prosper, only needing encouragement to
send us an ample supply of Queensland-grown cot-
ton. But without doubt, as Mr. BAZLEY observed
on Monday, India must be our great resource.
America, it is true, is recovering from the shock of
the great civil war, and resuming her cotton cultiva-
tion, but her own consumption is rapidly increasing,
and we must not hope for so large and regular supply
as heretofore. But in India we have, under proper
management, an unfailing source of supply.

Cotton is indigenous to the country ; labour is cheap
and abundant ; communication with England is
constant and rapid. The trade offers great advan-
tages to the people, and would, if frilly developed,
prove a blessing to the Hindoo as well as to the Lan-
cashire factory hand. What, then, i 3 wanted'? We
have energy and enterprise to spare, and India has
labour. We have capital unlimited, and we might
almost apply the same term to the uncultivated lauds
of Bengal and Bombay. IVe nerd cotton, and India
needs the money which we should pay for it; but yet,
such is the inconsistency often manifested in human
affairs, here is the country to which cotton supplies
the staple for its most important manufacture, exer-
cisi❑g unlimited control over the land whose capital

It is fair to say that it is only a portion of the
Manchester community which has back-slidden. In
fact, were it not for Mr. BAZLEY'S reference to the

matter, we should have been ignorant of it.

referred to the re-action only to repudiate it, and

asked if Manchester men were really prepared to

remove the statue of PEEL from before the Infirmary,

and the statue of COBDEN from St. Ann's-square.

But experience has shewn that we cannot afford to
neglect the first symptoms of reaction. This reaction

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL,
TH74 EvEsixek, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.10, CYRIL'S
SITCCES. 9.40, BROWN AND 'IRE BRAHMINS: Messrs.
Afarshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hrrlstone. J. Clarke:
Mesdames Henra.de, C. Thorne, Brennen, Eerend, Hughes, Ar-
nold, and Stephens.

has induced more than one of our chief colonies

to impose heavy protective duties on British imports;
it has given rise to the MORRILL Tariff in the United
States. Nor are there wanting specious arguments

in favour of the course. As Mr. DILKE has sheen in

his " Greater Britain," the duties are imposed with

the full knowledge that the consumer has to pay.
But it is thought expedient that in a young country
manufactures should be encouraged, and so the

ROYAL AMPIIITHEATIIIiI AND CIRCUS, 110LBORN.
Tiffs EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud
of 50 Hones: also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE
MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY.

Gentlemen,—Understanding that your commit-
tee meet this evening for the purpose of arranging
for the Inaugural Ball, I venture to drop you a
line to say that if any choice is left with me I would
be pleased to see it dispensed with. Ido not wish
friends in the
the mtoadttiesrarorfantghee aeneryemploanniseamaadtteenbdyinnagy
inaugura-
tion, but in this matter it will be agreeable to me
if your committee should agree that the ball is un-
necessary.—With great respect, your obedient
servant, U. S. GRANT.

T. W. Tipton has been re-elected United States
Senator by the Nebraska Legislature.

gives its very name to Calico, and suffering from
cotton famine for want of the most ordinary care.
Some years ago Mr. Bazley made a very just ob-
servation, which he repeated on Monday, not without
reason, for the lesson it conveys is not yet fully
learnt. He said that the Cotton Supply Association
was intended as an insurance company against the

The trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund
held a meeting in Baltimore yesterday. General
Grant and Admiral Farragut were present. A re-
port was made, showing that the cause of education
has been greatly benefited in the South by Mr.
Peabody's donation.

consumers, out of sheer patriotism, cheerfully sus-
tain the heavy burden of taxation. Facts, however,
scarcely bear out this explanation. At all events
there comes a time when cheerfulness gives way to

complaint. Mr. WELLS has shewn that the cost of

living has, under Protection, been raised 75 per
cent.; that for every dollar which entered the
Treasury of the United States seven dollars were
taken from the people. Clearly such a heavy
fine as this must defeat its own ends. If
out of the spending fund so large a sum
is absorbed by an artificial charge, there is so
much the less left for the purchase of manu-
factures. The principle of Free Trade is that
the purchaser should be left at liberty to put out his
money to the best advantage. The
_principle of
Protection is that he shall spend it only in certain
ways, in order that certain persons may reap an
advantage at his expense. In the second

The National Woman's Rights Convention at
Washington adjourned yesterday sine die, after
adopting resolutions demanding eligibility to office
and the right of
suffrage, regardless of sex or
colour, suffrage to be based only loyalty and intelli-
gence. A committee was appointed to prepare an
address to Congress.

The Whelan case was up yesterday at Toronto,
before a full Court of Errors and Appeal, and a new
trial was refused. Unless a reprieve is granted Whelan
will be executed on the 11th of February. He was
remanded to the Ottawa gaol.
Cuban advices are very conflicting. The insur-
gents, according
to some accounts, are strongly
entrenched in the mountains, near Bayamo, while
other accounts represent them to have outflanked
the forces of Balmesada, and to have moved into the
Western department. They were recently repulsed
in an attempt to burn Manzanilla. It is also
rumoured that General Quesada, with a large in-
surgent force, has appeared near Villa Clara. The

Spanish frigate Lealtad had arrived at Havana

The distribution of pressure has again changed considerably since
yesterday morning. Readings, after increasing generally tin last
evening (particularly in the south-east), are now decreasing—the fall
at our north-western stations amounting to about a quarter of an
inch. The lowest pressure is at Greencastle, and is 0161 n. below
that at Cape Griz Nez. A fresh rise in temperature has occurred at
our southern and western stations, and the air in these districts con-
tinues very warm and damp. The winds are light and easterly in
Scotland ; but have again backed to S.W. elsewhere, and are blow-
ing strongly in the Irish Channel. Rain has been and is still general.
The weather continues very unsettled. Warnings repeated. Only
two of the continental reports have been received i►t present
(11.15 a.m.). _

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Managc•ress, Mrs. Swanborongh.
Tills RvENING. at TUE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Del-
tom, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD Ole THE CLOTH
op GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; Mesdames Maria
ongmore, B. Goodall. Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To
~onclude with HUE AND DYE.

from Cadiz. _ A mutiny occurred on board at sea,

and seven of the ringleaders were landed on the

case the producer, being free from competi-
tion, is not stimulated to improve his production,
and he goes on in the old-fashioned way, producing
the smallest quantity of goods at the ltzgest cost.
In the first case he finds all the world his rival, and
he is compelled to devise fresh machinery for pro-

THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF.
COMMERCE. •"4

ducing the largest amount at the smallest a oat.

Canary Islands.

The annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com-
. merce was held on Monday, and was very fully attended.
Mr. Bazley, M.P., who was present, referred to the con-
tinued depression in the cotton trade. Whilst he had been
among his constituents he had heard in various quarters
that the principle of free trade had begun to be ques-
tioned in its application to the cotton trade. Surely,
when the trade had more than doubled by a change
of policy, they might fairly infer that there had
been great soundness of that policy. There could
be no question as to the benefits which had
resulted from freedom of commerce with all the world.
Free Trade employed a greater number, and just as their
exports had increased from £60,000,000 to £225,000,000,
in that proportion they had increased employment for
labour and capital. Let them, then, never be deluded into
forsaking true principles. On the important question of
the Indian cotton supply, Mr. Bazley very wisely said
that i: cotton consumers would pay as much to
ensure against cotton famine as they did against
fire, they would have a very different supply of
cotton. The directors of the Manchester Chamber had
invited the Marquis of Salisbury to confer with them on
matters of Indian trade and commerce, and the Marquis
bad suggested that an increase of the commercial
element in the India Council would be of great
practical service. Mr. Duff, M.P., Under Secre-
tary for India, had expressed his willingness to enter-
tain the suggestion, which he considered very
advantageous. Mr. Bazley thought that a conference
with some distinguished statesmen as to the best means of
carrying it out were desirable. Such a conference should
include Lord Stanley, Mr. John Bright, the Duke of
Argyll, Mr. Grant Duff, and others.--Mr. Cheetham
observed that Lord Salisbury was not the first
statesman who suggested that the Council of India
ought to include representatives from the commercial
districts. In 1853 Lord Ellenborough brought in a bill,
providing for representatives from London, Manchester,
Liverpool, Glasgow, and Belfast, to sit on the India
Council, being elected by the constituencies of those cities.
Parliament objected to the proposal, and it was set aside, but
no doubt a similar project must soon come before the House
of Commons.—Before the close of the meeting the subject

This has been the effect of Free Trade upc n Conti-
nental manufacturers; and now that it .haa. caused

the very result it was calculated to create, old

A formidable revolt against Juarez is reported ,to
be organizing in Oajaea, under the leadership of
General Porfirio, Diaz, Negrete, Ortegg, and

Quiroga.
The troops of Salnave have been defeated near
Miragoane by the Cacos, who are said to be
steadily gaining ground.

of foreign competition was raised. Mr. Platt, M.P.
asserted, without fear of contradiction, that no country
could produce articles so cheaply as England. The re 4
clu3e of the present depression was the high price and
the scarcity of raw material.—Mr. Ashworth 'Avila,
explained that he was in favour of the most open con.
petition, and against all protection whatever, t4o mottiwr

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky i 3 re
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta
tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co.,
Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.Q2—[Ad
Tortikement.]