The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-31 00:00:00

VIE JEWS AND TILE FACTORY EXTENSION ACT.

The Jews are not generally given to Meddlin'o•with
political questions; they are mostly content with
looking after their own business. But it appears that
the enormities of our factory laws have proved too
much for the Hebrew tailors. A crowded meeting
of Jewish journeymen has been held in London to
protest against the iniquities of the " Workshop and
Factory Extension Act," From the explanation of
the chairman it appears that the chief grievance of
the Jews consists in the regulations respecting Sun-
day. What with Saturday (their own Sabbath) our
Sunday, and other off-days, the Hebrew workmen
have only some four days a week to devote to busi-
ness. They think that such a result cannot have
been foreseen by the Legislature, and they are there-
fore hopeful that, by proper representations, they will
be allowed to work on Sunday. The chairman said
that if Parliament refused to alter the law they
would still submit; but great hardship and suffering
would be caused by such a decision.
IMPROVEMENT OF SUEZ CANAL.
M. de Lesseps telegraphs to the -English represen-
tative of the Suez Canal Company that on Monflay
the steamer Stirling, from Glasgow, left for Bombay
immediately after her arrival at Port said. She
passed through the canal in twelve hours. Other
English steamers were following. Since the inau-
gural ceremonies great efforts have been made to
increase the depth of the canal, and this work has been
successfully completed between Port Said and Ismailia.
The piece of rock, which was the most formidable
obstacle in the section between Ismailia and Suez,
has been reduced about two feet and 'a quarter—a
material addition to the depth—in a fortnight, and
its entire removal may be looked for shortly

REPORT OF THE POSIMASTER-

GENERAL.

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 15, 1869.

Sir,—The ordinary revenues of this Department for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1869, were $18,344,510 72, and
the expenditures $23,698,131 50. For the year ending
June 30, 1868, the ordinary revenues were $16,292,600 80,
and the expenditures $22,730.592 65. The increase of
rev, nue for the year 1869 over the preceding fiscal year
was $2,051,909 92, and the increaso of expenditures
$967,538 85. The increase of revenue for 1868 over. 1867
was $1,035,573 93, and the increase of expenditures for 1868
over 1867 was $3,195,109 19. The ratio of increase of
revenue for the year 1869 is 12.50 per cent., and of tha
xpoediter_. 4.95 per eett.,.e, mrnred with receipts end
expenditures for the year 1,62. The increase of revenue
for 1869 is greater than the increase for 1868 by
$9:16,335 139, and the increase of expenditures for 180 is
lees than the increase for 1868 by $2,527,570 34. If, t b ere-
fore, the increase of receipts be compared with the increase
of expenditures for the year last ended, it will appear that
the increase of receipts exceeded the increase of expendi-
tures in the sum of $1,084,37107 ; while a like comparison
of the receipts and expenditures for the your 1868 will show
an excess in the increase of expenditures over the iucrease
of receipts for that year of $2,439,535 26.
ESTIMATES FOR 1871.

The estimated expenditures for the year end-
ing
June 30, 1871, are

The-revennes, estimated at 10 per cent. in-
crease over last year ...
Standing appropriations for free
matter

20,878,9G1

Leaving a deficiency of
The foregoing estimates do not include the following
special appropriations in the native of sub idies:—
For mail steamship servic between San
Francisco, Japan, and China 5500,000
For like service between the United States
and Brazil
For like service between San Francisco and
Sandwich Islands ... 75, 000

Total
Of the deficiency appropriated for the year
1869 there remains unexpended a balance
of ..
against which there are properly chargeable
sundry unliquidated accounts, which can-
not exceed the following estimates:
For balances to foreign countries $250,000 00
For mail service ender contract
and recogniied
For mail service unrec Tnised 150,000 00