The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-07 00:00:00

ANOTHER GRAND CANAL.

The crowning triumph of the Suez Canal scheme has
given an impetus to a new engineering enterprise. The
Isthmus of Darien, despite the adverse decision of the
Columbian Government, is destined ere long to be pierced
by a canal ; and we now learn of the contemplated junction
of two seas in closer proximity to this country. It is stated
that the North German Reichstag will soon deliberate on
the project for joining the North Sea, and the Baltic by
means of a canal. Although Mr. Schonfeldt has surveyed
and measured the country, and submitted hisreport to the
representatives of North Schleswig with a view to its being
considered in influential circles, no direct assent has been
obtained from the Government. Should the expense of
the undertaking be an obstacle in the way of its com-
pletion, it is said to be probable that private persona may
be induced to favour the scheme. There is nothing
Impracticable in a canal across North Schleswig,
for it would be less than half the length of that across
the Isthmus of Suez. Nor is it so unlikely of accom-
plishment as some may imagine, seeing that it is
consistent with Prussian policy, and unites political
with commercial advantages for North Germany. A
canal across Schleswig would virtually incorporate the
Danish Duchies with the Prussian system, and settle the
boundary difficulty, leaving Denmark and Jutland islands
in the ocean, and enabling the Prussian marine to avoid
the Cattegat and the Sound in navigating from the Baltic
to the North Sea..

Mr. Disraeli has given notice that on Thursday
next he will ask the First Lord of the Treasury to state at
once the number and names of the persons proposed to be
appointed Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ire-
land under section 3 of the Irish Church Bill.

Mr. Disraeli, in the discussion on Civil Service ap-
pointments, averred that the establishment in question was
la an unsatisfactory state. This statement is contradicted
by the superior officers of the Mint, who declare it to ba
totally groundless, and merely prompted by the necessity of
justifying a recent appointment.

At a mass meeting of the South Yorkshire miners,
It has been resolved that circulars b 3 issue] to
sll the South Yorkshire colliery proprietors, asking their
co-operation in the formation of Courts of Arbitration and
Conciliation for the settlement of the present and future
disputes.

Mr. Whalley's Bill for the abolition of turnpike
trusts has been published. The bill gives power to
two-thirds of the ratepayers in any parish to abolish any
turnpike trust or bridge within that parish. After the abo-
lition of the turnpike trust the road is to be maintained as
public highway.

A return just published how that be-
tween the 7th of March, 1861, and the 2Gth of August, 18;:;,
Advances to the amount of £18,700 were made to Maynooth
College by the Commissioners of Public Works. Of this
sum £5,304 Las been repaid upon the principle of an
annuity.

Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High-
ness's Princesses Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold,
,cft Windsor Castle en Tuesday for,Sloush Station, whence
the travelled by spec:al trian on the Great Western Pailway
to Paddington. Her Majesty was there received by the
Erectors and an escort of Lancers, and proceeded to Buck-
ingham Palace.

On Monday, at the Bristol Assize Court, George
Radford Webb was found guilty of having committed per-
fury as a witness against Mr. W. T. P. Watkins, when that
gentleman was charged before tho magistrates with dud, g
m the p)lling day. The trial lasted all day, and the ver-
dict was given after the jury had been locked up two hours
tnd a half. The judge was at his lodgings when the yes-
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