The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-19 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NETT/4S.

tFroin the Anglo-American 21mes.)
The articles which appeared in the Pall Mall
Gazette on the Shoeburyness experiments with the Rod-
man gun have attrac ed considerable attention in America.
The Springfield Republican observes, "England's weakest
point at present being her navy, anything that relates to
it, or that could in any way injure it, is regarded by Britons
with the most lively jealousy and curiosity." It is a great
mistake to suppose that England's navy is weak. Admiral
Farragut, who had lately an opportunity of seeing some-
thing of it, should be consulted. If he proclaims it to be
England's weakest point, we will bow to his opinion,
though much surprised at it.
Horace Greeley has written an account of the
starting of the New York Tribune in 1841. He possessed
$l,OOO worth of printing materials and $l,OOO in cash. If.
J. Raymond (now editor of the New York. Times), on a
salary of $8 a week, was his chief assistant. He beau
with a subscription list of 500, and receipts under $lOO
weekly ; growing till the year 1866 the revenue was
$900,000, which barely covered the expenses of the publi-
cation.

The story promised by Charles Dickens for the
next number of " Our Young Folks" is a Holiday

Romance.

A politico-religious daily to advocate Ritualism
is to be started in New York when the necessary funds
are forthcoming. The editor will be selected from half-
a-dozen reverend doctor; to all of whom rumour gives
the post.

In the life of Francis Wayland, by his sons,
'Francis and H. L. Wayland, which has lately been pub-
ished at New York, the following passages about French-
men in Paris.occur :—" From first to last, all my dealing
with Frenchmen has shown me more and more their dis-
position to lying and dishonesty." And of Paris : "I was
glad to be out of a city without God—a city of frivolity, of
heartless gaiety, of thorough selfishness, of sensual appe-
tite and savage passions. There seems to be among the
people no moral basis."
Alluding to Mr. Robinson, of Brooklyn, the
Fenian member of the House of Representatives, and the
resolution he lately introduced for the impeachment of
Mr. Adams, the Nation notices the difficulty with which
Mr. Adams has had to contend : —A Fenian General before

he was caught was always an Irish Republic ; after ho
was caught he became partly a prisoner of war, partly
an Irish patriot, and partly an American citizen ; but
owing to his composite character, it has been impossible
to deal with him diplomatically. If Mr. Adams had taken
him up as an American citizen, the British minions would
have assailed him as an Irish patriot, and so on. The
Nation then goes on in the "chaffy" style it so often
adopts :—" Still we do not say .that Mr. Adams ought not
to be impeached. There is hardly anybody that would not
be the better of being impeached, now that•something is
known about impeachment. In fact, we fe6l satisfied that
General Butler himself would be improved both morally
and politically by having a few articles filed against him."
'I he Congressional ITnion-Republican Executive
Committee denies that Mr. Bradley, the coloured lawyer,
who has been working so much mischief in Savannah, is
employed by the party, or is in any sense an authorised
expounder of its principles.
Mr. Richard O'Gorman,. the New York Corpora-
tion counsel, has made an elaborate and partially success-
ful reply to the charges brought against him by the
Citizens' Association.
Representative Windom, of Minnesota, has
moved an amendment to the Reconstruction Acts, and it is
probable that this will give an opportunity for reconside-
ration and revision, guided by the light of recent events
in the South and of public opinion throughout the
country.
Colonel Chas. S. G. Doster, one of the staunchest
Union men in Alabama, has written to the Montgomery
Mail, remonstrating against the majority reports of the
Convention (since adopted), as certain to produce the
worst consequences for both races, and he points out that,
if carried, it will be impossible for white men iu the South
to be members of the Republican party. His letter is
written in the most impassioned strain, and coming from
a man well known to be true to the Union it is likely to
carry great weight.
General Averill is a candidate for the office of
Secretary of War.
Hiram Price, of lowa, spoke of the President as
an habitual drunkard at a Washington Temperance
Meet:ng. Ex-Governor Ford, of Ohio, at a later meeting
denied the charge, as his business brought him in contact
with Mr. Johnson, morning, noon, and night, and he had
nev seen him in the slightest degree affected by liquor.
Mr. Dickens, captivated by the statue of B.
Franklin, iu Boston, determined to take up his residence
where that specimen of sculpture would be constantly iu
view, and therefore declined Mr. Field's kind invitation
His new Atlantic Story, " George Silverman's Explana-
tion," will bo au exposition of the causes which led to the
erection of the bridge in the public garden, which elicited
the author's warmest commendation.
John M. Langton, the-coloured orator of Ohio,
strongly advocated Chase for President in his address at
Boston, Nov. 26. There is little doubt that Chase is the
favourite among the negroes down South.
Accidents from kerosene lamps appear to be
frequent. Mrs. Edward Morgan, of Connecticut, was
burnt to death, Nov. 23, by one bursting.
The post mortem examination of Governor Andrew
revealed a most extensive apoplectic effusion brought on
by overtasking the brain in a constitution predisposed to
the disease. His death was hastened by the immense
brain-work accomplished by him during the war.
Mr. Stanton is at Washington, where he states
that, although he does not desire re-appointment to the
War Department, he thinks Mr. Johnson should be re-
buked by Congress for his unwarrantable assumption of
power in setting aside, in his case, the Tenure of Office
Bill. This is rather good in Mr. Stanton, as a great many
persons can testify; but it is a different thing to be treated
illegally oneself, and to treat others illegally.
Mr. Edward L. Cary called the meeting to sup-
port the rights of American citizens to order, and Judge
Charles P. Daley took the chair. The assemblage was so
vast that stands and speakers had to he provided round the
Cooper Institute ; 5,000 or 6,000 being unable to obtain
admiss'ion to the building. Mr. J. A. ll'Caffrey, General
John Cochrane, the Hon. John M'Keon, Mr. Horace Greeley
and District-Attorney A. Oakey Hall delivered speeches.
The proceedings closed by the appointment of these gen-
tlemen, together with Charles G. Halpine, as a special
committee to proceed to Washington, and there lay the
resolutions of this meeting before the President in Con-
gress. England is quite prepared to amend what is ridicu
lous in her law, but any support extended to Fenian
fillibustors and law-breakers would be resented with
an indignation that might take America by surprise, and
precipitate a war they had no intention whatever of pro-
voking. The English mood is growing dangerous on the sub-
ject, and those whe shake the red rag in the eyes of John
Bull ought to be enlisting soldiers and building ships in-
stead of disposing of war materials.
A woman named Cobb has obtained a warrant
for the arrest of Chief Detective Baker, on a charge for
perjury. Cobb was accused by Baker of obtaining par-
dons from the President in a way reflecting injhriously on
the President's character, the woman's being past reflec-
tion. The President openly states that perjury has been
committed before the Judiciary Committee, the members
of which have been summoned as witnesses in Baker's
trial.
Not only has Horatio Seymour declined being a
candidate for the Presidency, but George H. Pendleton
also declines, as his party may be compromised by his ad-
vocacy of paying the debt in greenbacks.
Jefferson Davis was discharged on bail at Rich-
mond until March 15 next. The grand jury at Richmond
is engaged in framing a new bill of indictment against
him, and have had General Lee and James A. Seddon
before it as witnesses. Mr. Davis will remain in Rich-
mond for some time.
General Sheridan, on the 25th November, was
sumptuously entertained by Senator Thomas Murphy, at
his residence, Park Avenue, New York. Colonels Crosbie
and Forsyth, of his staff, accompanied the General, and
among those present wore James T. Brady, Thomas C.
Acton, Col. Clarence A. Seward, Mr. Griswold, Elliott C.
Cowdin, James Murphy, John A. Kennedy, Gen. Arthur,
James B. Nicholson, Nathaniel Jarvis, jun. ; Judges Brady
and Daley,• Win. C. Barrett, Judge Bosworth, John Bryan,
James Gordon Bennett, jun. ; Mr. Gibbs, of Cuba; Robert
B. Roosevelt, Mr. Fay, of Fort Washington; Rufus F.
Andrews, Dr. Louis A. Sayre, and a score or trio more of
distinguished gentlemen.
Hunnicutt has been arrested, and held to bail in
Richmond.

General Imboden has been granted a nzandanals
to compel General Schofield to show cause why he is pre-
vented from voting. Imboden desires to bring the matter
before the Supreme Court in the interest of the white people
of the South.
Senator Zacariah Chandler of Michigan presented
a resolution on the 28th to the effect that hostilities having
commenced between the Government of Great Britain and,
the King of Abyssinia, that "we (the American people)
should maintain a strict and impartial neutrality in the
contest, granting to the flag of each belligerent the same
rights and privileges," and so on, in the exact words used
in the Queen's proclamation issued May 14, 1861, in which
the Coniederacy was recognised as a belligerent.
General Grant, has reduced the infantry and artil-
lery of the United States army to 50 privates each com
pany, closing the recruiting offices, and mustering out the
volunteers. The army thus stands at the minimum allowed
by law-45,000 men.
The Hon. John A. Masson, United States Assistant
Postmaster-General, and Mr. John Consul-General of
the Swiss Confederation at Washington, were among the
passengers of the Hermann, which left Southampton for
New York last Tuesday afternoon.
The St. Paul's Pioneer tells a story of how the son
of an eminent Irish lord came to St. Paul in the summer