The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-31 00:00:00

GREENBACK REDE.4IMON.

Mr. Burr, of Illinois, on the 9th inst., proposed
to the House to withdraw the United States Bonds
and substitute greenbacks or currency. That means,
to print off the amount of United States' debt and
pay those paper rags, in exchange for the Bonds. A
motion to lay the bill on the table was lost by 65
to 56, both sides voting without reference to party.
The debates on Finance show that the preponderat-
ing power is on the side of greenback redemp-
tion. Every member has some crude scheme.
Many who ought to be studying the common
rudiments of political economy have come
forward to enlighten the nation. These speeches,
with pamphlets, letters, articles, mystify; but one let-
ter from Mr. Jay Cooke has attracted general atten-
tion, who writes on the tart of the banking-house
who had negotiated soma: of these loans. The firm
asserts that the first 5-20's were sold by Mr. Jay
Cooke after the Government had utterly failed to
find a market, and the prices obtained, to meet the
pressing and immediate necessities of the Treasury
could not have been secured, but for the distinct
understanding that the bonds were payable, prin-
cipal and interest, in coin. After noticing the ap-
propriations of the duties on imports in coin to a
sinking fund for the payment of a principal, the
letter goes on to state : —All of the funded debt of
the United States that has heretofore matured has
been paid in coin, notwithstanding the fact that the
authorizing Acts did not so specify in words, and
three such loans have matured and been paid in coin
since the issue of the 5-20's of 1862. They add that
these bonds were advertised and sold in good faith
as gold bonds, and to show that they were so pay-
able refer to the letter of all the Secretaries of the
Treasury since 1861—Chase, Fessenden, and
M'Culloch, all of whom have repeatedly affirmed it.
The 5-20's of 1862 will not mature until 1882,
when they will be due and payable in coin. The
Government has now the option, but not the power,
to pay. They ask what is a greenback but a pro-
mise to pay a dollar, and the greenbacks issued
to pay the bonds, must afterwards be paid,
and if so, in what but gold ? The issue of
five. hundred millions of greenbacks to pay Five-
Twenties would totally unsettle values, and re-
move indefinitely the resumption of specie pay-
ments, while without any increas', specie payments
will in a reasonable time be resumed—gold and
greenbacks equalized, when the greenback redemp-
tion question would lose its force. The question—
Who are the Bondholders ? —lately much discussed
in our columns, is touched on, and the manner of
issue is clear proof that the notes were taken up by
families of moderate means for the investment of
their savings. The process of converting the Seven-
Thirty Bonds into Five-Twenties has for some time
been carried ou by the Treasury, which has never
been able to supply enough small bonds adequately
to meet the demand, and of the $830,000,000
in 7-30's issued, there were 962,580 $5O notes,
1,474,940 $lOO, and 436,792 $5OO, whilst there
were only 370,376 $l,OOO, and 8,821 $5,000. One
half of the 7-30 loan in amount, was taken in
$5O, $lOO, and $5OO, and out of the whole number
of 3,256,509 notes that were issued, 2,877,813
were in these smaller denominations. The capi-
talists do not as a rule hold these loans, and the
ruin consequent on repudiation would fall on
widows, orphans, and persons of small means, who
had relied on the direct and indirect representations
of the Treasury at the time of issue. —Anglo
American Times.

I THE FINEST AMATEUR SINGER IN EUROPE.—
Those who assisted at last night's reception (March 22) of
the Princess Mathilde had a great treat. There were, of
course, the usual pleasant people who frequent her salon ;
the usual pretty rooms and bouquets, pictures, and statues;
and the conservatory, perhaps the prettiest in Paris ; but,
last night, there was also music. A great violinist was
there and played. Two others came, and played a charm-
ing trio. Gardoni sang—first a duet with a professional
gentleman, and then a duet with an amateur lady—and
here I come to the bonne bouche of the evening. "You are
not going away !" said, in a tone of suppressed horror, an
Imperial Chamberlain to a Minister. "Must, mon cher ;so
much to do," was the reply. "But Madame Conneau is
going to sing!" "All, that is different ; then I stay, and
the secretary must work all night." So he took a syrup and
stayed. Madame Conneau is the wife of that doctor who has
faithfully followed the fortunes of the Empire, and who is
now a Senator. His son is the constant companion of the
Prince Imperial, and Madame Conueau is perhaps the
finest amateur singer in Europe. She frequently sings in
the chapel of the Tuileries, and indeed says she loves :to
sing in churches. Last night she first sang an air of
Handel's ; then the duet with Gardoni ; and finally,
,4 Qui la voce," from the " Puritani." In the opinion of a
person who says he has heard everybody that ever sang
Puritani" in Italy, Paris, or London, since Grisi first
sang " Son vergine vezzosa" in the Haymarket—allow-
ance, of course, being me-do for the scope and power of
voice required—never was that beautiful aria more de-
ghtfully rendered. Madame Conneau's voice is of great
compass and varied sweetness. Among the audience were
most of the literary and artistic celebrities in Paris, the
Duke and Duchess de Mouchy, H.E. Baron von Goltz, the
Danish and Belgian Ministers, Dr. Ricord, Baron Walsh,
and others.-- Paris Correspondent of Daily Telegraph.
The newspapers are teeming with references to econo-
my in tea by co-operation. Born; man and Co. have for 30
years co- operated through Agents to supply toa on more
advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; their tea
reaches the consumer in the same pure state as it leaves the
grower, as it is secured in packets.

CLAIMS ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-EASTERN RAIL-
wAT COMPANY.—The case of Swift v. the London and
North-Eastern Railway Company has just concluded at
the Leeds Assizes. It was an action for the recovery of
damages for injuries done to the plaintiff while travelling
upon the defendants' railway. The plaintiff was a tea
and coffee merchant, carrying on trade at a profit of £3OO
a year. He was a young man of 21; years of age, and had
up to the time of the accident enjoyed excellent health.
As he was travelling from Middlesborough to Leeds, the
train in_ which he was ran into a luggage train.
The plaintiff, who according to his own account
was alone in the carriage at the time, described the
,collision as very violent, and said that he was thrown
backwards and fowards in the carriage, and had
ever since suffered severely from nervous complaints and
debility. He was advised to go to Scarborough, and there •
he had lived in a temperate and moral manner. On the
part of the defendants a witness was called who spoke to
the plaintiff being in the railway tarriage with a young
woman, laughing and talking with her, and declaring that
he was not hurt at all by the accident. Other witnesses
spoke to his being at the George Hotel,Scarborough, night
after night, getting drunk on whisky, and being taken
home drunk by the " boots " and carried upstairs to bed. He
had also been found drunk in the streets talking to a lamp.
post and cursing the cats, and he had also been taken to
the police•office about some fight he had had with a sailor.
The plaintiff denied all these statements upon oath. A,
young womt.n was also called by the defendants upon a
subpoena, who deposed that the plaintiff had visited her
constantly during his stay at Scarborough. This was
emphatically denied by the plaintiff. The medical testi-
mony was, as usual, very conflicting. On the part of the
plaintiff it was urged that the symptoms described were
consistent with a shock to the nerves, and on the part of
the defendants that they were, if existing at all, the result
of the plaintiff's own intemperance and immorality. No
one except the plaintiff had received the slightest injury
in the accident. The jury found a verdict for the plain-
tiff—damages, £25, "to cover the expenses. of the Scar.
borough visit."

ANOTHER ACTION FOR DAMAGES.-At the same assizes
the case of Dud v. the Midland Railway Company was
tried. The plaintiff is a labouring man, and brought this
action to recover compensation for personal injuries. On
the day of the accident he was engaged unloading a truck
of iron turnings on a siding at the defendant's station at
Masborough, and, according to his case, was standing
in the truck, when another train of trucks was shunted
from the main line on to the same siding without any
signal. They dashed against the truck on which the
plaintiff was, and jerked him out of it on to the ground.
It was evident from the plaintiff's appearance and from
the evidence of the medical men that he had sustained
severe injuries. The defendants' case was that the plain-
tiff had contributed by his own negligence to the accident,
but their first witness agreed substantially with the
plaintiff's account of the accident, and the learned counsel
for the defendants admitted their liability ; the plaintiff's
expenses were agreed upon at 293, and the jury returned
a verdict for £243.

FORGING A BILL OP EXCIIANGR'.—HEAVY SENTENCE.--.
At the Bristol Assizes William House was indicted for
tittering, on the 18th of January, a forged bill of exchange
for £5O, well knowing it to be forged, with intent to de.
fraud.—lt appeared that on the 18th of January the
prisoner went to the shop of Mr. Owen, a grocer in Bristol,
and asked him to discount a bill of exchange for £5O, which
purported to have been accepted by E. Bullock. Mr. Owen
advanced him £2, and told him to call again another
day. Accordingly the prisoner called in two or
three days, and Mr. Owen then advanced him £l, and
told him he would make inquiries, and if all was right he
would discount the bill. Upon making inquiries, however,
Mr. Owen received such information as induced him to go
to the police, and it then turned out that Mr. Bullock had
not accepted the bill,-and that it was a forgery. The pri.
saner said he had intended to provide for the bill at its
maturity. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he
was sentenced to five years' penal servitude.

The death is announced of the Venerable Robert
Edward Hopkinson, M.A., Archdeacon of Norwich.

0 wing to unavoidable circumstances the First
Lord of the Admiralty's levee, which was announced for the
7th of April, will not take place.

The Countess Russell has been confined to her
room during the past week with a severe cold, but is now
considerably better.

The summons issued by Mr. Gladstone to his
followers for the debate on the Irish Church was signed by
the new "whip," Mr. George G. Glyn, and "most earnestly
and most specially" called for their attendance.

The postmen are preparing a petition to the
House for a parliamentary inquiry into their grievance%
The petition call 3 attention to the insufficiency of the pay
of the sorters, stompers, carriers, and rural messengers,
the slowness of their promotion, and the necessity for the
entire abolition of Sunday work. It has already received
more than 30,030 signatures.

TEE LATE EARL OF CARDTGAN.—The remains
Of the late Earl of Cardigan will be interred on Saturdey.
His lordship, who made many wills, is stated to have left
the whole of his property over which he hat,' control to the
Countess of Cardigan for life.

RESIGNATION OF THE BISHOP OF BOMBAY.—It 13
stated, apparently on competent authority, that the Right
Rev. Dr. John Harding, Bishop of Bombay, who has re-
cently been on a visit to England, has resigned his see.
The Government allowance to the bishop is £2,500 a year.
The nomination of Dr. Harding's successor falls to Sir
Stafford Northcote, Bart., M.P., the Secretary of State
for India in Council.

THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION.—SOMe time ago a
meeting of this body was held in London to raise a
guarantee fund of £50,000, to be called for at the rate of
not more than 20 per cent. per annum, for the purpose of
testing the legality of Ritualistic doctrines and practices
in the Church of England. Upwards of £37,000 of this
amount has, we understand, been already guaranteed.

THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF Ant—The Prince and

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Princess Louis of Hesse have given their patronage to the
intended fate for the Female School of Art. Their Royal
Highnesses' secretary also announces that "it has given
them much pleasure to see from the report how well the
school is doing its work, and it would much please them
to hear that this final appeal has proved successful in
liquidating the debt on the building fund."

The electors of Kilkenny, having reason io fear
that Mr. Ellis, M.P., "will support the Ministry and
ascendancy," have held a meeting and adopted the follow-
ing resolution :—" That a copy of the names of the com-
mittee of the city and county of Kilkenny, appointed to
promote the cause of religious equality, be forwarded to
the Hon. Mr. Ellis, M.P., to request his support in favour
of that measure by voting for Mr. Gladstone's resolutions."
It was at first intended to call upon him to resign if he
should vote for the Church.

THE ALTON MIIRDER.—The inhabitants of Alton
lave subscribed fun4s for a neat headstone to the grave of
he girl Fanny Adams, who was so brutally murdered by

Frederick Baker. The headstone was placed in the
cemetery on Saturday last. It bears the following in-
scription : "Sacred to the mernoryof Fanny Adams, aged
8 years and 4 months, who was cruelly murdered August
24, 18G7. ' Fear not them which kill the body, but rather
fear Him who is able to kill both soul and body in hell.'"
Hundreds of persons visited the cemetery on Sunday for
the purpose of inspecting this memorial.

THE LIBEL BILL. —The president, vice-presidents,
and members of the Provincial Newspaper Society have
addressed a circular to members of Parliament respecting
the Libel Bill. They disclaim any desire to open the door
to the publication of libels, and state that they do not seek
any alteration in the law as far as relates to that which is
written by the editorial staff or by correspondents of news-
papers. that they ask for is, that when a libel is uttered
at any public meeting and reported in a newspaper, the
speaker of the libel, and not the proprietor of the news.
paper is which the report appears, shall j?? he14F50014:4491

THE FENIAN PROSECUTIONS. Peter Mohan, alias
Magan, Wks Morgan, who stood remanded on the charge
of inducing soldiers to desert from her Majesty's
service and join the so-called Fenian army, has been
again brought up for examination before Sir Thomas
Henry, who sat especially for the purpose, the ordinary
business of the court being transacted. before Mr.
Flowers at the station-house opposite. Mr. Poland,
instructed by the Treasury solicitors, conducted
the prosecution ; and Mr. W. P. Roberts, of
33, Red Lion-square, and Manchester, defended. It had
been understood that, if possible, the proceedings shcAild
be closed that day, but shortly before the prisoner was
placed at the bar it became known that one of the prin
cipal witnesses was prevented by illness from at.ending,
and that a further remand would therefore be necessary.
Some evidence having been given, the prisoner was
remanded for a week.

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