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BRISTOL, April, Is, 1910.
The smallness OF the ministerial majority in the
House OF Commons on Thursday last the policy
OF the threatened against China, is still the sub
ject OF much comment. Had the majority being
against the Government, their resignation Of Office
would certainly have taken place ere this; but as
they have held their places after divisions even less
favorable surprise is evinced that they still hold
the reins of government.
The Foster holidays are approaching, and during
| the short recess which will commence on the ad-
journment of the Houses tonight, Cabinet Councils
| will be held, and the line of conduct which Minis
| tiers mean to pursue, marked out. There is a very
general opinion afoat that they will sappeal to the
country" by dissolution, in the hope of increasing
the number OF their supporters in the House of Com
mons. Should the experiment fail, they will have
alternative but to resign Office in favor Of the
Conservatives, for the time is evidently gone by
when mixed administration of Wings and Radi-
Gals would be able to conduct the public affairs of
the country.
The Court about to move to Windsor Castle
for the Easter holidays and probably, if the
that the Queen is cncentc be well founded, her
| jesty will pass much of the summer there.
The monetary affairs of the country by no
means in settled state; and the assistance which
Ministers will require, in the dcpres state of the
revenue, (he expenditure for the last year
the receipts by million and half sterlingD to-
gether with the expectations of bullion IN exchange
| for grain, circumstances not very likely pro
mote Improvement
| Trade also is very languid, with no immediate
| prospect of a revival IN almost every town in the
kingdom the tradesmen are suffering more or less,
from the effects of rail road speculation. When lit
tie than the deposit paid upon shares, and
transfers frequent and profitable, many became
large holders; and that so or ESQ per share is
called up, they find their legitimate occupations par
ayzed by the drain Of their capital, which those
| productive securities occasion.
Happily, the late uniavorable winter has been
eceded by most delightful March and April. Ma
ture is putting her gayest mantle, and the hu.-
bandman is busy in the fields. The prospect of a
good harvest will have the best effect
Yours Sc. GAM
TuREE WEEKS LATER FROM CHISA-We have
received Canton papers, by the British overland
mail 10 England, With Cauton dates to the 9TH of ia
nuary.
The Commits ioner has bee pursuing his measures
still further for the total exclusion Of English trade
and the Cantoa Press has Edict prohiting the
transhpment of British goods into any other foreign
YES eel Tor the p.rpsCe Of importation into Canton
aud ordaining that Bond be required from every
such vessel entering the port certifying that they
do not contain any property transhipped from Bri-
tish vessel and consentng to the eonhcaion Of ship
eui cargo, should any thing of the kind be discover
ed on board,-and IL will be the High Cotumis.
s,ouer anticipates difficulty in detecting any az
temp, at fraud or conecalment, and an putting this
law immediately and ef,ctually ia force
Captain Elliot has made another fec ole attempt 10
induce the rise the
of our legal trade; assuring his Eycellency that
peace is The desire Of his hear that he feels
an spr q mi usIo and
disorder" matters have come to; and reminding him
that for 200 year. England has enjoyed intercourse
with the Heavenly Dynasty"
ONE or rms BEAUTIEs or THE NATIONAL SYs-
TEN-The following has been communicated q Us
by Trustworthy CORES pondnt -" Not far from the
place IN which write, National School l. conve.
nienty located in the ne ghbourhood Of Iaixed po.
pulation of Roman Catholics, Protestans aud Pres
byterians. The Protestant parents, living at con-
siderable distance from parish school. naturally
enough avail themselves of the nearest National
School for their children The master being Roma
Catholic, asks large class 81 Roman Catholic chill
dren-' Can the priest Tor give sins Ios, SIR
readily answers the boy to whom the question was
put; aud the master, pattlng the boy on the back.
encourages the lie. and adds, Yes he can Again.
20 aaother child Which is the true Church (.
The Holy Roman Catholic Church. responds the
child, and the master again adds, Right. Sir. The
above questions took place, aud we're demanded, in
the presence Of both Professionals and PresbstfriunS
Londonderry Sentinel.
RoMAV CArHoLtc CuAPFLs, &c-A map has .ut
been put torth by the britlsh Reformation society,
showing the exact posi- ION ct every Roman Catholic
chapel college, and seminary withia the bcund
Of Englsnd, Scotland and Wales, from which il ap.
pears that fewer than 5S2 Of those build ug.. being
IN increase ten years 81 *. In the IT Ian.
caster alone there as many as - chapels aud
schools; in that of York therc 20 chapels aad
schools; IN that Of Stafford there :. chapes and
schools; whilst IN Middlesex the chapels are ~
.ny. and the schools or colleges 10 - this state.
ment, u will he remarked. that although the nun
Der of places Of worship considerably larger m the
provincial districts, vet that the nurseries are by
far the most abundant in and near {, the 'cat ~ Go
vernment.
COMPhRATIv~ HUsfNEss ruE Bufrisu PoN7s.
In the wear ls.9 of the twenty-three miions asi
half paid castofn duties a. the various ports uf
the United Kingdom. London taid - uer cent. or
very nearly half e the Whoi Liverpool contri-
buted - per cent; Bristol q per cent; Hull - per
cent: aud rubiiu 81 per cent Lsith rain :. per
cert: Newcastle and Glasgow each per cent; Re-
fast ~ per c. nj; Grcenoek rather less and ork
per cent. Gloucester pad about tWo thirds per
cent; Sunderland Whehaven, Plymnuth, and i'm.
erick about per cent; Londonderry and t;oole
ebout one third per cent; Chester, Exeter Lynn.
Ports nnuth. Southamrtor. STOCKTON. Yarmouth
| Aberdeen, Dundee, aud Port Glasgow each above
on 1usrter per cent ef he rhoc