The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-01

: down rails in every unoccup,cd thcroushisr'
, and now that election d over the ponce nav
! become sensible shat the property holassrs IN
residents have some rights, and are interfs, I'M
to prevent the tearing up Of the roads. Or
Pearl street the matter came to crisis on
Thursday LAST by the arrest Of parties engaged
In laying track.
All this serves to prove the necessity Of some
comprehensive plan Of public Improvement,
under the control Of q commission, as already
suggested by the HERALD. Let us have Board
Of Public Works, with full power to do away
| with the 6rst and principal evil Of crowded
| city, with only a single outlet, by opening the
| Fourth, Eth and Seventh avenues to the Bat
terry, thus making four Broadways in lieu Of
| one. Then lot every city railroad charter
granted to private SPECTATORS be repealed,
and good syatem Of railroads be adopted for
the whole city, under control Of the commits
sion, and run at tho lowest possible charge to
the travelling pvxolic. The people will then be
able to- reach by cars every portion of the
city through good broad avenues, and business
men will net BIZ subjected, rs now, TO yexa-
tious blockades and delays in the most valu-
able hours Of the day. In addition TO these
advantages to the unsses the taxpayers will
then'receive the bene6t Of the city franchises,
which at present 60 TO enrich political "rings"
and shrewd lobby spectators. This is a re-
form worthy the attention Of an enlightened
Legislature, and the people will look tC'oheir
representatives at Albany for prompt relief
THE PENALTIES or Mis6ovEeNMEEr.-We
that apermanent increase Of the British srmy
has been decided upon This is the logical
consequence Of the refusal 10 satisfy the ifst
grievances OF Ireland, IA well as The equally
just demand of the MASSES in England, for an
extension OF the franchise. '.iue or ruinI'
are the alternatives Of the British arisocracys
There is no middle term which can satisfy
their inordinate pride and seshness Sooner
than concede to the Irish people the abolition
of the Church establishment and secure 10
them the laws which are necessary 10 protect
them against the grinding exactions OF alb
sentee landlords, they prefer commencing
against them a war Of determination, in which
revival Of the barbarities practised In the
Indian campaign are threatened. They do this
without counting the cost. They are entering
upon Just such war a. we have been engaged
in against the South, with an accumulated debt
heavier than that with which we put down the
rebellion. How eau they expect to be able to
stagger on under the weight Of the additional
burdens which the increased military expendi-
lures they are about to incur in Ireland will
place upon their shoutdersf Do they imagina
that these expenditures will be limited to Irish
soils IL they do they are counting too much
on our forbearauce. Let them but attempt 10
pnt in force their ''stamping out" process, and
nothing can save them from a war with this
country So intense and widespread will be
the Indignation caused by II that no admins.
tration will venture 10 resist the feeling which
viii prompt IN immediate invasion Of Canada.
Such are the dangers which confront the men
who now have charge of the destinies of the
British empire. Should they be reckless
enough TO listen to the sanguinary promp!ings
OF their terrors they will discover that they
have given the last blow to the domination
which has been built up on such an amount of
injustice and suffering
CRITICAL Position or SP,M--MoyEMENrs or
| QUEEN IsABELiA.--We have news Simultaneous
| ly by the cable that peace will soon be de.
clared between Spain. Chile and Peru, and
that Queen Isabella is about to visit the royal
| family at Lisbon this week. Domestic comp.i-
cations have been gathering around her Ma
jestys government-urged on and secretly
fOmented no doubt, by the agents OF NapO-
ieon-which compel speedy conclusion to
the foreign war In South America, thus enabling
Isabella 10 complete those preparations to