New-York tribune., 1868-02-20
NEWMAN HALLS LECTURES ON AMERICA.

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| NEWMAN HALLS LECTURES ON AMERICA.
! The DAILY Netcs of the 8th of February says:
The Duke OF Argyll consented TO take the chair In
St. James's Hall on Ash Wednesday evening the 2sth
inst when the Rev. Newman Hall is to redeyer the lee
ture which addressed In Washington to the principal
members OF Congress, when ChiefJustioe Chase pre-
sided, aud Gen. Grant was among the auditors We un'
derstand that the argument the lecturer Is 10 prove
the good feeling which really exists In this country
toward America and that while the masses OF the eOpe
OF those who synpaRzed with the South did from
ilwi toward America. but from nisconception OF the
bama will no doubt be discussed aud with such Presl-
dent, friend to the United states large M an,
dence may be expected TO express goodwill toward the
United States and support Lord Stanley In any efforts
to promote speedy settlement OF oil international UNI
THE EMANCIPATION OF NEGRO.
An address, which the English papers speak OF n
deeply interesting in ts character was delivered ~
Kensington London, the 9th Of February, by MIS-
Jacobs acolored lady whose personal experience Is
revolution which in lines has happily put an end fr
slave on Virgnian plantation, kindly treated at first y
her owners but household circumstance changing SIC
vas submitted the usual indlgnes and soows OF hr
lass tll she cOuld bear 1t no longer, and determined
scape and did The intense vigilance OF the planters
however made it impossible Tor her 10 gtt OUT 1i @ te
country and she concealed first IN one spot and ten
in another t place was actually hI iGr ner 5 "a te ,
pent roof OF house and in this dark hoe se ved ior
three years, not daring TO emerge she e9naeleu pI ~
paraYss and nearly died but In the emu she managed 70
by TO the North hidden on board coahts 1859 Vessel al al
this while she separatedfro the ivy M
f When the war broke ou, and the slaves
gan desert Norhward she hastened down 10 ASSIST
hospjtas and also houses for the negro chdren
and when sherman marched through Georgia enc Ioi-
track Savannah ana carried out
the same energetic and faithful work there Her audience
listened with the utmost interest TO the DETAILS OF uS ne ne
speaker however In this that she went pack 10 te
very scene where she had passed te yeAS o son5 % h
faar afaa lgrp "A n
planter who had hunted her with dogs and guns; nay,
ts s work Gf%%is& o Ser PsG IN the @ place ' where she lad
despared of any hopea
JOHN BRIGHT ON TIE LIQUOR LAWS
Mr. Bright made his third speech at Birmingham to
depuaton OF licensed victuailers who waited upon him
for the purpose obtaining expression Of his opinion
upon Mr. Abel Smiths Sunday Traffic IN Intoxicating Ii
quors bill Mr. Bright said: do not see way out 0i
the difficulty at ALL long licensed vctualers resist
every proposition that meets the view not only OF the
teetotaer but of an enormous number OF people VINO DO
the notion that the OF Intoxicating liquors in mod
crate quantities may be night and even beneficial You
have made intention tO grant concession
and you fght violently, aud with most admirable or
hnin tie class of people 90 whom / have made alu-
sion; and must say that Know oi nothing
equal the power you possess of managing and marshal
ing your bat you have outside your own ranks,
public that insists. every year more strongly upon some
thing being done and FOR one feel certain that In the
long run you will be beaten do not mean that yOu win
be extnEushed do not look in our lifetime 20 see any
viii he prohibed from being sod used in this country
bnt with regard 20 several things ana particularly thht
ofsunday trading, think you WIN eventually be beaten
do not mean that none ofthOse things VIII he allowed 10
he sold Sunday but that the sale Of them will he put
under restrictions greater than those which now eI.'
Then the question What we 10 do IN PAfhment
the sunday Therefore your Keeping places open
sunday Of law, and II is not IN any degree
ton As public opinion ~ favor Of the partial
tire closing public houses on the en- VII
public opinion, and think you ought to ind out some
thing that You would conoede and ought 10 et Mr. Abel
II some fair proposition were made that nght perhaps
irritation and harrassng you would be willing your
part TO make concession. IL you do not do this am
finne and that you win always lobby OF
House Of Commons-abon tho most hateful place know
except the inside and there viii be this
going on perpetualy prefer In rrgsrd 10 10 t1is qnes
specific reply but may say that rather fearful no
legislation upon II II possible for some time 10 come
OF other there will arise from among the licensed yotua
themselves who wall help the pubic IN some de-
exist in the continued opening OF pubnc houses on
Sunday.
FURTHER TELEGRAPHc COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EU-
ROPE AND AMERICA.
The Brasil and Rirer Plate NAL says: We are glad
10 be able 10 fact which will be received with
the greatest satisfaction by readers in Brazil the
River Plate and the Pacific coast-namely that con
cesson has been granted by the Portuguese Government
TO Mr. Edward MedlicOtt, engineer OF lAsbOn ana MI
Thomas Rumba c. H. Of London, for the establishment
OF submarine telegraph between Falmouth ana oporto,
from porto the Azores and thence To point OF
the American coast We understand the line will be con
structed upon Aliens patent principle and that the total
cost viii not exceed 100000. The line will bo laid IN
three sections and upon the completion Of each tt Will
he opened TO the public so that money VIII come IN te
shape Of at an early stage OF the progress OF tne
works There be no question the enterprise VIII
proye highly remunerave independently OF through
messages large intermediate business viii be carried
on communications between this country and Portugal
Leing very numerous but the most important section
will undoubtedly that connecting the Continent with
the Azores, at which point all outward and hOneward-
bound ships trading with the Brazs, the River Plate,
the Pacific. and other parts OF South America WI DO
enabled 10 call for orders, or TO communicate with tho
oners In England or elsewhere BY this means great
hoon will be conferred upon the commercial world and
intercourse with the two hemispheres De Facilitated ana
perfected not effected by the Atlantic cable
"'" - ITEMS AND GOSSIP.
Mr. hereford Hope and IAIr. Ceasby @. c., candi
dates FOR the Of representing the University OF
Cambridge Parliament, in place Of LordJustice sel-
vn Lord Stanley was solicited 10 stand but preferred
holding on his present constituency Mr. Hope b at
present member for STOKE.
The John Bun announces that the Dnke OF marlD0,
rough is prepared with an Educational bill which wiz
develop the existing system rather than Introduce new
one 1T will not we hear substitute local ior Imperial
ishes now debarred from the grant, and uncerunea
WILL under certain conditions DC aided
Miss Burdett COuttse plan iOr BtoupnBphIhos "y hVS
imprObably be tried" .,,....
IKE IdeoHa hears that Her Maesty's Life Of the
Late Prince ConsOrt il 70 De reproduced IN CONDENSED
FORM in embossed letters for the use OF he pima Inc
work OF sbridgment has been intrusted 10 MI Jonn
Mrs Adah Isaacs Menken playing the French Spy
at Astleys Theaer Royal during the first week OF Feb
ruary TO crowded and fashionable houses Among other
vos were the Prince and Princess Teck and the Duke
MI BandInann was advertised to open Narcisse at
the Iyceum Theater on the nth of February The play
will be mounted with powerful cast MI mnan MI,
len and Mr. George Jordan among others The female
will be supported by three OF the most accom-
pshed and fascinating actresses on me Ensnsn
Misses Her)ert, Mile Palmer and Therese furtauo'
.Is FRANCE. ....
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