New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-06
FOREIGN NEWS.
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE CUNARD STEAMERS.
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lFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

dnrn0 the coming eight years through W hch their
postal contract lasts With their new ally, the lnman
line, they have almost a monopoly of the outward
mails They cajoled the POst-Offce into removing
the time limit, and they are at liberty 70 make Vher
VOYAGES long or short as they please They are
doing two weekly services without ships enough Tor
one. the slow cargo boats excepted. What is
the RESULT The voyage from New-York used
10 take nine or ten days 1t now
takes for most of their ships, from II to H. The
mails leaving New-York on Wednesday of one week
used to be delivered in London on Saturday of the
week following. They are now delivered with few
exceptions, on Monday of the week after that. As
for the passengers they seem to meet with less at
tention and more inciyility than ever. When the
Scotia arrived lately in the MeTsey at 10 o'clock IN
the evening the passengers were unceremomously
turned off the ship into steam tug, with all the
horrors of collecting luggage and getting through
the Custon-House to be undergone III the
dark They did not reach their hotel till after mid
night. One eminent American who came over in the
Cuba tells me that they not only bad long passage
but that they could scarcely get enough TO eat The
complaint of poor and insufficient food was general
This is a variation my experience There used TO
be Olite food enough, but it served in harba-
rous way On the French and German lines You
get a continental table h6te one dish at time and
the attendance is good On the Cun0rd, they cover
the tables pell-men with all sorts of dishes at the
same time and YOU are lucky if You get any attend
ance at ALL Matters seem to be growing worse rather
than better. 1t happens TO me to see good many
Americans who have crosscdin Cnarder and there
is but one voice as to the needless discomfort and
annoyance inflicted on the passengers As for the
slow voyages that is a thing not open to question,
but it may be worth while to add that two captains,
when demonstrated with, replied that gene
raj orders had been issued to reduce the
speed and economize coal. This may account
for the new trouble about provisions. As the voyage
is heightened to save coal, the same amount OF
food has to do duty for twelve days which formerly
was consumed in ten, Surely it is cause for sur
prise that tie old superstition abont the superior
safety of the Cunarl line is dying out, and that
every year more and more Americans cross IN the
German and French steamships. As to the malIs'
merchants will do we'll to observe that the hamburg
ships sailing on Tuesdays generally deliver ther leV
ters in London. on Friday night or Saturday morning
Of the next week IS hours earlier than the Cnnarder
which sails on Wednesday. Then the North German
LLOYD steamer which leaves New-York on Thursday,
p hours after the Cunarder gets her mail distributed
in London at the same time so that except III special
cases the Cunard inward mail is of little or no use
G.ws
TIE LONDON PRESS on MR. RAYMOND OF THE
TIMES.
The TELEGRAPH of June II says: An eminent
American pUbcIst and politician. and one Who III t
latter capacity, babe fair TO become distinguished
statesman, has just been removed PIematnTey and Win
news az saturday brought Intelligence Of the death, by
apoplexy, OF the Hon. Henry j. Raymond LMe SHlel
YorE T1lSs the journal with which he long and
so hOHOrably connected Is one OF the most TetPeoue
ZION il holds must in a great measure, be attributed 10
upright character aud the editorial capacity OF MI
What cold and SoeriiGiSe But just ana moder-
nte in his views, which were those to be. eH,
Oh fpof, Of
those Of bigot Of rowdy agitatOr lie was more OF
Keen iencer man nesDy 1.ei III "o or
knuckedusterj and he neither nsnlted nor
amisbie courteous loyal and hospitabc centieman be
loved by AL his colleagues ON the p reSte h 10y muse
THE sPIRTUALISTs.
Mr. Home was present last night at meet
Ing OF the OF the Dalectical Society which Is
account OF his experience Certain manifestations, he
said occur only in trance He is sometimes awakened
then the spirit will tell him what doing al distance
He writes It down at the time ana u invariably proves
correct The only thing he added can explain about
trance IS that have always felt 1t necessary Tor the
people about nae TO be IN harmonious condition. Jnen
sensations. and forget everything When awake II Is
The blood to circulate l never know, What
to what people tell me said while in that state II
is unpleasant 10 me" Beng asked what nc meant ny
persons being harmonious" Mt Home said, " cannot
ten any more than that going into drawiug-rOom
sometimes feel at home at once; and al another Time You
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DO not feel at II is nothing than that" Mr.
Home said lac had been given over by the doctors
several time but the spirits told him he would get bet
ter During the progress Of the lawsuit win Mrs Lyon
had congestion OF the brain, and his memory LETT him.
The spirits him he would recover, aud lie had recoy
cred Mr. Home related a fact which occurred some
years ago IN the presence OF the Emperor Napoleon
ave WERE" he said, in large room IN the salon dc
Louis Quatorze. The Empress aud Emperor were pres
ent. am telling the story as heard the Emperor
tell IL. A table mOyed-then hand was seen TO
come IL was very t gesu in iTrfa ed ha moi
the Dextt but one on the Tar SIDE We HeaId me
perOr and he kissed the hand IL went To the Epess
she withdrew from its touch and the hand followed her
Tie Emperor said do not be frightened and she kissed
Sc too. IL disappearing said would like 10 kiss
It. The hand seemed 10 be like person thinking, and as
N IL were SAYING why should IT, 10 back 20 me.
IL had written the word Napoleon, and remains written
now. IL much material hand, seemingly, as NY
hand now The writing an autograph OF the En-.
hand" Mr.. Home said that the Emperor OF Russia
well as the Emperor Napoleon had seen hands and had
taken hold OF them, when they seemed 10 float away
Into thin air" In reply 20 question whether he
could give any information as 20 the state ana
condition OF departed human spirits, Mr.. Home
s1 that bis information led him 70 the opinion that
precisely to sleep here awake IN the other
wOrld-Weseyans we're Neseyans. swedenbOrgans
sWedeubOrgians MahOmetans were MahOnetaus. As TO
future rewards and punshment bad spirits the
tuuOus results OF the wrong they have DONE some
Were concealed papers were Two or three other per,
sons expressed their opinions on tins subject One OF
them, Mr.. Damrain who said that though not himself
medium, he mad been IN the presence Of 100 mediums
az 900 seances aud had IN his library 800 volumes
6prtuasm," gave II as his opinion that there
rages in the spiritual world between opposite sexes but
no spiritual children Spiritual boys 10 school, and
continue 20 grow until IS: old return 10 that age
painters paint with spiritual pigments and mechanics
POPULAR FEELING IN CoRK-ADDREss BY s. j.
MEANY.
On the 21st ult S. j. MeanY delivered a lee
tire at the AtheDWuin. Cork. on Irish Poets and