New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-19
This we do not think and can make no apology for

Altogether, the Utramonanes might as wen nave ie'
the matter alone For one person VINO sa" VIZ onaise
against them In The Pail Nah Gdsefn, thonsand nave
now seen IL and the English tendency 70 believe i'll Of
Catholic polfcy is 40 that great proportion OF
them undoubtedly believe the accusation But the point
which s M most interest 70 journalistssnd Of more
interest TO the public than TO onrnasts-s the renewed
atemp TO enforce jurisdiction Of the House over the
Press That Jurisdiction exists In theory, no doubt, and
IL pported like other abuses, by plenty Of preee-
dents but 10 is quite time for the Press 70 its
rights against arbitrary oppression, whether legislative
or iudeial For every offepse OF the Press there is
remedy by TIE regular process Of law and the Press will
NOT do it's duty II 1t submits 10 any other Il is not
pleasant to see how sluggish the English papers
about such vital matters. They too timid too
10 protest against the Imprisonment Of Mr.
spworth and of their Belfast colleague. both OF whom
were sent to jail without trial. without chance 10 ap
peal jury and by the fat Of judges who in their
own and condemned their critics. They are
equally too mid too shortsighted 70 denOunce this
mOnstrous claim of public servants 10 be exempt from
the opinion Of their masters
A great Franchise, or Manhood Suffrage demonstra-
ton the famous Newcastle Tyne moor. Will take
place Saturday. More than 200 coeries have
agreed TO take part in IT. thirty bands are engaged for
the different professions and thirty more are advertised
for. There will be six platforms, six chairInen, and 4s
speakers. The principle be affirmed by the demon
stration is that existing distinctions between the quail
locations OF Parliamentary electors in bOroughs and
counties irritating perplexing and UNJUST and that
the only and satisfactory settlement which the
Imperial Franchise De based is Manhood which
may may not include WomanhOod but in this case is
not meant 10.
On the same day. the Fifth Annual Cooperative Con-
gress meets in Newcastle under the Presidency Of
Joseph COwan jr The Cooperative delegates Will be
taken 10 the great Franchise meeting, and TO DO
breakfasted and dined and feed in all sorts Of ways,
been reputed the last day finishing with "trip down
the Tyne view the industries Of that wonderful
OF shipbuildng yards and ounderes In other respects
the Congress promises 10 be unusually important enc.
Prof. TyDdan gave the English public the first fruits
OF his American tour in lecture last night before the
Royal Institution Niagara At these Friday evening
Lectures may often be OF the brilliant audi
that be assembled in London and Prof Tyndal
if always favorite His visit the Falls made, had
before heard, great impression him. and his eIpOra
tons there were pushed 20 point which think no anna
eur-that is. nobody but a gmde-has ever reached.
Not content with doing the Cave OF the Winds or
with making the usual trip on the other side,
toward the Horseshoe Fall, Prof Tyndall under
the Horseshoe. Anybody who remembers what the
path is beyond the usual stopping place. can judge
what risks he encountered. 1 fancy the risk had
much charm for him the hope OF scientific gain
he describes himself wrapped in number of wooden
garments crossing torrents Of water and passing
slippery ground whence he had view Of the green
masses overhead. To the contemplation OF these he
owed Of those agreeable emotions which. according
to Herbert Spencer lbeate currents, and stimu
late the system better than any chemical agent employed
against bodily discomforts. The journey TO and from
this scene difficult and perlOus the scene itself
surpassed any other which Niagara nad to offer Now
that il is known that Tyndan has done n, 10 may be
attempted by Others but cannot be recommended TO
any one who not OF himself, ana hardly 10 any
one who has not had something OF Prof Tyndals expe-
rence in Alpine adventure OF some equiv alen test OF
nerve and strength and courage.
or the Falls generally, Prof ryndall said that their
deafeung roar had been exaggerated aud mentioned the
plunge OF the Reuss at the Devils Bridge I'D switzerland
As aving far greater volume OF sound, owing 20 the re-
verberon from the mountains. The country about the
Falls ne describes table land except The gorge
through which the river rushed extending to Queens
town Ridge on one side and TO Lewiston Ridge ON the
other This table land descends suddenly into the plain
toward Ontario and this descent explained TO him the
existence and history Of Niagara Fails. Many thousand
years ago the probably ran along that table land
and the Falls then exactly at the escarpment OF
the table land. The erOsive power Of the sand ana
uoders carried by the river. however, excavatedsand
cut the extreme end and thus caused rerocession Of
the locus Of the fail The Of the river, having the
greatest excayang power, managed TO keep ahead OF
the sides-that u, in going Dackward-and thus the
horseshoe form produced. The extraordinary Whr-
pools and upshOs Of water "a one Of the bends
he scribed 10 the Interference OF the central and at
tudina currents In 5000 years people would be able 10
see plainly If this theory correct and he predicted
that in time the American fan would be abolished. eav-
inr Whirlpool and the Horseshoe Fan would have re-
coded still further back, ut the same time narrowing the
he'd ,f the river behind It, The tumblng over Of the
barriers had been and would be hastened by the di,po
ton OF the strata Of the table land, in which limestone
rested ON soft shale.
AL the conclusion OF his lecture Prof Tynda spoke IN
warm terms OF his reception America, which he char
acterjzed rs cordial and almost afectouate. In going
IN the United states and ecurug aud living among this
Engshpeaking he had felt no break @, the con
tnuity of his own life and relations; he had found
American friends on board the steamer on which he
sailed and ON the wharf when ne landed and every
city and town in which he stayed am not sure that
am giving correctly the words used in the lectureroom
ast night but they are az any rate words winch Pro
Tyndal has used many times in conversation since his
rqtur. and which cannot in repeating TO his
friends across the have heard Englshnen ask
him what he thought of the United States aud his
swer was that he could no more form an unbiased
opinion Of the people than ne coud Oh lhe Iahy OF
friend who had received him as guest into Ms mousse
and overwhelmed him with kindness and attentions OF
I'm sorts His hearty euOgies Of many of the men whom
he met should ike to repeat; but suppose must NOT
With his genial ana sympathetic nature froI lyh1aH
felt rs seem 70 nave felt the warmth OF Jhe
welcome given him, and II easy TO see tdt ne enjoyed
bis popularity there az least as much as ne enjoys
here may add that ne regarded INC reports on Ms Zee
rres iu THR TRIBUNE a most gratifying evidence OF
the spread OF popular interest IN science, az well as
compliment 20 himself IL was new tlng 10 MIN mat
leading journal should ind 10 worth while 20 publish
snch reports, and then " reissue them IN separate
form When he heard what figure their circulation
bd re,cbcd be al first he could hardly credit
it, aud then said, well, can believe IT, as II was IN
America o. -
EXILED COMMUNISTS.
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