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to the precautions which ought to be
adopted in storing gunpowder in populous
towns like London, or in carrying it
through London. Mr.. Gales patent,
which mixes the g%unpowder with q vast
number of non-infammable particles;
would be too bulky, expensive, and trou-
blesome for use in the carriage of gunpow-
der, and as far as we see, the only safe
remedy is to prohibit the storage of any
large quantity of the more explosive ma
terials in cities of a certain population
altogether, and to compel those who trans
fer such materials from place to place to
carry them round such cities, instead OF
through them. No precautions as to the
mode of carriage could make the carriage
really safe. Life is risk. But there is
no reason why the lives of millions should
be risked, when twenty or thirty miles
more carriage would prevent it.
The American correspondent of the
Daily News affirmS that the Republicans
of New York intend to nominate General
Grant for a third term. They have not
passed a resolution to that effect, but they
have refused to pass one c%ondemning the
project, and are needlessly vigorous in
their praises of the President. The writer
believes that If General Grant will but
reduce the South to order; he may be re-
elected, as many Americans are weary of
incessant elections, and the patronage Of
the President now extends to 10000
offices. We suspect the tradition forbid
ding q third term will prove too strong
for the politicians, but it is true that as
the States fill up, the Presidential election
shakes society too much. The cure, how
ever, is not to extend the term, and SO
expose the country to the risk of an An
drew Johnson, or worse, q Tweed, being
at the head of affairs for twelve years,
but to make the Civil Service permanent.
1t is Che excitement caused by the hope
of office which makes the election so
dangerous, Just as it is the fear of losing
office which makes the officials go cor.
rupt.
A report has been current some time
that q body of CarlistS at Durango had
mutinied, had clamoured for the dismissal
OF General D~Orregaray, and on Don Car
los intervening, had shot him in the sto-
mach. No part of this story, which Sc
riously affected Spanish Funds, has been
confirmed, and it is probably an exaggera-
ton of some public remonstrance address
ed to Don Carlos against the severity of
the discipline maintained by Dorregaray,
who has been allowed leave of absence
"to recruit his health" General Elio sue
ceeds him. If discussions of any kind
have broken out in the Car'ist ranks,
no advantage has been taken of them by
Serrano's Government, which occupies
itself mainly in removing Generals just
as their plans are laid. Pavia, for exam
pie, has been %summariIy deprived of his
command. Nothing energetic has been
done towards crushing Carlism since Mar
shall Concha fell, and so great is the gen.
eral lassitude on the Republican side, that
the PoJtica, Serrano's organ, asks for
intervention, and observers accuse the
Spanish Generals of wishing the war to
last, that they may draw full pay.
Some apprehension seems to exist ia
Constantinople of a great Mussulman Re-
vival. 1t appears to be certain that the
Sultan has abandoned his project Of al
tering the succession, and has reconciled