National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-02

fail to benefit all who see it.
On Monday evening the famous Kellogg Eng
lish opera troupe appear for six performances and
one matinee, the seats for which are for sale at
the box otiice.
HONE AND FOREIGN
THE TRADE OF CANADA.
Facts and figures of an official character in
relation to the trade and commerce of Canada
show them to be in a most prosperous conti-
ton. Fiscal returns for the year ending June
30, 1878, exhibit an increase in the total COM
mcrce Of no less than Sc, 84S ,348 over the pre-
vious year. This is q remarkable advance for
a country Of less population than that of the
500, $40 ,573, and the imports to $t26, $50 ,523
The excess of imports over exports is 435 ,975, :
$50. The Canadian lumber trade with South
America is also increasing. The exports Of
lumber to all countries were seemingly larger
last year than ever before, and were more than
double those Of 1871. It is worthy of note
that SD Norwegian vessels, of 100, 736 aggre-
gate tonnage, loaded At seven ports Of the
Dominion during the past season.
ROYAL ROW.
A correspondent, writing from Rome, says:
81 will give you bit Of startling gossip. 1 do
not vouch for its truth, although It must have
some foundation. The King and his heir,
Prince Humbert, 1t Is whispered, are at open
war. The Prince refuses to come to Rome,
gives his reasons, refuses to allow the Princess
Marguerite to come, and the King, in reply,
threatens to send guard and bring Prince
Hnmbert per Jtorzd. He is commandant OF
Rome, and Rome must be his residence in the
Parliament season, no matter what may be his
objections. My news came from Paplini
sources, and, Of course, must be taken with
the necessary grains of difference required by
party spirit and the good reasons of the Prince.
The Pa1azzina, building It the end of the
Quirinale, near the Quattro Fontsne, has been
fitted up at great expense and with much splen-
dor: 60 It has been supposed that It was for the
Kings own residence. Now It is said that he
fori, in Il. Prince HumbeYt has never &C
knowledged the marriage Of his father to this
notorious woman, which took place Eve years
ago, nor will he allow her or hers to appear ut
court. 1t is well known that the King wishes
to have her acknowledged publicly as his wife,
and this establishing her At the Palazzina OF
the Quirinale is regarded as the first step
towards that end"
EMIGRATION FROM ENGLAND.
In Q recent issue the London Times mentions
the prospective large exodus of emigrants from
England, and comments upon it IN the most
dissuasive and deprecsting terms. No wonder
the English journalist lie excited by the an
nouncement that q single emigration agent
will next spring send out 10 600 iaboring fami-
lies to q selected field In which 10 seek their
fortunes. Since the Times made this announce
ment, in ignorance of the destination of these
families, It has been reported that large num-
her Of emigrants, under the auspices Of some
English management, will he sent to Virginia.
However this may be, IL is evident that the tide
of population setting westward to our shores
Is on the rise, and not on the ebb. The Eng
lish emigrant arrivals at New York for the
quarter ending September 30 alone amounted
TO 10, 800, exclusive of the Scotch and Irish,
who swelled the number immensely.
The remarkable fact to be observed is that
the 10, 600 to leave England in the spring of
1874 (under the auspices of two English
agents, Messrs. Arch and CIayden,) are in
families. The early co]onists of America and
Australia were mostly single adventures, i'm
PEELED by necessity to cross the ocean: but the
exodus Of 60 many English families argues a
social movement of an organized and extensive
kind, impelled not 90 much by necessity as by
the attractive and ascertaiDed benefits to be
derived from the transfer of home.
If the destination of these families be the
sold Dominion, the promise for the invest
ment of their labor and capital will be most
encouraging both to the State and to the emf
grant families. The people Of the South have
thoroughly recovered from the decentralization
Of the war, and fs peaceful but labor-pros-
trated society earnestly desires emigration Of
the kind mentioned.
The extreme South may not he . congenial
climate for the Englishpan, but the climate of
the border States is unsurpassed. There never
was 8 time when the eftAgrant's capital could
be more judiciously and proftably invested in
lands than It can now be In Virginia and no
doubt the tide of ne& settlers will soon be
largely diverted from the remote regions of the
West 10 a southern direction. :.
The Times strongly urg8 upon the outgoing
families to wait year add Gee bow the expert
ment works with those who have gone, citing
the suf1erings of the first settlers Of America
But such dissuasive will not be likely to have
much effect for the United States is not now
what it was century ago, end the European
coming hither is not mixing ''a leap in the
BRITISH RAILROADS.
From Capt. Tyler's report, which has called
forth from the Board Of Trade heavy indict-
ment against the railways, IL appears that last
year the roll of injuries reached the frightful
number Of 4, 1888, and of these !, Jas resulted in
death. When We analyze the train accidents
IN which these casualties occurred we find that
nearly Eve out Of every eight were caused by
collisions, one in ten BY imPerfections in facing
nent way or obstructioni, add seven per cent
by defects in rolling stock. Every one of these,
a. will be seen, are preyentible cases. Thirty
eight accidents, for example, occurred to trains,
owing to distractions LEFT standing upon the
line, or to defects in the permanent way Of the
rolling stock. 1t needs no argument to prove
ment-th.t these accidents could have S hap
pened only through the grossest and most
criminal nsgligcncs. Il 4 quite true, OF course,
that the negligence IN many cases was that of
servants. But the very negligence Of servants
is in most cases due either to oyerwork or to
want Of the requisite appliances for tho proper
and expeditions discharge of their duties, or to
the refhissness, want of system and parsimony
that prevail at headquarters. Nobody can
doubt this who bears In mind that of the l ,145
persons killed last year over 900 were servants
of the companies. II must be remembered,
too, as Captain Tyler tells Us, that in many |
cases the deaths Of servants were not reported
by the companies; yet out Of every 39f persons |
employed on railways last year, IL Is aseer-
tanned that at least was killed and more than
9 injured. Again, out of every 10 train scci- |
dents was due, as we have said, to defectt in |
facing points. Here, once more, Is evidence of |
culpable negligence on the part Of the railway |
directors. So. -
p APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS.
Amid the general run Of Yankee ideas Of
practical kind which overwhclm the Patent |
ONCE, there are many which are simply lut1ic-
rous. Some persons seem to imagine that
they can patent anything; others have most
ration. The great ignorance. existing % 70 the
plainest rules of science leads to an incalcula-
Bile waste of time on projects which n man of
technical education would have seen at
glance to have been Improbable. There Is
The man who wanted patent right foy an
artificial moon. A huge elevated reflector
above the town was to east down its rays long
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