New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-10

cally directs the foreign policy of his country
promises to be either entirely proftless or
attended with the gravcst consequences In
itself the meeting implies that the three I'm
perial Powers are resolved to carry out the
understanding by which they have made them
selves arbiters of the peace of Europe.
Trouble is gathering fast in Turkey. Just
as Europe has been shocked with the terrible
ferocity shown at Salonica, it is announced
that Bulgaria is disturbed by an insurrection-
airy movement. The uprising is attributed to
Servian intrigues. and is deemed alarming by
the Porte. The proximity of the disturbed
province to both Wallachia and Servia invests
the new outbreak with an exceptional impor-
lance
England is increasing her iron-clad fleet on
formidable scale. The Inflexible, launched
recently, will weigh 10000 tons. cost ,OOO,-
600. and be protected by double armor of
from sixteen to twenty-four inches thickness.
She will carry four S1-ton guns, capable of
piercing armor 20 inches thick at the distance
of Il mile and half The TGm6rare, set afloat
yesterday, will also carry four great guns.
These floating monsters, though proof against
artillery, may still lie liable to destruction by
tospedoes of recent invention.
MI BriStow's enemies have been making
another Improbable inquiry. The story was
that he had suspended proceedings against
a collector who had defaulted to the extent of
100000; and that the reason for such
leniency was that relative of Mrs. Brstow
was a bondsman of the defauter. There are
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as that the collector was not himself a de-
fainter; that the amount was not 500 600;
that the collector is now asking relief from
Congress, and that his bondsmen are good for
the loss. But perhaps the most satisfactory
point elected is that Mrs. Bristow's relative is
not and never has been one of the bondsmen.
1t will be very difficult to cooper that pail so
as to hold dirty water again.
Though the serious injuries. caused by Mon
day evenings accident on The elevator OF the
West HOboken street cars may happy not re-
suit in loss of life the warning should not be
disregarded. The contrivance looks perilous
at the best and the question is often asked,
what would happen in case of the rope break
ing The safeguards-if there are any-Should
be of a kind that would tightly clutch the rail,
so that the car can be stopped on It, or
course no ordinary brakes would be OF
any service. Mondays accident shows
also that there is no device that holds
the car fast to the platform. The imme-
date cause of the accident was merely the
failure to set the car on the movable platform
before it began to rise. The machinery might
easily have been so constructed that the ele
vator could not start till the car was securely
fastened upon it, Raising the horses as well
as the car adds needlcssy another element of
danger The New-Jersey authorities should be
prompt in investigating and reporting upon
this elevator, since it is evidently unsafe.
Commodore Vanderbilt is plain speaking
man of few but clear words. He probed the
question of railway freight rates to the quick
in his brief talk with TRIBUNE reporter yes
terday. The trunk lines are at present troubled
precisely as merchants and manufacturers and
farmers frequently are by over-prOduction.
The facilities for transportation of Western
produce have become greater than the supply
of freightS, and consequently the rival lines
fight for the little there is. When times were
better each road had satisfactory supplies of
freight, and there was disposition to compTo-
mise and combine to keep up the rates. 1t
thus happened that concessions were made to
some of the roads which gave other cities very
decided advantages over Ncw-Iork. COmpeti-
ton has changed this policy; the rivalry
promises to be sharp and vigorous; the Western
shipper in consequence will probably get trans
portaton at fair and cheap rates, and the city
offering the best facilities will get the best
part of the traffic. Competition in railroadng,
as in every other branch of business, should
be the rule and the life of trade.
Although, close upon the day of opening,
the Art Department of the Great Exhibition
was far from completion, enough was to be
seen of the contents of the several galleries.
that of Austria alone excepted, in which so
late as Monday night not single picture had
been bung-tO make a general estimate of the
quality of the Exhibition possible. The English
display of pictures is large comprehensive, and
splendid. The American gallery makes full
and ingenious confession Of all our sins, but
deprccatiDgly presents few yirtuous perform
ances in extenuation. The Germans have sent
all the best of their lately painted pictures to
the exhibition at Munich, and had nothing
left for us worth having. Italy sends a
world Of marble figures and but few pictures.
The rest Of the room is filled by the works of
the Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian, South
American, Belgian, Scandinavian, and Neither
lands painters, which give no very flattering
evidence of the condition of art in the cOun-
tries they represent. While then, the cult
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