, 1876-06-12
GREAT 13IlITAIN.

procession IN Dublin Inst night In celebration of
tho csrnpc Of tho Fcnan cnnvtcts from West
Australia, mid DIaracli was burned In cillgy.
THIRSTY sAHA>A.
LONDON, june 19.--The exploring cxpctllton
To Northwest Africa left EngIalid Saturday.
It's main object Is to nsccrtatn tic feasibility Of
admitting tic waters Of the Atlantic Into pur-
tton Of the Dcscrt Of Sahara.
DROWNED.
A pleasure -boat capsizcl at East Bourne Sun
day, and twelve persons were drowned.
ALBERT GRANT AND GEN. scnrHCK.
Ebyresuondence Cincinnati tonmtrciuf.
LONDON, May GA great seilsation has been
caused by the revelations 1nn,lc yesterday lu The
Court Of Common Pleas concerning Baron "
Grant, the Duke dc saltlanl,a, atld the London
of y1nr reaslrrs that Gen. sclIcnck sheltered
himself from The charge Ut Violating the stand
ar1 u diplomatic hunor by quoting ~ n pipce-
dent tlIu action Ut tilu Minister If Portugal at
stean Trurnwuys Con,l1uny. Il was sufficient
rrply lu ucn. Scflenrk tI.at tho Portuguese Minis
Ter uetcd in consultation with his Government.
But Il Is n startling coincidence tint at the
very ulollcnt Wien the cable telegraph
by tlIe report VI Il Congressional Committee,
London CURT should be tue nlea.ls Of dsgEnc-
Ing the Portuguese Minister, whose exu1npic he
quoted, by showing tlAt hr helped to folst
o aad S acea s S Sr soo Se xei. u Grant ts Is
already Bo low down that hc Can hardly gct luw
CT, but 1t is probable tint never before WIS there
such m exhibition III WINS Witnessed Oh the ex-
posture ot this nlaD i, Court. lie was present
personally, pall!1 with terror. IS II iis Inst hour
ha,l co,ne Ills COUNSEL bcggcd to have the casc
compounded, upon tue prctcxt tlIat the Dusi-
NESS interests vi innocent shareholders In the
Lisbon Company would suiIrr. When Lord
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to ugree, to verdict aganet himself Tor
the whule amount c!nfmed, provided the
cass might not bc gone into. Hut Cole
ridge and the pursuing eounsct-llawlins-
were inacx!hly determined tlat the whole
thing should be dragged Into light. Grant was
compelled to SIT anu rar the startling story OF
how lie came by E45, 000 Of that immense wealth
wllicl. liz is parntlns before tht world, with
which he built Ills magnificent palucc In Ken
sington, aud ts now trying 70 nlluf; respectable
was shown TINT hc dcvoutly believed In his one
article Of religious faltls,-thut every rnan has
his mlce,-unl found too much reason IN llis
experience to Justify II. lie succeeded Iii
paper in London that was wort! bribing. The
former money editor Ut the Times, Mr.. 5amp-
sou, Is already In disgrace, md SO We are nut
surprised to learn tflue he prosttutca the col
case also for t275 but It Is serious thing to tlud
tint certain Representatives OF the Daily 4NetrJ,
the Standard, the Daily Telegraph, atuong the
grcat dulles, md among weekles, the religious
organs of thu National Church...tl,c High
Church John Bull, md the evangelical Rreorti
and Church opfnioa-;werc q! brlbc'll, md ulso
Nt,cs Of Ne World, the Honey 4uarktt Ia'ie., and
the tenlcr-hcartca IHre,tor'd Guardian. Mr..
IIuwkins was only Just III saying that the chief
conductors of these journals seem entirely un-
awnre that Albert Grant WIS brlblng tlcIr SUBJ
ordlnates to sing the praiscs Of fraudulent en-
terprise; but there is very little consolation IN
that to those who ar. induced to
take stuck III things recommended by Journals
supposed to be conducted solely III the interest
Of the public Wien hfs counsel bad thrown
up the case, and all three etaikcd out Of Court,
NO Uie WIS left On Gynnt's side but himself, ulld
kns was ended, tic wrctehCd man leapud to Ills
feet trcmblinGly and said to Lord Colgridgc,
'sMY Lord, MY name is Albert Grant. VIII you
allow Inc To aadrcss your Lortlnhlp few obscr-
yntons'm LORI s1 c9iSridgs replied "S9t Mt
would throw myself IN your indulgence, my
hir. M GrsMt, not now" Grant: : Allow INC 10 i
=" Not nuwl" sa!tl Coler!tigr, with souse-
thing formidable In his eye u,Il voice. Grant
skul2cd out Of Court, the poo1cst man In Ell.
gland for all hts Riches, nollc brlg 80 poor ls To
Iay hin any respect whatever.
But pubic attention will contemrtuous1y pass
over Grant to consider the fcartul scandal wtrl
tllnt thu credit u It's financial department eau
aurvivc this blow. 1t eal, hardly rcpny Journals
to kecpnlore editors Or publish "lty columns II
which l!avc thus been dsrretl!ted. The position
tions that, unless the services of Bune 1iiau
uniting the characteristics of Arfstidcs the
Just and the nngcl Gnbrlct could be secured,
It Is difficult to see how my newspaper pnr.,
graphs about financial sellc,nes can be trusted
any 1nnfc.
These revelations have given a blacker color
Ing to tie Schcllck business. 1t will probably
already l!aye reached You BY telegraph that Mr.
CAllnE, NJ. r., llas given notice of question Il
be put 70 tile First Lord of the TTclsnry nett
siunday as to whether The Government means
70 institute any criminal proceedings on tho la
SIS of tic report concerning Ten. Sellenck. Tht
Tory orgaN, the G'o1e,-A lIuprr which Is not In
yolSel lii yesterdays rtyelat!ons,-hns deter
nllcd article, which may Indicate that this Gov
ernn'elt is considering the question os rccaan'a
tlUn. 1t says:
II ~ !ncontcstable that considerable number e1
English peoplc applied for shascs In tht EEnnla
American Ambassador On tho Directorate. Ths
connection gave the Company an atr Of rcspecta'
bility and toundneta that WA wanting In othel
TINT the Euttcl stairs Government, through thci'
accredited rcprcscn.atise: ~ EMgsnd, vonched 70!
thu bona s'c character u tho concern. Ought nn
lhat Government, therefore, ~ make g1ol the
losaes Incurred by English Original shareholders 1t
thy mine through ths proved taeh<s Of ticn.
of thas course. II Ii clearly tlr duty u Govern
mens to exercise such discrimination In The choc6
OF Ambassadors as will prevent lhctr h!hus!nE tht
advantage Of i:ic nations to whom they arc accrrd
ite1 Gs,, sshenek has been Sdjudssa guilty o
red through blind faith In tho llUnur OF Ahcr
| ran Atnl'assador1 II fnnds arc wanting for th
hasi ri Sa asSsa nsasy oney is
| bc yury Justly sent back to England.