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, 1877-11-17
IS IT LEGAL

TIE QuEsTION War RAisED YESTERDAY
whether tho Board CT Directors Of tho Exposition
Association hal authority to rent their prcn-
ises or nny part thereof to Field t. Letter for
thrir business. An examination Of the rccor,is
shows tho following facta:
The resolution originally passed in 1873 by
which tic construction Of tue building was au-
tllurizcd was as follows:
Rttotred, That Tho board Of Public Works be,
and they are hereby authorized TO erect building
m Lake lark. souih Of Monrno street. not exceed:
@ M h ala Of ut wosk. as
Inter Statc industrial Exposition Association. ind
10 be constructed 1pon such plana a. shall 10 AZ.
inoncy for the erection Of said building shall bo
furnished to sad board by said Assoclil1on: Pro-
shnii ii no osent Be- permitted to scTain upon said
park o. grounds for longer period than one 'ycar
from May !. 1879.
At q meeting Of the Council in November Of
1873 pctition from, tho Directors Of tho Ex-
position was presented asking for m extension
Of time. After some consideration, the Com
mlttee on Wllnryes and Public Grounds mudc
tho following report:
Your Committee 10 whom was recomm,sscd tho
petition. and recommend tho adopsion Of lie .ol.
Of ssrs ''S5 IL iSo Common Council Of tho city of
chlsaso .hat ths Ting for -, which ths building
"ann "ntu'"S .ta psrtr =, smH ~. =" tea"Hta y
nspnh~ c~lcndci r. Nav rs4t Sro,,tf.y I h,,ss
ever. hat said bnlldIng Ind grounds Connected
therswith shsll not 10 used Otherwise than for
holding Of an annual exposition for industrial.
| mechanical and othcr nrts; for musical or othos
public entertainments; and pubt!c meetings, con:
yentpns sha 3Lnes smas pao'is pafposcs: and
snat san H. "e oie1 tos
~! ~! INV X te nnntd ~ rnS'c Wosk ~ e1a ~. ~
civ Of i.hcasn to enter uton. and liza rossc,snn
of. sad buildings and grounds. wIthnut muttca IL
any corporation association, Of any persons what
| soevcr.
| Action on this was deferred until new Coun.
iii ruulu In, iu Dccctlber of 1875, The subject
was then referred 10 various committees, and
| finally tue following resolution was agreed 70:
Et.otred, Tha. tho ttmc granted tho luter. State
nance of tho Exposition iiuildlng on portiUn Of
| the Lake Park " rcsolntiun ol tho Common Conn.
81. adopted April 2a, 1873 y hereby extended fos
tho term OF two Jcara from May !, 1874, aud said
, 1877-11-17
EXPOSITION BUILDING.


Of the Exposition met about . o'clock, Nr. Ed
win Lee Brown in the cl,nir, to hear the report
Of tbs Committee appointed Thursday 10 confer
With Field u Letter III regard TO renting the
Exposition building to that firm. They had
not long TO wait for tho rrport after the meet
Ing was called To order, nor was tue matter Of
the report either full or satisfactory. Mr.
Iuiu,ez, the Chairman Of the Culnrnftteo. mere.
ly sta.cd that Mt. Field wished further time to
decide as to whether ho wsnted tho building or
not.
= MR. FIELD SAID
10 Tho Board that he l,ad supposed Thursday
Afternoon, when he had on'y Que other place Iu
view. that ne would be able to make IN btu
mind before the Board came together. iIo now
had another p!acc In view aud desired further
time. lie added that 4 hc should decide to taks
the Exposition Hulidlng 10 would like to have
The tao extended from May, a he had ii trss
Intended, to July Or August.
~. palmer, speaking ior himself. said he had
no o9bieetion to that, ,
r., As. Klluek, Vi the Committee, remarked that
hls summer concerts after aIuy.
vi. Johnston. the third member Of tho Com.
mtttec asked air. Field Il. y caSs be rot an ox.
tension aftcr June anl Thomas wanted thu
Alr. Palmer remarked that soma other party
might want it for some other satisfactory pur-
poae Would As. Field DO willing to Vacsto In
Ar. Field said be would. lie added that he
would Ike tho Committee to hare power to
fsns: 10 that by could, II an agreement was ar
aWeu a.. 1naka ilis arrangements beioFo another
Thy Chairman remarked that the Committee
naa t9at powcE, but that they weFc Restricted In
'esaFd TO the question Of illne.
II; II; Field ,, .sld hs would decide by Monday.
4t.at$ n tktsF tHck
, 1877-11-17
ntce and held private consultation with N
Field.
While the Committee was out,

Field.
Whilo the Committee was out,
MIR. AsAf
announced TINT ho had project In his mintl's
cyc which contemplated tho creation Of Msrl
d Trlstccs. THO concentration of the atnrk in
that loart1, ntnl the establishment of botanical
gardens, which IN time Wn,tll approach In char
actcE something like the South kenslnEton Gur..
dcns of London. He Ind apnkcn with heycraf
Of the stockholtlcrs, anil the project had met
With general favor.
tl.cirnpproyat Of tho ache1ne, but It was decided
to take M action on II until the ncw BoaEd Of
Directors came Into Office.
., Tho question Of tho deslrahi!ly Of declaring
dividend, on the strength Of that &21 600 SIR
plus, then came Up, nn1 Mr.. Gcorgc c. Clarke
moved to declare dividend Of q per cent, the
ea0Ie 10 to paid 10 stockhodcrs on or before
Dec. I. The motion wns carried.
by this time the Committee snmc In and re-
ported that nothing definite had been arrived
at, but II WAS hoped TINT something would bc
loiic IN time for tho meeting Munday.
Tho 1Onrtt then adj l0urncd.
| The annual meeting of stockholders will DO
held this AFTERNOON at O'Clock.
repuftcs saw Mr, Field after tho meeting,
| and cncav0rc,f 10 asccrtafn
TIM SUBSTANCE or Hts PROPORTION
| to the Committee, ns well "a tho maine and ln-
Cattan of tho other biotkA he hail In view. Al
though the reporter failed utterly in bis at
tempt to extract tllis information from the gen
tlenan, lie learned frnnl other sourccs that tho
! proposition .nsa.lc to tho Committee was To pny
k5t, mouth. The Committee hal resolved o,,
$1,000 month, and, although they came down
| to $50 on further Investigation nul robs1llta-
tfon, they could mt quIte 20 $500, although It
Ia harcly possible that further con.
PROMISE at or near that figure. Nothing
curtain collil ba learned ~ TO tho other plac,i
MIR. Field has in view. IN fact, sulnr slIrcw,l
ones incline TO the opinion that tho third place
ts blind for tl,u pursDan VI getting the Expoei-
tton people or tic kohns to lowcr the price.
In order 10 render the Exposition Building hail.
itahte during the winter, sonlc arrangements
will have to be male On = Grand scale Tor heat
lng the p.aec. Should Mr. Field decide to take
1t, he will extend glass roof from gallery to
gallery, thus cutting oil tie Iseless space over.
head atitl rendering tic heating of The building
an easter 1nnttcs. There arc objections to the
location, but there afu stgnally good objections
to the size Of the Taylor Building, and 6etwcc:
the two 1t is not nt all certain which Mr.. Field
| will cutlctutc to t0ke,
, 1877-11-17

MEETING or T1tE ytREMENB BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION
was held last evening ut TIC enRine-llouse Of
Company No. IL, on Dearborn street, Mr. J. r.
Barrett, President OF tho Association, In tue
chair. About forty aremcn were present, rep
rcscnttn1 nearly every company in tho city.
On motion Of Mr.. Holt, committee Of three,
cous!stinR Of alcssrs. Holt, Kenyon, md
Palmer, waa appointed 10 wait On ttle Chtci and
procure detail to attend tho funeral Of The c1-
fireman Charles a. Dudley. The Committee were
also empowered tO prepare n set OF resolutions,
aud to arrange for the expenses uf tue funeral;
dudley not being member OF the Assocta-
tiun.
tho expenses were provided for.
On ulotlon Of Mr. Walsh committee consist
Ing of Mcsars. Walsh, Ilci!tlta1, nt,1 Scllur WIS
appointed to drnw up appropriate resolutions In
regard to tho death Ut John 0fllourkc.
should be cnEaEcd TO accompany tho funeral
cortegc, and It was stated TINT slaJ. Neyans had
requested that big company might bc present.
'fhe corpse Of Mf. Dudley will be tent Enat
vii bc held q he re.i'ie',ce q Col. Elton, on
State, near Twelfth street, at p. nl.. a detail
Of tlremcn will escort tho remains u tue cars.
AT 10 o'clock this anuri!ng full detail OF
ceased fireman, O']tourkc, corner of Maxwell
and Jefferson Streets fur tlle purpose OF escort
| ing the remains to tho Church OF the sacred
Heart, where the funeral Beryigcs will be held.
The fircn,en's Benevolent Association has
| provided fully for the injured men, aud moth
inr that can be advanced for their benefit will
he overlooked. It now remnins for tho nlets
whose property they saved from ruin to come
forward and supplement these efforts With q
substantial token Of tilclr appreciation Ut the
brave CONDUCT ut the injured men, aud Tor The
credit Of the Chicago merchants II is hoped tlat
| all will respond.
The wounded men are nll doing we'll.
Mr.. William Emmett, tho proprietor OF the
l,ls theatre mud company MY afternoon ncxl
week for the benefit OF Tic family OF O'Itourkc
| Tllu benefit should have support as gcnerori
| as the object ID needy.
, 1877-11-17

that In 1ulsc d number Of cases too low figure |
has been given in tho Receivers report. ING
only easc necessary 10 be- referred To here rs II
tI00,D0 by which the bank came into posscs- |
sion OF considerable South Chfeago property.
Thc Committee join with Ut. Turptn IN tho be-
liet that this will bring considerably moro
money than tho sun nntned by the appraiser.
In short, the opinion Is that the assets ought 10
bring enough, II carefully handled, to phy more
than 75 cents on the dolar,-pcrhaps even 80
rents, or Is might be reached viii, favorable
terms.
Third, the Committee looked into the report
that It would take 10 per cent OF the assets to
pay the expenses Of closing out the estate. The
and that 1t should not. and probably will not.
come anywhere up to that sum.
The report also touches upon the question OF
the Ownership Of the stock Of the bank, and has
something to say concerning the rumor that
some Of It was never paid for.
ur. 1urpin will this morning apply 70 the
Court for author1t. to declare ! dividend Of 10
per cent. and will begin 10 pay the same Mon
DAY morning. ...
cuicAuo SAVINGS i rRusr COMPANY.
Receiver Hinkfcr, OF the Chicago Savings Il
Trust Company, las gotten tho STAIRS Of that
concern Into shape for report. The document
likely be handed In to curt today. II not
been not entirely an casy one
tecause Of tho great labor Of sorting, over and
sent nascts Dr value. The Receiver fla4 IN his
report not attempted to value some OF TUG as
scts. such % bills receivable. Ho mas simply
Ghcu9leu thefn a. tnfar Iaee.sa!ut' 70 uIFNnc
them lnto Good q oad, or 10 attempt 10 salHe @
thc'n Wdu!a hoI te an easy OF f'lo1t lask. Inc
report viii ai'"T tlas tue liabilities afe'
Book deposits ...-........ .....".......S3a.I49 I49
Specie aeposit. '"....'....'.'....'.. l.ono
Cetsineates. 7.MA,
otaet'noee'eaness'' '''''''''''''''''' - <.'o
ro,., 1,.b,,t,trs .s47. f,Ox
IT, 49,. ~. .-.,.,,. ..t,.,.,,I 80, .a,,
tae asect1 , H. ~ net cAa. ee1..aacI, 1 nMu saa.
no, vsa WI. Ms S pe =, pr 1,Ic. s
,,.,,. ,'.u. ean .en ~ pu* Ill "su'c' @'c' .,o-
.is feesivable '......'..' .'...'.. '''.''s1o,V5v
eshn 'ems.'''.'''''' ''.''''''''''.'''''''' 4'@
Ararecate .9tv. ,5o
t,ns;.is. .f,n.. ira. 49,. :. Ia ~ 49,. ,,',ro.
nen.uee o.. Gec. 1T, 1T, - ~ " n,s.'
n,. s,nr niss, nssn. hr,,' ~ ~ .'n ,,n,t
.t.o.t .1,, srn,hn, mna n rno,cwl ,,tcl, src
stsest s!a a41otnf1 IT.. oae ~ s.bt "ts & III
NO. aIe pavpG " ~, M" s.a, sae c"k =, !.
,,, ~ s, ~ isna b u ,cuts h1,. ~ I'M ncS
yesr a Tne .tsmett,I. co.t ai,o,,t f4s fi md os
asea H. )" %nne aors reminding er.Is
eotly baIs e @ tenants: To ada 70 tho compile; as;
, ,a"n ~ y v,"s aa,car tn ~ II tctycr
" ~. on,tty ~ rargemntion ,,uI"r ,bcsc H..
~. n,t vn,v n rnrah1" rs .Mrear
y. .,s s"a..,. 1s-n.s ;p-e q, .t.o -.e
osat 81 uspos IVA " t,a n
@ e,se sta.5a oo
Eum,,er sThcn bsnk closed. .n;3
49,. ,,,,a,. ,h., 49, ra,a.t ~ 49,. naso,ras
NAV s,oW % lie % his,or1 Of ne bank. .1a no.t % cusi
o ~ ~ liz, ~ nrctcnto ~ caniiai a. anS sIne
y, 81 w. " ,st nsx ~ 1na anJ ,e
a,,hn.,n, ~ t.ta such Ironsr ~ ,ni1ht 10 ,ct,
,s,. ,, ~ w. mrn., ~ III y ~, ~ t-a
, 1877-11-17
rhree More Alarms Turned In
Yesterday.
chs Effort to Secure the Use of the
Exposition Building.
so Agreement Yet Reached About tho
I,cnt..-I.egality Of tho Lease.
qov It Looks at tho Building-The Gar
ments Hung Out to Dry.
,,,snn.mtnts for The Funeral Of The Dead fi1emen
....1bt Insurance Hen.
THE RUINS.

THE ltUlNSs
.ur ,srss,on rHsrERnAr-rnE FLAMES burst
TIE IL our ArnksJ1.
w.. .,,,. o,t,c FIcli Il LcIter ptoc. prcscnt-
The rulnh u Tug In " -, ~. - ,.."-,n
81 the same ~ un1ns'lMs uspss1 ~ ,a,N .no '".sI,os
Yesterday. There were the same oFcrhahelng
sua st',s water from tho smoke -lcurln,ed ceilings
dn3y ">e .t,.,, TIN v,l,s ,x,tIort. tho,.r,,
that 5e' ,'"a -" n,.,aas,,o ~ ,ho ~.
blackenctl anu vas4utaplea'"s y. ~ % .ops'
',on within, where everything lies In blackencd
W. W. ,n,tc.c,,lab,e mass in TIC centre,
anu o." rarn.s ln,r,t NH af,c.,, v4stcrfav
Twice Luz '!a''ise ou'". o"s ~ 70" yess.1.
IN. and the poor, tired Arcmen werc rudcty
.v.keuctl, and again proceeded to The scene. It
"s.tv = l,tl,c b1ozn In The cellar. and Matt
vs. on'y s.,hn. ,rrrr al hoInr ron,ro,io,,
Bennef "He 10. ,,,s .nan .ra,n :, .,,o,,
hut s,nalc stream to put out the inefpcnt
s,.,c which ha.l broken out in tho cellar,
.nJ twclyn eugtucs hau bern called 10 tho spot.
'' rits SECOND BLAZE MonE SERIOUS.
MI The Assistant Superintendent Of the retail
sepatl'nD .a0 nn Dearborn street. Ths fourth iopr
heIsb hsS beTs.n to blaze up thrcatoningly from
~ aae .h cast sidc Of tho building sotuohow, Tic
~ mi alarm was turned Into general one, and
si' sIs reE1lar r detail of engines Allotted to rcs in
thc t%c district camo shortly after, n,Il large
srov1 snO 1 Of people collected III tic vicinity.
'sn1 Ine ra W. jun,hcr oycrhnurfnr what was utco
sh1orn a,eni ,mi cnmrt. ovcr which Ind stoo,i tie
!ae Iii f1i" eunoa. Several streams Of water
Etas.m sea ..,on nnytnr uoon tic Iiar,cs and thcy
@ xe,a paGsf a. 1 "n,,rsc. the additional da,nage Jona
tlme. aunt. H. ii 30 tie Iust ycstirc Of liz.
.a,ss mi bcei, nut mt. and at thaf time Tic
ha.'s, "ai s,rInn irft thc .rene. :.
~ ~ }o.9er foor was ioft IN tho same confli-
.,an ~ .. nv rh,.rs,,nv nat. Tho silks yeIycts.
.ST ,irs ~ clnycs. MD oticr fine rowls stiil liz
sric,} =, iIc ,cbrts, The cu1lstat dropping Of
gss,s1 Sssrv Il timhcrs and honrfls nlnio It Ton
so smv n"rc pnntjs, Tim fro in thn fn,,riI
, 1877-11-17

.-.-~~-- - :
DANrSEls wANTEu-w.rll ssoa OF taH IN 4
ug!l-tttAbllslel busiuaAs. AuItcAS ~. fsItubG.
11AKTNEls WASrEL-IS NEW BUSINESS NEW
ptoeeaa: i4.t ps;sated; si.p!S .steas & !nst VII
ord and refcrEncc sud buy Interest " utr
tpte4SlSAte, AltsI&4 tyr tlasrt aaJL II. Irtbuua.
, 1877-11-17

ffU THK Observation-Disclosures AND .ABy1CE
Itse. ut tlG t:hicau AettcAl AID NJ 1nslltuls.
cAAi Tered uuIrr tis inv tic u Illinois, Mp
psassI April !a7l III ioEse July la7.. @ ts 1lsa
u lhuAu TO csl.lut PAY tFuM ~ IL l. u nd 700
D. A AInes!can and European pnJAi>tans lu attend.
Al! d..sA.Gs whatsoever tGetr uaturc ars tfeat:
t 1t Lhs Vnys. drug AtuFt aud 4!Aitp.sI}. 1 auulh
lIalsteu-hl. pr1f. u. HRlAKu, ffes!de1t. C. A. EDf
SECRETARY.
, 1877-11-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
AA7kTr or CONSTRUCTION.


CHICAGO, Nov. 1a-1 haso just rcad in your
Issue OF to-day an account OF tlie causes which
led to the almost total destruction by fro Of
tho magnificent building recently occupied by
Field, Letter il 70. This lre, 50 destructive OF
yalucs, might have been prevented, IL scen,s to
me, had tho principles Of construction of tho
prum!scs been observed which arc universally
employed IN most OF the Continental eltlcs,
notably Paris. have Just returned from q
four-Jears' residence abrpai, most Of
which tmc resided in Paris. During that
time no extensive destruction by Tire hns o.
CURED IN that city, to my knowledge, aud /
nttEibuto this exemption mainly, II not wholly,
to the nlctllod employed by tho arcll!tects III
the construction O! all classes Of buildings used
~ magazines, warehouses, and, in4ecd, build
lnss u all descriptions, In that city, It Ia need
lcss for lnc to enlarEo upon. Or even scarcely 10
re!er, 10 pressure OF "hard tines" undpr
which all classes Of people In America havo
been struggling duriug tho past four ytars, but
l tiare say every 0uo will arfce Tint tbs ctloF-
nous destruction by fire. Of actual values during
that period haa not been Blilong tho least OF
tho causes which huvc been chiefly Instrumental
In producing tho atringency referred to. II this
radical change WAS brought about, some WY, In
the construction OF tAat claas Ut buildings Of
which the ONO recently destroyed was type.
II would scrln That this Is q nuttor Of such In
Ants Importance tiat nu esuecLi argument
would be requisite to establish tho absolute
nrccssIty oi q ra.lleal and thorough change Ia
the method Ut construction Ut yunr mammoth
ealtlccs, such ~ h0tels, warehouses, nntl tle
like. 1t u fuYorite maxim that America
heats the world" but certainly In matters og
sAtcty IN construction abe cult lcarn much from
once Imperial but now Republican franss; :,
, 1877-11-17
TIE WRECKS.
Judge FarwelE's Decision Regard
ing the State Savings.
Report Of the Depositors' Committee
About the Fidelity's Man
agement.
The Receiver Of the Chicago Savings &
Trnst Company Ready to
Rcport.

pa,n.4
Judge FarTell yesterday oeeldeo tne Hotion
Of Judge Otis, 1lccelvcr OF the state savinEs In
dcno.,tor. In araIn.t the stockho1dcrs of the State
-. p,nm. n,ae r.. 1,,,,ma .,hi ho hod con,nlt.
ssv'ngs BANK lhe '"aRc sau ~ IT, 'ia'1 eo'iau.'
ca Win dadee Moore, VINO naa Tue SANG '1oes-
What tho law VA. on the subject. As Judge
aoo!c i.al aasY ~. 10 o..ss' ~ ~ a.,,a
hcccesaFY 70 sWo anolhcl VI .''o ea'"e 4uestou.
lhcFe might, however, NC auestt'n !" INC
present instance a. To whether tho mere
filing of a bill and the appointment of
, pnc.rv.r hx . .,-+ ~ trtcr,,rttorv ordcr wtih-
nese''ef " sof. u nv. H. "N"', e,.s.
out any answers being hlcd w Inc ue.ea"an'A
WINS Au0cient appointment. ana whethef the
case had Kono far enough along 10 warrant
n,,r,utnp and cnio,ninp that IL would bc proper
.-,.. -, ~ ...s ,,,,n :, f,r ,y,+ I, w,s
TO make hau Inc case conc 50 's' '"a. u.n.' ~ mas
settled tnat tae appointment U. NeeNe'
would be permanent. The prudent way, before
any more than necessary orders were made,
,rnr,d ha IN c,thcr h.vc the defendant. nit In
a"".r. ~ ~ s.ra .,,arn defsp,tc,, J,c v,.he,, tn
snswets nase te con.dercd in d,srine tbo h.
order. ..-.
ptscussIon.
Atr. i'onney inquired whether the order SHOULD
he submitted to Judge Williams ADD entered BE-
Judge Fnrwell said a. hc himself nad heotd
the motion the or1ler should be entered before
atln. lie was disposed 70 grant the inlunca1o;n H;n
for TIE reasons stated ny Judge ~. Maofe: C. ~ rhe
creditors o[ 4 corporation were not 70 nc ~"
lowed individually TO pursue tho persons llabic
for tho debts Of tho corporation, out tue Whnie
thing should be settled 10 Court % equitable
principles and whatever there va ol the ~ i saf
rN kf kkftttI
, 1877-11-17

I1ElisUNAL-WILt. airs. SIX pLEAsE 6ESl
h1f sidJcas tY $50 o'clock To-day to Palmer ilo1s
4 gsntI<nA Al from Loutsyllc whu recognized hvs u
Dearborn. H. 3tstettA{. G. 7. II.
, 1877-12-29

Hence if it is put into cane juice ia suf6-
Gent quantity it will unite with all the
sugar in it and form a new substance call
ed Sacchorato of lime. The su gar 10 then,
80 to speak, under the protection of the
lime. This fact will be taken advantage
of to bring the sugar safely to the Factory.
Now the lime having done its duty
must be coaxed away from the sugar,
and this will be accomplished by introdu-
cling it to its old friend the catbonic acid
gas, from which it had been forcibly
separated in the kiln. It will unite with
the cNbonic acid, going back to the origi-
nal form Of carbonate, and thus setting
the g free for further treatment in the
filters. vacuum pan, and other ingenious
machines which are fond in the Factory.
That the treatment may be successful is
one of the best wishes we can utter for
Santa Cyuz.
, 1877-12-29
GENERAL NEWS.

O
By an oversight the kilograms published
in St. Thomas on the goth instant were
omitted in our last issue, and we were very
much gratified when q subscriber drew our
attention to theltact of the omission, for had
it been passed over in silence we might
have been led to think that we had no
readers at al. The missing kilograms for
the goth will be found in their proper
column OF this days issue.
No calculation of the matter reported ON
the goth instant, with regard to Germany's
attitude towards England has reached us
up to the present, and we may perhaps
hear nothing further on the subject what
ever, until the arrival Of the English
newspapers for that date.
The campaign in Europe continues to be
uniavonrable to the Turks. but there seems
to be but little movement on either Sides
which is no doubt owing to the severity of
the weather.
The battle of the 22nd resulting 10 the
capture of Ardamitch by the Russians,
must have been an affair of some little inn
Dortance, aud will doubtless have tended
greatly to increase the embarrassments Of
the Turks.
On the Gath instant it is reported that
twenty battalliOnS of Russians have ad-
vanced to the north of Erzeroum, whore
Mukh:ar Pasha is still holding out, under
what must be terrible difficulties.
Conflicting rumours reach us as to the
attitude of the Turks, one despatch as
serting that they are determined to carry
on the war to extremities, (which, by the
bye, seem to us TO be pretty close at
hand and another that they a'e about to
sue for peace.
These apparent contradictions are not
difficult to account for, when we consider
the state of perplexity and dismay into
which the Turkish Government must
have been thrown, on receiving the
intelligence OF the fall of Plevna. q state
doubtless conducive to vacillation, indeci
sion and confusion.
We have another piece OF intelligence
from the Manchester Guardian " on the
oath inst. which seems to point with far
more certainty to the prospect of peace.
1t is there stated without doubt or qnall-
fcation that both Turkey and Russia have
cancelled large orders which had been
issued for war supplies. If this should
prove true, it would certainly indicate that
both belligerents entertain the hope of a
speedy termination of the war. We
hardly venture to hope that such can be the
case. The aspect of affairs is as yet fas
too complicated, and the questions sure to
arise, as soon as peace comes under dis
custom, far too momentous and impor-
tant, to Justify us in anticipating that
this great and terrible war will subside.
without drawing into its vortex other
disputants who have hitherto only kept
aloof with great difficulty. We cling to
and Justice, the passions Of both sides
may be controlled so that a skiIfully ap-
piled mediation may not be in vain. The
worst feature 10 the prospect is that no
single plan has yet been hit upon BY. any
Of the numerous writer's on the subject,
which would in any sense be acceptable
to both parties. And not only hsvt
both Russia and Turkey to agree on The