New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-27

racing stroke. At present they seldom ra, mar. g.,
thirty minute. They are steady IN te,s -. 10.
their steering Is decidedly srFatio n viii IA $50
pity II foul should take place IN any race Al ,.s,ns
they engaged. for IN such a case We shoald nr~.
hear the last Of it IN the American press r. hoyever
the Columbia men do not manage their steering gear
better In the regatta than they do present IN prac
tice it will he on foul more especially Il tbey
drawn three 10 heat" The Rramaer does not think
that Columbia viii be fast the Harvard four which
rowed Oxford in 10 D. "They arc slow IN rec0yeryslt
tSgefhrr and s their boat scadily These rst orit
cisms premature az she four we're doing slow and
s,er nat which Waters Of Troy built Tor them s ~
garded with suspicion By the English critics mystic
rious compound of Yankee ingenuity papiermach9 and
gum mastic
Sir Robert MenzIes, a Highland baronet, has
sued a railroad company and had his trouble for hts
pains One Friday he travelled from ADerfeidy to Perth
with rst-class return ticket II he had returned
the following Monday the ticket according TO the pub
shed rules OF the company would have heen good But
1t not available for sunday the company evidently
being OF the opinion that Sabbath desecraton should
be the privilege Of those only who prepared to pay
for it, Accordingly. when Sir Robert took his seat in
carriage At Perth station Sunday. he was told by the
officials that the ticket did not eDtitle him 70 travel BY
any train that day He explained that be had been told
when he bought the ticket that be could use IL on Sun
day The officials maintained that when ticket bore
with it on Sunday whether he baronet from ths
Highlands or butcher from the Lowlands. The baso-
net stood on his rights aud would not disburse fes
shings and six pence for another ticket Ihen words
passed between him and the officials, and the end o.
was that they laid hands on the ehieftain, ana
everenty Dragging him from his carriage LETT him On
the platform while the train moved away. But the ae
seepdans OF long line OF feudal oarOns not going
20 submit tamely 20 have DIS a5h ~ tnn- rsiisy
md claimed $3.50 damages for assault and Illegal eject
meut ftom a railway carriage. Inc DEMONSTRATING
decided against Sir Robert He appealed 20 the Sheriff
Principal who decided in his favor Toe railway COM
pany then appealed 20 the supreme court wnleh re
yeTed the decision OF the Sheriff. and found sF Robert
liable IN expense for the whole course OF the litigation
The commercial distress from which France
has been suffering during the past tWelVemonth has
been attributed by jealous Republicans to the advent
the Due de Broges reactionary cabinet On the 10Th Of
May and 70 the months Of political turmoil and uneer
tainty which followed. Parliamentary investigation
was demanded, and after studying the subject six
months tho committee drew up report three weeks
ago The investigators are forced 90 admit that the de
precision began long before the dismissal OF 81 Simon.
and that It likely to increase than TO diminish
The first cause OF the crisis Is traced to the war OF 1870
there was such demand for goods after the war that
England, France, Germany Belgium and Switzerland
set 10 work. as II the demand would always remain the
same The United states lost as consumers They
began 10 manufacture for themselves and even 10 er
port England deprived Of this market, threw all her
merchandise Continent. and deprecated Euro
pean products To show STATE OF trade at present.
the report mentions that the French fabrication OF It's
sues and cotton velvet has decreased from 100000 70
10000 pieces At Amiens in year, the lacemakers
have taken down 500 looms out Of 1,5o0. The manu-
fscture OF carpet is disappearing from Aubusson.
United states watches made by machinery, are repae
ing French watches and similar state OF things exists
with regard 10 papers, chemical products, glass and
wood work II Is strange that Frenchmen are be-
Qunngto cry out for protection, and 20 declare that
VI MI heu
respondent OF Pail Nal remarks shat no one can Vlst
the Exhibition without observing that as regards manu-
faetures the natiOus OF the world reaching COM
nj on level. The French, who were far ahead OF most
other nations have been amazed AZ the progress mace
bV their rivals since the last exhibition Iley are es
peclaIy astOuished such country as Japan COM
netting with chem In brOuzes and 01ets Dart and Jap
anese merchants opening shops on the B0ueyards snd
in the new Avenue de P0pea, where they must pay Aa
enormous rent.