Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-21

poses on the part of the community good
 deal of ignorance as to the legal liability oi
 the company for delay in sending dispatches.
 The Herald continues It is an elementary
 principle of law, recognized and affirmed a thousand times by the courts, that tele- graph corporation is bound to transmit with due diligence all messages delivered | to it, and it is liable for the damages l caused by unreasonable delay due to its own negligence. It has been expressly aud unanimously held by the Supreme court in this city, as we have already pointed out, that strike, however general, is no defense in law for the failure of railroad corpora ton to perform its duties to the public, and the law is precisely the same in the case of B telegraph company. The company is held legally responsible for the continuance of 8 strike of it's employees, and any serious delay or interruption of it's business caused by the strike is held in law to be due to its own negligence.
 The exhibition of Irish lace at the Mansion House, London, issaid to show that much of the so.called lace is crochet. and that an other kind is tatting, but these two names of humble stitches give to the ordinary mind little idea of the elegance to which execution in them is carried by the Irish workers. splendid quantity is lent by the Princess of Wales, being the set which was presented to her at her marriage, twenty years ago. Lady Brassy sends case full of beautiful body trim mings and founces. Mime. Gold schmidt provides full skirt of Irish lace of beautiful and intricate pattern, being al- most the first purchase she made long years ago, when she came to his country as Jenny Lind. The Queen exhibits nothing but has bought many of the most beautiful exhibits. Among articles of recent manufacture the best is an exquisite point lace hounce, made after an ancient piece of Greek work. The pine, conyentionaized, figures prominently in the design, and the lights and shades are wonderfully well portrayed by means of fsathery or heavy stitches. This was done at Youghal, which seems to be the chief lace making district, though many fine things are made in the convent schools of Killarney, Clonakilty, Kinssle, Kenmare, and Water ford.
 Since the census clerks waded through the books of the register of the Treasury three years ago, to ascertain how many of our bonds are held abroad, no positive informa, tion has been given on that point. The treasurer knows how much money he sends to foreign holders every quarter in the payment of interest on United States bonds, but that does not tell the whole story. Large numbers of foreign holders do not receive their interest direct. It goes to representatives in New York, and is by them forwarded. It is not known what proportion of foreign holders of government bonds get their dividends through middle men, but it is estimated that less than half require the services of middle men. The treasurer sent $1s3, ,27517 to foreign bondholders direct last quarter, $79,- 948 50 to the holders of per cents. $48,- SIP to holders of f 1-2 per cents, $4,- 3o.37 to holders of per cents, and $50, 227. IS to holders of 1-2 per cents. This sum represents about $1sO, 1000, 900 in bonds, and if it be true that 40 per cent. of foreign owners receive their interest through Ameri- can agents, and that is believed to be Iber- al estimate, about $500, GOO, ,oOO of the na- tional debt is held across the water, or less than 20 per cent. There are over GO, GOO ac- counts on the registers books.