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SIR 3. NORTHCOTE'S DEFENCE…
SIR 3. NORTHCOTE'S DEFENCE OF THE C OYERN ME XT. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was the gnest co,, cl Norton at Hams Hall, on Saturday, -visited the Saltley lb format ory, bmall Heath, in company with Lord Norton, the president of the institutiov, on the occasion of tne hol of the annual meeting. In the evening, Sir Stafford Northcote addressed a public meeting in the Town Hall. Lord Norton presided. Addresses were, presented to the right hon. gentleman by the Stourbridge Constitutional Association, the King's Norton Conservative Association, and the Belmont Conservative Association. Sir STAFFORD NOIITHCOTE, who was "warmly re- ceived, said: —I do not for a moment desire to deir- thnt the c of this country a matter which i-ughcto give, "nJ does give, serious concern to those vC" are connect.d v.-itli the administration of our finances. And I wish to say generally, without; troubling to go i.'it-o li.c'iires, thrtt the large increase which of iaU- years has taken place in the ex- penditure of this country is to be divided into two or three heads. In the first place, there is that great head, i Le of education and other measures cf a cosmat-e character, which aie undertaken for the benefit of the people. Looking at what the total amount of the charge and the expenditure in the year 1856 was, and what the total amount was in Inc. present year, Mid I believe 1 am right, without goirg exactly into figures, in saying that the espenditiue m that year came to within one mill un ct the amount of the expenditure of the pie sent year. "Well, if that was so what has been tne increase in the population since then? hv it has been an increase of live or six millions. \hut has been the increase in your vieaivu.' Why, your weLth has, I will not say doubled, hut it has very no d' doubled since that time. Your imports and exports, at all events, have more than dm Wed since that tiiue. At the same time, while all that has been going en, while your p pulati.n and your wealth have teen"increasing so largely, you wili tind, when von look into it, that your tic.atieii has 110c been ice).easing in that time—not at ail—but largely d nihiish-.ng. The year IS60 was lemarkable for being the date of the conclusion of the Treatv of Paiis at the end of the Crimean War. This "year, 1878, has been the y<.ur oi the conclusion of the Treaty of Berlin. (Cheers. 1 Now, I know that there will be a great many people who will say, W ell, yuu are impudent enongu to compare the year 1856 with the present, but you altogether leave out of sight that that was an expendi- ture in a time of war. Weil, it was ai. cxpMiclit'cre that was justified by our iz.ra<>ns as to the grei-s Eastern Question as it stood at that time. We hope and believe—those who were in power at that time, and the people generally, believed—taut the peace made in 1356 would settle the Lastern Question: and we now hope and believe that the settlement arrived at by the Treaty uf -Berlin wid be at least as good, at least as perm a- nent, at least as satisfactory a settlement as that which was arrived at by means of the Crimean war. (Cheers.) And if it really should turn out to be the case that this country has been enabled to miji^ about a satisfactory settlement by that treatv without the expenditure of life which preceded the treaty of 1856- (cheers)—aud it, instead of having to raise the burdens of the people by large additions upon the duties on the necessaries of Lie and on the iucoiae-tax, we only have to trouble you with this little tax of M. on tobacco. I do not think a sufficient reason is afforded for declin- ing to compare the condition of the country now with its condition a few years ago. Compare the strength, the population, the power, the wealth of England, the power to bear taxation of England, with what it was at the end of the Crimean war, and the conclusion you will draw will be widely different. (Cheers.) Well, the condition of trade is not satisfactory, and it would be useless to deny it. It would be useless to conceal the fact that we are still suffering from those causes "which have depressed us so long, but my noble friend (Lord Norton) seemed to vtake too gloomy a view when he appeared to shadow forth the possibility of our hav- ing to call upon you in the present condition of affairs to submit to still greater burdens. (Hear, hear.) We have made our financial arrangements for the year, and up to the present time—although I am boucLd to say that there is not a spirit of elasticity in the re- venue, and there is much which is unsatisfactory, I see no reason yet to despair of our bringing our financial year to a satisfactory conclusion. (Cheers.) Within the last two or three years the condition of foreign affairs has engrossed to a much larger extent than for- merly the attention of Englishmen. Though it is hoped that arrangements have been made which will lead to a much more satisfactory condition of those affaire, yet there is still reason for some anxiety, rea son for some ■watchfulness, lest the work which we hoped and believed and trusted had been completed by the Treaty of Berlin should prove not to have been so completely finished as we at all events honed. But if you look at the matter quietly and calmly, if you examine point by point the different heads of the settlement made at Berlin, if you .take into account the time ■winch was allotted for the completion of those various arrangements, von will find that, if matters have not Rone fully as quickly as you could have wished, they have not gone so slowly as is represented. (Hear, hear.) Xn point of fact, I believe that, with the ex- ception of some points that have to be settled on the frontier of Montenegro, there is no point about which we can absolutely say that the provisions of the treaty Meinarrear. (Cheers.) Undouotedly there are many things that have to be settled, and they have to be settled before the beginning of next May. Yon have to look for the important time when the Russian army has to evacuate the territory from which Russia has engaged to withdraw her troops. (Cheers.) I must say you ought not to be taken in by every rumour you may hear, whether from the boastful or the idle, on that subject. We shall firmly and carefully, and with determination, watch -events. (Loud cheers.) I be- lieve, not merely the Government of England, but of the other Powers that took part in the Treaty of Iicr lin, would not consent to let the provisions of that treaty, which caused so much trouble, so much energy, so much skill, to bring about-I say they Would not suffer its provisions to be set aside. (Loud cheers.) All that we desire .is to do our duty to the empire with which we are charged. (Cheers.) When I look to the position of affairs, and consider especially that subject in connection with the Eastern question, I am sure you will think that we have not done wrong When I tell you that the Government have conscien- tiously, laboriously, and, after full consideration, arrived at the conviction that the only true way—and that, at all events, by far the best way—to proceed is to maintain, if possible, the Turkish empire. (Cheers.) If the Turkish Government is to be maintained, it can only be maintained upon two conditions, and that is that it should have fair play from the outside—(cheers)— and that there should be a serious attempt at the j improvement of its administration from within. (Cheers.) Now, the Treaty of Beilin was in. tended to effect the first—to give it fair play from the outside; and the Anglo-Turkish Conven- tion, which has been so much abused, was intended to wrest it from the second danger; and it is one of the iwhieh the Government have undertaken and in- v ..ngland to attempt to discharge—to attempt, by influence, supported by that Conven- tion, to bring about a material improvement in the l>!?cV at xleast Asiatic Turkey. You may say that this is an absurd attempt I am not going to ell you it is an easy thing, because it is not. I am not going to tell you it is a task we can expect completely to perform because I very much doubt whether we can, but it is a task we shall undertake hopefully. While it is impossible to predict what will be the result of the endeavours to secure the better administration of Tur- key, it is hoped that serious and real and important improvements will be made in the country. Then, I say, that if we do that, we shall not only be advancing and safeguarding the interests of England, which some people think sucn a shocking thing to do, but we shall also be taiung part m a movement which will be for the advantage of a considerable portion of humanitv. Well, now we have something Said to us about the Island of Cyprus. We believe In undertaking this possession we should have a leverage, a -poillt"of de- parture which would materially assist in what we were about to do for the reforms in Turkey. We are there brought face to face in a practical manner with the abuses going 011 elsewhere. For instance officers come to us, and they say:—"We are quite ready to serve you as we have served the Turkish Government, but our pay has been exceptionally moderate, but it was sufficient for us, because we had advantages; now, however, you are coming, and Yuu tell us not to take these advantages. We are not to take more than our due from the taxpayers, we are not to take more than our fees from those who come before us as suitors at courts of justice. If this is necessary, yon must put us on a different footing." Therefore' We see where tbe shoe pinches, and where the difticul. ties are and we learn how to improve some of these things a larger and more practical scale. (Cheers. ) 1 c°uld say the same about the revenue system of Cyprus ?nd the way in which the tithe system works, to show at a!Wese matters may be improved I see no reason of dill9 esPair of satisfactory results from that mode +v,» -i?S- We hear a great stir about Cyprus, and the millions which it is said it will cost heaven only accoiaing to the r«tnms which are made out of the estimated revenue anTexpenditure for the current year, a million a year wilTbe sufficient for the years which are to come. I will not say absolutely in the present year, though possTblylt may be so in the pre- sent year but m future years it will entirely cover this expenditure, after pay^tbe am0unt of surplus Tsi £ Wf f!1 bound to pay the Porte, setting Se,°C 7 charges whieh arc 011 a sepa- be?in i1'??- (CheeV Tha^ sTery satisfactory to that^o esPecially when you bear m mind that vators wmnnoEionTrMBPtiT that the unfortunate culti- that they are as the? have from them at such periods of + £ Ve their tltheS £ stalmeuts as shall render it yca^ ?nd m S?C 7" secure their harvest, or sbalffiS8lbhi, 1 ? their crop until it is snoiled /rip nt them real)11" possible,PI am convineed by fci » « P«fecfl, we can get tlie chance nf' ITL 1 ^R ^^NISTRATION, li ViUgo»tofaI«rkisUco^^tyaS"Sht^hicS ¥ shall BE at once advantageous to the cultivator AND remunerative to the revenue. (Cheers.) Do not un- derstand me to say that what we are doing in Cyprus can be done at once, or, perhaps, at all in Asia Minor. We undertake the task with the full confideece that it is worth trying, but we cannot pledge our- selves to success. NOW I have one other tonic, upon which I know you are expecting a few worns. I mean the position of affairs in india. Well, India is a very important and very peculiar part of the Brutish Crown. Our relations with India are such as I sup- pose never existed between any two countries in the history of the world before. I mean on such a scale- It is most important and most essential that we should rcrulate those relations aright. Now, you know very well with regard to the grca* bocty of India we are free from aggression, because it is on most sides surrounded by the sea, or it is cut off from the other countries of Asia by an impassable chain of mountains; but there is a part in the north-west where that is not I the case, and it is a, portion which is of the greatest importance to us, and where our relations are neces- I sarily of the greatest delicacy. Our own proviyces in that neighbourhood are inhabited by the most spirited and most warlike of our subjects. And on the other side of the mountains and in the mountains there are troops and people who are brave and ready warriors -men who are at any moment ready to take their lives in their hands and engage in wariare for any cause diiat may move them. Well, we have, and for a con- siderable time, done what we could to keep in check the encroachment of anv of these troops that might give trouble onour frontier; but we have laid down that principle that we would not cross the frontier and meddle with their disputes: that as long as they kept out of our way we were not disposed to meddle with their affairs. That is the policy which England has desired to pursue for many years past with regard to Afghanistan. (Cheers.) W e have seen that Hussia has been advancing in Central Asia we have seen that Russia I doubt not through the ne- cessity of her position, I doubt not impelled by circumstances alike to those which have from time to time impelled us to move-has been advancing towards the South, but we have felt it our policy not to interfere with llussia at that great distance from our boundaries, but peremptorily to object to her ob- taining a footing in the great country of Afghanistan, in which her influence might lead to material injury to us. (Cheers.) It was said the other day by Mr. Cross, with whom I think that many of you agree, that it had been, and still was, our policy to keep Af- ghanistan independent, strong, and friendly. (Cheers.) Well, I entirely ccbo those words, provided it is un- derstood that Afghanistan is to be truly indepen- dent, truly strong, and truly friendly—(renewed chters)—and it has been in the hope that those might be the relations that we might maintain between our- selves and Afghanistan, that we have abstained as iar as possible from taking any measures that might give umbrage or oii'ence to the Afghans. We have from time to time desired to establish more inti- mate relations with the ruler of Cabul. We have from time to time felt it would be to our advantage that there should be more friendly re- lations with the Ameer, but he has expressed objection to that, and has said that our sending an envoy to Cabal would lead to difficulties and danger that it viOuJd be beyond his power to control. We have respected his scruples, and have not attempted to do that to which he has objected; but that has always been on the understanding that there v,as to IK1 an utter and impartial objection to envoys from every nation, and when we heard, as was saId some time ago, that Itussia was advancing, and was threatening the acquisition of new territory in Central Asia, and at the same time Russia was sending an envoy to the great ni capital of Cabul, who was to establish relations with the Ameer, which were to be more intimate than those which we were to be allowed to establish, we could not but feel that it was necessarv that that matter should BE cleared up; at least, that we should en- I deavour to discover what the i))e.-tning,of this was. The mission of Sir Neville Chamberlain has been represented as if it were a mission of threat. Nothing ot the sort. He had a considerable escort it is true, but it was for the double purposs of preventing collision with the border troops, and for the purpose of giving the mission the character of honour and respect. He was refused admission, and there for the moment the matter rests, and in whatever further may take place I hope the people of England will be content to trust to tne Government. (Cheers.) The people may be sure or. the one hand that we were desirous and deter- mined to preserve England from affront, which might be detrimental to our prestige. On.the other hand we were not disposed to pick a quarrebunnecessarily; we were not disposed to go in for an extension of our Empire for tbe sake of extending that which is large enough already. That any measures which we take will be merely for the preservation of our frontier which is committed to us, and they may be sure also of thisjthat the present is the momentwhich requires great coolness, great firmness, because it is quite possible that if we allow ourselves to be much excited Ly what takes place here or there, and our attention may be distracted, for there are those whose interest it may-be to distract it from that which is our main object at the present moment—attention to the fair and complete execution of the treatv of Berlin., (LOU*1 cheers, long continued.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Bir- mingham again on Monday, and was entertained by the Conservative Club at a banquet in the Town Hall. The Marquis of Hertford presided, and I Lord Norton and Lord Hampton, two former official colleagues of the right hon. gentleman, were among the guests. In replying to the toasts of Her Majesty's Ministers, Sir S. Northcote ex- pressed his acknowledgments far the warmth of the reception he had met with from all classes in Birmingham. He regarded it as a proof that however much the people of Birmingham might differ from the policy of the Government and the course they had pursued, at any rate they recognise that, under difficult circumstances, her Majesty's Ministers had endeavoured to do their duty, and had upheld the honour and interest of the country. Adverting at length to the financial position ^SF the country, he repudiated the responsibility for the annual in- crease of expenditure, and pointed out that it was the necessary result of legislation for education, the abolition of purchase, ana. grants in aid of local rates. At the close of the luncheon, Sir Stafford North- cote proceeded to Wolverhamptsn, where he was entertained by the Conservative Club of the town at a,banquet in I.he Agricultural Hall. Replying to the toast of "Her Majesty's Ministers, Sir S. NORTHCOTE vigorously defended the foreign policy of the Government, and said the manner in which he had been received on Ins present visits showed that it niet .witli the general approval of the people. The Government had never flinched from their duty; but it would have been disastrous to the interests -of Europe, and the general peace of tbe world, if she had con- sented to all}' herself with llussia on the side of order. It would be a sad day for England when she changed her position of the great civilising and peace-promoting empire of the world for that of a mere sanguinary, invading, and ambitious State. He denied that the foreign policy cf England could be described as a selfish policy, and said it was the duty of a Minister to maintain THE position of England in the' Council of nations. Whatever opinions the public entertained of the wisdom of the policy Lord Beaconsfield pursued, even his enemies gave him credit for the great courage and indomitable perseverance which he showed lncarrying out, under great diffi- culties, the policy he believed to 'be for the interest of the empire. He (Sir Stafford) lamented the unprecedentedly long chock which the commercial prosperity of the country had re- ceived, but promised that no effort should be wanting on the part of her Majesty's Government to lighten as far as possible the burdens ot the people. They were anxious to promote ALL measures that woulcx advance the social condition of the people, and to knit together in eVill'Y pos- sible way all classes of the community.
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Two Transatlantic vessels arrived at Liverpool report such heavy weather from Boston and Quebec respectively that they lost overboard a lar"e number of live cattle and sheep—one as many as 5'J4 sheep, and the other 100 head of cattle and a number of pigs. Relics of the ill-fated Eurydice have been for- warded from Portsmouth Dockyard to the Prin- cess of Wales and to Mrs. Hare, the widow of the captain of the ill-fated ship. Many articles bear- ing the riamas of the owners have also been sent during the JSSL" fortnight to the relatives of the deceased. Mr. Henry Leck points out, as significant of the state of the City of Glasgow Bank, the fact I that the knowing ones" would have nothing to do with its shares. He says that out of -IOU lawyers in Glasgow not one is involved as a share- holder, and of the 270 public accountants in the city only one or two held shares. MCI DEn OF Two CIIILDEEN.—THE Bristol magis- trates, on Thursday, Oct. 17th, committed George Logan for trial for murdering his two chihlivn. lne evidence showed that the prisoner, who wa V?1? *01LD BIS children, killed them in A freir. ot fear X'.ST they should be taken away by tlici. mother, who is described as a verv bad woman. A SIECK BROKER IMPKISOXED 10R IM»ECI.X ASSAULT. John G. Seaton, AYED 5^ described A. a London stocivoioker, was convicted at the WES. Kent Quarter Sessions, last week, of an indccen assault upon a young lady of fourteen, Miss "1 L\oso W -isoii, in a LALWA} carnage bctwe n cross and Darlford. A sentence of eighteen months' hard labour was passed.
THE GLASGOW BANK FAILURE.
THE GLASGOW BANK FAILURE. ARREST OF THE DIRECTORS AND SECRETARY. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Brown, A dvocate and Procurator-Fiscal for Lanarkshire, sent an order to the Glasgow police authorities to immediately arrest the directors, the managing director, and the secretary of the City of Glasgow Bank. The order was put into the hands of Superintendent Boyd, who placed his most experienced men on the duty. Detective Carmichael was despatched to Edinburgh to arrest Mr. Stewart and Mr. luglis, the Edinburgh directors. He found, on reaching that city, that Mr. Inglis was already in custody. The detective then apprehended Mr. Stewart at his residence. Both these directors are detained in Edinburgh, and will have to answer in due time one or more charges of fraud in connection with the ,L,,l administration oi the suspended bank. This, indeed, is the nature of the case against all the manage- ment. In the meanwhile Superintendent Boyd arrested in turn Mr. Stronach, the manager; Mr. Loreche, the secretary; and Mr. Innes Wright, director, at their respective houses; and Mr. Saltnond, director, at the liouse of a friend in the neighbourhood of Glasgow. Superintendent Boyd afterwards drove out to Newton Mearns, eight miles away, and apprehended Mr. vVm. Taylor, director, at his residence there. The duty was in each case necessarily a distressing one, and Air. Boyd, in order not to alarm the Ct families, intimated to each person he had couic to arrest that his presence was required in town, and it was not until the directors had left their houses with Boyd that the latter intimated the serious nature of his business, and that they were in custody of the law. The directors one and all expressed their entire willingness to obey the order for their arrest, and said they would have surrendered themselves had they been made acquainted with the step taken against them. While these apprehensions were being made in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Detective Elliot ascer- taining that Mr. Lewis Palter, director, was staying with his son at Bothwell, proceeded thither on Saturday evening, and brought him under arrest to Glasgow. The whole of the management were in the hands of the police by ten o'clock—Messrs. Stewart Inglis in Edinburgh, aud Messrs. Innes Wright, R- Salmond, \L Taylor, and Lewis Palter, directors; R. b. Stronach, managing director, and Lovoche, secre- tary, in'Glasgow. The Glasgow police lodged their prisoners in the private rooms of the Chief Constable, and magistrate. Each was detained by himself under the charge of an officer, and was allowed UO com- munication with the others.
3IAE.RIAGE OF LORD LYTTE,…
3IAE.RIAGE OF LORD LYTTE, LTO- SPEECH OF MR. GLADSTONE. The marriage took place on Saturday of the Honourable Mary Susan Cavendish, second daughter of Lord and Lady Cbesham, to the Right Honourable Lord Lyttelton, .at the Parish Church, Latimer, Lucks. The officiating clergymen were the Hon. and Rev. Canon W. H. Lyttelton, uncle of the bridegroom, and tbe Rev. B. Burgess, rector of the parish. The service was partly choral, the Hon. Victoria Grosvenor presiding at the organ. The bridesmaids were the lion. Katherine Cavendish (sister of the bride), Hon. Sarah Lyttelton, Lady Susan Byng, Miss Talbpt, Miss Mary Gladstone, and Miss Grenfell. The Hon. Captain Neville Lyttelton was best man. Amongst the company at breakfast, which took place, of course, at Latimer, Lord Chesham's Beat, were the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Hamilton, Lord Carnington, the Countess of Leicester, Lady Dacre, Lord and Lady Fredk. Cavendish, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Glad- stone, Sir Baliol and Lady Brett, Lady Lyttelton, and other relatives and friends. Mr. Gladstone proposed the health of the bride and bridegroom, remarking that he would rather have done so in their absence. It was impossible to say any- thing respecting Lord Lyttelton that was not well known to those present. All the good qualities which had endeared his lamented father to society at large were reproduced in the son, and Lord and Lady Chesham required, no assurance that they were doing well in entrusting their daughter to his hands. Marriage, said Mr. Gladstone, is the greatest and most solemn event in social life, and it is not always that even thece occasions pass without suggesting some misgiving. But all present were aware that this loaves no space for misgiving or doubts as to what may ensue in the future. It was a marriage which both heaven and earth might contemplate with joy. It was a prospect without a shadow—a sky without a cloud. The right hon. gentleman concluded by desiring these present to drink from thoir lioarts healthalld prosperity, and every blessing, to those who had that day been united together in holy matri- mony. Lord Lyttelton, in responding, said he had considered kimself a very fortunate man TO possess such a bride, and he would only add to that remark his cordial thanks for the good wishes of those present. He owed an apology to Lord and Lady Chesham for depriving them of one so much beloved by them, but his justification was, that she was very much needed at Hagley, where he could assure her of a cordial and hearty welcome. Shortly after the breakfast the happy couple left for Clieveden, where they will spend the first part of the honeymoon. The wedding presents were very numerous and elegant.
FUNERAL OF THE BISHOP SUFFRAGAN…
FUNERAL OF THE BISHOP SUFFRAGAN OF NOTTINGHAM. The earthly remains of Henry Mackenzie, the late Bishop Suffragan of Nottingham, were in- terred in the family v&ult at South Collinghaai, near Newark, on Saturday afternoon last. The remains had been oonveyed from Lincoln to Ccl- lingham on Saturday morning. The funeral, although a private one, was attended by numerous mourners and others, who followed the body to its last earthly resting place as a mark of the affection and esteem in which the Bishop had been held during his life of ministry upon earth. Amongst the clergy present, and they were numerous, were noticed the Rev. W. H. Hewitt, Vicar of South Scarle; Prebendary j Garfit, of Harlaxton; Rev. H. A. Martin, Vicar of Laxton; Rev. W. Barry, Vicar of Langord; Rev. S. W. Brameld, of EastMarkham; Rev. J- F. M'Callan, of Basford; Rev. C. Yeld, St. John's, Nottingham; Rev. R. D. Harris Harly, Rev. W. E. Patcherd, Rev. T. M. Dolphin, of Coddington; Rev. Canon Maddison, Rev. Canon Mansel, and .the Bishop of Lincoln. There were in all, with private carriages, six coaches that followed the hearse. The first coach contained Mr. H. Tureng Mackenzie, Rev. H. J. Fellowes, Mrs. Fellowes and Miss Fellowes. Second coach: Mr. T- J. Wynne, Mr. J. H. T. Mackenzie, Miss A. Mackenzie and Miss E. J. Mackenzie. Third coach: Mr. E. C. Mackenzie, Mr. K. E. Mac- kenzie, and the Rev. Prebendary Mackenzie. Fourth coach: The Rev. Precentor Venables, the Arcbdeacon of Lincoln, the Chancellor of Lincoln. Fifth. Mrs. Harvey's carriage: The Rev. J. Man- sell, the Rev. A. R. Maddison, Dr. Hutchinson. S:xth carriage: the Bishop of Lincoln. The funeral cortege arrived at the Farish Church of Sonth Collingham at one o'clock. The first part of the funeral service within the church was read in an impressive manner by the Rev. G. W. Fos- berry, rector of South Collingham. The other part WAS read by the Rev. Precentor Venables. Proceeding to the grave, the Rev. Precentor Vena- hies and Archdeacon Ray read the remaining por- tion of the service, the Bishop of Lincoln pro- nouncing the benediction. At the close of the solemn ceremony the bells rang out a muffled peal.
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On Saturday, a coroner's jury returned a verdict of I. NN-ilful Murder," against Elizabeth Hutchins for destroying her infant child by throwing it down a closet in a court at Northampton. THE CRICKET TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA.-The Daily Xcirs says:—We have been requested to state, in order to prevent any misconception of the facts on tfhe$KRT of the public, that the amateurs now on their way to Australia have no pecuniary interest in the tour whatever. The Melbourne Cricket Club are, indeed, their hosts, paying the passages out and home of the entire team, and all travelling, hotel, and general expenses in the colonies. The professionals--Emmett and 1. y.-tt —will, as ahead}' stated, receive, besides tueir expenses, E200 each 11S remuneration for their services. So far, there: ore, as the trip is a specu- lation, it is the speculation of the Melbourne Club, who make all the arran gements, and will gain or lose financially according to the degree of popular success achieved. At the risk of repeating what is already public knowledge, we should state that MI. I. D. Walker is responsible for the composi-■ tion of the team, "which, it will be read with pleasure, is to be recruited next month by Mr. I'rank Penn and Mr. R. I). Walker, who are ex- pected to reach the Antipodes in time to take part ( in some of the later contests.
THE SULTAN'S VIEWS TOWARDS.…
THE SULTAN'S VIEWS TOWARDS RUSSIA. COXSTANTINOTXE, Oct. IS.—TIIO Sultan yesterday informed Sir H. Layard that he had learned from Hobart Pasha that he was sus- pected in England of inclining towards an alliance with Russia. His Majesty declared j that he would never conclude such an alliance.
RESIGNATION OF ITALIAN MINISTERS,
RESIGNATION OF ITALIAN MINISTERS, RmIE, Oct. 20.—The King yesterday ac- cepted the resignation of Count Corti, Minister for Foreign Affairs; General Bruzzo, Minister of War; and Signer Di Brochetti, Minister of Marine. Signor Cairoli, the Prudent. of tlu- Council, is expected here either to-morrow or Tuesday.
THE PORTE AND THE BUSSIAN…
THE PORTE AND THE BUSSIAN MILITARY COMMANDER. VIENNA, Oct. 19 (Evening).—The Political Correspondence of this evening publishes intel- ligence from Constantinople, stating that the Grand Vizier has expressed to the ambassadors of the several Gseat Powers the feeling of alarm which has been aroused at the Porte in conse- quence of the measures taken by the Russian Commander-in-Chief. Safvet Pasha .at the same time pointed out -that this state of things prevented the Porte, to its material financial injury, from taking steps te carry out the much- desired disarmament. Advices from the. same source state that the reports current relative to the intended mission of Gbazi Osman.Easha to Salonica or Alfcanir are unfounded.
CANADA.
CANADA. DEPARTURE OF LORD DUFFERIN. QUEBEC, Octt. 20.—A favourable reception was given to Lord Dufferin yesterday. His Excellency subsequently embarked at Ottaw a on board the steamer Polynesian for -Europe. The new Cabinet has been gazetted, and is composed as fellows:—Mr. Macdonald, Premier and Minister of the Interior.; Mr. Tilly, Minister of Finance; Mr. Tapper, Minister of Public Works; Mr. Pope, Minister of Agriculture; Mr. M'Donald, Minister of Justice; Mr. O'Connor, President of the Council; Mr. Masson, .Militia; Mr. Kangevin, Postmaster-General. Mr. Mac- dougall has been appointed administrator until the arrival of the Marquis -of Lorne, the new Governor-General.
MR. GLADSTONE AND HISI CONSTITUENTS.…
MR. GLADSTONE AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr. Gladstone, writing to the Honorary Secre- tary of the Greenwich Liberal Association, says:- "Dear Sir,—I write in haste, but without loss of time, to say that on October 31st I have to pre- side at a political dinner in Flintshire, and I should be glad not to be tied to another celebra- tion in less th&n a month thereafter. On any day compatible with this limitation I will hold myself at your command. Your faithful and obedient servant. W. E. GLADSTONE." It is now probable that the eight hon. gentle- man will address his constituents on the afterllooll of Saturday, Dec. 7th.
MR. GLADSTONE ON SPIRITUALISM.
MR. GLADSTONE ON SPIRITUALISM. A Brighton gentleman, who wrote recently to Mr. Gladstone on the subject of Epiritualism, has receiyed the following reply:—" London, October Hi.-I do not share or approve the temper of simple contempt with which so many view the phenomena. It i&a question, in the first instance, of evidence; it then follows to explain, as far frs we can, such facts as may have been established. My own immediate duties prevent my active in- tervention, and I remain in what may be called contented reserve, vwithout any fear that .im- 'posture will rule or that truth can be mischievous. -Yours faithfully, W. E. GLADSTONE.—Mr. J. T. Markley, Horsham, Sussex."
LORD ROSEBERY AT ABERDEEN.
LORD ROSEBERY AT ABERDEEN. LFROM THE "TIMES."] If Mr. Cross at Southport is a good Ministerial advocate, we may see dn Lord Rosebery's speech at Aberdeen that the case is one in which good advocacy is needed. Lord Rosebery's attack is even wider than Mr. Cross's defence. It gGes back to the Berlin Treaty. It plunges into the future m the East. Lord Rocebery is a determined opponent. He has heard all that Mr. Cross has had to say, and he remains still unconvinced and as bitteily hostile as ever to the Ministers and to their whole policy. He acknowledges, indeed, that a scant and tardy measure of justice has been bestowed on Scotland by the Roads and Bridges Act, but with this single excep- tion our domestic legislation is a blank, while cur conduct abroad is not entitled even to this nega- tive praise. In passing from London to Aberdeen, Lord Roseberv finds himself in a new atmosphere, more suited to him, more br&eing, and in every way better than what he has left. The distinc- tion has been obvious for some time past. The stronghold of tbe Opposition hag been in Scot- land rather than in England or Ireland. Want of patriotism to the south of the Tweed becomes good patriotism a little further north. Liberals who have been driven into holes and corners in this part of the kingdom can venture in Scotland to come out in the full light of day, and are wel- comed and honoured on all sides. But Scotland, when all is said, is a smaller and a less important country than England, and can scarcely claim to lead where England does not wish to follow. The applause of Aberdeen is worth something, and Lord liosebery has won this; but in or out of Parliament the views of Lancashire will count for a good deal more.
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Prof. K. Wittich, of Jena, has just completed a biography of Count Struensee. J On the Luxembourg frontier a duel has taken place between M. Batiau, a writer in the Em. ve- Tnrmt, a Republican journal, and M. Henri Rogat, of the Bonapartist Pays. M. Batiau received a serious wound in the arm, after which the afiai7 "Was ended by the friends of M. Rogat.
, THE PROJECTED SIARIUAGE…
THE PROJECTED SIARIUAGE 0J" J.J.J.'R PRINCESS THYRA. J We hear from our correspondents at Paris a::r, Berlin that the newspapers of those cities nn- nounced recently that the Princess Thyra of Denmark had been affianced to the Duke of Cum- berland, son of the late King of Hanover. Our correspondent at Berlin adds that this announce- I ment has caused the greatest surprise in tUCtt city, where it was stated only a few days ago, I and believed to be authentic, that an e: gagement between the Princess and the Prince Imperial was imminent. Even the Guelphish members of the Reichstag, who arc in intimate relationship with the ex-Royal family of Hanover, appear to be much surprised at the publication of this intelligence. They do not, however, dispute its correctness. The Dag' ns K'lheiler. of Oct. ISth, states that tbe Duke of Cumberland, who, it is assented, is on intimate terms with the Danish Royal family, is ahortly expected there on a visit. The latent intelligence from Copenhagen states that it is premature to say that the ^ING had approved of the PROJECTED marriage.—STANDARD. I
{ CORPORATION IMPRO VE ME…
{ CORPORATION IMPRO VE ME NTS AND PUBLIC-HOUSE INTERESTS, hr. Rayncr, the Town Clerk of Liveroool, wa? a few ir. ago requested by the Council TO report as to the practice which had hitherto pre- vailed with reference to dealing with licences in respect of public-houses taken for town improve- ments, and also his opinion as to whether there are any and what means open to the Council bv which such licences can be prevented from being removed. The Town Clerk has reported that there are no means open to the Council by which licences can be prevented from being removed. The question, according to his views, is one en- tirely for the borough justices, subject to appeal to the quarter sessions of the county, and to the ultimate decision in matters cf law of the Court of Queen's Bench. If the justices continue to grant removals the Corporation will in the future, as heretofore, claim a deduction from the com- penations as.-essed. If the justices discontinue the removals the Corporation will cease to cla:m this deduction, and the licences will be practically extinguished. The Council need oiiiy ask for their GUIDANCE uniformity of decision. One great desideratum, the Town Clerk says, is to obtain a better system of assessing compensation, and he suggests the constitution of one skilled tribunal to adjudicate upon all the cases of com- pensation involved in each improvement, as has already been done by Mr. Cross's Artisans and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act, 1--7.5. If this were done, Mr. Ravner thinks that the excess of tbe amount of compensation over the actual value would not be more than one-liith of what it is now.
MR. BUTT AND THE HOME RULERS.
MR. BUTT AND THE HOME RULERS. Mr. Eutt, having receivedfrom the hon. secretarv of the Home Rule Confederation an invitafion to attend the meetings of that body, has written the following letter in reply:— "Dublin, Oct. IS. Gentlemen,-I received late yesterday evening a lithograph letter to which your names arer.t- taehed inviting me to a public meeting to be held on the evening of Tuesday, the :2:2nd inst., in con- nection with the visit of the Home Rule Con- federation, and enclosing me a platform ticket. With your letter there is enclosed a printed circular, containing an invitation to a con- sultative meeting to be held in the forenoon of that day. I might have expected that before a step so important as that you contemplate was taken in connection with the Home Rule cause in Ireland, those taking it would have given me an opportunity of expressing an opinion on its expe- diency, or at least that, if the step were deter- mined on, some information should have been conveyed to me of the nature oÎ the intended 1 meeting, the resolutions to be proposed, and THE committee of organisation who are managing it; and that if I was asked to a consultative meeting I should have been apprised of the objects of the consultation, instead of being summoned by a I lithograph circular giving no information On any of these things. It is not, however, on these grounds that I decline to attend the meet- ings to which you invite me. I have read the circular which issued a few days ago from the office of the Home Rule Confederation of I Great Britain. Without entering into any of the circumstances which that document and the cir- I cular which accompanied your invitation involve, I desire only to observe that the proceeding announced in their circulars I understand to be I this—that the British Confederation should hold ¡ in Dublin the usual yearly meeting of delegates whioh meets for the purpose of managing its own affairs, and that an expression of opinion as to the state of Home Rule affairs in Ireland should then ■ba obtained, from a consultative meeting com- posed of the delegates and of those whom they may select to join in their deliberations. 1 do not know whether these deliberations are to result in any action; but those who propose acch a course can scarcely wonder if it should be regarded as an attempt to dictate to Irish Home Rulers, and, if followed up by action, ac attempt to dictate to the Irish constituencies, and as directly tending to perpetuate the dis- union which every true Irishmen regrets. Mode- ration and good sense in their management mav mitigate the mischiefs which are calculated to result from such proceedings; but regarding this as.1 do as certainly inconsistent with all the rules and principles upon which the management Heine Rule affairs both in England and Ireland is based, and with the conviction that thev are only calculated to injure the national cause, I can take no part in either of the meetings to which LAM invited to attend.-I remain, gentleman, YOUIA very faithfully. ISlic BCXT."
BUILDING SOCIETIES.
BUILDING SOCIETIES. RI'KOM THE STAXDABD."] It IS very far from our wish to say a single word either to discredit these institutions or to woaken the faith of the wording class in their stability. On the contrary, we are glad to recognise the really-immense amount of good they have accom- plished. But it would be idle to shut one's eyes to patent facts, or to affect to believe that the orga-niaation of these societies is perfect. In adopting, as they have done, the practice of receiving deposits, withdrawable at short notice instead of compelling all depositors to become shareholders, they have departed somewhat from their original aim, and have taken upon themselves one of the most unsafe branches of banking business. It may, of course, be said that sf the depositors became shareholders they could also withdraw their money at short notice: but everybody who has had the smallest experience d the working of building societies knows that between the depositor who puts in and takes cut his money just when it suits him to do se-, and the shareholder, who rea]!v wishes to invest his savings, there is a VERB wide difference. Further, there are few societies which permit members wholly to withdraw their subscriptions without paying a forfeit of 00 much per share, and this sometimes acts as a check upon their inclinations. But 111 addition to the danger arising from the deposit system there is the greater evil of over-speculation, arising from the necessity of investing the funds. There are societies which profess to pay their shareholders as much as ten per cent. interest. If this be so, low is it done? It is manifest that the money must first be earned, and if a society can afford to pay ten per cent. to its share- holders, in addition to clearing its working ex- penses., it is equally manifest that it is either existing upon the fines exacted from borrowers, or that it is lending at a usurious late of interest, and is, therefore, defeating the chief object for which building societies were estab- lished. We offer these remarks in a spirit of frank sincerity, being heartily desirous of seeing the useful work in which most of these so- cieties arc engaged successfully continued. It would be a great blow to the encouragement of frugality and thrift if the working classes should lose confidence in such institutions. The panic at Manchester last week was shown to be ground- less, and was therefore, for many reasons, to be regretted. The immediateappointmeutof auditors would be the frankest and most satisfactory reply to the challenge as to solvency that could be made. But the fact that the solvency of such a society should have been doubted during many hours conveys a useful ^lesson tc building societies gene- rally and to the investors therein.' The latter will probably in future be less incfined to pav atten- tion to the idle rumours which are always pre- valent during the existence of a crisis in the tinan- cial world, and tne former will accept a warning hint which is not without significance.
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Mr. W. G. Black has undertaken the prepara- tion of a small work on folk-medicine for the Folk- Lore Society.
" THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
THE PARIS EXHIBITION. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES: SPEECH OF MARSHAL MACMAHON. PARIS, Oct. 21. The ceremony of distributing the prizes to the successful exhibitors was held to-day, in the Palace of Industry, in the Champs Elysees, under the presidency of Marshal MaeMahon and the Duchess of Magenta. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Darish and Swedish Crown Princes, the Count of Flanders, the Due d'Aosta, and Don Francis d'Assisi, were also present. The President cf the Republic, in opening the proceedings, made the following speech: Gentlemen, I come to-day in the name of France publicly to award the prizes obtained by the exhibitors of all nations in the great competition to which our country invited them. I desire first to thank the Princes representing all the Powers for the support and cd/it which their presence has given to the Paris Exhibi- tion. I would also thank the Governments and peoples for the confidence which they 11:8 testifed by their readiness to take part in the exhibition. If its success may have responded to their expecta- tions and ours, the honour is due to the organisers of this great undertaking and to their humbler iullow-vorke-rs. A-ll have vied with each other in zeal and intelligence in accom- plishing the varied and difficult missions which thev had accepted. When the Government of the Republic invited men of science, artists, anil workers from all nations to meet in our capital, Franco had but recently passed through grievous trials, and her industry had not escaped unaffected by the vast commercial crisis which made itself felt throughout the world. Nevertheless, the Exhibition of 1878 e> \ials. if it does not surpass, previous ones. Moreover. French exports .in 1S78 equal, if they do not exceed, in amount those of previous years. Let us thank God, who, to console our country, has vouchsafed that this great pacific glory should be reserved for it. We record these fortunate results with so much the more satisfaction because, in our opinion, the success of the Liter-national Exhibition must redound to the honour of France. It was not only a question of encouraging tLe arts and displaying the improvements effected in all the means of production. We had, above all, at heart to show what seven years passed in self- concent ration and devoted to labour could effect in retrieving the past terrible disasters. It has been seen that the solidity of our credit and the abundance of our resources, the peace of our cities and populations, the training and ad- mirable bearing of our armies, now recon- stituted. testified to an organisation which I am convinced will be durable and fruitful in good results. Our national ambition will not !;top there. If we have become more prudent and laborious, we slndi still owe it to there-col- lections of our misfortunes to maintain and develop amongst us a spirit of concord, abso- lute respect for our law and institutions, and an ardent and disinterested love of country. The Minister of Commerce, after acknowledg- ing the Marshal's speech, proceeded to read the list of awards, and to distribute the principal prizes and decorations. At the close of the ceremony, Marshal Mac- Mahon left the dais, followed by the Foreign Princes, the Ministers, the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, and a number of high civic and military functionaries. The cortei/e passed from the dais in front of the exhibitors and the public admitted to the ceremony, and attended the Marshal to his carriage, the same ceremonial being observed as on his arrival.
ROBBERY OF 2,500,000 FRANCS.
ROBBERY OF 2,500,000 FRANCS. GENOA, Oct. 21.—The sum of 2,500,000 francs forwarded by the National Bank to Ancona was abstracted to-day in transit. Three of the employes of the bank have been arrested.
THE STATE OF CYPRUS.
THE STATE OF CYPRUS. [FROM THE "DAILY NEWS.1 LAEXACA, Oct. 19 (Evening).—All the state- ments announcing that the rainy season had commenced are incorrect, Only one slight shower has fallen during the last month. Storm centres are revolving gradually about Cyprus, but probably another three or four weeks will yet elapse before they close over and burst. The weather now is pleasantly cool. The Eastern Company's new cable between this place and Alexandria was successfully completed and opened to-day, and tests prove it to be in perfect order. People are generally thankful, for the old line was always in a. chronic state of disorder. This is the first news message by the new cable. I observe from the mail received to-day that some telegrams which I sent by the old line took several days to reach you.
THE ARREST OF THE GLASGOW…
THE ARREST OF THE GLASGOW BANK DIRECTORS. [FKOH THE STAXR»A The announcement that the directors, the manager, and the secretary of the City of Glasgow Baniv have been arrested, will cause no surprise. After the astounding revelations contained in the report submitted by the accountants and solicitors appointed to investigate the affairs of the bank, it was impossible to avoid the conclusion that the criminal law would have to be put into operation. For upwards of five years a most deliberate deception had been practised not only upon the shareholders, but also upon the Government and upon the general public. Returns had been falsified, the accounts were fictitious, the reserve against the note circulation had been appropriated contrary to the express provisions of the law, and—most aggravating deception of all—splendid dividends were being paiel at a time when it must have been well known to those who I had the management of its affairs that the bank was in a state of utter and hopeless insolvency. If conduct of this kind is allowed to pass un- punished, restrictive laws are useless, and an irreparable injury is done to commercial moralitv. Who were the persons actually responsible for the reckless and culpable mismanagement of the bank's affairs it is not for us to say. IN the absence of complete evidence it would be unjust to fix the responsibility upon any particular indi- vidual. But now that the directors and tbe two j principal officials are to be put upon their trial we may reasonably expect that the necessary in- j formation will be forthcoming. We, of course j have no desire whatever tc prejudice tbe case of j any of the persons who have been arrested, but it j is palpable that a grievous wrong has been com- I mitted, and that theo enders. if discovered ust not be permitted to escape justice. If the 1 erso II who are now in custody, or any of them, are inno- cent of the charges of which they stand accused, they will have full opportunity of proving their innocence.^ and it is to their own advantage that THEIR conduct should BE publiely investigated. Meanwhile, we may turn for a moment to the un- foiuunate shareholders. Theirs is a hard case, and one that calls for something more than a general expression of sympathy* At the meeting heh, at Edinburgh, on Saturday, the desirability of bringing about a voluntary liquidation of the bank S ah airs was discussed, together with the prospects of success of such a movement. How far it may be possible to carry out the proposal, it would be imprudent, as yet, to venture an opinion; but in the interests of every one con- cerned, it is expedient that what remains to be done in winding up the affairs of the bank should be undertaken in a friendly and conciliatory spirit, with the view of making the burden fall as lightly as possible upon the sufferers. We do nothing more than throw out the suggestion, but as, to a certain extent, the crash has put the Scotch banking system upon its trial, it might be to the advantage of the other Scotch banks to come forward and render all the substantial aid it is in their power to give. Whether they do so or not, one thing is certain—that it will Le the duty of the Legislature to provide a remedy against a repetition of some of the evils which have been brought to light by this calamitous failure.
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The Time., oj huh.) believes a scheme is now being matured in tLc office of the Director-General of I ost-Ufhces for the establishment of a money order system in connection with the Postal De partme'
THE GERM A X ANTI-SOCIALIST…
THE GERM A X ANTI-SOCIALIST BILL. CLOSING "F THE REICHSTAG. BERLIN, Oct. li;.—The German Parliament to- day concluded the debate unon the third read- ing of the Socialist Bill, and adopted all the remaining clauses, partly as voted at the sccimd reading, and partly in accordance with the compromise arrived at between the Con- senatives and National Liberals. In the > course of the discission, which was for the most part of an unimportant character, one of I the speakers who opposed the bill contrasted the present measure with the English Press Laws. Dr. Friedborg, Secretary of State, replied that the English Law was no less stringent than the German, and. declared that the British Government was occupied just at the pre- sent time with the codification of the Criminal Law, and that in the bill which had been submitted to the British Par- liament last Session, there were provisions relating to the offence of inciting to hatred and contempt for the State institutions, as well as that of creating discord amongst the various classes of the population, which could not be called milder than the enactments of the Ger- man law, and more particularly cf the measure under discussion. The House ultimately ad- journed for a time, and reassembled at a quarter past two, to vote upon the bill in its en- tirety. A division was taken, and the bill ss was passed by 221 votes against loy. Both sections of the Conservative party and the National Liberals recorded their votes without exception in favour of the bill, and they were joined by the Lower Group and some Liberals belonging to no special party. Prince Bismarck then read a message from the Emperor, author- ising him to close the Reichstag. The Imperial Chancellor, in addressing the House, expressed his satisfaction at the passing of the bill. The Federal Government were, be said, determined; with the means provided by this measure, to make a sincere effort to cure the prevalent disease. They could scarcely succeed in ac- complishing this in a "space of two I years and a half, but the Government hope for further concessions from the Reicht-tag after the discussions which had now taken place. After t giving three cheers for the Emperor, the House 1 adjourned.