Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1877, Page 4

5 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. * Daly, delivered, Sunday included, S0 cents per week. Ads \ _ CHICAGO GOMMANDERY. NO. 19, K. T.—Atten- m) The E g&c& Sir Knights " Tacsda THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY 20. 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. head, Brighton, Cambridze, Coventry, Darlington, showed themselves most efficient were advanced covered sofa which is an appendagy ww comes up next week, we may expect some strong utierances of positive. opinions. ! ‘A few of those quiet-looking, much-enduring men have not hesitated to give expression to their dissatisfaction with some of the unplens- n sh ant peculiarities of their place of meeting. BY ML A7 ASVANCE TOSTAGR: SuEH We may rest assured that if they have any- aly EAItlon, postpald; 1 yEar.......o: $12.0 thing to say we shall not mxmdmd their B i 1.00 4 thoughts and feelings on other topics. R . thong Eatciey Edition. twEivE v 2% | The Duchess of Edinburg is tho object of Jorheckly, porcpalc. 1 yesr. -0 | the most affectionate solicitude on the part of Queen Vicroria. Personally, the Queen 1:35 | is persuaded and hopes that the actual con- - 2090 | fiict will be localized. The Czar has written her that, Lis mission of civilization onco ac- The Teibue. e of & jear, per mon pre] Spects t free. " 5 P . 1a,=:::$?::-:zmm beeureandgive Post- | complished, Russia will give Europe o o::mmnw’;‘:y“itemslde efther u;n ::E::n gwu. pledge of her moderation. The opinion " Posi-Oftce oner, o In regisiered letiers. atourrisk. | gains ground in England that the dangers of 7ERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBEES. a Enropean confiagration are dissppearing. Tally, delteered, Sundsy excepted. 25 ocnts per week. coilingration ara Clesppearin The Memorial Diplomatique learns from 8t. Petersburg that the Russian Government is taking measures to meet any tarn affairs may take in consequence of the hostile cur- rent of opinion in England. The celebrated surprises are not forgotten that the English navy effected in their .own ports with the fleets of Spain and Denmark, and these ex- ploits may serve as akind of example to be followed by Russia. This reference by the ocorrespondent of the Memorial to the occa- sion when the English fleet, although En- , gland was at peace with Denmark, fell upon 7the Danish flectin Copenhagenand destroyed it, becouse the English Government heard dress THE TRIBUNE COMPAXT, Comner Madison and Dearborn-sts.. Chicago, Il SOCIETY MEETINGS. LODGE. NO. 4 ST 0 AR lar Communication, May 5, 1677; b the Wight- Wor. ahipfal D. D. G. M. Walter A. Stevenr. All members B e P iy Vwhing Toetl i 2 37 B ChADwicE, W. M. MYRON HARRIS, Secretary. a0 NSISTORY 8.-. P... R.- Hall. 72 Monroe strect, Thursday e\'ululg. May2¢, at Sov. . Grand Inspector Gen.-. If. 1. Pond, 5 Gm‘ Inspector in- 3ist. By comm: L W. BARNARD, s3dex., o nx:omnnnr-m-cmcr. ey e ra mu}% r’éfi.‘ea’vfl: 15 ba prescoi st | Denmark was about to assist Narorzox, will ot SonsSmmena to e Ty then be acted |-be fully undersiood at London and Liver- jon, 1 amendments to the by-lsws will then be acted weicoge. By o Sy A, Svencin S SR 1 o pool, where it is known that aformidable MYRON HAKRIS, Secretaty. Russian fleet is kept on the American coast in constant telegraphic communication with e o S smeniansy | St. Petersburg, and within ten days’ sail of A full attendan s Ieiucia, ‘Viiting St oty conteoniy I8ViSS. | the const of Great Britain. Among other OHA 1. SANBORN, E. C. A JAMES E. MEGINF, er. measures taken by the Russian Government NO. 2, B, A. M.~gan | has been the placing of the first corps of the \ LA FAYETTE I 78 Monroe pecial Convocation Monday.sren | army on a war footing by calling out the re- X 1 Mark b lodged. i i May 21, at 8 o'clock, for work on egree. - X oAt g y Vb coratahy favicea: 5r.oraer of © B . TUOKER. Secrerary. ~ o o ™| Peterhot and Oranienbaum, and the inhabit. -ants of thess two villages bave been in- formed that the largest part of their houses will be occupied this summer by the military. THE FIBST STEF TOWARD BUSINESS RECU-' Ay Commntcabon 36 el 3 16 55 Sosins Pmflgnn‘l. th % o —R‘?."" mmonication &t hatl, 7 o : While it may be difficalt for thoss who troct, Saurds; f M at 8 oclock, I i Lot Susitese, 350 work” Visitors wert “had spread out their resources and ventures ess, . B. DUNLOP, Secretary. P L & 2Ty too widely before the panic to perceive any APOLLO COMMAXDERY, XO. 1, ENIGHT TEM- street, Tacsda) ext, May 22, R R T Tl R N J. n.%vh'wr. Xiecorder. E NO 200. A. F. snd A. 0. AND A. M, —] 1 = 2 N - - c(?u'.‘én’fié’.?}?.fi%&?.,’fi‘m‘h“;mn st 315 oclock. | improvement in their personal affairs, which SRY Bion. By orher Fihe YL ALS I ™ | would reguire a restoration of former spec- C. W. ODONNELL, Secretary. | qlative prices, there is no mistaking the GOLDEN RULELODGE X0.520'A. F. and A. M.— | indications on all sides of a better “ feeling™ E[»;c .%:L:g ?&’éfi"&”fii&xfi.‘;‘?{.’n‘&?‘%‘;’%‘-‘m among the business community. This isthe o ebraiany fmvite e 2 2 e AR B | very sbop in & revival from o long era of TER. N¢ o depression, and the hardest to take; once afi%@%fi?&ifi&naem made, and the advance thoroughly-assured, 3. 0. DICEERSOX, Sec. the other requisites for *‘ good times” come ST. BERNARD COMMANDEEY, more casily and quickly than is generally , NO. 85, E. T.—Drill y evening, May 22. at 8 o'clock ed: ‘Wednes- day evening, May 23, at 6 o'clock, work in the Orderot | Supposed. This is especially true of an elas- B Brader R BN [ o hopeful, and ambitious people like the — = Americans, and of a country which possesses BUNDAY, MAY 20, 1877. in 50 eminent a degree as ours all the means =——————————————| of self-support, and 50 many advantages for CHIOAGO MARKET SUMMARY. the accumulation of wealth. In spite, then, The Chicago produce markets were generally | Of Very general depression among those dall lndwu;k Snzmixys Mess pork closed 16@ | who cannot personally ascertain that 17%c per bl Jower, at $14.05@14.073% for June | o i i i 3md $14.17@14.20 seller July. Lard closcd 5@ m;:flhu’:l :;"f an ’mbfl';’"m&“ fi‘!’;fl““’ T3%c per 100 Ibs Jower, at $9.25 for June and $9,35 | 1B &I0T8, We believe the first step for July. Meats were quietiand steady, at4xc |-has been fairly taken. The foeling is better. Jer B forloose shoulders, 7¢ for do short ribs, | The bankers, merchants, and manufacturers SndTie for do short clears. Mighwines were un- | roport it. Publio statistics indicate it, Tho changed, a¢ §1.07 per gallon. Lake freights-were : 3 : quiet, 53¢ for com to Buffaio. Flour was quiet | L2ternal-Revenue receipts are increasing be- and unchanged. Wheat closed 5¢ lower, at$1.60y | yond theestimate, and, thongh this is not as cash and $1.61% sclicroune. Comn closed2clower, | good s gauge of prosperity as in England, at48%c cash and 50c for June. Oats closed 1%c | with its income tax and its system of making l‘c:‘_vz. -:‘&)*:.: ;:::; tfifim’:{ni Bsn’gz'm’ 8 few luxuries yield the Government rave. Hogs were stesdy, at $5.00@5.15. Catile were ) DU, it is valuable to a certain degres. Both quiet, at $3.5085.50. Sheep were momiml, at. | exports and imports likewiso show & ten- B4.00@26-25. Onc hlml!rud_dnllnn in gold wouald dey to rise, and mpm has been g decided buy $100.74 in grecubacks at the close. gain inboth in New York. Tho increase of Greenbacks st the Now York Stock;Ex. | imports bas been mainly in the line of frea :hange Snturduy closed-at 965@ICE. goods,—that is, goods not manufactured to * b any extent in this country,—which shows a A dispatch from a Russian source an- | disposition on the part of the people to spend nounces the capture of the Turkish city of | more money for luxuries than they havebeen Ardaban, with sixty guns and large guanti- spending for three or four years. The in- ties of stores. The Russian Ioss was small. | crease in exports i a hopeful sign for Amer- No mention ismade of the loss sustained by | ican manafacturers, and promises s foreign the Turks. market a$ a time when the home market has I belong to the Right, sir,” ssid . | proved to be inadequate to sustain them. 2 The restoration of confidence is a slower i:twmx;x ffifii‘:gmt: ISmu: Pprocess than its dgstmction _by & panic, but rotorted SmvoN. /¢ sfnst what the Republican the eigns aro that it has set in for good, and < %3 it will be followed by the investment of cap- party said to/the Democrstic party three | . N i ‘months ago, nd what the D tio did ital, the employment of the idle, and the in- i creased consumption which will lead to in- BTV, creased production. “ Signs of activity multiply on the Dan- It is universally felt that the conditions of ube,” says an suthoritative contemporary. | this countryare much more favorablo to a " In the arithmetic,of war, 28 in that of com. | Tovival of business now than they have been mon schools, mulfplication precedesdivision | 8t any timo since the panic. We have an as. and fractions. A Yittlo longer and Turkey | Surance of a peaceful future, and thero is no sy know the Ruld of Three—Russia, En- |, Greater enconragement for bringing out idle gland, and Austria. opital and setting idle hends at work —— President Haxes' policy has slready achieved The courso of Persia is believed in diplo- | this sssurance. It has taken sectional feel- matic circles in France to depend upon the ing and the-zacerissue out of politics,. Thero military events to happen in Asia Minor. | is now no sane man, North or South, who Teheran waits to ses on which side victory | apprehends any political outbreak or dis. descends. Turkish troops are being concen- | turbance for years to come. There is more fi_'awd 8t Alep in view of possible complica- | hope for permanent amity between the sec- tions with Persia and Armenia. tions than there over was befora. This dis- b = Ppores of the most embarrassing and threaten. The Paris correspandent of Tex Tamuse ing political condition that gmlfiugod ond writes that'the funniest side of the Eastern intensified the business dopression. Peace Question, 5q far as Paris is concerned, is the and friendshi o X 4 ip are the most powerfol :‘;—wmfh mflmxmmnm, of the Writers | 1n3 trugtworthy suxiliaries to ~material talkers on\the Esstern question. From prospetity. People at pesce with tho strocious Yokes on foreign matters to one . which American papers give issue, we judge | ¢ there is & good deal of half-wittedness in this country on the same subject. another cultivate an - interchange business commurications and con- fidences that are impossible undera con- dition of confessed hostility constantly men- acing an outbreak. We have not been more oocupied with the discussion of the peculinr | ImPressed recently by the change of senti. sim%m of political affairs brought abo‘:: ment smong the people North and South by MacMzox's unexpected coup. The Re. | (0¥ard each other than by the reports that publican journals, while bitterly denouncing | 176 00me from & party of business men of the President's course, call upon the people the Western cities wh.o hm:e been making a to act calmly, and patiently await the time | 0Ur of the South this spring. They roport ‘when the poople at the ballot-boxes may | & better and more friendly feeling among tho properly rebuke the designing Monarch. | Southern men than bas ever before awaited ists. ANl the TOWSpspers are mot thug | ® Northern incursion’; the speeches made at conservatzve, some of the inci, their reception in Southern cities show a full sheets very plainly ignoring the provisions | 80d amicsblo appreciation of friendly reln- of the Press laws in the expression of their | tions sud confidential business interchange, opinons. The Bonapartists sppear to have | Without reference to the existence or cause - the car of the Marshal, ss, while claiming to of former dissensions. The absence of po- take no interest in the present fight, they | litical tumult North and South will give men aro securing some of the most important of- | time, opportanity, and confidence to turn to fices 50" suddenly vacated by the Republic. | business enterprises and industrics which 8os. It is allegod that the removal of all | WOuld not have been entertained for g the Republican Prefects is contemplated. moment two or threo years ago, and, with S Profecte s oantemp thoughts turned hopefally to improvement in'the future, instead of supinely and de- jectedly bewailing the losses of the past, the materinl indications of improvement will scientious desire to discharge them. They | quickly become more manifest than they are sre equally sensitive, also, to their rights, | now. and do not mean to tolerate any infringe- | One reason why the fraternity of croakers ment of. them. The diffuse and simless persistently refuse to récognize the signs of talkars find no favor, and are already begin- | improvement, and the evidence they cite in ning to feel the unmistakable power of | support of their lack of confidencs, is in the their fellow-delegates. Among that 500 | low Pprices which still obtain in almost every- there are many intensely earnest men, as | thing except the special products for which the Buropean war has created an extended French newspapers are almost exclusively 1t is very evident that the members of ‘the szbytennn Gencral Assembly have a dis- tinct perception of their duties, and a con- remembered that the common basis of prices is very different from that which prevailed previous to the panic. We are now practically on a specie basis, instead of inflated and fluctuating caurrency an basis. The new structure of hmrinegs prosperity will be ecrected on Lhm foundation. The relative improvement in prices must be gauged by this new condi- tion. It is mot likely that prices will go ballooning asthey did before the gas was let out of the bag; nor is it desirable they should, because that wounld merely be & repetition of the speculative folly for which we have alrendy suffered years of depression, and which would surely be followed by a similar punishment sooner than the country would be able to endure it as well as the hard times have been tolerated for the past four years. The business prosperity which all signs now point to in the near fature will be of a more substantial and permanent character than that which preceded the panic and rested upon an uncertain car- rency, and, without the interference of, some unfortunate event like the War of the TRebellion, it will endure longe: THE SILVER BILL. A correspondent writes asking somo ques- tions concerning the bill recently passed by the Legislature of Ilinois making silver coins of the Unitod States a legal tender in the payment of all debts, public and private, in the Stato of Dlinois, except in eases whero payment otherwise is stipulated in the con- tract. He writes as follows : v the Editor of Tha Tridune. Cricaco, May 10.—Will you be kind cnongh to give your opinion of the effect of the recent legis- lation in this State making silver coin n legal tender within the limits of the State? What of- fect will it have on foreign capital loaned in this Statet Will it apply to dents contracted prior to the law's taking effect? Will a statement or con- tractin a note given for a debt due in the fotare stipulating for payment in any other clrculating medfum be good in“the face of this enactment? Will itnot create a demand for silver cotn in this State? Would thank you for ‘your views. ‘Lruly, etc., Sunscrinrn. Wedo not pretend fo say whether this law will make silver a logal tender on debts contracted prior to the date of the law, but, reasoning by analogy from the decision of "the Supreme Court of the United States in the greenback ceses, we should say that this law will make silver a legal tonder in all contracts payable in Ilinois, without refer- ence to the date, On this point, howover, there is but little room for any practical dis- cussion at the present time, For the same reason there is mo room st present for the other question, as to whether this law will create a demand for silver in’ this State. The silver coin of the United States, excopt * trade-dollars,” is of the small denominations. Even when silver was at its ordinary value, these coins (less than a dollar) were intrinsically worth but about 95 cents as compared to the silver dollar. This was to prevent their ex- portation by giving them a money value at home greater than they could have elso- where. This coin is only minted by the Government, and-is only issued ‘in such quantities as the Government may prescribe, and is only to be had in exchange’ for green- backs. Assilver coin, therefore, cannot be had cxcept for greenbacks, thore can be no motive to pay debts with it in preference to greenbacks, It is only in case the coinsge of these small silver pieces should be made free that they can become depreciated to the extent of of. fering an advantage in their use in place »f greenbacks, Since 1853, when these small silver coins were reduced in value, they have been coined only.by.the. Government. The profit'on their «coinage: *has always'pertained to the Treasury. We do not understand that it is proposed to change the rule in this respect, and, therefors, 50 long as we have greenbacks, and silver coin can only be had in exchange for greenbacks, there will hard- 1y be an inflation of that part of the currency to the extent of depreciating it. The advocates of free coinage expect only that the silver dollar of 1793-1873 shall be restored as a legal tender, and that the coin- age of this be made free at the Mint. This ‘means that any person may deliver silver in any form at-the Min, and receive in ex- change therefor silver dollars to an eguiva- lent sum, less the cost of coining. This silver dollar is, at the present prices of silver metal, equal in value to the greenback in gold ; but the demonetization of the silver dollar and its free coinage would create such a demsad for the silver metal 88 would advance the dollar nearly, if mot quite, to a par with gold. Until this is done, and s0 long as the minor silver coins aro worth less than greenbacks in gold, there is no probability of an infla- tion of silver coin. o long as the silver can only bo had for greenbacks, and so Iong as the greenbacks are worth more in gold than the silver, the probability of paying out groenbacks for silver in order to pay debts with the latter is a very romote one. The small sflver is now a legal tender for five dollars in all parts of the United States, and making it n legal tender for a greater sum in this State cannot, under present circum. stances, create any special flow of it to M- now. * THE FRENCH CRISIS, The crisis which has overtaken the Fronch Republic is almost as serious as that which has estranged the relations of Russia and Tarkey, and is all the more serious becanse it threatens to place the Clerical party in the ascendency, and because Italy and Germany will have no faith in pence if the Ultramon. tanes gain control. The President has sent his message to the House Pproroguing it for o month. - Aport from its sneer at the * Rad. ical faction,” which is in realily tho Repub- lican party of France, organized and estab- lished upon a majority of over a million of votes, it places the President in the most estraordinary position. President MacManox setont to govern France npon the English model of responsible government. He him- self says that ho has twico made Ministrieg against his own wishes, though in accordance with the wishes of tho people.. Now he sud- denly turns about and organizes a Cabinet from the Right, or the minority,—tho Right Liaving only about 150 members to some 350 of the Left. Hisstrange action must astound every friend of responsible constitutional government in Europe. He has struck at the very foundations of that theory of government by removing a Cabinet which hed the confidence and support of the msjarity of the Commons, and substitating a Cabinet in which already the Commons have voted they have no confidence. Itisga position which will almost inevitably be fatal to the peaco of France unless he Te- cedes from it. It overthrows the funda. mental basis of the French Constitution, copied after the English, that the Cabinet must respond to the sentiments of the Com. mons, otherwise government is administered indefiance of the will of the people. It turns the thing into a farce, It adds to the gravity of the situation that the President has committed the extraordi- nary constitutional ontrage without eause or provocation. He has seized upon the intro- duction of a bill to modify the stringent. press laws relative to criticism of tfxe Parlisment and foreign Powers as a preteéxt for breaking with the popular branch, in- sulting the Prime Minister, and demanding ‘his resignation and that of his colleagues, and sending a message to the House proroguing it ond threstening its dissolution. The House, however, has promptly accopted his' challenge, and issued its manifesto to the nation protesting against the attempt of the President to lLold the will of France in check, accepting the issue of dissolution, and summoning the people ““ to pronounco between the policy of Tenction and adventure, placing everything in doubt which has been laboriously achioved during the last six years, and the wise, firm, and pacific policy which you yourselves sanctioned.” ‘What made the action of the President more éxtraordinary is the fact that ho know en he broke with the Republican party he was playing immediately into the hands of the monarchy and Ultramontanism. Mac- DMAHOY, as is well known, is & Bonapartist and an Ultramonteno ; but hitherto, like I TaiEss, ho has been consorvative, and shown a disposition to respect tho sentiment of a majority of the peoplo. By one act—and that taken upon the thinnest protex—hohns completely reversed his position, thus afford- ing another melancholy instance of the fail- ures that purely military men mako when they aro intrusted with the responsibilitics of administering civil offices. By this action, however, whatevor may have been his mo- tive, whether he intended of his own motion to defy the will of the majority in the inter- ests of the monarchy, or was misled by de- signing parties, he has placed himself in a sad dilemma, from which ho will find great difficplty in oxtricating himself. Tho people of France belong to three great parties. The. first and largest of theso is the Republican, which, like tho same party in this country, represents various shades of political opinion, from Conservative to Radical, but all are in {avor of responsible government. They are In favor of free government of the people through members of Parliamont freely elect- ed by universal suffrage, and a Cabinet in consonance with the sentiments of the ma- jority. On tho other hand, they arc opposed to the temporal power of the clergy. They reject the dogma of infallibility. They deny the right of the Papal Conclave to dictate to or interfere with the politics of the people. They are Dbitterly opposed to any action of the Government which would array Franco against Ttaly in o war to reinstats the Pope as a temporal Prince over the States of the Church. They are opposed to all dynasties, either Bonapartist or Bourbon. The re- mainder of the people of France are divided into two camps,—the Bonapartists, who want torestore that dynasty to power by plac- ing Prince Lovs Narorrox EvGene upon the throne, and the Bourbons. Thelatter in turn Present two claimants,—the old Bourbons claiming the throne for the Count pE Crax- Borp (Henmy V.) and the Orleans branch claiming it for Lovs Pmrree, grandson of Louvrs Pumurere. Between these two camps thereis no agreement. Thera is no more possibility of sympathy between Bourbons and Bonapartists than between Bourbons and Republicans. It follows then, even if ho succeeds in overthrowing the Republio ood setting up the rule of the minority, that he must still be. beset by the Bonrbon and Bonapartist factions, clamoring for their ] oth are nnder clerical control 3should win, Roine Wonl rule, leading to civil war, since the majority of the French poople are bitterly and unal- terably hostile to the subversion of their liberties to the dictation of the Roman Church. A still grester danger wonld also arise, for if he carried out his progromme and put down the rale Of the majority, it would at once arouse the suspicions of Italy and Germany, who would have no faith in protestations of the French Government while under Uliramontane control. Italy, with ‘an army slmost as strong as that - of France, and Germany, with snarmy much stronger, would resist the inevitable attempt to restore the temporal power to the Papacy. Their power would be united, for the TUltramontanes of Germany would no more interfere in favor of tho French than they did in the war of 1870. All roads forward lead the French President into danger. His only safety is in retracing his steps to con- stitutional responsible govérnment. BRITIBH NON-INTERVENTION SENTIMENT, If there is one feature of the foreign com- plications which have grown out of tho Rus- so-Turkish war moro clearly defined than all others, it is tho fact that the sentiment of the British nation is all but unsnimously averse to any course which may drag Great Britain into the war. All trustworthy reports agree upon this. The sentiment of the En. glish people is 80 pronounced that it is dis. tinctly stated that nothing short of a coup d'ctat on the part of Earls BEACONsFIZLD and Dezny can commit the Government to a par- ticipation in the war, and it is almost as die. tinctly stated that such action would be fol- lowed by revolution against the Government athome. Mr. G. W. Swarrzyisan Ameri- can who has resided in London for years, and is possessed of peculiar advantages for gothering official information and public sentiment. In a letter to the New York Tribune, written only two weeks ago, he gave a clear idea of the popnlar antagonism to warlike intorvéntion. With all the dis. cussion of the topic—and it is uppermost in the minds of the peoplo—there has not been 8 single meeting to express sympathy for Turkey, or hostility to Russia, or confidence in the intentions or policy of the Govern- ment. On the other hand, here was the ro- sult of the introduction of the Grapsroxz resolutions, as described by Mr. Smarrey : I never saw or heard of an ontburst of popular fecling that scemed more genuine. 1t Is confined tonosection of the country, It reaches from Aberdeen to Portsmouth, from Greenwich to Bris- tol. Tt springs from great commercial centres liko Newcastle and Liverpool, and from ereat mannfac. taring centres like Manchester, Sheffield, Lelfast, Birmingham, Bradford, and Lecds. While Green. wich instantly offars its support to Mr. Grapsroxz, its own member, rebukes to his opponents begin to come in from their constitnencies and fellow-citi- zens, The Liberal Aecociation of Bradford, the borongh for which Mr. Fonsrzn zits, have sent word to him that they warmly approve Mr. Grap- STONE'S rezolutions. The Reform Association of TRochdale, where Mr. Brtont lives, have unanl- monsly expressed their hope that all Liberals will give Mr. GLADSTONE 8 hearty support. Mcetings inadozen different parts of the metropolis pass eimilar resolutions, which may be commended slike to Mr. GoscaEx, who sits for the city, and to Mr. Lows, who represents the Univeraity of London. The mectings are of cvery descrip- tion; mectings of citizens summoned by the Mayor: meetings of Liberals called by their local committees; meetings of Liberal associations and counclls which represent the active, encrgotic, working elemont of the party. The St Jamea Conference is once more called together under the Presidency of the Duke of Westminster, There Bavo been meetings in sddition to those already named In such important towns as Batb, Dirkén:- Hartiepool, Hull, Ipswich, Lelcester, Afiddles- ‘borongh, Norwicn, Hastings, Worcester, Stam- ford, York, Nottingham, Reading, Sunderland,. and Dundee. There have been, besides ali these, a considerable number of unusnal expressions of opinion from ecclesinstical bodies, and from trades and workingmen's aseociations. ? The fate of the resolutions in Parlinment is known. They were defeated by the Tories because they were introduced by the Liberals, and because the Tory Government could not -affotd to give the Opposition the advantage of passing them. But they united the Liberals who had previously been at logger- heads amorg themselves, and soon after their rejection other resolutions similar in purport, but introduced by the Tory Govern- ment party, were passed almost unanimous- ly. The Tories did not dare to antagonize the overwhelming popular sentiment that was discovered. Only two or three days ogo the London T'imes, in a leading article ‘which was telegraphed in part to the journals of this country, said: Nothing bas been so remarkable during the de- bate in Parliament as the declarations in favor of peace from Conservatives ngwell as Liberals. The war party finds itself in a emall minority. Weao not saythat oll danger is past, for cvery Russian success may be expected to provoke unreasonable panic, but for the present the country and Govern- mentare in the way of eafety. Both eldes of the Honse whi doubtless claim some advantage, but the real gain lies with the party which is on the side of peace. If both parties claim that honorable distinction so mucn the better for the country. The 7'tmes has a traditional fame for fairly reflecting the preponderance of British sen- timent on public questions of great impor- tance, and the foregoing declaration is cer~ tainly not ambiguous in terms or tone. In the face of all this overwhelming evi- dence the Chicago TtUmes prints dispatches that purport to have come from its special e&naapondont in London, and to Lhave been sont the previous day, and Iabors to persuade its readers that the whole of Great Britain is. panting for “‘wah” and *gosh”; that ‘Turkey is awaiting England’s immediate in- terforence to assist in resisting Russia’s ad- vances; that the recent Parliamentary action isregarded as 8 great victory for ths war party in England; that desdly hostility to the English is so pronounced among the Rus- sian troops that the Czar has ordered his daughter (the Duke of Edinburg's wifo) to retiro from English soil ; that the Queen’s influence alone withstands the . popular demand for war nd prevents the immediate precipitation of the British Government into hostilities, and that England is making a last fatile effort in diplomacy before drawing the sword. As the same slleged cable dis- patch which conveys all this ridiculously nonsensical and obviously untrue trash con- tains also a rehash sbout the movement of troops, marches of the Russians, and posi- tions of the armies, which have been pub- lishied in all the newspapers in this country, it is possible that the so-called cablegram ” was not sent by telegraph at all, but was manufactured in the office. It is cortain that it might all have been written as well two or three weeks ago and transmitted by mail, or equally well have been written in the Limes office night before last. If it was sent from London by cable, then its intrinsic absurdity is largely incrossed by that circumstance, and the purposs of deception is made -the more manifest. Just what the purpose is of foisting this fustian upon the public as'a spocial ** cablogram,” is difficult to divine. It may be merely a morbid desire to attract at- tention, which is characteristic of that sheat ; it may be the indulgence by its correspondent of a well-known predisposition to mendacity, abundantly manifested in previous exploits; it may be the ignorance of the Times people as to what is really going on; or it may be a deliberate effort ‘o mislead the public and excite speculation on the Commercial Boards. ‘Whatever the purpose, it is exceedingly dis- reputable. As the attitude and intentions of England are the most powerful influences now affecting the prices of breadstuffs and produce in the American markets, a misrep- resentation of England's position is the most pernicious form of lying that conld have been selected ; and whether the Zimes has indulged in it ignorantly or deliberately, it deserves exposure and should warn the pub- lic to put no faith in its pretended cable- grams.” There is as yet no indication of any overt sction on the part of England, and, when there shall be, it will be manifest to the general public before the Zimes can find it out. BOCIAL LIFE IN RUSSIA. When PeTER the Great undertook the colos- sal task of transforming Russla from an orlental into an occidental nation, the Empire occupled about the same position in the eyes of Europe which Persia or- Kashgar does at the present time. 1t was a semi-barbarous State, still possessinz undisturbed its natural aflini~ ties with Asia, from which its people ad de- rived their origin, their forms of Rovernment, and thefr social customs. The inhabitants wero divided Into two Qistinct classcs, the aristocracy and the peasantry. In the first division were included the nobility and landed proprictors, and the clergy, and, in the second, those who pursucd the trades and the handicrafts, and the tillers of the soil. In studying the civilization of Western Europe, PeTER discovered the exlstence of an influcntial middle class, to whose industry and energy a great share of the prosperity of the various commonvwealths was indebted. Asit was his afm to build up a civil and soclal organiza- tion in his own dominions similar in al its features to those existing in the most en- lightened countries of the Continent, he devoted a part of bis time to the foundation of a fiers- etat. The Czar could not transmit his Eenfus to his successors in the Imperial power, but he was able to impress them with so great a reverence for the wisdom of his policy that many of its fundamental principles have been sustained to the present day. His attempt to create a middle class has been fostered by the different autocrats of Russi, who have decreed the establishment of towns, made despotic provisions for their growth ang government, lfberally encouraged the Industrics 80d maintained the exirtence of guilds, yet at this moment there really exists in Russia the same bifold divislon of society that prevalled when Peren the Great removed the Empire out of the stmosphere of Asia into that of Europe. There have been changes in the meantime in the constitution of the upper classes; but. be- "tween these and the lower there is substan. tially nothing answering to a third estate which can gerve as a Jink uniting the two, It is nsserted that therc are no castes in Rus- sia, and it 18 true that there are no impassable barriers intervening between the lowest and the highest -social grades. The peasant may be- come the cqual -of the Prinee, and be acknowl- edged as such without reserve, while the pos- sessor of the oldest and noblest Ppedigree in Russian heraldry may rank with the humblest innabitant of the Empire. There is no especial Tespect felt by the people for titles or ancestry. It is chiefly official position which clevates one above another in the public estimation. The Czar fs the head of the nation and the sonrce of power, and they who stand ncarest him, bear- ing the largest sharc of the burdens and honors of his Adminstration, occupy the first circles of the aristocracy. There may be those smong them who trace their {mmediate orizin to ob- scure progenitors; but talent, education, and the favor of the Emperor make the accldent of birth a matter of light account in the balance. Prrze the t converted the Russian aris- toctacy 1089 agEyants of the State, and they who to the highest positions. It mattered nothing to - him how nobly or obscurely born were the men who proved intcllizent and skilifal coadjutors. He was capable of descending to the level of an artisan or & navvyand working side by side with him at any essential though menial labor, and he wisely lifted up to the highest rank, from whatever planc they chanced to occupy, men who were fitted by nature and culture to nsso- clate with bim in the labors of the Government. Servants of the State the aristocracy have con- tinucd to the present time. but with a greater. degree of frcedom in their service than the tyrannical PETER was contert to allow them. The division of the officers of the civil and military zervice foto fourteen distinct ranks or classes—n division which was instituted by | PETER the Great—still obtains, and advance- ment from the lower to the higher grades is generally secared by regular progression. Any person possessing intellectual qualifications is cligible to a placc in the public ervice, and his rise depends upon his own ability or the ap- proval of the Emperor. The law of primogeniture does not prevail in Russia. The titles of noble parents are borne by all their children from fnfancy, and at thelr death the family possessions are equally divided among the sons and daughters. This practice produces continual mutations in the ranks of the nobility, multiplying titles indefinitely, nnd, at the same time diminishing the means for sustaining them. Here is found one of the {ruitful reasons why there is so little dignity atlached to noble lineage. ‘The only zenuine Russian title, according to WALLACE, is that of Prince, which is borne by the descendants of certain ancient houses, and has been bestowed by the Imperial power upon fourteen familiesin the conrse of ncouple of cen- turies. PETER the Great introdnced the titles of Count and Baron, since which time the former has been bestowed upon sixty-seven {amilies, and the latter upon only ten: The weaith of the nobles and landowners was seriously reduced by the emancipation of the serfs. Each proprictor lost by that act not only his slaves, but ouc-half his land, which passed to tho serfs as their just share of the estate. But in earlicr times the possessions of the rich- er familics have been greatly overestimated. We have the statement from the anthority just quoted, that in 1661 more fhan 41,000 out of the 100,247 landowners had individually Iess than twenty-one male serfs. Only 3,803 proprietors owned each 500 serfs, and this number of de- pendents by no means represented a large amount of wealth. Among the few noblemen whose posgcssions accorded with foreign notions of the opulence of tne higher orders are named Count SCHEREMEIIEF, who owned above 150,000 male serfs: Count ORLOFF-DAVYDOFF, who is now the possessor of more than half a million of acres; the DEMIDOPFS, whosc mines yield an immense income; and the STROGONOPS, who aro the proprictors of vast estates,- “ which, if put together, would be ‘sufficient to form a good- sized independent Statc in Western Europe.” The wealth and the fashion of Russia congre- gatc in St. Petersburgand Moscow. A few wecks in the summer may be spent by the land- ed proprietors on their country estates, but the remainder of the year finds them domiciled in the mansions and palaces of the great Capitals, where the amusements of the pleasure-loving classes flourish in unrivaled splendor. The opera, the ballet, and the theatre, are munifi- cently supgorted by Government and by private patronage, and their representations are of the highest order of excellence. In none of the metropolitan citics of Europe is there more cal- ture, and refincment, and elegance to be met with in polite socety than in the two chief towns of Russia. The upper classes dsell m an atmosphere of luxury, and sedulously cultivate the manners and the accomplishments common to a high-bred aristocracy. Particular attention is pald to musicand the langnages as attain- ments which give especial advantages in the commerce of society. Children are placed at the'earHest age in the carsof French nurses and English governesses, in order that the speech of these chosen nationalities may become as famil- far to them as their own. French is throughout Russia the language of the educated classes, and it is often spoken with a purity of accent that captivates the eritl- cal Parisian ear. So generally has this tongue been adopted that the vernacular of the country has at times incurred the peril of belng alto- gether saperseded. It Is said that the Emperor Nicnoras never thoroughly acquired the na- tionallanguage, and that his attempts at using it in his official dispatches and correspondence were marked by the most ludicrous errors. The French language, literature, and customs first came into vogwe in Russia in the reizn of EvizaneTa, whea the court circles, tired of the German inflence which had been imported by PeTER the Great, insisted upon its being banished fn favor of the more brilliant civiliza- tion cherished by Lours XIV. The popularity of French modes fn all that Ppertalns to external forms was greatly Increased duricg the time of CATHERINE IL, while under theEmperor NICHOLAS their domination became complete, and French cooks ruled in the cuisine, French fashions prevailed in the drawing-room, French books were read in the boudoir, and the last French don-mot tripped on the tongue with the same case and charm as in the place of jts birth. ALBXANDER IL has striven to check these denationalizing tendencics, and to restore to their rightful ascendency the native apeech of the people, with the habits snd - customs in harmony with it. GAUTIER has presented a captivating pictore of a fashionable interior in the City of St. Peters- burg. Itschief charm consists in the prodigal display of flowers which adorn every nook, even in mid-winter. In a temperature steadily main- tairied at summer heat, the cholcest exotics bloom from September until June, and gladden the beholder witha vision of tropical luxurlance. Inaclimate where snow velis the face of the earth through six months of the Fear, the sight of growing vegetation within doors becomes al- most & necessity to relieve the eye oppressed with the contemplation of inanimate natare Iying still and white in the dress of the dead. Double windows exclude the cold of the outer atmosphere, and the space between the two sashes, beinz filled with sand covered with fresh moss, cheers the sight with s strip of living Rreencry. By every ingenious device the Rus- sian endeavors to evade in his dwelling a sug- gestion of the rigorous climate that environs him. In the open air in winter the sons and daugh- ters of luxury are enwrapped in furs which leave the face -alone visible. The climate im- Poses upon them a national costume at this scagon, but by the grades In its cost it is made to reveal the wealth of its wearer. Woman of the upper classes never walk in the streets, and men avold doing so whenever possiBle. Eho droschky In summer and the sledge in winter arc the national vehicles, and these are borne over the rough pavements with the swiftncss of the wind. A favorite winter amusement with young and old of both sexes is coasting. *Arti- ficlal mountains ¢f ice ard constracted for the vurpose, and down their glittering incline sleds covered with merry Ppasscngers dash with exhilarating impetuosity. The homes of the rich are farnished with every applis for comfort and cvery em- bellishment for the gratification of the taste that modern refinement can suggest or modern art supply. The splendor of the Orient there meets the Juxury of the Occident, producing sumptuous effects elscwhere unsurpassed. Yet in the appointments of the statelicst resi- dences there linger traces of the Tartar origin of therace, and of the habits of an ancestry that dwelt in the romantic tent of the steppes. The slceping-rooms of even royalty are measre- 1y furnished, and pofnt back to a time when the Muscovite dropped carelessly upon a divan and cnjoyed his slumber without disrobing. The narrow chamber of the Czar Nicroras con- tained only a nard .camp-bedstead and a foyw articles ot cheap furniture, and that of Avrex- ANDER I was equipped in a similar style of simplicity. The Russian cares little for the'se- clusion of & private chamber, and is apt to take his night’s rest by simply folding his pelisse about him and Teposing on the broad leather- spartments. ‘ As a prelude to the mors subs; the Russians partake of a luncty ?:’:‘ S, chovies, herring, smoked beef, sausag;?""" pickles, and other relishes, serveq With J Kummel, cumin, .and. Kindred beveragyy 8 cookery is French, stilla fow Dationa] h such as black bread; agourcis, a pmmn'dhh salted cucumbers; chtchi, a stew op :mu""' vegetables, barley, and prunes; ang ft’fi“‘ retain their place on the table. Th "5 A wincs of Earope, with porter, ale, apg 0% natiye beer, are drank at dinuer, Tea kh“ from tumblers instead of €upg, and the nfim sort is bought at the annual falr g4 s Novgorod g‘m(-i about $20 per pound. Itis ey as amber, and includes;the first 4 tender leaves. piklog o h) Fraits are plentiful the Year rounq, T short, hot summer thoseof the warm Ten, 4 Zone ripen readily on -the steppes of s‘,:"‘ Russia, storing fn their heart the sw liey flavors distilled from the ardent sun| ‘The fruits of torrid countries are mj b are reared ‘i hot-houses, and with gt profusely used inthe desserts of lavigy tainments. Vegetables are also abup, reared by artifiefal heat to supply Lhec::a' wintet. Cigarsarea Tuxury which musg Jjoyed within doors, as it is forbidden g, them on the streets in all Rusgian towng, The Greck Church, with its imposing is the religion of the State, and g for the accommodation of its worship g theg [ myriad spires and pointed domes hy In every city and villace in the Emppe 'St Imperial tamily and a large portion of th, habitants profess its faith and attend wity or less rezularity its ccremontals; bt the gy of unbelief that Is rife. in the age hag wide among the reading classes, Religiony well as political ‘ Nihillsm has hosts o lowers, and to what extent they will eowith 5 in its rejection of tlme—honomimunmm 3 toms cannot now be predicted. & 2 was makin 5 wn com Hartford Post. e Yes, that'sso. Tme TRidUsE 5223 now.tfy it was a little premature to make fon.q) BowLes. But GAIL’S screed was funn, Is to say, the one that “went for Bowrxs, gy Is very plain to us now that it docsu'tpay [ encourage women to pitch in. They get g0 | enthusiastic when patted on-the back, 2p In 1:} their excitement are mther more likelyty g B3 for the man who stands by and pats them thay forany oue clse. If Tre TRiBUNE had benas used to the ways of women as someof its con. temporaries it wouldn’t have laughed g [ Bowres. But then we must live and lear, As the thing stands now, all we have toasyrls, ‘Let the slipper g0 round.” Pooy Hazerp} | How he will catch it! Give him a 8ood oze, AsiGas! Hels the father of eleven chilirg: & and a mafden lady should be ablo to scure gy on him for that, if for nothing else. . of alipper, ete.- With a fecling of reliet fre chronidle the l;g' g that the Hon. Gzore= I Boxzs, Minister to Russia, is about ta leave ffr St. Petershurg, has hada good time hge; been Interviewed; told what he knew andflid not know abont the coming war between Gfrmany and France; yas dined and wined, and suppose, ‘as’ any zenfleman has a right tobe. come. Now—and 'say it with hearty thank. {ulness—he will sail fo the North, and, Russin. izing himself, becogie Boxer-orF, and editors will miss his name from the dafly dispatches. NIRRT~ 0= b One of the auxiliary. revenue bills that ham passed both Houses of the Illinols Legislsturs provides that *‘No appeals of writs of errorto the Supreme Court shall be allowed In tax cates until the appellant shall deposit with thy County Collector an amount of money equalto the amount of the judgment and costs.” Thiy is intended to prevent the taking of appealsfor the purpose of delaying the payment of tams. This bill will be of considerable service in pre. venting delay m the collection of taxes, unls the tax-fichting lawyers discover some waya circumventing it by the aid of the Courts. ————— The Washington dispatches are agat mex tioning Gen. LogaN for the Brazillan Missim. It is said that new appolntments will shortly b made for both the Austrfan and Brazilisg ¥ sfons, and that LoGAN can get the Iatterifls wantsit. The mission to the Brazilian Empire is copsidered to outrank that of any othe Amerfcan diplomatic position. L — o Two CILBERTS are contesting for the Uniled Btates Sub-Treasury in this city. The defestd member of the family can console himsalf fn}s disaster in the language of their namesske; St Huoxruzey GILBERT, who, when shipwresked, ‘went under shouting, “We are s nearto Hesva in the sea as on the shore.” ' The Cincinnatl Commercial savs that the S DENE troupe has a new kigker who can shoulder her Ieg Ifkc a musket, an ¢xercise which three her audicnce in that clty,-" into *‘a sympathetis perspiration.” In other words, the old mea of Cincinnati weep over what is, to them, thein- possible. Since those microcosms of the’ foolologyol politics, the mtl—Admlnix;.(—azlon Journals of ths Republican party,have quarreled with the Pres- dent, they devote their golums to the extractal antagonisms of Democgatic papers. They taks this calomel. / The Detroit Zribune has taken up the Ko tucky discussion on who wrote the Resolutions of 9%, and it gives a half-column editorial the question.. There is nothing like dignifyig trifles in this way and rg¥ivifying the obsolets: et ¥ The Hon. WiLLiaM A. RIGHTER is reportedss’ the Igst Democratic cangidate for the Governo shipof ¥ew Jersey. His motto, made by Be publicans, ought )o be, *My -counts, RiGuTER Wrong.” / ————— + now, accordiog 10 “ marriage is soo0m Men used to be m Eastern phraseology, Plished.” Soon, at thfs rate of progress, both marriages and funcrals will be perpetrated: ——— . *¢Behold, T show you a mystery. "—Jouradk You have unguestionably done so in regard 0 that “empty* cablegram published as “highlr- sensational news.” We cannot understand it- ——— . “ How many colored pegple are in Boston! writes a correspondent. /Don’t know? Can'® tell! The census of thc Nu-be-ans wil be taken early next fall. S It is untrue that the fon. ArzxaxpmRE StErmeNs returned to Georgia as a registered letter with a fifteen-cefit stamp on his nose 10 pay for the postaze. We thinkthat Mr. Brarve will hesitate long, long time before 7;% makes himself 50 f MULLETT of an anti-¥dministration structars in politics. The President refuscs {4 aceept adead-hesd pew in church. He préposes to pay for it Thiswill never do. It fs sctting a good pres® dent. . ——— The .Sun shines for all; for the Jowrnh © quote JorN RANDOLFH, it ‘“*stinks and shines like a rotten mackerel by moonlight.” ——— 5 Now that Gen. Graxt/has started for EQropt the Philadelphians will/attend to thelr perm® nent Exposition. ) ’ s A Mr. Hoao has writtgh a book on how o cuitivate a vegetable n. The most of ki name nose it. —— ““Call agatn!” New York Tribumio says President Hares. xffmz sald to spite M5 TiLoext ; Our Legislature is gitting decrepit. Ithss M new wrinkles every dayl % A Buntlng il be fashio ’m”mgugm,l f