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we shall have to speak. If this is so Mr, Burlin- game 18 entitied to a small, but a very small, chuckle over a piece of ‘cuteness which would do credit to the most promising of village lawyers in Connecti cut. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh arti- cles are pony meaningless. They are mere paddip’ ¢ stuffed in between the second and: eighth artici’ .3 partly to smother and partiy to support the ? ast. Arucle three only repeats one provision of the pre- viously subsisting treaty; article four sano- ther, and article five is useless, for the hg cof the Chinese to wae fc declare 4 py the Emperor, in a convention signed with Lor’ , gigin, in 1860, Tne mode and sijerysion of Chiv oge eigra- tion were subjects which demanded a tention, and Inight Well have been embodied in ¢ ireaty. “But, 4itiough the Californian journals hav’ ‘over and over again been flea with complaints, be th on behalf and to the discredit of Chinese residey tg” this essential question is deemed unworthy of » in the treacy. Artic.e six is ax needless as its a7 jrocedent. It is silt Ply @ repetition of the “fav jeq nation” clause Which was to be found in the ‘supsisting treaty be.- tween the two nations. Br x reiteration may, & & certain school of Americar 4 diplomatists, appe.r a provision ez avundantia ea le. Arutie ‘seven, amply repeating stipu- 2 seventeenth artiote of the We ne 7 hth articte, And this fs pr Oe ie whole. treaty. For tals the treaty has beer examination, we are convin ced ‘clause will givetr { made, and a consideration of this American nego ‘© best Idea of the craftiness 0°¢ the curious infelic’ -440F It seems to aus to exhibit, that scious attemp? Rob betrays "p.<00- ty of tlangui fuous but sy, 7 8t cajolery. it apictons disclaimer oo the part ,of the CHINA, British Condemnation of the Burlingame Treaty and American Mission. England’s J ealousy and Losses, Political and Commercial. e Coming Revision of the Treaty of Tien-tsin. too, 18 equally needless, ¢ Jation contained in thr United Syalen treaty, Fifty-two Wears of Anglo-Chinese Wegotiation and War and the Result. By cable teiegram‘and mati from Europe and the American g° East we have the following exhibit in pointed | that of Cy Bet Pama OF 8 Genin to biter (brown wi constr rail. nd most important Ulnstration of the effect pro- | muvn'p telegraphs. Such a disclaimer soads very kina, ;X@ Parliamentary disavowals of te same @uced in England and India and among the his Iy After this it 3—Butif et any time British trading community in China by the Bur- | wor Oot eee a eaemnS. “ p construct Mngame China-Ameri¢an treaty and the near | ny Ae Deen ee, se een State g° gull desig. approach of the day of revision of the treaty of | /uioyed by the Chinese governy. barter on Tren-tsin, recommend to other nations ane qual compliance with such application.” There n’ gyer perhaps, in the whole history of diplomacy, wr such @ Clause as this in a treaty bv nations. It is redolent of the sm vincial attorney and the huckste #@ penned or read étween two great THE BURLINGAME Te Frc tt ane ~ aa of the provin- British Assault on the China-Amerlea n Nise todictate topo Ohinese ‘ataye £er-ow We don’t wish sion NegotiationsJohn BulPs ‘yastern | Tallways and telegraphs—cer at ak a know what's manners too well fo, 4nat: Trade In Danger. and railways are the ontw: £4 'hats but telegraphs By cable telegram, published yester/ jay, we in- | and enlightened ‘andy of a civilized formed our readers that the London rimes of the Majesty Svould not iike 10 2 Perey 2 bree same morning devoted its leading co’.umns to a long denrtvel ot facts Delwiegs 4. And should your analysis of the treaty recently @onciuded by the | io have the work done fo) 7¥ction, we will undertake United States government with the Emperor of cuam mi the idles @hina through the embassy now visiting America ‘With Mr. Burlingame at its head. The Times says:— and at the cheapest rate. Lomas ropean nations—no, d ~ people invented railwa” great appliances of modern £% 804 telegraphs and all the ‘eivilization, and they will 1x “England ts more interested in China than any Sees Ss for Yous p ithe cleverest and cheapest ether Power; her commerce with that country | Burimenmewaniee, 18 the gist of the article, Mr. te larger, and since the treaty of Pekin her rela- | men in Ohina, simi 4/#et pacar sone eT tions with its government have been more | 80me time held the As the trade which the United friendly; ‘she assisted the imperial authorities | Tang with Gina” ,fti'China is to the trade of Eng- in putting down the Taeping rebellion. England 1s | nineteen, it is t peers he ene the proper Power for China to employ as a medium for revising her treaties with other nations. But this treaty with the United States, aiming to restore ‘the old exclusive policy, has been rightly entrusted to the manipulation of foreign counsellors, who ad- fore the ordinary progress an equality. P ees Engiand and the States on ae yer wtuthe race is not always to the swift, iy a to the strong. The influence which arises out of commercial wealth may not easily be attained; but ¥ fromcourtft ¢ another influence, that which arises vise what 18 impossible, the restoratton of a retro- |.way compa - wre’, LE pn Ben Ger eli grade system.” eee be cemight inspire emperors and mandaring The writer then proceeds to dissect, one by one, ence, and perhaps with awe. The conces- the articies of the new treaty. He calls attention to | oriand a ee reine obawocmtne the fact that China obtains no concession from the =a oer vers of telegraphs might in the course of a United States; on tho other hand the latter gaina | Gitaiar goextort more than orelgn, merchants had a century. n imperium tn imperto monopoly of railway and telegraph improvements. ee be-developed, and the policy of Pekin might ‘This is, of itself, a sufficient objection to the treaty. bp ry ested from Washington. Should other nations Yet the question may be asked, is it wise for England imay eee toy? bse coe of — ia cepa rt re y eric: reci! as the receive expl ation of other © multiply her differences with America on such atin Hes, and the justification of invidions privileges. grounds as these? . the treaty between the two countries, as it is ‘The article concludes as follows:— Fit blished, it is not for this country to complain. “We are bound to say, with conviction, that | n sere is in it little save the last cianse which has ot. bgen sanctioned in previous treaties. America wed China have a right to make any compact with each other. We do not know, however, if shere be not another and secret treaty which has recently been concluded between the ein- fede and the republic; and if there be, it may possibly become @ cause of future trouble. But there is one subject to which we may and must attend. ‘The author of this treaty comes here in the character of there is more underneath these negotiations | ‘ than appears on their surface, They bear dis- tinct traces of foreign inspiration. It is our belief that this mission did not originate with the Chinese government. The igea of enlisting Mr. Burlingame as a recruit for the furthering of Chines e ends, so far from being spontaneous, emanated fro m | fe eae Lae eocoars for the we pur- reign brain, ugges pose of recommending cl in our existing treat) Fi: pean ant wees ecihy the depart gp are China. Of the proj chi we ture Tor srom China of the Atherican Minister, which * ges | merly spoken. They are on their face needless, in- @rawing near at the time the plan was formed. No pp ae re sd = our ieee ‘They would oul ‘i es e of our wars and our negotia- be sie proposition was Joyfnlly welcomed b gimes tons, vthe purport of this American treaty reveals ministers of the Chinese Emperor, who, havir gone object at heart, gave one instruction to his ap hasan. ors, viz:—‘ Stop all progress; asforthe re carte blanche; say and do what you please.” Thi the purpose of its author; and if our own relations with the empire are to be modified in a spirit of un- worthy concession to an arrogant rival, we ghall afford another gad and humiliating instance of the & treaty, | Weakness which allows @ bold diplomacy to filen concocted by the embassy on their pass from aes na ndy aaeens ae ee gem a lavish hina to San Francisco, is the result NOW! efore.yg.r7 | GuUlay of men, money an mmorittan iibern rant F feet it, Se oa. of oa aceon bone Sp guard The American Treaty Corner ong terests even at a barbarian co PRES mae Se Hs fn oe {From the London Spectator, August 15.) “% It is not diMéult, now that Mr. Burlingame’s treaty {From the London Saturday Rew.) has been published, to perceive the line of policy The languid regard of readers m ey nave» been | upon which the Court of Pekin is entering, and @rawn for a moment to the articles between China and the United Stat as we have observed, the Times alo’ cated to the world, and which neit a. comm indeed, 1t wou Particular value which ought tot fueuit to detine the ment which on the first blush ¢ sucioges nothing to arrest attention. Did not the M gi @uvres of political pees ‘and the intentions of PO ical demonstrations in the United States bare e ordinary intelligence of Europe, we might jump to” gre concitision that Mr. Burlingame had achieved a1 gat diplomatic triumph. Certainly the trumpeting of “American: journals and of a new treaty @f, Which, as tar ae has communi- aor the Times nor a2 to~honor with eaeeken the European Powers, and more especially Great Britain, are not firm, will lead at no distant period to a fourth or Ath Chinese war, The Em- press Mother, the Premier Wan cg ao really able politician of the high tory sori—and Pring Kung, the three persons among whom the sovereignty is at present in commission, who direct all Chinese peey. od regulate all Chinese admmistration with # ‘power as complete as that of the Czar, are evidently penctraied with the traditional ideas of the Chinese omcial world. In opposition to the people, who like the trade and the wealth and the movement the foreigners bring, they desire, first of all, to expel SS if that may not be, to keep them on the the language of the Preside: succeeded in inspiring, | seal ‘They feel instinctively, and no doubt J Cet. were not intended 4 inspire, the belief that | justly, that foreigners ave a disturbing element he done something ve) % great and useful on be- | in ‘the empire, weakening the respect for half of his country in her felations to the Flowery | tradition, impairmg the despotism of the oftl- Empire. As Americans gre not generally accused | cials, bringing in ideas and ways and forces either of not understane gig or of not appreciating | dangerous to divinely arranged order. They regard their own interests, European stupidity ma: then in, fact, very much as Rome regaras free think- be joned if it T geniy infers that =. much | ers, not so inuch 48 noxious individuals, as instinc- tall talk was not gxpended for’ hothing. Ad- | tive, incurable foes of the system she desires to main- ditional curiosity j 4 challenged, both for the | tain. aided by some European advice, consequently, treaty and its aut! ir, when it is remeinbered | they have drawn up a treaty which reads very plaus- that the latter perso’ 4 :s'on his way to England asthe | iblég have induced Mr. Seward to sign it, without Minister, not of his own country, but of the cou which hé had repre Recon ford thinking too much of California, where one o1 ite #ented the interests of the United clauses Will create some little sensation; aud have States. ‘au unprecedented thing for the | now submitted it to the differents courts of oe one PO wer to represent gnother Power at | By the first clause the Chinese government undoes ndly court, * Pough it is a rare occurrence. But this is the first t my That @ great Oriental Power has delegated diplo matic functions to an alien and a barbarian. It gagurs either very little for Mr. Bur- 18 KNO' pet of China or very much for his phi josophy th: te undertaken funetions which Mandarir \ciass regard with unaffected and wn- concealed Co gitempt. The results of two wars and two humilla g:oms,have not cured them of tieir belief That all for¢agners are beyond the pale of recogui- the whole work of thirty years, abolishes what are known in Tarkey as the Capitulations, and in China as the Consular Jurisdictions, and places all foreign- ers once aguin under the mandarins. Whatever m: be the case in Turkey, it 1s quite certain that China is not yet fit for this change; that from the day it is eifected the Foreiga OMces of Europe will be inun- dated with just complaints of local tyranny, which will ultimately produce either a total cessation of trade—thereby exposing India to bankruptcy, and tion. They still look upon Europeans asaservile | the British exchequer to the loss of the tea race, wit'a whom communication should be held | revenue—or demands on Pekin which must be enly throughshe mediam of cads. Of course Ch:- | supported by force. The mandarin class hates -mese opMbon may be safely disregarded, both by | Europeans too heartily to be trusted with Americans and by Europeans; or perhaps Mr. Burtin- wwe nay, efter some years’ residence in Cuina, still compievely unacquatnted with it. Otherwise he may Not wwreasonably be suspected @f having under- taken an oftice which ts without Wnor because it may be atsended with profit. Itis his twofold mission which gives interest to the treaty between his coun- try and China. We cannot be iar Wrong tn surmis- ing taat the concocter of two treaties bas a common object in both, and American patriolsin Would spurn the suggestion that an American would not use bis opportunities for coaxing or extorting some advan- tage for his country. A rapid perusal of the new treaty reveals nothing new or startling. It is only when one looks narrow- ly into it that a purpose is dixcovered, It is quite possible that the Chinese have conceded and meant}io concede nothing to the fnsinuations or the demanis power over them, and it is better for China itself that this hatred should be neutralized by treaty arrangements than that every private quarrel should involve danger of war. If the consular courts are not strong enough they can be strengthened, or ex- ceptional powers placed in the hands of the embassies; butto abolish the jurisdiction at once is to enable the mandarins to edge the Europeans slowly out of China. It may be said that the Americans are will- ing to allow this, but the Americans are, of all foreigners, least dreaded by the Chinese. First, be- cause they have never fought Pekin, and secondly, because their intercourse with the empire has beea very slight. To say nothing of other countries, the trade of China with Great Britain and her colonies Was im 1s66:— Imports. £22,723,128 Exports of Mr. Burlingame, The shrewdness of their race Total.. may have satistied them that a bustling and ambitious | —wiile h : a hungry after New York eg might | Imports put off with diplomatic wares of the stalest and trashiest kind. The articles of the new treaty are, many of thein, the articles of the old treaty. The document ts one-half platitudes and the other half surplusage, The first article gravely enunciates the TOtAl. 0. 0cceseserecsersesesece In fact, the Union bays some tes there the connection between the two countries begins and ends. Any treaty not in itself discredita- po pepe that the Emperor of China is of opinion | ble is, therefore, Inditferent to Americ or, if ‘hat mm conceding to strangers the privilege of resi- | they can gain an apparent sevens over Europe, dence in his dominions he has not par with his | pleasing, while the main object of Eur , for which own jurisdiction. If this clause was not in- | she has fought so often, 1s to the inte- served in @ spirit of irony Chinese Emper- ors must take a very long, time to form rior and secure residence when there established. Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are harmie though their opinion. For the supreme jurisdiction of the | needi every provision they contain having been Emperor over his own ie and kingdom has | secu! di nt treaties, and, we are bound to been always recognized by the governments which | add, violated in spirit both by Ei id and the had relations with China. ‘The only, and that a par- | United States—by England in permt Australia ial, exception to this uniform conduct occurred in | to levy a tax on Chinese imm ita, and by the the year 1862. The Shanghae merchants had been, during the civil war, transferred from the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities to that of their own munt- Unton in allowing the outri on Chinese in Califor- nia against which the republican journals are now so warmly pro’ ing. The spirit of the treaty is contained in the first‘and tenth clauses, the latter of cipal officers, and therefore they inferred that, even r the termination of the war, the Guiness law | which pledges every ieee government to refrain was abrogated. But this error was corrected and its | from pressing railroads, telegraphs or other mate- consequence repudiated by the British Minister, who | rial t ements upon the government of Pekin. emphatically asserted the principle of Chinese juris- diction over Chinese oy And in no other in- stance since that time has the principle been ques. tioned, That the Emperor, then, should so submis. sively venture to advance his own opinion upon a matter on which there can be no doubt may be ‘That government is to in' luce them at ite own discretion—that is, whenever the sovereign junta at Pekin think the free in! ion of into China conducive to their authority, a period never likely to arrive. The clause is @ new diplomatic bar- rier it internal improvement, set up without the taken as an example either of demure pleasantry or | smallest necessity, the me governments havi: of contemptuous tro . . va neither the inclination nor the power to force Westers What Caan sense the government of the United | civilization on the Chinese court. Not a mile of Btates attaches either to the reiteration of an oid | rallway could be built in Chins without ite co prince or tothe mild claim of the Emperor it is opereto for not amlie of route could be obtained ossible for us to say. The only plausible gestion is thatinany ‘“diMeuity” Dieween English - | without ite distinct 8) led Re eae Chinaman gold his fleld for such a purpose without mandarin and Chinese the American treaty may be appe: mission would be summarily executed. Even to and an American ihterpretation of it may be aT could not overcome the resistance the the excuse for American interference. The second ar- | Chinese government could offer to any such under- ticle provides that all privileges shail be at the discre- tion of the Chinese government, but “not in a man- Her or spirit incompatible with the treaty Cs ed tions of the parties.’ How @ language which re. joices in concrete and repudiates abstract forms of expression would convey this meani is @ very puzzling question. To say in a treaty that a govern. Ment shall exercise the powers of a government, but not in @ manner adverse to the spirit of treaties which have already recognized these powers, ts not sayin, very much. Possibly there ts in the Clause a lateu Teference to aiater clause in thie very treaty of which taking, and the only object of erecting this dipto- inate barrier. Is to prevent the social and moral reagure towards improvement which arises from fie nce of the missions at Pekin from the em- loyment of Baropeans both in the Revenue and ‘ar \departments, and from the growin, ne larity Europeans among the people, he ing amnoys the court more than the hearty accord aniong the embassies, which makes every #erious suggestion av ‘identical note” from ali Kurepe; and it ig to break up this accord that the Premier has siruck ap this endden friendebiyp with Washington, NEW YORK, HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1868.—TRI De.ching, again, is eo offensive to the mandarins as 1@ moral hold which the foreigners acquire over cheir own subjects, a hold displayed in the rush of wealthy Chinamen to Shanghae, wuere it is dificult to “squeeze” them, and In the friendtiness strongly claplayed by she people of Canton, a city c.osed to us for @ quarter # century»on the pretence that i were unchangeably hostile. We shelled the lon, opened tt, and from that day to this have JOUNG the popiization as “odlging, as accessible and ooh do profitable business as those @ any Cont al city. Tae tuth of the whole matter 13 that. we must ‘Aer retire from..China altogether, to the tasting sugury of the Chinese themselves, or desist quiely ded persistently a receiving in China the treatment ‘we should receive in any other organized State—per- mission, that is, to go and come, to trade and build, with a full certainty that in the event of any dispute the officials, judicial and other, will mete out some cn- durable measure of justice. The day thatis secured the Capitulations ought to be anbileed; but the day 18 still far off and will never be secured if Americans assist Chinese Eldons to return to the exploded policy of isolation. Itis to facilitate such a return that this treaty has been 4rawn up, and we trust Lord Stanley, Who.is not often taken in by pseudo Philanthropy, will understand the situation suimM- ciency to make the most expedient reply, namely, that no alteration whatever can be made tn treaties purchased at so Much cost and with so much tea- sure without careful consultation with our repre- sentatives in China ‘and with the remaining treaty Powers, If while cemmencing this consultation he strengthens the hands of his agents in China, in- structs Mr. Wade to press for ingress into the inte- rior, but orders him to enforce good behavior among British subjects, behavior as geod as they would show in Caleutta or Bombay, dhe clans of justice on both sides will be fully satisfied. The Chinese are beund to grant us pernussion to trade in the interior; we are bound to see that the permis- sion is not exercised to their hurt; that, and nov an unreal diptomatic equality, ia the true basis for all Brivian tions with Pekin, THE TREATY OF TIENTSIN. ‘Britisn Interests and English Wants, 1 {From the Friend of India, July 20.) ‘The expression of Anglo-Chinese pubiic feeling, -dalied forth by the near prospect of a revisal of the b herr of Tientsin, 18 a8 temperate in demand as it is lecided in tone. From al! the open ports and from some of the great mercantile houses, like Messra. Jardine, Skinner & Co., memorials have been for+ warded to Sir Rutherford Alcock, detailing common experiences of the working of the treaty and repre- senting the modifications or additions which appear to be necessary. The same feeling runs throughout the whole of these memorials with a unanimity of expression that is truly wonderful and that forms the best guarantee for the sincerity as well as for the disinterestedness of the memorialists, Possessiny as they do such weight with all parties in China anc knowing the resources upon which they could fall back in extremity, the attitude assumed by the for- eigners towards the Celestial government is so sin- gularly unassuming as to be worthy of the highest praise; and it is but reasonable to suppose that their moderation will not be altogether lost upon the Court of Pekin. At all events the Chinese govern- ment cannot fail to see in the memorials, not only an rness to promote the interests of the empire, but an anxiety for the stability of the present regime, In the case of so many different porta there must, of necessity, be many local requirements or dis- abilities which the treaty failed to meet or to re- move; but these, though stated in each instance, are kept in the background. Thus Chefoo fees the hardship that the oppositie peninsula of the Corea should be shut against her beans and bean cake, her wheat and her pea oil; and that the rich trade from the Russian setilements on the North Pacitic should not be allowed to flow through the Corea and across the Guif to her harbor; Shanghae wants the super- intendency of trade transferred to her in rec: ition of her extensive commerce and central position; Hankow feels the coast trade duties severe, aud sug- gests that the collection should be made at the place to which the freight is consigned; Foo-choo thinks it desirable that inducements shouid be held out to foreigners to engage in mining enierprise: while Tientsin is eager for the construction of a ratiway to the coal min: f Chat-lang, and for the erec- tion of docks at Ta In themselves these individual demands are valuable, as indl- cating upon what a broad basis a treaty mist be fixed, which aims at meeting the wants of so many towns, varying so mach in situation, climate and re- sources, It fs admitted on all hands that the present treaty has not been interpreted in a sufticiently lib- eral spirit, that many of its provisions have been al- lowed to remain a dead letter, and that others have become in the hands of Chinese officials a means of extorting illegal dues or of exercising unnecessary restraints upon foreign intercourse. ‘The treaty ac- cordingly, though really drawn up in an admirapie and statesmaniike mauner, has come, through the fault of the consular authorities, to be regarded as inadequate for the necessities of commerce and the development of the national resources, From this, however, a valuable lesson will no doubt be learned, which may be applied to the reconstructed treaty, for, a3 one of the memorials observes, an impertect treaty Higidly insisted on is of far greatergalue than one in which no flaw can be detected, but which is allowed to remain in abeyance. Many hold, and with reason, that permission to reside and transact business in the interior is conceded under the twelfth article of the present treaty, but this has been allowed to drop out of sizht, while foreign manufactures, for the introduction of which poten was distinctly made, have become virtually excluded from the larger portion of the in- habitants. In dealing with this potnt it might be prudent for Sir Rutherford Alcock to consider free- dom of residence in the interior as already secured by the treaty, and to insist merely upon a clear defi- nition of the right. The transit dués, which are almost prohibitory to trade with the interior, afford an in- ‘stance of a wise provision in the treaty being vitlated by the native oficials. Thus a piece of cotton goods costing in Shanghae 16s. 2d. pays no less than 2s. 2d. between that nd and Soochow, # @stance of eighty miles, while the whole expense of transport and charges to Hankow, @ distance of six hundred miles, amounts only to 34d. There seeins to bea general feeling that transit dues should be collected by the local officials in the country, instead of at the custom houses of the open ports. On the other hand a system of forwarding the goods under con- sular passes seems to many recoumenda- tions, and the preliminary arrangements connected with it would be perfectly simple; but with the ex- rience of the dustuck system, which prevailed in this country a century ago, under which the native merchants purchased free passes from the company’s servants, we fear such @ system would scarcely be found to an- swer. With regard to the revision of the tariff itself, there seems to be but little ground for desiring further addition, so justly and liberally was the pre- sent treaty framed. It is, however, of vital import ance that the distribution of coal should be free, if the Celestial government adopted a system rents or royalties it migat find a valuable source of revenue in this di ion. The free re-exporta- tion of rice which has been insisted on can- Not In strict fairness be said to poasess the same re- commendations, although the duty certainly ought to be lowered. The salt duties are likely to prove a bone of contention when the revisal takes place, sir Ratherford Alcock discharges his duty im de- manding permission to import salt. [t is mot im- possible that this may be accomplished, and there seems no reason to suppose that the Celestial v- ernment would offer violent opposition if their cher- ished monopoly conid be preserved. It would, 'more- over, seem that opium js not such a hopeless @abject as Chinese history woifid lead us to suppose, and that if Sir Rutherford Alcock play his cards well tt ts just possible that opium dealers may be permitted to sell the drug to the Chinese in the intervor much on the same footing as they do to those in he open ports. Communications, which form undonbtedly the Most important snbject mooted, and a int on which if carried ail the others turn, are the promit- nent want of the day in China; but, nevertheless, it would be premature to predict how the imperial functionaries will recetve propositions for opening up the country by railways or even by roads. There is much, however, to be,hoped for from the liberal tendencies the Chinese government have lately shown and from the moderation of the other de- mands. Sir Ratherford Alcock will have to exercise firmness a4 Well a8 precaution in the negotiations; and if, as is whispered, he means to content himeecif with simpy og aeey | the present treaty, he must mive intimation that it will be interpreted and acted upon according to the letter, Any misunderstandiny on this point might jead to serious resulta, whic! are on all accounts to be avoided. One measure we should like to see carried out, which, however, can hardly be said to come within the scope of the treaty, namely, the arming of the pHots and pilot briga, a measure which dally occurrences in ese waters show to be absolutely necessary, Much depends upon the conduct of Sir Rutherford Alcock at the coming revision, and we can only hope that it will be worthy of the ze@i and statesmanship which he has hitherto exhibited throughout his Oriental career, a Treaties Revision. {From the Shanghae Recorder, May 25.) The nearer we approach the time appoiated for the revision of the foreign treaties with China, the stronger becomes the oa impression that no- thing will be done to disturb the existing order of things. Among the American residents, indeed, this seems to bea regone conclusion, {f we by the silence they have preserved, while their Eng- ah neighbors, in treaty port have been busil me! izing their Minister at Pekin on the wants of their anid fo po ey —— dur- & provincial tour last year, inv! country- =e to discuss the treaties; but in a despatch which has “yp op Say published he seems to treat of eir arguments with contemptuous comment. We do not ae? to enter into the merits of the disp ween sir Ruth- erford his compatriots, and have only alluded to it as one indication of the seeming reluctance of the British Miniater to join serious issue with the Chinese on the Mey yd of treaty revision. Itis quite possible that he ts only an ex- ent of the policy of his home government, who ve too many clainorous mouths to at their own doors to allow of more than a languid interest oy of China merchants, is no tit has beew aimost fm; bie to keep @ ram quo! | the House of Commons during discussions China, and the tone of the English press shows that the Disraelt Cavinet, nf its mainvenance of oftice, wilt disturb noth that can with safety be Teft alowe. The intentions of the Freuch government fre not known, but they are more limely to demand facilities for Le ‘+g! propagandiem than conces- mona to trade, he Russians quite satisfied With their prevent position, ubdoubtedly stand on @ co'gn of vantage as compared with other nations, which often enabies thom to take what they Want without te formality of consulting the Chinese, What may be the policy of our own gor ernment Mf, Burlingame perhaps alone knows ; for with all hfs naive willingness to expound his ideas we have yet to learn that he ever divulged his plan af action on ihis or any other occasion, But it 1s Permitted usto hope that zeal for his new chiefs Wil not tempt him to use his influence at Washing- ton in @ Way that wil! belie his record as a liberal and progressive statesman, There can be no doubt that the paged treaties, if they were not 'a:iowed to remain in many respects a dead letter, Would assure to Joreners many of the privileges which they now hope to gain by Tevision, and nearly all that China ean con- cede with a due regard for her own internal administration; but it so happens that the Chinese have dexterously insisted on @ literal interpretation of these uments, by which every doubiul clause 13 construed in their favor, and some- Fa im asense contrary to the framers’ intention, or instance, article nine of the British treaty | authorizes Brit! ure or for their pleas- oses of trad: paris of the interior, er passports; art! welve stipulates that “Bri subjects, Whether at the portsor at other places, desiring to build or open b ware- houses, churches, hospitals or burial grounds shall make their agreement for the land or butldings they require at the rates prevailing among the people; and by arucle fourteen “British subjects may hire What boats they please for the transport of goods or passengers.” Now, taking these three articles tovether, it would appear that British subjects (and Americans also, by the favored nation clause tn our treaty) are entitied to live in the interior for purposes of trade and to transport their goods from the eoast im such boats as they may choose to employ, whether impetied by steam, sails or oars, But the more narrow interpretation of the treaty has reduced these privileges to a nullity, and in fact the only trading establishments are ap the open ports, while the navigation of inland waters by steamers is prouibited, save on the Canton, Yangtze and Peihorivers, Itis strange, in the face of this, that the Russians have their trading posts at various points in the empire, and as a matter of treaty right there seeius no reason why Americans and Engiish- men might not claim alike privilege. ‘fo conclude, we may summarize the chief points on which the English imemorialists urge a revision of thetr treaty, 1. Certain changes in the tariT— of minor importance, however, as it {s not claimed that the duties generally press unfairly on trade. Penalties for alleged breaches of revenue laws not to be iniicted by the Chinese without the assentof the Consul. 2. The better pegulene? of inland transit dues, which are intended to protect sh subjects to “travel for 0 all PLE SHEET. 3 of the polytechnic association and $109 for the re ports of the photographical department. Judge Nrountiore then reported the death of Edwin Smith, one of the oldest members of the soeiety, and pro- posed & series of resolutions which, being feelingly seconded by Dr, Feuchtwanger, were adopted, and after tat if Was voted to adjourn, SCOTTISH GAMES. ‘aledonian C!ab at Jonew Wood, The twelfth annuai games of the Caledonian Club were heid yesterday at Jones’ Wood. Av an early hour the members, dressed fn their picturesque cos- tame and headed by Robertson's band and thetr chief WASHINGTON. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 1868. Progracted Absence ef Geaeral Grant at the West. From information received by a high government Official directiy from General Grant a day or two ago it ig wnderstood that the General meditates making a much’ longer stay in the rural districts than has been hitherto generally supposed, and it is altogether probable that he will remain away from army headquarters until the end of October, The prevailing impression has been that General Grant would leave Galena m @ few days for a trip to the Festival of the Atlantic coast, and would return to this city | 80¢ chieftains, left their headquarters in Sullivan by the middie of the present month; but street, formed in procession and marched to Broad- this intention has long since been abandoned, way and thence to and around the C y Nall Park, Where they took the cars for Jones’ Wood. The ctub and is superseded by another entirely its reverse. ‘The General states, in substance, that he does not partie at the Wood about hatf-past nine nsesial nd Soon alter initiated the garnes and pastimes of wish to ret ington to be dragged into the ere tO. Waal pd vedi the day by an old-fashioned Scotch reel, danced to entanglements of the prevailing political struggle. He cannot avoid bemg drawn into situations that prove very embarrassing to him under the silent and non-committai policy he has adopted in regard to the requirements of the present or the expectations of the future, if he resides in Washington during the fierce political contest now pend- the inspiriting sercech of the martial bagpipes, ‘The morning Was so very cool that canny chicls wagged their bonnets ai the threatening clouds cxrecning overhead and prophesied something more thane Scotch mist before the conclusion of the gumes, The sequel proved that their second sight was us Keen as. that of the miserable old iady who reque*ted Lochiel ing. The General does not seem to dread @ to Lew: day. the assaults the politicians of Illinois may | Once anon a line, fo nvaniy ee amen make upon him, for there he finds that a few words par omittie pl fails, | td Hath? oust edb Of excuse are readily apcepted, and the will 104018 | seouisned the goodly company in auld \Howay’s Spken: :fon:-the deeds: Kiet pTblasshoweyersichan haanted kirk did mortals tn short clothes (vp it with not been his experience in Washington, Here “traps more spirit and vin, ‘The dancers fairly winsed with are laid, inductions dangerous,” by serenades, | thojr legs. Dancing became epidemic whieb sudden visits of surprise parties of old po- | caught up eae Ley a Pine presont. ae sce was pictures e extreme, the hitieal veterans and dignifled delegations charged pel cae: lee Getorations .of the dancers with the presentation of memorials, addresses and | contrasting beantifuily with the bright, fresh complaints; these gentlemen cannoteasily beshaken | green of the grass and trees, Wile the off without some expression of views upon the ques- splendid forms of the Highlanders move «bout tn 2 reel with tne grace snd ease of toa sought to be solvéd, and the General has found | qreambished votaries of the terpsichovean art, that notwithstanding his frequent blunt refusals to one ne soncnsicn of she reel, whlch. was sikneased s y @ large and enthusiastic concourse vople, Pal Coane apaaslie, Wy DrAntiMoners. Of YARD: Robertson's quadrilie band performed im excellent ington have flanked him and obtained ample sati® | style a selection of the most popular Scottish airs. faction in the end. Both the music and the dancing were heartily cheered, foreign property purchased in or sent to the iaterior from the illegal exactions of local authorities. 3, A more ent system of legal procedure, to enable foreign 3 to recover debts from Chinese. ‘These two points are among the most dificult, as they in- volve the discuseion of the whole system of Chinese interna! revenue—of the independence of the provin- cial governments and the integrity of their offictal body. 4 The right of residence in the intertor and of navigating the inland waters in steamers. 5. The gy of upeping mines—a question complicated y the ingralued superstition of the whole Chinese nation, which ie government owns itself powerless to resist. 6. The establisiment of raliroads and tele~ graphs—prevented now in China, as it was impeded afew years ago in Europe, by prejudice and igno- Trance. BRITISH DIPLOMACY IV CHINA. Special Missions, War, Peace, War Again, Treaty, More Wars and Another Treaty. (From the Friend of China (Shanghae), July 2.) Reverting to our review of the “Foreign Ottice List and Diplomatic and Consular Handbook,” for Janu- ary, 1867, we must commence by remarking with regret that since the publication of the ist of oficial in our Issue death has been busy with its members, Sir Eric Farquiar, at_ Pekin, and Mr. €. 8. Lanca, at Macao, having paid the debt of nature. To return to the “Foreign Olice List,” as connect- ed with the Clina branch of the service, the next point we have to note is the list of @mbassadors, envoys extraordinary, ministers plenipotentiary, &e., from Great Britain to foreign States from 1814 to 1867, the portion relatmg to China running thus:— orttna. roal A large number of visitors from the Caledouian clubs pe Revenue MuddlemA Big Fight in in Baton, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Nev Bafaio, Prospect. Albany, Brooklyn and other places wer esent OD the ground, some of whom occupy high oiicial post- tions in the Scottish organizations, Among the in- vited guests were also Mr. Charles R. suvung and Mr. Alexander Mathew. ‘The following are the programme and the names of the successful competitors:— 1, Putting the heavy stone (2¢ 1bs.)—Mr. Alexander ‘The internal revenue muddle promises fairly to engross the public attention quite as prominently as the famous War Department imbroglio. The official red tape remains dismally tangled, and the dead lock among the Supervisors has returned with as uncom: promising a front as before. The statement comes | q, Graham. from a credible source that Secretary McCulloch has yaa qi na a as stone (18 Ibs.)—Mr. Peter decided to suspend further action in the appoint- The atandin, jump—Mr. Peter Frazer. ment of Supervisors until the result of the little mis- 4. ‘Vhrowing the heavy hammer (21 1b3,)—\r. Peter understanding in New York is ascertained. Thespeck | Frazer. 1 ¥ .)—Mr. r of war that has been raised by these charges against eee the light hammer (15 Ibs.) Mr. Pete: the higher revenue authorities begins to assume alg Cae an appearance of some importance, A government | 7. The broadsword dance—Mr. Janes West. 4 officer engaged in the examination in New York i oe ionpr-iik, Peter Fraser Zs wrote to a gentleman in this city to-day that every- @ The short race—Mr. J. Gruddy first; P. Frazer thing thus far indicates the beginning of a big fight. second. ns of The whiskey ring, he says, is claiming the aid of | ,,12 The BAG rey obi years, for S01 the beleaguered revenue oficials, and heavy suis of 11, Tho bd | Sau race—Mr. A. money are changing hands in opposition to the in- | R. Hamilton second, vestigation. ‘At this polnt in the progress of the games the chiet Appointment of Internal Revenue Officers. led the way to the dining hall, where a bountiful dinner was spread for the members of the club and ‘The following internal revenue ofictais were ap- pointed to-day storekeepers:—David 8. Lee, Third their guests, During the intermission the immense district, Ohio; Peter L. Dowling, St. Louis; T. L. P. assemblage, which at this time numbered over six thousand’ people, atruggied amid the din of scream- Defrees, St. Mary’s, Ohio; Harvey Compton, First district, Ohio; Jesse Byrkett, Urbana, Ohio; Jules ing bi ipes, the rattling of plates and the frantic cries of Bewildered waiters for something where- Montonquier, Cincimati; James S. Mallory, Brook- lyn, N. Y.; William H, Martin, First district, Ohio; nA 6. Therunning jump—Mr. Peter Frazer. Forrester first; with to satisfy the cravings of hunger, grown sharp and keen tn the bracing alr and excitement, and were more or less succesful, After dinner had been disposed of the games were resumed, but with dl- 1816.—Lord Amherst, ambassador; special mission. January 20. Henry Ellis, minister plenipotentiary, ad interim. January 24. Sir George Staunton, commissioner, 1534.—William John, Lord Napier, couinissioner. (Hostilities commenced November, i839, Treaty of peace signed at Nankin, August 29, 1852.) 1841.—Sir Henry Pottinyer, ‘chief superintenacnt of British trade In China. August 16, 1844.—Sir J. F. Davis, plenipotentiary and superin- tendent. February 9. 1848,—Sir 58. G. Bonham, plenipotentiary and sa- perintendent. Aprit 27. 1858.—Sir John Bowring, plenipotentiary and chief rintendent. December 24, 7, James Bruce, Karl of Elgin and Kincardine; special mission. April 17. [{ostilities commenced May, 1857. Treaty of peace signed at ‘Tientsin, June 26, 1458.) 1850.—Hon. F. W. A. Bruce (now Sir Frederick), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. January 14, Hostilities recommenced on the Peiho, June 25, 12d, —Janiee Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine; “ial mission, March 20, {The ratiscations of the treaty of peace of June 27, 1858, were exchanged at Pekin, October 24, 1860.) 1865.—Sir Rutherford Alcock, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and chief superintend- ent of British trade. April 7. ‘The China Patronage and “Spoils” in Downing Street. {Prom the Friend of China (Shanghae), July 2.) Next in order comes @ statement containing the ranks, dates of appointments and further; remarks respecting those persons now eis who have served or are now serving under the Foreign Ofice (St home or abroad). Froin this lst we have in our last three issues extracted the names of all those now serving in China, the information regarding ae will doubtless be of interest to many of our readers, Succeeding the “statements of service” we come on page 182 to Salaries &c., Diplowatic Service, that portion licable to China running thus:- China.—Envy@Extraordinary aud Minis- ter Plenipotentiary. See Con- Secretary of Legation. vee} polar Second § tary. Service. Second Secretary. We naturally turn @ little farther on to salaries, consular service, and at China, Pekin, find @ foot note to the‘ effect, “For Diplomatic staff see page 182." This part of the Foreign Oitice list has become obsolete, and in lieu of it we publish that portion of the estimates which relates to the China Consular Service, reserving for @ future issue some remarks we feel called on to make ing the judicious- neas of some of these items of public expenditure. Mission and Superintendency.—Envoy snd Cilef Superintendent, £6,000; Secretary of Legation and Chinese Secretary, £1,200; Second Secretary, £000; Assistant Chinese Secretary, £600; Assistant and Ac- countant, £600; bart aye £600; Colonial Auditor, £500, and Assistant (at Hong Kong). Total sal- aries, £10,700. Consuls.—Canton, £1,600; Swatow, £800; Amoy, £900; Foochow, £1,000; Ning} , £900; Shanghae, £1,500; Tlentsip, £800; Chinking, £900; Kiukiang, $000: Hankow, £1,300; Tientin, £000; Newchwang, £1,800. Total salaries, £12,800, Vice Consuls.—Tangchow £750; Shanghae (two), £750 each; Whampoa, £750; Tamsui, ; Taku, £500. Total salaries, £4,100. Interpreters.—TWwo first class, £1,400; five second class, £1,500; four third class, £1,600. Total salaries, 0. istants.—Six first class, £2,400; six second £2,100; eight third class, £2,400. Total salaries, scetlaneons.—Student Interpreters, £5,300; Writers or Linguists, £2,475; Consular Agent Macao, £159; allowances for passages for Consular oficers and student interpreters, £2,000; buildings required at several of the Consular stations, £20,000; temporary allowances at Shanghae, £1,300; temporary aliowences at Hankow, £550; pay of Legation guard and escort at Pekin, £857; contingences, £' The contingent expenses are:—I, ublic servants, such ag porters, coolles, watchmen, jailora, boatinen, P ; 2 printing, stationery, postage and messengers; 3, rent of ground for consular build- ings, repairs and Insurance; office expenses; 6, chapels and chaplains; 6, gutfte to consuls and vice consuls; 7, journeys on the public service; 8, allowance to St. Paul's College, Houg Kong, with & a view to promoting the study of tue Cuinese lan- yu elite THR PRNSION LIST follows, and there we find the following noted as recipients of pensions or compensation allowances:— Bowring Sir John, Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, served ten years and three months; pension £1,333 64. 8d. Elmsiie A. W., Acting Consul, Canton, served seventeen years; pension £260. Elmslie B., Secretary and Treasurer, Canton, served seven a pension £200. Hague Patric ice Consul, Ningpo, served twelve years, pension £193. Mi ir F. C., Consul, Canton, served thirty-five war 200. iey Horece, First Assistant, Canton, sorved twelve years, ig Jackson R. B., Consul, Foochow, served twenty- three years, oo Johnston ty R., Secretary and Registrar, Superin- tendency Hong Kong, served twenty-four years, pen- sctnong the list of Civil K. 0. Alcock, and in the C. B's, Mr, Wade and Mr. D. B. Robertson, represent the China Consular service. —— EXCITING BOAT RACE ON THE NIAGARA RIVER. BUFFALO, Sept. 3, 1968. An exciting boat race occurred on the Niagara rivet thie afternoon. Alexander Tolsma and Dod Marvin, two expert oaremen, rowed for a wager & distance of five miles up the Niagara river, inst Sastes mile raed through the tay ids an hor and Bird Isiand Reef and three anda miies on the return; im forty-eight minutes fifty-seven seconds. Heavy clinker boats were used. Toma beat by five seconds. Tolama labored under the disadvantage of bor the staving In of his bow on crossing the Reef. cn changed hands on the result, The betting was ln. favor of Towa. For halt a mile over the Reef te current We fully ten miles an bour. hed spirit, the forebodings of the wise of the Chester F. Shelly, Lockport, N. ¥.; John W. Redmon, | Mya *"ha con oupleasantiy The Fifth district, Minois; ©. E. Paddock, Louisville, | rain came down lightly at first, owing, probably, to the neglect of the President of Ky.; William W. Peterson, Fourth district, Ohio; Jesse F. Madden, Brooklyn, N. Y.; and the following for Chicago-—Edward Mann, Otto Schast, A. B. Harker, John W. Connett; F. A. Touner. Gaugers—John Barker, Seventh district, Ohio; Frank Koehl, Fifth district, Ohio; T. O, Ebaugh, Third district, Ohio; James Hunter, First district, California, ‘The President to-day appointed Revie J. Faugeray Assessor for We Fourth district of Pennsyivania, vice ‘Thomas H. Forsyth. Accident at the Schuetzenfest. The Schuetzenfest continues to be largely attended. The rope-walker, a mere boy, who feil from a height of forty feet, last night, the rope giving way owing to the loosening of the guys, it was first supposed had sustained no serious injury, but on examination to-day it was ascertained that he had broken a rib. sistration and Numbering of Vesscle§in the | Sor sree tanding high leap—James Golding first, hid ‘ four feet three Inches; W. L. Campbell second, four Director Delmar, of the Bureau of Statistics, leaves | feet two inches; Adam Walker third, three feet ten to-night for the West in connection with customs | inches, . The hitch and kick—W. I. Campbell, first, matters, and especially in reference to the registra- | on: fect turee inches; John Golding second, elght tion and numbering of vessels, which duty is im- feet two inches; Thomas Nichol third, eight feet. posed upon him by act of Congress. Mr. Danze, as 21. The hurdle race—Adam Walker first, R. Ham- second Secretary of the Russian Legation, will ac- fiton second, T. Nichol third. 22, Boye’ hurdle race (under fifteen, sons of mem- company Mr. Delmar for the purpose of making | bers Ce pee Lael ke El William Pollock a it second, George Hamilton third. aren eel h some of the details of our 28. The hop. step and jamp—A. Nichol first, thir- governmental machinery. ty-four feet;'J. Golding second, thirty-three feet Reduction of Force in the Navy Department. | eleven inches. The Navy Department has, in accordance with the 2%. The wheelbarrow race—James Thompson first, reduced amount of appropriations and the will of ith second, John Cummins third. Congress, reduced the personnel of the. navy to what the Citizens’ Association, to forward @ remon- strance to the gentieman in charge of the weather department, it soon be; to pour in touche, drag: giing the kits of the Highlandmen and spoil! be- ‘ond redemption the bright and gay costumes of the jadies. 12. Vaulting with the pole—Mr. Peter Frazer first, nine feet eight inches; William L. Cainpbell bry eight feet nine inches; Al. Graham third, eight feel six Inches. 13. The long race—Mr. Alex. Graham first, James Kirkland second, Adam Waiker third. 14. Tossing the caber—Mr. P. Frazer first, Robert ‘Wiillamson second, W. L. Campbell third. 15. Walking match (one miie)—Wiiliam Deans first, Mattie Golding second, J. A. Kirkland third. 16, Long race (one mile), onan. to ail comers, first pe $50, pre prige $35— ead heat between J. itzgeraid and M. Hughes. le the i ier eal West firat, Joba Tayior second, James Taylor third. Fs ‘The sack race—David Melville first, R. Steven- son second, R. Forfer third. CRICKET. New York va. St. Georac. ‘The match game between these clubs was resumed yesterday morning, and as the contestants had felt each other's mettie pretty weil in the frst mning om Wednesday a fine display was looked for in the sec- ond inning. The attendance of spectators was very limited on both days, but those who were pres- ent appeared to enjoy and appreciate the efforts of the opposing forces. The morning was very gloomy looking and the anticipations of a downfall were unhappily realized. When the stumps were drawn on Wednesday evening each club had played one At the conclusion of the games darkness had set it was before the war—namely, eight thousand five | sid q the services of almost all the masters.at each of the | great oe a oy Soon ee — navy yards. Only two or three of the most impor- | Were ¢! a 4 tant are retained at any yard, but the dutics hereto- | ng the day happened to a man named Jona Hall fore performed by the masters have all been de- | by a@ plece of glass when runoing in the short race. volved on one of the quartermasters, a foreman, | He was attended to by vr. Kennedy, who was pre- thoreby saving a large and useless expense, Two | *a* 00 the ground witnessing the gaines, or three masters were continued at the Portsmouth yards longer than at some others, but these were discharged after the launching of the Algoma, a new sloop-o!-war recently completed at that yard. Brazilian Vice Consal at Boston. The President has recognized Stephec Higginson as Vice Consul of Brazil at Boston. ‘The Merchant Marine of the United States. In accordance with the law of July 28, 1866, Direc- tor Delmar, of the Bureau of Statistica, has awarded numbers to 22,735 vessels belonging to the merchant marine of the United States, and to all of those ves- sels which are seagoing he has awarded signai let- ters to enabic them to communicate their numbers to each other when passing at sea, The number of easel 042 m | inning, the «core of the New York being 126 and that sailing vi ie i Ay and the namber of ste of the'St. George 7 Yesterday play, was resumed vessels 2,942, The total tonnage of both classes com- | jn lively styi , with a bond ggg od bined is 3,109,267, and the number of unrigged ves- | though the ficiding was somewhat loose. 8 5 New York concluded their second inntn, for seis 4,761, with a total tonnage of 463,761, so that the | XP". \hicn Mortimer ‘contributed 43 In-exce!. grand total of the tonnage of the merchant marine of the United States, if no account be taken of the vessels lost during the past fiscal year, amounts to 3,563,028 tons, lent style and Cashman a well played 18. Shortly after three o'clock the rain came down in earnest, !@ consequence of which the second inning of the St, George was temporarily suspended. Aiter playin under difficulties, for the grass was wet, the groun slippery and the delivery or retention of the ball no easy task, time was called at six P. M., the result being a drawn game, though the total scores stood at 219 to 167 in favor of the New York Club. The Lieutenant Commander Fitch has been relieved co oy Nad nn habe pA a fal re play, A Jom- whe ol ul y was deservedly from the command of the Marblehead and bom Admired. Altogether the match was pretty well ier Adams, Jr., from the Philadelphia Navy | contested and Will no doubt be finally determined on Yard, and they are both placed on waiting orders. dae cere . Subjotned is @ full score of the two Naval Orders. Commander McCann has been ordered by the Navy Department to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. AMERICAN INSTITUTE. oD new Mera Sa tna At the regular monthly meeting of the American | Hudson, b. and d. Korte Institute, which was held last evening, Dr. John P, | Kerr, b. hey c. Gibbes, b. Buttertield. Rich presided and Mr. John B. Chambers acted as | “Noriey.” Secretary. The minutes of the last meeting were — Tread and.approved. Eighteen new members which | Rogerson, been proposed were accepted. The report of the | P2r” Fine nce Committee was received with approbation. It shows that the balance in the treasury was $12,115 07, of which $10,612 50 waa invested in United States five- Tyler, not wen' bonds, leaving the me amount oF $1,002 ot as ready in hand. This rt was signed by Mi Thomas M. as Williams, Jr., Charles Cham- Adriance, Thom: pr tn 4 ae maces ae | po ning. MS ea eM Sy cyras le a a Dera sion camued about lectures for the com- Second tunfig. o wo 9 73 wo 8 OD re season. A member that $2, Fire Inning. oT. @xonGa, " . Rogerson. ing $3 000 another that $5,000 be for that ol oom s, t under the hi ony tg Some thought that general phraseol Rorioy’ © hee ‘ lectures on all ive nT this one member answet livered. 1d itke to have would - Second Inning. the following:— Citesoived, That he sum of #8000 be and hereby ie appropri- to pay the expense uy ‘8 course of lectures, under the @u- tworty given i artiole ‘of the bylawra, and 9 pay. for te Snelude in \Se'cecron wits enalk commence in the year 1 and terminate in 186% © Stolecee Ese log byen, 3; wides, mF a Having disposed of this very (as !t seemed)’ in- teresting question, another one presented itaeif in | ®*eand tank Jo a ti the shape of a bylaw of the tion, which gives | gapputetaiesrs James v4 Saga bre ng Wy pres a Seta | she pore or bvaor a rao) J . nt nancial he ' vi Aiaiculty on account of this, It wag resolved that ine |, THE ‘Board of Directors of the New york and trustees be directed to set from three hun. | O8wego Midiand Ratiroad have award “ dred to to be wld, et the Middletown division of the road and the be reserved for meniverd ¢ branch to Bieaville, wad @so the Showangunk eving tickets of admission. An appropriation | tunnel, The tine! vas awarded at $4 per cuble of $200 woe voted, $160 for reporting the Froceedings yard.