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Sf P England’s Decay in Political Influence, eo Commerce and War Power. Tho Egyptian Princo and. His Oxford Classmates, a 4 ppoerman Consolidation and Notice to Napoleon. @he Peace and Liberty League Gongress Closed. vi The French Transatlantic mall steamship Ville de Paris, Captain Surmont, which left Brest on the 23d of October, reached this port at an early hour yes- terday morning, bringing our files from the Conti- nent of Europe, dated the day of sailing. The Cunard mall steamship Cuba, Captain Moodle, from Liverpool ov the 234 and Queens- town the 24th of October, arrived at this port yes- terday evening, bringing our special correspond- ence and a mail report in detail of our cable tele- grams and additional to that supplied by the French steamer Ville de Paris. The Empress Eugénie ianded at Alexandria on the 2st ultimo and was informally received by the Pasha of Egypt, who accompanied her Majesty to Cairo. A Dublin paper believes that the Attorney General ‘will decline the Mastership of the Rolls, his services in Pariiament being regarded as indispensable to to the Ministry in the forthcoming seasion. The Right Rev. Dr. Gillooly, Catholic Bishop, was examined before the Election Commissioners, at Bligo, and made a distinct denral that Catholic elecors who supported Major Knox had been excluded from the churches by his direction. He aiated that there being very strong feellng agalast those persons after the election, arising from the beltef that thoy had acted tn violation of the dictates of conscience from corrupt motives, he requested that they should sit ina part of the parish church where they would not be much noticed, as he appre- hended that their presence might produce some hos- tile demonstration from the body of the Catholic in- habitants. He admitted that he had “admonished” those electors to make publlo reparation for the ecandal they had given, but denied that any of them had been denied sacraments, 2 ‘The claim of the laity to have a voice in the dect- sion of questions of discipline and doctrine in tho Protestant Church threatens to be a serious obstacle totne processjof reconstruction. The subject was Gebated at a meeting of the clergy of the Aroh- @iocese of Dublin on Thursday, and tt appears from & report furnished to a Dublin contemporary that there was a largo and influential party of tho clercy totally opposed to the claim, though tho majority Genounced the resistance as ‘‘sacerdotal.” _ _ Mr. Pollacky, who keeps.a private inquiry omce in ~ London, says that Elizabeth Barry, the child abdue. ) Monist, was in his service fora montn as cook, but it was not through him that she got a character. Lord Shaftesbury declined to act upon the com- Mittee formed to oppose the appointment of Dr. Temple as Bishop of Exeter. The Grand Duke Michael, Governor of the Cau- asus, has been designated by the Court of st. Peters- burg to represent Rusala at the opening of the Suez Canal. ~~~ The London Post directs attention to the practice ‘—wywer diag upworthy ships to sea, ana says tt could name one port on the northeast coast of England where a speculator, “of originally small means, made a fortune by owning wrecks, patching them Op with canvas, pitch and oakum, and safling them till they went under, crew and all. The ships wero Insured to the owner.”’ In Spain, October 21, the Protestant Bishop of Dal- phams, uni several Protestants, were arrested in the Evangelical church at Granada, Their arrest is said to be due to political reasons. ENGLAND. Tho Diference Retween American and British National Prosperity. Lonpon, Oct. 17, 1869. In Giscnssing the rise of América and the gradna) but very sure decadence of England there ts one point which I think both journalists and travellers omit to note, It 1s this:—In your country the whole mass of the population, high and low, rich and poor, the upper ten and the lower miilions, have but one common national Interest to serve, one common object, which la that of the prosperity of the whole republic to advance. I don’t say that you all go avo:t this in the same way. You have your Giferences of political opinion, and you will atways have them. Without them the government of your great country would subside into the most objectionable form of class, or even family, rule. But there is not in the States—and how thankful you all ought to be for It—that determined clashing of class interests which is the curse and must ever prove the ruin of countries governed as England ts, by an hereditary aristocracy. It is this never-ending war- fare between class and class, between those born of bigh fam)ly and those of humble origin, that ts the real fore, the true and incurable cancer, which is eating way the vital parts of the nation. Thus that which ‘the landed gentry wish to maintain, and which they fight to support, is no doubt the ruin of the laboring Classes. The rise of the latter must cause the fall and decay of the former; and it is in this light, and Keeping this great fact before your eyes—a fact which Englishmen most determinedly tgnore— that you should read the current history of England, to say nothing of the troubles of Ireland, and it is with those remarks that I shall totroduce the subject which is now the moat important of the day. {t fs the Irish land question. In this, as ip every other proposed change or reform ta England, there Gre two interests to be consulted. In America the Welfare of the greatest number would be the key- Rote by which oid iniquitous laws would be swept Sway and now regulations introduced. But it is pot so here, The Irish peasants are, of course, by far the most numerous body of men that have vital interests at stake; but the landowners are by many Gegrees the most aristocratic, and of course the more wealthy. In a word it is the old atory of class fighting against cjass, of interests clashing with other interests, of the lives of millions of poor against the wealth and noble blood of hundreds of Tich. That wary old etatesman, Lord Palmerston, Who, although in name a liberal, was, in fact and in @ most inveterate tory, spoke of “tenants” hv”? being ‘the landlords’ wrong;” and this is really the spirit with which the subject hag been ap- proached by a very large number even of our s0- called ‘liberal’ writers and speakers. This, too, is the spirit which ha? caused the ministerial “dificulty” on the subject. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, Mr. Garchien and all the more liberal members of the administration havo beon in favor of a measure that would give a if Fadical change and that would have estabils @yery tenant farmer that paid bis rent punctually OM something like a fixity of tenure. Butthere is in ‘the Ministry a very jarge ieaven of aristocracy, com- ‘posed of Lord Clarendon, Lord Granville, tie Ma: of Hartington and ono or two others. The: a 4 them more or leas personally interested in main- taining the question as much as possible in statu Guo, strongly objected to anything like @ real radical im the law, and the consequence is that a moderate increase —one thas will greatly annoy the Owners Without at ali satistying the lana tensnte—has been decided upon and will in due be brought before Parliament, The chief fea- in the new aci will be that tenants who are Mmarrears of rent may if they like insist upon ited lenses, but only of seven years. ‘The may eject a tenant, even while the lease is ig hg ald of two consecutive half rent, but he must give the outgoing the value of any improvements he If the landlord and the as to the value of these may each appoint an arbitrator, it cannot come to a decision, must jose flat must be final. Incomin, ‘will have tho right of deducting from eac! rent money laid out upon what are ent {mprovements, such as neeessary Leis welling house, or of the cow- &e. Tho ire seems to be based ise sup to which is, that the tevant Fee sa'n man Of capital: whereas be ls notortously @ man who has been im) hed by centuries of misrule and has not a 6! tae to bless himeeif with beyond the actual wanis of the day. The new Dill will do one of two things. It will either be the cause of renewed agitation. and thus bring ehout after a ume a measure of roal usefulness, or tt wil merease tenfold the discontent tn Ireland aud send 10,000 of the tenant farmers over to the Unlied States, By way of contrast to this very unsatisfactory coupromise—for it can be called nothing else—l wit give you the following extract from a long letter which an Englishman—Professor Rogers, of Oxford, who has just been on a vistt to Ireland—pub- lished the other day In one of the Irish newspapers, Mr, Rogers ts one of the few—but for the credit of this country Lam glad to say increasing pumber— of Englishmen who have seen a great deal of the world, and seen it with an unprejudiced eye, He does not set hitaself up a8 a very radical reformer, but the preseat condition of Ireland has fairly astonished him, and his letter has caused quite @ sensation among men of ali classes in this country, Here are the extracts. If an American had dare to write thus he would have been called every possible name, as anxious to go out of his way to abuse England, But an Oxford professor is a privileged being and says:— The Britith government keeps, 1 am told, on au average 81,000 troops in Ireland. Everybody at the main- tehance of the British army is a charge of £100 per man. It creditably, and therefore expensively) men atacharge of £1U0m piece more. As: fe length of military service to be sen rears, military expenditure of per, £4,000,00). his, the government pays £718,000, or thereavout: Out of tho Imperial revenue, towards the charges of the I constabulary, I gay nothing of the navy charges, which, In proportion, would doubtless awell this amount, But the av: erage revenue from Ireland (s less than £7,000,000, I take it that this vast cost of @ military and quae! nuliitary establish ment is incurred matnly to gtiarantee the landlords’ rent, One offence excepted, crime in Ireland, the people being excitable nd hot tempered, fs leas than {n ‘:ngland, Crimes against property are few, and couvietions are proportionalts jess than, In ngland; for white the population of Irelaat 9 England ‘and Wales ls, roughly speaking, as one to four, the convic- tions are little more than as ons to eight, This vast military establial be absolut hment may @edre can be found on} iat exceptional syst 40, and this be, aa I fe 8 Jand syatem, the coat of sécuring tho dolloction of eight tml Hons sent is‘noarly five millions ‘in poltce, military and ctvil, AF Ts the lord in ireland does, as a rule, Rothing for bis land, 1 never yet hoard of any jutist oF econ Omisz wio doubted, that the grant of ownership in the soll Was based on the fact that without such ownorship no one Would gather the fruits of his outing. If) however, the owner makes no outlay he cannot be wronged ft ull cozhpensation being made for the present value of his 1 other person who docs make the outlay rei fruits, And this 16 what Triah tenant claims, Ho Kuows that every penny piece of rent which ho pays haa Licen ae a rule derived from the growth of & population to Wied the landlord, belag for the at part an absentee, does not odntribute any incréase, and from the outlay of capital and the exorcise of skill for which again no thanks are duo to the land owner. Itisidleto speak of this movement as inst property, On tho oontrary, it 18 « movement tn favor of property. The Irish land owners ocoupy a tion closely analogous to that of the former owners of tithe, and thoir reductiob to the status of the recipient of a rent charge, If 1 can be shown to be exvedient, cannot be objected to on the ground of justios. Everybody. ‘allows that the radt: cal objection to the fithe on produce is that it taxes unequal rofits at equal rates. But in what particul {a mnt, fa Tahd ownerr’ zat Hee ‘ I when the bas effected by the bkill of the tenant? Bi turist is dissatisfied. that the Irish agriculturi it atrongly, but in a phi sents litte more than the truth, when whole population isan nocomplice fer the outrage, though otherwise detiverate crimes and property are very rare {a Ireland. Now, Trish mui be of the same habit and feeling as the English or they must have permanently different peculiarities of character. If they are alike it the; nue ‘er unde! 1c nglish and Sootch fellow grievous wrong, t Subjects are not I if dilfer, there ts abundant reason why a land in spite of which the other two kingdoms grow ould be altered in Ireland, whore ft notoriously causes Aisafection, scandal and bidodshed, Ireland must for many along day bo agricultural, It must be a country of small holdings, But ff must, to orter to obviate disaffection, obtain fixity or security of tenure for the agriculturist, The Prince of Wales, the heir to the British Crown, ran great risk of being killed the other day. He was on his way to Scotland by the Mmited mau train when one of the carriages got off the line of rails, The Prince was jerked against the roof of the car he sat in, and has received several wounds about the bead, and I am told by & passenger who was on the train that his royal Highness had a very narrow escape of his life, The English papers have taken offence at some of my letters to the HERALD, ia which I have gaid that otr navy 1s very far from betng ina state even to defend our Coasts, far less to act upon the offeisive. But the worst I ever wrote was loud praise of the navy whon compared with what Sir James Elphin- stone, the member for Portsmouth, said when spea' ing to his constituents the otaer day, He decla that out of the whole tron-clad fleet of this country there was but one vessel—viz., the Monarch—that Was worth anything as either a seagoing ship or that was able to work ber guns at sea. Now, Sir James is not by auy means a radical. He belongs to @ very old Scotch family, owns a large property in Scotland and was all the early part of his life a naval man. He is, moreover, quite a tory of the old school, and would, no doubt, if the conservatives came back to ofilce, be one of the Lords of the Admiralty, When they were last on the ministerial benches Sir James lost his election, and 80 could not geta berth. He ts aleo something of an engincer, and was formerly chairman of the Millwall Iron Shipbutiding Company. Well, this ts the gen- Ueman who, when addressing his constituenis, said, a few days ago, that “the navy of Epgiand was ro- duced to one single effective ship, and would have £10,000,000 sterling. ' in the ni be reconstructed at a cost of Did any of my letters to the HBRaLD ever say apy- thing bali so humillating ¢ You wiil allow that Nr. Russell, who was the cor. respondent of the London 7imes during the Ameri can War, la certainly @ man given to uphold tho honor of England, [ soe it stated in the Army ana Navy Gazetfe of this morning, the paper of which he ts proprietor and editor, that Engiand “could not. to save her very existence, put 40,000 men under ars. Sims Reeves Charged with Assanit. (From the Cork Examiner, Oct. 22.) On Saturday a summons was issued by the Lecds magistrates, at the instance of Francis Scholes, one of the chorus singers engaged at tne Leeds Amphi- theatre, -agaiust Mr. Sims Reeves, requiring the celeprated singer to answer a chargo of assault at the Borough Court yesterday morning. The cause of this proceeding will be understood from the reci- tal of the following facta:—On Friday night, at the Awphitheatre, Mr. Sima Reeves appeared as Captain Macheath, in tho “Beggar's Opera,” There was a crowded house, and the play Was proceeding very satisfactorily until about the middie of the second act, where @ song has to be sung by one of the sub- ordinate characters. The failure of the member of the regular company Who was appointed to execute tiis selection seems to Dave given Mr. Keeves intense annoyance. He was appa- rently under the impression that the members of the chorus were in some uieasure responsible for the incident; for as they leit the stage, according to the statement of the complainant and his friends, Mr. Reeves struck Scholes a violent blow on the shoul- der. Such was the force of the blow that the com- plsinant fell agalust a tablo, and in bis fall be almost nocked down two of his fellow-singers, The voca- list who left the stage in the sccae was Edward Stobbs, Wuose exit was accelerated by the applica, tion of Mr, Reeves’ foot. All this took piace in full view of the audience, most of whom evidently thoughs that It was part of the legitimate persormance; for, hough a few hisses were heard, the scene was ected with applause, when Mr. Reeves sleppod forward and sald, “Of all the unmaniy ruManos [ ever met with these are the worst.” As may be conjectured, the chorus singers expressed their indignation loudly at the assault committed on two of their number; and Mr, J. Atkinson, their chief, sent the following letter to Mr. Reeves during the evening:— 81m—On behalf of the chorus pinging at the Amphitheatre, I reqnost you will make au ample apology for the unseemly sasenlt you made on two of Seeeabers this evening, or we o “ span etaan®: " J. ATRINSON, After the summons had been granted the following letter was forwarded to the managers of the Leods MBPOUNY im geet a GaNehmcan—By the authority, and at the request of Mr, Sims Reeves, I wish to jaform your numerous readers that the |iitle misunderstanding which had arisen between that fet ‘and some members of the chorus who were en- fod fO ing at the Amy atre on Friday ming bas hi or ily settied. Ce, aa outirely and most satisfactorily ft Lemay, Tue Egyptian Prince tn Oxford=His College Classmates, The English journals of the 224 of October give further detatls of the arrival of Prince Hassan, of Egypt, in Oxford thus:— Prince Hassan, the second son of the Viceroy of Faypl, and suite, arrived here yesterday from Ula ridye’s Hotel and proceeded to Grandpont House, St, Aldaies, which has been taken for nis Royal High- ness during his stay at Oxford. The Prince came in @ very quiet way, and it was not until the evening that it became known that Oxford was agaia hon- ored by royaity, although the arrival of his Royal Highness had been daily expected, The Prince this morning, according to. etiquette, called on the very reverend the Dean of Christ Charch, of whic society he has become a member, and wi at once enter on the duties of college life. Mr, GS Murray, late scholar of Wadhain College, and now student of Christ Church, es HERA upon this sudden movement and Its secret motives, The revelations respecting Lord Ciarendon’s iste visit to Paris are looked upon by some as affording a clue to the surprising step of so clever a diplomatist as Baron Buest. If true—thongh it ts not likely— that the governments of Austria, Prussia, Russia and England had agreed upon certain mea- sures in the event of Napoleon’a death, with the view of preserving peace and Preventing the outbreak of a revolution; and if true that Lord Olarendon performed the Peculiar task of acquainting Napoleon with this benevolent arrangement, which eminently pleased the French ruler, it 13 at least bighly incredible that the price tor such “distoterested’ arrangement should have been non-disturbance of Germany in the completion of her union, For whatever the calculations of Baron Beust may be he certainly does not mean to give up the Southern States and Telinquish the stipulations of the Prague treaty. So muoh seems certain, that both Prussia’s and Austria's diplomatiats have felt and still feel rather uneasy and scent some danger ahoad. This real or imaginary insecurity has suddenly produced friendly terms. The official press denies, of course, such argumentation. Owing to it Herr Werther, Prus- sian Ambassador at Vienna, has long expected to be removed to the Paris embassy, to which he ts entitled by diplomatic advancement, and the call of the Prussian Crown Pyince at Vienna i‘ incidental to the inauguration of the Suez Canal, It gives broad hints that if the Austrian Emperor should choose to visit Berlin he would be received with the greatest hospitality. it affects even a good deal of bonhommie, and, con- trary to its habits, chatters about a variety of per- sonal affairs, saying that Baron Von Schweinita will lkely be the future ambassador at Vienna; that the Viceroy of Egypt had directly tnvited Count Bis- marck to Suez; that the Crown Prince will go to Asia Minor aad Palestine and stay away two months, While the Princess with her children, take up their abode tn southern France and Switzerland, But ali this does yot effuce its broad denial of an amicabie approach towards Austria, a fact which is too obvious to admit of contradiction. It cannot be gainsaid that an alliance between Prussia and Aus tria is likely to secure peace; it would, at all events, act asa salutory check upon France. The latter, however, thus neutralized, would be forced to take up its former overtures at St. Petersburg. Some suppose that the new French ambassador, General Fleury, 1s the apostle of this idea, though it will be rather unpopular in France as well ag in Russia, The sea serpent of Baden’s immediate entrance into the North German Bund js gull alive and Kick- pe but more in tne foreign press than here. Cer- ain F not on ane Breatiy siarmad at tha hare pobalollity, while the ramor—for such It is merely— does not stir up the people here, who are aware of the thousand aud one ifs and buts which must be ‘emoyed previoug to such a step. If there ts a party has been appointed private tutor to his Royal High- ness. The lodgings selected for the Prince, viz, Alderman Randall's nouse on the Isis, although beautifully situated fora summer residence, seems haraly suited for the winter from the extreme cold- hess and milasma of the spot, and his Royal High- ness’ advisers would appear to have totally disre- garded the climate of Egypt im making this selection Of @ dwelling house for the youthiul Prince. [nm addition to the matriculation of Prince Hassan, thera are nearly forty matriculations at Christ Church, including Viscounts Lewisham and Dun- lace, Sir Offley Wakeman, Bart while there are also a full complement of ti tooracy of the land pursuing their studies and pastimes at Christ church. It should b ted that Prince Hassan has not been tn Oxford before, as suggested by the court tnteliigence of this morning, Wherein it 1s stated ‘that ole Royal Highness has resumed his studies at Theist Chur GERMANY. The Political Situation in Prussia~Preserva- tion of Peace—Pleasant Notice to Napoleon Personal Movements—Ramors About Baden Rural Pursuits of Bismarok—Candidates for tho Premiorship~Emigration from Silesia. BERLIN, Oct. 12, 1809. The all-absorbing topic of discussion is the frator- Aisation of the austro-Hangarian empire aad Pras. in Baden @nxious to unite tt does not follow that ‘Prussia desires lt. If Prussia desires it Baden might very naturally think that it could not be carried out but at a favorable moment, If that favorable Moment should ocour none but honorable terms Would be accepted, and one of these would be the retention of the duchy’s independence. And if South- ern States are to enter at all into the Northern Con- federation it cannot but be done on the broad basis of their fuvure sovereignty. Thug it will be seen that many difficulties surround this question, and that a rood deal of water will Dow down the Rhine before French apprehensions as to the exposure of their frontiers to the Bund by a sudden reaolve on the part of Baden migiit be realized. The ministerial organ reports the Count Bismarck as enjoying his otfum cum aignitate on his estates of Varzin, and adds that it is not bis intention to take any part whatever, for the present at least, in the ensuing sessions of both houses of the Legislature, As to the Foreign Department your correspondent happens to know that Herr Von Kendell, tho con- fidential diplomatic aitachs or Count Bismark, bas recently been summoned by telegraph to repair at ouce to Varzin, which justifies the assumption that, though deeply interested In rural pursuits—carica- turista represent him weeding his cabbage and potato flelds—he 1s still the life aud soul of the de- partment. His prolonged absence, however, alfords an opportunity to the ultra-reactionists to plot agaiust him, In fact, for the last two months and a half the King has had but one short mcerview with him, which took place when on bis journey through East Prussia, and connected with tt rumors are gaining ground that either General Von Mante- eutiel or Count Stolberg, Governor of Hanover, is lkely to succeed him as Premier of Prussia, The meeting of the German Protestant Unions was looked forward to with great interest, You are aware that owing to the eiforts of the orthodoxy party, of which the consisiory is composed, the clergy are forbidden the use of their churches and will assembie at the Turn Haile, or Gymnastic Hall, a vast edifice capable of accommodating many thousands, and the property of the city. This bigoted act, which of liself has secured them the universal sympathy of the citizens here, will, it is believed, provoxe some bitter and sarcastic speeches from the reverend gentlemen, and may in all probability lead to rather strong resolu- tions respecting religious independence, the mode of worship and the choice of ministers. The international St. Gothard conference at Berne, Herr Weiti in the chair, has adjourned until the com- mittee of engineers shall have completed their eati- mates. Proceodings in the meantime were not made public. Of the 49,000,000 francs requisite for the Gothard Ratlway 31,000,000 have been subscribed by Swiss rallway compattion and corporations, The Splugen road, though it would require shorter tun- nelliug and legs cost and time of construction, seems to have but little chance. A lively emigration has set in in some districts of Stiesla, inhabited by @ Slavonic race called the “Wendians,” who are shaping their course to Texas, in the full expectation of bettering their condition, So great 1s the rush that it has quite assumed the character of @ mania, and some of those accused of having instigated this exodus have beea hauled up by the authorities and will be held to account, SWITZERLAND. The International Pence and Liberty League= Final Sitting and Adjournment—“‘jlanchea- ter Men? and Communiste—Bunk of Enge land—English Rallways—“ Strikers??—Cios- ing Address of Victor Hugo—Messrs, Bakn- nin and Acollas. LAUSANNE, Oct. 13, 1969, The International Peace and Liberty League Con- gress met for the last time and adjourned sinz die some days since. It has been conducted to the sat- tstaction of all concerned in 1t, and even the good citizens of Lausanne, who at first seemed to ap- prenend some dimMculty tn consequence of so vast Qn assembly, aro now enthusiastic in their praise of the exqgiient order which has reigned throughout, Tale p and liberty babe, born in severe agony at Geneva, promises to prosper and to wield tm future great influence. In France and Germany especially, where free utterance of opinion is punished os a orime, all the Ubderals hopefully direct thoir eyes to Lansanne, Some governments have not failed to send sples here, who will undoubtedly report home that since last year the courage and determination of the party have surprisingly increased. The laborers sre also satiaNed with the proceedings, though they do not agree with all the resolutions, At all events it was something unheard of, that an assembly composed of the utmost extremes, from the Manchester party to the radical communists, should strictly observe order and decorum in thelr geliberations, At tho Oetitral Committee witeilag ‘oll Fealordah, Tt waa figreed that the future seat of the league snall be at Geneva, 484 that the twelve members composing the permanent committee should be residents of that town or vicinity. Eight of them are chosen by the Congress, the other four by oo-operation, with a view of selecting, as far as possible, representatives from dlfferent nationalities, A weekly organ will be published, edited by the Central Committee. To the latter were appointed M. Baral as President; Ste- fany, Rollandey, Gogg, Petit, Bosac, Legue, Bouches and Mrs. Gogg. In the evening @ large number of members sat down to a splendid banquet, The closing debaie began with a motion by Mr. Rouselle (Paris) to refer the resolutions relating to the social question to a permanent committee for farther study. Rev. Mr. Paal, from Genova, gave a review of socialism, wanted to replace it by genoral benevolence, and cautioned agatust hasty resolu- tions, Herr Schopfer, from Lausanne, recommended in- dividual associations. Woe to the people, he said, who expect to be made happy by a government. He deprecated emanoipation of woman; her place was the household, the family. The highest aim a man could reach was, free from care for the future of his fauitly, to die in their midst. (Appia Se.) Mr. Samber, from Columbia, obtained many bravos by a ourse in favor of the Manchester doctrine, le advocated indirect duties in opposition to tho committee report, fn lieu of which he proposed to declare that only natural, just and practical solution of the so-called social question consists of upholding individual liberty and fundamental rights iu their spontaneous developmen, in order to refate the asvertions of a pre- vious speaker (M. Longust), he ‘referred to the monopoly of the Bank of England, and pointed to Lombard street, where, owin; Tree competition, money could always be bad half per cent cheaper. If the State had to furnish cheap credit, why should it not just as well furnish choap potatoes? ‘The ratl- roads of England are disferentiy situated to those of France. English railways pay barely @ profit, and are nota meh f tax i the public, The reduction of government budgets would lead to the solution of @ social question. In Fran Should sumicg for te expengen gf gov ly. 800,000,000 the Prince of Wales and the ci erpeager Ber tls visited the Oourt of Bt, SNESDAY, NO 000 franca thus saved he would reduce instruction. Oommu- labo nwere oonjared up as ne red spectre with which to down atill dissatisfied and vehoment “red Mr. World, from New York, spoke in favor of an international league between the trades unions and laborer associations of Europe and America. M. Mie, in reply to M. Chaudin, said that all revolu- tions had been made by laborers, whose interests Were commcn with those of other citizens, To en- tertain the view of the laborers’ mterets being of a specific nature would forever exclude the political revolution. Herr Sonneman demanded from M. Samber to show him any good results from the Manchester aoctrine, In Engiand the labor movement and strikes wero more violent than ever; not leas so in the United States of America with free political in- stitutions, in France and Belgium they had reauited in financial scandal and even murder, and @ similar bad condition existed tn Germany. He who did not see these facts must be bind, ‘The Eng- lish ratiways were not as described by the previous speaker, Indeed the English share-holders were the first victims of property speculators and builders. For this reason it is wu to expropriate all rail- way companies, to bo conducted, as is now done with the telegraph business, by the State. It was then declared by M. Lemonnter, on behalf of the committee, that they accept the motion by M. Rouselle cto.refer the woole matter to a special com- mittee for further consideration. The first five reao- lutions were then adopted, and the others, with the addition of “abolition of capital punishment," re- ferred to a committee. Of the closing address, delivered by Victor Hugo, the following w @ synopsis:—On the 24th August, 1869, he said he had presided over a Peace Congress jn Paris, On that occasion, being aiso the anniver- sary of the night of Bartholomew, he had recom- mended reconciliation between Catholicism and Pro- vestantism. Tho mombers of both creeds bad em- braced eacn other, On the present occasion he would again advise reconciliation and union to re- publicans and socialists. The motto of “Liverty, equality, frateinity” embodied both tne repub- lic and socialism, Both pare would, un- doubtedly, prefer in ilberty than to the golden Let the 1,800, penury calf in slavery. against the common enemy, hidden in the mon- strous embodiment of militarism. This, our com- mon enemy, {a in its last agony. The day is not far oft when, 48 hospitable Switzerland does, the whole civilized world wWiil behold the rising of the sun of liberty, equality and fraternity, (Great and enthu- alastic cheering.) ‘The Presideat announced the sine die adjournment of the thira Congress of the International Peace and Liberty League, Tt should be mentioned at the close of this report that the Peace and Liberty League, however pro- gressive in tendency, ts looked upon by 2ome ultra radical leaders as altogether too tame and of bour- wots character, I would fain mention Michael skunin, the great Ruseian agitator (born in 1814 in ae Bamene bet yea Who eacans, anishment by a1 ey and Caltiorats tb Loi as unite social liberty and a stauch republican, who af pres- ent, sick at Geneva, has sent to Victor Hugo a pam- phiet written by him, entitled “Guerre aux Mon- archies,” in which he charges the League with bein; too suavtter in modo, vacillat: between peace ani liberty, falsely assuming a condition of tranquilltity and Peele lukowarmness towards the labor move- ment, while he plainly hints at the broth being spoiled by the numerous lawyers in the Congress, The first assembly in Geneva, he contends, held on to the Idea that “the European nations must, at all hazarda, step out of the political, moral and eco- nomical circle In which they are moving and exhausting themselves,” and this principle waa advo- cated, he says, by such prominent men as Louis BIDS ele Emilio Castellar, Esquiros, Jules ‘avre, “ Grun, zen, Dr, Guerazal, Jacoby, Littrs, Aloxander Madier de au, John stuart Mill, Eduard Quinet Vacherot, &¢. The pamphlet culminates in two propositions, viz.:—First, the Congress resolves to change the name of Peace and Liberty League into “Liberty League; second, the Congress fixes for the order of the day of its next session a new de- claration of human rights, to be framed and dis- cussed by the democracy of Europe. Old fogyism throughout Europe will surely de- nounce the resolutions of this Congress as vision- ary and at variance with sound sense. The fact may be that while they lag behind the times, the Peace and Liberty men are in advance of it. The efforts of the latter deserve encomragement, und those who disparage them should consider that the movement ts yet in its tnfancy, and that in order to rear the oak One Must first plant the acorn, Hert- Mont. HUNGARY. Legisintive Independonce With Executive Aid to Austria—Boust’s Polley and Cebinet Plan—A New Form of Government—Its Essen tials and Principles=Race Differences und Politics~Dynastic Economies. PESTH, Oct. 17, 1869, The Austro-Hungarian monarchy may truly be called a realm of influite variety and of unexpected surprises. Before 1866 Austria was a bundle of na- tionalities, languages and religions, held together by the stern will of the House of Hapsburg. After tne crushing defeat of Sadowa it was found that the bundie was too large to be kept together by the strongest bands. Venice was cast out entirely and the empire divided Into two parts. So Pesth was given the task of managing the populations east of the river Leitha, or what Is known in history as tho Crown of St. Stephan, now usually called Translet- thania, or the country beyond the Lettha, To Vienna was assigned the government of the populations west of the Leitha, or Cisleithania, By this arrangement which Count Beust effected with tho Hungarians it may be sald that a new form of government has been introduced into tne world. Cwsarism, oligar- chieg, constitutional monarchies, confederations, have all had their day,and some of them have it still But this is, I believe, the rst time tn history that dualism bas found an organized and acknowleaged political existence, In the philogo- phical and religious systems of all races, both civil- ized and savage, dualism has founa a place, The Ormuzd and Arimanes of the ancient Perstans are known to every student, The ancient Slavonic nations had their bright and their black goda, The Indians of America and the tribes of Africa have their dualistic system of deities also. The majority worship the benevolent deity, but there are some who worship the black and malevolent one. I have seen in travelling in the countries of the trans-Caucasus a tribe of so-called devil wor- shippers, who prayed and offered sacrifices to the evil spirit. On asking thom the reason of this, they auswered that the Cie! deity would not injure thom, even if they did not pray; but that the evil one needed appeasing, otherwise their lives and prosperity would be in danger. Duatism in philo- sopy 13 purely speculative, and ag it is never applied to the affairs of life has little significance except as @ mental plaything, and that rather in history Than tn the preseat time. Cotnt Beust’s dualism is pecu- liar In two respects. hay is dualism applied to practical life; second, i¢ is dualism with two bene- volent ruling Powers. Atleast that is tne opinion these Powers have of themselves, Of Pesth, as a polltical factor in the Siamese twins monarchy of Austria and Hungary, { have as yet not much to say, since have not sufi. ciently ‘studied its modes of aaneoae in maintaining tho supremacy of the Hungarian, or, more properly, Magyar race, over gd ie more than twice exceeding it in number. Whatever may be uri ust the svar: be that they are alata ee RE aN Saas | witn gre mk Penney alt sugceas, shay, hay uality in Aus ut preponderance, Pitt Aue rf fol thom the great question. Hungary saved itself, ® rather the Magyér race in Bungary saved Itself, by having all the power of the country in the hands of a strongly organized aristocracy, In future time the race which can have the greatest amount of material wealth and the greatest number of progressive ideas will carry the day lost all comers, Whether the Magyars are capable of dot this is a question, and for them a question of life anc death, as some of tie first men of the country are now dinning into their ears every day. Of Vienna, the former capital of ail Austria and the present capital of the western half of the em- pire, it may be said that up to this time political jatiure hag been tle only resuit of its activity, Since 1866 1¢ has not succeeded in carrying a single per- manent constitutional measure. To-day the oppos! tion to the government 1s 80 great that nothing simi- lar to it may be found in Europe, The Tyrol and Upper Austria, which is tue hotbed of ultramot tanism, is in the opposition. Two-thirds of Bolomi which is {imbued with Hussitism and ideas of reform ing the Church on a national basis, 18 in an opposl- tion of the sternest and flercest character. All Austrian Poland, with the exception of a few of tne nobliity woo are bound to Vienna by ties of interest, $s In the opposition. Southern Austria, which has & large Slavonic population, is largely in the opposl- tion, We find in Austria a great majority of the popula- tion opposing. the government from a variety of mo- tives. If there were a unity of purpose among thom the government, of course, could not stand, atk on @ constitutional basis, This division and the overruling of majorities by cleverly manipulated minorities 1s the Only means the government has of keeping on its legs—n poor moans of support tenna 1s an agreeable city for tho traveller or the man of pleasure, who wishes to spend a few months without regard to the cares of life, All Viennese are passionately fona of their imperial city, with its fine buildings, Its animated sireeta and iw gay lite. The Bouemians and Hungarians look upon i as the ca of all manly resolve and patriotism. Berlin and V a, the Hohenzollerns and the Haps- burgs afora the most striking illustration tn Europe of what is necessary for success in the world, and ‘what is sure to bring on failure. ‘The history of the Hohenzolierns is # hietory of careful mone) ‘en | ana economy. One of the means of foun mn securing the power of the Hohenzollerns was lend- ing money on lands, which were afterwards for. feited to the londer. To this day the thrift and economy of Ge! free of apy Eanes characierietio of the fam! wa Prince of Pras. ali " scarce tivin siperiah 0a ¥éséel via Amoor, Japan ia dof, as one of those who, rather disgusted, bade farewell to the second Con- gress of the League, Another is Emil Acoll: proteasor of law, born at La ChAtre, department o} ndre, in 1826, an eminent writer on political and On 4 brother, He left more reminiscences here man ie evo he visited, but arried ore Ti referen whioh tn thts ai Apt aag s House of Austria was careful of money and out of debt. The amount and Worthlessness of paper money for years Ra of last year In V! lay. Pesth is not so nich, nor has it such resources for the traveller as Vienna, but it isa growing city, with & great future, and 1s full of life and movement, political, religious and commercial. IRELAND. The Government and the Telegraph and Post OMive. The Dublin (Irish) Zimes of the 20th of October saya:— We are glad to state that tne first surveys for tele- graph extensions unaer the Post Office Telegraph Actg of 1368 and 1869 are now taking piace in Ireland, Mr, W. B, Ansell, Superintendent and Engineer of the Electric and International Telegraph Company in thiag country, assisted by H. ©. Edwards, of the same company, is now making surveys in the coun- ties of Down, Loutn and Armagh, with the view of immediate telegraph extensions from Warren- int to Kilkeel, including an office at ogtrevor; also extensions from Newry to Fork- hill; Newry to Carlingford, &c, Mr. B.D, Watlock, Engineer of the le meal op Company In Ire- land, assisted by M. U. Greenhill, Eaq., is also en- gaged with surveys in the county of Armagh. @ above named gentlemen will immediately proceed With surveys and extensions in various other parts of the couutry, But our telegraph lines are to be connected with the existing wires of the telegraph companies, and the whole is expected to be banded over to the Post Oiice authorities by the 1st of Janu- ary next, As much of the extension work as possible will be completed by that date and the general plans of the different companies amalgamated, so tiat eventu- ally we believe this great system of Post Oitice tele- graphs will embrace in cheap and efficient tele- graphic communication every money order oiige in the United Kingdom, RUSSIA. Tho New Religious Sect and Its Obsoryances, The Golos, of Bt. Petersburg, states that the prin- cipal meeting place of the Skoptzi (sect of the mutl- lated) has been discovered at Moscow, in the house of four brothers named Kondrin. These men had a Ante aoe studio near the theatre, where the idols adored by the Skoptzl were manufactured, M. Tikhomiroff, the Urown prosecutor, haa discovered some of the persons employed in this manufacture, who have confessed that the Skoptai hold tneir religious meetings in the house at night, and that there ig @ convent attached to the building. An inquiry bas since taken place from which 1t appears that the brothers Koudrin have been in the habit of kidnapping children between the ages of eight and twelve and then forcing them to becomo menpers of the sect. Tne district of Serpoukhov, in which the house ts situated, is said to full of Skoptzi, and forty-eight women belonging t the rect have been arrested. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The town of Eniseyski, in Liberia, numbering 40,000 inhabitants, has been totally destroyed by fire. The Levant 7imes, of Constantinople, has been suspended for one month for having defended the action of the Viceroy of Egypt. The great prize of 200,000f. or $40,000, in the last drawing of the City of Parls bonds, was won by a wealtiy banker of Muihausen, ‘Typhold fever 1s raging in the community of Rive de Gier, France, and the mortality 1s ten per cent on the number of cases declared. Marshal Bazaine has been appointed to the com- mand of tue Imperial Guard in Paris in lieu of Mar- shal Regnault de Saint Jean d’Angely, A society 1s being formed in London under the following title:—‘Society for the Protection of the Subject Againsi the Violence of the Police.'’ The ex-Queen of Spain, accompanied by her hus- band and the Prince of Austrias, will attend the opening of the Ecumenical Council in Rome. It is reported on good authority that a formal en. gagement of marriage has been made between Prince Charles of Roumanta and Princess Khizabeth de Wied. ‘The republic of Salvador has sent an Envoy ex- traordinary to Berlin lor the purpose of concluding 8 treaty of commerce and navigation wita the North German Confederation. The engagement of Prince Charles of Roumania to the Princess Elizabeth -de Wied has caused much disappointment to his people, as they had hoped tor @ more illustrious connexion. ‘The sum of $140,000 ts alloted to cover the expenses of the trip of the Eniperor of Austria to the inaugu- ration of the Suez Canal. The above amouut will be equally divided between the governments of Vienna and Pesth. EGYPT. United States Naval Officers and the Viccroy= Congregntion of Fashionables in Alexan- dria=Scenes on the Public Drives—The Itallan and Turkis Flags Intertwined— Rush to the Opera. ‘The correspondent of the London News in Alex- andria, writing on the 9th of October, supplies the following very interesting nowa details from Egypt:— Tue United States frigate Plymouth, Captain Macomb, ts still here, ee the captain and oiljcers have been the obtect of great courtesy from the Vice- roy, to whom they were presented on the 6th inst, by ‘Mr. Hale, United States Agent and Consul Gene- ral. His Excellency Schatm Pacha, Chief Lord of the Admiralty, or its equivalent in Turkish, will pre+ aide this evening at @ banquet in honor of the Ameri- can gentlemen, after which the Piymouth will con- Uaue her cruise to Tripoli to await farther orders, The Duke of Aosta, who, l¢ will be recollected, arrived here about a fortnight ago at the head of the Italian squadron, was jomed on the morning of the 7th inst, by his duchess. Her Royal Highness was received With great honors ou the part of the Egyp- tian government, Troops wore under arms, the ucn- of-war wore prettlly dressed with Turkish and italian flags, and the batteries paid thelr tribute as the Princess landed. His Excellency Nubar Pacia, who has resumed the functions of Minister of er Affairs, and ia preparing his palace for grand entertainments throughout the winter, Yevelved the Princess on behalf of the Kue- dive. The Hereditary Prince Mohammed ‘Tannk, with @ numerous retinue, was present likewise; aud fo were the Italian Consul General and othor per- sonages belonging to that community. The Priace and Princess rewain here, the honored guests of the Khedive, in one of the palaces appropriated to their ‘use until to-morrow, when they purpose proceedin; to Cairo, and will embark on their Nile royage—so understand— previous to being prosent on the 17th of November at the opening of the Suez Canal. Meaa- while the Italian iron-clads are wo remain at their moorings in our harbor until their Royal Highuesses’ departure, and the protracted presence here of so many formidable vessels in these stirring tlues gives rise to a multitude of conjectures, Italy, in short, is showing the Viceroy great favoritism. epo ulated throughout he hot Weather, Alex- aris 'a dliiag rapidly, As steamer alter steamer arrives whole shoals of pagsengers are landed, who see the town in the gala j—sach as it is—that she has for the seagon assumed. Varriages, gor- goously gildea, bereft of thoir summer cobwebs, are once more set in motion by horses that for mouths have been basking idly in the sun, Now and again you see @ turn-out that SOSSUASraen ants Ks etod ark, but gorgeousness nder , bver’ Tnatchestwell with the Gnery amaseed in Paris, ‘and now paraded by the fair ones, gs in posos studies in that part of the world they take their afternoon airing to the gardens on the Mahmoudie Oanai—our fashionable drive, ‘There, suould you enter—and you will, of course, because the admission is gratis— you will have manifold opportunities of judging and studying she various nationalities as they seek recreation after their arduous labors of money-mak- ing throughout the day, Should you be Jortunate enough to wander to the gardens on a Friday or Sun- duy—thoe Mugsuiman and Christian holidays—you Will be able to listen to the strains of martial music. And in the evening after your tadle Pr6to—for I take it for granted that you will prefer, loci « the her- oulean task of paying for dimers 4 pari—there in an opera, The house, although not without grave architectural defects, bears rivairy with most Eng- lish provinolal gk He ig weil worth looking at interiorly. I say worth “looking at,’’ because that in all probability ta the outside of what you will be able to do, To judge by the rush that has veen made this year for boxes and stalls the Alexandrians may fairly pronounced to be almost as fond of music money-making. And yet as you shrag your shoulders on agi the box oMice disappointed, the enthusiasm you wil is all for,two people—Corsi, whom you lave heard at Covent Garden, and the Urban Who sang the other day at Homburg. Valuable Yet Dangerous Presents to Italy. A letter from Alexandria, of the 12th of October, in the /talie of Florence, says:— Commander Aghemo leaves to-day in the steamor which the Viceroy bas placed at the service of the Envoy from the King of Italy, lis Highness has charged bim to deliver several decorations of the Medjidie to the most Seeman hed porsons at the Court of Florence, and w orders the Khedive ferred when he passed through Italy. M. Agno ‘takes with ad eight horses and severai tata beasts, presents is Highness to the King of Italy, rue Duke and Duchess of, Aosta are atill in the town, and daily on the public drive. Tan- flok Hered! Prinoe of Egypt, hee visited the Italian frij and was received with Gli the honors due to hia rank, A ball ls to be mven qn board the Moen TURKEY. ‘The Empress of Frunce Loave-Taking—Reine dons Towards Egypt aad the Suez Cannl— Rallroad Extension. A mall telegram from Constantinople, dated on the 2ist of October, reports as follows in detatl of ourcable despatches:— ‘The Empress Eugénte before travelling received the wives of the Turkish functionaries ang gave the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor to the Seras- kler, and minor orders to a few others. Itis stated that the Sultan contemplates going to Suez for the iMauguration of the canal. The Egypuan bquasson, 3 still unsettled, but at] entirely confined to the domain of diplomacy and is no longer a matter of such goneral interest, It was agreed between Alt Pacha snd M, Bourré that the question should not be broached during the: a the Ewpress to Constantinople, The Khedive holas out more firmly with regard to the reserved polots since the return of Nubar Pacha. Count Kaiserling, the North German Minister, presented his creden~ Uala to the Sultan hag and will pro ceed to-morrow to the ‘danelles, — wi Raouf Pacha, with the Sultan’s yacht, ts also waiting to receive the Crown Prince of Prussia. Tne Antelope leaves to-day for the mouth of whe Danube, and will atterwards probably proceed to Varna for the arrival of the Emperor of austria, Past Englwh Ambassador and staf returnea to-day 0 Pera, A definite concession has been granted for Roume- lian railways to connect the Bosphorus with che Sciaveand Buropoan lines, and open direct communi. cation between Thrace and Macedonia and the porta of Salonica, Enos and Constantinople. The length Of te lines will be 2,000 kilometres. Baron Kirsch and the concessionaries are to form a company, with @ capital of 60,000,000 francs, who wilh undertake to finish the whole network of railway im seven years. The actual working of the line will de- volve upon another and distinct company, with & capital of 150,000,000 francs, 8 guarantee being given that the minimum receipts shall be 20,000 franca per kuometre, Throughout the whole ninety-nine years? concession half the receipts are to go to the work! expenses and the remainder to be paid as tne rent to the Concessionary Company for the first ten years; the vorte guarantees 22,000 francs per Kilometre; forthe second ten years, 17,000 trancs, and remain~ ing seventy-Dine years, 14,000 francs. Censorship of the Press=Suppression of @ Nowspaper=The Egyptian Question, rom the Levant Times (Constantinople), Oct. 6.) ‘hough this is a country of surprises and para- doxes We imagine that the news of the suspension of the Levant Times and Shipping Gaaette for ‘‘ca- lomniating” the Turkish goveroment will have literally astounded got RY. 9F our readers. Wo Imagine aisd that theif ascoiishment Will goa be mitigated by reading in the sudjoined “uecius* tie reasons assigned for this arbitrary act. As to the general charge of using “unbecoming language in soctaaing uestions touching the sovereign jultav,” we are perfectly cert: if it were made tribunal it would Hey fo musatns , an before the far more important ‘tbunal of publio opinion the verdict will at once be given in our favor. As to the gspecitic ol founded upon a Frencn entreflet published last Thursday, and which was provoked by an attack made upon us by the Turquie, all we have to say is that, astonished as we were at our contemporary Suggesting that iu speaking of ruined gamesters and brogon down jobbers In the tunds who tried to make their game out of the Egyptian question, we ine tended an allusion to some “high dignitaries of the empire,” we are infinitely more astonished that the Grand Vizier himself should admit the bare pa bility or even a suspicion that there are “nig! te nitaries’’ who are obnoxious to such an Innuendo, there be such, we venture to say that their charac ters are not likely to be rehabilitated by this vjndio- tive proceeding. For our part, wo ould have never dreamed, but for the Turqute’s exegesis, that the cap would fit the heads of any high personages, and we are heartily gorry, for the credit of the Turkish government, that tt should now go fortd to the world, on the authority of Alt Pacha, that @ newspaper must not speak of gamblers without running the risk of being churgod with slandering some exuited “diguitary of the em- pire.” Thank Heaven, we could generalize as we liked about any bad phase of human character in iscussing a political question connected with our own country without being supposed to impute moral turpitude to even the meanest subordinate of Mr. Gladstone’s administration. We are conscious that if, »y, any disloyalty on our part towards the ultan’s § govern- ment, we had brought down upon ourselves a just retribution, our subscribers would have had good reason to complain of us for the privation they Lave to sustain through the cessation of our publication fora month; but we feel sure that they will not blame us, but the regime to which we are subject, Au revoir! SUBLIME Ports, MINISTRY OF FoRrIGN AFFATRS,} ‘Oct, 6, 1569, i ‘The Minister of Foreign Affairs, considering that the Levant Times newspaper, notwithstanding the soml-ofllcial warnings givon to ft on several occasions, has not coased using mi unbecoming language on questions touching the sovereign rights of bis Imperial-Majesty the Sultan: faving regard especiauy to the ardcle published in fts number of Soptember 80, 1809, commencing “Veutredé dernier” and fushing ith the words inion puiique ¢uropeenné’—an article in which the journal in queation deals in perfdious and calumnious insinuations on certata high aig- nitaries of the empire; Having regard to the regulations respooting the press pro- mulgated March 12, 1808, f The Levant ¥mes newspaper 1s suspended for one month from October 6, 1589, Notico of vuln moasure {g hereby given to Mr. Latfan Hanly, as the respuusiv.e editor of the aforesaid jouraal. Affaire in the Capital. The Levant Times, of October 5, pubitshes the fol- lowing interesting items of Turkish and other astern news, daved in Constantinopie:— Baron Edmund Kothschild, of Vienna, who has been spending a few days in this capital, visited the German Jewish synagogue, in Galata, on Saturday, and presented @ sum of 2.500 fraucs for tha poor members of the congregation. The Baron leaves to- morrow by the Marseilles steamer, The Suitan has conferred upon Kiamil Pacha, President of the Council of State, aud a near rela- tive by marriage of the Khedive of Egypt, the gran@ cordon of the Order of the Usmantie, on receiv! which hig Highness had an audience uf his Majoat in order ‘to express his acknowledgments for high mark of imperial favor. The editor of the samoul, Armentan newspaper, who had been sentenced to a month’s imprisonment Le an sg satirizing bis own nationality, has been released. The nomination of Mgr, Mighirditch Keremian to the Armenian Patriarcaate has received the tm, rial sanction, and hts Eminence 1s expected to arrive shortly via ‘Trebizond, where he Will emoark om board a government steamer, TUE PENNSYLVANIA COAL TRADE. An Active Demand=Production of the Past Weok and Season. [From the Phiiadeiphia Ledger, Nov. 1.| The anturacite coal trade bas vecome very active, the orders ior coal being cousiderably in excess of the ability of shippera to immediately fil. Toe de- mand from New York and from the South ts un- usually pressing for coal for domestic uses, Boston aad the smaller towns of New England there isa fair demand, but the urgenoy ts less pressing than from the other points named. In the mining Tegions coal production is very active, and, etimu- lated by tho prospect of an advancing market, no exertion will be spared to get out the largest The aumeulties that have nierto pear ble amount of coal. ' interposed to prevent this are gradually img under the increased demand for and prices of coal. Boats are being brought into ac- tive requisition on the canals, so that the most may be made of the little time lett them of naviga- ton, which, unfortunately, will be short. A trip or two more, ib the nature of things, Ja all that w lefs them of the season. ‘The Morris Conal will probably increase its tonnage by the use of iisown and the poate of the Lehigh and Delaware Division Canals, which are not likely to be in order in time for much, if any, business this season. @ railroad compant ‘which are much harassed by operators for oars motive power, are 80 disposing of their rolling stock fg to facilitate the movement of the greatest amouns of tonnage. To this end the Keading Railroad Oom- pany, to prevent delay by the blocking up of cars as the Philadelphia station, ag soon as there becomes @ Jam withnolds all curs for two,days, thus enabling the company to, furnisn ee renter mamber 2, Richmond, where the demand-for shipment ts very The Leigh Valley Ratiroad Company is urgent. also compelled for the coming week to deny the supply of cara for western trausportation tm order to meet the demand of its more legitimate trade. The coal operators of the region, now that the Beaver Meadow and Hazleton mines are in ac- tive overation, or the Laster, it ta satd, will be to-day, can give full employment to the entire capacity of the road, Notwithstanding thia the coal tonnage of the past week has not been up to what was ex- pecied. The Reading Railroad, which claims 8 capa- City equal to 140,000 tons per weok, under vigorous effort, brought down last, week of all kinds but 126,724 tons against 121,631 tons the previous week, and for the year 3,644,626 tons against 8,184,031 tons to corresponding date last year—an increase 450,695 tons, The Schuyikiil Canal siippod 13,668 tous, an increage on {is tonnage of the previous weok of 8,507 tong, and for the season 640,318 tone against 809,473 tons to same date in 1863—a decrease Of 260,165 tons. The entire coal production of the week, ag reported by all the leading carrying companies, 18 326,881 tons against 307,828 tons the previous week, an incroase of 18,603 ae for the year 11,633,221 tons, against 12,099,022 to fame dates In 1868—a decrease of 465,801 tons, As compared with correenen anes week last year, when all the mining regions and all the carrying com- panies were in active operation, the tonnage of last week, instead of recovering on 1ts previous loss, ac- tually fell off 117,128 tons. This gi the trade is most probably at an end for the season. There is every reason to expect a heavy production this weok and to the ond of the year, sliould 20 mix hap occur, The basis for wages has been so ad- usted as to increase the pay to the miners betweon, ve and six dollars per month for the month of Uc« tober, and aa the operators, in their vurn, grumble @t the advance, it is not likely that there will be any further increase tis season. The toll on coal to this siation has been nore Be eee he and the price of stove coal ni van been seventy-five cents to one dollar pert ton, Lump < | other descriptions Of large coal are nearly atesiy