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ENGLAND. sia] Office Declined—Money on "Change and 4 @t the Bank—Discount—Condition of the Crops. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. a Lonpon, August 11, 1873, ‘The Office of Master of the Rolls has been offered ‘to Sir John Duke Coleridge, but ne refuses to ac- Bert ‘ MONEY AND DISCOUNT. The rate for money at the Stock Exchange on government securities is lower than the Bank of England rate by 3 per cent. The rate of discount for tnree months’ bills in the ‘pen market is % per cent, below the Bank of “England rate. CONDITION OF THE CROPS. The weather to-day is wet and unfavorable to ‘tho crops, OCEAN STEAMSHIFS. Bafety of Two Europo-Transatlantic Passenger Vessels. TELEGRAMS TO THE KEW YORK HERALD, STRTTIN, August 11, 1873, ‘The sutp Oscar II. has arrived here, bringing intelligence of the safety of the steamship Ernst Morttz arndt, The missing steamship was spoken by the Oscar ‘Tl. on the 23d of July, in latitude 46, longitude 45, She loat her propeller on the 14th of July and was proceeding under sail. . All was well, and she required no assistance, The Steamship Alabama Spoken. Lonpon, August 11, 1873, The State line steamship Alabama, from Glasgow for New York, was spokeu on Tuesday last a con- siderable distance west of the locality where the wrecked matter, supposed to have been from that vessel, was discovered. THE VIENNA EXHIBITION. Weoreace in the Number of Visitors—Exodus of Strangers ‘rom the City. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ViENNA, August 11, 1873, Many strangers are leaving Vienna, ana the number of visitors to the Exposition decreases daily, THE SWAMP ANGELS. Another Murder Attributed to the Last Relicof the Lowery Gang—Savage Steve Charged with the Assassination of Floyd Oxendine. WILMINGTON, N.C., August 11, 1873, Startling mews reached this city this evening, viz., that Floyd Oxendine, a colored man and a peaceful inhabitant of Eureka, In ScuMetown, had been shot to death by some villain or villains un- known, but generally supposed to be Stephen, the last of the Lowerys, and the only one of the outlaws 3till alive. Oxendine left his store at Eureka early this morning for a visit to a field belonging to him Aot more than a quarter ofa mile distant. About veven o'clock, the time at which he expected to feturn, & gun was heard a short distance from the house and in the direction of the field, and James Oxendine, Floyd's father, fearing something wrong, as he knew that his son did not carry a gun with him, started to the field. He had gone only about half the distance from the house along the road leading to Harper’s Ferry when he discovered the bleeding body of Fioyd lying by the side of the toad. He was quite dead, liaving been shot, evi- {ently with a double-varrelied gun, in the head and through the heart. His death must have been in- stantaneous. Jim Floyd then proceeded to Eureka and made known the melancholy event. Anum- ber Of persons went to the scene of the murder; gach haa his own theory and endeavored to sub- stantiate it by the attendant circumstances, The murderer's tracks were found crossing the toad and the ficld, and some asserted that they were exactly the same as Stephen Lowery made when walking, while others insisted that they were too long for Lowery. The general belief, however, Js that Lowery ts the man that committed the crime. Dxendine was a handsome young fellow, about twenty-four years of age and unmarried, although it ts said he was to have shortly espoused Madame Rhody, the relict of Henry Berry Lowery, the out- law chieftain, deceased. It is asserted that Ste- phen was opposed to this match, and even went so far as to take most solemn oath tbat no damned Oxendine shall ever sleep in Henry Berry's bed. But Fioyd Oxendine had other vindictive enemies besides Steve Lowery. Some time since he accompanied Wilson, the slayer of Andrew Strong, having also been conéederate with Wilson in the matter of killing Strong, to Marion pounty, South Carolina, where they attempted to arrest one John Locklear. This 80 much exaspe- fated the friends of the latter that it is asserted that Jim Dial, John Locklear aud Sinc Locklear have been lying out for some months past with the avowed intention of taking his life, The deceased was courteous in his manner, cor- rect and honest in his business dealings, and was well thought of in his neighborhood. ile was pos- sessed Of some little property and owned a store at Eureka, He was to have been married, it is said, next week, and the festive widow, Rhody Lowery, came down on the train yesterday to Eu- reka, immeasurably distressed at the sad fate which had overtaken her aflanced huaband. A MOUNTAIN DISASTER. A Stage Overturned in the New Hamp- shire Hills—Two Persons Kilied, Six Seriously Wounded and Six Others Injured and Bruised. BETALEUEM, N. H., August 11, 1873, Six horses attached to the morning stage be- tween Crawford and Profile House ran away to- day, upsetting the coach on Whitcomb's Hil, in this town, instantly killing G, R. Donell Kierl, of Baltimore, and fatally injuring A. S. Busier, a banker, from Allegan, Mich., who has since died, Tho following were also injured :— Mr. and Miss Reeves, of Phoenixville, I'a., prob- ably fataily. Chancey G. Harrington, Worcester, Mass., seri- ously. Austin G. Fox and Miss Fox, No. 45 West Thirty- third street, New York, seriously; G, S, Pox, slightly. )Miss Emma Kennedy, of Indianapolis, stightiy. ‘Mrs. Culvert, son and daughter, ironton, Ohiv, slightly. Mrs. La Croix, Ironton, Ohio, arm broken and Slightly injured on the head, Two or three others were slightly injured, It is betieved that al! of the wounded persons, vith the exception possibly of Mr. and Miss Reeves, will recover, The accident was caused by the breaking of the pole satrap, HE NATIONAL GAME. PHILADELPHIA, Angust 11, 1973, ‘The Mutuals defeated the Philadelphians to-day Oy the foliowing score :-— Ue 2d, Sd. 4th, Sth. GH. Tih, 8th. Mattonis.....s.cd 8d 5 My He OO Paune Larned-Matuals, 2; Piitiads biens t,o Umpire —J oun nseuce le aticloiapiaane BURGLARS INTERRUPTED. A clerk in the employ of Woodhull & Co,, No, 207 #roat street, on going to work yesterday morn- ng discovered that an attempt to burgiarize the premises had been made during the interim be- tween Saturday night and nial J morning, the thteves having cut through the wall from the ad- joining house and made an abortive attempt at ?pening the safe, the door of which was consider. abi: rung. ey must have been frigntened away from their work, for it was so nearly com- pleted that it would have required but @ fow minates’ more labor to effect an entrance, ‘as $25,000 in the safe at the time, ‘ ‘There NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST T2, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. is THE MANITOBA FUSS, Lord Gordon Gordon Off for the Bocky Mountains, HIS COUNSEL WHISTLING FOR HIS FEES, Governor Anstin and Mayor Brackett in Con- ference with the President and Secretary of 8tate—Something To Bo Dons for the American Prisonera— The Danger of Delay. Wasainoton, August 11, 1873. Governor Austin, of Minnesota, with Mayor Brackett, of Minneapolis, arrived here this morn- ing from Long Branch, where they had a satis- lactory interview with the President respecting the release on bail of the Minnesotians now held 88 prisoners in Manitoba on the charge of at- tempting to abduct Lord Gordon, Their pur- pose in coming here was to lay before the Secre- tary of State, in writing, the grievances com- plained of, as on a mere verbal complatnt the gov- ernment could not act. The proper documents were submitted, and Governor Austin left for home, Mayor Brackett proceeded to Ottawa to have an interview with Sir John Macdonald, who can re- quest, as Minister of Justice, the release of Hoy, Keegan, Bentley and Fletcher ; otherwise the action of the Court must be respected. The telegram to the effect that Gordon Gordon had left Manitoba ts con- firmed by two despatches recetved to-day by Mayor Brackett, who says he has not the slightest doubt Gordon has been removed at the instigation of At- torney General Clarke. He was under only $2,000 bail to appear as a witness, and the only one, in fact, against our impris- oned citizens. The Secretary of State renewed the assurances given by the President that our government would act promptly and decisively if the Dominion ofiicials failed to interest themselves in the reasonable request which had been made informally through Sir Edward Thornton, the british Minister. The Dominion Premier, Sir John Macdonald, had been suffering from a severe attack of Crédit Mobilier, which had made it impossible for him to attend toany business of late. The assembling of Parliament on Wednesday next would probably find him sufficiently recovered, at least, to be accessible, Mr. Brackett left for the Dominion seat of government to-night to ask an interview with Sir John, and upon the result, it is said, much more is depending than can at present be divulged. Governor Austin hasteris to Minnesota to pacify the people with the prom- ises of the President and the pledges of the State Department. The intense feeling prevailing in that State, especially about Minneapolis and the Northern border, does not, he says, partake of the enthusiasm of momentary excitement. This popu- lar indignation has justice for its foundation and cannot be controlled if our government shows a disposition to dally diplomatically with this most serious matter. Governor Austin desires to culm the feeling for the present, and will represent what, in his opinion, the people will be justified in doing should our government fail to fulfil its prom- ise. Mr. Brackett satd that he went to Manitoba to see if something could not be done to better the prison lile of the citizens of his city, who had been unwittingly led by his action into the dificulty. He said that if they were murderers they could not be treated worse. This is what has roused the People. If the word were given to-day to release them by force it would be done, and for that matter he believed the better class of citizens in Manitoba would assist in doing this, so execrable has the conduct o! the provincial oMciais been. He thought that in forty-eight hours 5,000 men would rally to arms, and men, too, who knew something of wariare, Keegan was captain of a weil organized company in Minneapolis which was most anxious to lead the way for the rescue of a man they most highly esteemed. The Fenian cle- ment on the border, although not interested in the trouble, would gladly avail itself of any pretext to invade any portion of the British dominion. Mr. Brackett further remarked that this statement Was not made in a boastiul way, but truly repre- sented the condition of affairs in the State, and which it was the earnest hope of every good citi- zen would have no further incentive to redress an outrage which was national in its character. It is understood that Sir Edward Thornton has telegraphed tothe home government what the at, titade of the administration 1s in regard to the arrest of the citizens of Minnesota, and has also communicated the views of Mr. Fish, who urges a prompt compliance with the request of the Gov- ernor of Minnesota. This has veen done in an- ticipation of any difficulty which might possibly arise in the event of a change of Ministry in the Dominion, “My Lord” Leaves His Counsel Fees Un- paid at Fort Garry and Departs for the Rocky Mouniains—Who Aassisted Him to Get Away? MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 11, 1873, A special despatch to the 7ribune yesterday from Fort Garry says:— — A few evenings ago Mr. Cornish, Lord Gordon's counsel, accompanied by other gentlemen, waited upon his jordship regarding pecuniary matters, The latter demanded a reason for so untimely a visit. Alteran explanation he became engaged in an excited altercation with the counsel, each ex- pressing his opinion of the other, which, to say the lJeast, Was not flattering to either, His lordship shortiy alter called his servant to advise Mr. Corn- ish to make his exit. The latter heeded the ad- vice, but called again the next morning to renew his claim for some security for his anticipated fee as counsel, but found his bird had flown, Upon inquiry it was found that Gordon was weil on his way to the Rocky Mountains. A party arriving from the West to-day report having seen him 200 miles westward, United States Consul Taylor was serenaded by the military band of Fort Garry, and three cheers were given by those assembled, The Consul responded in a brief speech. In the decoration of the Court House for a bazaar, in a spirit of courtesy to the American citi- zens, the Stars and Stripes were suspended side by side with the British fag. Upon the entrance of Attorney General Ciark, on beholding the fags thus placed, he ordered the ladies in charge to haul it down, Noone obeyed his command, and he retired, The Sheriff will not now allow the wives of the American prisoners to visit their husbands but twive during the week. A 8T. LOUIS MURDER. St. Lovis, Mo., August 11, 187 Last night while Michael Tadazowitz was wal! ing quietly down Main street ne was seized by a man and held while another beat him in the ribs and sides with large stones, one of whicn he held ineach hand, When Tadazowitz finally released himself from the grasp of his assailants he fell to the ground, blood streaming from nose, mouth and ears. He died in two hours. Michael Dooley and Michael Fiinney have been arrested, charged with the murder, They are men of bad repute and had 4 engaged in several disturbances during the A POLITICAL BOW IN PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELrHtA, Pa., August 11, 1973, Ata meeting of the Seventh Ward Republican Executive Committee, held to-night, Mr. William J. uvens, who was recently thrown from the re- publican ticket as @ candidate for the Legislature irom the Fourth district, was eudorsed by a reso- jution of the committee, who, in strong language, repudiated the action of the City Executive Com: mittee, THE HIP-YEE-TONG IN COURT. SAN FRANCISCO, August 11, 1873, The trial of the Chinese—members of the Hip- Yee-Tong Society—charged with conspiracy against Yet Sang, was resumed before a jury today. sSev- eral witnesses corroborated Yet Sang’s statement about the society, its character, abjects .and man- ner in which he was treated by the accused, ‘The trial Is not yet concluded, a YACHTING. —_+_ ~~ The New York Yacht Clu Squadron at Glen Cove—Gathering for a Cruise in the Sound—T Week’s Programme— The Yachtsmen at a Hop. GLEN Cove, L. I., August 11, 1873. The New York Yacht Club squadron, rendezvoused yeaterday afternoon at Glen Cove, received an order from Rear Commodore Kingsland to join in the an- nual cruise. The steamer Seawanhaka ieft Fulton fer- ry yesterday afternoon with the usual compiement Of passengers, and on board were also a large num- ber of the members of the New York Yacht Club, viz: Rear Commodore Kingsland, R. S$. Dickinson, Robert Dillon, Thomas, Messrs. Alexander, Foulke, Bend, Kane, Bradhurst, Platt, Haight, Nomans, De Peyster, Voorhis, Stockwell, Iselin and others on their way to join their yachts, On the passage the Seawanhaka passed the Enchantress and two sloops at anchor of Twenty-eighth street, and the sloops Gracie and Intex and the schooner Eva on their Way to the port of rendezvous. Coming into Glen Cove harbor the squadron at anchor, comprising eight schocners aud six sioops, presented quite a handsome picture. The dock looked quite busy with al! the boats ashore waiting to take the own- ers and their guests to their respective yachts. ‘The iollowing yachts are now tn port:— BCHOONERS Owner. + Rear Commodore @. L, Kingsland. MH, Thomas. R, Stuyvesant, HL B, Stockwell, 8. F. Colgate. Sheppard Homans, F, 5. Dickenson. AMessrs. Astor and Bradhurst. SLOOYS. Messrs, Alexandre, J. R, Walter, » Iselin, A. Strange. . Centre, STBAM YACHTS, .-Henry Harley. E, 8, Chapin, Messrs. Havemeyer. ‘ge nimber of yachts are expected to join the fleet to-night, imoading the Knchantress, Ma- deleine, Tidal Wave and others, The Resolute, Madgie and Josephine are alyo expected to join at New Loudon, which will make a fleet of over twenty sail, The advent of the yachts drew an addi- tional rush to the already crowded Pavilion and cots became in great demand. The propristor was, however, not to be taken by surprise, and proved equal to the rgency, satistying the wants of ail, In the evening a hop was given at the Pavilion by the proprietor to the members of the yacht club, The music was good and there was no lack of lady partners. The hop proved a decided success, Closing in the early hours, A meeting was held on board the flagship Alarm shortly alter seven !’,M., Kear Commodore Kings- land presiding, It was then decided that the leet should weigh anchor to-morrow atseven A, M. for New London. On Wednessday they will go to Newport and remain over Thursday, and on Fri- ‘day they start for Martha’s Vineyard, where & bail isto be given by the proprietor of the Sea View House to the club, On Friday the squadron are to go to Cutty Hunk, where turther orders will be issued. Rambler. Paimer ...... Dreadnought Ida .. Yachting Notes. The following passed Whitestone yesterday :— Yacht Triton, A.Y.C., Mr. Bayer, from the east- waid for New York. Yacht Tarolinta, N.Y.¥.C., Mr. Kent, from New York jor the eastward, Yacht Alarm, N.Y.Y.C., Rear Commodore Kings- land, trom New York ior Glen Cove, Sloop ae John Hoyt, Mr. Clowes, from Bay Side for fiarlem. Yacht Rambler, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Thomas, from New York for tne eastward, Steam yacht Wave, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Harley, from New York ior New London. Yacht Eva, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. FE, Burd Grubb, from New York for Glen Cove. Steam yacht Mystic, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Chapin, from New York ior Glen Cove, Yacht Palmer, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Stuyvesant, from New York for Gien Cove. Yacht Mist, Mr. Rapp, from the castward for New ‘ork. Yacht Vision, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Alexandre, from New York for Glen Cov Yacht laler, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Colgate, York for Glen Cove, Yacht Gypsie, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Livingstone, from New York for Newport. Yacht Escort, Colonel Riker, from Glen Cove for New Jersey. from New THE. YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION. Colonel Stanley's Oficial Report to the War Department—Anticipated by the Herald. WASHINGTON, August 11, 1873, A letter has been received at the War Depart- ment from Colonel D. 8, Stanley, commanding the Yellowstone expedition, dated Camp No. 26, West Bank of the Yellowstone, July 26. The engineers had connected with the line run from Bismarck in 1871 at Sully's crossing, on the Heart River. The command reached the Yellow- stone on the 16th of July, the average march being only tweive and a hali mies per day on account of heavy cuttings and bridge: which had to be made. General Cusie’ reached the mouth of Glendive’s Creek on the same day, with one squadron of cayairy, but as that place was inaccessible to a wagon train and the site selected tora depot was commanded by all the neighboring heights, the depot was re- moved toa point about fifteen miles above Glen- dive’s Creek, where a strong stockade was erected and Captain E. P. Pearson leit in charge with Company B, of the Seventeenth infantry, and Companies H and L, of the Seventh cavairy. The steamer Key West was found at Glen«live's Creek, and had she not been there the come mand would have been detained, as the river could not bave been crossed at its hgh stage without her in less than @ month. he Josephine had not been heard from, He 'g the Yellow- stone is a more difficult co cross than the Missouri, owing to it juperior swiit- ness, Only forty days’ forge be | carried on the Musselshell arab and the chief en- engineer expressed the opinion that sixty days would be required to do the work. Some diMcuity has been encountered in the transportation of forage and rations, as the mules had fallen off and were too heavil; loaded, He says “{ bad contemplated going direct from this point to the great bend of the Mussel- shell River to get over the ury divide as early as possibie in the seasun, but the engineers, from the Teconnoissance, seem to doubt the feasibility of any railroad route in that direction, ana I deem it best to go as quickly as possible to Pompey's could Pillar, thence by Baker's route to the Musscl- shell, and, if no route exists east of the bend of the Musselshell we will | return to this place by the middle of September, or | the 20th at the farthest, even if we run asurvey | back. Some difliculty had been experienced in | ferrying, the scows being unsoitable and not to be | compared with pontoon bridges. There has been one death on the march, Daniel Mal- | loy, @ teamster, who was killed by a wagon | running over him. The health of the command is reasonably good. About twenty are sick. A Cath- olic priest, Rey. Father Summerhausen, came to | this camp yesterday, having made the journey alone in six days from Fort Rice. He brought a small mail, From him J learned that the Josepline had not passed Fort Rice on the 19th of July. Supplies have been torwarded to last the expedi- tion till the ist of November. Lieutenant Thorne, commanding the steamers on the expedition, re- ports that on the 27th of June, the | Pe- ninah, in rounding a vend, wWas_ carried down a shute and run aground. Her en- tire cargo had to be taken off before she could be got auoat. Shortiy afterward she was carried down another shute and her wheel badly broken. On his downward ap to Fort Butord he met the steamer Josephine in the Yellowstone ou the | 28th of July, about sixty miles above Baford, THE CHOLERA IN OHIO. CoLumBts, August 11, 1873. One fatal case of cholera occurred here to-day. The victim died after eight hours’ itiness, and was buried after nine o'clock to-n ght, KILLED WHILE FISHING. Between five and six o'clock last evening, while & boy named Thomas Keegan, eleven years of age, ‘was fishing at the foot of Clymer street, Williams- burgh, a pile of lumber fell upon him and croshed his head in such @ shocking manner that death re- sulted immediately, The boy's remains were con- | veyed to the residence of his parents, No. 152 North Sixth street, THE DOUBLE TRAGEDY 1N WILLIAMSBURG. ‘William Anderson, the young man who attempted to marder Miss Annie Cuningham on Sunday nigit, and then made a pretence of committing suicide, was committed to the County Jail yesterday to await the result of his victim's injurics, Last evening Miss Cuningham was in @ comfortable condition. Anderson denies that he was intoxicated when he committed the Jelonious assault, and intimates taas he did not know where he was when he did LET THE BOYS BATHE. To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD: Let the “nude bathers’ swim and perform their hourly ablutions along the banks of our beautiful When there are free baths at the foot of every street will be time enough to from exhibiting natural statdary, If the horrified old ladies don’t wish to see set-them keep their A FRAEgND OF THE BOYS, Tohibjs the juveniles eyes away. | ing house, | | | rivers, It does them good and nobody ravers | IBIG PEERS. The Lofty Aristocracy of Kingdoms. THE MIGHTY OLIGARCHY. Somerset, St. Albans, Grafton, Leeds, Norfolk, Marlborough, Rutland, Portland, New- castle, Hamilton, Beaufort and Buckingham. DO THE BYKES DICTATE TO THE BENCH? What a Good Thing It Is To Be a Duke! the United Paaus, July 26, 1878, BIG PEERS. ‘Tho existing type of English Duke is not a very exalted specimen of nobility. The Dukes of Buo- cleuch, Devonshire, Sutherland, Bedford and Northumberland are indeed petty kings, having immense laaded estates and looking down upon politics from the heighih of their grandeur. They oondescend to put their younger #08 into Parlia- ment and their poor relations into the government oMiees. Scotts, Leveson-Gowers, Cayendishes, Russels, and a few Vereys, who ought to be Smith- sons, may be found occupying lucrative posts in the public service; but these GREAT DUKES themselves will accept nothing but lord leuten- ancies and ribbons ofthe garter. They are very little seen or heard of beyond the limits of their Own property, where thoy are regarded as demi- gods; but they have scarcely any active influence on society. They come up to their big houses in London for afew weeks after Easter, vote upon one or two broad-bottomed questions very cau- tiously, never trust themselves to speak more than afew words in Parliament, and cail round them their family lawyers, doctors and the ancient dependents of their race to a few solemn dinners, in which tke conversation is ex- tremely homely and prosy. They avoid all ap- Pearance of state or display in London, and appear forever on their guard, as though they were al- ready fortilying thelr abodes and strengthening their positions against a coming siege. They take care never to interfere with popular caprice or to come in contact with the strong current of opin- len, ‘They have, however, a policy of their own, fnd any one who penetrates into their recesses and stirs them up with fighting purposes soon finds out how strong they are. Beuind them starts up @ whole host of HENCHMEN AND TOADIES, connected with them interest or relationship, generally beth, and who “manage” the press and the law courts for them very artfully. No paragraph in any way disagreeable to one of these dukes could obtain {nsertion in a newspaper, for there is not @ print of any character or im- portance in Great Britain which is not, directly or indirectly, in the hands of this MIGHTY OLIGARCHY. The Duke of Norfolk stands apart. He {s not rich, he is not clever, but he is supported by the powerlul body of the English Catholics, and, per- haps, no individual Englishman has so mucn per- sonal importance. TUE DUKR OF SOMERSET is rather a hot-headed man, without much money or authority, who has many ofthe qualities of a government clerk high up in his department. He mismanaged the navy very grossly, and on the for- mation of the Gladstone Ministry he was left out in the cold on account of his impracticable temper. Yet ina recent lawsult, brought against him by Mr. Williams, an eminent London physician, it was found impossible to obtain a legal decision against him, and the present Attorney General, a time- serving and unscrupulous lawyer, who was re- tained for the plaintiff, threatened to throw up his who tes are of by the | briet if the matter was pressed against the Duke. The Duke of Richmond, who is nominally con- serva‘ive leader of the House of Lords, is a gentie- man and a good man of business. He has a great | deal of influence in the army and on the turf, but is | not a person of much consequence in politics, and his intellect is rather below the average. THE DUKES OF GRAFTON AND LEEDS are social and political nonentities. The Duke of Manchester is an honest, blundering and ratner ridiculous man, who has a somewhat equivocal position in the Vice Court at Marlborough House. The Duke of St, Albans has done one or two popu- jar things, He has refused to sell a small church living which he thight have sold, and he bas offered to resign his sinecure as hereditary registrar of the Court of Chancery; but he has also left one of his relations in a London workhouse in spite of some public appeals from the local rate- payers, and seems to have more show than go in him, He has a smali place about the Court, and is | The DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH ig a dull, civil man, much beloved by the beneficed clergy, and shares ecclesiastical power in England with Lord Shaftesbury, TAE DUKE OF RUTLAND, who was formerly a remarkably handsome man and one of the first suitors of the Princess Mary of Cambridge, ts an exquisite of the first water, with many chivalric qualities, but he has been littie seen in society for some years, and reigns over his woods of Belvoir, giving his heart to horses aud to hounds, Me cannot be said toceunt at all | in public life, though his brother, Lord John Manners, Who was once thought a@ riliug man among the tories, still takes a part in politics and looks after the parks and statues when his party are in power, The Duke of Portland ts another of the great territorial magnates who holds himself aloof frem court and city, He is immensely rich, and very strong on his own ground. He never travels be- yond it, He showed, however, that he could and would have nis way ima recent law suit, and got it. The Dukes of Newcastle and Hamilton and Beauiort may be classed togetier, except that the very poor. Duke of Newcastle has ruinea himself on tne turf, end the Dukes of Hamilton and Beaufort bave not, ‘the Duke of Mamilton, too, has considerable influence in society, and especially in the sporting world of Europe, and may be called a cosmopolitan among turf men, having a ruuning horse in most of the great events; whereas the Duke of Newcastle is nowhere and wiped altogether out of men's memo- ries. THE DURE OF BUCKINGHAM is avery queer figure—commercial, fussy and with much of the pompousness of a chief clerk in a bank- He is said to be the sharpest common lawyer in England. He is very rich, having not only the Stowe property and all the estates of the jast Duke of Chandos, but likewise the savings of a shrewd Scotch uncle, thé last Marquis of Breadal- bane, Who left much ready money. Nevertheless, the “Buckingham debts,” which exceed half @ milion sterling, remain unpaid, and are one of the queerest of all the queer scandals of the time. In the presen? state of the English law creditors have no real remedy against a repudiating duke who choeses to set them at defiance, as the Duke of Buc'¢ingham has done, Nevertheless, this honest p’erson, so wise and clever in his generation, has bean Secretary of state for the Colonies, President 04 the Council and is stitl Lord Lieutenantand ‘Ma’ster of the Morals” of his county et-oftclo, He cauld order a ver- of which @ duke is the heaviest embodiment; and practically, therefore, a duke may do what he Pleases, all laws and acts of Parliament notwith- standing. In another paper we Purpose to treat of the different varieties of peers, from the political peer down to the sporting and theatrical peer, Ta es saatttaal scent LITTLE PEERS The Aristocratic Small Fry of England. TITULAR NOBILITY ON ITS LAST LEGS, ees The Baneful Law Entail. etecnereremen | Political Extinction in the House of Lorda. Se THE GENUINE PEE Panis, July 26, 1873, LITTLE PEERS, BARONS AND VISCOUNTS, Titular nobility is on its last lega in England. It will die hard, but it has been along time dying already, and is now almost extinct. It has only been kept upstanding by the custom of entail and tho habit which prevails among the titled classes of investing their property in land and settling the bulk of their estates upon their eldest sons. But tho new land laws will bring many great families toppling down, for the practice of entailing estates had several notable disadvantages. In the first place tt could not altogether stifle natural feelings, and the EDITORS. ENTAILED ESTATES were generally charged with annuities, dowers and mortgages without end, so that it commonly happened that a man of title, whose nominal rental was seventy or eighty thousand @ year, had mever a five pound note te spend, and was forced to have recourse ‘to the bfll discounters, and to forestall his life interest in his entaiied property before he could pay a tatlor's bill or buy a carriage. ‘Then a very disastrous state of things came about. A great deal of land was in the hands of a titled pauper who had no real control over Mt. His woods and his farms got into the power of trustees, and they managed everything In the immediate interests of the bill discounters, who, feeiing that their titled debtor's life was not more certain than their untitied debtor's life, and that when tne breath was once out ofhis body they would never get asixpence from his heirs, hastened to make the most of their bar- gain. For this purpose they let farms at nominal rents, on long leases, taking heavy premiums; they cut down woods and left the estate as bare as a bald man’s head befere they had done with it. No improvements in agriculture were possible under such men; they would not spend a shilling on drainage or manure, and they contrived to make only one blade of grass grow where two had grown before, DETERIORATION OF THE SOI. Many large tracts of fertile ground in the best parts of England lay waste and exhausted, and nothing could save a nobleman who once got into dimiculties but the discovery of a coal mine on his property, or the advent of a railway company who came armed with an act of Parliament to buy their way through his park and gardens. The English nobility has indeed no raison d'étre now; it has absolutely no meaning. A seat in the House of Lords means political extinction, and confers no social advantages. Since Mr, Pitt inaugurated the practice ef selling coronets to pawnbrokers and money lenders every successive Premier has fol- honor nor of manners. Loutish lords, who have neither education nor importance, abound; and these are PEERS WHO ARE MONEY LENDERS’ TOUTS, who are the decoy ducks of bubble com- panies, sharpers at cards, welchers on the turf, horse dealers, hotel keepers, partners in obscure gaming houses and peers so poor that they are glad to take the leavings of another man’s dinner at their club, ‘The fortunes of the English nobility moreover bear no comparison with the incomes of the cotton spinners of Manchester, the shipowners of Liver- pool, the tron masters of Wales and the large con- tractors for public works. It is also to be observed that these commercial men have no claims upon them, no hereditary charges to support, no courta and casties to keep up. They can, therefore, eclipse the titled classes wherever they meet. A sensible man, indeed, will no longer accept a peer- age, being conscious that it will make him more ridiculous than respected; and an honest man will not take a title because it is generally understood that no favor can be obtained trom any English government by creditable means, Therefore, an oMcial recognition of a politician’s merits iz merely looked upon as payment for some party job. TITLES OF NOBILITY in England have ceased to have any signification atal!, Dake means leader; but what and who is led by @ man like the Duke of Montrose or the Duke of Newcastle * Maroulis means warden of the marches or {frontiers of the country, and the absurd nickname was not leng ago given to Lord Ripon for making a political bluuder, Earl means chief ofa county, say some; others assert that it means elder or gray beard. In any case Lord Winchester cannot be supposed to rule over Notting- bam from the Bankruptcy Court, and there are earls still in their cradles. ‘The title of viscount or vice-count is equally devoid of common sense at present, and no public duty of any kind is now attached to any title, Some heredi- tary court offices are still held by certain families, but they have become sinecares, and the very men who hold them could noi tell what they have to ao, Thus the Duke of St. Albans is Hereditary Grand Falconer; but there are no falcons now kept by the Sovereign. The late Lord Willoughby D’Eresby, @ very queer customer, was aiso Hereditary Grand Chamberlain, but Lord Sydney is Chamberlain de Jucto, and eyen his chiet duties are performed by a man of letters (Mr. Donne) not very widely known to fame, and whose very name is ignored by nine- tenths of the people. The title of HEREDITARY GRAND CHAMBERLAIN is now in abeyance between two ladies. The real lords and princes of the English people are THE NEWSPAPER EDITORS and some half dozen writers who form and guide as such, but they soun will be. No beren in the and richest of the banker peers, wields such influ. ence as Mr. Carlyle from his small house in Cheb fact, the most potent of Englishmen. George Eliot, rather out of date, produce any effect public the real nobility of the time, place, Mr. Vernon pamphieteers. dict in Westminster Hall, or the Court of Equity a8 casily as he could order nis dinner, There 18 ‘apsointely no legal remedy against an Enygfish duke, and there is no Inatance of any oneof them having been brought fairly to trial Wo cécent tunes. The Bar, the Bouck magmont, of comic songs were loudly applauded a in some instances, encored. The attract of the bill was, however, the Chapm: Sisters burlesque of “Little Don Giovanni,’ ably intro ments of the stage have enabled the Chapman Sis Jowed it, and the peerage is no longer a schoo) of finge, kingdom, not even Lord Robartes, ome of the latest. y sea, The late Mr. Mill, too, was, ag @ matter off the novelist, is very influential, so is Mr. Ward, tye editor of the Saturday Review, The Times, is and has long ceased, to opinion, The { same observation applies to the Daily News, andin a lesser degree to the Standaw, The Morning Posi, though honestly conducted, is @ class paper, the | organ of polite society; but the conductors of the | Spectator are important people, and perhaps the | leader writers on the Patt Mall Gazette take the firstl | rank among the teachers and leaders of theughtfu men. No petty lordling comes up tc.the heel of these, | Then iv a secondary but still puissant, stand Mr. Tennyson, | Harcourt and a few poets and They have quite superseded the | nobility in the national ysteem, and if two oppo- site statements of a /a6t were put ferward, the one signed by Lord Demaniey and the other by any known man of legters, His Lordship’s account of the transactlon would mot be credited ior & 7 $$$ rrr erent RRS and the Privy Couneil of England are at pres@st™ weighed down under that incubus of respectability —_— Reopening of the Union Square Theatreas The Vokes Family, ) The reopening of the Union Square Theatre last night was in itself an important event, aside trong the reappearance of the Vokes family, It isa great compliment to the general Management of tne theatre that one of the largest audiences ever seen in the theatre gathered there last night, and the “overtiow’ was immenae. The entertainment be-. gan with a two-act drama, called “ Old Phil's Birthday," in which Mr. PF. F. Mackay wag too great for the rest of the cast. Misa Meta Bartlett, a young lady of this city, made her debut, creating a pleasant impreae sion, The piece is full of platitudes and feeble sentiment, and is devoid of one new brigh€ thought or situation. We understand‘it ia to be thoroughly pruned, which cannot fail to have the double effect of giving it strength and bringing the performance within a reason. able time. Last night it was ten o’ciocks before it was concluded, and the Vokes accords ingly came on provokingly iate. They were re« ceived with every demonstration of welcome ang @pproval; but their new play, ‘Fun in a Fog,” ta More fog'han fun. Anythmg more dreary tn the and of humor was never produced before, For fully halfan nour atter the beginning of the per- formance the pretty little cabin of the yacht, om which the action is supposed to take Place—a geng in its way and worthy of great praise—tie wit con- sisted in staggering about the stage in an unsap- ponable fis of seasickness and genéral unseae worthiness. Imbecility never went further im kicking chairs and tables about on the hypothostd that it was funny, At the close of tue first halt hour one of the old dances from “The Belles of the Kitchen” was introduced, and how mveh of the family property was displayed alterward it is une hecessary Co relate, Opening of the Theatre Comiqne. The Theatre Comique opened last night with @ crowded house. There was more than even the usual variety on the programme, and the opening performance included several of the favorites of last season, The “audience was evidently in @ homor to receive with favor everything that was presented, and Duton, Irish and mole io Ip of the day 18 clevériy and langh- which the fu The additions to and improve. ters to give it with a good settin of the piece is rendered with suflicienteare to re- vive reminiscences of popular operatic airs. The reat defect of the entertainment is that it is tog jong, and the bill could be cut to advantage in Aes strictly variety business and aucient trash nousense at the beginning of the periormance, PHILADELPHIA'S NEW POST OFFIOR Its Construction Delayed Through the High Prices Asked by Property Owners. , and the musi¢e PHILADELPHIA, Angust 11, 1973, The commission appointed by the Post Office De partment to purchase suitable grounds for the building of a new Post OMice in this city find it ag up-hill job, In almost every instance the property selected by them has been appraised af exorbitant figures by thelr owners, and the resuit has been a series of emban rassments. A few days ago they examined nine properties on the south side of Market street for the north front of the Post Office, but the pricet asked by the owners were beyond precedent, an as a result, the commission will now bring the matter before the Courts, under the act provid will be appoint for such exigencies, and a@ jur; fix @ reasonable to condemn the property an price for the same. “PATAL AOOIDENT,— Frederick Schmidt, sixteen years of age, § grocer’s assistant, doing business corner of De Kalb avenue and Walworth street, Brooklyn, was thrown from a horse which he was riding and i> stantly killed yesterday afternoon. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Wyoming will leave this pott om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool, The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMlce at seven o'clock A. M. 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