i mi EY1EMNG-' I H H VOL. IX. NO. 137. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 18G9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION THE ALABAMA. Important Statement of the Messrs. Laird-Who Built the Rebel Frivatccr How She was Fitted Out and Trc pared to Demolish the American Shipping. To the Editor of the London Time; We have hitherto refrained from answering any of the attacks made upon us an builders of the Alabama, not wiRhlnK to prejudice In any way the negotiations entered Into between the Government of this coun try and the United States, which, If they hart been concluded In a satisfactory manner, would probably have led to an Inquiry Into all the circumstances connected with the building of ships and supply of war materials by various parties to Northern and Southern belligerents during the American war. and thereby have Riven us an opportunity of explaining the part we took in building and delivering the Ala bama at this port. The Johnson-Clarendon Convention having been rejected by the United States, we think the time has come to remove the erroneous impressions that have prevailed on this subject, as it cannot be to the ad vantage of the country that unfounded statement as to this one transaction should remain uncontra dicted, and be used adversely to this country, while the larger question of the assistance in naval, mili tary, and other supplies rendered to the North as w ell as the South during the war should be hushed up. The allegations made, and so often repeated that many people believe them, are that we not only built, but armed, manned, and equipped the Alabama to cruise against the Northern States, and therefore committed an illegal act; and that to induce us to enter into such arrangements we were paid an ex travagant price for the ship and machinery. We shall therefore proceed to show that these statements are unfounded, and that the contract to build the Alabama was entered into by us In the DBual course of our business as a mere commercial transaction, and at a price moderate for vessels of her class, the firm which we now represent having for upwards of thirty years been in the habit of building vessels of war for our own Government, for foreign Governments direct, and for the agents of foreign Governments. The Alabama was built in our works, where about MOO men were at that time employed, without any security, and during her building was constantly inspected by visitors from various parts of the world, and by the olllcers of ller Majesty's Customs, as Surveyor of ller Majesty's Customs, Liverpool, dated the S8th of June, 1802: "The officer have at all time free access to the build ing yards of the Messrs. Laird, at Birkenhead, where the said vessel is now lying, and there has been no attempt nn the part of her builders to diaguise.wbat ia most apparent to all, that she is intended for a ship of war." Alabama fuptt; March 24, 1S63." When ready she was launched and taken into our graving dock, to have her machinery put on board, and to be masted and rigged. Oh the 12th of June this work was bo far ad vanced that the vessel was taken for a trial trip outside the port, and all being found satisfactory, was brought back to our graving dock to be com pleted. On the 12th of July, more than a fortnight before Bhe left the Mersey, she was moved from our works and placed in the Great Float public dock at Birkenhead, to which all parties have access, and was there supplied by the purchaser with coals and provisions for her voyage. There was no haste or secrecy observed In any of these operations, and had there been anything illegal in the building or the fitting of the ship there was ample time and opportunity for the Govern ment then to have seized her. They did not do so, although they were informed on the 81st of July by their oitlcers that the ship appeared to be ready for sea. and might leave at any hour she pleased. This appears by the following extract from a letter addressed by the Collector of Customs, Liverpool, to the Commissioners of Customs, London, and dated the 21st of July, 1862, a week before the ship left the dock: "I shall feel obligod by the board being pleased to instruct me by telegraph bow I am to act, as the ship ap pears to be ready for sea, and may leave at any hour she pleases." It would, in fact, appear that the Intention of the Government to detain the ship was based, not on the character or condition of the ship her self, but because a man named Passmore and two others made affidavits that they were engaged to serve on board her, although they did not state that they were engaged by the builders. Sir Roundell Palmer, on the 27th of March, 1863, alludes to this as follows: "Hut I wish the House to understand that in those depo sitions there waa a great mass of hearsay evidence which, taken by itself, could not form the basis of any action. Of the six depositions transmitted on the 22d of July only one waa good tor anything at all, vir,., the evidence of person named Passmore, which was sufficient to prove the mate rial facts. Two more were sent, corroborating Passmore (in the 24th,and were received by Earl Russell on tbe 26th." And Mr. Sumner allude to Passmore's affldavlt in his speech of April, 1869. It It had been true (of which, however, there Is no proof) that these men had been engaged to serve on board, the parties so engaging them would have teen Involved in pecuniary penalties, for payment of which the ship might have been detained until the penalties were satisfied, or good bail given. See the ropy of letter from the Commissioners of Customs to the Collector of Customs, Liverpool, duted 22d July, 1862, via. : "We acquaint you that we have communicated with ou solicitor on ilie subject, who has advised us that the evi dence submitted is not sufficient to justify any steps being taken against the vessel under either the sixth or seventh section of the act W George III, cap. 6M, and you are to fiivern yourself accordingly. The solioitor has, however, stated that if there should be sufficient evidence to satisfy court of enlistment of individuals, they would be liable to pecuniary penalties, for security of which, if recovered, Uii department might detain the ehip until those penal ties are satisfied or good bail given ; but there is not suffi cient evidence to require the Customs to prosecute. It is. however, competent tor tue united btates uonsui, or any other person, to do so at their own risk if they see tit." The United States Consul did not. however, avail iinself of this power to prosecute. A week elapsed after the opinion was given by the Solicitor of Customs in London, and the Collector of Customs In Liverpool had reported that the ship ap peared to be reaily for sea, and might leave at any hour she pleased, and she still remained In the Bir kenhead public dock. We were not requested by the Government to de tain the ship, and on the afternoon of the 2Sth she was moved from tue oertn in me ureal r mat, ami me tume evening was undocked and came to anchor in tie river on" the public landlug stage In Liverpool, until the morning of the 29th of July, when Bhe left Die river about 10 o'clock. At this time the Alabama had not on board any Hurt nt hr urnminent. arnmuultlon. or warlike stores. u shown by the Surveyor of Customs' report, July W, lhoi: "I have only to add that yonr directions to keep a strict atch on the said vessel have been curried out, and I trite in the fullest ooniidence that she left this port with ut any part of her armament on board. She had not as Much as a signal-gun or musket."--'i ltper: March 1, lot3. We here draw special attention to the fact that we did not supply, or enguge to supply, the Alabama, tither before or after she left the Mersey, with any part of her armament, provisions, coals, or warlike ttores of anv description, or engstge any men to n-rve on board her, or to Join her after she left tbe port. We merely completed a contract to build and de liver an unarmed and unequipped ship in the port of Liverpool. We were never Informed by the purchaser of the Alabama of the arrangements he had made for man ling, arming, equipping, and commissioning that twssel at a foreign port, nor had we any idea of her kavlng gone to the Azores until that fact was gene rally known by the public. fnir nntnlon as to tbe legality of building and de livering the biilp In the way we did mav not be of Such value, but we submit that the opinion of some Of the most eminent lawyer of the day should have Weight, and we; therefore Jglve the following, on a case submitted to them some months after the Ala bama had left Liverpool : 0V1KION8 OK MR. MKI.LIHH, SIR ItUOH CAIRNR, AND UK. KKHHLAY AS TO LKUAL1TY OF BUILDING TUB a i a Hi MA. "I am of opinion that Messr. Laird had a riiht to build IhAl,,,. which baa since been called the Alabama in the We ship wuu.il u 8 j , . ,,. amt e her the common law or the Foreign Enlistment '"".V "V-r-nce to that ship. I am of opimon that the & T. ,. TJ V....I, ,n. of a ship, even although the ship h ?"'',lebu,ldl?f!i,t.d for warl.ke purposes, ana tie of deliver ma mmuv"" in an Kuuliau ih. iinai SUCH IHP W "-; .,.a.,-.,l-il r !b.nKA ?Jun belligeront power, doe. not constitute ttt.iit of '"'fP.V,.Keign fcnli.tmeot act IWUmu I?i"5!a5 wLtt build.r.UBUmtL'. the purchaser is aui i foreign belligerent ...-i iha Foreign kanwo to b the builder snake himself a party to tbe equipping of the vessel for warlike purposes. The Alabama, indeed, appetni tome to have been equipped at the A sores, and not in England at all. OKORK MELLINIt. "No. 3 ilarconrt Building, Feb. 6, IHra." "We entirely conrnr in tn opinions given by Mr.Mellish on the statement laid before him, and our opinion would not be altered if the fact were that Messrs. La'rd Bro ther knew they were building the Alabama for an agent of the Confederate Government. H. H. CATRNH, "April 17, 1863. JAMES K EM PLAY." We also give the opinion of Chief liaron Pollock on the trial of the Alexandra, June, 1863: ''Many allusion in the course of this ease had been made to the Alabama, but he held that as that vessel left Liverpool unarmed, and as a simple ship, she committed no unlawful act; and we bad nothing to do with the fact that, at a subsequent period, she was armed and converted into a vessel of war at Terceira." We have stated that the Alabama left the Mersey an unarmed shin, and was not II tied or furnished as a man-of-war. This Is confirmed by the following extrects from the letters and speeches of Lord Cla rendon and Sir Koundell Palmer, the Solicitor General. Ixtrd Clarendon's letter to Mr. Adams, December 2, lWB, quoted by Earl Russell in his speech, March 27, 18GB: "It ie, nevertheless, my duty, In closing thi correspond ence, to observe that no armed vessels departed during the war from a liritien port to cruise against the com merce of the United States." Solicitor-General's (Sir Ronndcll Palmer's) speech in the House of Commons, March 27, 1863: "It wa not till the Alabama reached the Arores that she received her stores, her captain, or her papers, and that she hoisted the Confederate flag. It is not true tnat she departed from the share of tuis country as a sbip armed for war." Lord Palmerston also, in the debate of the 27th of March, 1863, makes the following statement: "I have myself great doubt whether, if we had seized the Alabama, we should not have been liable to considers lile damages. It is generally known that she sailed from thisconntry nnarmed and not properly fitted out for war and that she received her arnsment, equipment and crew in a foreign port. Therefore, whatever suspicions we mav have had and they were well founded, as it afterward t ""-ned out as to the intended destination of the vessel her condition at that time would not have justified seizure." And the views he then expressed were proved to be correct by the result of the trial In the Alexandra rase, which vessel was released after the decision of the House of Lords, and 3700 damages and costs paid by the Government to the owners. See memo randum attached to Earl Kussell's letter to Mr. Adams, dated Nov. 8, 1865: "The trial ended in the discharge of the vessel, and the cost and damages having been compromised for 3700, phe was delivered to the owners. She waa thoa sent to Nassau, whore she wa again tried on a similar charge of violation of the Foreign Knuatnieut act, and again ao quitted." We now come to the question of the price paid for the Alabama and her machinery. The price we received for constructing the hull, masts, rigging, sails, anchors, cables, and general mercantile ouuit of the Alabama and her machinery was less than the cost of similar vessels in her Mujesty's service, although she was built and her engines made In every respect equal to them. The detallB of the price we are quite willing to give to her Majesty's Government, should they desire it. It has been stated that In the conduct of our busi ness in these transactions we sought our gain irre spective of municipal or International law, thereby endangering the relations between this country and America. The opinions of the eminent statesmen and lawyers we have quoted show the building of the Alabama to have been In accordance with the existing lawB of England, and in 1861, when we un dertook the contract, and for long after, there was nothing to show that our doing so was at variance with the opinions of our own countrymen or with the practice of foreign nations. But In 1804 other questions had arisen as to the rights of neutrals and belligerents, which rendered It apparent that a strict interpretation of the exist ing law would not satisfy those whose Interests were allccted, and In that year we declined to accept an order to build a lurge iron-clad vessel for an agent of the Confederate Government, although one condi tion of the contract waa to have been that the ship should not be delivered nntll the conclusion of the war. The cost, however, was to be paid to us by instalments. In such a way and bo secured as to make it for us a perfectly safe and profitable commercial transaction, and we were advised by the best authority that mere was nothing in our municipal or International law to prevent us taking the contract. Our private gain here was willingly sacrificed, because we reit mat, irom the comnllcatlons that had arisen In reference to neutral and belligerent rights, a strict Interpreta tion of tbe law might tend to aggravate the then existing differences between wis country aim me American Government, and had there been the same feeling on the subject In 1861, the Alabama would not have been built by us. We have given tnese lacrs anti quoted mese opin ions as to the building of the Alabama to clear that transaction frotu the erroneous statements with which It has been surrounded. It cannot be to the interest or tnis country to allow public opinion to turn on imperfect informa tion; and as the Johnsou-Clarendon Treaty has been rejected, an Inquiry instituted by a Royal Commission or a committee of the House of Commons Into the support given to the North and South during the war, in reference to ships, warlike stores, guns, ammunition, armor-plates, and the enlistment of men to serve for either or the belligerents, would tend to place all the matters in dispute clearly before the British Parliament and people, and enable them to approach any further negotiations with the United states on a more satis fuctory basiB than they have hitherto done. Should a general Inquiry of this kind be decided on, we shall be glad to give any Information and assistance in our power. It is constantly asserted in America, and by many E ergons In this country, that Mr. J. Laird, M. P. for Irkenhcad, was the builder of the Alabama. This is not me case, bb jut. Lairu s uiiri muur firm ceased before the Alabama waa built, and some time before his election to serve in Parliament; but we may add that Mr. Laird knew we were building this ship, and for whom we were building her. We must apologize for the length of this letter, but hope that the importance of the subject will justify our requesting Its Insertion. we are, respectiuuy, your oucuiein, scrvmiwi, Laikd Hkothkbb. Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, May 2b. THE CHINESE. A movement in California to Check their inltfrsUlou The Sacramento liecord savs tbcre Is an orera- nlzation of white men In California and Nevada, the members of which are pledged to oppose the employment of Chinamen. The liecord Bays: It is a secret orcranlzation, extending throusrh- out this State and Nevada. The circle in Truc- kee alone numbers over two hundred, lhis organization had much to do with the re cent foolish Btrike by the miners in Grans valley. It is plausibly regarded as a Demo cratic move to uuiuoug wuiMugmuu into voting the Democratic ticket. A khort time since Santa Cruz had quite a demon stration of these noble specimens of the "white UIUU 8 party, borne or tiicm eutereu me uuuse of John W. Jervls, at Vino Hill, during the ab sence of himself and wife, drove some China men off after horribly maltreating them, abused and terrified the children, declared their inten tion to Democratize the whole country, oroKe open tbe wine cellar, ana stoic, uioku, uuu ruined Cain irenerallv with thiuiro. In Santa Clura county these lieuds have destroyed thott sauds of dollars' worth of property, nor Btoppo l short ot taking lito itseit. 1 he following, wnicn wus received last Tuesday by John Elitch, res taurant keeper of Bnu Jose, is a fair specimen of the threatening letters scut to men who employ Chinsee; "'Mr. Elltch Sir: Having heard that you em ploy Chltiainen lu your establishment (namely your restaurant), I, as one of the committee of Itegulators and protectors of tho Aiiglu-Suxim race, have to v.arn you that the employing Asiatics and Mon golians when there are Caucasians willing and anxious to receive the employment by which they may support themselves and their families Is strictly prohibited by this society. Already we do number loriy iHousanu meinour, sworn m teet each and every member with our property and with our lives 11 necessary. You kuow too well the 'past to need a recllal from me. Two hun dred thousand dollars' worth of property have we already destroyed lu this county, and the work Is not yet complete ; yet the little we have done has had a salutary ellect. Jove, who hurls huge thunder bolts from high Olvmpus, wields no greater power thanl. II It be true that you are an employer of Chinamen, ere three days have passed over your I am uitsiiirnrinri. nil shall be well. An acknowledg ment or denial over your signature in the J'alriot will be sultlcieut guarantee. "TUK U01 UaLf TtUsl WHO IIlLP TllKMSELVIS," iieau your property. io uw.uuiuiuuU ... .; toil, ahull be lu ashes. Shapes hut from '1 artarus shall take the places of your household R'J. and onvitrtv uii.i a. aoiution uhiill mark mv track, i et If N 12 W-Y O II K 1 8 N N . From Our Own Cbrrewpondenfc Nw TOM, June 8, 1M9. The whole town la on tho watch for those new car riagesnot the pleasure ones at Central Park, which have become so popular In bo short a space of time but the hansoms that have been gosslpped about for the past month. The Hansom Cab Com pany has had very many and very formidable obsta cles with which to deal, and In spite of these theuu BcriptlonB have come In with perhaps quite as much rapidity as could have been expected. The number of horse railways In the city, and the extreme cheap ness and carelessness with which they have been laid down, have had something to do towards con tributing to this result- The streets are so cntnp that anything Bo lumbcrsomo as a four-wheeled car riage cannot pass through them with any safety to itself, or without having Its wheels clogged In the numerous mud-filled ruts. The lightness and small ness of the hansjms therefore render them very de sirable, and these qualities the Irish Jauntlng-carts, which are coming into use here, greatly share with them. Before a long lapse of time, I should not be surprised If the four-wheeled carriages are ban ished to the bygone ages, and we indulge In nothing but the two-wheeled article. We shall become a riding people, and all pedestrians will have to reside abroad. It Is my belief that the reign of the British bur lesque blondes in New York will soon come to an end. They may perhaps survive for another season, but not, I think, longer. Mr. Henderson, by the manner In which he last week invited the attack of Mr. Butler, the theatrical critic of the .Spirit of the Time, seems to have put bis loot Into It, and to have given occasion for tho striking of tho first blow In the demolition of the "pautomlmic-Bpectacular-bur-lesque." That was the signal for many of the daily and weekly newspapers to rush in and make an attack which they had been waiting for a good pre text to make. The Tinun had a column-and-a-half-long article on Sunday, and nearly as long a one yesterday, In which Mr. Henderson, Lydia Thomp son, Olive Logan, and the whole kit and crew of blondes and antl-blondcs, are used up In the choicest reportorlal English, profusely sprinkled with six syllabled adjectives, such as are not to be found In any dictionary that I wot of. Indeed, almost all the journals seem to have been simultaneously discovering that there is scarcely a theatre in the city that is not Infested with English actors and ac tresses, that onr native talented Is crowded from the boards, and the mediocrity of Albion permitted to fill their place. Even Mr. Wallack seems to have yielded without much struggle to the prevailing pas sion for the British blonde. It is thought that "Wal laces" the old, original, chaste, exclusive Wallack's really exists no longer, and that all that remains Is a memory. With the towering success of Mr. Booth's great enterprise the elegant Lester grew naturally Jealous, if not Indignant. His audiences grew com paratively slim, and his receipts no longer ranked among the first in the city. Some of the best of his old members died, others married and retired, others, coming to the conclusion that they had lagged super fluous long enough, withdrew on a modest compe tency to a lonely widowhood or wldowerhood, as the cose might be, and could be seen nightly in the lob bies pensively contemplating the scenes of their past successes. Mrs. Vernon was the last whose death was chronicled. There have been various rumors afloat about the approaching season; but it Is quite likely that "Wallack's," in its old sense, will never exist again. It Is already usurped by a troupe of pantomimlsts and dancers. The Everett Rooms, a place where spiritualism and a number of other quasi religions are brought upon the faput, are getting to be extremely well at tended of a Sunday morning. There everything U broached which in a religious point of view Is "im proper." Beautiful Immoralities are broached nnder a moral guise, and all the allurements spread forth that can be presented by young and handsome lady speakers, faultlessly attired, and equally attractive for their "parts of speech" and "parts of dress." A lady named Mrs. Brlgham spoke there at Borne length on Sunday morning, and created sensation by her sermon, entitled the "Beautiful Life." So far as I can understand It, the "Beautiful Life" con sists In casting aside many of those virtuous "preju dices" which are the best safeguards of society. Mrs. Brlgham Is not Mrs. Brlgham Young, as the name might imply; neither are her doctrines Mormonish. ?They are made np of "blossoms," and "flowers," and "Joy," and "light," and "lneiTableness," ana soft general denunciations of everything orthodox and religiously respectable. But she is bright, smart, and piquant, and one of the best sensations of the Everett Rooms. The police are to have a general overhauling, even the police surgeons. The "clubbing" principle seems to be as great a favorite with them as with the lower orders of blue-coats. The numerous cases of neglect and brutality that have forced themselves upon Superintendent Kennedy's attention leave him no alternative hut to root out delinquents. Many of the prisoners are Injured, sometimes very badly, yet at no time has there been too few surgeons upon the force to prevent their attending to their 'duties ; so that these many cases of neglect appear wholly without excuse. It is, Indeed, time that Kennedy himself should be waked up. He has been napping In his Mulberry street kennel long enough, and there is a great deal of dissatisfaction expressed against him. It Is only once In a great while that the brutal ity of the policemen or of the surgeons receives any check. The pellce magistrates too often side with the "Thugs," and It Is only when an outrage Is so plain and flagrant that It cannot be mistaken, that the injured parties receive Justice and the assaulters are punished. Mr. James Flak, Jr., has signalized himself by taking a party of newspaper-press people to Boston and back for nothing. It seems to be a prevalent notion with "outsiders" that every newspaper man accepting an Invitation of this kind Is necessarily a Bohemian of tho worst dye, and Is expected to give, and doe give, an Immense quantity of pulling lu re turn. The Bohemians who, by-the-by, have to bear a great many other people's sins on their shoulders were excluded from this Flsk symposium, many of the partakers or which number among the highest toned press gentlemen of New York. Mr. Edwin Booth, tho well-known tragedian, was married yesterday, at Long Branch, to Miss Mary McVlcker, formerly of Chicago. The ceremony was performed by the bride's grandfather, the ltev. S, V. Myers, of California. At length a long-talked-of project is to be put In execution. This is the erection of a library aud reudlng-room for sailors, lu defiance of "bonus money," "blood-money," laudaharks, boarding house keepers, and the whole string of frauds who conspire to keep the sailor out of his rights. The structure Is to cost about (100,000, and will vie lu beauty und utility with the palace that has lately been run up by the Young Men's Christian Associa tion.' It Is Intended, too, that tho sailors shall be In structed In the common English branches, and in navigation, and that the building shall become the nucleus of protective Institutions of various klndB, all for Jack Tar's especial behoof aud advantage I will say nothing to you of the thefts, the mur ders, tho suicides, thu homicides, that were re ported at police headquarters lust night, aud with which tho papers reek this mornlag, for tho simple reason that none of them present any especially salient features. Crime has to bo very unique nowadays to awaken more than a passing exclama tion; and perhaps the public would bu more tickled with tho relation of. what, at. luflnite pains, Is kept out of the papers, than if. Is with the less disrepu table ailairs that appear in thcim Ai I Baba.- The Butler prize of IM), at Amherst, for the best comprehension of "Butler's Analogy," has been awarded to John II, Eastman, ot Windsor, New York. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Tho I!ono of Contention in the Eng lish rarliament-Conflict Be tween tho Lords and the Commons on the Irish Church Question. Atrocious Murder in Memphis -Calamity in Ohio -Pi-nancial and Commer cial Reports. FROM ENGLAND. The Irish C'hnrrh (Juration -Connirt Between I he Ilonne of Lord find House of Common Public Feeling on the Humored Hejertioa of the Itlll. By Atlantic CabU. London, June 7, 1809. The announced pre determination of the majority of the House of Lords to reject the Irish Church bill has caused intense excitement and threatens to precipitate on eventually inevitable conflict between the Ixrds and the Commons. It is rumored in some quarters that the announcement was only made to feel tho public pnlse and to ascertain how far the Ilouec of Lords dare go. It is the general impression that the bill will be thrown out on the second reading. The Standard (Tory) admit that the peril of the proposed action Is too obvious to be ignored even by the least thoughtful or conscientious of the heredi tary legislators, hut says tha'. tbe Lords have resolved. In compliance with the urgent demands from tens and hundreds of theuBands In every part of the country, to risk all In a contest with the imperious Minister and an over.narlng majority in the Commons. (Should they be crushed lu the struggle, not only will the Church and the Constitution full with them, but the liberties of Englaud will be sacrificed to the ascendancy of that democratic principle which is the most dangerous foe to personal political freedom, it matters not whether those wh approved regret the decision to give battle. There is nothing left for them to do but take their places in the ranks and fight for all they hold dearest, with the full certainty that everythink Is at stake. Let the whole I'rotestant conservative power of the realm be exerted to give the House of lairds such support by public opinion as to restrain the struggle within the limits of the Constitution, and make the self-willed, overbearing Minister, who at heart has always been an enemy of the Lords, ami likely is ex asperated at his unexpected defeat, feel that there are limits which he dure not transgress. Already his organs have threatened that what has transpired deserves Impeachment, and it is necessary that he be made to feel that he dare not execute a threat which would not only be dealt at the Lords, but at the wealthy und resolute lnnuetuiul classes of Eng land and Ireland, which form an actual majority in the English nation. The Mui niiuj I'wtt shows that the rejection of the bill will not prevent its ultimate passage, and dis credits the Idea that the Lords will refuse a second reading. The tar, in threatening language, says that the Irish Church must not cumber the ground after Uecemlier and that the least said on that subject will be proclaimed from the house tops. The House of Lords Is not a more logical, desirable, or excusable Institution than the Irish Church, and in the fever heat that will follow the rejection of the bill a heat will be generated such as has not been seen since the people of Birmingham threatened to march on London lu the name of reform, and cries will be heard calling for the downfall of uu obsolete Chamber that no longer disguises its anachronism of existence by hereditary descent. The deference to popular will, which the late Duke of Wellington once said ought never again to be withheld, with pure blindness buzzards the misguided noblemen, who require to be lurther convinced of the opinion of the country at large. It is not worth while to attempt u demon stration of that opluion. When the issue comes, their lordships will probably wish they had been wise in time. The A'eics states that the vote of the House of Lords can at the worst postpone for only a few months the fate of the Irish Church, and the Indirect ellect will render It graver to raise the question. The position that the House of Lords holds in the constitution and its relations with the constituencies of the House of Commons and the executive powers of the Crown are self-adjusting, and if a hitch occurs in the machinery it sets Itself in order by its own action. The House of Lords stands outside of the system, guided by good sense, aud fulls ouly to be brought Into harmony with the rest of the con stitution when the forcible obtrusion put upon it by a number of its members, Is suttlcieut to overbear the opinion of the original body. A biassed jury has to be packed to judge whether the second Chamber in doing its work ou these conditions can be perma nent on the part of the Government, The Lords seem bent upon forcing public notice ou the position of the Peers and threaten a revival of the preten sions, long since abandoned by it, of the old baronial attitude of Its natural days.when the Commons were ouly allowed the humble supplications of petitions aud did not In reality gjven the country. The Ttltgraph in a moderate, timid article con cludes that the voice of the country has spoken un mistakably and finally, aud if forced to speii k again Its accents would be a resolve no longer to utter a free indignation or to preserve moderation, a mood which to the last it would earnestly maintain. The Time says that on the eve of the coming crisis nothing since the throes which preceded the passage oi tne iteionn out can tie compared to the consequences which will attend the threatened con duct of the Peers, and the result of the struggle is not at all doubtful. If the Ixmla succeeded at first they would be compelled to undergo a second ten der of the measure already rejected. The first re sults of this action will touch all Interests, and Jeopardize not only themselves and their privileges, hut also the peace of the gjeat towns and the main tenance of law and order throughout the country. Above all, they will do their best to provoke an out burst of passionate violence in an unhappy country, the vast majority of whose Inhabitants they propose to outrage by a contemptuous disregard of their wishes. As to the majority of the opposition the V'ii draws the conclusion that the mem bers have resolved to iiitrench themselves in their own opinions and rely on their fancied power in disdain of the consequences to themselves. The nation would tie rudely awakened from the delusion, and it cannot be doubtful whldi party will succeed lu the contest, the Peers themselves or the nation. The only question will not be whether the power which the Lords think thev possess shall not bo proved to be non-existent, lint whether the power they can exercise will not lie so Irreparably broken is to vanish out of existence. Outside of the comments of the public press the people generally talk In a very revolutionary Btraln. The probability Is that the Lords will be alarmed Into the passage of the bill : but the mere fact of the announcement of their Inclination to use their power to defeat It evidently excites general discus sion adverse to the continuation of hereditary legis lation. ... , . Tills AIornliiK's Quotations. Bp Atlantic Cable. Lomion, Junes A. M Consols for money, 92s; ; and for account, l ulled Klates Five-twenties, M?4. Hallways steady. Krle, 18'if; Illinois Central, UJ k J Atlantic and tireut Western, U v.. LiVKKi-oof., Juno k A. M Cotton firmer; up lands, 1 l;vi. ; middling Orleans, Vit. The sales to day will reach 10,000 bules. Wheat, fls. 6d. for Cali fornia White, and 8s. 8d. for red Western. Peas, HUB. 6d. London, June 8 A. M Tallow, 33s. 6d. , TIiIn Afienioon'M Ouolntlous. London, June 8 P. M. Consols lor money, 92V! for account, w;, ; U. 8. Five-twenties, 80T,. Ameri can slocks llrm. LivKRi'ooi., June 8 P. M Yarns and fabrics at Manchester are firmer at better prices. Breadstnns lull. Flour, Sis. 60. Lard, Tls. 6d. Naval stores dull. . lUYKE, June 8. Cotton unchanged. Mtoc.lt Quotation) by Telrph-1 f;1J, Oleiidennlng, Davis A Co. report, through thou ew York house the following: .nj, N. Y. Cent. K WO i West Union Tel. ... . 0 , I'h, and ltea. R 98 I'l'oledo and Vj abash. .18 U1.1. u ..,.! m t t umi lun A XL Paul lu.... TO c wd 1 p.tt r.. :: 'Si Mii: p.m pwr.. Chi. and N. W. com.. 90M Adam hxim-.... Chi, and N. W. pref..10H lUulted buu.. . ... . C hL and RLH. 1 0 , , Tennessee , new. Pltu. K.W.AChi. R.lM id-:-7;",;U,,7V I'aaaoKallbUMUu... W.1! HmM irregular, 1 -' r.9 61 . 64 FROM THE WEST. Dttpalch to The Evening TtUgrapK PeraooaJ. MEMr-HiR, Tcnn., June 8. General Smith, Congressman elect from this district, arrived from Washington last evening. A Murder was committed last night in the upper part of the city, the victim being an unoffending old negro named Pleasant, and the murderer a noto rious rowdy named Pot. Molony. While the negro was passing Molony walked np behind him, and, without the slightest provocation, placed a pistol at the back of his head and blew out his brains. Molony escaped. A PrW.e-I'lght In Two Ronndn. Youngbtown, Ohio, June 8. A prize-fight came off near here yesterday between two men named Jones and Boosley, for t'JOO a side. On the second round Jones was knocked out of time, and Boosley declared winner. No arrests have been made. Am Opinion. Indianapolis, June 8. Attorney-General Williamson delivered an opinion to-day that the Specific Appropriation bill and other measures passed by the House at the close of the special session, after the resignation of 42 Democratic mcnilKTs, wus in accordance with all the require ment of the Constitution, and ou,rht to be obeyed ns a constitutional law. MmrUIng Calamity Reported. Denpateh to The Evening Telegraph. (iAi.mpolis, Ohio, June 8. It is reported that there were seven persons drowned Sunday ut Crown City or Rankin's Point, twenty miles below here. Four men, two women, and one child went out In a skirt, It is said, to ride on the swell of a passing steamer. The skiff being heavily laden, sunk, and all hands were drowned. A Woman') Right Convention. Dexpatch to The Kvening Telegraph. Indianapolis, June 8. A Woman's Rights Convention meets at Morrison's Opera Hall, in this city, to-day. The ouly notables expected to be present are Mrs. Livermore of Chicago aud Miss Cozens of $t. Louis. Fire in Cincinnati. Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Cincinnati, June 8. At a quarter past two o'clock this morning a Arc broke out in the frame building No. 149 West Frout street, occu pied by John Gibbous' bakery, the property being owned by J. Van Duzen. The fire origin ated from the falling of the bakery ovens. Mr. Gibbons and two of ills men barely escaped by jumping through the windows, injuring them 6elvcs and tearing their clothing. FROM THE STATE. Amnnir I, o Ca.I UliiM-llMn.l O..M.I U.m pension of Work The i'roMiiectM. Nweial hexpaich to The Evening Ttlegraph. Wilkksbarhe, June 8. With tho exception of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, In Luzerne county, the suspension of operations continues general throughout the entire anthracite region. The Pennsylvania Company have a full force at work, but on what terms Is not known. It was rumored In Hyde Park yesterday that the Schuylkill county men would resume work to day. The strikers as yet have not stated the terms upon which they would be willing to re sume work. The operators declare they will not accept any terms based upon tho fixed price of coal, such ns the 20 per cent, basis. Should the Hyde Park men succeed in getting 10 per cent, advance, it would now take them five months to make good the losses already sus tained. The Hyde Park men are guided by the nction of the Schuylkill county men, so that, should tho latter resume work immediately, the former will not be more than two or throe days in following suit. The Archibald mines have resolved to stay out for a j'ear, if necessary, to force their company to accede to their demands. The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company have just discharged fifty laborers at Rondout. They have also stopped running a number of boats. Thcjr are delivering about 25 per cent, of this mouth's contracts. FROM DELAWARE. T.ny Delegation In the M. E. Church. Sjiecial Despatch to Evening Telegraph. Wilmington, Del., June 8 The members of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, in this city, of which the Rev. Alfred Cookman is pas tor, have just voted upon the question of lay representation in the General Conference of the dcDomiuatioM. The vote was unanimous in its favor, there being 153 for and none against it. markets by Telegraph. New Yrk, June 8. Stocks weak. Oold, lSS. Exchange, 9.V. 5-208, 1802, m ; do. ISftt, 117 V, do. I860, 118, ; new, 119V; do. 186T, 119,v, 10-ton, 109'j; Virginia 6s, 62; Missouri 6s, 91; Canton Company, 63; Cumberland preferred, 83tf; New York Central, 189; Reading, 97V; Hudson River, IhtiV; Michigan Central, 130'f : Michigan Southern, 109",; Illinois Central, 140; Cleveland aud Pitts burg, 97 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 109 ; Chicago and Rock Island, 118 V ; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 167 a ; Lrie, Vj9,y. G0LUWIN SMITH. lie Further KxiiIrIiih IHh Statement Relative lo Our International Trouble. In the preface of the forthcoming pamphlet f his late address on American and English affairs, Prof. Goldwin Smith takes occasion to explain his recent strange views with respect to the otute of international relations: The chairman of tho Senate Committee on Foreign Relations seemed to speak the mind of the Senate and the nation; and had his speech been followed by action In the shape of a pressure of his demands, as the answer of Great Britain could not be doubtful, the danger of a rupture of friendly relations between the two countries would have been serious. An En glishman resident In America may be an Imperfect judge of the indications of American feeling; but he has the advantage of knowing something of both Hides; and the danger was to be measured, not by the feelings or Intentions of the American people alone, but by these combined with tho general tem per and present mood of the powerful nation against which Mr. number's speech was made. "I kuow," says Mr. tsumuer, "it Is sometimes said that war between ns must come, sooner or latter." The numbers and Influence of the party to which the orator alludes are not likely to have decreased since his eloquence has Implanted tho sense of Immeasur able and almost luexplable wrong In the heart of a mighty nation recently made conscious of the power of its arms. "There are many among us," he says In another place, "who, taking counsel of a sense of national wrong, would leave the claims to rest with out settlement, so as to furnish a precedent for reta liation In kind should Kuglaud find herself at war." It Is obvious that such au issue of the negotiation's which Mr. Sumner's speech has rendered far more probable than it was before, would be nothing but war deferred. Nations very seldom wish for war. Theyare drawn, through diplomatic complications ami under the Influence of excited feellugs, Into situations la which war becomes Inevitable. "We are drifting towards war," was the memorable expression of an English Minister ou the brink of our war with Russia a war from which we might have been saved if, when we were beginning to bo drawn Into the fatal current, the consequences of Indulging prejudice and allowing passlou to break control could have been distinctly presented to tho minds of both tie parties to the quarrel. In the address, arbitration is advocated as the mode of settling the Alabama claims, it stems to be now the ouly mode. Hut most heartily does the writer wish that ths English Government, without waiting for a dispute to begin, had secured the one object worth -Drin(j, b going straight to the heart of the American peotie. One word of personal explanation must be arid!. The Impression appears to prevail In some quartern that the author of tho address Is receiving a salary as professor In an American nniversity ; whence it la Inferred that he has lost his right to speak as aa Englishman and to plead the cause of England. He Is receiving no salary or emolument whatever. Ilia connection with the Cornell University, though greatly prljicd and cherished by him, Is merely hono rary, and can In no way Interfere with his nation ality or his allegiance. . His position Is simply that of an Englishman residing In the United States for lite rary purposes, and enjoying, In common with many other foreigners, the temporary protection of Ame rican law. Edinburgh University lately voted to allow a yonng lady to attend medical lectures, but tbe male students vetoed it. President Burns, of Simpson Centenary College, at Indlanola, Iowa, has declined tho Presidency of the Iowa Weslcyan University. FIN AN CI? AMI COMMERCE. OmoE or TB Rvkktno Tyleorafb,) Tuesday, Jun 8, 1869. I The Improved activity In the loan market, during the past week, Is reflected in the usual hebdomadal statement of the banks, which indicates for the first time an expansion of the loans in excess of the de posits. This, If It continues for a few weeks, will nave a tendency to harmonize the supply and de-' mand of currencv, and at the same time to harden the rates for loans and discounts. The Increase in the loans la Hb,0O0, and in deposits t'6,279, show ing a falling orr In the loanable capital of the market at the immediate disposal of the banks of about f :io,ooa In the present condition or the market, however, this exhibit is a mere trifle, save as an in dication ot the present tendency of the money cur rent. We qnote call loans at S per cent, on Govern ment and other desirable collaterals. Discounts are done at 64T per cent, for choice business paper. Government bonds, especially the new Issues, are weak. Gold, notwithstanding yesterday's sale of a million, Is firm, ranging to-day between 138; and 13KV Premium at i M., 13s,. The stock market was fairly active, but prices of most of the speculative shares were weak and lower. State Its, coupon, sold at 98V. City sixes were steady at 100 for the new and 94 for the old Issues. Tbe Lrhlghgold loan slightly advanced, Belling at 98 V Reading Railroad was active but lower, Belling at 49(349 V. Pennsylvania Railroad was taken at 6TS ; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad at 82V, and Little Schuylkill Railroad at 45. lit W was bid for Camden and Amboy Railroad ; 68f for Norristown Railroad; ac for North Pennsylvania Railroad, and lor Catawissa Railroad preferred. Canal shares were rather more active. Bales of Lehigh Navigation at 80),'(vR6;; Schuylkill Naviga tion preferred at and Morris preferred at 63. In Canal shares the only transaction was in Big Mountain, which sold at 6. In Hank and Passenger Hallway shares nothing was done. 48 was bid for Second and Third; 86 for Fifth and Sixth; 71 for Tenth and Eleventh ; 18 for Thirteenth and Fif teenth ; 61 for West Philadelphia, and 12 for lleston vllle. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE 8 ALES. ; Reported by De Haven A Bra, No. 40 S. Third Street. BEFORE BOARDS. 200 sh Reading RR S day ..lots.. 43 FIRST BOARD. 1900 City s. Old. 100 sh Read..... b30. 49 100 do 48'W- 100 do b30. 49 100 do 48-94 400 dO...ls,b30. 49 400 do.. .18.810. 4894 100 do. 830 . 4flji 100 do b00. 49 100 do DC. 49 100 do 49 800 do.. .18. 810. 49 400 do. ..18.S15. 49 100 sh Lch Nav MX 500 do. ..ls.bJO. 36 Bev ctfs..cp.... 94 15000 Pa Cp 6s 93)tf i4oo city 6s, N.AIn.100 14000 St Louis W L.10B f 600 Sch N Bt L 7s 70 f loooo Leb Gold l..c. 98 13000 do. 98 4 11000 do 98 , 6 sh Penna R 67 n 26 do bB. B7)tf 110 ao. Is. 57,' 11 sh Lit Sch R.... 45 6 Bh Phil & E R. . . 83 800 do ..Is.olO. 82V d nu jnor 1'i.is. 60 iwi sn sen n pi.boo. 20,',-. 100 sh Big Mount. . . Messrs. Jay Cooke ft Co. qnote Government secu rities, etc., as follows: U. 8.6s, 8l, MV8122; 6-9XB of 1862, 122i, 122 ; do., lfH, H7MH7v ; do., Nov., 1866, 118118 ; do., Jaly, 1805, 1193120; do. 186T, 119,V119? ; da, 1868, 119X119; 10-4flf , 109V 109S'. Pacifies, lti,'(4l07tf. Gold, 188 '4. Messrs. D Uavrn a Brothsh, Nam & Third street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 121 m ; do. 1862, 122VQ122X ; 30 Year 6 per Cent. CV 106 'if107: Diia Cmnn Tnt Notes, 19. Gold, 1380138 ; Silver, 181(51133. Nakr a Ladnkh, Bankers, report this morning's Gold quotations as follows: 10-00 A. M 188?, ll-32 A. M 138V "05 " 1383TU-40 " 138 Plillatlelphla Trade Report. Tuesday, June 8. The Flour market continues without animation, aud the tendency of prices Is de cidedly downward. There Is no shipping demand, and the home consumers operate sparingly, bales of superfine at 535-60; extras at 5-T56; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at 66-&0; Pennsylvania do. do. atKk3)7; Ohio do. do. at f7-25 08-26; and fancy brands at IS-TSiO'SO, according to quality. Rye Flour sells In a small way at 16 -70. There Is no Improvement to notice In the Wheat market, there being no demand except for prime lots, which are In small supply. Sales of 8000 bushels red at l-30(l-40; amber at fl-4ft(il-63, the latter rate for faiiev Micluiran ! and small lnt r nhu. . $l-66(il-80. Rye has again declined. Sales of 600 bushels Western at $1-80; and 600 bushels New York at 11-83. Corn Is in fair request at former rates. Sales of 8500 bushels yellow at 90$91c, latter rat for very choice ; 2000 bushels Western mixed at S4ta 86c; and Booo bushels high mixed aud yellow at MA 89c Oats are unchanged. Sales of western at 73 75c. ; andPennsylvanla at 6070o. Nothing doing In Barley or Malt, Whisky la offered at 95c. 7g gallon, tax paid. LATEST SHllTlXft IXTELUGENCeT For additional Marine Xewi tee Inside rage. IBY TXLKO&APH. . NBW, Yobe, Juno Arrived, steamship BiiUnni. from Ulasgow, and Denmark, fro in Liverpool. ( kv Atlantic Vablt.t New York une 8-ArriTed Btoauuhip St. Laurent, from Also, steamship City of Antwerp, from New York. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA JUNE 8, STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVZHtMO TELEGRAPH . OKHCE. ' A. M 61 1 11 A. M 69 S P. M 74 CLEARKD THIS MORNING. Steamer E. C. Kid, lip, McCua. New York, W. P. ClyrieACo. I u Hudson, Nicholson, for Baltimore, W. P. Clyde A Co lug Chesapeake, Merrihew, Delaware City, do. , , ARRIVED THTs MORNING. Steamship Prometheus, tirsy, 7U hour from Charleston, with cotton, etc., to K. A. Souder A Co. Passed baroue U G. Biseiow, from Cardiff, and brig Tally Ho. from Trini dad, below Keedy Island. Steamship Norman, Crowell 48 hours from Boston, with nidse. and passenger toll. W'insor A Co. At noon yester day, oil Absecmn, passud bariius Hon'luras, supposed fo be bound for New York, fasted several square-rigged vessels in tbe bsy and river, bound up. Steamer K. Willing, CunditT, 13 hour from Baltimore, with mdse. to A. Grovea, Jr. Steamer A. V. Stimers. Knoi, 84 hour from New York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde fc Co. IHariiue Mota, Kliultr., 64 day from Rotterdam, with nirtse. to U. F. 4 G. G. l.ennig. Br. barque Comet, Petne, 85 day from Falmouth, with iron, eto., to O. B. JJunu. lir. barquentine Arirws, Taylor. 11 day from Mayaguei, with augsr to John Mason a t o. Hwed. brig Jeunnette, Funuk,3l days from Pemambuco, with sugar to A. V. Murium . . Tug Tbonia JntTcrson, Allen, from Baltimore, with 14 bames in tow to W. P. ( iyde 4 Co. Tug Commodore, Wilson, from Havre-dedrace, with 6 barges in tow to W. P. Clyde i. (Jo. WKMORANDA. Steamship Roman, linker, lienoe, at Boston yesterday. Harque 1- inland, Saiiipo, heuoe for Antwerp, wa oft Falmouth 2,'iii ult. , Brig Nellie Mows. .'erriinin, benee, at Oporto ta alt. Brig 8. 1). Hurt, Burgess, hence, at Boston &tn lust. Hrig K. A. Barnard, Keeu, for Philadelphia, at Cardena Brig George Harris, renoh, henos, wa discharging at Cardenas tfM.il ult. ,,,.. Brig Maud Potter, Shiolda, hence, at St. John, N. B., 1st "brig Alms. Kruger, hence for Konigsburg, waa oB Ply mouth 31st u' Bclir liauntleas, Coouibi, for Philadelphia, sailed from Iiiation 9th ult. Hvlir Kliiloli, Hubbard, for Philadelphia, wa loading at Savannah M inst. Hrlir K. W. Pratt, Kendrit k, henoe, at Boston Sth Inst. HvUt Cyrus Fossett, Harding, for Puiladelphia. cleared at Kt. John, N. B., 4lh inst. Hour Sarah Cullen, Avis, benee, at Charleston 5th inst. Bchr Margaret Ueiuhart, Hand, cleared at Boston bin inst., for Georgetown, U. U. Sohr Jesse E. Leauh, Stephens, WM at Arroyo. P. R.. I3ia ult.. lor Bium leva.
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