PRESBYTERIANS. 



689 



>\'-rnmont; one iron transport-ship, dc- 



-i.'n.'d to curry easily five hundred nuldiers in 



addition to the crow ; and a largo iron-plated 



frigate, wore likewise ordered to bo built in 



i nd. 



trade of Portugal, in the years 1870 and 

 1871, was as follows : 



More than half the import and export trade 



I' 1'nrtiij-al has hitherto been carried on with 

 (iivat, l?ritain. There arc signs that this state 

 of tilings will not last much longer. England 

 declines to modify her alcoholic scale, so as to 

 iHTmit the commoner Portuguese wines to bo 

 imported under the 1. per gallon duty. This 

 greatly displeases the Portuguese; and they 

 retaliate by refusing to admit England to the 

 benefits of the treaties of commerce -recently 



signed with Franco, Germany, Austro-llun- 

 gary, Italy, ami Spain. Tim result i*, that 

 nd is being driven out of Portuguese mar- 

 kets. According to a statement in a recent 

 cmiMilar report, an article which costs in Eng- 

 land 5s. pays 6. duty, while the same arti< j,. 

 costing 6. in France or Germany, pays only 

 2*. 6d. duty. The French and (icrtnun mer- 

 chants luivc tlms an immense advantage. t'.i\-j- 

 lislimeii in Portugal bitterly complain of their 

 treatment. The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 

 1842 contained a most-favored nation clause, 

 and when the British Treaty of Commerce 

 with France was signed, Portugal was freely 

 admitted, as the above-mentioned consular re- 

 port points out, to every advantage conferred 

 n France. 



On January 2, 1874, the Portuguese Cortes 

 were opened by the King. In the course of 

 his speech from the throne his Majesty ex- 

 pressed the hope that the Minister of Finance 



would be able to balance the public revenue 

 and expenditure. He thanked the British and 

 German Governments for the supply of arms 

 they had furnished in the course of the year to 

 Portugal to enable her to complete her arma- 

 ments. In conclusion, he congratulated the 

 Chambers upon the tranquil and prosperous 

 condition of the country, and also stated that 

 its relations with the foreign powers were ex- 

 cellent. 



On April 10th Dom Osorio, in the Senate, 

 called the attention of the ministry to the fact 

 that the Ultramontanes in Portugal were en- 

 Ii sting recruits for Don Carlos. In reply, it 

 was stated that the Government was well ac- 

 quainted with what was going on, and was on 

 the point of adopting appropriate measures. 



Troops were subsequently sent to the frontier 

 to guard against any violation of the Portu- 

 guese territory by the Carlists, who neverthe- 

 less were reported to receive aid from their 

 sympathizers in Portugal. 



The Cortes, in August, voted the main- 

 tenance of the dotation granted to the Infante 

 Dom Augusto, only brother of the King (born 

 November 4, 1847). There were only eight 

 dissentient votes. This was regarded as a 

 demonstration in favor both of monarchy and 

 of the present dynasty. 



PRESBYTERIANS. I. PRESBYTERIAN 

 CHURCH IK THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

 ( NORTHERN). The following are the general 

 statistics of this Church, as reported to the 

 General Assembly in May, 1874: 



