The Express. — London, England, 1868-07-11 00:00:00

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Letters of invitation (we do not profess to descrils• such documents, whatever they may be. in the technical phraseology of the Court of Rome), have, it seems, been already widressed to all the bishops of the Latin Church throughout the world, and even to the bishops of the schismatic Eastern Church, excluding, however, to the sore grief of the ritualistic ) , ranch of the Anglican establishment, the heretical churches whose orders have never been recognised by Rome, and whose bishops RTC regarded by the HoLY FATLIEIt 113 mere tuasteur episcopalian performers. It is ;warmly probable that the schismatic bishops 'ill accept the summons from the Chief of the Latin Communion. The Emperor ALIXANDER will certainly harden his heart and not lot his bishops go, though ho be Called a PHARAOH (as Ne.romors was called HxaoD) for his pains. Austria, no longer the most dutiful and devoted (though not THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1868. can say little about the nature of the plot. Suffice it to remark that, while in France ii4ll immorality is too much a matter of oourso to exalte astonish ;Tent, in England it is now unusual to witness anything of the like tenor represented on the stage, and applauded by an audience. fittings, and here and there a 4llaoonsolate volun teer was to be seen contemplating the burnt-up turf of the common, end asking ruefully whether he was expected to sleep upon it without bed or bedding, and with no other accommodation than that afforded by bare, canvas walls. The contrast between tents as furnished by the Association, and the private luxuries, the Persian rugs, the strips of Turkey carpet, the chests of drawers, and the iron bedsteads with which some of them are crammed is very striking. The regulation furni ture for a private volunteer or non-commissioned officer in camp is " one paillasse and straw to fill " the same, one bolster, two blankets, and ono " waterproof sheet," together with a fourth share in a water-can and a lantern. The charge for this accommodation is one shilling and twopence a day, and each tent contains four volunteers. The officers are allowed a bedstead, in lieu of the waterproof sheet, a washhand stand, a basin, a tub, a chair, a mat, and a looking-glass, besides having a water-can and a lantern each. They pay 11. 58. for the fourteen days, and but two officers are put in each tent. From which facts it would appear that in our volunteer, as in our regular army, private means have au intimate relation to private comfort, though the spirit of good temper and geed fellowship often places the advantages of the privileged at the disposal of their companions in anus. If tbe tone M English political life is to be restored-- if its atsnoephere is to be cleared—this can only be dims by re curring to a greater extent than we have in recent times bind emissary to Qs old practice of calling a spade a spade. Referring to the Bribery Bill, the Aseminer could bet rejoice that some attempt is to be made to check in the new parliament the evils with which tie old one never would seriously grapple so long ax it hoped to live. Dif fering, however, from the proposal before the house, the Exemieer still thinks that the civil gait for the possession of the wit ought to he tried at Westminster by a parlia mentary jury, presided over by a salaried and competent judge appointed by the house itself, and that the criminal proceeding for the giving or the taking crf a bribe ought to be held locally, like the proceeding in every other cum of misdemeanour which is an offence against society. It could hardly have been expected, says the &darkly Review, that the democratic convention at New York would commence its proceedings by adopting the doctrine of repudiation. Congress deliberately allowed succearaive Secretaries of the Treasury and authorised financial agents to insure capitalists, in answer to formal inquiries, that the debt would be discharged in specie ; awl it is notorious that the express stipulation that the intermit should be paid in gold involved the assumption that no question could arise as to the mode of dealing with the principal. The controversy is, in truth, beyond the allure of argument awl of moral criticism. Tle: di mocmtic repudiators and their republican IW COMpliCelt have no desire to be limiest, awl they are indifferent to any theories which might supply a plausible °simile for their policy. If the democratic doctrine prevail, however, it certainly will wit be easy to offer a plausible inducemeut to future lenders. The resolution to pay the debt in currency necessarily involved th.r reject of the mere of Mr. Chase as democratic candidate ; but at the same time it makes it very difficult to explain the numinati ~,, of Mr. Seymour. The Spectator remarks that the democrats have formally adopted partial repudiation as their cry, and this after their adversaries had as formally rejected it. Without pleading the insolvency of the state, the democrats in tend to break their promise, in order to release their constituents of a burden. 'They, in fact, redline their debt one third by a sheer act of form; but,) fortu nately for the union, there is little chance that they will, for the present at least, obtain the power to carry out their own policy. We shall never now know, says the Er-o, , rmii.rt, the truth between Sir Morton I'etu and the London, Chatham, and Dover Company. The parties interested have agreed to a compromise. There is nothing in the Bankruptcy Court like the Queen's proctor in the Divorce Court; there is no one to enforce the investigation of that which the parties to the suit are willing to hide. The commis sioner said that he could give no judgment in the matter; the information before him was so incomplete, and every one else must say so too. Originally the London, Chatham, and Dover Company claimed from the joint estate of Peto, Betts, and Crampton 6,600,000/., and Peto, Betts, and Crampton claimed 210,00 W. from them ; now, by an '•arrangement," the company still reserve their right to claim for the 6,600,000/., but they agree only to prove for 365,0001. ; Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton resigning all claim, of course, to the 210,000/. TAE REPRESENTATION OF NORTH L4,VC4SHIRL the eldest) child and servant of the ()tweak will probably, under her present wise an d mo d era t e gore •nt, care for none of those things in her imperial capacity, and as • civil govern • ment Cardinal RAOSOIIRIL who, after signing the Concordat on the part of an absolute monarchy, has been unable to prevent the legislation of a constitutional parliament which ignores it, or annuls it, will take the train to Home, and there, with other Cardinals of his race, and with the Archbishop of Waerrnitorrea, will join in denouncing all the civil rights and liberties of modern political civilization, all the peaceful victories of reason and froothought, and then come back to Vienna as harmless as he went. Civil society is not daunted now-a-days by the stage thunder of the Sacred College. Free nations are not afraid of being excommunicated by any number of venerable gentlemen who call themselves, and have a perfect right to call themselves, the summers of the Apostles. The world goes round neverthe less, and science pursues her noiseless course of victory over the ignorance's, the preju dices, and the superstitions of the past, while true religion becomes more and more emancipated from theology, and from the vested interests of priestly rule. Even Protestants may be permitted to hope that nothing untoward will happen to defer the meeting of the (Ecumenical Council. Nothing can be more desirable in the interests of humanity than that the world should learn pre eiwly and authoritatively from the very highest source of spiritual authority what it is commanded to believe and what it is expected to renounce in oils rto satisfy these supernatural dispensers of salvation. Let it be loudly proclaimed on every dead wall within the jurisdiction of the Papal police that the exercise of human reason and the freedom of the human conscience are deadly and damnable sins ; and that the secular institutions of the most flourishing and powerful communities are the work of evil spirits, an abomination to be purged away in this world and punished in the next. We heartily hope that the (Ecumenical Council will erect into dogmas the personal infallibility of the Pope, and the perpetuity of the Tem poral Power, and that it will condemn, with all the emphasis of its rich and copious vocabulary of curses, every sort of civil and religious liberty. The position of France Imperial towards the (Ecumenical Council would evidently be delicate and difficult in existing circum stances. The relations between the Government of Franco and tho Papacy are still governed by the Concordat of the FIRST N•PoLsore. That instrument, as we learn from Count D'H•us 80XTILLE'e interesting investigations, was cer tainly not designed to restore the plenary autho rity of the Roman Church in France. NAPOLEON was willing to use the Church as an instrument of the State, and to employ its clergy as a spiritual police ; but he always insisted on holding the Church well in hand, and on maintaining the authority of the civil power unimpaired by any ecclesiastical pretensions. Nothing could be farther from his purpose than to permit the Roman Church to become once more " the religion of the State." As the religion of the nominal majority of Frenchmen he sustained and endowed it according to its rank. But he sustained and endowed also the Protestant "temples," and the Jewish synagogues according to their numbers and influence in the Empire. He would not have permitted any Cardinal or Bishop of the Latin Church in his dominions to assist at an (Ecumenical Council summoned to denounce and condemn the principles of modern civilisation. He would perhaps have forbidden the publication in France of the Papal Bull, not from any blind respect for " the principles of 'B9" in themselves, but because he pretended to personify those principles in so far as they were compatible with his own absolute sovereignty. The relations of his nephew, however, towards the Court of Rome are very different from those of the founder of the Napoleonic dynasty. Instead of suppressing the Temporal Papacy. Naro LEON 111. keeps a garrison at Rome to defend it ; instead of keeping the Roman hierarchy and clergy in his domi nions hi strict subordination to the civil power, he has, for purposes of his own, flattered and en couraged their insatiable lust of spiritual domina tion over the mind and conscience of his people. Or, rather, it would be more correct to say that, faithful in this as in the rest of his policy to that " obstinate irresolution" which dis tinguishes his character, he has caressed the clergy with one hand and repressed them with the other. He has let the Cardinals run riot in the Senate against the liberal administration of his Minister of Public Instruction. And meanwhile " the principles of 'B9" are sleeping but not dead. Clerical arrogance has created an anti-clerical reaction which threatens at the earliest opportu nity to provoke that " explosion of irreligion" predicted by M. DE MONTALEMBERT. On the other hand, a truer sense of liberty than that of the revolutionary party has begun to assert itself in enlightened minds. It is to this spirit that M. Enna OLLIVIEB gives utterance when he expresses the opinion that the State ought to throw no obstacles in the way of the publication in France of the Papal Bull convoking the Council, or of the departure of the French bishops for Rome, while he advise s that France should take no part in the Council, and that the Government should prepare a law for the separation of the Church and State. M. BARoCIIE s reply is amusingly characteristic of the policy of his master. "We pursue," he says, " a double line, the Concordat, and the principles of 's9." The Imperial Govern mint has not yet decided whether France shall take any part in the (Ecumenical Council, or whether the decisions of the Council should be totally or partially admitted in France. This is the Second Empire all over. Neither one thing nor the other;; neither peace nor war; neither liberty nor restric tion; but everything by turns, and nothing ultogvthcr. Surely M. IlAnoetrE might find a simplvr solution of the difficulties which his master has created for himself. Let the French garrison be withdrawn from Rome. Let the French Cardinals and Bishops attend the Council. Let the Papal Bull be published throughout the Empire, and the decisions of the Council into the bargain. And then let the " principles of " 'B9" have a turn. As to the separation of Church and State, M. linitoettE does well to " leave "to Time to settle that delicate question." As between the " principles of 'B9" and the Concordat, we trust our Liberal friends in France have faith enough in the good cause to rest assured that red turns crla. 'THE RIVAL GRAND DUCHESSES. THE simultaneous performance of the French original and an English translation of the Grande Thulium de Gerolstein enables us to mark the con trast between French and English acting. Without enteOng into dctails which might prove repulsive,we At the St. James's the actors show that they have carefully studied their parts ; at the Olympic it. is painfully evident that they have striven to turn everything into buffoonery. Of the chief parts, it is enough to say that Mrs. HOWARD PAM. makes nearly as good a Grand Duchess as Mdlle. &Heel iota ; yet the latter has crested her part, whereas the former is but a very clever and secomplished imitator. McWo. SCIININDER is the greater actress ; Mrs. HOWARD PAUL is the better singer. Contrary to expectation, the acting of the English lady in some of the more critical parts is more emphatic than that of her French rival. The fault bore lies with the audience. The occupants of the gallery at the Olympic would not bo affected by the inuendo or the gesture which would appear almost too clear and suggestive to the occupant of the stalls at the St. Jaime's. An English company generally plays to the gallery, while a French ono courts the applause of the pit and the boxes. The Fritz of M. Duel.sr4 is a finished piece of acting. Ile is the stolid, ignorant, German soldier who is at a loss to understand why the Grand Duchess should confer so many honours on him, yet is dimly conscious that he deserves all the marks of her favour. His love for WANDA, the peasant girl, is evidently sincere. His passion for her is so absorbing as to render it impossible that he should be moved by the endeavours of the Grand Duchess to win his affection. At the Olympic, Mr. WILFORD MORGAN thinks it his duty to bur lesque a burlesque. Ho addresses the Grand Duchess in a coarser style than he would em ploy towards the peasant he loves. When pro moted from the position of private to the rank of general, ho thinks it good taste to be so overcome us to stagger like a drunken man. He translates into action the metaphorical language about the intoxication of power. Very different and per fectly artistic is the smiling gratification mani fested under the same circumstances by his French rival. The part of Prince PAUL is interpreted in an opposite way by M. MICUEL and Mr. J. D. STOYLE. Both versions are good. The Frenchman makes the Prince a feeble personage both intel lectually and physically ; the Englishman convoys tho impression that the Prince is not so foolish as he appears. There is an utter absence of power in the one case, and an indication in the other that there is power in reserve. When the curtain falls at the St. James's, we feel satisfied that the Grand Duchess has chosen a husband who is a cypher. At the Olympic, we fancy she will discover, to her surprise, that she has met with her match. A more minute analysis would supply fresh evidence confirmatory of our general opinion in favour of the superiority of the French over the English com pany. One word, and that an even more un flattering one, in conclusion. It was feared that decency would be outraged when the " Cancan" was danced by Mdlle. &Elmo= at the St. James's. Some were gratified and others dis appointed when it was discovered that the im proper dance was not prominent among the attractions of the piece. At the Olympic, how ever, the " Cancan" is danced with great spirit by the whole strength of the company. A French actress is specially engaged to display her skill, as well as several English male dancers, who are proficients in this exercise. The audience, instead of remonstrating, rapturously applaud the performance, encoring it thrice. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THE other night in a Committee of Supply Mr. LowE reverted once more to an old grievance. He first asked for a grant to the British Museum nearly 4,0001. larger than the grant of last year, and then, curiously enough, observed that the house was acting in an absurd manner in purchasing treasures which were not only packed out of sight, and therefore useless, but were actually " undergoing a process of injury and dilapidation." Everybody has heard of the stores which are hermetically sealed in the vaults of the Museum, and again and again we have been told that the accumulation is rapidly increasing. It is a pitiful state of things truly, and all the more to be deplored since, for the present at least, it appears to be inevitable. But why, in the name of wonder, should we add to the difficulty and to the national expenditure by new acquisitions and by additional grants ? No doubt it is interesting to the antiquarian to dis inter ancient cities, to explore tombs, and to pur chase bronzes ; no doubt it is a pity to miss any opportunity of making a good bargain—though few of our bargains can in a pecuniary sense be called good—but there is a time to buy and a time to abstain from buying. We should be the last to object to grants for the British Museum if what the public pur chase were of service to the public, but we protest against additional grants for the sake of buying articles, however valuable, which may be injured, and at the best cannot be seen. It will be time enough to add to our col lection when we are able to turn it to ac count. At present the museum, especially in some departments, resembles a huge lumber house. The confusion is great, and the Great Russell-street officials are at their wits' end. More assistants are required, but there is not standing-room for them. Some of the servants have been turned out of doors, and it is said that even the coal-hole has been invaded. The building is suffering from a plethora already, and it seems an infinite folly to add to the congestion. OUR VOLUNTEERS AT IVIMBLEDON. TIIE plain-speaking in the Rouse of Lords last night will be warmly approved by every zealous volunteer. The authorities at Wimbledon have cause to be especially grateful for the timely en foreeme•nt of the plain duties of discipline and obedience ; though there is no fear of the lois behaviour at Windsor being repeated in their camp, Keep area without food for 14 or I.i hours, and as Enid GRANVILLE good-naturedly remarked, the• temptation to straggle when in the vicinity of a town must be enormous. According to the Earl of LoNcroriti, straggling is at the root of the worst military sins. It is therefore satis factory to know that no pains are spared lit Wimbledon to make the camp attractive, and that the wants of the volunteers have been provided for thoughtfully and well. A striking change was perceptible in the appearance of the camp yesterday. Canvass-town had spread enormously since we reported on it at the beginning of the week ; while the volunteers had multiplied forty fold. The various officers of the Association had a busy time of it in replying to the countless questions of the new arrivals, and the camp seemed to us in a less forward state than in the corresponding period of last year. A con siderable number of tents were without their OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Having referred in disparaging terms to the pertinacity with which Messrs. Ayrton and Bouverie have opposed the Bribery Bill, the Times expresses its satisfac tion at the defeat of their tactics, and, looking forward to the further progress of the bill, comes to the conclusion that before this day week the measure may have reached the House of Lords, and made some progress there. In another article the Times takes the case of Sir Robert Napier as one in which the bestowal of a life peerage would be more appropriate than one which is to descend to future generations. This question of life peerages must sooner or later be taken up by the government, if the Rouse of Lords is to retain its authority. The Daily News gives Mr. Disraeli much credit for his efforts to pass the Bribery Bill. In presence of a criticism which can only be described as wearying and tiresome, and which would give him an excellent opportunity of allowing the measure to be talked out of existence, he perseveres in his determination to give the house an op portunity of passing it if it chooses. Nor can some credit be denied to the house itself. The Daily Nees warns any liberal members who may obstruct the progress of the mea sure that the constituencies care for the measure, and not for mere details. With regard to the action of the House of Lords as to the Scotch Reform Bill, the Daily News feels that an unfortunate time was chosen by Mr. M•Laren to press his amendments, and certainly cannot regret that the leaders of the liberal party have preferred to wait for a fair and open fight than to snatch a trivial and temporary gain. The Post feels no apprehension as to the fate of the Bribery Bill in the upper house. It is a measure which solely and exclusively concerns the commons. The Star says that the repudiation dogma of the Ame rican democratic party must tend to open the eyes of Englishmen to the real character of the Copperheads. Whatever distorted sympathy may exist in England with those who cling to the old slaveholdizig doctrines, there will be none for financial repudiators ; and the latter phase of their character may help those who are not quite sound upon the question of equal rights to give their sympathies against Mr. Horatio Seymour and in favour of General Grant. The Telegraph argues that the Bribery Bill must sur cease within a stated time. Poeaibly Mr. Mill's term of two years is scarcely long enough, but a term must be set, in order that no precedent and no formal obstacle may prevent the next Chamber from completing the labours which are so hurried now ea scarcely to be more than an I 0 li with Honesty's signature upon it, payable in full at a quieter time. . THE ETON AND MARROIV MATCH. The great cricket match between Eton and liar row has certain distinctive features which are re peated year after year and which none of us would like to miss. The generous emulation between rho lads themselves, the proud interest taken in their performance by the friends and relatives in the enclosure round the ground, the sanguine predictions as to tho future cricketing rank of the promising young batters and bowlers; and the critical approval with which thews, sinews, and muscles are noted and compared, all have an earnestness and authority peculiarly their own when the two great public schools contest for victory at Loan's. Mr. Titowyrox's fine hitting yesterday, and the manly drive with which he sent the ball whizzing over the pavilion, aroused a burst of enthusiasm front fine ladies and generally impassive men which must have gone to that young hero's heart ; while the bowling of Mr. GILES called forth cheers which, if not quite so impulsive, culminated into consistent force and vigour, as wicket after wicket fell. Skill in athletic exercises wins a more imme diate return than any other form of worldly success. Close as the clap of thunder is to the electric flash is the applause which follows upon the vigorous throw or the mighty hit. But at the match in course of progress now, so many men of different ages and degrees seem to be fighting their own individual battles over again that Harrow on the one side and Eton on the other is duplicated all over and around the field. THE WEEKLY PRESS. Anticipating a hard straggle at tho coming elections, the Saturday Review contends that the simple question at issue will be whether the constituencies under the Reform Acts are liberal or conservative, and there a much reason for satisfaction that such is the fact. It is true that a few elections may be influenced by the votes of those bodies of dissenters who look upon the egablished church with peculiar favour; but this can have no more than a local and I xceptional effect, and the country will not pronounce whether the Irish church is or is not to be established, so much as whether the general policy of the liberal party or that of the conservative party is to prevail. Which side will win may fairly be questioned. The gain or loss must, however, take place in England. Taking the English boroughs as a whole, there does not seem to be much probability that tho conservatives will gain ground in them. The real battle will be fought in the English counties, and, supposing that the liberal party exerts itself to the utmost, and brings forward popular and powerful candidates, then we shall know whether the conservatives have gained moot by the increased power of landlords over small tenants, or have lost most by the introduction of a large urban element into the county constituencies. At present, how ever, the Saturday Renew does not believe that any one can form an opinion as to the result. Urging the importance to the public of commanding such a free choice of candidates as may moat adequately raise the great political issues at stake, and put them in the broadest and most practical form before the con stituencies, the Spectator contends that it is conspicuously a:matter for the interest of the public that there should be no exclusion of the poorer classes of candidates. With out throwing the general expenses of the election on the constituencies it seems to our contemporary simply im possible that the House of Commons, even though it were to be chosen by household suffrage in both towns and counties, could really represent the country by which it would be nominally elected. The London Renew remarks that it is one of the unfor tunate results of a two years' tenure of office by a govern ment in a minority that the old habits of fair and direct party warfare should have been exchanged for the tricky devices of pereonal intrigue and private " management." Colonel Wilson Patten, in order to correct some misapprehension that appears to exist on the subject, has again formally offered himself as a candidate for the suf frages of the electors of North Lancashire. In an address which he has laid before the constituency he briefly adverts to the causes that have led to the approaching dissolution. Speaking of the Irish Church, Colonel Patten does not deny that anomalies exist, and says he was pre pared to give the matter full consideration ; but he re sisted the attempt to disendow and disestablish that branch of the establishment, first, because he considered it an indirect, yet serious blow to the protestant religion ; s econdly, because previously to legislating he was anxious to ascertain the views of the royal commission appointed to inquire into the subject; and thirdly, because he thinks that it is a question which ought properly to be lett for the judgment of the new parliament. Referring to the address issued by Lord Hartington, in which his lordship charged the present govern ment with inconsistency in the matter of the Reform Act, Colonel Patten observes that the questions involved could not well be discussed within the limits of an address ; but it is some consolation to his noble colleague that a measure which he owns will prove advantageous to the country, but which was not the settlement recommended by the liberal government, affords him the pleasure of ad dressing an enlarged constituency. With regard to the imputations contained in Lord Hartington's address respecting the national ex penditure, Colonel Patten observes that when Lord Derby came into office, amongst numerous other de ficiencies in the public service, the First Lord of the Admiralty found difficulty in furnishing proper reliefs to foreign stations, and this in time of peace; and the army was totally unprovided with those improved arms, from the want of which chiefly an empire and several kingdoms had recently been overthrown in a campaign of a few months' duration. These are almost the only points referred to in Colonel Patteu's address. rbt Court. OSBORNE, JULY 10. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon accompanied by Princess Louis of Ilesso and Princess Christian, and her Majesty and the Royal Family walked in the grounds this morning. The Royal Commission on Military Education met at the War-office on Thursday. Present : Lord de Grey (chairman), Lord Eustace Cecil, M.P., Lieutenant- General Lord de Ras, Lord Northbrook, Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Charles Russell, Bart., M.P., Lieutenant- General Sir Duncan Cameron, H.C.8., Brigadier-General Lefroy, Rev. W. C. Luke, Colonel Haythorne, and Lieutenant-Colonel Chesney. The secretary, Lieutenant J. W. Hozier, was in attendance. A deputation from the guardians of the parish of Shoreditch, consisting of Mr. J. Death, Mr. H. Ireson, Mr. W. H. Fell, and others, had an interview with the Earl of Devon, at the office of the Poor-law Board, Whitehall, yesterday. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yesterday to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Lnbuan, the Straits Settlements, and the Australian Colonies. The Prince of Wales honoured the Earl and Countess Spencer by his presence at dinner last evening, at Spencer-house, St. James's, when a select company were also present. After dinner the countess gave a ball in honour of his royal highness's visit. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who arrived at Dover by special steamer from Calais last evening, proceed to Osborne to-day on a visit to her Majesty. . _ . Viscount Sydney entertained att dinner yesterday evening, at his residence in Clevehuid-square, Viscount Strangford.Viscount Torrington. Lord Harris, Sir Edward Hering, Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Sir John Lubbock. Sir Walter Stirling, Alderman Salmons, Mr. E. Knatchbull- Hugessen, M.P., Mr. Otway, M.P.. Mr. G. Glyn, M.P., Mr. P. Wykehrun-Martin, M.P., Mr. William /cc, M.P., Mr. Angersti in, Mr. Talon. &e. A NEW ORDER. OF RECTORS.—A bill Las been presented to the House of Lords by the Bishop of Oxford to amend the District Church Tithes Act, IB'.i, anti to se cure uniformity of designation among incumbents in cer tain cases. It proposes that the incumbent of the church of every parish, "or new parish for ecclesiastical pur poriw," who is authorised to solemnise marriages, church iugs, and baptisms, and to appropriate the fees thereof, shall in future be styled "rector," and his benefice desig nated a rectory. WESTMINSTER ARREY.—The preacher at the special evening service on Sunday, July 12, will ho the Her. W. rwlm.n, incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone. DEATH op DR. RAMSBOTITAM, M.D.—The death of Dr. Ramsbotham, at the age of 67, is announced. The deceased gentleman resided for many years in New Broad street, City, where he had a very large practice. He was a doctor of medicine of Edinburgh and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London. He was formerly phy sician and lecturer on obstetric medicine at the London Hospital. Indisposition obliged him a few yeah ago to leave London and the field of his lucrative practice . He died at Perth on the 7th inst. Dr. Ramabotham was the author of " Principles of Obstetric Medicine and Surgery," em of considerable talent, and which has rased throe it th four editions. A deputation of thirty-one &pith, l.r, vv Ird to Konak. and informed the Prince what had taken pl:u•e. At 1. , o'clock the Prince arrived at th,, Skuptilinia on bon . back, surrounded by a brilliant suite. lie WAS receive , l the ministers, the senate, the clergy, and the diploni e • body. The PIIINCE liar ing :Met:tided th, tribune, said, "Dot! may 13x' aid you." The AfiaintßLY 7 Hoispodar, may (kid prntret you. The PaiNce-1 am young and yet a student. tic , called to the throne of Servia. I shall endeavour to myself well in order that I may hare Low• I can be 111 useful to my people. In the meantime I re,,ign my, with confidence to the people and the regency whom th have chosen. Whilst the Prince wan !peaking several of the dive: shed tours. The oath was then administered to the Iteg-s• by the Metropolitan. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The LiterV, in a wrrespondence, dat,4l Madri 1 July 8, says: Yesterday morning Marshal Serrano, Generals Cordova Zabala, &c., were arrested. It is said that the same fate ha.. befullenGeneral Echague in San Sebastian, awl that name. rows arrests have been made in the provinces. This mono !,; a communication was sent to the commanders on the fp oa. tiers to inform them that refugees were about to co! •r Spain. The object of the conspirators was to mik•• diversion in Catalonia and l7pper Arragon, whilst .sees towns were to rise in insurrection. The head of r. conspiracy, we are told. is G eneral Espa -r• with him were associated Gem:nal l'ritn, M. and generals arrested yesterday. Behind staff was to appear, in the proper time a ti•l plaeo, a •1••• tinguishol person, whose intervention was, Itow,Ner, • made the subject of a ballot. I nerd not tell yo❑ that c. conspiracy did not aim at a mere change of nuni4ry. hir change of dynasty. The insurrection was to break at the end of July or the beginning of August. I. doubtful whether the arrest., which have takcii phi, stop the movement. The hh:yid/me. Bily. gays: The news from Spain is scanty; but it illtcloses grave situation. The government does not shrink front any step to preserve its existenee. The general, arrested in Madrid hare been sent to the Canary Isles without trial. A steam corvette has been sent to the coast of Andalusia in order to watch the mouth of the Guada!quiver, and the Duke de Muntpensier and his wife have sailed from Cadiz for Loudon. Portugal also seems to be in a political crisis. Despatches from Lisbon have been intercepted. The King offered the Presidency of the Council to Count de Peniche, who was amnestied the day after hi: arrest. The count is said to have accepted the offer nit condition that he was invested with dictatorial powers mil allowed to suspend the sitting of the Chambers for thrci months. The army is said to have proclaimed Marshal Saldan ha. (11120IIGII lIEVTBIO3 AGENCY.) FRANCE. PARIS, Aar 11. The Monier lir of this morning publishes an o i. i decree, dated the 9th inst., authorising filo im portation and exportation of corn and ft, it through all custom-houses in the umpire. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Jul.r The o . fiiriut Gazette of this morning the text of the navigation treaty reeendy :!- chided bet Austria and iii t* Britain. •• the law for the organisation of Clroaill•N • 1: ilitree and Industry-. lIUNGARV. iv; The Ilimuurian Diet will adjourn ;a tit•,-; July fur a month. It is statvil that M. E iiyi, who - crittly sent( neva to a trrtn ..f oflitier against the press laws, has „1,1.:'n I i . to p..stpour tittering upai his perki.l of .1..t..ut. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on To. clay, M. lawroult Enid;—•• And here let in,, point OW iulcrior pfWitiOn Ocellilled by the catholic rks, are the nations which take the lead in the world Itussia, England, and America. I will :lot :peak of 11.. ' at this moment. Then see the countries whi.l Ii iv! remained catholic: Spain, Italy. until a recent South America, Ireland, and Poland." An eccentric, but witty nu•urber of the From'(' Legislative Body, M. Glais-Bizoin, proposes, as the 1M••t mode of giving general satisfaction, that the ereeis 11. , Legion of Honour shall be granted to anybody who thinks proper to pay for it. The Hon. Heverdy Johnson, the new American Minister to the court of Great Britain. will sail from tbd port of Baltimore on the Ist of August.—New York !Ver. The parliament of Sing Hamehameha has, with his consent and approbation, voted a subsidy of MAO dollars a year to a steam line between the Sandwich re* and San Francisoo. FOREIGN NEWS. (THIS DAY.) THESERVIAN SCUPTCIIINA. ------ The following soeount of the election of regency for Selma is gives in the Vienna Neu: The Tampere—The question before the bowie is election of regeete who are to go►ern the country till t majority of the prince. AIWA Luinscw. deputy for Belgrade—Brnth ti ren, composition of the regency is of very greet insportsuc.. We have been called on to make a good seles:tioii, u4l our brethren expect That we shall name the best Mom the nation. We shall incur groat reepom k b aity before the country, because th e we lf are, the existence of our dear Servia depends upon .„ choice. Whilst calling on Odd to aid ,„ the accomplishment of this mis.sion, I Milivoj Blasnavatr as first member of the , ktieveral deputies: " Yes, yea.") lfe prnt.e.wod the confidence of our beloved Prince Michael, whose we sha!l ever cherish. Ile is acquaint...l w,i war and full of energy, qualitielwhi• h were i•ary in Servia, and am In indi under prevent chconwtane (11e• .I.•iedi. •- elect him!" '•(;•pl pr•deet him !'' " Zivi., !") AutuA [miter:4li -- I propo4o in Itietituelh (The ihputie,; : .• Ye -4, N . ,t4. - 1 Elti,ll,l.fill' Are you afi •Pi t}:11 .1;1:n1.M The kir.w wle, .•• •. • . Hem,. A I tlo,l A lxxii.rn All tliat I lieu., i• I applies equally to lii tit eh, ext-ept that Vie t: military man, the n.•.: I a iliplomatit. I think w elect, as the third member, thesenator (lies, yes.) For 41 years he lilt: been ill th.• the state. His long career is without well known in the learned world, and w harmony with the two other regent . The l'emzur.er --Do you all vote for him ? 1 ho AblitilllLY All. A I)Ert;Ty—l do not. It would he L e tter ii first should elect the third. The Pn}slLlV7- lirethen, ht, I*. Legitll) Ih.• china has the right to dh•. t tion.) ItisTrrscit— Brethren. the dcputic4 have the right the three members of the regency. Vote, then, fr you like. The ASSEMBIN -We Akan vote for Gurrilovit The PRESIDENT—You all cote, Own. members The AssmnLy-1",:: long life to them. BLASNAVATZ—I thank Sou in Ow vrinio• .If th.• for the honor you have done tpi. We shall aet iu hart.; and endeavour to hand over Servia to Milan ebrenov:. IV. in a happier Mate than we find it. Ilave in us. The Assmtnt.Y-- We have etitire co:allelic.: in you. BLASNAVATZ— Let us cry then. Milan novitsch IV., for the g ood and happitics, of Service." . . The ASSUILLT—" Zi rivio'.'' (At this moment the event wa.4antiounced by a diw•bar of 101 guns, the Skuptchina shoutin', •• L.,ug bye b, Young Prince," •• vio, •• 1 - ra'' •• 1 - ra. The PRESIDVST—Now, brethren, name the ilepUtatiu: to invite the Prince to enter, I .1 TI)