The Express. — London, England, 1868-06-03 00:00:00

TUE EXPRESS, WEDNESDkr tively tumeskied conteellpAation public quhettoos. Dr. Bitowial is perfeiSly aware 11/0 the 011 advanced Ihiversity reformer Aim Over simrat Jews, Talks, es unbelievers, as epeeist claws to be benefited ; and that such men' 'as .Profilssor' HUXLEY, Professor TYNDALL, and Sir Caguas LULL are disqualified from filling positions for which they are eminently fitted, because they will not subscribe to the tests. That the ablest men shall be chosen as teachers and rulers in our Colleges, irrespective of their religious opinions, is not such a dread ful proposition after all. But the phrase " Jews, Turks, and unbelievers " had a good heathenish sound, signifying religious ' darkness and theological desolation, and was ir resistible to the episcopal pen. If it be true that the Reformation " purified but did not " change the Church," all we can say is that Dr. LITTLKDALE'I4 aversions, LATIMER, CRAMMIR, and RIDLEY toiled and suffered unmeaningly and unne cessarily, and that some strange delusions have been' abroad for centuries respecting • " development" called Protestantism, which our High Church men may ignore, but which they ciumot alto gether repudiate. But the Bishop of ELY ex ceeds himself when lie puts imaginary words and sentiments into the mouths of College founders. That these venerable dignitaries should be made to fight the battles of men whom they would condemn as heretics shows a forgetful ness of sober fact which Dr. Br.owNs would he the last man to betray in unprofessional walks of life. " Your religion," we can almost hear them say, " means the religion we hated most, and our " 'pious purposes' would be more nearly corumlted " by the purchase of stakes and faggots for you " all, than by elevating one branch of heresy over " others more or less pronounced." MR. BERNARD CRACROFT writes a paper in the Fortnightly Brrin”, criticising the "Isabel" of Mr. HOLMAN HUNT. Of this picture he speaks as a miracle of labour and technical re source, though in his opinion a total miscarriage in conception of the beauti ful poem of lizars, which is quoted by the painter as the foundation of his work. A fact mentioned by Mr. CRACROTT in connection with the composition of the picture, incidentally illustrates Mr. HOLMAN Huars conscientious in dustry. He could not, it seems, find a majolica vase to his taste. Accordingly he de signed a vase, had it cast, painted it him self, obtained a fragment of majolica, to study the glaze, and then painted from the model so created. This vase is exceedingly beautiful and original. Mr. CaAcaorr says that Professor OWEN c msiders it of 5..) exquisite a design that MINTON MI At well buy (lie patent and produce it for sale. THE Chinese Embassy now at New York com prises the Hon. %ANSON BURLINEAME, accredited Envoy Ex'roriinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Chinese Government to the treaty powers ; CHIN TAJEN and SIN TAJEN, Ministers of the Chinese Empire with Consulting and Advisory Powers ; J. KteLavv BROWN, First Secretary of Legation ; Monsieur EDOUARD DE CHAMPS, Second Secretary of Legation, sit native interpreters (two speaking English, two French, and two Russian) ; a native physician and two writers to the Embassy. Added to these are some score of native servants,&c., making in all nearly 40 souls. In the course of a few weeks this remarkable diplomatic body will arrive in Europe, where they will visit in turn the nations with whom treaties are already in w.istence. It seems that they include in their number some literary Chinamen who are preparing narratives of their travels, to be disseminated on their return among millions of readers. The Japanese, it is said, will not be behindhand, though, as they take to the rest of mankind with more alacrity than the Chinese, they will probably send a native as their en% oy extraordinary in preference to an American. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) The 7';n/P.4 traces to the necessity of bidding for the Irish vote the resolutions of the Chicago Republican Convention affecting foreign policy and encouraging immi gration. As to the equalisation of taxation, which is in sisted on as an indispensable reform, it is simply impossible under a system of protective tariffs to satisfy people that burdens and favours are fairly distributed. The weight of debt and the pressure of taxation can on 'y be endured on conditions of judicious distribution and unrestricted enter prise. In another article the Times argues that the compro mises which the select committee on the boundary ques tion recommend are merely temporary, and that in a very short time, probably neat session, the question of the limits of boroughs must occupy the attention of parlia• meat. The present system, by which large urban popula tions are divided from the places of which they actually and undeniably form part, and are added with a different franchise to the county constituen ries, must in the end lead to an equalisation of county and borough franchises, or, in other worth, to electoral districts. The recommendations of the Neutrality Commissioners greatly increase the powers of the government, but this is a matter in which the Tim's would rather make the law too strong than too weak, believing that the governa.ent would have no possible inducement to abase its powers, and that what is chiefly to be feared is its inability to cope with. the cunning and pertinacity of offenders. Probably, says the Dade Xeici , , so far as the Jamaica Committee is concerned, the case against Mr. Eyre will now end. It is difficult to say what useful purpose can be an swered by persisting in prosecutions which are not likely to have any practical issue. The committee have scattered the seal■ of a sound public sentiment— seeds which, though they tray seem now to have fallen on barren ground, are sure to germinate and to bring forth fruit. Mr. Eyre is now in a position to appreciate the advantages of that trial by jury in default of which, after the insurrection in Jamaica had been suppressed, three hundred and fifty persons were put t o death, by court martini. with his sanction, on testimony admitted to Le wholly insufficient. If they had bad the benefit which he has enjoyed of the laws of Esgland and the lutes of evi dence, they might be at this moment as safe as ho is. In the meantime the tom against him remains as it was. The finding of the grand jury yesterday conc'udes no ques tion of public or private right. It simply Mope investiga tion. It is to be regretted for Mr. Eyre's sake that this is the highest service which his friends can entreat for him. Other subjects discussed in the D•tify News Ire Mr. Disraeli at Halton, the settling fee the Derby, and the public business of the House of Commons. In the opinion of the Post the gran.l jury h& threads* out the bill preferred against Mr. (tyre acted as 'TOT rational being moat hams anticipated. No one, our eon. temporary believes, ever deserved better of his country. The recommendations of the Neubality Comm seem to the Herald to sin in the directi on of exalt= to be harsh and repreesive. The Star does not wonder that the grand jury of Middle. sex felt little inclination to trouble with the formality a trial s man who, according to th e re it era t e d d ration of the judge on the bench, had at word only been a very littlo irregular in Lis way of extinguishing a pestilent firebrand. Julio, o tl as declared, the royal commbidoners did, that % was no party to the outbreak at Rt. Thomas's, so that wt • have an English judge formally declaring it as his ton that a politician who metely agitates for whebt bkiy or wrongly conceive. to belnorlor, and whew Im Nrnaelf acquits of say Awn in ineurrectlon, * jjeldtient Srehrand—and this in a ease wit& tgrng sail[ owner ixx which this pootiient forma war deg to ;death. It A 7 ,.. 1 ,ERY of BR'aNZFfs d'ART, GARR I- Monotony . P i deed ! As if from deers tesdark, GreetaoteCIIEMINEE. CLD‘RS. VASES, CANDELABRA. every sun - m e th a t b a s s os upon his sae, and cioory c —Pole Depot for the cetee sted eseauctions et F. lisrhedienne 11a CO. Rh es the sane at In twee with 5 per cent. gelded for sunset that floods his deck with its de•iinting ex penses. Coptlopties, with Imagiin lA, 35 , 57, us'r Mous, sent freely , o g and 3S, 0 1- OW, I,* the freshness of the's:lf rd atrcrtoran& tIA hushed 'EsON and ORAdAII, n ap 3 siler e ce of the noon, the tender cent/o,nme of the palLLips and Y EARC S, I evesning hour, the sudden upriair4 of the night sest p e ethilly Ar so th li ta ti l t ° ( at n ri and noPe rhtni aton tt ihe thr lb e r OYU. sea * breeze, the brooding stillness ...lid the wayward eest , TIEI'L Miles& They are edging), moderate to Prices 1.011/114.011 of the wind and truer--all that makes perfect in form, workmanslll-,s, tot:feria and raimuliwture. • Mr. D. Pearce for is ',WS at IS, St. James's-fume) Una the very essence of the sea-life—were not the shies derailment roe er his direction. I infinite variety and incessant surprise ! A true 166, New Rond-strecS,,Aind WS and 350, Oxfordvireet. I Alden. - - , yachtsman must have a sense of the pic turesqueness of his floating hope, of its independence, its frolic, and its fraternity. To carry home and country with him wherever he , goes, to be surrounded always by the honest and hardy faces of English sailors, to have a taste for sudden disappearances and departures, to Dame and go like a bird on the wing—these are the secret joys of the yachtsman. There may be something in these habits bordering upon eccentricity- - something that makes a wife jealous and afraid of such a mistress of a nian's ap'ections as his yacht. The Roman poet who laid lip his yacht in the Lake of Garda on his return from a cruise in the Black Sea, committed her to the guardianiihip of the immortal Twins with all the tenderness of a lover. Perhaps ho would hate been happier if his LEMMA had been more jealous. Certain it is that a man's love for his yacht is apt 'to possess him like a passion. The love of this glorious sport is curiously here ditary in some families. The son of one of the finest of English poets, who was himself a passion ate lover of the sea, is one of the most accom plished yachtsmen of the Royal Yacht Squadron. A nobleman who makes his yacht his home throughout the year bears the name and the title of a celebrated yachtsman whose gallant ser vices at Brest two centuries since are recorded by MAI AI'I.AY. Nor is it rare to timid that the most devoted and daring yachts men are equally renowned in the sports of the field. The owner of a splendid schooner has been heard to say that next to the rapture of going across country in the Shires was the sensation of bowling along under a topsail breeze just a trifle free. We can well believe it. But it is not as a recreation of a few for tunate rich people that yachting demands and deserves the notice of the public journalist. ll It is as an organised national sport, which, we most heartily acknowledge, it is public policy to encourage, that we rejoice in its increasing prosperity and impot tancr. According to an ar ticle in the May number of the St. Panrs it appeals that last year there were as many as 31 yacht clubs in the United Kingdom, of which 29 were " sea-going squadrons, bearing the " Admiralty warrants, and about 1,740 yachts, of " which '240 only were under 12 tons;" that the total tonnage of these yachts amounted to 53,7(e) tons, employing annually a force of nearly six thousand men and boys. Such a sport as this most justly and emphatically merits, on national grounds, all the encouragement of our naval autho rities, anti all the homage of public opinion. We may note, in passing, that the present FIRST Loan of the ADMIRALTY owes not a little of his intimate knowledge of nautical affairs to his old experience as a yachtsman ; that the present RETARY 13! the ADMIRALTY is not only a yacht-owner but a cup winner, and that the present COlll - in the Mediterranean whose skill in manemering a fleet is well known, was always an enthusiastic yachtsman in the inter vals of his professional service. Indeed, naval men never " look down - on yachting ; they know its value to the country. It is satisfactory to find that if yachting, like horseracing, is no longer an aristo cratic sport, the new generation of " self-made men who have won wealth and social rank by honourable enterprise are among the most earnest and conspicuous members of the Yacht Clubs, and own some of the finest craft afloat. The Yachting Congress which has been held this week in London to consider the advantage of establishing an institution analogous to the Jockey Club, as a general committee of reference on all yachting questions, and to draw tip a code of sailing regula tions fer the adoption of all the squadrons, and for the control of all the sailing matches round the coat, marks an epoch in the history of this admirable pastime; and V.'e trust the deliberations of the flag officers will result in maintaining the high character of the sport. We have been glad to note the special invitation to the New York Yacht Club to compete in the ocean matches. This is a just and kindly tribute to our kinsmen beyond the Atlantic, and a generous acknowledgment of their hereditary prowess as yachtsmen. _ _ - WILLIAIq CRURTON and SON, He AI Er..s ~ tut SIIIRTIIA K Mu. ..MAW UNDERCLOTIIISO. ft and 94, 0700121)-8TftEln. - - • - FIRST-CLASS OARPETS, DAMASKS, &c., 'Awn? Paulus. Patients rant!. forynontra to ete Jountry Free. T. VENA , &Rs 4t SONS, 'LONDON, E. _ -- FIRST-CLASS SILKS an 4 FANCY DRESSES. 1.010:•1' rtavitt. raft , au , uttut to tin Country Yree. T. vEN ABlr.S lt *OS, LONDON, E. --- - - FiltST-CLA SS DRAPERY , MANTLES, &c. Low VAT PRICVS. eurrisee Free. F RANiat•eil rmaly half a Crntury. - F IRSTCLASS MOURNING. 1.09.V , T Patlerry4 4,,5ti.1 the l•ntti.try Free. T. YKN 101.4 - .. i B SONA, I. DON, E. - FIRST JLASS FURNITURE, BEDDING, MR nht.lmted hire LiNt Pox!. Fr.e. T. YLN V.. j, 4 A 1.400 , .. 11.3 104, and 10., vOinechapel, and 4. 4.. Commeret‘l.ots et t. .tptroi - —_ - FRA I ID. --CAUTION.—Order BRYANT and !.! 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" Long " 1,. .fore the recel it changes," his lordship writes, " were into slimed, there were Roman " Catholics, Dissenter Jews, and oven Mahome " dune at Cambridge wl o might be senior wranglers " or first-clan men if tim 7 had enough of industry " and ability. Now, the, v may become Graduates " and Masters of Arta. But, whatever may he " the effect of might, . 1 have yet to learn " that there ever can be right, in placing in " the hands of Jews, Tt irks, or unbelievers " those offices of trust and influence which have " from time to time been fo ended and endowed ' " by Churchio en for the prouioti, .n of sound learning " and trligious education. I beh eve if the founders " could now speak, whether they lived be fore or since the Reformatim n (which puri " tied but did not change the Church), " that they would, one and & Il of them, say :--` If our endowments must he COltfia • cated sweep them away, but at Ica, 4 leave our " religion : the Colleges and Univen Rios may " ` struggle on, and teach on, in povert) ", but our " ißlitests, intuit , in full con fid ence on a 'he good " faith of the nation, cannot lawft..llY be " ' diverted from pious purposes to . endow " ' secular, and, for aught we can fot eeee, "irreligious, and eveu atheistical teachini, • The that allusion to " Roman Catholics and L " centers" as being among the people who nigh t formerly be senior wranglers, and the assump tion in the following sentence that it is proposed to transfer the offices of trust and influence in the University to "the hands& Jews, Turks, or untie " licvers"—leaving the Roman Catholics and Dis 'enters unnamed—is either sophistry amounting to misstatement, or a strange instance of mental confusion arising from an email- 18 PLBLISHZD EVERY EVENING. LONDOT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3. YA elf TI1VI:. ei.misetso is a noble national sport, and even its corruptions should smt blind us to the fact that it has operated as the encouragement to the breeding of the finest and fleetest anima's in the world. It ha made England like tie Attica of the old t me, as faams for its horses as for its and its colonists. Nor is it horseracing al an organised national sport that social moralic.s, more indulgent than austere, regretfluy condean, but "the parasi.ical in " dustries," as they have been fitly described by a recent writer, wkich have "wrested the sport " from its original pierpose,'• and "that widespread " popular demoralisation which notoriously surrounts and it:feats every racing eta " ble in the kingdom, and has created •• a new and disreputable profession, fruit- ! " ful iu critoe and miser)." Such, imila ilia , . is what is ailed "the Turf.' From " the I " Turf," and not from horseracing, properly t-o ez.lled, we gladly turn between Epsom and Ascot to atiothei of our British sports, the moat characteristically, most distinctly, and most e elusively national of them all, which. perhaps by the very nature and conditions of its being, seems Irippily free from the vices and the mischiefs which cling to the in. , st popu lar of our land sports. The gentlemen of England aho go down to the sea in their own beautiful whites inged veesels from May to I October, who hover round the Scandinavian coasts iu summer, and whose burgeca outnumber the pendants of the British fleet in the Mediterranean every winter, are the legitimate descendants of the old sea rovers of eight centuries ago, of the buccaneers and venturers o f t h e T udor age. ! For them as for their terrible forefathers the a•a is in truth their " native element." Theirs is the love of Nature in all the inconstant changefulness of her moods, the love of boundless space, of ! far horizons, of " nothing but sea and air" to keep them company when they have o'.caped front the din and dust of sordid cities, and from the fever and fret of the landsman's world. I Granted, of course, a stomach for the sport, there can be no doubt that yachting has rare - charms and delights for the luxurious slave of society, and for the pampered drudge of drawing-rooms, raze exultations for his pUlses, and a great calm for his heart and brain. A man who talks of the monotony of the sea can never have a gout for yachting. ,--. NIN .: c Court. , . " . si 9 ,, 4 AMORAL CASTLE, T '' Ths Q.eea, 'Pt cme Louise, and ' attends I el* e ilirvie• In the perish church, this. '4. The Due isas of Athole and Colonel Poosonby were 'fa altemd .v sr.. The Yen' 'Asir. Pi iesdo.l Tußook one of her Majesty's chaplain.. eirsiatol. The Rake of Marlborough and Principal Tulloch had the It.:nou; d g with the Queen and the Royal famioy. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Crown Prince of Denmark drt se one yesterday. Jo the eastlig the Prince and ninon. of Wales, se oom..eanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, west to to. Ja ass', Thesis e. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel the HO3. Jairea Moclonald, honoured Colonel Clifton with his company at a breakfast on Monday, at the gallant colonel's r. aide: ce in Park-street. Hie Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and toe Countess Apponyi will give a patty at the Einbamy in Belgravissquare, on the 16th 'nat., when they will be honoured by the presence of her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Wurtemlberg, Archduchess of Austria, an: of his Royal Highness the Duke Philip of Wurtemberg. Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth received at dinner last evening, at their residence in St. Janteia squaro, Lord and lady Carew, Lord Raglan, Lord Eliot, M.P., Lady and bliss Geary, Field-Marshal Sir MTN= and Lady Gomm, Sir Percyvoll and Lady Dyke and Mime Dyke, Sir Edward and Lady Manningbam Buller, Mr. and Lady Louisa Fortescue, Colonel Legge, Colonel Airey, Mr. Barrington, Kr. Duncan, Mr. Eyre, Lc. Yesterday morning Lady Laura Elizabeth Phipps, eldest daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Nor manby, was married to Mr. Vivian Hampton, second son of Mr. Hampton-Lewin, of Benny", at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square. The Wolrerhampton Chronirle states that yester day Lord Shrewsbury was much worse. He is suffering from an attack of gastric fever. His lordship, by his acces sion to the title of Earl of Shrewsbury, a few years ago, became Premier Earl of England. The noble earl (as Lord Ingestre) represented Mouth Staffordshire in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1849. NA I'AL INTELLIGENCE. SPEED TRIALS AT MEASURED MIL&S. Objections have frequently been urged against the system adopted by the Admiralty of regarding the speed trials of s:tips over the measured mile °ours° as fair tests of their power of steaming under less favourable circumstances. The conditions under which those trials are usually made are—smooth water, a force of wind that will not to any a; preeiable extent affect the speed of Cie ship, picked coals, and trained stokers. It is contended that • vessel which might achieve most favourable results under these conditions, in a compethive trial with another ship would show very different tenths were the conditions reversed and the trial ma le in a heavy se.w.y. We learn, however, from a repot.: drawn up by the Con troller of the Navy, and pub label this morning, that experiment. Lave just been completed which Admiral Robinson bedev. a will mod.fy the opinions expressed as to the mew ured mile teals, and the speed obtainable by ships for several consecutive hours in the opea sea. Permission wasgiven by the Admiralty for the llixotaur, Warrior, and Bellerophon, three representative ships, varying in tonnage, but with engines whose nominal power is rela tively prajorticnate, to be tried in the usual way at the measured axle, with their copper sheathing cleaned, and after these trial., for six hour.' consecutive steaming out- side the Isle of Wight, to compare the results so obtained as regarded indicated horsepower, number of revolutions, speed, &c., with those obtained on the measured mile. In all these cases the weather was splendidly flue ; there was • little snore wind during the Warrior's trial than during the other two trials, and the water was smooth ; bet the Bellerophon had the disadvantage of having been twice as long in the water as the other two chips, and at this tints of the year the erowth of weeds is particularly rapid. At the Stokes Bay trial the results were as follow : - Indicated horse Revolutions Speed of power. per minute. ship. linotanr 6,702 .;:,913 14411 Wairlor Bellerophon Lut in the six hours' trial the following was the result Indicated horse Revolutions Speed of power. per minute. chip. NI incisor Warrior Bellerophon It will thus be seen that while the 3linotaur lost iu speed in the six hours' trial 249 of a knot per hour, and that her revolutions fell off '953 per minute, the Warrior only lost '143 of a knot, and her revolutions fell oft •8 per minute, the indicated horse-power having in each case fallen short of the Stokes Bay performance. Butt in the Bellerophon the' case was reversed; she gained '179 of • knot per hour in speed, increased the revolutions by '943 per minute, and developed about "_'oo more horse-power than on the measured mile, showing conclusively that if the expected horse-power were realised the calculated speed of the ship would be assured. The inference drawn by the controller of the navy from these trials is that with good coal and good stoking there is but little difference between the results of a trial at the measured wile and one lasting for six hours on the open sea, all the circumstances being alike ; that the bad performances of the Warrior, Ilinotaur, and Belle rophon, during their cruise last autumn, arose from causes over which the designers of those ships had no control ; and that any judgment on the qualities of those vessels, dependent on such records, would have been illusory and misleading. AGRICTLTURAL HOLDINGS IN IRELAND.--This morning returns were published abowi,,g the number of agricultural holdings in Ireland in 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1867, showing the extent of "table land, the extent of land not arable, and the total extent of land of each class, &o. From these returns it appears that there has been • gradual falling off in the number of holding' since 1811, 1 1 at which date there were 691,202, whereas in 1867 there were only 346,448. The falling off is, however, only ap parent in the holdings of less than 30 acres in extent, and particularly in the class not exceeding 5 acres which de creased from 310,436 in 1841 to 78,064 in 1867. In the better class of occupiers whose holdings were above five, but not exceeding 15 acres, the number fell from 252,799 to 173,473. The increase in the number of bold inp of not less than 30 acres and up to 100, show the extent to which the process of absorption has been carried on, the number in 1851 being 120,01.3, and in 1867, 126,537. Then was increase in the same period at the highest class of holders, viz., those having more than a hundred acres, of 2,817. The iota extent of land in the occupation of the smallest class of holders in 1867 was 277,372 sores, whereas the area in the occupation of holders of more than a hundred, was no less than 8,244,529 acres. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—This morning accounts were published showing ths sums received and expended for the purposes of the metropolitan police, police superannuation fund, public carriages, and police courts, between the lit January, 1867, and the 31st March, 1868. The total receipts of the year, including 50,5041.' 10s. 6d. the balance in band on the Ist January, 1867, was 900,6801. ISt. Id. The expenditure during the same period was 847,7741. 11s. 2d., leaving a balance of 36,8941. 7s. sd. The receipts on account of the police superannn4• ' tion fund were 8 5 ,628/. 4s. 6d., and the expenditure was the same. Of thin sum 84,235/. 12s. 10d. was distributed ip the fermi of superannu►tion+ to 2,061 i disolugged cop stables, and 1,3921• lls• Bd, in the shape of gratuities to 33 oonstablea. The total number of persons in the form was I 8,450, consisting of one inspecting superintendent, ono Mkt superintendent, 23 superintendents, 240 inspectors, 847 sergeants, and 7,33, i constables. D. R. Harrison, an engraver, of New York, believes himself to be the rightful owner of 2,000,0001., filabirly the property of William Harrison, of London. litaheise of Williams Ilarrioas have bees advertised for taidebine weeks peel in the loading journals. The Hew 1441:Xiizieen claims I. bee nephew of the vadat, sparrows have wade thair•appeambel W boo. am beee and eider making bee akterPhala.. G, JUNE ;13, plitl(liN NEWS. 14, 17.106 DAY.) 'THE AUSTRIAN RELIGIOUS LIBERTY LAWS. It is repro txl from Vienna that the Papal Nuncio at Vienna, M. Falcinelli, placed on the 28th of May in the hands of M. von Bend the protest of the Court of Rome against 'he confes sional laws recently sanctioned by the Em peror of Austria. " The court of Rome," obeers es the roloyie Gazette, "is perfectly convinced of the uselessness of this protest. The document has been received with perfect courtesy, and will be deposited amongst the im perial archives. No question has been raised as to the withdrawal of the Nuncio, and the reports spread on this subject have no other origin than the anger of the clerical journals." The principal towns of the empire are manifesting their feelings by illtiminations and other signs of joyous demon stration. ROME. The D;ritto and the Italie speak of a serious riot which took place between th•; Papal dragoons and the Antibes legionaries in the barrack of Castro Pretorio. The latter shouted " Vive Garibaldi Several persons were wounded. GENERAL GRANT AND MR. COLFAX. At Washington, on the 22nd ult., General Grant was serenaded. ' In reply to an address from Representative Routwell, of Massachusetts, Central Cfrant sad : Gentlemen,—Being entirely unaccustomed to public speaking, and without the desire to cultivate that power— (laughter)—it is impossible for me to find appropriate lan guage to thank S on for this demonstration. All that I can suy is, that to whatever position I may be called by your will, I shall endeavour to discharge its duties with fidelity and honesty of purpose. Of my rectitude in the performance of public duties you will have to judge for yourselves by my record before you. Hundreds of the crowd entered the house and congratulated the general. The procession then moved to the residence of Spetiker Colfax. Calls having been made for him, he appeared at the door of his residence and said : My Friends: I thank you with all the emotions of a grateful heart for this Nattering manifestation of your confidence and regards. I congratulate you on the aus picious opening of the eventful campaign on which we are entering. In the Chicago Convention, representing the entire continental area of the republic, every state, every terri tory, every district, and every delegate, from ocean to ocean, declared that their first and only choice for presi dent was Ulysses S. Grant. (Great applause.) Brave, and yet unassuming; reticent, and yet, when necessary, firm as the eternal hills— (apel dree)—with every thought and hope and aspiration for Li. country, with modesty only equalled by his merits, it is not eztraagant for me to say that he is to-day, of all other men in the land, " first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." (Great applause.) His name is the very synonym of victory, and he will lead the Union hosts to triumph at the pulls, as he led the Union armies to triumph in the field. But greater even than the conqueror of Vicksburg and the destroyer of the rebellion, is the glorious inspira tion of our noble principles animated by the sublime truths of the Declaration of Independence. Our banner bears an inscription more magnetic than the names cf its standard bearers, which the whole world can see as it floats to the breeze, "Liberty and loyslts, justice and public. safety." Defying all prejudices, we are for uplifting the lowly and protecting the oppressed. (Applause.) His tory records, to the immortal honour of our organiastion, that it saved the nation and emancipated a race. We struck the fetter from the limb of the slave, and lifted millions into the glorious sunlight of liberty. We placed the emancipated deer on his feet as a men, and put into his right hand the ballot to protect his manhood and his rights. We staked our political existence 011 the reconstruction of the revolted states on the erne and eternal corner-stone of liberty, and we shall triumph. I know there is no holiday contest before us, but with energy and zeal, with principles that humanity will approve, anal that 1 belies o God will bless, we shall go through the contest conquering and to conquer ; and on the 4th day of March nest the people's champion wall be borne by the people's votes to yonder White House, that I regret to say is now dishonoured by its unworthy occupant. Then with peace and confidence we may expect our beloved country to enter upon a career of prosperity which shall eclipse the most brilliant annals of our past. I bid you God speed in this work ; and now, good night. (RFAITER . IS TF:LEC R.% 17. THE RE-ORGANISATION OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. VIENNA, JUNE . _ The es , Free Prey of to-day publishes the scheme for the re-organisation of the army which has been definitively agreed upon by the government, and will very shortly be laid before the Reichsrath and the Hungarian Diet. The chief features of this scheme have been already publicly stated. The most important new item has reference to the future strength of the army which the government proposes to fix for the ensuing ten years at 800,000 soldiers, and the entire Landwehr to number 200,000 men. By the adoption of this scheme, the constitutional rights of the Reichsrath and the Hungarian Diet to modify those numbers every year is not prejudiced. The Government Bill proposes also that so farm' relates to administrative questims. the Landwehr is to be placed under the control of the Minister for the defence of the country, but the Commander-in- Chief of the Landwehr will decide all military questions. In times of war, however, the coin minder-in-chief of the army will command the Lands - dlr. The Minister of War for the empire is to be informed at all times of the general state, the equipment, and changes of station of the Landwehr. Prince l'ieire Bonaparte, who, it appears, is living in close retirement near Paris, hos published in Belgium a volume of 640 pages, entitled " Hypothi so d'une Campaign* sur le Rhin." The prince, who, both as • member of the Legislative Assembly and as a moldier, was somewhat impatient of discipline, censures sharply the policy of his cousin's government, strongly advocates war, and predicts victory to France as a matter of • course. Advices from Rouen state that a grand protec tionist dinner is to be given in that city on Thursday next to IL Bouyer quertier. The number of persons is butted to 300. The living of West Ham, Essex, vacant by the , resignation of the Rev. S. Rani, has been conferred by the Prime Minister upon the Rev. Thomas Scott, for some time past chaplain of the London HospitaL "Mr. Scott,' says the Herald," is a descendent of the well-known soel meatator who was rector of Aston-Sandford, Bucks. Mr. Smite is an earnest member of the evangelical party in the church. It is understood that he was a perfect 'Manger to lir. Disraeli, but was selected for Ms well-known ability as • preacher and from the testimony received from many (pouters as to the seal and devotion with which he had performed Ms hospital duties." APFUNEBATION Or 01/1/11.1AL LIWUWATORS.- -.1. I wive sleeted metubere of the Royal Institution. - d a y b ee be e n appo i nted b y .b.lob the m ad liquidate, is 1 , , , ial thanks of the members were returned to Sir Howl 6he al"" 19 " Pl gialf - ',l l fter/raniell "in Chancery ' are I Holland, Bart.. the president, for his tenth annual Jose to nab APPlieetlac, at the Seib Chamber", for allowance i under the new eerie, squinted by allidavins of the these' w " l 'd itessavelim• Sion of 401. lar the fund for the Ilvniotion of Expwb devoted to each Particular cape. The following I • Tula ROVA.L COM.XISINI.ON ON 4"KIMARY Ent'..il lON will, in future, be acted upon : " if, skiing ea s nci.Aun).—The Roy al Commission on Primary Educ.dion rt, r of a liquidation ' it elsallrepput to the judge expedient ( Ireland ) mat yester day, at the offices of the coon.-iOO,, to do, he OE autetion papeseuts to the liquidator on 144 UpperSaekviiiestoret, Dublin. There were Pre mut '-- swami* MMs iemuneratien. - ' For this purpose tie judge The Earl of Powis, the Earl of Dunrasen, the Bishop of iirM tribute the mind auras remuneration u wel l t i I Meath, Lord Olealrock, Judge Morris, Sir It. Kane, Master efflifitiltaittiosi win admit , wed will pay to the &mild r t llinsoke. Rev. Dr. Wilson, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Stokes, T , of "t —,- .m lkg= f ritela of inpkgellme Sad remuneration or • Sullivan, sad Mr. Waldron. The secretaries, ]Herres MO 11111 ! 0 .194001111111desas reasonable." 1 and Donee, were in attendance. . . PIP• , ‘i....;..." sa - sat, . OU It I'ARIS LETTER. triton eel owx ooassarcesnrwr.) PARIS, TI:ESIMY Etryt.l. The story of the art est r f three people at "more than suspected" of a design to sasassinate the Emperor turns out to /rive been a calm 0/ , bled exclusively by that ultra - imperialist je!i rrial, M. Oranier de Cassa,..na.s's Payk The Pro, l an night professed to know all about the matter, and ex :used itself for mentioning the simple fact .4 three arrests on the gi (mild that it was desirable t 9 r :duce to true prof ortions the " exaegtrat,,l versions in c ir cu i t t 0r.,, The Mon;fi ”.• th is ?et!, ig says there is "no foundation a hat,,,• : • for the tale, and that the heedlessness x ith "au evening pap( r " set it going is very math ••. regretted. The I'a , jl ;.t once kisses the 1-.1. ;. j . with its usual iti:mdence, instead of " sorry" for the very serious mistake, gl a d "to hart been misled. A quantity I with which it accompanied the false u, a s •,' • ,; " ancient lathes," the necessity of " lo the empire,' and the folly of the new lil oral lrry lately pas.sed by th.: Senate, it passes o‘cr itht 1: sue ;1:.010gy. A Conspiracy would be sere mist Dow to C)lmelv..t: ves of the Cassagnat ; • and the disapr o't tment s very great. Of ;ill the l'i.ris pap ra the something imp , nail- in the words the Emperor at Rouen. How, it Call our cont . miporaries pretend that " political " was :aid at Rotten, when the • announced that the " evil days had • 111:at could he more political ? lit c mid it have been mori clearly announcial •,. commercial crisis is ie. er, and that the •• Europe gill n o t be troubled" f " This • must have, bot'i in France and Fiirop,•. and salutary echo." I cannot yet tell tth ‘• lie the case as regards Europe, but I can ail. hitherto in Paris the echo has been nai.t i• People do not give themselves the tr quire what the Emperor precisely imam I y iug that the evil days were oNer. Itur know it has not occurred to ••. e writers of the to tluit the. 1:1:1p,• words have put an end to ciiiiimetc,,,! The phrase is five: lo I.y 1... i. Is, The T. •oops merely says that tl e Emperor's oh Feem ti..) have been to "ColitClit etvryb. , 4l% Alad d'scAirage comment." Prince Napoleon, wh (sooner than i% ( xpeeted) left Paris on :•-unday for his trip t Munich, Vitnna, Pesth, Varna, and Couhtautin..ple,ay.• a fa: ewe.l dinner on Saturday to his aui-ug whom was M. Emile 011ivier. The Prince expected to be away more than sip urAN. The Academy of science yesterday dectk 1 t!ie eminent physician, Dr. llonilland, to the e'..ur vacant by the decease of Dr. Sen•cs. 1 , 7. Bouirand is quite a; obnoxious to the card s of the Senate ws was his distinguished 11,.(i• cessoc. During the storm of Friday last a soliiii•r !he Citli Regiment, stationed at Chaniliery, ea i.lnd by the lightning while sitting under ti,e braiii . .i.t of a Chesnut tree to which he had 1111 Five comrades with hiiti were stuniii•i, i re ceived various couttibious not serious. Lt The Bourse continued extremely lino. I , quotations of the leading securities theie .• IV a fractional variation from yesterday. The syndicate of the l'aris stoehbroher,. protest dated May 20, and signed behalf of the body, gave notice to the Ansi! rin Finance Minister that if, contrary to iliturtiati. engagements, the threatened tax should be ~• posed. upon Austrian funds, they should be mi Ar the necessity of prohibiting any busines• Austrian (midi on the Pat-is Bourse. In this, the only measure in its power, t.' foreign government r.f its solemn obligation,. !:.e syndicate would only be acting acconlirg dent. 1:01 . .1L HOHII, I.LICHtL S 1). II:TY. ...11 of this society at South Kennington wet.? %.•tri.l. • the scene of a grand ft to in cuidiection with ore "I ,t. i shows of the season, and the society Was 0s fot.ai, rival in the Regent's-park Lis Ltt 11 tlii• fr.;i• ;II i ; r; favoured with that almost ,a• for two: :1 lovely day. The flowers exhibited het:. her and beauty west ail that could be 111.-birt .1. ..1 -; ;, .11 he difficult to say which among the charm.h.: gr.. of a,ileas, pelargoniums, orchid,, tem, N .t attracted the attention of the viaitors • . i; ;i largest share of admiration. The. groundt a,..• ti. • dining the greater put of the day by a t • • dde company, to whose enjoyiimist two tletti, e o orb added considerably. At a ..teneral nireting t ty, held in the Count:H.l.mm. South Kensingtm , . ~ .ge I'. Wilson, iu the than, the follow,,; cosi; ,tea were elected fellows of tie society, viz._ -. W. I'. Campbell, J. l‘f. Maser, Littleton II I'..sys, Eolicrt Fred, toll, Willirto 311-. Aileen Theresa Sitioiy.., Henry Scott. :\ llenry Wheeler, jun. ; aad the 1-1.• el r..;irt, Horticultural Society was admitted into tali; 11. TRADES UNI.IN 1:tlN;i1i1;:siS AT 31% -.11 , A cohgress of the represent itives of various f the United Kingdom commenced its sittiu,, , at 3Lu.. is stn . yesterday. The eongreiss had been callid In t;,• Mts• eheetcr and Salford Trod, council, and it hold, ,t• tit• tings in the 'Mechanics' In , flute. the places repre sented are London, Ltirinffigliaso, Blanclieste , i Li.. Bolton, Broulford, Prest, , , . Dundee. I int ham, Sheffield, awl Salc•ril. The trades repietent.. l in. chide various branches of the cotton tsailt, of th.• glass trade, letter•presa prit.teis, sLipLuildet., hal lock-makers, joiners, Wit,' s, and plastei,.,.. NI, W. \Vood having btoeu appointed preuideut, Mr. F. 1; ker yiee•president, Nil. Peter Shot rock, soviet:try, it was :111410d to divide the tasursa each Jay RID, /..uriring and evening sittings, and the remainder of y. -ter. day tuorninis sitting w.., COI/Wiled ili the standing or_d ers :AA arrangin g°oh r sold mode of business to he adopted I y the cot...poss. Papers, previously prepaid by such social.. e , have elected to do so, will be I iid before the Cullgit-11 Oil the various subjects' which at the present time alit. t rode societies, each paper to he followed by .li , cos.ion rpm the points advanced. The subjects treated inn s , Sin in clude the following :- I. 'node unions au city. 2. Trade unison and political coo too. , The effect of trade unions on fort ign competition. I. gala' tiou 01 the hours of 'about. :i. Limitation cf apprt tires. li. Technical education. T. Courts of what:dim , an.: coat ciliation. 8. Co-operation. '.l. The present ineriti4ty of the law in regent to conspiracy, intimidation, pick. t mg, coercion, Se. 10. Factory Acts Extendoul;il l , tha necessity of compulsory iii.pection, and its W all places where women and children arc euiplo)ed. 11. The present royal eonnui.,ion on trade %mien,- Los fat worthy of the confidence of the trade union int, se,s. 12. Legalisation of trade societies. 13. 'llw tatet•siti • annual congress of trade lepreaentatives firm IL. s. , ioas centres of industry. Tug Duxu or EPINBLn6II.—Sir .101,11 Bart, K.C.B. has consented to preside to-viorro.. .1 a meting of the English committee at the Bank er New South Wales, Old Braudstrest, for the erection of !L ( h ' e r ld " memorial Hospital at Sydney, to commemorate the gran tude of the inhabitants of New South Wales for th pre. itne, lt ral oYa zoon t I t 'S bi s;t in n ee 7T tim io e s , serration of the Duke of Edinburgh from the hands of as easassin. Holland, Bart., M.D.. 11.c.L., F.R.S., piesident, the chair, Ike. Alfred Morrison and Rev. J. Geortv " o ß e E lli T o o n d it a t last, iN —Sir.4l;etchr;