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TIIE Ritnalists, or as they would prefer to be designated, the Catholic party in the Church of England, are just now excited to unusual literary activity. They can make little or nothing of their opportunities in Convocation, an they resort to the press. Last week we were asked to print a negative and positive declaration of doctrine held by twenty nine leading members of the party concerning the Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist. To-day our attention is invited to an elaborate survey of the work, position, and prospects of the same party by no less a person than the Rev. W. J. E. BEN sarr, vicar of b'roonee Selwood, who has thrown his thoughts into the form of a letter to Dr. Waxy. To explain his profound anxiety concerning Ritualism, Mr. 'Ier:NETT quotes some of those well-known sentences contained in the episcopal charges of 1866, which looked so formidable at a distance when they appeared, but which we all now know to be wholly harmless, and not inconsis tent with the utmost tenderness for those against whom they were pointed. Mr. BENNETT, how ever, treats them as almost amounting to persecu tion. Far, however, from being confounded and silenced by the imputations cast upon him and his party, Mr. BeNsErr sets to work to discover what the declarations of his right reverend fathers are worth. " The main foundation of a priest's per " plexity in any duty which a bishop censures " is the question—What really is the ecclesiastical " authority of a bishop 1" There may be a higher authority standing over both priest and bishop. The prelate is not infallible, and somewhere and somehow a priest may be found who, disobeying a bishop's private judgment, would be justified and something more. Yes; "there is over and above the "bishop the spirit and vitality of the Church, her " essential meaning —her recognised and known " laws—her traditional usages, coming down from " the very Apostles, without which any personal " dictum, or will, or opinion of a bishop falls " into insignificance." The judicious HOOKIR has described tho bishop as he should be ; but sup pose him to be below the level of his office, is the Church powerless because one or many bishops rule imperfectly ? •' No ; the Presbyters have their " share, both of responsibility and jurisdiction, " and must come in to aid and supply defects." This is a terrible prospect, but it is not the worst which Mr. Bersserr has set before the right rev. bench. Sr. JEROMZ has observed that while the ruling superiority of one bishopoverrnany presbyters is an ancient order descended from the times of the Apostles, yet there is no proviso that it shall always continue. Should the Bishops prove proud, tyrannical, and incorrigible, then the Church, by universal consent, would have the right to take it away upon urgent cause. HOOKER again has observed that the regimen of Bishops) continues by form of custom rather than by any true and heavenly law. We would point out that it is a " spiritual person " who is the first to bring forward this threat of an eccle siastical revolution. We come in Mr. Bsarrerr's letter upon a very mine of antiquarian learning, and are taught some facts which we should never have learned in the ordinary course of church in struction in quiet times. Thus it appears that it is not altogether a cunningly devised fable of schismatics that Bishop and Presbyter are the same. Sr. AMBROSE, however, has said so—" The " Episcopus of Sr. PAUL is in reality the Pres " byter : he is the Bishop who is first among the " Presbyters." And, according to Sr. IGNATIUS, Bishops, Priests, and Deacons form together the ministerial government of the Church. Pondering these testimonies and others which show that even in more recent times the highest opinion has ascribed to the Presbyter a joint government of the Church with the Bishop, Mr. Braman is only the more grievously perplexed as to his duty when lie is called to " obey the Bishop." From the acts of individual bishops Mr. BElvriarr is led to look forward to the further inter ference with which the Church is threatened. There is danger that sooner or later the Church, with her discipline, will have to be discussed in the House of Commons. But that House includes Protestant Dissenters and Jews ; and how will it be consistent with the large liberty of opinion in faith illustrated by their presence in Parlia ment, to band such persons together in legis lation for a Church with which the assembly in a corporate capacity has nothing to dot Mr. Baxfarr can find nothing so inconsistent as for Jews to pronounce an opinion upon Chris tianity, or nonconformists to make laws for con formity ; for Dissenters to say, " You must not " dissent ;" or Presbyterians to say, " You must " obey your bishop." He imagines that it will be impassible for the House of Commons to undertake even the preliminaries or the forms of such a discus sion. In order not to interrupt the exposition of his views, we will not stay to point out how impos sible it is that the parliament of a country should allow so important an institution as the National Church to escape from its regulation and control.' He rests, however, in the conviction that " Royal " Commissions and the Parliament have neither " the wish nor the power to meddle with the " Church of England." But if the Bishops ought not to decide these important matters by themselves, and if it is so palpably wrong that Parliament should put its hand to them, is it not obvious that the proper body to deal with them is Convocation ? It is not obvious to Mr. BENNETT. On the contrary, the prestige of Convocation is gone, and the clergy will no longer trust it. In the first place, it is not a council called together for spiritual purposes ; it is a Parliament of the Clergy, not a synod. " Convocation is a mere " temporal court, called in to deal with money, not " with religion. It has been turned to spiritual " purposes, but its origin is of the earth, earthy." This is very severe. But were Convocation ever so truly a synod, it is an unfair representation of the Church; it is for the most part a Convocation of the Clergy of the Crown, nominated by it either immediately like the Deans, or mediately, like the Archdeacons, who are appointed by the Bishops, themselves appointed by the Crown. Seeing, then, that Convocation is not the true representation of the Church of England, where is the Council of the Church, and what are its de voted sons to do I Mr. IlagwErr states these questions, but be does not profess to be able to answer them. It will be something, he thinks, if the issues of the present struggle are made clear. " That struggle "is between Catholicity and Protestantism." The Bishops may consider their allegiance to the tem poral power of the State of more consequence than their fidelity to the Church, and consent to smother the religion of the people in a Royal Commission ; but those who advocate ritual ob servances have a clear ground to stand on. " They must deny all assumed authority in the " State to interfere in matters spiritual." And it will be very unfair if they are totally subjected to the power of the Bishops, "an Oligarchy, " who are the creatures of the. power which " is naturally antagonistic to the Church—the o state." Having thus set forththe difficulty, Mr. BeNNErr finds himself driven to suggest that in the impos sibility of obtaining a real government of the Church every man shall do what is right in his own eyes. Thus at least we understand his bold proposal to repeal the Act of Uniformity. Why should all the realm have but one use ? We think we can tell him why. Because priests, "spiritual persons," deny the spiritual character of the laity, and exclude them from all voice in the settlement of the services, and because until the proper place of the latter in the government and admi nistration of the Church is admitted, their rights must be protected by laws and courts. The question is not one of toleration in the common and natural sense of the word. Roman Catholics are tolerated here, so are Mormons, and so are Anglo-Catholics. But it is too much to ask that churches and estates which are the property of the nation shall be given up to the priesthood, without some security for the rights of those for whom they were instituted. Mr. BasNErr's plan would give us a bastard independency— congregationalism, without any recognition of the rights of the congregation. But we need not dwell on this point now. Throughout Mr. Beton-Ws discussion he has ignored the character of the Church of England as the National Church. In law the Church is one with the nation. The right of the nation in all its partstoconceni itself with its affairssprings from the very claim of the Church of England to take precedence of all other churches. In respect of this right there is no distinction between one set of Christians and another. If once this question of ceremonies comes into the House of Commons, Mr. HADFIELD and Mr. EDWARD BAINES will have as good a title to speak upon it ILI Mr. HUBBARD or Mr. BERES FORD HOPE. The Church of England is in law their Church ; they aro honoured by what is good in it, dishonoured by what is bad, and they can not be charged with intruding upon matters which do not belong to them if they express an opinion concerning either. Mr. BENNETT may not see this, because he lives in the ideas of another age, but it is nevertheless true. Whatever else may happen, the Church of England will certainly not be given over to the priesthood. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) f • THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENINd, JUNE 12, 1867. to the Haas* of Lords that diversity of ohmmeter which is essential to a legislative chamber. When such ma as Lord Cranborne and Lord Stanley shall, in the course of nature, be called to the Upper House, their parliamentary career, if the present system remains unchanged, will be practically at an end ; though they may have a long offi cial future before them. A reformed House of Peers would secure their continued participation in political debate. That house Wong, too intimately to our history and habits to be abolished. The problem of extending its dwindling usefulness and of making it the arena instead of the grave of political ability is of great if not of urgent importance. A REFORMID HOUSE OF PEERS. Observing that the change of 1832 is insignificant by the aide of that of 1867, which will alter the aspect of almost every question of the day, the Tines pro ceeds to point out the neglect of duties and disregard of obligations manifested by the House of Peers. In their gorgeous chamber there is nothing but muttering and gloom, now and then enlivened by some ignoble contention, and if things go on at this rate the house is in • fair way to be the wealthiest, the most highly-descended, the moat useless, and the most indolent assembly in the world. The hereditary principle may account for mediocrity, but is no apology for indolence. It is not uncommon for important business to be transacted with onlythree peers present, and the Times is not sure that even this number is the misistam. The public would be astonished were we to report, as we have often been tempted to do, the precise number of peers present when very weighty measures are discussed. Such a practice on the part of the press would be one of the most formidable means that could be employed to show the House of Peen to themselves and to the country in their true colours. The dinner hour breaks them up, and anyone who presumes to protract the proceedings beyond that limit is looked upon with marked disfavour. The fact that this should be the ere precisely at that period in our history when its services as • moderator and conservator are most imperatively called for demands the immediate attention of practical statesmen. Measures should be taken, if not already too late, for the resuseite tion of • body which is dearer to us than to itself. We mustere the peers from suicide, if not for their own sake, at any rate for ours. The abolition of proxies and esta blishment of a quorum are indispensable steps, but by themselves they would be by no means sufficient. If the House of Peers is to be of any use, it shoul be made to discharge the duties and to carry with it weight of a senate. The general indifference to what the House of Lords may do, suggests to the Daily New, whether a body which can thus be safely left out of account in a great con stitutional crisis really discharges any functions for the sake of which it is worth maintaining. Not to be mis chievous is a poor plea for political existence. An insti tution for which no more can be said than this takes up room which might be better occupied. The upper house ban become little else than a field in which the ghosts of great political chieftains renew in mock fight the combats of their earthly life. The absence of any political vitality, of any air of business, is the most remarkable feature of all their lordly performances. Either the Rouse of Com mon* does not require the check or cooperation of a second chamber, or it requires a second chamber of a different kind from that which now exists. The abolition of proxies and she institution of a quorum are changes which ought at once to be made; bat some thing more is required. A chamber restricted to a certain class in society, however important, could never be allowed to exercise practically co-ordinate power with an assembly representing every class in the nation. The creation of life peers, selected fur a variety of qualifications, would give THE MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER& The Daily News supplements the late discussion on the militia and volunteer services with further statements, re ferring to the scarcity of militia officers and the diminution in the professional classes who enter the volunteer ranks. The young clerks and artisans who now come in the latter body do so on condition of being required to give nothing more than their time, and so the choice of officers is re stricted to wealthy men. But a system which procures recruits through • tax on the pockets of officers must engender a spirit of dependence among the men, and gradually foster the growth of the same evils that originate in the purchase system in the army. The remedy is, if we need the force, to pay for it ; and if another pound • head would provide the necessary inducements, to grant it. A soldier after all is very cheap at 21. a year, which, be it observed, is only paid in respect of those who have done their nine drills a year. For the officer sad non-commissioned officer the Doily Nara contends nine drills a year are not enough, and at present the majority of the officers have neither accurate instruction nor frequent practice. The Daily News, while nipporting the prayer of the officers that the state should relieve them from expense, cannot agree with them that the state's subvention should be handed to the commanding officer, to be used at his discretion, but contends that the applica tion of all state pay should ,be entrusted to the com manders of battalions. The assumption of a commanding officer to treat his battalion as if it had no more inde pendence than one of regulars or militia will speedily be fatal to its existence. Returning to the discussions upon the War Office circular, the Star insists that the duty of the War Office was simply to have declared that in ' pursuance of the under standing which existed when the volunteer force was or ganised, the volunteers were liable to be called on to use their weapons and their organisation for the defence of their country against invasion, and for no other purpose whatever. The orders now issued are worse th►n useless for the purpose the War Office seems to have bad in view, and will be regarded as an:udious blunder by the country. :S TOPICS. The entertainment at which the city of Paris made ducks and drakes of 36,0001. at the Hotel do Ville was un precedented, the Tines says, in the recollection of all pre sent, emperors and kings not excepted. Such are the advantages Paris possesses over all the cities of the world when she undertakes to play the hostess to the crowned heads of Europe. She lives under the rule of a first magi'. trate to whom " money is no object." That each a policy would find little favour with our own statesmen or with our own people is no argument against its being eventually the wisest and most provident, as it undoubtedly is the moat splendid and magnificent, among our neighbours. The Herald remarks that the case of Savage v. Madder, decided on Monday in the Court of Exchequer, will be • cause ellibre in the legal chronicles of sporting men. The plaintiff had backed Lord Lyon for last year's Derby, end the defendants were the stakeholders. The race was run, and the plaintiff's confidence was justified by the favour ite's performance. Thereupon he applied to the defendants to hand over his own and his opponent's stakes, when the defendants being for some reason unwilling or unable to pay, raised the plea substantially that the entire trans action was null and void, and could not be legally enforced, and the court decided in their favour, and that the case was one for which the statute was intended to pro vide. The crowds of people who bet on races ought, therefore, to recognise the fact that when they put money in an agent's hands, in blind reliance on the tips of some infallible racing prophet, they have absolutely no security that, even if they win, theybrill ever again handle their coin. The whole affair becomes a debt of honour. the Court. BALMORAL, Jr NT 9. The Queen and Princess Christian rode out on ponies yesterday morning In the afternoon her Majeety, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole and the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, drove to Birk Hall.' Prince and Princess Christian and Prince Leopold went out driving. The Duke of Richmond had the honour of,dining with the Queen and Royal Family, Juici 10. The Queen attended divine service yesterday in the parish church of Crathie, accompanied by Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, and attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athoie and the Equerry. The key. Mr. Taylor, minister of Crathie, officiated. The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, held at the Office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate, St. James's. park. There were present—Lord Portman, Lord Warden of the Stannarias ; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney- General ; Major-General Sir Thomas Myddelton Itiddulph, Receiver-General ; General Sir William Thomas Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his Royal Highness ; Mr. Herbert William Fisher, Keeper of the Privy Seal ; and the Earl of Leicester. Mr. Bateman, the Secretary, attended as Clerk of the Council. The Prince of Wales, with the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out yesterday afternoon. In the evening the Prince of Wales and Prince and Princess Louts of Reese dined with the Earl and Countess Vane, at their residence, Holderness-house. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are about to pay another visit to Trentham, and are expected to stay there some time. Great preparations are being made for the reception and entertainment of the royal visitors, who, if present arrangements are adhered to, will arrive at Trentham on Saturday evening. It is unneces sary to add that the visit will be a purely private one to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland.—Birminghan Post. The Prince of Wales honoured the Earl and Countess Vane by his presence at dinner last evening, at Holdernme House, Park-lane. The Prince arrived at 20 minutes past 8 o'clock, accompanied by Prince and Prin cess Louis of Hesse. There were present to meet the illustrious guests the Prince of Tech, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Waterford, the Karl and Countess of Tankerville, the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Lord and Lady Proby, Lady Cornelia Churchill, General and Lady Alice Peel, Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell, the Hon. Oliver Montagu, Dr. Quin, ate. The Duke of Rutland had a "garden party" at Bute House, Casupden-hill, Kensington, yesterday after. noon. The weather was remarkably fine, but owing to the recess there was not such a large gathering as at the duke's first party. The beautiful grounds surrounding Bute House were In perfection. The Duke of Devonahire's dance will take place on Wednesday, the 19th inst. LIE COURT AT BALMORAL. —On Sunday, the Queen attended Divine service in the church of Crathie. Her Majesty was accompanied by their R o y a l Hi g h nesses Princeand Princess Christian and Princess Louise, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the court, hide. ding his Grace the Duke of Richmond, who his replaced the Hon. Spencer Walpole. The Rev. Malcolm C. Taylor, who was on Thursday last inducted as minister of the pariah of Crathi e an d Braemar by the Presby tery of Kincardine O'Niel, preached a very able discourse from Matt. mill., 31, 32—" The kingdom of heaves is like to a grain of mustard-aced which a man took and sowed in his field ; which, indeed, is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs, and becoineth a tree, an that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." The church was well filled, a good many strangers being present. We understand that, according to present arrangements, the court will leave Balmoral on Tuesday, the liith inst., a little after noon, reaching Ferryhill, Aberdeen, at 3.40 p.m.—.Ediaburgh Courant. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (annits numums.) THE CRETAN INSURRECTION. THE GREEK STEAMER ARCADI FIRED UPON. JUNK 12. Intelligence received here from Athens to the 6th inst. announces that the Greek steamer Arcadi, being pursued by four Turkish war vessels, took refuge at the Greek island of Cerigotto, where she was blockaded and fired upon by the Turks. One sailor was killed and two wounded. The Greek government, upon being informed of this event, despatched a frigate to protect the Arcadi. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 11. Admiral Vezzin Pacha, with two iron -clads, two steamers, and 8,000 troops, sailed yesterday for Crete. FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 12. The Czar and his sons left here yesterday by rail at 7 p.m. At parting the two Emperors warmly embraced each other. The Czar proceeded for Germany, with Duke Vladimir, by the Eastern Railway, and tho Czarewitch left for London by the Northern line. ITALY. FLORENCE, Juxs 12. In yesterday's sitting of the Italian parliament Signor Ferrara, the Minister of Finance, announced that he had instituted proceedings against M. Brasseur for defamation of character. He denied that he had ever accepted the propositions to alter the law of the 7th July, 1866, which he promised to retain intact. He also denied that he had agreed to the proposal for restoring the ecclesiastical pro perty to the clergy, and said that the church would be able to reject or modify any of the principles of the church property bill which it might regard as adverse to the national aspirations. SPAIN. MADRID, JrxE 11, EvE:uxo. The following are the particulars of Senor Bar zavallaruis bill for the conversion of the public debt into a 3 per cent. consolidated stock :—For 100 piastres of Deferred Stock of 1831, or let class interior, and 32 piastres or 172 fr. 80c. in cash 200 piastres of the new stock will be given. For 100 piastres 2nd class exterior, and 28 piastres or 161 fr. 20c. in cash, 150 piastres, new stock, will be given. The same amount of the new stock will also be exchanged for 100 piastres, 2nd class in ternal and 35 piastres, or 189 fr. in cash. The issue price of the new stock is fixed at 40. The result of the operaticn will be that the exist ing stocks are converted into a S per cent. Consoli dated stock at the following prices :—First-class Interior and Deferred of 1831, at 48 ; 2nd class exterior, at 32 ; 2nd class interior, at 25. MADRID, JUNE 12. The statement that the Queen would visit Paris and Rome during July is officially confirmed. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (IiON OUR OWN 001 PARIS, TUESDAY Evans*. Before the Czar left Paris for Fontainebleau this morning he received at the Elysee a deputation from about 300 English residents who have signed an address congratulating him upon his escape from Berezowski's pistol. The idea of the address ori ginated, I believe, with the Rev. Mr. Forbes, of the Ruo d'Aguesseau Chapel. The short time that necessarily elapsed between the concep tion and the execution accounts for the small number of signatures. In point of fact the address might be more properly described as one from the clergymen and congregations of the Rue d'Aguesseau, Cour des Caches, and Rue Marbeuf churches than from the English residents at large. The deputation consisted of only eight or nine per sons, of whom the leaders were the Rev. Mr. Forbes, Rev. Archer Gurney, Rev. Mr. Gardner, Mr. J. W. Furse, and Mr. Pyne, churchwardens of the Rue d'Aguesseau, and Mr. Davis, an independent minister. Mr. Forbes read the address. The Czar, in reply, said in English, " I thank you very much, but I speak more easily in French "—and then said in the latter language that he deeply felt the sympathy expressed in the English address, and that it contributed materially to alleviate the distress which the painful event had caused him. He then shook hands cordially with the Rev. Mr. Forbes, and probably thought the ceremony over. But Mr. Davis, on the part of the independents, improvised a rather long speech, which his Majesty patiently listened to. Mr. Davis particularly thanked the Czar for his complete toleration of protestants, and for allowing the free circulation of the Bible throughout his dominions. When he had finished he presented the Emperor of Russia with a volume containing specimens of translations of the Bible in 120 languages, and also a New Testa ment printed in Chinese. The Czar looked at these curious books with great attention. He shook hands with Mr. Davis, and then the deputa tion withdrew. The Crarewitch stood behind his father's chair all the time. It is now avid positively that the Queen of Spain, who hesitated about the visit for a long time, will leave Madrid for Paris immediately after the pro rogation of the Cortes on the Ist or 2nd of July. She proposes to go to Rome from Paris. Berezowski s trial will probably come on early in July. The legal journals say that now that the first excitement caused by the crime has passed away, they shall not think it right to publish any further particulars of the facts disclosed by the judicial " instruction" going on. The Bourse was weaker to-day, and yesterday's rise, which occurred in a poorly attended market, was more than effaced. Rente fell 20c. both for cash and account, closing at 70fr. 35c. and 70fr. 45e. ; Italian fell 10c. Mebilier, although the statement of ita affairs published in the Moniteur is considered in some quarters rather better than the last, did not improve on the strength of it, but fell lfr. 26c. M. Floquet, after the provocation he received from the Pays, which treated him as an accomplice of Berezowski, sent two friends, M. Glair Bizoin, the deputy, and M. Drdo, the barrister (son-in-law of M. Gamier Pages) to the Pays office to inquire whether the article in the number of June 8, signed by M. J. de Latouche, in the name of all the staff of the paper, was written with the intention of producing a challenge from M. Floquet. M. Grainer de Cas sagnac and his son, M. Paul de Caaasagnac, replied : " There the article is ; it is what it is ; and M. Floquet may understand it as he likes." There upon a challenge was delivered to K de Latouche, and a meeting was arranged on the following condi tions :—" 1. A duel shall be fought between M. Floquet and M. de Latouche ; 2. The weapon is to be the sword ; 3. Tho combat shall cease after the first wound which may render the continuance of the rencontre unequal or impossible." The meeting took place yesterday at Celle St. Cloud. M. Glair Bizoin, whose ago alone should, in my humble opinion, have kept him out of such an affair, ap peared on the ground with M. Dr6o, to second M. Floquet. M. de Latouche was waited upon, as the prizefighters say, by the Cassagnacs, father and son. After two passages of arms, which lasted about five minutes, M. Floquet had received two wounds in his right hand. He wished to go on, but the surgeon in attendance in terfered, and gave it as his decided opinion that, M. Floquet having lost a great deal of blood from his first wound, there would be an inequality contrary to the written conditions if he were to continue fighting after the second. It would appear from a paper signed by the seconds of both parties that the fighting men of the Pays were not very ready, notwithstanding the opinion of the surgeon, to forego their manifest advantage, for it is stated that they only acceded to the demand that the combat should cease on the " positive and reite rated requisitions of M. Floquet's seconds." " MR. DISRAELI IN TRIUMPH." Visitors to the Royal Academy Exhibition this year will remember the striking picture of " Israel in Egypt," by Mr. Poynter, in which with remarkable power are represented hundreds of bard driven slaves, harnessed like beasts of burden, straining their scorched limbs, and writhing under the lash of the taskmaster as they drag • ponderous granite lion across the Desert to the Egyptian temple. The power with which the figures are drawn ; the variety of attitude ; the truth and force with which all are represented ; the pain expressed with a cry in the suffering of one ; the silent, flogged revenge nursed in the strong frame of another; and the general sway of movement and action in the row of figures, make up • whole of extraordinary and very striking effect. This work has been turned to account most cleverly in Panda of to-day by Mr. Tenniel. In a cartoon filling the whole of the centre page Mr. Disraeli is depicted as the Sphinx being dragged in triumph to the Temple of Reform by • lengthy team of leading political men of all parties, who are tugging, with willing hands or under fear of the whip, the ponderous machine to theplisoe of honour. Lord Stanley and Sir Stafford Northoote are harnessed nearest to the car, pulling with determined wilL Sir John Pakington, Mr. John Stuart Mill, Mr. Bright, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. T. Hughes, Mr. Roebuck, Earl Gros venor, and Mr. Horsman are detected at once in the sweltering line. Lord Derby, as the driver, with a cloth round his loins, has partly risen from his seat and is smack ing his whip to the full tether of the thong. Two figures, which are especially happy, are those of Mr. Lowe and Lord Cranborne. Mr. Lowe, in the centre of the slaves, has turned round, and, with • heavy scowl of anger on his features, is raising his clenched fist in Lord Derby's view. Following the painting, Lord Cranborne has fallen out of place and is lying with • wearied and beaten expression on the sand ; while the Standard, as Mrs. (lamp, is kindly endeavouring with her gin-bottle to restore and console him. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) WZI,MESDAT, Jums 12, 8 41.1 L B. T W. --.---- Nairn 29.9097 N.W. Aberdeen 19.9 0 167 W. Leith 2007 6 W. Ardromen 20.01 67 W. Greencastle 30.04 W.S. W. Valentle 130.20 N.W. Cape Clear St 27 W. Ilverpool 20.11' W. Holyhead 30.11 60 W. Pensmica 19.23 N.W. Brea lOll N. Lorieut 110.14 94 N. W. Rochefort 30.20 GS N.E. Plymouth 210.16 02 W. N.W. Weymouth 30.14 6S, N. N.W. Portsmouth 30.10 07 W. London 30.10 72 W. Yarmouth 30.0 P 00 8.9. G Scarborough 30.06 el W. Shields 80.00 90 N. W. Helder — REMARKS. Barometrical pressure has decreased on the coasts, but Is now Increasing In the southwest. has risen In the south out. Weather Is generally few, with light winds tram between west and northwest. Rnd eas At the banquet, after the coronation at Peath, on Saturday, nothing could be tasted till a singular CCM. rionial was performed. It is the duty of the office which Count Mailath fills to ride full speed to the meadow at which the people are feasting and to bring heckle tastes he can a fragment of one of the oxen which are being roasted there. Count Mailath, being rather advanced in years, and not being a very light weight, was permitted to carry the beef in hie carriage, and when the smoking block was placed on the table, then, and not till then, the feast began. The King having drunk one toast, " 17jea a luca P' or, " Long live our country the feast began; but it was a feast of the Barmecide, for nothing was tasted of the viands on the golden dishes, and in nine minutes it was over. The cannon fired a salute as the Emperor drank the toast, and meantime the people were revelling in the meadow close at hand, where six hogs heads of wine and three oxen roasted whole were provided for all comers. Consols are now at the highest point they have reached since 1860. The Bank bullion at that date, how ever, was 5,000,0001. below its present amount, and the rate of discount was 3 per cent. The last occasion when the Bank bullion was at its present total was in December, 1852, and Consols were then at 1001 ex dividend, while the rate of discount was 2 per cent. The highest prioe touched by Consols during the present century was 101 on the 24th of that month. Eight years previously—namely, on the 20th of December, 1844—transactions took plans at 1011, but this included the accrued dividend of 11 per cent. The lowest price of the century was 501, in July, 1803, on the recommencement of hostilities between England and France. The highest point of the previous century was 113 in the year 1736, and the lowest was 47/, in 1798. During the past twenty years the average price of Consols has been about 02. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Sunday night an accident occurred on the Humber which caused the death of two youths about 17 years of age. On that day there was the celebration of an annual feast at Heade, a vil lage about four miles from Hull. Four youths, named respectively James Chaddey, John Booth, John Colley, aud an Irish youth whose name was unknown to his compa nions, determined to visit the feast in a boat belonging to the lad Colley. They left Hull in the forenoon,arriv4al safe at Hassle about an hour afterwards, and there beached the boat. Having remained on shore till the evening, theycom mewed the return voyage. Av the wind was fair, blowing from the westward, they hoisted a sail and steered the boat with an oar. The wind was very strong, and there was rather a heavy swell at the time. About the same time the youths left Hassle a sloop, named the Providence, was sailing down the Humber to Hull, and the captain, ob serving that the beat was very unskilfully managed, fol lowed at as closely as be could, feeling certain she must be capsisaL In about a quarter of an hour after starting there was a rather sudden squall, and instantly the boat was overturned, and he occupants began to struggle f or life. The Irish lad, who could not swim, got on the bottom of the boat, and the other three struck out f or th e shore, which was about a quarter of a mile distant. Cap tain Brown sent his mate in a boat to rescue the youths. One of them, Colley, was picked up in a very exhausted condition ; the lad who clung to the boat was also rescued. The other two, Booth and Chaddey, tried hanl to reach the shore, although entreated to turn about and meet the boat, and after swimming about 150 to 200 yards they both disappeared and were drowned. THE TAILORS' STRIKE. —It is now eight weeks since this movement commenced, and there seems at pre sent not the slightest probability that the contest between masters and men will be amicably settled before a further considerable time has elapsed. It appears that some of masters represented to the executive of the Operatives' Society that they would agree to the terms of the pro amalgamated log far as it regarded " coat hands," pro pored as the men who are usually employed on vests and trousers would return to work at the rate of pay which they were receiving previous to the strike. After a consultation with the men the executive found themselves compelled to re ject the proposal. Last week an account was received from Brighton stating that a considerable quantity of London work was being made up in that town. Mr. Druitt, the president of the Operatives' Society, left town at once to investigate the troth of the rumour. Finding it to be well founded, he visited the workshops and so influenced the men that upwards of 200 of them struck work on the even ing of the day of his visit. S.W. S.W. &S.& S.W. W. be . 8.8. W. e &Li co &LW. bo &ILE I b N.E. b L&Ebo EEL mb B.& K. eh ILL b & m LE bo Z. co LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) CHANCERY CHAMBERS. (Before Mr. Church, Chief Clerk.) DIVIDVID IN BANNED'S BANKING CASE. This morning Mr. Handeon renewed the application to Mr. Church to declare a dividend in the winding up lUKAIKE of Berned's Bank. The indebtedness is large, and biter the money obtained with " call " of 401., it was proposed by the official liquidators that they should commence pay. ing the numerous creditors • dividend. An altidavit was produced from one of the liquidators as to the dr am i t , the matter to justify him in proposing a divid en d o f 3a is the pound. Further information was now given, and the dividend, as mentioned, was asked to be sanctioned. The Chief Clerk made an order for the payment of $ first dividend of 3s. in the pound on the debts proved. A question was then raised as to compromises. It wss proposed that • large sum should be paid upon shares to accept a compromise propoeed, and the matter was to p before the Master of the The dividend of 3a., the first, will be shortly p a id t o the creditors whose debts have been proved under the estate. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Shee.) Ex PARTE HALL AHD ANOTHER.—THE TAILOILs . STRIKL Mr. Keane, Q.C., said he was instructed to move for a certiorari to remove the indictment in this case from the Central Criminal Court. It was necessary for hint to mike the motion this morning, because be understood the is. dictment had been found, or w.us likely to be found, to-day by the grand jury. It was an indictment for conspiracy arising out of the tailor.' strike. _ Mr. - Justice Blackburn said a caveat bad been lodged at the Crown-office, so that it should not be done withost notice to the prosecution. The Lord Chief Justice asked why the application bad not been made earlier. Mr. Keane said it arose from the attorney not being instructed before. The Loral Chief Justice said he understood it was ve r y likely the defendants were being then tried at the pld Bailey. The effect of the caveat was that the prosecution should have early notice of this application, and be heard spinet it; consequently it would be useless to grant a role. fir. Keane said that if the rule were granted the learned judge at the Central Criminal Court might be induced to delay hearing the case. The defendants were coot. milted for conspiracy in endeavouring to intinl. date—not • tailor, but • tailuress in the men tion of her work. It was suggested that in addition to questions of law that might ►rise for the decision of the court for the consideration of crown eagles reeerved, them was so strong a feeling at present existing, not only between the master tailors and their operatives, but the various classes of tradesmen who employed operatives, that the defendants would stand a better chance if they could be tried in this court before a special jury than at the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Justice Blackburn said the effect of granting the rule would be to throw the trial over until text February. The men were committed as far back as the 10th of Ma r . The Lord Chief Justice said that considering the present state of the relations which existed between masters and men, it was not unlikely that the men might think that a certain amount of prejudice might exiat against them if they were tried by masters who were in a state of antagonism to them. On the other hand theme were so Inge • number of jurors summoned, that he thought the pun' might very easily be weeded of the employers of labour, and a jury selected of shopkeepers only, by which means the defendants would obtain a fair trial, and thereby avoid delay until February next. Mr. Keane submitted that the jurors so selected might have • prejudice in having to wear shabby clothes this tine weather. (Laughter.) Mr. Justice Blackburn said he should have thought the prejudice on that head would have applied more to special jurymen than the others. Mr. Keane said the right of challenge did not exist is cases of misdemeanour. Mr. Justice Blackburn said that practically it did. Where there wee a reasonable objection to a juryman is s case of misdemeanour the juror was set aside. The Lori Chief Justice said it would be a reasonable objection in the case of an employer of labour being called, and that therefore the defendants would have a fair Md. Considering also the late period at which the applicitioa bad been made, the rule could not be granted. Rule refused. BAIL COURT. Sittings at Nisi Prim.—(Before Mr. Justice Lush in 4 Common Jury.) LOIRE AND ANOTHER E. STRANPFER. This was an action for an alleged breach of contract rela tive to the production of the " Ghost" scene at the defendant's theatre at Vienna. The defendant pleaded a variety of pleas, amonpt others that the plaintiff had not oomphed enth the terms of the agreement. Mr. Merjeant Parr" and Mr. Wood were eounael forth* plaintiff. ; Dr. Kenesly and Mr. Anatey were counsel for the defendant. _ _ . The plaintiffs are the proprietors of the Pavilion Mode Hall in the Haymarket, and are licences of Dierks ad Pepper's apparatus for producing the well known illusion, " The Ghost." The defendant is the proprietor of the Imperial and Royal Theatre at Vienna. In duly, 1563, • correspondence took place between the parties re lative to the production of the illusion in Vienna, which resulted in an agreement between them, whereby the plaintiffs were to perform foe 14 nights, the defendant guaranteeing the receipts of the theatre should nightly amount to 3,000 florins, one.h.df of which should be paid to the plaintiffs. The case, which lasted the whole of yesterday, was resumed this morels's, and 14:11 in all probability last till the rising of the court. COURT OF DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSIM. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) STEEN r. STIEN ANI. GUI% ER. ...... Dr. Deane, 4.C., and Mr. Staveley Hill for the peti tioner Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and lie. Glittits for the rapes dent. The co-respondent did not appear. In DIU the petitioner,* printer and stationer at Waiver hampton, married the daughter of a metal broker and banker in the same town. They lived happily together till 1864, and had four children. In that year the respondent was confined, and her regular medical attendant, Mr. Glover, being ill, she had the services of a friend of his, Dr. Edward Thomas. During his visits to her she con fessed to him a guilty intimacy with the co-respondent. It seemed that in 1861 the petitioner had moved to Wesley-villas, Codeall, a village about four miles from Wolverhampton. and that while be wan living them with his wife Mr. Glover was installed in office as the family surgeon. Dr. Thomas thought it right to com municate the respondent's confession to Ler husband, who thereupon dismissed her from his house. After the cessation of the cohabitation she wrote several letters to the petitioner respecting her achuiasions and praying for forgiveness, but he refused, and instituted the Meryl suit. The case against the wife rested upon her mamma coupled with some evidence of proximate acts. For the defence it was suggested that the coatessiom had proceeded from hallucination, and that the other er. dence was wholly insufficient to support the chair There was a recriminatory ple► against the husband, In: it was abandoned. [The case was proceeding when our report WO OOURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Brougham.) ft RI G. 08/3011NE, JUN. The bankrupt was a cheesemonger and provision dealer, of Russell-terrace, Battersea-park. The debts are r.,22 14 . of which 4,41111. is stated to be due to Mr. G. Osborne. cheesemonger, of Ludgate-hill. The bankrupt thus states the cause of his failure :—" Stoppage of eupply of goo& by my father, Mr. G. Osborne, of Ludgate .1.11, end lad debts." This was the (Int sitting. )Ir. ('oj'°"an• co.int int. of. St. Swithin's-lane, was chosen wiped ; Messrs. Linklaters and Co. are the solicitors under the proceedings. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT• (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice Willem.) ALLF.GED nem ire car fulmar:. ae James 36, respectably dressed, and described a labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of his em. John James Mersey. Mr. Daly and Mr. Griffiths were instructed to prose. mite, and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Straight appeared for the prisoner. This ease has attracted a good deal of public attesting. the o ff ence imputed to the prisoner being that he had wilfully caused the death of his own child. • boy six years of age, by burning him. The prisoner lived with his wife at Kensington, and on the night of the tith May he went borne drunk. and quarrelled with his wife, and behaved in such a violent manner that she left the house, the prisoner remaining behind with the child in question, who was in bed. (JIL the following morning it was discovered that the child was dreadfully burned, and was in such a condition that it was found necessary to remove him to the hospital. where he died shortly afterwards from the injuries he had received by burning. There was no evidence to show what means the bed had become on fire, but the pr soner stated that he left the room for a short per • .= and at this time the candle was on the table, and b said that when he returned the child told him them the candle was on the bed, and he took it out, and at tbr time he said he was not aware that the child was burner. and it appeared that he had thrown water on the bed, and had done all he could to extinguish the fire. The prisoott, there was no doubt, was exceedingly drunk and virde nt: but there was no evidence that be had any ill.fesha towards the deceased child, and his oonduct toward...! when ho was sober was generally kind and affeetiona": and upon his awaking in the morning and discovering th** the child was suffering from burns, he was very much di' wal for Wh diic ch. ehie the day who aide T... up ( num 28a, j X giTel ciao tient prim week 40/. i 13:101:11 berk Kr, M 0 time 1 mov en found that tee not h *au i took i taken took • I"l •ti c it e ti about lir bait, of 100 JoA, 32 lan elf 3, / M Mr. r. Ni l'he rth 0