The Express. — London, England, 1867-08-29 00:00:00

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Dr. who was formerly engaged in the survey, has been ited Professor of Natural History in the University sgow. Eight sheets of the six-inch map. illustrative coal regions of Scotland, are now in the hands of the . er. (inc, great cause of delay in the work has been le •isisa of the government with respect to this sur- Vhen the whole of the survey had been made on inch scale tour years since, its issue was stopped the one inch, or publishing map of the same or trust, had not been engraved. Recently, the Treasury sanctioned an expenditure by dnance Survey-office to improve the geolo maps by the insertion of railways and dditional matter; some of the original sheets cc been redrawn, and thus a grievance, of which !haters of the geological maps hare long been used Lin it now gradually in the course of removal. - .de, however, at which the survey h been made del. it will t a ke WO years to pu b is liah the 116 ad maps which are required. 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Wry nR. 800178 s-r a never (MIME 3. will he tom lei liver complaints. lee of the eyes, old of medicine, en eat; mild In its To w . by create appetite, taw tide wrens *yawl Ittravellb • tad wifed d Glass° the one W• T ' , Craver. tie le ' 69 WF tk six•ia oaf, amuse It *cent tirrever, o s • rte Only tal t n t:h ad, Le rine( adte porch li . c her dal Natal kat that • 21.. m ths anti t ,04 c:,nreni k WUTOLII 11 011110. elti ADO /are th rr " to th;te WOW P 1444 ti: uad shot,' ▪ koPe ' nisi rostra '7 fl i nyyt dk TH 4 lilt 1 th e Prat "ir Dew lr I la *ere for a • Panel, do , tlosed at latistra TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (Anna's TIL20111318.) FRANCE. PARIS, AUGUST 29, EVIII2IO. The government has received a telegram from M. Deno, the French Minister in Mexico, dated Key West (Florida), August 22, announcing that he would arrive in New York at the latter end of this week. The Moniteur of this evening says :—" The in terview at Salzburg, far from constituting for the powers an object of pre-occupation or disquietude, should be considered as a new guarantee for the peace of Europe. Two sove reigns whose policy has been animated only by ideas of moderation have been happy to ex change these proofs of esteem and sympathy which respond to their personal dispositions as well as to the feelings of their subjects. " The Eteadard says : We have reason to believe that the government is preparing a circular to be addressed to the French diplomatic agents abroad, with a view to fix their ideas and regulate their language relative to the Salzburg meeting. " The France states that the relations between France and Italy have never ceased to bear the impress of the most cordial understanding. Ac cording to the same journal, the removal of Baron de Malaret from his poet as French minister in Florence has never been contemplated. The Temps, referring to the state of affairs in Spain, sap :—" The agitation in the peninsula is increasing, and the entire insurgent force now amounts to eighteen thousand men. It is stated that the manufacturing town of Bejar has also joined the movement." The Temps also mentions a rumour that Senor Mon, Spanish ambassador at the French court, will be replaced by Senor Sartorius. , DUNKERQUE, AUGUST 28. The Emperor and Empress of the French left Lillo to-day at noon, and arrived here this after noon at 2.25 p.m. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, AUGUST 28. Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, accom panied by Count Bismarck, went to Potsdam to day, and presented his credentials to the King. THE SPANISH RISING. PAU, Auourr 29. . . . Nearly the whole of the insurgents composing the Arragon band have passed the frontier near Urdar.. Their disarmament is now taking place. MADRID, Accrue 2s, Evzrallo. Official despatches published here announce that a large band of the insurgents in Arragon had en tered France. The band organised in Cuenca had disappeared. A large number of insurgents were taking advantage of the amnesty. Seditionary movements bad again broken out at Bejar, but had been definitively suppressed. PORTUGAL. (now OCR OWN CORRISPONDZNT.) LISBON, AUGUR? 24. The King and Queen are at present 'staying, after their arrival from France, at the Palace of the Ajud a, but it is said to be the King's intention to proceed shortly to Mafra, to enjoy the sport of shooting in the royal park attached to that palace. A contract has been signed between the Por tuguese government and Mr. Rose, 0.E., for the laying of a telegraphic cable between Falmouth and Lisbon. I believe the first communication will be made with Peniche, where a station will be esta blished for reporting the passage of ships and steamers, which will be valuable to the mercantile community. Moreover, an independent telegra phic communication with England is very needful, not only for Portuguese advices, but for Brazilian news brought to Lisbon by mail steamers. We are seeing every day the danger of having to depend upon the Spanish telegraph lines, which are in variably disturbed whenever a revolution occurs, an event of frequent occurrence lately. I am told this cable will proceed to Gibraltar, and communi cate with the projected Indian line. There has been a partial failure of the crops of wheat, oil, and wine throughout Portugal, and the price of bread has already risen, and will rise still more before the end of the year. Many cargoes of corn are on the way to Lisbon, and the govern ment has done its best to mitigate the evil by open ing the ports ; still the produce which is imported must be paid for in money at an adverse rate of exchange, for Portugal has now unfortunately no produce in any quantity to export to balance the million of pounds sterling which she must expend in cereals. On this account a bad year is looked for, although the timely measures of the govern ment will avert actual starvation from the poorer classes. The Asylum Maria Pia, which answers to our English workhouse, has lately been burnt down ; but a subscription has bee=anised, and a new building is about to be e THE SPANISH INSURRECTION. A rumour was current in Paris that Saragossa had fallen into the power of the insurgents. The Lil.erti even gives the following details :—" When the thibris of the column crtuthed by Pierrad re entered the city they found it in riot. Surrounded by assemblages of people, saluted with cries of ' Viva la libertad r the troops remained indecisive. The chiefs ordered them to tire on the crowd, and that order was the signal of their defection. The soldiers disbanded, joined the people, and the insurrection was proclaimed at Saragossa." The Avenir National of yesterday, in a postscript to its summary, says it has received the following telegraphic despatch :—" London, August 27. — The cabinet has received information representing that the Spanish insurrection is spreading e widely, and directly threatening the dynasty.' The Madrid correspondent of the Paris Liberte, writing on the 24th, says :—`• We are plunged in the deepest darkness with regard to everything that is occurring away from Madrid. It is to be hoped that the garrison, which has already been much solicited, will side in favour of the more -1 went ; it would save a civil war, which might be a prolonged one." The Moniteur of yesterday says in its summary : —" The news from Spain transmitted by . telegraph mentions a certain number of submissions of in surgents belonging to the bands which had been formed in Aragon and Catalonia. Thanks to the fidelity of the army and the devotion of the civil au thorities, a very speedy and complete suppression of the insurrectionary movement seems to be expected at Madrid." The Indipendance Beige says :—" The news from Spain is still uncertain. We shall only know the truth when one side or the other has succumbed. What is more than certain is that the insurrection is not yet put down, whatever the Spanish govern ment may say in its despatches, and in the articles of the Patrie, which acts as its organ in Paris. The other journals of the same leaning are much more reserved, and even those like the France, which believed at first in the failure of the rising, begin to recognise that, after all , the official accounts do not perhapastate the exact truth. The papers favourable to the insurrection declare that Saragossa has fallen into its power, and that a provisional government has been installed there. If the fact were correct Madrid would be open, and the day might be con sidered as gained ; but at present we have received no confirmation of the news." Workmen are engaged in pulling down the shed known as " Murphy's Tabernacle," Birmingham• jPluitc. THE BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. (11011 OMR OM= 0011.118P01 DINT.) BIRMINGHAM, WIDNESDLL The second morning'■ performance took place to-day at the usual hour of half-past 11—the pro gramme comprising Professor Sterndale Bennett's new sacred cantata The Woman of Samaria and Handers oratorio Judas Maccabeus. The subject of The Woman of Samaria, selected from the Holy Scriptures, and divided into; choruses and airs connected by • series of xis:- ; rative recitatives, is of course the well-known in-; cident recorded in the 4th chapter of the Gospel of St. John, portions of the Old as well as of thej New Testament being introduced in the cantata. The work commences with a short instrumental introduction (" Andante serioso") in A minor,! leading to a somewhat longer movement, " An dente quasi Allegretto," in the same time (three- eight), in which is some orchestral writing at once i graceful and elaborate, leading to a climax in the! relative major key, and then merging into • Chorale (Luther's Hymn) sustained in unison by the sopranos of the chorus ; the melody, by an inv..; nious use of syncopation, having the effect of common time against the three-eight of the orches tral accompaniment, which sustains the figurative writing of the previous instrumental prelude. The drums are used with excellent effect to mark the close of every vocal strain. This is a move ment of masterly construction, and produces an admirable effect by the contrast of the sustained vocal chorale with the florid and diversified orchestral accompaniment. After some well written recitative, expres sively sung by Madame Sainton-Dolby, we come to a melodious and graceful chorus, " Blessed be the Lord God of Israel," containing some admirably sustained vocal part-writing ; the in cidental use of the triangle in the orchestral ac companiments having perhaps rather too mundane an effect, although it serves to give a brightness of character. Some further recitative passages, divided between Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mdlle. Titiens, and Mr. Santley, led to a short chorus, " For with thee is the well of life," full of religious calm. The next prominent number, is an air for Mdlle. Titiens "Art thou greater ;" perhaps one of the least successful pieces in the work, being somewhat laboured in its design of displaying, by occasional florid passages, the powers of a great singer. A rather prolonged series of short, accompanied, recitatives follows, divided between Mr. Santley and Mdlle. Titiens, and including some good cantabile phrases of regular melodic form. The contralto air, "0 Lord, thou hest searched me out," sung with true fervour by Madame Sainton-Dolby, is perhaps the best solo piece in the cantata, being full of chaste religious feeling. It produced a marked effect, and at the instance of the right hon. president, it was re peated to the evident gratification of the entire audience. More recitative passages lead to one of the most masterlychoruses (and these aro several such) in the cantata, "Therefore they shall come;" written for six voice parts, the sopranos and basses, being divided into first and second. The sopranos and contraltos commence with a charming phrase in three parts, accompanied by some admirable orchestral writing in which the pi=icato of the stringed instruments contrasts admirably , with the aoatenuto of the chorus and the wind instruments. This phrase is answered by I the male voices also in three parts, with the same orchestral features maintained ; and this rattans tion of response is combined with full choral effects till the movement gradually subsides in a tranquil close of holy calm on the words " They shall not sorrow." This chorus is full of beauty, and produced an impression which was quite evident, although the usual demonstrations of applause are not given during these oratorio per formances. At the intimation of the president this chorus was repeated. The next chorus, " Who is the image of the invisible God 1" (preceded as each movement is by connecting passages of recitative)—a piece of pure; flowing vocal harmony—afforded a good test of the' qualities of the Birmingham chorus, having been ! sung admirably in time throughout, although only sustained by a slight organ accompaniment (played by the excellent organist of the Town-hall, Mr. Stimpson, who also exercises that office at the festival performances). The chorus, " Come, 0 Israel," written in the key of E fiat major, but nearly throughout in the minor by the use of the accidental G flat, is a solemn and impressive dirge. like piece of vocal harmony, the massive choral effects of which are relieved by the regular reitera tion of chords for the stringed instruments on the four beats of the bar. The next chorus, " Abide' with us " (the words from a hymn by Kahle) is divided into three verses : the first verse in two parts, for sopranos and contraltos ; the second verse the same as the first, but in three-part bar mony ; the third and last verse being given with' full choral harmony in four parts. The chorus of the people, " Now we believe," is written in con- trapuntal style on a bold and well-defined 1 subject, with occasional inversions, treated with! much power, and evidencing a thorough acquaint ance with those grand old masters and models of this style, Bach and Handel. An air for tenor solo, j " His salvation," follows, delicately accompanied! with violoncellos and occasional passages for oboe • solo. There is much vocal grace in this solo, which I received full effect from Mr. Cummings' relined singing. A repetition being called fur, this made the third piece encored in this morning's perform ance of Professor Bennett's new work ; the climax of which, the final chorus " Blessed be the Lord God," with its admirable fugal writing, confirmed the success of the work, which, indeed, had been evident soon after its commencement. This chorus, after an introductory movement, resembling, in its florid and graceful orchestral writing, the instru mental prelude to the work, starts with a bold and effective subject for the sopranos, answered and alternated with a counter-subject and occasional inversion of the original theme, and treated with a facility and mastery that, combined with previous portions of his cantata, prove Professor Bennett's full title to aim at still further success in the higher order of composition in which this is his first essay. The conclusion of the cantata (the performance of which was extremely well directed by Mr. W. G. Culling) was hailed with loud and long applause (an exception allowed in favour of a successful new work), and Professor Bennett ascended the orchestra and bowed his acknowledg ments. We trust soon to hear the cantata re peated in London, and to be able to speak of it under oocaoio4 r ,amstances of less hurry than the present necessitates. The : rid portion of this morning's pro- geamne the oratorio of Judas, lasted to so late an hour (nearly 4 o'clock) that we can do little beyond briefly recording its fine per- ferment,. !throughout, and the renewal oi the success *ch Mdlle. Nilsson obtained by her ' first ap 'ce at the concert of last night (Tues- , day). refinement of style and sympathetic quality this lady's voice were admirably exam fn plified (hi this her first effort in English oratorio) iin the sits " Pious Orgies," " 0 Liberty " (with its violoneelli obbligati passages), and especially in ' the more florid air, "From mighty Kings " (the I latter repeated), and " Wise men flattering "—in all which Mdlle. Nilsson has evidently created an impresai9h in Birmingham similar to that which she has *ade in London ever since her first ap i pearance at Her Majesty's Theatre in June last. I Mr. Sint' Reeves sang the pieces set down for him in Judas—the great war songs, " Call forth thy Rowers," and " Sound an alarm," being given 4 him with that grand declamatory , style 4which we have so frequently had occasion to spA with admiration in reference to the same oratoritf. The other solo singers were Mesdames Lemmens-Sherrington and Patey-Whytock, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. Weiss, whose efficiency in this music it is needless to dwell on. Of the magnifi cent performance of the choruses of this oratorio it 'is seemly possible to speak in sufficiently high terms. The purity and resonance of tone, contrast of light and shade, precision and distinctness of execution, were beyond all praise. That affecting lament of the Israelites, " Mourn, ye afflicted children"—the beautiful prayer,"O, Father," with the following noble fugue, " And grant a leader bold "—the sublime " Hear us, 0 Lord "—the dramatic " Fall'n is the foe"—in short, all the grand choruses of this oratorio, so diversified in character, were sung as they cannot be sung save by such a body of fresh voices, constantly prac tising during the intervening years of the festival with a view to preparation for its recurrence. The oratorio of Judas (which was given with Mr. Costa's additional accompaniments) terminated with the chorus, " Sing unto God." The follow ing is the return of receipts for the morning :- - 2,0911. 7s. sd. The total on the Wednesday morn . ing in 1864 was 2,0661. 17a. 3d. The following were among the audience at this morning's performance : President, the Earl Beauchamp ; the Mayor of Birming ham, the Earl and Countess of Powis and Lady Mary Herbert, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Lyttelton a nd party, the 144 and Countess of Bradford, Lord and Lady Walter Scott, 'the Duke of Grafton, Lady Mary Wind-or Clive, Lord and Lady Begot, the Bishop of Worcester and Mn. Philport, the Dean of York and Lady Harriet Duncombe, the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., and party, the Bishop of Rochester and the Hoc. Mrs. Claughton, the Rev. Sir F. Gem Ouseley, Bart., the Hon. J. and Mrs. Dormer, the Lady Ward, Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bert., Sir Rotert Hamilton, Bart., and party, Sir John and Lady Duckworth, the Hon. Gerrard Bridgemae. the Bishop of Perth, Australia ; W. Fielding Harding, Esq., and Lady Emily Harding, the Recorder of Birmingham, George Dixon, Esq., M.P., General Sir William Gomm and lady Gomm, J. D. W. Dig 4, Esq., and party, General Whaler sod party, General Townsend and petty, the Mar. G. D. Boyle, It. It. Johnson, Eaq. (High Sheriff of Worcetter s.hiV:d party, W. T. Booltbee, Esq., and party, Nt . S. Du , Esq., and party, Sampson Iliusbury Fag., and , F. Lee Smith, Esq., and party, W. C. Alston, Esq., and party, &o. - - - - - . ... The first evening concert of Tuesday lasted from 8 o'clock until long past midnight—as might have been anticipated from the following prograznmo : PART I Cantata, "Alexander's Feast," the solo parts by Madame Lemmeus-otterringlon, Mr. Cummings, and Mr Weiss Handel. Concerto, Pianoforte tin E non), Madame Arabella Uoddard Benedict. PAST IL Overture (Oberon) New Song. Mr. Motley, When my Thirsty flour Benedict. Arta, Millis Christine Nilsson, ln quest* sem ! plies" (Better DonizettL Terzetto, Mdlie. ?Wens, Mr. alms Beeves, and Mr Bentley," inmate mini Trezuste" Beethoven. Yalta, Madame L. Sherrington, " Nell& (Ana" (ituinko 6 Giulletta , Bone, Mr. Sims Beeves, Myelin toy guiding star" , (Robin Hood) lasitasla, Pianoforte, On 021 trews "Masaniello," Madame Arabella Goddard . Seen*, Sidlie. Miens. " Taeesis . n(lite" ‘Trovatore) Verdi. Irto. Madame L Sherrington, Madame Paley ' Whytiat, and Mr. Weiss, " Soave ala B vent" (Con lan tutte) Mozart. Ballad, Mr. slain Reeves, "The Pilgrim of Love" Bishop. National seedish Mrs. Mdlle. C 11114410 Nilsson. Quartettu, Madame L Sherrington. Mr. Cummings. Mr. Santley, and Mr. Wales, Ato o ears" (Puritanii Mr, Madman, Inte)Why tuck, "Rte infancy's bud" (Joseph: &Matto, Mdlle. Miens, lidUe. C. Nilsson, Madame Patey-Whytock, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Mantle), and Mr. Weise, " hula Bola" (Dom Giovanni) The results of this concert were as follow :- 5791. 145., making, with the return previously given of the result of Tuesday morning's perform ance, a total for the day of 2,684/.llx. 7d. ALBERT MEMORIALS.—CardinaI Wolsey's Chapel, i above the burial-place of our monarchs at Windsor Castle, is now being converted into • most interesting memorial of the Prince Consort, and the decorations are being con tributed by the princes and primeness of the royal family. The roof, with ite beautifully arched work, has been covered with a magnificent ceilim. of mosaic, said to be the finest in the world for its size. Around the aides of the chapel the plain glass windows have been replac, a by stained glass, depicting events in the life of the Prince. On the west wall the panels are being fi lled with mosaic pictures of the sovereigns and celebrated persons whose history is intertwined with thole( Windsor. When finished (13 are already up) the series will comprise portraits of 'Henry 111., &Isere! 111., Edward IV., Henry VII., Jane Seymour, srl of Lincoln, Duke of Suffolk, Henry VI., ' Henry VIII., Chars 1., George 111., Janice 11., Lord I Hastings, Marquis of Worcester, Archbishop Beruhridse, M. A. De Dounuis, Matthew Wren, Bruno Ryves, Be' au ' champ, Wykeham, Wolsey, Dean Unswick, Bishop Turner, Bishop Robinson bishop Douglas, ArchbiahopSutton, and others. Baron Tkqueli is to cover the walls beneath the windows with marble inlay work, the subjects being of • Scriptural character. Four of these large panels are at the present moment being exhibited by perruissiou of he^ Majesty in the Paris Exhibition. The panel contributed by his Royal Highness Prince Leopold has for its subject " David and Saul ;" that by Princess Louise, " A Sc. ie from the Life of Moses." On the panel given by Prince Arthur. David is shown with his harp ; while Princess Beatrice has presented a picture of Nathaniel. Above each panel is a medallion portrait of the contributing prince or princess, sculptured on white marble. There are appropriate inscriptions attached to each panel. These precious works of art, upon the closing of the Exhibition, will be placed upon the walls of the chapel. The works at the royal mausoleum in Frogurore grounds, where the re mains of the Prince Consort are interred, are slowly verging towards completion. Artists are engaged in finish ing the decoration of the ceiling of the dome, wlech is being elaborately painted, and other decorative works are in progress, but it will probably be • year before this mag nificent tomb is entirely perfected. A New ATLANTIC CABLE. —lt was announced sometime ago that the French government bad authorised an Anglo-French company to lay a telegraphic cable from Brest to the American continent. The Pearie says that the preliminary soundings, commenced four months ago, are now complete. The cable will be laid from Brest to St. Pierre Miquelon, it having been ascertained that the bottom of the ocean along that line is favourable to the design. From St. Pierre it is to go along the coast of New Brunswick and the shores of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. A direct line from Brest to New York would offer many difficulties, owing to the tremendous depth of some parts of the ocean, where the officers employed have been unable to find soundings, and where, consequently , immense quantities of cable might be sunk without result. The immersion of the cable now being made in London is to begin in May next year, and the Great Eastern is to be employed to lay it. It is hoped that a month will suffice for the work, and that in July, 1864, at latest, France and the European continent will be in direct telegraphic communication with Ansarice.—Usdiesesssi. TO TEL IDITOZ OF THZ MUHL LANDLORDISM AND CHURCH RATES. Sia,—l begt47iOWircifoipublication the accompanying correspondence, showing, as it does the desirability of immediate legislation upon th; Church Rate question, thus remov ing one great hindrance from the cultivation of "light, beauty, and sweetness," which one of our popular authors complains we nonconformists are deficient in.— I am B:c., S. C. F. Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, August V. Minton Trtunell-hall, Market Harboreogh, August 10. - B°-,—ln consequence of the position you have as sumed ma to the Church Bate, and not paying that which is justly due from Mr. Villiers' estate that you occupy, have received instructions to give you notice to quit the farm.—Yours obediently, B. B. Banlisrr. Mr. Job Smeeton, Bibbertoft. (Copy of Notice.) Sir,—.4v agent for and on behalf of your landlords, the Mot. Frederick William Child Villiers and Lady Elisabeth Viluers, I hereby give you notice and require you to quit and deliver up the full and peaceable pommies of the farm, lands, and premises, nitrate at Bibbertoft, in the eounty of Northampton, which you now hold se tenant to the said F. W. C. Villiers and Lady Elizabeth Villiers, at et upoa the 2rth day of March next, or at the expiration of the current year of your tenancy, which shall expire I next after the end of one half•year from the date of this wain. Dated this 9th day of August, 1867. B. E. acarristr. To Mr. Job Smeeton, Sibbertoft. Bibbertoft Northamptonshire, August 19, 1867. - - Sir e —l have received a letter from your agent, Mr. Ben nett, of Marston Trussell, giving me notice to quit the farm I occupy under you, because I object to pay church rates, and I desire to make a few remarks upon the matter. I am the oldest tenant upon your estate in this neigh bourhood, myself and my father having occupied some part of it for upwards of sixty years. We have also, although nonconformists, been recently solicited to con tribute towards the restoration of the parish church, and have cheerfully complied. I should, therefore, have thought that an English gentleman, especially one bear ing the name of Villiers, would have hesitated before adopting so extreme and peremptory a proceeding. Similar acts on the part of churchmen, both clerical and lay, in this neighbourhood, have already attracted some public attention ; so I confess to no special surprise at the course you have thought St to pursue. Your neighbour, Captain Ashby Ashby, of Nueby Woolley., refused a farm to the late Mr. Henry Sweeten simply, solely, and avowedly because he was a nonconformist, Even in this village we have seen a little girl turned out of the National School—though the school had been partly built by public money—because the parents of the child, being members of a Baptist church, had not had her christened. And now the action you have taken serves only to show how even a well-born English gentleman may, by what he thinks to be love to his church, lose at once his generosity and his justice, and may indulge in those arts of sec tarianism and of petty tyranny which we have been accustomed, in our patriotic vauntings, to attribute to priests and Spaniards. At the present time two of my fellow-countrymen are lying in prison for that for which I now lose my farm. Of course, if churchmen think that by such means they increase the popularity and wall prolong the existence of their church establishment, I can only say that I do not congratulate them im their foresight. I will not trouble you with the reasons why, as a non eciafcemist, I object to be compelled to pay for the support of another man's religion. With thee) reasons every intel ligent Englishman is already familiar; and large majorities of the House of Commons have resolved that such an anomaly shall no longer exiet, aid that church fates shall be abolished. And lam thankful to know that a reformed parliament will amend some other matters that at present are at issue between churchmen and ourselves. In conclusion, I thank you for the explicitness of your agent's note. You will have the satisfaction of being one of the last of English Limnos& who turned out of his farm a tenant because he refused to pay church rates. Your obedient servant, To the Hon. F. Villiers. JOB Ultimo :T. Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, August 26, 1867. Sir,—Having reoeived no reply to my communication of the 19th instant, I beg to intimate that it is my intention to publish that letter and also your agent's note which called it forth. Your obedient servant, To the Hon. F. vinkra. Jon Sitzerox. AN EFFECTrAL REMONSTRANCE.—The rector of Houghton-le-Spring has been in the habit of turning to the east and making an invocation to the Trinity before per mon, but on Sunday morning it was discontinued, for rea son, which the rector explained at the end of his sermon. He said he had heard from his bishop (Durham) that cer tain parties in his congregation—he knew not who they were, he did not want to know, and hoped he might never know—bad written to his lordship, complaining of being "distreased " by the introduction of an invocation to the Trinity before the sermon in that church. He thought him self it was a very suitable preface. It was the nano in which they were all baptised, and he hoped they would never be ashamed ut it. There was no express command by the church, however, to use it, neither was there for the col-1 loots employed for the same purpose ; in fact, he knew of no prayer authorised except the ' bidding prayer" ordered by one of the canons. He bad told the bishop that be should um this prayer should his lordship require it. for be desired to be obedient to his diocesan. He was thankful that his lordship bad not laid such restraint upon but had left the matter to his owu discretion. Considering that in a mixed congregation a certain amount of elasticity should be given to matters of form, and wishing that " all things should be done for edi fi cation," the innovation complained of would be no longer used in his church. The se -mon was commenced without any prefatory prayer, t..e rector simply giving u.t his text after announcing that the offertory on that day was to be devoted to the pariah church fund. MONUMENT TO THE LATE BISHOP HOGARTII. The high estimation in which the late Dr. Hogarth, the Homan catholic bishop of Beth= and Nencastk, was held in Darlington, wlitre be resided, has resulted in a monu ment being erected to his memory in the Darlington Cemetery. The memorial is composed of • basement of four steps of Park Spring atone polished, on which stands as obelisk of polished gran;te, the plinth being of a dark red colour with isiouldinp of Ugh. grey, and • shaft of dark red standing 13 fee. high, and • carved cepital of light grey surmounted by a gilt cross. On the west side of the obelisk is intended to be erected a carved pillar, in which will be placed • photograph of the deceased bishop. The entire beigH of the monument is about 31 feet, and it presents a striking appearance, and will be a magnificent addition to the ornamentation of the cemetery. Suitable inscriptions on block letter are en graved on tl-e p..nels of the obelisk. 'The design is the production of Mr. W. A. Pugin, architect, London, and the contract has been wooded by Messrs. Priestman ' of BlackweUgate, Ili-Wigton. The sum of 3W1., which the memorial cost, bad been contributed by persona of all classes and all creeds, who attended the inauguration in large numbers. It was estimated that no less than 3.500 persons had shown their respect for the deceased prelate by their attendance at the ceremony. THE CARRIAGE OF IRON FROM THE MIDDLES DORoUGH DltailleT.--It appears from a communication made to the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce by the Cleve land Iron masters' Association, that an agitation is about to commence in the Middlesborough district!in favour of cheaper rates of carriage for pig and me• chant iron to Liverpool. The association complain that they are at present shut out from the Ames lean markets, as is evi dent from the fact that though the district is making 1-sth of all the pig iron produced in Great Britain, and ship ping to foreign ports at least 150,000 tons annually, be sides rails and merchant iron, scarcely any shipments have been made from Liverpool, though vast quantities, the association say, would be consigned to that port if the rates were reduced. The mow ation requested the cham ber's assistance in the agitation. The letter was read at the half-yearly meeting of the chamber yesterday, and commented upon as an instance of the necessity for an equalisation of railway rates. The works connected with the new Blackfriars- bridge are advancing very slowly, the last pier offering all sorts of engineering difficulties. The scour of the river at , this part is very unequal and severe. Thus the deposit of slime and oose has year by year been added to on the Middlesex side, while on the Surrey side the foreshore has 1' been swept bare. This time next year ought to see the bridge fit for public traffic, thonsh It will be probably • year and • half before it is finally completed to its utmost finish. ArruALlsr. The commission upon the ritual of the church of England have agreed spat tits following report : " TO TUX Waned MOST ZICILLYNT " Your Majesty having been ggrrascniroously pleased to WOO commission reciting that • differences of practice have "rim beet varying interpretations put upon the rubric', orders and directions for regul a ti ng the course and conduct of public worship, the administration of the sacraments, and other services contained in the Book of Common Prayer according to the use of the united church of ftgland and Ireland, and mom especially with Merano. to the ornaments used in tho churches and chapels of the said United Church and t h e vestments worn by the ministers thereof at th 3 time of their ministration,'—and that 'it is expedi en t th a t • full end tial Inqu iry should be made into the matters aforesaid with the view of explaining or amending the said rubrics. orders, and direction' so as to secure general uniformity of practice in such matt er as may be deemed essential; —end enjoining your commissioners 'to make diligent inquiry into all and every the matters aforesaid, and to report thereupon from time to time as to' them 'or any ten or more of ' them, ' may appear to be most expedient, having regard not only to the said rubrics, orders, and directions °attained in the said Book of Coruna Prayer, but also to any other laws or customs relating to the matters aforesaid, with power to suggest any alterations, improvements, or amendments with respect to such matters, or any of them, as they, 'or any ten or more of' them, may think fi t to recommend " We, your buifttf. Commissioners have, in accordance with the terms of your Majesty's commission, directed our first attention to the question of the vestments worn by the ministers of the said united church at the time of their ministrthirm, mid esposially to those the am of whiok hes been lately introduced into certain churches. " We find that while these vestments are regarded by some witnesses as symbolical of doctrine, and by others se a distinctive vesture whereby they data; to do honour to the Holy Communion as the hest act of Chi isti.in wor ship, they are by none regarded ea essential, and they give grave offence to many. We are of opinion that it is expedient to restrain in the public services of the United Church of Pa/gland and Ireland all variations in respect of vesture frow that which has long been the established usage of the kaid United Church, and we think that this may be best secured by providing aggrieved parishionen with an easy and effectual process for complaint and redress. " We are not yet prepared to recommend to your Majesty the beet mode of giving effect to these conelusious, with a view at once to secure the objects proposed and to promote the peace of the church ; but we have thought it our duty in a matter to which great 'Pietist is attached net to delay the communication to your Majesty of the r, suits at which we have already arrived. " We have placed in the appendix the evidence of the witnesses examined before us, the documents referred to in the evidence or produced before the coniniimioners, the cases laid before us, which were submitted to eminent counsel on either side of the question, together with the opinions thereupon ; also there port on the tul elect made b the committee of the Lower House of the C o nvocation otter province of Canterbury, and the resolutions passed by the - Upper as well as the Lower House of tort Convo cation, and the resolutions passed by the Convocation of the province of York. " All which we humbly beg leave to submit to your M tl eat i . August 19, 1867." THE OAKS COLLIERY.—Great interest is begin ning to be felt respecting the re-opening of this mine, and numbers of people interested in the proceed!ng are con tinually visiting - the neighbourhood of the colliery, ..anions to glean authentic infoimation as to when tiro excavators will take the pit. The arch at the &Akre of the shaft, which has been reached, extends nearly one hundred yards in length, and from this the main levels and teachings branch off. The height of the arch is sixty feet, so that the amount of trod in this is ve 7 considerable. It is not at present irteurled to raise, but to make a temporary road from the tip. and pene trating the arch by an incline. This tempo:my roadway is to be made secure for present purposes, end h-. 1 -4.• fairly tapped the mine the various roadways ate to be sealed up before any search is to be made in the wettings, so that those in charge will have perfect control of the thine. It will be remembered that the man, Samuel Drown, who was got out alive after the second expkevon, stated that these were scores of bodies in the sump hole at the hdieni of the shaft, but these will not be interfered with at pre mai, being covered with soil to the extent of Dtally sixty feet. A large number of coding are &catty prepoing, so th•t should any bodies be fourd in the iitilway tunnel they can be brought to hank at once for iatereent. The gas is very trong, consequently the Lien have to work very cautiously. THE DEATH FROM DRINKING POISONF:D Croce Ile Hassroantonite.—ln this 01154) it was etat...l yesterday that at the inquest the coroner directed that a bottle of the cider should be seat for analysis to Professor Herapath, and then the inquiry was adjourned. The professor submitted the cider to analysis, and found it to contain salts of lead equal to 0110 brain of metal in a gallon. The coroner also iorwe.ded to the proteasr a copy of the depositions taken on the first day's inquiry, to which the prefensor rep Led : " After reading the published report of the inquoit el Henry Davies , I have not the slightest doubt that his death was caused by cider poisoned with lead. Enemy symptom points to that metal, but the I,llw:fun:floe of the gums and intestines are characteristic, and canted be mis taken." On the jury and the medical nap weu to the mill in which the eider was made last seteum, t found the lead that filled the interstices much end a great deal eaten away. The jury ultimately re turned the following verdict :—" That Henry Davies died Iron, lead poison contained in tho cider he had IR.,' drink ing at Mrs. Burlton's, of Lower Ly de. Tuat tee pay fur ther say they exonerate Mrs. Burlton from nny blame whatever, because no complaint th the cidtr war bad came to her knowledge. But they retuning:nil her imme diately to have her cider tested, and put away or destroyed if it s hould be found affected." MANCHU/TX tin LIVZRPOOL AORD.:OI.TraLL SOCIETY.—The exhibition has proved very attractive. and the weather being exceedingly hue, great nu:n:l,l..of veoplis of all classes have visited it. On Tuesday the leoripts for admission were 8001., and yesterday would be over 1,800/. The meeting proposed to be held yesterday, to form a Chamber of Commerce, did not take place. Dlr. Wilbra ham Egerton and a few gentlemen assembled, but it was said the attractions of the Exhibition vioubl igcr...r.t such a number being present as was desirabl. • n.l • recd to adjourn sine die. the promoters to call another 'meting at a more suitable time. -•-- ----• New NORTHERN ROUTE rt. IRELANO.—Notics has been given that next month the Midland Company will make en important change in tilt ir nil and steam boat route from Yoikabire, via the Little North tVesteni Railway, to Belfast and the north of 110..4. li.therto the packets have &ailed from Morecemhe 1:- y, ; s the extension of the Craven Railway from Wennit„ton to Carnforth is now in full working, the Mida u ith the Furness Company, will make thepert of Bar, sr rho. Inters place of sailing. The safety of the Ilerrov: hatiamr, the ease and comfort in embarking, and the intch &Lawler sea passage render this change desirable. CHOLERA IN BELFAhT. —The preralenecof cholera and diarrhea& and dysentery in Li :fist i.t ;lc- pre sent season of the year has given rise to the bile that Asiatic cholera has made its appearance in toao ; Lot such is not the fact, as, on making inquiries yost. idoy.see found that the cases so common at present are those of English cholera and diarrhea, which always appear during the fruit season. A girl named Murphy died in the Union Hospital on Sotui day from a severe attack of E.:gtialt cholera ; and several cases of the mine cl‘..iactei menus under treatment, but none of them are LelicreJ to la. of a actions nature.—NorMaris Whig. A FENIAN PICNIC AT CHICAOO.-1%, Scar York papers contain the following account of the Re,.er. I•ithic at Chicago :—The annual picnic of the Chicago i et.i •ia, took place on the 15th, at Bans-park, in the town of 111.ilem, about six miles front Chicago. All the military ocionisa firms were in attendance, and civilians to tie samilor of 5.0u0 were on the ground. General Spear, of Limestone Ridge fame, was present, and made a brief apeech to the soldiers. It bad been intenth.l to have several speeches, but unfortunately tor the speakers, early in the day it was resolved to oelelaute Donny brook fair. A light weltered before the Feidans bad been long on the ground, and this was the siqual fr the valet. Rows and tights were now the oath.- c f ilia rlsy, Civilans fought, and soldiers arrested them; ,ohliers to , gbt, and civilians arrested them ; at.d before the close of the day black eyes and bloody facto w, re the rule. During our of the m , /.is a man was pie! fatally stabbed in the seek, and him assailant was placed under arrest. During General Spear's speech in the morning the Fenians formed a hollow square ahont tin platform, into which unruly civilians were brought. but as the hollow Ilium.) shortly after got into a tight, tlaie W.W no more smoking, and the day was plesimmtly devot.il to Donnybrook. DE;PATCH or AMERICAN MAIL.;.— Si.t 111.1 MP TON, AUGI'I•T 24.—The Newham-American C .I.lp,by's steamship Allemaunia, Captain Meier. sailed t. is mt. r. noon for New York with the United MIAs cabin and a full complement of sterrag, rr,s , t ore!. ; al,o • large of general merchandise, including 2. ;AO :n.•. a value in jewellery from Havre. The New York and Bremen Company's steamship Atlantic, Captain Horger, also sailed hence this afternoon for New York direct, with a full cargo and 500 passengers. Qo oatorrown, Aro cm. 28.—The National Steam ship Company's steamer Queen, from New York. arrived here at 10 p.m. to-day with 25000 lulr. in .ptine. She landed paresis's, and proceeded for Liverpool. n the legate The a the Image, scale. 'e not period have, n any !en as Ly hot srnest, A the A the ppcent At to & nth unpin lament lls at Inding rim .V 2 ehlliU that of also as mines: