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It would be .n insult to their habitual sagacity and prescience to suppose that the result of that division disappointed their ex pectations. Their language, indeed, ap to the last moment was not altogether such as to prepare the party out of doors for the certainty of defeat. But d Is guerre comme d la ! rune. When an army is determined to fight a losing battle it is only right and proper that the General should keep up the spirits of his troops by assuring them of victory. At any rate, when the grey light of May morning found the Pandits on his legs, proposing an adjournment of the House till Monday in order to give the Government leisure to reconsider its rela tions with the House of Commons, the nightmare of a dissolution had vanished away, and the ques tion between the Government and the House be came one of resignation of office or resignation to defeat, on terms which the Government might be persuaded to offer, and the House to accept, in de ference to the wishes of her MaJasey, to the state' of public business, and to the coa t . country. No generous man !fouls posed to criticise too revecely - and the language of a Governmen't slays . minority, and against which the extreme mutant has been recorded. The Liberal party which synspithised so heartily with Lord Dozer when failing health compelled him to retire from office, and so heattlly rejoicad in his re appearance ou the • parliamentary scene, would willingly forgive him a few characteristic indiscre tions and petulant outbreaks of temper, if he would only have the goodness to remember, when he takes the goasm's name in vain, that he is still a Privy Councillor, and that he has not flung away all his responsibilities with his portfolio. It I way be a pleasing excitement to the noble Earl to enjoy the license of an independent Peerwithout renouncing the position of parrain to the Cabinet. But what neither the House of Commons nor the public will endure is a new and perverted theory of Parliamentary government and of ministerial responsibility unknown to the consti tution of this realm, borrowed from the Paitnizies old cenirsde, that nreat e xem plar of personal govern ment iv.•r the water. and carelessly sanctioned by a reckless arateninan in retreat who, having re noune,cii political ditties, amuses his convalescence ! with party itianwiivres. It is not as a party that the Liberals need regret Lord Dzam"s latest escapade. An a party it has probably rendered them groat service. It is as " constitutionalists"— ! if our Tory friends will permit -as the expression— that true Liberals lament the manner in which Lord DERBY has lent his apparent sanction to that strange forgetfulness of the impersonality of the !Crown into which Mr. DImRAIBLI was betrayed by the " heat of debate - before Easter, and which his ' ! subalterns and hie agents have too readily adopted lin cold blood. Without for a moment pretending to be in the secret of the conferences at Osborne, we take the liberty to asautue and to affirm that the PRZMIKE will return from the royal residence with a juster sense IF. his constitutional obligations. We shall hear no more of penal dissolutions which will punish his own party at least as much as the Opposition. He will announce his resignation—to the inevitable, and his willingness to hoid office and to conduct the public business for the remainder of the pre sent session, committing to the constitu encies at the earliest moment the ratifi cation or reversal of the vote of Friday morning, which, under ordinary circumstances, would have terminated his ministerial existence, or sent the existing House of Commons to the country. Mr. D'snaT.t.t, we doubt not, will make his statement on Monday afternoon with the beet grace ; and the House will have the charity to appreciate the susceptibilities of Ministers in a minority, who have consented to retain office in this purely perfunctory fashion, and in the simply and strictly executive capacity of agents and administrators. On the tact and temper of Ministers in their not very enviable position, will depend their relations with the pre sent House of Commons. Let them be decently docile and submissive. and not presume to fancy for a moment to dictate a policy or to initiate legis lation, and we dare say the Liberal majority will not grudge them the disposal of patronage a few months longer by way of compensation for their ungrateful iabours. Meanwhile, we beg our impulsive neighbours over the water not to imagine that we are lapsing into the system of provisional governments, or administrative monarchies. have not been converted by NiWi staffed skein And synspatbstie ddebsards. And we will not dispute this matter with the Spiritualists. But, as all that is ludicrous and contemptible in our common nature seems to be concentrated in their practices and creed s we may hope that the lamentable "falling out of faithful " Mends" which the public) are now laughing over, may weaken the influence of profeutional mediums by enlightening the superstitious people who believe in them. The name of LUCRETIUS has been generally asso ciated with a poem which is remarkable alike fur the beauty of it■ versification and the variety of its contents. Henceforth it will be as natural to think of Lrusirrius in conjunction with TRNNY,ON as to couple King ARTHUR and the exploits of his knights with the most illustrious of modern poets. We are studiously cautioned by " the proprietors " of Macmillan's Magazine " against reproducing I the new poem which TENNYSON has given to the world through the medium of their popular publication. The puzzling yet terrible provisions of the Law of Copyright see invoked by anticipa tion against those who shall reproduce " either " the whole or the major part of Lucretiva,'" on the ground that this is " not needed for the legi " timate purposes of criticism." Judging from recent experience, this threat did not seem one which ought to inspire terror on the part of news paper critics. The poems which Mr. TENNYSON has thought fit to publish in magazines have been quoted rather because of his reputation than on account of their intrinsic excellence. However, " Lucre " ties" is anexception to whatthePorr LAUREATE's admirers feared had become the rule. It is a poem which stands out from among the mass of contemporary mediocrity as strikingly as any statue by a Greek sculptor would shame the feeble efforts of living and renowned hewers of marble. The argument is as original as it is appropriate to the personage—the verse is at once effective and highly polished. Here and there a line or an allusion jars upon the mind and appears as opposed to classical traditions as it would be to arm the man who only knows how to thrust the pilum with a SNIDER rifle. For instance, if we may venture upon a short quota tion, we should say that the following lines are out of keeping both with the subject and the context : I often grew Tired of so much within our little life, Or of so little in our little life— Poor little life that toddles half an hour, Crown'd with a flower or two, and there an end. In expression this is thoroughly Tennye o niaa, but in idea it is unclassical. The ancients thought more about the uncertainty of life than its short ness. Moreover, such a philosopher as LUCRITI was of all men indifferent to life, because he had neither dread nor hope of a great hereafter. This, indeed, is exquisitely put in other lines, of which the melody and statuesque simplicity are typical of the entire poem. It is sufficient to quote them in order to give a fair sample of this beautiful effort of Tssrsysores mature powers, and to induce all who read them to turn to the poem itself with a curiosity which will be amply repaid. Describing the contrast between his earthly struggles and the supreme placidity of the great Gods, LUCILETI Us is led to argue that, they, too, on his theory, should be subject to chance and change, and he says : _ _ The Gods, who haunt The lucid interspaoe of world and world, Where never creeps • cloud, or moves a wind, Nor ever falls the least white star of snow, Nor ever lowest roll of thunder moans. Nor sound of human sorrow mounts to mar Their mimed everlutin? calm ! and such, Not all so Sae, nor so divine • c►lm. Not such, nor all unlike it, man may gain Letting his own life go. A Ciactaaa has been issued by the leader of the Opposition urging the Liberal members to attend the House of Commons on Monday, in order to support by their votes the motion for going on with the resolutions respecting the Irish Church, in the event of opposition being raised to this course by Her MAJESTY'S Government. A MEWING was held yesterday, at Devonshire House, of the Liberal county members, and of those Liberal borough members who are affected by the report of the Boundary Commissioners. Several propositions were discussed, but eventually a Committee was appointed, including Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. GLADATONE, and the Marquis of HARTINGTON, to consider what course shall be taken -in the matter. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) The Time," regards a dissolution as morally im possible, and assumes that Mr. Disraeli cannot have ad vised the crown to have recourse to it. If the government stays in it must he on the condition that the second and third of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions be accepted without division, and that her Majesty should be advised to give a gracious answer to the third. The commons must, in short, have the control of the national policy. The great difficulty of the government must be the clashing of opinions within its own borders, and this, the Times sug gests, may lead some indispensable member to retire at all hazards from an equivocal situation. The determination of the majority in the House of Com mons, as embodied in the resolution which Mr. Gladstone is to move on Monday, to take the conduct of business into their own hands, is, says the Daily News, one good result that has followed the indiscretion of Lord Derby. Possibly Mr. Disraeli's acquiescence may remove the asses. sity of pressing this motion, and if he and his colleagues can endure the humiliation of their present position, the liberal party need not grudge it them. In the event of contumacy effectual measures must be taken for enforcing their resignation and the formation of a government having the confidence of the House of Commons, but the Daily News hopes that these extreme steps will not be necessary. The Standard admita that under ordinary circumstances such a defeat as that sustained by the government would render either dissolution or resignation imperative ; but it is argued that the present circumstances are altogether exceptional. The House of Commons can nto sense be said to be a fair expression of the present mind of the electoral body. Therefore, it is impossible for ministers to regard the vote of Friday morning as a popular condemnation of church and conservative principles. The inoonveniences of an instant dissolution are great and obvious. Not only is there the important business of the session to be completed, but the constituency itself is in process of reconstruction ; and to complete this work the dissolution must be postponed until January next. That is, it must be delayed for about five months. during which time the present government would of course remain in office. This would be the natural, convenient, consti tutional course ; sail it is the emirs to which the Ministry would probably incline, on partly puirlio rather than en personal grounds; that is, cutlass the opposite party mike the further tenure of °See imposing*. The Star insists that the edema and third resolutions, if carried, require immediate settee on the part of the mown—either compliance, soemdinn to constitutional 111411011, oe 11401161 headeall to the unconstitutional and dangerous advice of Mr. DionselL The question, it argue, cannot be postponed till January, unless we ere to arum* PR! S. The Saturday Review remarks upon the insignifl canoe et the debate on the Irish rhumb oesp•red with the impartanee of the vote which followed. Then is not in any quarter whatever at present any sign that the inajerity of sixty-five does not represent the deliberate judgment and resolution of the Segni& people; sad, it so, the establishment is praetically ended. The ministry is the most unlucky of this generation.; To be sure it had the countenance and sup port of its friend and protestor, Lord Derby ; but all of • sudden this friend and protester has, although in • friendly and retooling wsy, done his best to damage it. Nothing, indeed, could exceed the glaring impropriety and imprudence of the eosins taken by Lord Derby en Tuesday last. His lordship's declarations—one pointing to • possible conflict between the House of Commons and the crown, and the other to a possible conflict between the Howe of Commons sod the nilaistry--are declarations of the gravest and most seriatim kind, and ought not to have been made, carelessly and out of run pique, by a peer who has an indirect power to pledge the government, and yet has no precise title to represent them. With regard to the ministry itself, it is obvious that Mr. Disraeli must either resign or dissolve now, or announce his intention to dissolve early next year. A dissolution at the present time, however, would be in no way justified by the position of the ministry. They have no right to inflict so great • burden on the country unless they are morally certain of altering their position. It they dissolved and were beaten, as they probably would be, this would be only a costly and cum bersome method of resigning, and they had much better resign at once. The leaders of the liberal party, says the Saturday &rim, are almost embarrassed by the weakness of their opponents. Mr. Gladstone is, for the first time, at the head of a united party which may at any moment resolve to profit by its strength. and Lord Derby's speech con tained an indiscreet challenge, which may possibly be ac cepted. The liberals will hereafter have • more falai dello enemy to fear than the party which has long fur nished then with an excuse for existence, and with suc cessive opportunities of easy victory. The Irish church will be the last of the flagrant abuses which have been overthrown by parliament in the course of 40 years. Slavery, protection, ►nd religions disabilities have fallen in !succession ; and Mr. Gladstone has represented, in the more or less rapid changes of his opinions, the progress of thought in the country at large. The new constituencies, or their probable leaders, are not devoted to the study of political economy, and the inners ' tions which they will desire are alien to the traditions of English statesmen. Hence, argues the Saturday Retiree, the difficulties with which the liberal party will have to ooetend. The Examiner expresses its belief that Mr. Disraeli will tell the Queen he is still ready to carry on the government to the close of the session, provided he be armed with the alternative of dissolution, in case he is arrested in his course by a vete of want of oonfidence. He has already made preparations for an announcement that the Scotch and Irish Reform Bills once passed, the ordinary pe riod for completing the registers may be shortened, as was done in 1832, in order to have a general election before the close of the year. The n,ajority for Mr. Gladstone's first resolution, would, says the Spectator, if the constitution were not in a state of coma, be fatal to Mr. Disraeli's government. That government maintains that the Irish church ought to continue ; the House of Commons has formally decreed by a heavy majority that it ought to cease ; consequently, the government has on a cardinal point of immediate politics lost the confidence of the country, and is bound by all precedents to resign. Mr. Disraeli went on Friday to Osborne, and it is of course within the range of possibility that he may adopt a manly course ; but, aware that be can never be Premier again, he is as likely to try to stick on, announce that he shall dissolve in February, and con fine the work of the session to formal business. The Sp& tutor hopes he will, for it does not want the liberals to be discredited by the attempt to lead this bad parlia ment—the worst we ever had. Elm Court. OSBORNE, MAY 1. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princeu Louise, and attended by Lady Churchill. Major-General F. H. Seymour was in attendance upon horseback. To-day is the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur. Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold. Viscount Royston, M.P. (Comptroller of het Majesty's Household), arrived at Osborne today, and presented to the Queen an address from the House of Commons re- specting the recent attempt upon the life of the Duke of Edinburgh. The Prince of Wake rode out yesterday, attended by Major Teesdale. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Hon. Mr.. Stonor. Major Teesdale his succeeded Major Grey as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Hong- Kong, Labnan, the Straits Settlements, the West India Islands, and the Australian Colonies. The International Coinage Commission oat yesterday. Present—Viscount Halifax, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, the Right Hon. Stephen Cave, the Right Hon. J. Wilson Patten, the Right Hon. M. Longfleld, Sir John Lubbock. Bait , Mr. Thomas Baring, Baron L. N. de Rothschild, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Thomson Monkey, the Governor of the Bank, the Astronomer Royal, the Muter of the Mint, and Mr. Rivers Wilson (Secretary). CABINIT CouNcu..— A Cabinet Council is ap pointed to be held on Monday afternoon at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street. Her Majesty the Queen and Royal Family are expected to return to Windsor Castle about Friday next. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of Sutherland, Colonel Harding*, Major Teesdale, and other gentlemen, honoured the Strand Theatre with their presence last evening. _ . Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide has consented to open the new wing and infirmary of the National Orphan Home, Ham-common, Surrey, on Wed nesday, the 3rd proximo. Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig- Holstein and the infant Prince Christian Victor returned to Windsor on Thursday evening. Their royal highnesses have taken up their residence at Frograore House. Wind sor-park, where they await the return of her Majesty to Windsor previous to proceeding tollsliners!. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale have issued invitations for a large dinner at Orleans House, Twicken ham, on Saturday, the 16th brat. The Lord-Chamberlain has issued cards for a full-dram ball at Buckingham Palace, on Friday, the 15th instant. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and Lady Theodora Grosvenor are expected to arrive at Grosvenor House about the 20th inst. from Motcombs House, Dorsetthire. The President of the Royal Society, General Sabine, gave his seoond soiree on Saturday main, at Bur lington Rouse. The display of apparatus and art objects was of high interest, eleotriaal apparatus of the Ent order being markedly in the mondani. The Sultan lately witnessed a representation, got up supremely for him, at the Italian theatre at Pere. Se lection. from Le Barbidre, an sot of Norma, and one of Awn, were performed. The Sultan mu aseempenierl by Peed Pasha, All Pasha, Ifidhat Pasha, aled sewed other ministers and high personages of the empire. Os the 15* his Ottoman Majesty repaired to his rammer residues at Beyleberg, on the Asiatic oust. The Sultan offered • col lation to the Archdukes of Austria, who were is leave Constantinople on the 28th ter Vises& ...._......... r i.....p.,..! s. .. I • .i - 6, MA: . . _. •. of Suk! vat by Illir, Speunv a, • • i ma , . . the stare fee a akeneed I be Ole- quoted, infotbe mon hie o s • Dos :J, •is to severs wil ow a/orbit , wens, la dints em lifikmeaultue tit e rffsigt 4rj., C. a , , .u• ./'' . aeameaded to bet hal 11 *p in s ' te t I laid the Maoist egesellea ea ll ‘ ' perlhmeals ylti4Jerity. rime " Men" It is, of course, difficult to prove - t Atheists pa r ty wn ` c " have not been converted by THE WEEKLY PRE " ;PIIifTUALLIM." Ta,. case of LI os u. HOME has been full of popular interest. But amusement rather than in dignation has been the feeling provoked, and the vulgar phrase, " diamond cut diamond" repre sents pretty accurately ti.a general opinion of its merits. The strong meat furnished to the news paper reader during the last few days by our Abyssinian successea, the dastardly attempt on the Duke of ED;NdUltqa, the Fenian trials, and the continued humiliation of the Government—has been garnished, su to speak, by the farcical reve lations at the court of Vice-Chancellor GITYARD, and " our son Deem." and " darling Jsica" have been made as familiar to British households as THEODORE Or (YFARRELL, as BANYLEYr Or as HCRIRE. It is a miserable story. The defendant Howe, with his claims to spiritual power, and the plaintiff LYON with her credulity and her vanity, are neither of them people one wishes to know. Whatever else may be I decided, it ia certain that Mrs. LYON, be lieving Mr. Hone to be a spiritualist, bestowed upon him a large sum of money after an acquaint anceship of a few days ; that she now wants the money back again, and that the recipient, perhaps naturally, refuses to refund. Either the pressure brought to bear upon "Mr. Set - nos the Medium" was stronger, or that worthy was, under similar circumstances more tolerant of vacillation ; Oh Lord ! I little thought, sir, yesterday, When your departed mother spoke those words Of peace through me, and moved you, sir, so much, You gave me—(very land it was of you) These shirt-st:ds—(better take them back again, Please sir !) We do not gather from the evidence that Mrs. LYON seeks to impugn Mr. Hors's peculiar claims to revelations from another world, but that pin ning her faith to one of his rivals in the same art, she maintains these powers to have been im properly exercised, and asks for restitution on this ground. She brings the spirits into court, as it were, and asks the Vres-CnArresx,Loa to adjudicate between the mysterious stranger advising her to go " to law and to be firm," and the supposed nearer and dearer shade who adjured her to look after " our DAN." The legal merits of the case may be safely left in the hands of the Court, and we cannot presume to anticipate its ver dict. Moreover, the real point of public interest is not so much whether a foolish old woman of 75 is to be protected from herself, or a so-called "mystic " is to enjoy her bounty—as to how far the strange faith professed by both has spread, and the goal to which belief in it points. It is as melancholy as true that " spiritualism " as tapping on tables and turning chairs topsy turvy is politely called—has numerous adherents among the weaker members of English society. Just as there are few families without their " black sheep," so there are few " sets " or circles that cannot point from hearsay or personal knowledge to some one who, sane on other points, believes in grotesquely occult influences, and to burlesque communications with the dead. Mr. SOTHERN, the actor, took the trouble to hoax these people for years ; and comical stories are told of the ease with which their credulity is to be traded on. Given an alphabet and intermittent knocks upon or under a table, and an expert manipulator . can make the spirits "reveal" whatever he , thinks fit. Mr. Horse's statement in open court that spiritualism bus convinced doubters of the immor tality of the soul was but an echo of the words THE PEACE PRESERVERS. The Onmerede, an Austrian military organ, contains an article on the warlike preparationsof the surrounding powers, from which it draws the coa -1 elusion that a large increase in thearmy of Austria is a matter of necessity. It gives the following as the militarystrength of the States, " from whose attacks Austria may be called on to defend her ! self." The Confederation of North Germany, 843,000; , ILandwehr, 185,000—total, 1,028,000. Southern I German States permanent army, 157,000 ; Land= wehr, 43,000—total, 200,000 ; giving a total force to Prussia, in consequence of her alliance with the South German States, of 1,228,000. France, regular army, 800,000 ; National Garde Mobile, 550,000—total, 1,350,000. Russia, regular army, 827,000 ; localised troops, 410,000; irregulars, 229,000—t0ta1, 1,466,000. Italy, regular army, 348,000 ; National Garde Mobile, without reckoning the Vene tian Province, 132,000 total, 480,000. " From these figures," argues the Camarade, " Austria ought to have a minimum military force of 800,000 ; on the military frontiers, 53,000 ; Land wehr, 200,000; tAtal, 1,053,000. Austria cannot have less than this number of men under arms if she desires to remain a great Power, to preserve peace, or, in cue of need, to repel attack." (Isosmes Tatolams.) SPAIN. MADRID, MAy 1, EVENING. In to-day's sitting of the Cortes, the Land Mortgage Bank Bill was adopted by 1.67 votes against 18. In the Senate the navy estimates came under discussion. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, MAT 2 Negotiations will shortly be entered into between the Swim Confederation and Italy, for the conclu sion of treaties of commerce and extradition, and a convention establishing the rights of settlement of subjects of either nation in the territory of the other. (IT ATLANTIC TILPORAPH THROUGH YR. ILBUTZR . B AGENCY.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, MAY 1. The Cunard steamship Siberia arrived out at 4 p.m. to-day. Closing Prioes --Gold, 139/. Sterling exchange on London, 110. 5.20 United States Bonds, 1882, 1081; 10-40 Bonds, 104. Illinois, 146 ; Erie, 71/. Cotton : Middling Upland, 325. Petroleum, standard white, 28. Flour, extra State, 10 dols. 200. ; cern, old mixed, 1 dol 150. NEWS- in the rear are carryi ng a ladder. Onesees plainly what is meant. The procession is the return DAY.) of the Roman troops after the crucifixion. The eye wanders over the canvas in search of Mount Calvary, and presently when the right focus is got you see on the right of the picture three dreadful shadows on the almost smooth sur. face of the rocks. These are the shadows of the three crosses on which are dimly seen the Saviour and the two thieves. A more original or poetical composition I never remember seeing the first of. FENIANISM AT NEW ZEALAND. A correspondent of the Times, writing fr , ott Wel ington, March 7, dwells on the spread of Fenianisto. Many educated Irishmen are heard to express their a) tn. pathy for the men executed at Manchester, and to speak is no measured terms their opinions of the op. premien to which they say they deem their country to be still subjected. For some time past it has been known that Fenian societies, having more or less of organisation, existed in almost every town in Sew Zealand, and that from some of them contribution, have been frequently forwarded to the societies at home. The gold diggings on the West Coast of the Middle I'LL.' were the most prominent centres, as what was done tho.. was done openly, while elsewhere it was always covertly. The fact that such and such an amount had been collectad at Ilokitika and sent to Ireland has from time to time been chronicled by the press; and a newapapet called the Hohitika Celt has weekly endeavoured to fostet the feeling that it is the duty of Irishmen everywhere to maintain a spirit of undying hatred towards England by every means in their power. At Charleston, on the tame coast, a mock funeral was got np a month since ; but it was so small every one smiled at the apparent failure when they read the tingle paragraph recording it. fit Hokitika a similar demonstrat.on was to take place on large and grand scale. On the 28th of February meeting was held in the Roman catholic char there, under the chairmanship of the Rev. M`Donogh, the resident priest, at which n,. ! .. pawned resolutions expressive of sympathy and dolence with the fate of the three Manchester Feni.o,-, and favouring a demonstration in honour of thoss The committee have laboured at their work with .w.:. eiasna, and a funeral procession was advertised to be 1. • on Sunday, the Bth of March. Scarves, sashes, and paraphernalia are supplied to all who cannot other,. them, and the Town Council had been requested to r, a special portion of the cemetery for depositing the THE EOl - AL CoMMISSIoN BITUALISdf. The second report of the Royal Commissi,n Ritualism has just been presented to the Queen. Tn.• Commissioners say that although there have been cai.dh•. sticks, with candles, on "the Lord's table" duriu,; period in many catheel rals and collegiate churches:aid chi pe and also in the chapels of some colleges, and of son... I:u.s and episcopal residences, the instances that have 1..1u duced to prove that candles have been lighted as rice to the Holy Communion are few and much tronteit,l. but no sufficient evidence has been adduced to pros.• tot at any time during the last three centuries have light...l candles been used in parish churches, as accessories to the celebration of the Holy Communion, until within v.- last twenty-five years. The use of incense, too, in public services of the church during the present cetizury very recent, and the instances of its introduction raj rare ; and so far as the commissioners have any evi.lenc , before them, it is at variance with the church's tuage 300 years. They are, therefore, of opinion that it i. ,\ • pedient to restrain in the public services of the chuivh variations from established neage in respect of Ii411:,1 candles and of incense. The " speedy and inexpensive remedy " which the co:, missioners suggest should be provided for patiAioter4 aggrieved by the introduction of incense and candles .• follows :—" First, that whensoever it shall be ("us! necessary that order be taken concerning the s.t:n the usage of the church of England and Irele.: as above stated to have prevailed for the lie 300 years, shall be deemed to be the rule of t church in respect of vestments, lights, and incense ; and. secondly, that parishioners may make formal applicAti..L to the bishop ire camcrd, and the bishop, on such np. plication, shall be bound to inquire into the mot,: of the complaint ; and if it shall thereby app,: that there has been a variation from estahlid.,; usage by the introduction of vestments, or incense in the public services of the church, he shall take order forthwith for the discontinuance of such van t• tion, and be enabled to enforce the same summarily... The commissioner, also think that the determinative of the bishop on such application " should be subject to .0.. peal to the archbishop of the province iu rants , ;, who.. decision thereon shall be final ; provided always, tt...t if it should appear to either party that the ...- vision of the bishop or archbishop is open to . i Lesti. , n on any legal ground a case may be stated by the parry dissatisfied, to be certified by the bishop or archbishop fir correct, and then submitted by the said party for the decision of the court of the archbishop without pleading or evidence, with a right of appeal to the Privy Council, atel with power for the court, if the statement of the care should appear to be in any way defective, to refer b.,e. such cue to the bishop or archbishop for amendment.' Precautions are suggested to prevent " frivolous applie tions" from being brought before theßishop. The con. Mount intimate that their intention Lin tuakin; these recommendations is simply to iravide special facility for restraining vat istons from esta• Wished usage, without interfering with the general law of the church as to ornaments or the ordiLary remedies now in force. ••• _ The recommendations of the commissioners with le. sped to the rubrics, orders, and directions containel the Prayer-book will form the sub set of tho next retort. WKATMCFC REPOBT.-(THIS DAY.) SATURDAY. MAT 2, 8 L.M. P. Ultras. .i .-....-1 , bes IL I- W. 100 ~...."-----..1 WIB. 11 W It I. D. j I 1 4•111 , MO .rtimmilmns• ••., •••=, 1 ..s.. .t.m. wm..., ....• Nara .. - . 30.1 , 161 B.W. 6 . &W. be - i kbeedees '311.1 W. 3 B.& W. b -' 1 Win 30.15r, N.W. 6 N.W. bo -- 02 - ardromen 110.16e5 B.&W. 2 W. c - t Oniegadla me NA& 4 W. ro 0. - Valenti& 30.001 b.ll. L 6 &W. oc - 3 Cape Clear 30.111 &W. 3 &W. o -.. Ilacba's Pt.- 30.12 162 8. i 6 W.B.W. or -1 3 latepooL -'30.23r q 8. I 4 &W. eb - 1 Halybead 10.18: 60 8.8. 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Sines yesterday the distribution of atmospherical bas undergone some change ; they are now high end mur uniform than they hare been for the last few day.. The t Madam in premium, noticed yesterday afternoon, has not Owed In the southern districts, es • ght decrease has mew Temperatures are rather high generally, but hare fallen r and ou the t In the north light winds are light end renew, coot are from t south-esst and south cloudy in the north, he but elsewhere is fine and dry The wed. long direction OUTWARDINDIA, CHINA, AND AIINTBALIANM —MALTA, MAY I.—The Delta, from Southampton , 18, arrived at 9 a.m. on the, 29th, and left at noon, Alexandria. INDIA AND CHINA MAILB.—The Syria at 8 a.m. yesterday. She may be looked for at Soul ton about the 9th bid. INDIA, CHINA, AND AIIIITIIA.LIAN M. GALLS, Arm 23.—The Simla, with the above mai* fee Sues today. The Orient, from Hong Kong Ar anived en the 2151. The ultra of the Geelong, Australia (with the mail), has already been reported. OUR PARIS LETTER. THE EXHIBITION OF MODERN ARTISTS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENTNG. The annual exhibition of modern artists opened to-day in the Falai,' de l'lndustrie.Champs ElysCes. A very unnecessary notice posted on the doors states that the oommittee reserves to itself the right of refusing admittance when the rooms are too full. There is nothing like the curiosity to see the exhi bition on the first day which is familiar in Trafal gar-square. The vast space easilyabsorbs the hun dreds of artists who have their entries, and the general public wait for Sunday. There was nothing like a crowd to-day in any one of the rooms. After a hurried inspection, confined principally to the great room—the salon earri-1 think it may be safely said that the Exhibition is a better one than has been seen for several years. The picture which holds the place of honour in the salon d'honneur is a representation not by a Frenchman, but a German, of the review in Paris of June 6, 1857, on the return from which the Emperor of Russia was shot at by Berezowski. The author is M. Ernest Meister, born at Coblentz, a pupil of the Dusseldorf Academy, and of M. Wachsmuth. In the foreground we see the Em peror Napoleon, the Czar, and the King of Prussia, on prancing horses, going to the review. Behind them are striking portraits of the Czarewitch and his brother, the Crown Prince of Prussia, General Fleury, and Marshal Niel. The painter seems to me to have taken more pains with Napoleon 111., who is the central figure, than with the others. The King of Prussia is terribly " sketchy," and many of the other portraits are unfinished. In this salon there are, as usual, a number of pictures which may be called official— battle pieces and portraits of generals, senators, and councillors of state in uniform. One of the largest and certainly not the worst is a representa tion by a German artist, M. Meuzel, of Breslau, of the coronation of the King of Prussia at Konigsberg on Oct. 18, 1861. On walking round this salon one is struck by No. 671, " The Review at Longchamps on Oct. 25, 1867, by Napoleon 111. and the Emperor of Austria, by M. Decaen ;" No. 1,167, "The Empress visiting the Cholera Patients in the Amiens Hospital," by M. Guerie ; No. 1,253, " Tho Battle of Konigsgraetz," by M. Otto Hayden (a Pruiaian); No. 1,989, "The Emperor Napoleon holding the plough at St. Helena, December, 1815," by M. 011ivier Pichat ; a portrait of the Queen of Spain on horseback, accompanied by her husband, and followed by the principal personages of her court ; two pictures of the Chateau of Pierrefords—one of the ruins as they were a few years ago and the other of the present ap pearance of the chateau as restored. No. 363, " General Washington meeting the Duke de . Lam m), on Oct. 18, 1781, and deciding to attack New Gloucester." No. 741, A first-rate picture of hounds in a forest, by a Belgian, K Depratere ; and No. 1,235, a wonderful " Moonlight Scene," at Verona, by a German artist, M. Henning'. I do not shrink from predicting that this canvas will become celebrated. The sky is overcast with fly ing black clouds, threatening immediate rain. The moon itself is not seen, but the glitter of moonlight on the water under a bridge in the background is one of the most skilful and truthful things I ever witnessed. The candle and lamplight' from the houses on the banks of the river, admirably add their contingent to the effect of the night scene. I reserve for the last the gem of the whole exhibition, No. 1,072, M. Gerenne's Jerusalem. This composition is in a totally different style from anything hitherto ex hibited by the great artist. At first sight, looking at the picture, as it should be looked at, from the distance of about ten paces, you are struck with the effects of the landscape—a lurid sun dimly visible through the clouds and mist which hang over Jerusalem. In the foreground are sparse olive trees growing amidst dwarf rounded rocks. Along • serpentine road through the rocks is a proosesion of horse and foot wending its way towards Jerusalem. There are Roman officers and soldiers on horseback, several foot people, and 'some women in various costumes. Some plebeians _._._ . with re• tained in t rejart. Y.) —_- Ws I B. n w i I 1 ...m....--. 7 • i l 0 : .. 7 , ,01 3 — _ 1 ; _ , 4 _ • : _ I - 3 .... 1 1 - - 2 1 .... 2 .... 3 - - .... - 1 - 4 . 1. Tlt4 KUM_ 1 14 heart • J.- -overall wow 0 uK' Pre" ue t t Jiro e g eodtd not ron: worn. n • DO cbotturl em b, r I, M A IL'. 1, AP 6I we , for A. left lthaOr HI, W . ' 1 April S, ~ fro , ed. I . I I P L