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

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IT has seldom been our lot to read a more candid composition than the memorial of the new Oxford Martyrs to the Archbishop of Csxrzusuitv, urzing his CRACE, as " the chief guardian in Parliament "of the religious interests of the realm," to resist the " threatened legislation "which proposes to thro w open the University to the nation. This address is a cry of anguish and alarm worthy of an age of faith and persecution. . . The good men who sign it are sincerely to be pitied for having fallen upon an age of acomenve dating beliefs and comprehensive principles, in which their accents of woe and lamentation tickle the ears of a dilettante public like a Misercre at the Opera. That chorus of Trappists, who look so solemn under the stage moonlight as they dig their graves to the accompaniment of the eioloirelti, makes us all feel very penitential, but the honest fellows who are harrowing a sentimental public are sot.a bit distressed. They have sung the dirge a hundred times before, and keep time and tune with admirable cue. The appeal of these " forty " two and other" members of Convocation is a tolerably well got up piece of orthodox lamentation, and we must confess we have found it pleasant madiiig. It is so simple in its artfulness, so artful as its simplicity. As the last confession of the re actionary clerical party it deserves, indeed, the most respectful attention. It has the true ecolesitustical savour in every line and is garnished with all the dogmatic fallacies of the theological schools. To begin with, it identifies the Archbishop of CsrirtnialtY shoo lutely and exclusively with the religious interests of this realm ; the religious interests of thin realm with a single church established by law in one part of the realm (or rather with one sect or party in that church); and the exclusion of all but members of this one church from the government and fellowships of the University with the maintenance " of the Christian character of our system of edh " cation." These, it should seem, are pretty large assumptions. But large assumptions are essential to a document conceived in the true ecclesiastical spirit, and so are judicious reticences. The Me morialists abstain troll' arguing before his OR ser " the right of Churchmen to the endowments of " the Colleges ;" that is, their exclusive right. They hold it, nevertheless, and are care ful to note that it was " NI!) re..lagnietal in the Oxford University Act of 1854. By "I,llly " recognised" they mean. not disputed for the per poses of the Act or, not dealt with. An argn mead on behalf of the rights of " Church " men" to the endowments of the Colleges might, perhaps, if pushed to its logic& conclusio n s, result in handing the greater part th them lock to the "churchmen" of that I , Biler 11/11VItlin 00111111UniOn to which their founders belonged, or in doing what " certain propeals in Parliament in " volving organic changes" now propose to du— he terpreting the wills of Founders in the spirit e! the present age, and treating the University us a nat . 1 institution. The Memorialists glad!y take credit to themselves for that legislation of lfifie, whilst they stoutly resisted at the period of its enactment with complacency, if not with pride, the effect of that legislation in throwing open the University of Oxford to all Non-conformists withont distinction, and opening to them the degree of E.A. The admission of Non-conforming studeuts to the colhges was left to the discretion of the several societies, and the government of the University and the tenure of the Fellowships was secured by the declaration of assent to the Thirty-sine Articles, and by the operation of the Act of Uniformity "to persons conforming to the United " Church of England and Ireland, while the ad " vantages of an Oxford education were placed " within roach of all." The Bill before Parliameht, which the Memorialists cannot contemplate with out dismay, proposes to allow the Colleges to elect nun,-conforming graduates to filowehips tutorship', and to make them members of Convocation. And this is what, ace , eding to nine Heads of Houses, tire ecclesiastical and five secular professors. and some sixty other tietho rities of more or less obscure distinction. will cote " pletely destroying the existing connexion of the " University and the Colleges with the Church." It will lead, they confidently predict, to the eerie blishmont of a purely secular system of education in Oxford. Although the University will retain its cousiderable church preferment ; although the liturgy of the Established Church will be per formed twice in the college chapel daily ; although the Head of the Established Church will retain the right of appointment to the Professorships of Pas toral Theology, of Divinity, of Hebrew, of Eccle siastical History ; although the Colleges will con time to exercise their discretion in the choice of fellows—the Memorialists have so weak a faith in the hold of the ihtional chhrch upon the University that, by way of emphasising their fears, they resort to the : i:e old fallacy of the Vatican, and treat the e :elusive teach ing of the "national church," " teligioas eahha h tion," "the very bans of a Chrthil:-n edncati "Christian faith and Christian in.ha's," as conver tible terms. How they will lass_' :a Rome at this identification of Christianity hn establish ment to which the founders of re. fh 1 University did not belong, and which, if :hey were now living, those founders would reehhi 38 beyond the pale of the Church And if they laugh at Home, bow will our Nonconformist friends nearer home enjoy the appeal to the Archbishop (,f eA Eit•ErRY is • • - - bohilf of "the Christian parentt4 of our English " youth throughout the land, wl•Rtover be their " religious profession !" Yeq, it is on bela.lf of the great body of Christians in this country who do not belong [to theriaticnal *arch that Archbishop of Csarsr.scur is entessitoiLbY rep-asentatives of Convocatit nto oppose the rel of non-conforming graduates from the illisabilities which at present shut them out from Convocation =3 from :college fellowships. Naming can ND clearer to the non-conforming mind than that " this is not a question between the Church " and Dissent." Graduates who do not hap pen to belong to the National Church will be very much obliged for this assurance. Another exquisitely ecclesiastical characteristic of this memorial is the facility with which its authors shut their eyes to notorious facts. They look for ward with horror to "unity of faith" and worship being inevitably destroyed inthe University and the colleges—that unity of faith which contains so many varieties, from Dr. PrACY to Dean BOYD. Some names conspicuous in the list of Memorialists make this talk of unity of faith sufficiently remarkable ; but what diversity in unity do not some names conspicuously absent from the list by the side of Dr. BURET, Dr. SCOTT, DT. MANsEL, Dr. Jets, Professor WALL, and the Rev. Enwnv Patsies suggest ! The3e terrified peti- . tioners, who show a lively sense of humour and of the fitness of things, by appealing to the safest and mildest of all possible Prelates to rescue the souls of " this hitherto Christian nation " from "a bitter conflict on first principles," or " a lax and careless indifferentism," are de lightfully unconscious of the widely varying intel lectual results of the Oxford ecclesiastical reaction of five-and-twenty years ago, of the " conflicts on " first principles" which it has created in a few earnest minds, of the " indifferentism," to say the least, in the majority of that troubled generation. They . may console themselves with the reflection that the French Encyclopedists were the pupils of Jesuit seminaries. But while they find it easy to forget that " the principles of " Christian education which have been handed " down to them through so many centuries, and if " once destroyed it will be impossible to re " store,"iwere destroyed some three centuries ago, when they separated themselves from that unity of faith which they are now pretending to maintain, and followed the fortunes of the Church of the State, they will discover a greater difficulty in combining " truly liberal and compre " hensive principles" in the present day, with the exclusion of half the nation front the government and fellowships of a national university. A DITFUSZ laxity is too often the characteristic of British charity. The benevolent public are appealed to by they do not know whom, and send their contributions they scarcely know where directly a cry of distress is heard. The money once sent, the donor neither hears nor cares to bear the details of its distribution, but is comfort ably satisfied with the knowledge that he hes given to the poor. A regular system of adver tising has sprung up to meet this weakness, and the concoction of advertisements to the charitable has become an organised and pro fitable trade. We are farkfrom denying that much good is wrought and real help given by voluntary almoners, but it is impossible to deny that even the best of these are placed in circumstances of considerable temptation, and that the love of proselytising, of awarding premiums to seeming piety, and of depriving a poor neighbour hood of self-respect are dangers against which it is necessary for them to guard. Many clergymen at the east end of London complain bitterly of the disadvantage they labour under, not so much from the poverty of their districts, as from the indiscreet efforts which have been made to relieve it, and protest that the wholesale alms giving of late years has done less goof than harm. It is now proposed to establish a voluntary audit board, which shall undertake to examine charity accounts gratuitously, as well as to settle all charity disputes. It is more than hinted that much of the money remitted to advertising almoners—and the clergy are not exempted from the implied charge—is expended in a widely dif ferent way to that intended by its senders. Aug mented stipends ; houses which are subsequently let, their proprietors preferring to live else where; and personal fees and perquisites are I freely spoken of as the result of appealing boldly on behalf of the poor. Amounts are rarely kept, and a really formal statement of disbursement and receipt is in many cases un known. It is thought that with a voluntary audit board this unsatisfactory condition of affairs would be remedied, and that the really deserving charities would court investigation. Tue American press in one sense reminds us of Mr. Hartz's representative scheme. It supplies every party, however violent, with an organ, and every opinion, however abnormal, with a voice. It is as varied as the face of the country, or the character of the people. Thus an English writer, who desires to play upon the blankness of information which, according to Mr. BRIGHI, distinguishes the English mind on American affairs, or to prop up a pet theory of his own in an international controversy, can easily find in American journalism the particular illustration he wants. Every popular delusion could be aided in a similar way. " Hurrotfcrs," this morning, publishes with pride, and just a little pomposity, au extract from the Nero York World, which is useful to him in a certain dispute. He even professes to set so much store upon it as to remark :—" It would be a little odd if any "one in this country should think it expedient to " insist upon claims which the Americans them " selves see the propriety of abandoning. It is " surely unnecessary that we should persist in being " mace American than the Americans." The New York World becomes in this way the mouth piece of the United States. To describe the paper I which Hiwroxicrs" affects so kindly would hardly be an agreeable task. Setting aside the objections that to no American journal could the sig nificance be attached which our vacillating public instructor gives to the World, and that its place I in this argument is rendered specially dubious by its long advocacy of Southern interests and Southern civilisation, perhaps an appreciation of its general merits may be assisted by comparing it with something else—with one of its contempo traries, called by " Hunrcoucra" " the Rowdy " Journal." The New York Herald is known in ! this country by more than its name. Now the Nor York Wool,/ is th e Fie,„,ki i n its early days, when manners were " freer" and New York was leas influenced by European ideas. It is as Mr. TRAIN (its English representative, by the bye) to Mr. SEWAR n. "HI iTORITI:s" is not to be congratulated upon his last autlo ray. He is even better alone. DEr.thITRE or ORINADIZE GC —Thu morning a biattalroa of Ormurlier left the Welling ton Barracks, Birdasiemalk. en route far Delain, where um are to re li eve the Ooldstmems, who haft been for seam months past stationed there. OUR CONTEMPOI , - GM lmr Mri e ni PSZt e enlidik alum of tEI Reborn abo lishing pounding in parliamentary wide-epread distress the full 'named of the reduced rate, sad tamale who formerly paid by weekly instalments in the rent hays hese stirmassed to pay the rate in • lump sum in advance. In Shoreditch 15,000 summonses have been issued ; is Hackney 6,0(0. The complaint of the poor people is that they are asked to pay both the furl rate and the com pounded rate, for in most mess landlords refuse to reduce the rent which they asked when they themselves com pounded for the ram, and which therefore included them. All this has been ceased to meet Mr. Disraeli's con venience as • party leader, and to supply him with facilities for what be calls educating, and what vrthers all hoodwinking, biz followers—the phrase "the principle of persona rating " being that which be employed for the purpose. In actual fact, a voter can pay bin rates now, precisely as before, through his land lord ; but it must be t►e full, not the reduced rate. The abolition of compounding Mr. Disraeli confuses with the abolition of indirect payment. The confusion has served his purpose ; and it is now bringing about results which he never contemplated. It is promoting distress, discontent, and tumult in London and throughout the country. Mr. Disraeli will do well to yield gracefully, to be beforehand with agitation and violence, and to concede, as if volun tarily, what he cannot withhold and has not even a pre text for ref uaing. AN KIPLDMON TO THIRST. The Times gives some account of an expedition which has been made beyond the Himalayas to Tbibet. The exclusive people of that region allow no Englishmen to go there, and a couple of natives In India were conse quently trained to be surveyors, and sent across the mountains with ecientifio instruments ingeniously con cealed. One of them only euceeeded in getting into Thibet. He, however, did contrive to carry out his in structions, and in the coon of eighteen months of travel went all over the great road and all along the great river, got to Lama itself, took tea with the Grand Llama, and returned to Bengal with his " observations" in excellent order. Fin► cities, broad bikes, prodigious mo nasteries with populations of priests equal to parliamen tary boroughs, immense caravansaries as large as joint stook hotels—these are some of the prominent features of the picture. For the net, a " great number of meridian altitudes," a route survey of 1,200 miles, and " determi nation of the heights of 33 points," represent the purely scientific fruits of the expedition—results which appear, in a general way, to agree satisfactorily with what we knew before. The Times sees in the story fresh reason for praising the sagacity of oar Viceroy in declining to send British envoys to countries like these. THE BANKBOPICT BILLE OP THE LOVEENMENT. The great scheme, observes the Post, of redistributing the jurisdiction of all our courts, proposed by Lord Cairns, involves changes too great to be carried out in the pre sent session. The Poet would hove the bankruptcy administration dealt with, and a short measure abolishing imprisonment for debt, and enacting that the after acquired property of a bankrupt should be liable for an tecedent debts, upon the application of creditors, at the discretion of the court, for the period of elk years ; that all misdemeanours should be sent for trial to the criminal courts ; that all conveyances and assignments of property made within three months of adjudication should be ab solutely void ; that all ascents under trust deeds should be verified by affidavit and registered in court ; and that all debts under trust deeds should be proved as in bank ruptcy. ME. HARE'S SCHEME OF REN3TSIBUTION. The Telegraph describes the above scheme as one for the delocaliestion of constituencies, rather than for giving presentatives to minorities. The objections to it are grave. Three thousand tortes could conspire and return the fiercest fanatic they could find. Thom thousand whip could conspire and return the personage who, aocord ing to Dr. Johnson, was the first whiz. Three thou sand radicals could conspire and elect their wildest man. Proposed in London, a rich and inferior candidate, he might collect support from tho whole kingdom, and no place in particular would be associated with his ill fame, or be responsible for sending him to parliament. A unani mous constituency of three thousand would return him, in defiance of the whole county. Mr. Hare's constituencies, moreover, would be scattered, and bribery would be easy with them. The plan, in short, would tend to facilitate the election of disreputable moneyed men, to help bribery, and to diminish the responsibility of our representatives. It might have incidental advantages, but the evils are far more apparent. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHCIT'F.E. The Star is particularly disgusted with the appointment to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer. Of what use, it asks, are the experience, the wisdom, the foresight, the authority of its esteemed public men, if the most irnpor tent offices are to be handed over to the keeping of obscure mediocrities, who are as incapable of shaping out a new beneficial policy as they are of understanding the old? To save them selves from ignominious exposure they might hare been content to adopt the taxes which their predecessors had laid on ; but, unfortunately, they hare embarked on a foolish war, and they must provide supplies in aid of the expedition. Moreover, with a Chancellor of the Exche quer possessing no more authority than the youngest clerk in the Treasury, every department will in crease its demands upon the Exchequer, in order th►t hungry followers may have their mouths filled with the good things of official patronage. Perhaps Mr. Diemen has taken the correct measure of the present House of Commons. He may see that he has only to cajole and flatter, to be permitted to do what seemeth good in his own eyes. A few days will disclose whether be ham judged rightly, or whether he him presumed too far upon the indulgence which he received last session wheu changing front in presence of the enemy, and teaching his Ward Hunts and others to follow his dexterous strategy. the Court. OSBORNE, MAACK 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Leopold walked out. The Quota walked and rode this morning, accompanied by Princes Louise, Panama Beatrice, and Prince Leopold. The Prime of Wales, ►ttended by Colonel Kingeotte and Captain Elia, hunted with her Majesty's atechounda yesterday. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Countess of Norton. Captain Elia has succeeded Lientenant-Colonel Rep* as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. Prince and Princess Christian honoured the Earl and Countess Vane with their company at dinner lam ei ening. Primmer Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein left Frogmen on Saturday en route far Germany. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-atreet. The Ministers present were the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Mahnesbury, the Right Hon. Gathorue Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Palcington, Sir S. Northoote, the einmosllor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the Earl of Mayo. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial dice from the Governors of New Zeeland. the West India Islam* and from the settlements on the West Coast ol Africa. Despatches were sent to the Governor-Gemaral of Canada and to the Governor of Malta, CAIUNIT COUNCIL. — Sollllllonbee have been issued far a Cabinet Council this afternoon at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Dowsing street. Ms' Royal Highness the Prince of Wass, aimenspealed by his suite, honoured the New Surrey Theatre with his meanie last evening. dales, —.nod ►y ►is gentleman in vatting, by a detachment of the Royal Homo Guards, arrived at the Pathos from Marlborough House, and was received by the great officers of state of the Queen's household. His royal highness, who was accompanied by several members of the royal family, entered the throne room, being sounded by the Earl of Tankerville, Lord Steward ; the Earl of Bradford, Lord Cham berlain ; the Duke of Beaufort, Master of the Horse ; Colonel the Bight Hon. Percy Herbert, Treasurer of the Queen's Household; Viscount Royston, Comptroller of the Queen's Household ; Lord Claud Hamilton, Vim- Chamberlain ; General Sir William Eponym, 'C.C.S., Comp. troller and Treasurer of the Prince of Wales's Household, am. The diplomatio circle war attended by the Austrian, Tarkish, Russian, Prussian, and French Ambassadors, with their Councillors, Secretaries, I and attachés ; by the Ministers of Belgium, Italy, Den ; mark, Spain, Sweden and Norway, the Hanes Towns, &c. ; by the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires, the Secretary of the Brazilian Legation, and by many other distinguished re presentatives. The presentations were very numerous, and occupied much time. It is announced that the Prince of Wales- will hold a second levee on be half of ber Majesty on Tuesday, March 17 (St. Patrick's. day), which being a collar day, the knights of the various orders must appear in their collars. Hart MAJZSTY'S Corrirrs.—The Court which was to have been held personally by her Majesty this after noon fur the reception of the Corps Diplomatique, has bees postponed until Friday next. The approaching drawing rooms on Thursday, March 12, Wednesday, April 1, and Tuesday, May 12, are looked to with pest interest by the aristocracy, inasmuch as it has been an nounced that the Queen will be present at each drawing room as long as her Majesty's strength will permit, one of the princesses representing her Majesty during the re mainder of the time. The Duke and Duchess of Roiburghe have re turned to the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland will enter tain adistinguished party at dinner this evening at Stafford Home, St. James's. The Duke of Rutland will entertain a numerous and distinguished party at Belvoir Castle at the end of the month for the Croxton Park moon The Marquis and Marchioness of flutings are entertaining a large number of visitors at the hall. Donnington Park, including the Duke and Ducheu of New castle, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Coventry, Viscount Petersham, Viscount and Viscountess Manham, Admiral Yelvertoe and Miss Yelverton, Colonel Probri, Captain Hawkestay, Mr. Story, Miss Story, Lockington Hall ; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Paget, Soften Bennington ; Mr. Wilkinson, &c. Among the debutantes of the present season will he Lady Mary Cecil, daughter of the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury; Lady Aleniza Duff, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Fife ; and Miss Van de Weyer, daughter of M. and Madame Van de Weyer. The mortal remains of the late venerable and learned Lord Wensleydale were interred on Saturday in Ampthill Church, Bedfordshire. The funeral was strictly private. The chief mourners who attended were Sir Mat thew White Ridley, Bart., M.P., the Hon. Charles W. G. Howard, 31. P., and his son, Mr. George Howard, the sons-in•law and grandsons of the lamented deceased, and Mr. W. Lowther. Mr. Disraeli has issued a circular to his supporters in the Rouse of Commons, requesting them to meet him at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downingatreet, on Thursday next. THE Nsw CHANCELLOR OF THE ERCHEQUER AND HIB CoNsTITIMITR-11T. G. Ward Runt, the new Chan cellor of the Exchequer, has issued the following address to the electors of the northern division of the county of Northampton:—" Gentlemen„—Her Majesty having bees graciously pleased to confer upon me the office of Chancel lor of the Exchequer, my neat in parliament is now recent, and I ones snore seek re-election at your hands. Trusting that I retain as a minister of the crown the confidence which you have reposed in me ae an Independent repre sentative, I am your obliged and faithful servant, G. WARD A decision of the Congregation of the Index at Rome modems the following works :—" Lesions on Italian Literature," by Bettembrini (Naples) "La France eons Louis XV.."byJobez (Paris); "Histoire de France depuis lea temps les plus ancient jusqu' I nos jour.," Bordier and Charton (Paris) ; "De la separation du spirituel et du temporel," Miron (Paris) ; " Two Theme for the (Ecumeni cal Council," Dr. Meyer (Bamberg) ; " Theological Objec tion to the Scholastic Philosophic Doctrine on Man," Spuerlin (Bamberg). _ _ . _ The Italia of Naples relates the following terrible act of brigandage :—" &Union° continues his raids. The return of spring seems to have re-animated his audacity and ferocity. On the afternoon of the 18th he entered, with his band, the commune of Gioia, and pillaged the house of Angelo Trojan, carrying away with them the proprietor and one of his friends, Pasquale nimblelo. On reaching a neighbouring wood the brigands stabbed the unfortunate Trojano with no fewer than thirty poniard thrusts, while one of the band at the same time time cleaved open his head, breast, end back with an hatchet." LEAVING Linn PRISON. A fresh batch of rebel prisoners bad arrived at City Point on the i:lth of March, for which an equivalent number of union pri soners was to be sent back, including a certain number of officers. Next day the prison was all excitement, many expecting to he among the chosen ones. I, feeling rather indisposed that meaning, had just refused an invitation of General Seams= to a pm* of chess, when the inspec tor of the prison came up to read the list of the officers declared peroled. I listened to the reading of the names with a sort of involuntary sluggish restlessness, and when it oame to the captains and I heard my name, I felt completely overpowered. We had hardly two minutes to prepare for our departure ; and weak as I was, my agita tion gave me strength enough to help General Neal Dow to carry down his trunk. We were some thirty-four officers thus released and carried down the James on board the until Confederate steamer Schnitz ; some 400 en listed men followed us in another vessel. It was already dark when we reached City Point, where the United States steamer New York, laden with rebel prisoners, lay anchored. They hailed the Confederate flag with a lusty yell ; ours were too much prostrated to utter a sound at the right of the Stars and Stripes. After a brief conver sation between the two agents of exchange. Judge Geld and Major Mulford, the prisoners changed places. To us the change was actually bewildming, as we entered the saloon of the United States steamer, elegantly lighted. and with the bug table nee* covered. We jumped about like so many idiots. asking "la it tens f Ls it really so?" The heed waiter annesseed that he bad outo coffee and bread and ham to give es. This "only" elicited • broad shoat of -merriment. Fee a few of us a special treat was in reserve. We were invited to spend the evening la the company of the commander of the ship, Caoib Chisholm, and his wife. I shall not try to de limit= hew we felt in this itable small family circle that night, and with what feelings we is ai down to rest.— , /Prater's Mooorine for March: LIMY TalEnna. —The descriptive powers, again, of women are very great ; and here I am not speaking of descriptions of scenery or places , of mountains, - lakea, and doz in g' el f old towns in Rhine-la , M with quaint houses and e churches in every rdeet. I speak rather of 'mounters:l and expetiemose pawed throagh in the coarse of an ordinary day. A lady who ha. this gift of the *sang eye will describe • moroiog spent in making or an afternoon's visit to her bac ker's, and will ve observed enough queer things during her progress to make good table-Wk at the close of the day. She has noted the elderly spinster—member of a predatory tribe whose numbers are something alarming—making her rounds among the sugar-plums and preserved fruits at Menem Fortnum and. Mason's, and dipping into the different reee systematically. She watched the agonies of • amlahing party choosing carpet' at Shoot bred's, having no mottled opinions of their own, and depend =trim an tie judgment of the young elan who the " goods." She has observed the bridegroom of tender years being victimised by his wife and mother : is-law at Marshall and linelgrove's, and kept in good humour by perpetual appeals to his " excellent taste," ; both on the part of the ladies themselves and also of the young person who does the trying-on. All this else will tell of with • keen perception of point, narrating finally bow abs paid a visit to her banker'', how she had an inter view with " the house," and bow " the boom," in seeing her Is her carriage, pointed out a lady in the outer aim. ra g money for • cheque, and whispered, " Beautiful eva ,—x a d ame of whom =sae meant Ydeosription probably fellows.—CornAill for Man& with M. de Moustier and coming, as he does, fresh from St. Petersburg, and from personal conferences with the Eniperor of Russia, it is consolatory to find that lie has assured the French Minister of Foreign Affairs of the pacific intentions of Ruasia. According to news received from Vienna Herr von Beust seems to be quite assured of the friendly disposition of Prussia. Prussia, we are told, has been completely satisfied by the explanations of the Austrian government with respect to the Hanoverian legion, and the ex-King is not to cause any further anxiety to Prussia by political manifestations near Vienna. As a symptom of the pacific disposition which actuates Russia the suppression of the Muscovite, a'vehement Panslavist journal, which was con stantly urging the government to make war upon the " infidel," may be noted. The Austrian con suls in Turkey also report that there is a great change in the demeanour of the Russian agents in Bulgaria and other parts of the Turkish Empire. Their object seems to be now to calm the effervescence which they are said to have encouraged. Tha Liberti, however, indicates, in rather mysterious language, that the return of Prince Napoleon from Berlin may be followed by a more vigorous foreign policy on the part of France, and a change of ministry which is not at all anticipated. POLAND. A Warsaw letter, in the Journal de Posen, says : _ . . . _ The Catholic ecclesiastics in thePolishprovinces of Russia have been divided into three categories, and are furnished with par-books of different oolours, blue, red, and the same with a black border. Three of the first class are bound to present themselves before the chief of the dia. trict every fortnight, and of the second before the mayor of the commune twice a week. The clergy of the first two categories may travel without restriction from one place to another, provided that they carry their pass-books with them ; those of the third clan, however, cannot leave their homes even to administer the sacrament to dying persons without leave. During the great solemni ties in the churches, two gendarmes are charged with the surveilbuthe of the ectelecriastics, and are even ordered to remain present during the repasts, and report to the superior authority the °coronation that may take place. (azeria's Tnacaugs.) TURKEY. CONSTANTMOPLE, MARCH 2. Ituchid Puha, the Minister of War, resigned yesterday, and is replaced by Namyk Pacha, Governor of Bagdad. Omer Puha will act ad interim until the arrival of the new Minister. Another important change is expected in the Cabinet. EXPLOSION OF AN ENGLISH MERCHANTMAN. ANTWERP, MARCH 3. The English schooner Mary Ann, Captain Manhall,laden with naphtha andpetroleum, caught Sre here this morning in consequence of an explo sion on board. The ship was entirely destroyed. The captain and crew perished. OUR PARIS LETTER. (raom OUR OWN coasaerompawr.) PARIS, Wawa Errant°. The A renir National has an article exhorting the opposition to vote against the Press Bill alto gether. The upshot of it is, according to the writer, M. F. Morin, that henceforth newspapers may be born a littls,essier than before, but they will be in much greater danger of death, and that by a " melancholy miracle of ingenuity." The new law of 1868 has been made worse than that of 1852. 1 rather think the opposition will vote the bill, notwithstanding all its shortcomings ; nevertheless, M. Picard said a few words the other day which show that the question is under consideration. The Patnie, which took the lead in the alarming campaign about Russian designs in Bulgaria, and excited great alarm at the Bourse last week, is now instructed to speak in an optimist tone about everything. It looks on the announced reduction of the Austrian army as a symptom of peace ; echoes a denial from Italy that any new Garibaldian movements are going on ; thinks the effervescence in Spain quite over ; denies the statement of the Gazette de France that the loan is to be for more than the 440 millions originally stated ; says the Indipendanee Belge issued a false report when it said a note had been sent to Russia and Prussia on the Eastern question ; and moreover declares it to be untrue that Prince Charles of Roumania has written a letter to the Emperor Napoleon. In consequence of the death of the Princess de la Cisterns, sister of the Marquis de Mouatier, the soirees at the ministry of foreign affairs are sus pended for some time. The death of M. Eughne Pastri, a partner in the great eommercial house of Marseilles, Pastre and Co., is announced. The Bourse opened with very great firmness, but the highest prices of the day were not maintained. Rente, after rising to 69fr. 40c., closed at 69fr. 35c. for cash, and 69fr.30c. for account, with a rise of 10c. and 17tc. Italian fell 32ec. Credit Foncier and Mobilier fell Mr. each. The enlistment of Prinoe Iturbide, adopted son of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, in the Pope's regi ment of dragoons, is thus commented on by the Italian journal Secoio :—" This young man, gifted with a rich in baritones from his father, has come to serve the Holy flee from pure formality, and to be ready, with the other de throned royal pretenders, for the day when the grand cam paign of universal reaction will be opened." - The recent Carnival at Rome is the worst upon record, the plan adopted by Rowena and foreigners, liberals and PapsHai, being unanimously that of total abstinence, from the customary carriage promenades in the Corso, which bee coosequently palmated • most dreary According to the Naval Register of the United Stator for 1868, there are in the Mated States navy 1 admiral, 1 ripe-admiral, 9 recrAdininde, 20 commodores, 49 captains, 90 commanders, 136 lieutenant-commanders, 44 lieutemaats, 29 masters, 52 ensigns, 157 midshipmen 130 surgeons, 144 paymasters, 297 eagineers, 28 chaplain. sad professors of mathematics, 140 warrant °Seers, and 11 sisal constructors. The pay of an admiral in dollars is 10,000 a year, of • vice-admiral 7,000, of • rear-admiral, 5,000; of a commodore, 4,000; of a cap tain, 3,500; of • commander, 2,800; of ■ lieutenant commander, 2,343; of a lieutenant, 1,875; of a master, 1,500 ; of an ensign, 1,200 ; of • midshipman, 800 ; of • mate, 720 ; of • fleet-surgeon, paymaster, and engineer, 3,300 each ; of a naval constructor, 3,2t0; of • chaplain, 1,071; of a professor of mathematical, 1,800 ; of • warrant officer, 1,450 ; and of a seaman, 240. The fleet is divided into the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, &asepsis, North Pacific, South Pacific, Asiatic, and special service egnadra•s. The fleet list numbers 232 ships, carrying 1,906 pas. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3 1868 • Imp° RAInEs . LIVIDL—(THIS DAY.) t' • NEWS, o} . .1! .t • H. the Prince of • :1 : DAY.) • bit da the Quin, • >r co of kV* 3UIIIIII'S Polon, sad sou ! at in the =Ana IdShasss • • • • • 'L SIGNS. like -Am • P • •"""" ) " ' • t , which can be more satisfactory, to , lishir .. l th e Or tinte cf rlbmepart;:b."l"4•lo,eunted•ifort'l"by a the iwi am tu ml•••;• i appearenee, than the relations between the Area fa b°l° : ll :, h m " b m has elspesd ism Ile last levee we had. The FA... "wws Continent. Th. Ruasilia Minute Wass, stbradad by his gentlemen to waiting, and eaoceted to Paris, Baron Bndberg, has had an interrim DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MUI:bFR TWO POLICEHEN.—(THIS D.l. Y.) This ,morning an unprovoked and desperate attempt was mode to murder two policemen io Fun bury. The inhabitants of that neighbourhood wen startled at about 3 o'clock this morning by the rapid din charge of fire-arms, and in a short time great commoticc prevailed. - The facts appeared to be these. At about 2.45 a m. man named Thomas O'Heson was brought to sh e L I. Wigs-wells polioastation in the custody of Polite ro t . stable 2160, Porten, Maley, and Police-sergeant Allingham, 15 G, charged with discharging • Lad -.1 re. vetoer at John Harvey Hills, of Charles-street, e a square, and Police constable Maley, 216 G, with intent to kill and murder them, at Whitt:row street, St. Luke's. It transpired that the run Hills formerly a police-constable of the C division , and ac cor d, ing to his statement it appeared that he first saw the psi, sumer with three other men ►t the corner of Chisa'll. street, Finsburyoquare, and passed them going down Ctis well-street towards his home, and when he had got as for as the corner of Wbitecromestreet he heard the rep of pistol, and immediately a shot passed the side of his fse.. Two other shots were fired in rapid succession at him, kg neither of them took effect. The prisoner, who was about 15 yards behind walked away down to Whitecruss-street. Policecoostal. Maley, having heard the report, ran up to the sit.t at d seized hold of the prisoner. He struggled ile=y t . racily with bin), and the Prosecutor came t 4 to the constable's assistance. In the struggle it, prisoner put his right hand over his left shoulder soil fired two more shots. There were several persona pes i i i4 , the time. The whole of the chambers of the re, o l, e , were discharged, and the prisoner by this time prop c l, secured. It was only by " dodging " ►bout that the coc. stable and the man Hills escaped with their lives. The constable prevented the fifth shot from taking effect h l knocking the prisoner's hand up into the air —the Abu passed over the msn's shoulder. By this time Police-sc.:tin 1513 came up to the prisoner, and he wu,with the aid device passers-by who had witnessed the occurrence, taken to tit police station. The revolver was thrown away by prisoner and was picked up by one of the a itoesser ml given to the sergeant. - Hills says he has never seen the prisoner before in ha life, and cannot account for this extraordinary attempt t, shoot him. His face, as well u the constable d wu blackened withthe powder. On the way to the station the prisoner said to Maley, know you, you —, and I can do ten yearq tor you any time. When plead before Mr. Inepector Bryant, and to t4r °harp against hint, the prisoner said his name was Timms O'Reeon, and he was a shoemaker. He refused to ~I, e any address. The revolver is one of an ordinary character, and withal: any maker's name. Upon examination it was found tba one of the shots had grazed a doorpost, but Lippi!y La more serious result occurred. The prisoner will to-day be brought before the relax magistrate at Clerkenwell charged with the attempt+ a murder, and doubtless remanded. FINAL COMMITTAL OF THE FENI.!N PRISONERS. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) At the unusually early hour of $ o'clock tint morning the prisoners Timothy and William Wound. Nicholas English, James O' Nei l John O'Keefe, Mir , ,k: Barrett, and AnneJustioe, were brought up on ret“.*! on the charge of murder of the persons killed by tit Fenian explosion at ClerkcnwelL As it was not generally known that any departure fun: the ordinary ...aurae was intended, it may well be imagined that at so early an hour there was no attendance in the street of expectant spectators to witness the arrival of van. But its appearance in the street, with its escort of mounted and armed police, more than hour btfon the usual time, attracted considerable attention, ad within a few minutes a large crowd bad aasembled in the street. There wee, however, no excitement, and but comparatively lukewarm interest in the event itself, but rather that sort of curiosity which is soproverbially tire of crowding in the streets of London. The mob, mu tat. wanted to know why the van had arrived so early. lan gaining no information on that point did taut troahh themselves to make any pressing inquiry. They waur! till the van had driven away again, and then dispenel as rapidly as they had assembled. In the meantime and while the van was waiting at the entrance of the court, the prisoners had been placed at she bar before Sir Thomas Henry, who had specially atku.:ol for the purpose. It will be remembered that the last remand was purely formal, the prisoners having been verbally and aul..tas• tially committed on this day week. The object of scull./ them back to Millbank on a warrant of remand, instm,i to Newgate on a warrant of committal, was simply to obviate the inconvenience which would have resulted fron their being committed to the Central Criminal Court whet the grand jury was on the point of being discharged. thus carrying the matter over till the following session. The prisoners were placed at the bar at d precisely, :rod fully committed to Newgate to take their trial at the Central Criminal Court. The two Desmonds and English observed that they hal no means of paying the expenses of their defence. Sir Thomas Henry referred them to the sheriffs. They were then removed from the court and taken loci to the van to be conveyed to Newgate. The whole transection only occupied five minutes, the Vail with in escort leaving Bow-street, at 5 minutes past 8 o'clock. WlLl'Hlit RIPOBT.-(THIS DAY.) TCIIBDAT, YAWS 8, 8 LX. 111.94 ,41 B.W. 130.010'41 &SAC w. 30.03r 1 47 W. 10.07 W 30.33701 W.&W. SSW W.B.W. Wier W. osatar W. 30.17 W.N.W. SO 4 W. 30. W.N.W. 10.4 N. St 48 W.N.W. 30.401 W. 10. W. 30.Nirw.&w. 30. w. 110.080:j b.W. 30.01 N.N.W. 39. n it 57w. 30.34 481 W.N.W. 41 N. 01 10.47 N. W. 10.611 15 N.E. If.! =stew. Ito ,••••• • ••••.mm.. ' ;I 11 10 DI 1. i D. I I°' - I 3 W. a 0- I 1 , 1 N. r 001 •?. 1 W. or - 2 . N.W. r 0.1 , Zi 6i N. W. m 0 :11 - 2 6 W.N.W. (4:2 001 • 1 4 7 N.W. ni 6 6 N.W. r —. 3 PS I 4 W.S.W. or 00. , 6'6 ! W. ' n . 01 - 4 6 N.W. cro v. 03 3 ro ; 2 N.W. uu ▪ 6 N.W ro ' 6 4 N.N.W. ro .011 I • 6 W.N.W. cif 0.0 - a 4' ,N.W. •rt 0 3 1 2 ! N.W. tocu 3 1 2 , N.W. or 6 7 N.W. ;c 1 — = : c. 3 I 4 &E. . great Miaiater • 117;7774 Abordosa caw ..ll Arkom4-1 almmximUs.l Cain almo 14mWftPC.11 t4=1.71 Plymouth .. Weymouth_ ?cill!inwatik London firmoatb 1 kartannigts %Isles Rudman& Parts Strasbourg Lyons Heart's Con parameter corseted sad redwood to 22 deg. at sea level ISt Ward r ( 11111 1 t), I (tailing), (steody). indicate threalo d modes's( the within Ira lt boon. Thermometer emceed in shade. litrente force, with its direction durtar last 24 hours. Z.—eats. Weather: sky; e.— clouds ,detacho.l . L— hag h.—hall; L—lightn(ng ; m.—misty (hary) o.—mensal (dull); c— .now: t .— thunder . gala-tall, snow us NM ;melted), during last 24 home. Bea diaturbaDes. REM ARKS. Barometrical pressures were reported yesterday afterti-).-n onour coasts. This Increase has continued on our et ze th a V W east coasts till this morning. hut in the wed of Inhat a decrease Is showing Itself. Pressures are still genets* be' with eormiderable differences between places in the none and south . that between Nairn and &oehefort la =retina baits+ , inch. Temperature has risen In the north and west. and is limb st all stations. Winds yesterday were generally - north wectal). hash in the west and south-west of these Wands, but hare slinc hacked to the south-west on the western and southern masts Ireland, and are generally of moderate force. Much log dd oa our southern and western coasts. Rain if on= ld the east coast of Scotland, and weather Is general!) overcast. EMIGRATION FROM LlVERPOOL.—Thegovernm eut emigration °facials at Liverpool yesterday completed tiro , usual monthly return of the em igration from the Merger.. During the month there sailed to the United States ia ships under the act 3,920 pamengera, of whom 1,88 0 ooz' English, 137 Scotch, 955 Irish, and 948 foreigners. To South Annette, via., Rio Janeiro, there was one ship. its Florence Chapman, with 360 passengers , of whom 7.3 wart English, four Scotch, 258 Irish , and three foreigners. This , Tavel is the first which has sailed from the Mersey wit h the pioneers who intead founding • new colony in Sall Of ships not under the act there sailed to the Unitol States 434 paasisacers, two to Victoria, with 29 lama' gars ; four to South America, with 108 passengers ; our , to the West Indies, with six ars ; one to Africa, with 23 passengers ; and awe to ' w ith three pd. sengese—making a total of 21 ships and 603 pewsereem The total emigration for the month under and loot uoder the art ie 4863, which is an increase of 1,399 over la st month and 172 Over the oorreeponding airiod of last year. THII FIVER AT TIRLING. There are sign's which again give hope that the fever which has saw witted such ravages in this village, and which up to the pre sen t time has produced 38 deaths, is at length aba t. Since our last report there have been two more oases one of • girl aged twelve yam* acid the other that of Sarah Rime h ou semaid in ths family of Lord Rayleigh at Teeing P lace, both asses d &Sided torphaid ; bat weir:lw to add that this wok ma mace eo Usn e hue There bssi asaa bat the other patients are I ,o * raft .—Asser iicrahr. U .- [ a::