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THE WEST INDIES. LATER INTELLIGENCE FROM JAMAICA. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10. The West India and Pacific Company's steamer Hayti has arrived, with dates from Colon to the 9th and Kingston to the 18th ult. A bill for transferring the control of the colony of Jamaica entirely to the home government had been introduced in the House of Assembly, read for the first time, and ordered for second reading. In the House of Assembly, on the 12th Dec., a despatch from Mr. Cardwell to Governor Eyre was read, expressing the concern of her Majesty and the government at the rebellion, de ploring the barbarities and low of life, and recognis_ ing with satisfaction the alacrity with which the authorities, the naval and military officers, the police, the volunteers and the citizens had combined for the preservation of order. The despatch also praises the conduct of the Maroons. The Jamaica papers report several movements of the troops, and the arrest of several men for drilling secretly with firearms. Mr. Levien, the proprietor and editor of the Cots* Union newspaper, who had been arrested upon a charge of high treason, had been released by order of the Chief Justice. All was quiet in Hayti. General Baas had been elected President of St. Domingo. The rebellion at Santa Martha had been sup preened. News from Cartbagena states that the revolution there had been suppressed by the government. The insurrection in Magdalena continued. PROROGATION OF THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. FLOILF.NCE, JAN. 10. A royal decree has been issued to-day proroguing the Italian parliament till the 22nd inst. The decree is preceded by a ministerial report, explaining that this measure has been adopted in ordor that the government may conscientiously examine the important financial and other propo sals of the late ministry, with the object. of deter mining what portions of the said proposals shall be accepted and what portions shall be modified. Upon the reassembling of the Chambers the ministry will immediately bring before them the chief bases of the system by which it proposes to provide for the present state of the finances. THE MILITARY REVOLT IN SPAIN. REPORTED VICTORY OF THE INSURGENTS. MADRID, JAN. 9. A rumour is current here that the insurgents under General Prim have defeated the column commanled by General Concha. It is further stated that Marshal Serrano has gone to the assist- anon of the latter. General 'Labs.la is believed to be at Villarubia, and General Prim at Urda. A state of siege has been proclaimed in Arragon, as a precautionary measure. Considerable utieasioess prevails in Madrid. The official Gaulle announces that in conse quence of hostile deinonatrationn having taken place at Barcelona yesterday, the authorities had ordered the troops to fire upon the crowds. Order had been re-established. MADRID, J►N. 10, EVENING. The latest official despatches received here state that the insurgents are discouraged, and are still marching towards the mountains of Toledo, pursued by Generals Zavala and Bohargue. It is believed that they will endeavour to reach the Portuguese frontier. General Concha is returning to Madrid, and is succeeded by Marshal Serrano. It is announced that order has not again been disturbed at Barcelona, and that tranquillity reigns everywhere. PERPIGNAN, JAli. 10. Advises received here from Barcelona state that a few shots were fired at the crowds which bad assembled in the streets, au.: some persons were killed and wounded. Tranquillity had been re• stored. TRANSYLVANIA. KLA.USENBURG, JAIL 9. A royal reseript bas been issued to-day prorogu ing the Transylvanian Diet, and summoning the Transylvanian deputies to appear at the Diet at Pestb. The question of union between Transylvania and Hungary is left an open question. . HUNGARY. PERTH, JAr. 10. Count Emile Deesewffy, President of the Hun garian Academy, and who, it was anticipated, would have been the Hungarian Minister of Finance, died at Freeburg this morning. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 10. M. Van Praet had aik audience of the Emperor to-day, to notify tha accession of Leopold 11. to the Belgian throne. His Imperial Majesty repeated his profound regret at the death of Leopold 1., and assured M. Van Praet that he sincerely sympathised both with the present King and with Belgium. The Emperor also received in private audience Albert Grant, Esq., managing director of the Credit Foncier and Mobility in England. T be death isannou wed of Sir Astley Poston Cooper, Bert, a deseendant of the celebrated snipes, whose Dams be bore. The deseseed, who was the mooed baronet, was 'dusted at Moe mid Christ's Celle Cambridge. He was the me of the Rev. Samuel Lorick Cower and was barn at Great Yarmouth in 1798. He succeeded his uncle (the lort000) in 1841. radar • Vasil remainder, with yahoo , of execution in default of naU issue. H. is seemeded in the Wooster br hie sea Astley Notes, who was born at the Heath, Hemel liesapeted,in 1826, and who was married in 1855 to the youngest daughter of the late Mr. 6w 1./metes, of Ckoltos Park, Cambridgeshire. He was oppoialed opiate of the 66th Foot in 1848. cjYLulrt • LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1866. .\l.:\vspki)Er. • ' ~' I r ~ l.' SS3.ll.d.Xa STAMPED, ld. ADDITIONAL.] MR. STANSFELD, M.P. [TWOPENCE Christendom had actually been serviceable in promoting the truth. He then dammed Dr. Puny's recent work, dwell. dug on the proofs Dr. Pussy gives of the mariolatry in the Roma. catholic church, and pointing out the insistency of Dr. Pussy's wishing a union with that church through the priesthood —a union which could all lead to the wider diffusion of similar wren. There is (he said) undoubtedly at the present time somewhat of a reaction in the Christian world against creeds and catechisms. Now, I confer I am not one of those who are dig- Posed to depreciate what is called scientific dog. satin theology, In the first plats, it seems to me to be an instinct of the human mind, and I am sure there is no nation in the world in which there appears to be a 'kroner instinct than among the Scotch people ; but I say it is an instinct of the hum: n mind to desire to deduce to • Ingicel sod precise form all the eubjecte of their knowledge. (Opium.) We may depend upon it that as this is an iestioct—an undoubted Instinct in the human mind--so it is as instinct which has • legitimate sphere of operation and my own belief is that it will be impossible under the doctrine which I trust we Mall ever maintain of the freedom of individual opinion for churches wholly todo without creeds and eatechisms and definitions of dogmatic theology. Bat the great thing is we should always remember they should be kept in their proper plats, and it is of immense =podiums that we should remember what they are—that they are purely human abstracts of what we aniceive to be the truth of the gospel ; that they have net the authority which the Bible itself has ; and that too often they are apt to represent a passing aspect of the troth. Now I am going up to-night to join my colleagues, who are to hold a cabinet conned during the next week in London, but I am hapw to my that we shall not consider it any pet et err duty to maintain natty in the church of IL'helet. (Laughter.) lam not sure if we had such a duty we would not "cast oot" lamoog ourselves. (Lengliter.) At all events, I would recommend my right hoeourable friend as our left, the Lord Provost of Glasgow, not to try his jute diction in maintaining unity among the churches of Mrlii in Glasgow. (Reamed laughter.) There are matters entered into in the Confession of Faith, and doctrines are laid down which I apprehend DO man now believes. It is absolutely necessary, therefore, that a certain amount of liberty should be given to the individual conscience ; and fortunately the Confession of Faith itself lays down the principle that "the Lord alone is the Lord of the Gov science "—that no man is to be bound to my doctrine or to any belief which he does not believe to be founded on and to be proveabla by the Word of God. (APPlaust4) Now, ladies and gentlemen. before I lit down I would like to my a word or two on • matter of very great importance - that is, the bearing which our belief in the supremacy of th; Scriptures has upon the many speculations now abased in the Christian world on various questions connected with the Christian faith. There is no doubt whatever that this is a period in many minds of very great alarm. I believe that in the domain of reason we can meet those who doubt by showing that if there are difficulties in belief, there are difficulties infinitely harder in unbelief. (Ap plause.) In reprd to the speenlatious now going on in the Christian world, and which create such alarm in so many minds, let me my this, that they may be clamed readily in two categories. One class is the clam of those who openly and avowedly are attacking Christianity. With them we must deal according to the principles of their own argu ment, so far as we can adopt them, with perfect candour, endeavouring to point out, es I have shown you, that the difficulties of unbelief are greater than those of belief. (Applause.) But there is another great class, and I am not sure that it is not those of which we are weakly somewhat more alarmed than of the other—specu lations as to Christian doctrine, which profess at least to be strictly within the limits of Christi's faith--specula time of men as willing to appeal to Scripture as we are. I think, in regard to them, we should always meet them in the spirit of the most perfect friendliness and perfect can dour. (Applause.) I for one em not ate of those who are prepared to my that any doctrine which bee • new face, and the mere fact of its novelty, con demns it as necessarily untrue. (Applause.) Let as hear what is said by • great divine of the Church of England. the author, perhaps, of one of the greatest works which has ever been written in Christian philosophy, and which, I believe, will not cease for many ages to be the fountain of thoughts leading to the most important consequesces is the development of the Christian Church. Hear what Butler rye in his " lusalogy"--(applanas)—ln regud to Scripture. So far from saying there oan the nothing new, that we have already got out the whole of it, that we have it practically con densed in our formularies and in our creeds—that the mere fact of something new being said ought 10 condemn the doctrines. Butler says this:—" The hindrance, too, of natural and supernatural light and knowledge have been of the same tried; and as it is owned that the whole scheme of Scripture is not yet understood, so if it conic to be understood before the restitution of all thing' and with out miraculous istermaidoes, it must be in the same way as natural knowledge is oome at by the continuance and progress of learning and liberty, and by particular persons attending to, comparing, and pursuing inrimetioes mattered up and down in the Scriptures which are overlOoked or dia. regarded by the generality of the world. For this is the way in which all improvements are made by thoughtful men tracing out obscure hints, as it were, dropped by nature accidentally, or which come into our minds by chance. Nor is it at all incredible that a hook which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths which are yet undiscovered ; for the same pheno mena and the same facilities of investigation from which such great discoveries in natural knowledge have been made in the present sod last age were actually in the possession of mankind several thousand years before." (Applause.) What a noble confidence is expressed in this passage in the fulness of the Scriptures, in its power to march at the head of the progress of mankind lin every legitimate deve lopment of his knowledge and of his thoughts. How much more honour does this do to Scripture than the nervous timidity with which we are so apt to regard the &H airiest departure from the opinions to which we have ourselves been accustomed how much snore honour does it do Scripture It is because, as it appears to me, the operations of this eociety express something of that confidence, appealing to the Scripture without note or comment—without creed or confemion —it is bemuse our operations express some of the confide's°e expressed by Bishop Butler, that I think they deserve the energetic wiport of every enlightened Christian. These operations are • pledge that we ourselves have the confidence expressed by Butler ; they are • pledge, also, that we shall endeavour —and be assured it will be a harder fight than many of us suppose—that we shall endeavour, if we can, not to allow our belief in the inspiration of Scripture to develop into confidence in the inspiration of ourselves. ( ,„L lapplause.) [Th. following appears in the Daily News TO TIM Koren 01 TER DAILY MIMI. you will give me a place in your paper, hitherto unsullied by anything in the shape of Toryism, I shall feel obliged. My motives in writing this cannot be misunderstood, and my signature will show that Ido not wish to sail under false colours. Singularly enough, it so happens that official cir cumstances have procured for me the acquaintance (and I think friendship) of Mr. Stansfeld, the member for Halifax. In politics our opinions are as far asunder as the poles ; but I have been afforded means, as a sub-official, of forming some estimate of his value as an administrator, and I cannot help lamenting that the nation is not likely, from circumstances which have been discussed in the papers, to receive the tenefit of hie talents. It may be said, All this is very well, but how can a Tory justify entrusting with power a man whose political tenets are so democratic? I answer, that he is never likely to be afforded the means of carrying out his views as to the extension of the suffrage; and no one knows better than he does that the nation will not adopt them. I say, therefore, don't lose what is valuable in him, when what is ultra-liberal will be neutralized by the action of circumstances. The manner in which Mr. Stans feld, during his brief tenure of office, mastered subjects quite new to him, and acquired a know ledge of the scope and much of the detail of naval accounts, and the modes of checking and sim plifying expenditure, was marvellous. Added to this, his genial and kind demeanour to those under him was calculated to make their duties, however laborious, a pleasure. I think the manner in which his name has been brought before the public of late is neither fair nor generous. I cannot believe that Englishmen will consent to forego services they require from deference to any foreign power. I don't think the French Emperor deigns to consider the subject now the thing is gone by ; and as for any apprehension of a hostile move ment on the part of the party to which I belong, allow me to remind you that on being defeated ou a bill on which they need not have resigned, and which, having answered its purpose, was laid by, they quitted office like gentlemen, and are far above attempting to resume it by walking over a man of genius. I do not mean to say that there are not many of our party who, from conscientious motives, might deprecate Mr. Stansfeld's return to office ; but those amongst us best able to judge would be glad, as long as the Whigs remain in power, to see the country reap the advantage of his great and acknowledged abilities, well knowing that what they disapprove of in him is very unlikely to work mischief. If the ministry, which reports say is likely, lose the greatest god. send they ever had in the shape of a Secretary to the Admiralty—Lord Clarence Paget—Mr. Steam feld is the best man to succeed him. Objectors say, " Oh, he knows a little about dockyard ac counts, but nothing of naval affairs." All the better ; he brings no prejudices, and will soon be able to compass and master the subject in all its bearings. —I am, &c., AN ULTRA TORY. Jan. 9. THE LUSE OF ARGYLL ON THE UNION OF CHURCHES. The Duke of Argyll presided on Tuesday at the asexual meeting of the National Bible Society of Scotland, in theGleagow City Hall. In the course of • long address, warmly advocating the claims of the society, he touched upon oneor two of the theological questions of the day. Referring to Dr. Newman's statement that the Bible was not intended to teach doctrine, but only to prove it, he said the society would still be useful in circulating the proofs of true doctrine among those who bad to judge. It was useful in promoting Christian union. It appears to me (he mid) that we are very apt to bike it too much for granted that efforts after what are called a united Christendom are efforts which are indicative of en eminently Christian spirit, and aim at an object which is undoubtedly • good object in the interests of Christian truth. I think that entirely de pends upon the understanding which we have of • united Christendom, sod of the hood which is to be the bond of union. (Applause.) There are, undoubtedly, some efforts after a united Christendom which must be good, which must do good to ourselves and to those with whom we have to deal. I do not merely refer to what may be called • charitable spirit. because there may be many simifficatioss of that word. Very often it has been taken to mean the mere giving of alms ; and even when we speak of it in regard to our own feelings with respect to others, I think we are very apt to deceive ourselves as to the real spirit with which we regard our opponent*. I think we are very apt to look with • sort of proud compassion upon those who differ from us—a spirit which lam sure is neither profitable tar ourselves nor tending to produce good in the opinions and in the principles of others. If by charity we mean • sincere endeavour to see what nisy be good and true in the opinions of others —lf it means also that we shall not en deavour to think mare highly of ourselves than we ought to think, then undoubtedly such efforts after union most be good, and meat result in the most bene ficial consequences to the interests of Christian truth. But we must always remember, after all, that the union with one set of men very often means wider separation from another set of men. (Applause I And so excellent example may be found of this in the short account which we have lately had rather by accident than otherwise, of • meeting which appears to have been held in London with regard to a union between the church of England and the great community of the Greek church in the East. (Hear, hear.) There is an account which was published by a foreign nobleman, a distinguished man in Russia. and which got, I believe, by accident—and I supped rather to the confu sion of many of those who were at that meeting—into the public papers. Prince Orloff says that the point which he was meet anxious to dwell upon, and which I have DO doubt that be knew those with whom he was associated were most anxious to dwell upon, was thie—you will observe it was • purely negative conclusion—he advised that works should be published in Ragland, settiog forth the history, doctrine, and preset% position of the Anglican church, with a view to proving that it is sot • protestant bat • catholic church. (Applause.) So that thereat object of this union is, through • closer union with the Greek church, to show au increasing separation between the English church and the other protestant bodies from whom those persons really wish to be more widely separated than they were batmen (Applause.) This, I think, shows that efforts after Christian union must be very strictly examined as to the spirit in which they are conceived, and as to the object which they set before them es' am, before we °occlude that they are either eminently Christian in spirit, or eminently salutary sa to the objects which they have before themselves. Now, as to the objects of Christie° union, viewed in coo neotion, of wares, with our bond of union, which is the exclusive authority of the Holy Soriptures, I cannot help saying that the object which is set be fore many minds at present as • very imp - rtant object is one as to the utility and value of which I have the greatest possible doubt. It is impossible not to see that what many men mean by • united Christendom means • great system of priesthood—one system of priesthood over the whole of Christendom. Union with the Roman catholic church evident)) means that, for it is the fundamental principle upon which that church is fonoded. (Hear.) Now I think that, so far from this Wag • desirable object, it is a real danger to Christian truth, and that if it could be effected tomorrow it ought most earnestly on all accounts to be avoided. (Applause.) It is very difficult to persuade ourselves—but it is • truth—that our °plaices on all matters, and on charity among °them are to • considerable extent—rot exclusively, of course, but are to a considerable extent—the melt of manes and not of reasons, It is very difficult to persuade cionelves of this as regards ourselves, bat we see it as regards other men ; and there can be no doubt of this, that if we look beck upon the be y of human opinion, whether in theology or in other teatime, there has been Nettie periods or ages is which there ware certain defleed tendencies et °plaice. Bow they arose it is sometimes difficult to explain, but theinevitable teedency of each tideless is to run to WNW ; and I hoow no safeguard ageless that except the ladepeedeoce of individual action., and the independence of individual churches. (Appian...) His Grace then expressed his belief that the divisions el MR. GLADSTONE AND REFoltm.—ln the course of last week, the Norwich Political Union presented to Mr. Gladstone copies of resolutions in which confides:los was expressed in the government of Earl Russell. sod a hope that the forthcoming reform bill would extend the fran chise to every industrious and intelligent workbag man. On Tuesday evening, the following reply from Mr. Glad stone was read at an adjourned meeting of the Union " Downing-street, Jan. B.—Sir,--1 am directed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd iost, and to inform you that he is sure that his colleagues will be gratified by the expres sion of confidence by the Norwich Political Uniesi.--r am, sir, von , obedient servant, W. B. Gordon. C. J. Booting, Esq." NATIONAL REFORM lINION.—A meeting of the executive was hold on Tuesday night at Manchester ; Mr. George Wilson. the president, in the chair. After the report of the operations of the union during the past month, along with • statement setting forth the financial condition of the union, had been read and adopted, the agent read a correspondence with members of parliament, secretaries of branch associa tions, and others. The executive then decided to hold a great reform demonatration in the Free-trade Hall, om the 30th inst. ; also, that a numerous and influential deputation from the noion should wait upon Earl Russell early is February next. The agent reported that demands for speakers for local and other meetings were daily being made to the executive, and that al read y twenty-four meetings were being arresged to be held this month. REPEAL OF THE MALT TAX.—On Tuesday evening a meeting to promote the reduction or repeal of the melt tax was held at Balesworth, Suffolk ; Sir E. Gooch. a young gentleman who has just attaioed his majority, in the chair. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., in moving the first resoluticie, recapitulated the principal resists in his repent speech at Ipswich, and moved " That this meeting is of opinion that the continuance of the excise duty upon malt ie a great injustice to the grower of barley, ands wholly at variance with the free.trade policy of the country." Other resolutions were pined. the speakers being Mr. R. Reward, Mr. A. R. Johnstone, Mr. R. L. Everett, Mr. J. Crabtree, Mr. Vincent, and Mr. Garroulii ; sad the chairman, in responding to the vote of thanks far presiding, wound up by declaring that his 'simian would always be ready to promote any good old tory wormiest. (Sight biases sod laughter.) ROYAL Hum Ass Soeizry.—The half-yearly meeting of this society was held yesterday, at the office, Trafalgar.equani ; Mr. J. M. Cave in the chair. Mr. L. Young, the secretary, reed the report , which stated list the tend of general cases which had been brought before the society during the past half-year bad been 297 persons. of whom 282 bad been anoeessfully treated. and 15 were beyond recovery. Of the above annm her, 22 were attempted suicides. The total number of bathers in Hydmpark during the season bad been 314,351, with only 45 casualties, and none of them fatal. There had bees 11 attempted eideides, with three fatal. The hooorary rewards dozing the half-year had been five silver medals, 92 broom intto, 23 thanks oo vegan, 57 thanks on parehmest, sad 74 memodery rewards of ratio= sums. The receipts for the half-veer had id been 1,8341. Bs. ld., and the expesdi• tare 1,5364 7s. 10d. The report was adopted. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE NEWS FROM SPAIN. Mem ova owl co] PARIS, WIDNZSDAT Emma. Our news from Spain—and it is difficult in these calm times to pay attention to news from any other quarter—is again to-day extremely jejune. The official despatches, so manifestly fraudulent that the discerning few now pay little attention to them, jumble up confused statements from widely dif ferent points of the compose, so as to represent the whole revolt as put down on the strength of a mishap sustained at one point. The rebellion has made its mark especially on three points far and wide apart from each other—on the west on the Portuguese frontier, in the neighbourhood of Madrid, and in the east of Spain in the district lying between Toledo, Valencia, and the Andalusian frontier. There is a good reason to believe that in the west the movement is for the present a failure, and that the Avila insur gents were really reduced to fly across the Portu guese frontier and were disarmed. Estramadura, according so the most reliable information, turns a deaf ear to the insurrectional appeal. Madrid is' no doubt tranquil, but se we cannot fail to remem ber it was for several days before O'Donnell, whose rebellion in 1854 began in the provinces, raised the masses in the Puerto del Sol, and after a day of barricades marched triumphantly into Madrid. The unanimous declaration of loyalty of a Chamber of Deputies elected entirely without the participa tion of the " progressista," who abstained in the anticipation of the rising which Prim has now inaugurated, is evidently of no value. In the east, where Prim is, there is no news whatever of the progress made by the three columns which, according to official assurances now some days old, were expected to crush him. Prim is said to have in his suite M. Carlos Rubio, the editor of the Iberia, a journal favourable, as its name imports, to the union of Spain with Portugal. No despatches from Spain, telegraphic or other wise, have reached Paris to-day. This absence of news clearly bodes no good for O'Donnell's go- vernment. There exists, I believe, a school of statisticians ' which maintains that there is no credible evidence I " of any human being having ever attained the age of 100 years. If they are right most wonderful and inexplicable forgeries of registers must have been committed, for the French papers among their New I Yeiir's news publish with names, dates, and full I particulars a list, a quarter of a column long, of 1 centenarians deceased in 1865 alone, many of whom I lived not merely to be 100 but to the ages of 107, 113, and many figures ascending to 120. The Moniteur of this morning contains an imperial de cree conferring the rank of a chevalier of the Legion of Honour upon a priest who is at this moment performing mass ; and the distinction is obviously granted for no other reason r than that the recipient of it is 100 years old. The name of the new member of the coveted French order of chivalry is 011ivier—no relation, as far as I know, of the democratic deputy, now supposed to be a candidate for imperial favour. The Abb4 011ivier was born in 1766, ordained in 1789, and does not pretend to any other claim to distinction — and this is one (whatever the value of it) which very few indeed can boast of—than that of having, in the humblest rank of the clergy, diligently said mass for 77 years without interruption. The Bourse, after fluctuations of no great im portance, closed with some firmness. Rents rose lc. for cash and 10c. for account ; and Mobilier, 2fr. 50c. Italian was 10c. higher. The news from Spain has little influence on the market. The money article of the Presse says the Bourse is "rather sympathetic tLan hostile towards the movement." PRIVATE LETTER FROM JAMAICA. The following is an extract of a private letter from Jamaica :—" 1 have made some extensive excursions over the island, and my health is much better. I shall thoroughly do the island before I leave, for I much prefer it to Cuba. The only thing that has marred my' pleasure is the bloody tragedy that has been acted here, and the hate !and ruin it has produced. I have visited Morant B.y and other sites of the ghastly scenes that have been enacted here. I was taken to the ruined oottage of a poor black woman wham husband was flogged and hung in mistake. The poor woman narrowly escaped the same fate. Some rascal informed against them as disloyal and, owing to the funk of the government and the promptness of the military, the man was flogged and strung up. She was suckling a woollpheaded piccaninny, while her other small ebonies were chasing an old turkey cock, the only one out of • large flock that escaped the vigilance of the military foragers. This poor woman's fate is a mournful one, but it is no worse than that of • great mazy. She and her has. band were industrious and thriving before these wretched disturbances. I have visited two of the estates of Gordon. His brain, I should think, was affected with political ex. citement, and he outfit to have had a straight jacket rather than a halter. The hatred of the whites towards him is something unaccountable. I beard an influential man rejoice over hi death, and because no Exeter Hall howling. would bring him to life again. His wife, I believe, would h►ve shared his fate only she happened to be white. I see by the English papers you sent me that you are making a great fuss about Jamaica. There is a talk here of resistance to any illegal interference of the home government. What if we should have a Bun ker's-bill, if the Maroons should defeat the British troops, if the planters should issue a declaration of independence, re-enslave Qasahse, Jumbo, and Samba, and Jamaica be come • republic with a corner stone of slavery' But seriously I think the wisest thing for the home government to do is to quietly give Eyre a berth where not much jedg. meat is required, and blab as little as possible about the proceedings here, for there have been atrocious blunder. Logo." THE LATEST CASE OF BRIGANDAGE IN THE PAPAL STATER—The Rev. °mills J. Chester writes : "I earnestly hope you will insert the following statement of en act of brigandage recently perpetrated in the Papal Stites. Three weeks ego, on my way to Rome. my English Bible, Italian New Testament (Diadem), Dr. Wordaworth's Theophibui Angliceons. Bishop Andrewas's Preces Privates, and other standard English books, with portions of the Prayer book in Italian, and seven of my owe sermons, in all twee:trona books, were seized by the authorities: at Civita Vecchia and taken from me. while three times • &scientism of my religions opinions was rudely demanded before • mixed crowd of travellers. porters, and car-driven. See how the ease stands. A Christian bishop, taking advantage of his being also a king, sends forty miles into another bishop's diocese to rob • stranger of the Word of God. I was distinctly assured that the Bible and Tests, ment were prohibiti.' Nor can it be alleged that the act was one of en ignorant or over-zealous subordinate. I went three times to the Archivist Ssgreto della Polizia in Rome, and oo the last occasion was told that the affair was beyond their jurisdiction, as my poverty was is the holy Mike of the Inquisition. Upon this oar consul, Mr. Severn, applied personally to the Governor of Rome. Restitution of the stole° goods was at MOO promised, bat the pommies was broken. Mr. Severn thee made • street written demand, which, however, met with no auscesk and I was obliged to leave Rome without my wroporty. This is the state of things which is protected by Freieh bayosiells, and in support of whisk their hardly earned pines ere wrung from the poor peasantry of Commie mart, and begging hoses are fixed in almost every atm** tithe Rama soriumudos. sad was is the hotels at Rome." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. DISTRESS IN THE COLONY. The Diamond Company's Cape mail steamship Albany, Captain Edington, from Table Bay, Dec. 9; St. Helena, Dec. 17 ; and Madeira, Jan. 4, arrived at Falmouth on Tuesday night. She brought a mail consisting of eleven sacks,which was landed and forwarded yesterday morning, 25 pas sengers, and the following cargo :-1,644 bales of wool, 352 bags of sugar, 42 cases of arrowroot, 8 cases of ostrich feathers, 276 elephants' tusks, 80 rhinoceros' horns, 158 bundles of bides, 3 bales of sheep skins, 6 bales of goat skins, 2 bales of angora hair 2 1 bale cotton, and various packages of sundries. At the Cape there was no decided change to re port on the general character of commercial opera tions throughout the colony, but the aspect of matters on the whole was more There was every reason to conclude that the effects of the commercial crisis, from which the Eastern province more particularly bad suf fered so severely, were gradually poising away, and that very shortly matters would assume a generally prosperous aspect, and business be car ried on at once in a prudent and profitable way. Large quantities of wool had been sent to market, and there teemed to be a disposition amongst growers to devote more taro to its preparation, so as to improve its quality and enhance its value. The continued drought had, however, exercised a prejudicial, and often destructive, influence upon the flocks, so as is some cases to sweep away a con siderable portion of the farmers' profits for the year. Whole districts in some parts of the colony were described as being literally perched up, and deprived both of grass and water. But there were some districts which had not suffered in this way, and it was hoped that the drought would speedily come to an end. The distress amongst the labouring classes continued at both ends of the colony. Accounts received. from the interior represent the amount of destitution and distress existing there es being alarming. Many men who were commonly supposed to be in a far better position than working men were said to be suffering severely from privation. The Bishop of Cape Town, on a recent return from a visitation tour, had stated that ostensible proprietors of 6,000 or 7,000 acres of land were actually suffering from want of the common necessaries of life. Very praiseworthy exertions had been made, both by the muncipality of Cape Town and by public subscriptions, to alleviate the distress, but these efforts had been found unequal to meet such a great emergency, and a memorial had been presented to the governor requesting him to proceed with some of the public works. His excellency admitted the existing distress, and even expressed his opinion that it would increase, but stated that, although parliament bad authorised the works, it had not provided the funds for that purpose, and he de clined to borrow money without a parliamentary sanction or a public guarantee. He said either a special session oflparliament must be convened, which he considered it expedient to avoid if possible, or the men of affluence in Cape Town should guaran teelthe payment of a certain amount, say 10,0001., which the government would then borrow, and at once set about some public work for the relief of the unemployed. The deputation that waited upon his excellency agreed that the latter course would be the better, and a committee had since been employed in obtaining the names of guarantors. His excellency said there would be no real risk, as parliament would be sure to grant a vote to relieve the guarantors from their responsibility. The return of Bishop Coleus° to his diocese had excited a great sensation in Natal. The metropo litan Bishop Gray had, however, so far given no public indication of any intention on his own part to stir further in the matter. It was therefore thought quite possible that his lordship would not dispute Bishop Colenso's right to remain Bishop of Natal. The war between the Orange Free State and the Basutos was still going on in a desultory manner. A feeling was gaining ground that the result would be far less favourable to the Free State than was anticipated. Recruiting had been attempted in the colony on behalf of the Free State, and Sir P. Wodehouse had intimated to the president of the state that if such a course was continued the transport of gunpowder through the colony for the state would be prohibited. The Union Company's steamship Dane had been lost near Cape Recife about a week before the Albany sailed. The Dane's captain, Waldek, had had his certificate suspended for his conduct in the affair. The other officers had been acquitted by the court of inquiry. The Dane's passengers and crew were all saved, and her mails were subse quently also rescued. The governor's project of removing the Tamboo kiss beyond the Kei had not turned out satisfacto rily. The Tambookies disliked the scheme, and had objected to being moved. NEws ritom JAMAICA.—In consequence of the recent heavy weather the homeward bound steamers from the West Ladies to Liverpool and Southamptm have been considerably detained. The Grenadier), with dates from Colon to the 7th, put into Holyhead on Tuesday night, for coal. The Hayti, with date, from Kingston to the 9th December, arrived in the Mersey last night. The next outward bound steamer from Liverpool is the Vene zuela°, which sails for the West Indies on Sunday morning. PRIVILEGES OF MILITARY OFFICERS IN FRANCE. —M. Omer, a well-known actor in the theatres of the boulevard, publishes a letter addressed by him to the Minister of Justice, showing the difficulties he hoe had to encounter in obtaining reparation, either by a public apology or by a judicial decision, for • personal mama committed on him by a military officer. On the 22nd of November, while standing under the vestibule of the Gymesse Theatre, he was struck violently in the face by a persou quite unknown to him, and to whom he bad given no provocation whatever. The aggressor was arrested by the bystanders, and proved to be Captain Ballot, an officer of the staff. M. Omer first endeavoured to ob tain military justice, but in reply to an application to the marshal commanding the division in which Paris is comprised, was informed that the complaint was not within the competency of the army tribunals, and must be prosecuted before the civil authority. M. Omer then applied to the Tribunal of Correctional Police, but with a I like result ; the Procereuvimpririal declared that tbe court of police was incompetent , and refused to grant the sum , mons demanded. The victim of the outrage, finding repa ration denied him on all sides, has now addressed the Minister of Jostice directly, and in his letter to that fuse. Weary asks whether, to obtain a fitting satisfaction, his only alternative is to commit a punishable offence or a dis booonrsble action—the former by fighting a duel, the latter by accepting a compensation in money.—tia/ignan". WF.ST INDIA Bisnors. —A colonist writer : " There are paid from the Consolidated Fund the salaries of I four West India bishops, as well as • portion of the stipends of the assistant curates in the diocese of Barba ; does, 10t. each—which is drawn quarterly on the Pay master•GeneraL There are at prevent five bishops (two noe lresident) for the British Wert Indies, viz., the Bishops of Jamaica, Kingston, Barbados', Antigua, and British Guiana. Bishop Coleridge did the duty of the last three, and was not evertesked in days when there wag Ino steam communication between the islands. Con. sideriog the limited population of the West Indies, and that the vast majority of the people are diameters, the number of bishops is out of all proportion to , the clergy . Some of the colonies are almost ex. 1 elusively ROM= catholic, snob se St Lucia, Dominica, asd Trinidad; in others again the Wesleyan , and Moravian , are in the ascendant. Barbados. alone is the stronghold of the church of England, end even in that island them is a strong body ce disseeters, 'melodies Mora lvisas, Wesley's" and Roman catholic*. The pay of the Auntie:at:clergy from the tame of the colonies is an annual souroe of irritation is thresfourths of the islands, and the beartborninp are continued by the incessant applications • for grant* from the Treasury for repairs of church buildings, rectory, Re., sad which are =silly squandered in gross • jobs. Most of the clergy am connected with the public officers, and of later years some of the rectors are nominated members of couecil and nominated to the commission of the pesos. Both these are modern inuovatioes to which the Secretary of State's Wen** ought to be at ones directed. so as to muse their removal, as elide molder pceition Soon the utter ruin of social concord, and is greatly dotal menial to the peace end prosperity of sash rettleeneet." 61. Ir. ' 10