The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE -1 1 1311LIO JOURNALS. The Times remarks that theeTHouse of Lords was the centre of attraction on Mondiay evening. Everything testified to a general feeling that a memorable passage of history was about to be transacted, though throughout it all there was a comfortable assurance, which few perhaps could specifically justify, but onwhich the vast majority confidently relied, that all danger of serious agitation had passed away. There is, indeed, ground for confidence that a successful result of the present) crisis cannot be endan gered even by the resentment provoked by Mr. Blight's individual "infatuation," and that the Irish Church Bill will be accepted by an adequate majority, and become law within the ordinary limits of the session. Lord Granville, at the end of his speech, put a test ques tion to those who oppose the bill, which was evaded by every one who followed him. Whether we are Papist or Protestant, he said, we acknowledge the authority of the injunction to "do unto others as we would that others should do unto us ;" and - how would the people of Eng land speak and act if Ireland had three hundred years ago obtained the upper band here, and diverted the endow ments of the English Church to the support of Roman Catholicism in spite of the resistance and alienation of the English people? The Tinics be lieves that whoever will faithfully consider this •luestion must end in confessing the justice of the Minis terial measure. There is no escape from this conclusion, except in declaring, with the Duke of Rutland, that the ruling power in the State has a right to choose between the truth and falsehood of particular creeds, and to enforce one of them upon the people under it. The Duke has the right to say this was the principle professed by Mr. Gladstone a generation back ; but, as Lord Macaulay pointed out then, and as Lord Romilly observed on Monday night, it is the spring of all the religious persecutions that have ever been undertaken. The modesty of modern opinion, if not a better respect for the sacred rights of conscience, has led all statesmen to repudiate the prin ciple ; and the Irish Church Bill, with its message of equality and justice, is a declaration of peace, precisely because it says that England abandons the pretension to appropriate the religious endowments of the island in violation of the wishes of seven-eights of its inhabitants. The Post declares that the Lords opened the debate on a footing which ought to satisfy even the most democratic, and which must gain for them the respect of all. Those who fancy that an hereditary legislator must, almost of necessity, be unfit to make laws, or to express a sound opinion on questions of great political interest, would do well to read the report of the debate. They will find there names that are historical ; but they will also find that the holders of those names can prove them selves on a great emergency not unworthy of their ancestors. A s stanch Protestants, the sympathies of the Peers may ben ith the members of the Anglican Church in Ireland ; but, as legislators, their sympathies ought to be with all their fellow-subjects, irrespective of their religious tenets. The Earl of Harrowby by implication urged the rejection of the bill when he reminded the House of the necessity of imposing a check on democracy. It is certainly quite true that the veto entrusted to the President of the United States, and the control granted to the Senate, are in some respects more effec tual than the similar powers conferred by the English Constitution on the Sovereign and on the House of Peers. But we have always been of opinion that the theoretically absolute power which the Peers have of rejecting any bill sent up to them, when exercised in a temperate and judicious manner, as it always has been exercised, furnishes a far more effectual check on hasty and inconsiderate legislation than the peculiar system under which vetoes may be pronounced and overridden in the United States. There is no danger of democracy sweeping everything before it in this country so long as the Lords exercise their undoubted privileges in a con stitutional manner. The Standard says that the selection of Lord Hairowby for the duty of moving that the bill be read a second time that day three months indicates the spirit in which the resistance of the Opposition is conducted. The question is not one of party—that is, it is not one in which the Con servatives seek nor see any possibility of advantage to themselves through the performance of their duty to tho public,. They resist not as Conservatives, but as Churchmen ; not as politicians, but as peers of Eng land, the natural defenders of proprietary rights and of the traditional policy of the country ; and in such a resistance they have appropriately selected as their stan- dard-bearer one whose devotion to the Church is ardent while his connection with party is almost null. Their • action, indeed, will be that of an order, rather than of a party. They are asserting their privileges as a House of Parliament ; they are fulfilling their admitted functions as, by interest, character, and tradition, the protectors of property against legislative invasion; and in the per formance of this duty it is probable that the sym pathies though not the votes of Liberal peers go along with the majority of their brethren. Of this high tnd honourable spirit Lord Harrowby is a fitting • -representative, as his speech is a strong and fer vent expression of that earnest religious feeling which in the minds of all Churchmen and most Protes tants distinguishes this question from all others, as one on which much is to be ventured which would elsewhere be avoided, and much refused which might elsewhere be conceded. It is this feeling which has brought to bear upon the Peers so powerful and unusual a pressure ; which has decided them to take a determined and perhaps a perilous course ; and which, we trust, will secure them in that course such an amount of public support as may overcome the peril and vindicate the policy of their resolve. The Herald regards the great Conservative demonstra tion at Manchester as astupendous fact. Never, it believes, in the lifetime of the present generation has there been a public meeting on such a scale. This meeting in Man chester was equal to any hundred of those Hyde Park demonstrations in London which have been considered so imposing that some of them have determined the course of Imperial legislation. Conservatives and Liberals, true-beazted people of England, apart from any sudden feeling of prejudice or fanaticism, have found a common ground of union in the support of that common Protestantism which is bound up with all the thoughts and aspirations of a free people, and which is outraged at the proposal to hand over a sister country to the government of the priests of the Roman Church. Divest the question of all rhetoric—put it in plain language—either the Queen or the Pope is to be supreme in Ireland. That is the way in which the common sense of Lancashire views it. That is the light in which it is regarded by the honest and plain dealing people of England. One word more. The Time.. 4 and other organs in the press, which have cast in their lot with Mr. Gladstone and his reckless policy, have been throifing out vague hints of late of the possibility of physical coercion being called into play in behalf of the supporters of the bill, when other methods of persuasion shall have proved abortive. What would they say if their own argument were retorted upon themselves? As far as the Herald can judge of the present temper of the country there seems about ten men hostile to the bill to one who is in favour of it. The Daily News observes that we have actually at last some Conservative demonstrations, though it is hard to say what they demonstrate. It is too late now to make a show of numbers : we counted heads just seven months ago, and chewed the bulk of the nation on one side, and only classes and sections on the other. But having done all they could at the right time and failed, perhaps the defenders of the Irish Church think to eucceed by d o i ng something at the wrong time. Their opportunity was in November, when they put out all their strength in a real fight, and were thoroughly beaten they can hardly take much by making a chew of strength in a sham fight in June. The whole machinery of Conservatism was in full blast lost summer. The " Conservative reaction " was trumpeted from a thou sand platforms. " The pulpit, drum ecclesiastic," was beaten in ten thousand parishes, and the utmost pressure of landlord influence was urged to press recruits into the ranks ; there were even some victories in preliminary skirmishes ; but the great battle ended in a rout. What can be the use of a parade in presence of the enemy on a lost field, unless to demonstrate the overwhelming strength of the victorous force ? The Telcgrpplt thinks if we "gaze into the future far as • human eye can see," it is not beyond the range of imagina tion to conceive that somewhere deep in the coming centuries a paradoxical writer may arise who will assert, and will endeavour to prove, that the Protestant portrait of Mr. Gladstone is not quite correct, and that the Premier of 1869 was not as black as he was painted. We know of course , that there is s omethin g absurdl y , . audacious in such a prophesy just now, with pious vitupera tion still ringing in our ears. Mr. Gladstone, we know, is a traitor. lle is a Judas Iscariot. He is worse than Judas, for he has not yet committed E tiicide in bleu of repentance. lie is a Jesuit. lie is the sworn servant of the Pepe. He is the mere tool of Mr. Bright, lle is bent on the ruin Of England. He would posi tively force - the (neon into perjury. He has sworn to destroy Fretestantism. All this, and more, of course nobody can deny. It was reserved, however, for Lord Claud Hamilton to bring forth the most tremendous imputation of all. He said, that on being asked some question about Trinity College, publin, Mr. Gladstone delivered his reply " with that grim and horrible counte nance of his, and that sinister expression which over shadowed his countenance whenever he alluded to any of the Protestant institutions of the country." This is truly fearful. As to the closing words of the sentence, they realise in life a desire of Sydney Smith's. The reverend wit went, with Moore, to see Lawrence's portrait of the Irish poet ; and he asked, " Could you not manage to throw into the face a stronger expression of hostilityto the Church Establishment?" Mr. Gladstone apparently calls up in his countenance t k shat which the peue r ti of LoareiKe iik44d 0 Pgtor t , • - IMPERIAL PARLI.A. ''.'l ENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EVENING The Loin CHANCELLOR took his coat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The attendance in their lordships' house was very full, the galleries on either side of the houso were occupied by ladies, the space in front of the throne, and the gallery appropriated to strangers was also fully occupied. The attendance of Peers was extraordinarily large, and alto gether the appearance of the house gave unmistakable in dications that a great party battle was about to take place. TEE IRISH GIIMICEI BILL. A great number of petitions having been presented against the bill, and the paragrdph iu her Majesty's Speech relating to the Irish Church having been read, Earl GRANVILLE rose to move the second reading Of the bill. He said he was fully alive to tt e importance of the task ti at. had devolved upon Lim, and lie had to ask their lordships' forbearance, because in rer'orming his duty he should be able to add nothing tow to that which had already been said. He believed that the Irish Chu! ch as it now existed was a great anomaly, aid as it had never fulfilled the position it was intended to hole, the time had now arrived when it became disendow , d and disestablished. It had been sad that the county hal been desirous that Mr. Gladstone should have an or portunity of putting in form his views with respect to the Irish Church, but treat it had expressed no opinion on the subject, but he could not agree that such had been the case. On the contrary, it appeared to him that the country had expressed its opinion iu the strongest possible manner, and that that opinion was decidedly iu favour of the measure which had passed the house of Commons by such very larce majorities. (Hear, hear.) And that bill be had now the honour to submit to their lordships. Her Majesty's Government hoped that one great source of the discontent and uneasiness that had existed, more or eFs, for many years in Ireland would be removed. The noble earl then proceeded to explain the efiect which the passing of the bill . would have in Ireland, also the provisions that had been made for the care of the churches and schoolrooms that then existed in Ireland, and also the purposes to which the surplus revenue of the Church would be devoted. The noble earl then referred to the state of the Church of Scot land, a t.d said the condition of that con: - try was stroll; evi dence in favourof the bill, and he concluded by .spressing hope that their lordships would not hastily reject a bill, the object of which was to give peace and prosperity to Ireland. Such a rejection could only produce the utmost uneasiness, and leave the question in such a state of un certainty that would result in a continuance of that state of things which it was the great object of her Majesty's Government to ameliorate and improve. The Earl of HARROW BY moved that the bill be read a second time that dry three months. He opposed the measure on the ground that it was revolutionary, against the Coronation Oath, against the Act of Unirn, and that there were no sufficient circumstances to justify its intro- euction The Earl of CLAMINDON was quite unable to reci procate the gloomy views with which the last speaker re garded the probable effect of passing this bill. Similar forebodings were expressed when the questions under dis cussion were the repeal of the Test and Corporation Act, the Reform Bill of 1832, and Free Trade. What had been the result? He believed the feeling of the country had been fully tested on the subject. It had been freely dis cussed for the last year and ahalf, and indeed was so tho roughly exhausted and understood that it was difficult t& say anything new upon it. The Duke of RUTLAND opposed the bill. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE strongly ob jected to many of the details of the bill, and warned their lordships that they would find themselves in the end sacri ficing the substance for the shadow. Lord ROAIILY considered it absurd to suppose that the disestablishinent of the Iri,ll Church would destroy the Protestant religion in Ireland. All it did was to deprive the Crown of the right of appointing bishops, to declare that there should be no specific endowments, and to do away with the Ecclesiastical Courts. But in what way was that to destroy religion ? Why should not a man hold exactly the same views after that was done as he did before? Why should it interfere with the doctrine and discipline of the Church ? He pointed out that in Scot land such a state of things had not been introduced, and it had edt been found antagonistic in the slightest degree w:th the progress of religion. He warned the hous , , against resisting the national will, and reminded them that the severest blow they had received was when they rejected the old Reform Bill, and were finally compelled to pass it. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY could not agree either with those who urged them to accept the measure with alteration, or those who advised them at once to cast it aside without alteration. He was therefore glad to hear the hope held out that any amendment made by their lord ships would be seriously considered by the Chivernment and the other house. The Eatl of CARNARVON strongly advised the se cond reading, and tLen they could amend the bill in com mittee. 'f tie Bishop of DERRY opposed the Ell in an animat, d address. On the moti'n cf Lord LYTTON the debate was a'- journed, and the other busiu, s 7: baying been dispaied of their lord,hips riparitted. HOUSE OF COM NIONS.—I.Ayr EVENING The SPEAKER took cbair at four o'clock. THE WORKS AT EXMOUTH. DOCKS. Mr. LEFEVRE said the attention of the Board of Trade bad been called by persons at Exeter to the pro ceedings of the dock authorities at Exmouth, and the board thought the sullcct was one that ought to be arranged between the two bodies, with a view to their mutual accommodation. The Board of Trade would be glad to afford all the assistance in its power to arrive at a satisfactory arrangement. TUE CASE OF THE SEAMAN JONES. Mr. OTWAY said the attention of the Foreign Office hal been called to the sentence of twenty-three months' imprisonment by the Spanish authorities at Barcelona for steal•'ng a piece of sail cloth. As the sentence appeared very severe, representations to that effect had been made to the Spanish authorities, and an answer to those representa tions had been received, to the effect that the matter had been referred to the Supreme Tribunal of Marine. THE CASE OF MARY LOWELL. Mr. OTWAY, in reply to Sir John Hay, said the whole of the matters in dispute between this country and Spain with respect to the seizure of the Mary Lowell had been referred to the law officers of the Crown, and until they had given their opinion he could not lay any of the cor respondence on the table. TFIE STATUE OF SIR B. PEEL. Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Mr. Grenville, said the st,tue of Sir R. Peel was now in a Government store waiting the decision of the committn charg.-td with its re erection. Two other statues, v'z., those of Brunel and Stephenson, were also in stor , . until a proper site could be fixed upan for their erection. The Thames Embankment appeared at present to be the most appropriate place for the statues and nut Parliament-square, on either side of Canning, as had been proposed. The latter place was most inappro priate, the more so as Canning's statue was lift. high, Brunel's was 81t., and Stephenson's Oft. (Laughter.) The pedestal outside the railings at Palace-yard was for a cast of the statue of Lord Palmerston, permission to erect which at that particular spot had been given some time ago. DIRECT COMMISSION EXAMINAIONS. Mr. VI VIAN, in reply to Mr. Stacpoole, said ho could not sgy when the next direct conamssion examination would take place. CREMOBNE GARDENS. Mr. BRUCE said it was in the power of the authorities t, • extend the hours licensed places of amusement nt'•,:ht remain open. Four extensions of time ha been given t ) Cremorne-gardei , s, atm on nenner ocon , rou uaQ be rtce:ved the sligliteA instruction that the Ellbit'et bad occasioned any annoyarce. He believed the procee , lings on each of those four occ.tsions hail been conduced with the best order and decorum. (Hear, hear.) If, however, representations were made to him that any nuisanco was caused by such an ext,usion of the privilege it would his duty to have the circumstances inquired into. MR. MURPHY'S LECTURE Mr. BRUCE said there was no truth in the rumour that a fine of £lOO would be imposed upon any person letting a room to Mr. Murphy, the lecturer. The Endowed Schocla (recommitted) bill was again discussed in committee, at., d, although it occupied Leal ly the whole of the evening, there was no substantial mendment made calling for notice. Mr. NOEL meved the issue of a new writ for Dublin, in the room of Sir Arthur Guinness, whose election had been declared" void. Sir G. GREY, 'as an amendment, moved to bring in a bill disfranchising the freemen of the city of Dublin. An animated discussion ensued, and ultimately on a division it was derided that the writ should not issue by 215 to 169. The remainiug business was speedily dispcsed of, and the house adjourned. NEWMARKET SPEING MErmos, 1870.--Easter Day, .1870, falling on April 17, the Craven Meeting will, in the usual course, commence on Monday, April 18, and tho First Spring Meeting cn Monday, May 2. • The sale of the ei.tire stud of the Duke of New Castle. at Clamber, is fixed for Friday next. Included in the cata -I,ote are twelve yearlings, eiglitrep brood mares and furls, ten horses in training, and the stallions, Exchequer, Julit:F. and Pace. • The connection between Mr It. _Porter and Mr Graham's stable has been severed, owing to a split in the cabinet." Mr Porter bad since Mr Stephenson's.death boon Bcancier and market manager for Mr Graham. We understand that the Duke of S t. Alban's colours will shortly be seen prominently on the turf again, and that the two year old Baron (half-brother to the Earl), purchased for 1,500 guineas at the Duke of Ilamilton's sale, was bought for his grace. Mr. Chaplin's Brothdr to Chattanooga (3 yrs) has been named Antietam, in which name he ran at Moot last week. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1869. 111ISC.ELLANEOUS NEWS. far as their original plans are concerned!, and zap : former is chosen for al, ther building alto - Tether. Of this Mr. Barry writes again to complain. He de clares that the Government, in order to procure designs, promised one thing; having obtained them, they have done another. He states that much of the correspondence between him and the Government has been omitted in the published returns, and appeals to Mr. Bentinck to see him righted.. , THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. The cable which is to be laid between France and I America is off ; and whether the Attorney-General of the United States will allow it to be landed or not, the attempt to join the two countries together will be made. The Great Eastern left Sheerness on Saturday morning with her heavy freight to carry part—one end of the great rope—across the Atlantic, and to lay the rope itself in the sea. The steamer is said to have behaved admirably so far. Nobody can help hoping that her work will be done without accident. for the payment of the debt, as on the time arriv ing (the Ist July, 1862) when the Seeretary WE'S to make the purchases, all his efforts were directed towards obtaining the funds requisite for car rying on the war. Two systems have been pro ceeded on for dealing with the Treasury surplus, though many others have been proposed ; the one Was to return to specie payment through the-grad ual retirement of the Legal-Tender currency, stren uously advocated by Secretary M'Cummou ; the other is the absorption of the bonds, as now prac tised by Secretary BouTwELL. His predecessor obtained from Congress authority to contract ihe circulation four millions of greenbacks monthly, but its effect in aiding the stringency of the market pro voked such an outcry that Congress withdrew the permission, and the policy was abandoned of at tempting; by contraction, to cqualiz.l greenbacks with gold, and thus enable the country to return to specie payment. No subject since then has so much engrossed the attention of financiers. Senator MORTON, in an able speech, proposed his measure ; Senator SHERMAN had brought in a bill of his own, and there were numerous projects in the other House, but those before the Senate excited most interest. Congress, however, adjoureed without laying down any definite policy, and left Secretary BOtTTWELL with the law of 1862, which he now follows as his guide. A. rule of GRANTS Admi nistration is to act, on the law ; for if it be a bad one, the best chance of getting it repealed is by stringently enforcing it ; and if it be a good law, the sooner and fuller it is brought into effect the better. Hence the PRESIDENT argues that it is the business of the Executive to act as the law directs where its course can be regulated by legislative enactment. This relieves the Secretaries both from trouble and from responsibility, and turns aside the wrath of those who suffer, from the Executive against Con gress. Secretary BOUTWELL need nor, then, defend his action in buying bonds with the surplus gold ; he has but to point to the law and assert his course to be in accordance with the intentions of Congress. Gold increased in the Treasury at the following rate :—May 3, $81,000,000; May 7, $85,000,000; May 10, $86,000,000 ; May 17, $88,000,000 ; May 20, $89,000,000. Since the inauguration of the PRESIDENT it is calculated that the Treasury has gained $5,000,000 over a e same period last year through the honest collection of the revenue. The Internal Revenue receipts for the single day, May 24, were $1,600,000, a sum much exceeding that re ceived on any preceding day for months, while the expenses of the Departments, Army and Navy, and general disbursements of the Government have been materially curtailed; hence the balance at the Secretary's disposal daily grows larger, and this may in one shape or another be relied on to con tinue. These facts gave Mr. BOUTWELL confidence to take advantage of the sudden rise in gold, and he directed the Assistant Treasurer at New York ,to sell $2,000,000 of gold weekly until other wise ordered instead of $1,000,000, as heretofore, whereon Mr. VAN DYCK announced that on every Monday and Thursday tenders for one million dol lars will be accepted. On Wednesday, May 26, the third purchase of bonds was made, the pro posals from JAY COOK and Co being accepted for the whole million as follows:—$100,000 at 115 31, 1862, reg. ; $lOO,OOO at 115 32, 1862, reg. ; $lOO,OOO at 115 33, 1862, reg. ; $lOO,OOO at 115 34, 1862, reg. ; $lOO,OOO at 115 35, 1862, reg. ; $lOO,OOO at 115 36, 1862, reg.: $35,000 at 115 37, 1862, reg. ; $40,000 at 115 38, 1864, reg. ; $lOO,OOO at 115 39, 1865, reg. ; $225,000 at 115 46, 1865, con. It should, however, be borne in mind that the accrued interest on these securities is indepen dent of the price, the Government paying what is due to the seller as a separate transaction. It is evident the Secretary intends to adhere to this po licy; indeed it was said in New York that Mr. BOUT WELL would, if necessary, exhaust the Treasury in his effort to bring down the premium on gold atleast to the peint at which itwas when he took over the portfolio; so it may be accepted as his system to reduce the premium on gold and to raise the value of the bonds. Time only can show whether this will be the result ; the greatest difference of opinion exists both in Nevi York and Washington, and strenuous efforts have been made to induce him to change the plan, many of the leading New York business men hav ing waited on him at Washington with this object, among them Mr. GEORGE OPDYKE, and others of his party. All they could extract from the Secre tary was that he would consider a proposal to re deem the Three per Cent. Loan Certificates instead of buying bonds, a doubtful improvement, as the purchase of the boards has a beneficial in fluence on the United States credit abroad. To hatevei' the reason may be attributable, the fact certain that from the moment Mr. BOUTWELL'S termination was known to take advantage of every rise in the price of gold to sell largely, and to meet the upward jump to 144 by doubling the weekly million previously announced forsale, the fall was rapid. Many dispute this as the cause, denying the Secretary's power to do more than temporarily to influence the market. But £400,000 sterling cannot be thrown for sale into the gold room every week without producing a sensible effect. So also with the bonds, for he weekly removes from the Wall-street market those purchasable for a sum little short of £200,000. If he brought down the price of gold without ailing the upward tendency of the bonds the effect would be to send the precious metal to Europe. But, as we observed last week, if his action tends to enhance the value of the 5-2,'s in Europe the equilibrium will be maintained, and America will directly benefit by the rise. His policy therefore, if it can only be continued, is calculated to benefit the nation ; but many assert that it cannot be maintained, as the money with which he purchases bonds is simply the surplus hoarded by his predeces sor, which must soon come to an end, and may do so disastrously, leaving the Treasury empty in the face of a crisis. This we are inclined to consi der an error, believing that Secretary Bo UTWELL can purchase bonds weekly to the extent of $1,000,000 without touching on the nation's hoard. What the gains are through GRANT'S retrenchments we have no means of ascertaining, but judging from the de creased cost, amounting to $lOO,OOO per month of the Departments alone since March 4, they must be large. Yet, large as they are, the increased effi ciency in collecting the Revenue is the source of still greater gain ; and the two combined will in themselves go no small way in providing the Secretary with the million a week. Two events may occur, either of which might seriously disturb the Secretary's ar rangements; the one is an Indian War, the other is a o.lawlLy cia -with a first-class power we put aside as the advent of chaos, when anything might happen from the repu diation of the whole debt to levies at the point of the bayonet. Either of the other events, or even both, are sufficiently probable to enter into the Secretary's calculations, and the derangement then caused would compel him to keep a heavy balance in the Trea , Bury, to tide over the difficulty. On the other hand, the Secretary has a right to calculate on such a revival of production that the imports may more nearly be balanced by the exports, while a circum -1 stance is silently at work which may leave the result really in favour of the United States, although the figures are not shown in statistical returns. We allude to the enormous immigration, coupled with the well-known fact that each corner brings with him a considerable amount of coin. If what is thus carried into the Country be contrasted with the expenditure of American tourists and travellers in Europe on business, the balance in favour of the immigrants will be found to go far towards making up.thq, loss in the difference between the exports and the imports, perhaps exceeding it, while e -Ter ing the outlay of American pleasure-seekers in fo reign countries ; which is no small sum. It may not be. out of place here to allude to a statement of the Mites. It says that the late stringency which in duced the Bank of England to raise its rate of dis count was caused by borrowers at the low rates, investing their loans in such securities as 5-20's, whereby they secured for themselves the margin of difference in the interest., but the rise in the discount, and the prospect of a still higher rate quickly brought the money back.to the capitalists, causing the American securities of weak holders and borrowers to be 'thrown on the market. If so, this must for a period tell against the policy of the American Finance Minister, and retard for a time its beneficial influence on this Side. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. The Princess of Wales is said to be in "an inte resting condition." Her Royal Highness was marriq in 1863, and has four children, two sons, Albert Victor and George, and two daughters, Louise and Alexandra. The last' was born July 6, 1868. THE CROPS IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND. The reports as to the condition of the crops in the south of Ireland are most satisfactory. The Corl Examiner, summing up these reports, says that corn is generally thick and healthy, both winter and spring-sown looking well. About the potato crop there have been some complaints, but our con temporary does not remember any year in which there was seen so little evidence of any defect of the sort. " Indeed, in some districts it is surprising to see how unfailingly the stalk has sprouted from every bit of seed put into the ground. Green soil for cattle has cut well, and the meadows are in a safs factory condition, though they will not probably give a very heavy produce. Flax is in a favourable and very sound condition." OBITUARY. The death is announced of Lady Caroline Neeld. She was the eldest sister of the present Earl of Shaftesbury, and was married in 1831 to Mr. Joseph Neeld, of Grittleton, who died in March 1850, leaving an enormous fortune to the Queen. She obtained a separation from her husband immediately after hei marriage.—Sir Charles hay Seton, of Abereorn, has just died, having survived his brother (whom he suc ceeded in the baronetcy) and his wife only a few months. lie is succeded by his son Bruce Maxwell, of the War Office, who has been private secretary to Earl de Grey and the Duke of Marlborough, and is now holding that office under Mr. Cardwell. BISHOPS. " Rusticus," in a letter to the Times, which is honoured with large type and a leading article, says there are but two ways of increasing the Episcopate— the first, by redistributingtho revenues of the present bishops ; the second, by the appointment of suffragan bishops without title, special social position. or right of succession. At the present time £152,000 is divided among twenty-seven prelates. Of this sum £50,000 is spent upon the five chief sees. There seems no reason why the Archbishop of Canterbury should have half as much again as the Lord Chancellor, or the llishop of London nearly twice as much as tho Lord Chief Justice. Nor is there any apparent reason why a Bishop of Ely should have £5,500, or a Bishop of Salisbury £5,000, while the Bishop of the important see of Manchester gets £4,200. A slight rearrangement of episcopal incomes would -provide for the erection of three new sees, without drawing an additional farthing from the revenues of the Church. But three new bishops would, "Ruiticus" thinks, be quite insufficient to meet the great deficiency which now exists in t lie English Church —the lack of frequent confirmations. To supply this he would have one suffragan for every 500,000 souls. Such a suffragan would retain his benefice, and give such time to diocesan work as might be arranged. between the bishop and himself. Under an aged or infirm bishop the suffragan's work would increase; under a young and active bishop, it would be slight. This plan would cost absolutely nothing. "Rusticus " then goes on to deprecate the suppression or the " parochialising "of canonries. He would rather adopt the same principle as that first . recommended with regard to the bishoprics. He would redistribute the revenues among a larger number of persons. Supposing a cathedral to have an aggregate income for its resident canons of £2,400 a year, he would divide this among twelve persons, each of whom would have a statutable month of residence. By this means the . cathedral establish ment would be brought into intimate connection with the popular working clergy of the Church. The cathedral town would profit by the periodical presence and preaching of some of the chief parochial ministers of the diocese. The canons themselves would, in many cases, regard their month of residence as the most marked andinter esting portion of their year, varying their home life, enlarging the sphere of their influence, yetmtunn g no serious breach in the continuity of their parish duties. The united body would form a diocesan council of no slight weight and value, exercising the cathedral patronage with a wider know ledge and a more disinterested judgment, bringing a powerful influence to bear upon works of local or national usefulness, and, on the whole, carrying a perceptible increase of energy into the operations of the Church at large. Finally„ .. the increased number of canonries would provide rewards for the encourage ment of the clergy, and open new prospects to many deserving and capable men now condemned to a colourless life of uneventful routine. The Times criticises these proposals unfavourably, and in a thoroughly Philistine spirit. They would involve a serious change, something quite new ; it is impossible to foretell what the result would be ; the thing has never been tried, there might be serious consequences, &c, The chief argu ments aro that the bishops, having a large income, are em - pected to subscribe liberally, and that the suffragan bishops, doing all the work, would pos sibly supplant the titled bishops in the estimation of the people. The first objection is met by the very adequate answer that if the bishops ceased to have a very large income (the question, however, is simply one of a few hundreds more or less) they would not be expected to contribute so liberally. The second objection is answered by the question, What harm would happen if the threatened result fol lowed ? The Times, first of all, fears that the suf fragans would supplant the regulars, and then goes on to contradict its own supposition by saying "Already the pure episcopal rank has suffered some disparagement from the offensive comparisons familiarly and now publicly made between Bishops' and Colonials.' When this is the case we may guess what would soon be thought of bishops paid just their travelling expenses to go about confirming or taking other hard or irksome work." In other words, it is the inferior bishops who are looked down upon when compared with their superiors, not the superiors whose dignity is taken from them by the inferiors. Altogether, the whole article is a typical instance of that loose, inconsequential style of writing which the leading journal always adopts when it dis cusses Church matters. CHURCH RATES. The abolition of church rates—as most of the clergy call the measure which passed last session—is being hailed by a portion of the ministry of the Cmirch of England as a great blessing. The Arch deacon of Rochester, in his visitation charge at Hertford last week, though he did not go so far, said he looked upon the abolition of compulsory church rates without regret, believing that it would tend to make laymen more sensible of the responsi bility which rested upon them, and to unite the clergy and the laity more heartily in doing tha Church's work. CHURCH PATRONAGE. The question of Church patronage is attracting a good deal of notice just now in Australia. At the recent session of the Church Synod in Sydney, the Bishop condemned in strong language as a grievous scandal the sale of advowsons which takes place in. England. An ordinance was presented for the con sideration of the synod, in which it was proposed that parishes where there is a parsonage and £:3ooa year for the clergyman should have the option of nominating their clergyman, or of having him nominated by a Board of Nominators, or that he should be chosen by the bishop. IRE BALLOT AND BRIBERY. The Sydney correspondent of the Times says that !New b'outn NI ales men are - llDlA..s.ilava 3.:..att which the mother country is showing with regard to the adoption of the Ballot. To them the opera tion of the Ballot is co simple, and the reasons for its adoption are so obvious, that they do not understand why there should be any haggling about it. Before they conducted their elections with it all was excite ment, scuffle, and storm ; now an election is quiet and orderly and unattended by bribery, at least such bribery as is known in England. The candi date who bribes in New South Wales promises his district the largest amount of public money for car rying on local works. He accepts bills drawn on the Treasury by the constituency. Which is the worse kind of corruption the Times correspondent does not say. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. Colonel,Lees and Mr. Potter having retired, the battle at Nottingham will be fought out between Mr. Seely, the candidate of the Liberal party, and Mr. Digby Seymour, that of the " Independents. " The latter gentleman will have the support of the Conservatives as well as that of the Cliftonites, and it is generally supposed that he will be succesful. However, ho would be a rash man who ventured to hazard a prophecy upon the result of a Nottingham election. TUE NEW LAW COtETS. The proceedings anent the New Law Courts, what with the want of d ec i s i on sliewn by the Royal Com mission, the interposition of the late Government, and the total change proposed by the present one, seem to have totally disgusted the architects. The Royal Commission chose two plans, of which Mr. Barry's was declared, if there were any difference, to be the best. But Mr. Street's being considered easier of alteration, he was chosen to erect the courts. To this Mr. Barry demurred. He urged that the Government had procured the designs on the condition that the best one should be accepted. •flavitlg got these plans, and seen what might be produced, the best design was thrown aside for one which had to be altered. If one alteration were made, why not twenty ? And if Mr. Street were allowed to modify his plan in the light thrown upon the matter by the other designs and by long disousaion, why not Mr. Barry ? Now, both THE CRISIEg. The Times rejoices to hear that " the vote of the Lords will show the majority Conservative in the truest sense. A single week has turned a consider able majority against the bill into a small but ade quate majority in its favour, And we have the best confidence that before Saturday morning that favour able majority will have increased to larger propor tions. Five or six peers who have held office under Lord Derby will throw . the weight of their argumeals into the scale against the motion to reject the bill; the Bench of Bishops will chew their patriotism in counsels of moderation; while the number of inde pendent peers declining to follow Lord Barrowby, and even resolving to vote against him, grows daily." The Times has this important announcement all to itself, as it had the original announcement that the Lords intended to divide upon the bill. The Con servative papers maintain silence upon the matter. It is well known that the morning organs of the party have been strongly opposed from the outset to the rejection of the bill, and that it is only in consequence of loyalty to their party that they have recently advocated it in a very lukewarm and half-hearted manner. Not only will the Reform League revive it the Peers do not pass the Irish Church Bill, but a much more influential organisation, so . far as weight goes, will use its organisation to sheer the opinion of the country. The National Reform Union is taking masures to hold meetings if Lord Harrowby's amendment is carried. All the branch associations, numbering between 300 and 400, have been communicated with, and are ready to co-operate with the Central Executive at a moment's notice. Nearly twenty members of Parlia ment, including Mr. Bazley, Mr. Jacob Bright, Mr. R.Shaw, Mr. John Platt, Mr. Peter Rylands,Mr. John Lancaster, Sir John Gray; and others, have already promised to attend a great meeting proposed to be held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, under the Presidency of Mr. George Wilson, who is chairman of the Union ; while in London it is in contempla tion to hold a series of great meetings in St. James's if necessary, similar to those held on the Reform question by the same organisation. MR. SPURGEON AND THE CRISIS. Mr. Spurgeon does not appear to think that the Lords will pass the Irish Church Bill this session. He referred to the subject in his sermon on Sunday evening, and was evidently under the impression that the admirers of the bill, the opponents of the State Church, would soon have to grieve for the delay of the time " when the first blow would be struck at religious establishments in the United Kingdom." lle took for his text " The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron," 2 Samuel, xv., 23. Regard ing these w or d s as being symbolic of sorrow and distress, Mr. Spurgeon spiritualised the text in his accustomed manner, and went on to say : "Just at this juncture those who were fighting for Christ's crown and seeking to get His Church free from the unholy alliances which she had so basely formed, might perhap s fi n d th a t for awhile disappointment awaited their banners ; but if it were so, they would not for a Moment qtail in their courage nor stay in pressing the good cause on to the ultimate and the universal victory. Perhaps it was well that they had to wait awhile, for they might achieve but one purpose now, whereas a little pausing would set them on greater desig . ns and nobler aims. There was one Church to be set free in Ireland, and if it were not done quickly another should be set free in England, and be made to know that she had no right to ride rough shod over this nation ,• but liberty and religious equalit y should be p roc l a i me d here as well as there, and that all the sooner because of the delay. Let the King's cause go over Kidron for awhile, and the great ones of the earth set themselves in array against Christ and His crown ; but the victory would come, and they could afford to wait and tarry till the predestined hour, for, perhaps, by waiting the vessel would come back laden more richly with treasure, pressed down to the water's edge with costly freight ; but back she would come—come certainly and surely—to her master's honour, and the comfort of the Church of God in this realm." TIIE lAINISTII.Y. . All - the members of the Cabinet are now in London, and attended the last Council. Earl Spencer has also arrived in this country, and his vote will, therefore, be available for the critical divi don on the Irish Church Bill. THE CHURCH AND THE LAND. The Chaplain-General of the Forces has written another letter to the Herald on the course to be adopted by the Peers on the Irish Church Bill. Mr. Gleig accepts the numerous meetings lately held on the subject as evidence that the country is not unanimous. He . appeals to the bishops to exert all their influence against the bill, and warns them that if they betray their trust by either voting in its favour or leaving the House they will lose the respect of the great body of English Churchmen. Mr. Gleig believes that the majority of the Irish pe o ple are indifferent to the Church question, and care only for the land question. The Government that will reconcile the wishes of the tenantry with :the just rights of the Owners of the soil may leave all other questions to settle themselves. Mr. Gleig sees no other course of honour for the Lords than to reject the bill at the second reading, and if this course produces a revolution,the House of Lords will, at least, fall with dig n ity. It remains to be seen if their lordships will hold this to be a sufficient consolation for the prospect. Mr. Tighe Hamilton, writing to the Times on the Irish Church and land questions, suggests that a corrected view of the land may assist a corrected view as to the Church. The Irish traditions as to the ownershp of the land are, he maintains, entirely delusive. It was not the ancestors of the present tenantry who were swept away by the desolation of Ireland, but the proprietary class, the gentry of the period. If the supposed rightful owners of the land could be restored, they would be no more acceptable to the tenantry than the present landlords. Mr. Hamilton thinks a better solution of the problem would be to provide out of the Church property liberal house and land accommodation for the minister of each religious persuasion in every Irish parish. This would be a restoration to the Catholic laity of a portion of the property originally granted to th em , w h ereas the Church Bill as it stands does the laity no individual good. Mr. Hamilton hopes that the Lords will not, by a peremptory rejection of the bill before them, lose the opportunity of maturing a sounder scheme. In reference to the . Presbyterian endowment, he reminds the public that he was concerned in the negotiations for placing this grant on the estimates twenty-nine years ago, and he thinks the terms of the contract then entered into yield a strong argu ment against disendowment. EUREKA! The way to prevent assassinations in Ireland, if not to settle the land question, has at last been dis rovpreii. The }'ono it rests. be it noted, with no statesman, kiioera or conservative, wan no philosopher, utilitarian or otherwise; it belongs to a newspaper correspondent who is nameless. It is suggested that " in future the lives mentioned in all leases should be those of the landlords and agents. If this suggestion be adopted, it will be to the interest of the tenants to preserve the landlords and agents from tte hands of the assassin, and also to give information if any murderous plot be entered into." And so in course of time Irish outrages would become a thing of the past. A " happy thought " indeed ! AMERICAN FINANCE. .~ (F-om the Anglo-American Times) We last wtk gave a general statement of the finances wit) which Secretary BOUTWELL has to deal—gold, londs, and currency. The two first are much affected by foreign influence; the last is purely Amerban ; hence, in considering the posi tion, it woul( be unfair to regard it wholly from a local point t f v i ew . Nor must we attribute to him alone th system of selling the gold surplus, and purchaei )g with the currency proceeds national bonds to the amoun t of one million dollars per week, for 11( but ac's in obedience to a law of Coegresst pascd in 1862, directing the purchase or payment of k:er cent. of the entire debt annually, to be set apart a a sinking fund, tegetherwith the inte rest accruingm that portion. It is true that no pre vious Secrett l , availed himself of its provisions ; in decrl, each se it aside to carry out the system he con sidered prefe%ble. The law is not imperative, or it could not hae been so d: alt with ; it is permissive, enabling tlaeSecretary so to act ; indeed, in dealidg with an ideoie not realized, and to a certain ex text problonitical, Congress could not lay down a strict rtl) of action. Circumstances quickly taught the legislature the YallitY of their proyiding CONTINENTAL UNITY. Some honestly believe that nations require for their proper control and government,' other adjoin ing nations to adjust and balance them. If this be true it would raise a fatal objection to the fa vourite American idea of a Government embracing the Northern continent of America. The question is whether it be true, and if so, by what experi ence is that necessity shown. As history fails to fur nish a parallel case, nosuch experiment having been tried, the opinion must arise from conjecture only, based on the known peculiar Hes of our nature. If there has been no such nationality in history as that proposed by Americ ins, there can be no le. sons in the past of which the Republic can avail itself. While making full allowance for the vice of human nature, which eerverts the richest gifts a bountiful Pnovi- DENCE can bestow,if we reason from analogy and pro bability, the balance of the argument is a' toge th.e. in favour of the Americen notion. The presumpjon must be, that the Government is free and enlight ened, corn paring favourably with any other elsewhere eztabliehed. None can deny that this is the case as regards the Republic, the faults it developes not being faults of the - constitution, but emanating from the corruption of our nature ; hence not only must the Government be good, but the people must be virtuous ; and this also we.are compelled to assume. It will be difficult. to disprove that granting this Government, granting such a people merged into one race, with one language, and a good code of laws, that it is desirable they should cover a continent, for the blessings are palpable to the dullest comprehen sion, while the evils thus aveite I are still plainer. Those who attempt to refute• the conception ought to be furnished with very powerful arguments, for they reason against common sense. It is possible that our judgment may be wrong and our sense may be no sense at all, but it requires something more than sophistry and plausible arguments to show this against such plain matters of fact. We are not familiar with the arguments urged against the American conception of a Continental nation ; in deed, the only one we ever heard was briefly this, that a nation required to be balanced by a nation without, as a party by a party within. This is an assumption, evidently based on the belief that the nation unchecked would run riot, as does the un opposed. majority. If it be so the Confederation of the Colonies into the New Dominion is a happy move, to which all Americans ought to wish success, and even the United States would have to look in the end to a split, regarding itself as the mother and nurse of divers infant natioes. In such a case the Republic's destiny would not be unlike that of Great Britain, who, having founded colonies, is qualifying them for independence, and in ceasing to boast of an empire on which the sun never sets, may have a prouder boast in pointing to her grow ing, energetic, and prosperous children. There cannot be a question that the mighty mission of the great Republic is best carried out, whether it leads eventually to separate nationalities or not, by a single Government in the first instance. In deed, the peopling of the continent would have been indefinitely delayrd brit for the fortunate rise of that controlling power. Through its means the con tinent is thrown open and made• accessible; there are no barriers here, no repelling laws and influ ences there ; " the earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof ;" and having bestowed it on the people He has created, that Government acts as His agents in carrying out the Divine command. The poor of all nations are more especially invited to come ; and they are offered a boundless choice, not the slighest impediment being placed in the direction their inclination takes. Instead, every obstacle is carefully removed, and the emi grant may settle, if it pleases him, on the sunny slopes of California, by the sky-tinted lakes of Minnesota, on the banks of the "Father of Waters," on the open prairie or in the primeval forest, in a populous city, in a manufacturing town, in a mining region, or on a sugar or cotton plantation. A great Government manages a vast estate in the interests of mankind, and until that estate is disposed of it is surely for the welfare of nations that that manage ment should continue. So strongly is this felt that all land on the continent gravitates towards the States, and Americans are assured that the new Dominion has but to be left to itself to drift under the laws of self-interest into the Union. In the first instanc then, all will admit that it is advisable a central power should exist capable of building the Pacific Rai'road, and of cover ing all its territory with railways, canals, and means of communication ; but many may hold that when its work is completed, of ter its territory has been peo pled, nature under her own laws will subdivide the overgrown power into nations. The arguments used are not, without force, and may prove true, though we are far from thinking so. It is contended that Lou isiana rears a man wholly differing in tastes, man ners, ideas, even in person, from the man raised in Maine. The seafaring people of the Atlantic Coast as well as of the Pacific Coast will have little in common with the inhabitants of the far interior, and these differences will derive weight from con flicting material interests. It may be so, but we cannot see it ; for material interests do not clash except where they are artifteially created, and brought into conflict by bad fiscal laws. It is evident that the coal of Pennsylvania and the water power of Maine give these States special facili ties in manufacturing certain products which benefit all, nor can the raising of grain on the prairies clash with the fisherman's interests or those of the sea-faring people of an Atlantic port. Nature makes no such mistakes, and an examination of the subject would invariably show that the enact ing interest was the handiwork of man ; there fore we cannot think that if the people do not terribly blunder, any such split is to be antici pated in the future. There is, however, a per contra argument, grounded on much the same idea, far more forcible than any used to show separation pro bable, if not inevitable. A Continental Government is beneficial as a mere matter of economy to every citizen which it protects ; and it is only when it fails to afford that protection, that he is likely to fail in giving it his support. It is not merely that a large and wellmanaged manufactory will beat out of the field a crowd of smaller ones, by which it is shown to be a gain on the point of eco nomy alone, for the broad question before us comes out a gain from every aspect. If the Continent has the sea only for its borders it has no adjoining enemy, and it requires no small effort of the imagination in any degree to realize the enormous advantages com prized in this fact. Let us, by way of a small illus tration, consider this island of Great Britain as it once existed, divided, say, into the kingdom of Scot land, that of England, and that of Wales. What man in his senses would assert that such a subdivi sion, with conflicting laws, with frou tiers s tudded with custom-houses and forts, would be preferable or more calculated to add to the happiness of the people than the union now existing. Magnify this to a very great degree, extend it far beyond the limits of Europe, and we reach to the conception of the American mind. It appears to us that the idea has but to be appreciated in Canada for the colonists to drop into it, and level the frontier line now existing. Our firm conviction is that nature erects uo bar rier to a work so beneficial ; that comes from our own devices, if at all, and the prospect of the Re public can, we sincerely believe, be defeated only by a bad Government. With extended knowledge has grown a conception of the benefits to be de rived from amalgamation and wide rule, only ren dered possible by the inventions of the day ; the telegraph, the locomotive, the steam-engine. Here again we get into a new world. Men say theßepublic when it contains one hundred millions of inhabi tants will break to pieces of its weight.own supposing they had (which they have not) a Evensimi lar instance in history showing such a result, it would be almost worthless in the face of circum stances wholly a'tercd through these inventions. An American can now proceed from New York to San Francisco in seven days, a shorter period than it would have taken a citizen of London to reach a town in the north of Scotland at the beginning of this century. The practical effect then is to knit a Conti nent together closer than was formerly au island; and if the island could hold together and thrive before these inventions, whyshou42l not the Continent after t h em ? The dan,ger of distant Provinces was the wan t o f rapid intelligence. Power must be given to a Governor in the proportion that communication is delayed or cut off, and if the difficulties are very great the Governor practically becomes indeP en. dent. This has been the main cause of disruption' but we maintain that the people will, as a rule, tb ° more intelligent they are, the more surely follow that which tends to their own welfare ; and asa e single Continental rule must from every aspect h conducive to that welfare, such a Government eventually in America be established and nt i°- tained, provided that the people are wise and Vir tuous, for then the Administration must be sc ) ** -- Anglo- American Tine'. LITERARY ITE3l3.—lfniograrns, Hist , irical , 6 % 1 Practical, is the title of a charming work, just out, hi Berri, pub:ished at 36, High Holborn, London. Thar : • aro four chapters only of description, divided Monograms in General ; 2. Masons' Marks; 3. Merel.o' he Marks;. and 4. cc the Construction of Mono rants'e t rest of this tasteful volume insisting of betutifullY eo. grave 1 plate illustrates a curious variety of strlos. frontispiece coataius 13 delicately colours.] sacred none grams; and ecclesiastical sources have been ransaoke ft'r the illustrations of many other of the plates. The ve la ' is the best arranged and the most comprehensive ere l'esr seen on the subject. The Pall Mall Gazette lies wri tt l! short Critique on Hans BrietmannsParty, and has had the ou' city to pronounce it ruebish ; criticism we do not 13 i Jo some question.—On the 25th May the Corporators of American Institute of Letters, Arts, and Sciences ee l , cepted the Charter recently passed by the Ne w Y° l :. Legislature, which provides by section 2, that " Th e P. poses of the said institute shall be to conduct investtg-iile tions and researches in regard to matters affecting t public welfare, to disseminate correct views upon Weir, one tune, art, and science, and to promote intercourse ant those engaged therein." Among the names of cor e Callen are those of the Hon. John Lothrop Motley, Ca ; c c . Bryant, Professor Woolsey, &c.—General Howard is g t l e ing lectures to the students of Howard University on cse battles of the war. He commanded the 3 i Maine r14:1- ment at Bull Run, and, as his first lecture was on the.„3et gagement hewas enabled graphically to describe it, his '‘',"p, battle is to be that of FairOaks.—Messrs.Donn Pia tt and Reynolds are to start a new daily Republican neweP,frl in Dayton, Ohio, on June Ist. The Journal there (G'"-rre.'' Schenck's) is old established and strong PaP°rs'at In the teaching of English, the perplexity of ineste.eol - present moment is to methodize the mass of In': see e laneous information upon the subject they roYI )° re er This information is partly to be found in English gis mars, partly in books of literary criticism, p art e a aj, manuals of rhetoric, partly even in manuals of logic' ice I again, pertly in the e Transactions of the Philollest Society," and the pubHcations cf the Early Englieb,t, tea Society. We are glad to learn that Mr. E. A. Ahhe'oeor head master of the City of 'London School, and F rel knoe ra Seeley, of University College, both of whom are pre to have definite views on the teaching of Eng lish ' "Led as paring a text-book (an "English Primer"), ann °ll 7 to shortly to be published, which is intended to br_ .., :e o g no , gether much of this miscellaneous information. Iv ten d to derstatid, however, that these gentlemen do not ii'ut of meddle with the antiquarian part of the subjec t, h o f the to confine themselves (in the main) to an ex language as it is.--Athenmum. of this THE DICTIONARY CLUB.—The members at the literary club held their sixth dinner this seas er3 on United Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's- slne'l7;001- Thursday. Among those present were Professorr'Beet. ham, Mr. John Murray Mr. Bryce, Mr. CrowdYi ta p . F. Cooke, the Dean of Chester, Rev. S. Ain eet ' l ' Smith, Mr. Clowes, &c. t NAVAL ITEMS.—The United States go ng- a Th e tare, arrived at Philadelphia, May 25, from Ca cli olsoS s United States corvette Richmond, 15, Capta in r rii the position which arrived at Malta on the 23d of May from Piraeus of Athens, Milo, Smyrna, Alexandri a, and 00 and loft on the afternoon of the 25th May, for Me ss ' Gu ar, Naples, at which last-named port the store shiP awaits her with provisions, after receiving' from America and Palermo, which arrived on the, o w ill proceed to Marseilles or Nice, to rejoin the flsg ° de Admiral Radford in the I , raddin, the Ceni trteri sie r eecl Chief of the United States squadron in the Meditcro. who will probably visit Malta towards the roiddlebiJo 0, We notice in the Naples and Florence Observer A me r ican Tuesday, the 25th of May, Mr. Mathews, the Consul, gave a pic-nic entertainment at the C c a oar d, at to the officers of the American vessel of war T o rte' , which were present the Duke and Duchess della which stnizear, with other Neapolitan, English, and American g,lieedswith The officers expressed themselves highly gra ll " ad g ive ) . the kindness and hospitality of the Cons ul, who `had them so pleasant an opportunity of enjoy in g the sm• iles that enchanting spot, rendered doubly so by thc 0 for of the charming ladies, all of which will ever re re _, 3 e l r ettS them a lasting souvenir wherever the winds and Al ey o, waft them. The Guard left that afternoon for L 3 A i' d ' lD ifa l whcro she will await further orders from the the commanding. Some other vessels belOnging e' squadron are expected, but have not yet made t'' pearance. e 'O l BUDGET OF MESCELLhNEO'J S • P th e 24, 161 more vessels had arrived in Quebec th'n n g v(35 same time last year.—A co operat i ve. tailor's s.il • opened, May 21, at the corner of Fourteenth-`treet :oed to avenue, New York. The capital stock will ho sho re. -- $lOO,OOO, divided into 10,000 shares, at $lO Pe r . 11 . 0 0 15 It is stated that as soon as the Pacific Ri l :, 0 1 O de in proper working order the trip wil l i2c def s. from San Francisco to New Yor k in six ,So that a person starting from Sae elie 11° c on Monday morning will arrive in New York.nn_ nn eoe Saturday evening. To accomplish this 271 C a o l must be made, without any allowance for av".l":"...At speed readily attainable on a first - cla ss railroji:ood i he calculated that if the streets of London we re P " line they would reach from Liverpool to New Y ° he beets ferry thieves have achieved the feat of steali forl t hle ra g • e d from a passenger sleeping in the c abin.—No r uncee ette ' are getting bold. On May 25 they made s lot of P c ' s ' 'o 6 f on the police headquarters there, and stole a citions are stamps and stationery.—Accustomed as t ha re 04 a London aro to rapid changes of temperatus ,sornetio,c. never enabled to enjoy the startling extrem e and The b t e vouchsafed. Last Monday was very wa,,r,,,, 54 day was rather cold in London, but at " aa sto od a t 3 4 thermometer on Wednesday, the 26th 3 1 * b e ing II degrees, and on Friday at 55 degree, the re n g e i , T i oad e _ f degrees.—The fires that occurred on MondaY,.e. he at ecesel" are reported to have been caused by the 0 v iesea c. , the sun. One was in Lambeth, the other at Several stores at Mobile were burned bn f L. T•• S S lie d, May '25, causing a loss of $40,000. Colon wa s vrao fall' ruff, President of the Mobile Board of Trad e, by ' .st and two other merchants were severely inju r y the law ing walli—Faper out of tobacco stems is atnena inventions in Connecticut. LADVERTISEMENTI —Holloway's PL. , - - Do 04 towo h gee , the best remedy for all disorders of the s Pills are ciel The y co yet so gently, that people of the most delicate e_ ey a „ no ce, the liver and kidneys. They act with so decided an e taA , take them with the most perfect conlidenco.. sostafore, tain a single grain of mercury or other deleterihoeu; hel o ` tbi a ing composed exclusively of rare balsams..,„ equally sate and efficacious, and, as f a " --- a with tsB—r with yet invented or discovered can be spore to, to getb e les of moment. With these inestimable Pills at I ' 3 40 10° the printed directions on each box, no other Ilia sic able assistan,e can be needed in any ordinary case the T alu bic * will doubt 0.0 IADVERTISEMENT.)—Henceforth no one , e ,,,,tente b i e ssi o g i s , properties of Du Barry's health-restormg „„a s of _a De e, Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the tho OSitioo D..er, it has already received from Invalids whost? Relines' ' e posi l au deemed hopeless, we may now a.dd that of ills aftee ill; needicin!, ni • t ' for A whose health has' been perfectly restored by 7 .0 „, t he t ug• fit, s . unsuccessful medical treatment We Then'lt % sr ten, July 2R0me,.1 nly 21, 1866. - 0 ,11 e'' ea tes Father is excellent, especially since, Barryabandon.s R ay 0 1i dies, he has confined himlf entirely to u Pfu et c e o,lt!' ,a vite Arabica, Food, of which ho consumes a 0 , his of It has produced a surprisingly beneficial eue' d t oo big :321 6 '0 his Holiness cannot praise this excellent feLcoreico•_ol,pl_o, extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures• s , fl yer the Marchioness de Brehau, of sevet! Vanrorfoes Pl io st 11 ; 0 all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplesseerie Lor4 wasting away, debility, nervousness, With a the cto rt tolerable nervous agitation. Cure Ne 1 - 71 years ~,'- ` s s p elo s , Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of insTi„Y fr om a sp as, lo ,. No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable .agelii su ilene3; , 27 o; DI; nervousness, asthma, cough, constipVo!,,,l_ro No. t e a 11, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly spitting of blood, liver derangement, and P: oor y mai if I,iel)h , D e r°. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of .0 YF . pi f r i s ;i cli cie se s ' f lo 2 o lo portant Caution—Beware of the many une' ity sloppy imitations to which, without author , 12 ibs name is most audaciously attached. 5 I to lls 0 0040 In tins, at Is ltd; 1 lb 2s yd; 2lbs 4s 6d c 24 lbs 405.—.A.!50 DU BARRY'S REVALENTA 45-70 Cuesll tanent'79 POWDER is packed in tin canistersl2, e . t_LP for 576 „ o at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at sound 55s ti7 or def,4 —being about one penny per cup. The 30.ui" : , 08t _00c a o a 11 " free of carriage in England on rece iPt °t street,.Leu BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Itegeu all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. , vet! t r " o , 00W . ELL—On the 12th inst. c a o t sv B e 4 i i, W i i ilu . O P° l3 l : -1/j3l (1' - wife of Major Sir John C. ' son. i rs hiret the LEGGE —On the 13th iust., at Viroodsolliet 9 1.-- lion. Mrs. Ohm les Legge, of a son. CA_RFENTE t 0 61.13e91 it RoBERTs./10./sAfoßni.4tGheESl. ~ C• ~ ~ .Q,, to :tirrey, Charles W. Carpenter, _Esq., 13643 13 icil Louisa Herring, daughter of J. 31 ' g, of Barne Cast 'D rut , - ..,OBERTS —TROUP—On the 19th April, at gee , „Ar gels . r .. Indies W' 1' , II tarn Arthur Robarts, Esq., Royal e ,r ti jo tillery. to Charlotte E. Rose second daughter ot ,''' General Colin Troup, C.B. Oth ins, nt . o.v, DEATHS. ma 1 , Of CIUDLEY—On the 14th inst , ThORVIS JAIROS o'." ie Fenchureh-street, aged 24. tier DO GARRETT —On the 13th inst at 40, Pall-mall, 5. D .," " 0010' tenant-General Sir Robert Garrett, K. 0 .1 3.9 •K'''' . ' nel of the 43d Itegt. InSit ill LEWIS—On the 11th inst., at Edge-hill, peril' v.. Lewis, aged 64. riovirS, London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM A1 1f) ',.,103C 1, of No. 112, strand, Printer, at TUE Sti.)l Mee, N 0.112, o"s, in the Precinct of the SaToy, in the Gam a rsidalW IttodaY, 'Nue 15, 180.