The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-22 00:00:00

METROPOLI7AN GOSSlP—Thursday. The first Cabinet Council takes place next Tuesday, but Mr. Gladstone has not thought it necessary to wait until then before declaring his intention not to release the Fenian prisoners. There was no reason why he should wait. The case was clear enough. It was that of men who had been taken with arms in their hands, which they had raised against the Queen, and who were, after a fair trial, sentenced to imprisonment, instead of to death, as they would have been a few years ago. During their imprisonment they have expressed not the smallest penitence. They have, on the contrary, gloried in their crime, and would repeat it if they had the opportunity. They have, moreover, not ceased to vilify both the Government and the prison authorities. Certain sym:lathisers of theirs have demanded their release with menaces, promising no amendment on the part of the prisoners if they are set free, but vowing all kinds of vengeance if they are not. In fact, Tennicl's earthen in this week's Punch. repre sents the situation exactly. A Government that yielded to a request so worded, movie by and in behalf of such persons, would Lave been criminally pusillanimous. Mr. Gladstone has therefore given a definite and decided refusal. The only cause of regret is that he did not send his answer before the Amnesty agitators had become so noisy. Some of them, perchance, have blustered only because, they thought that bluster would be successful. They would have been silent rather than have incurred the reproach of failure. It was generally believed at the last general election that Mr. Disraeli lost a good many seats because on the very eve of polling-day he translated Bishop Tait to the Primacy. I doubt very much if, were a general election to take place to-day, Mr. Gladstone would be found to lose a single seat. Dr. Pusey is the only remarkable seceder from the Gladstonian ranks, and he has been followed by scarcely a single person of any consequence. His allies are not the High Church Liberals with whom he has acted hitherto, but High and Low Church Conservatives like Archdeacon Denison and Dean ISPNeile. The first wore excluded from yesterday's meeting in Cockspur-street. On the other hand, the threatened alliance between Lord Shaftesbury and Dr. Pusey has not taken place, for Lord Shaftesbury declines to accede to it. One would like to know, therefore, who authorised the advertisement announcing this alliance, and denouncing Mr. Gladstone and Dr. Temple? The manager of the Times re fused to publish the notice, because it was an insult to both Premier and Prelate, and returned the money which had been paid for it. But it was not only insulting ; it was un true. The meeting was a signal failure ; noisy enough, vehement enough, as Dr. Pusey's words " horrible scandal" shew, but quite resultless. The truth is that the violence of such men as Dr. Pusey and'Archdeacon Denison produces the very opposite result to that which they desire. Extravagant charges always cause a reaction in favour of him against whom they are directed. There has been no attempt to prove the charge of heresy against Dr. Temple. Not a single word that he has said or written can be brought against him. And the sight of Dr. Pusey and Archdeacon Denison, themselves actually condemned for heresy, accusing Dr. Temple of heresy suggests the oft-quoted epigram about the Gmcchi complaining of sedition. So far as I can see at present, I do not think that there is any prospect of the Dean and Chapter refusing to elect their bishop. Dean Boyd is said to be very fierce upon the subject, but I have special reasons for knowing that a large number of the members of the Chapter will not only not vote against Dr. Temple, but will vote for him. Among them is one member whose support will occasion no little surprise, seeing that he was elected proctor last year in opposition to Mr. Mackarness, and on the Irish Church question. Canon Cook, the most able member of the chapter, and himself on the high road to a bishopric, will also support the bishop designate. I could name many others. Something has been said against Mr. Gladstone's selec tion of political supporters for the episcopate. As a matter of fact, there is very little truth in the charge. Dean Goodwin, who has been selected for Carlisle (rather than Dr. Miller, who ?vas one of Mr. Gladstone's sup porters), was a Conservative, and owed his deanery to Lord Derby. Lord Arthur Hervey belongs to a Con servative family, and his selection for Bath and Wells is certainly not due to any active part in politics. Dr. Moberly, though one of Mr. Gladstone's Oxford committee, was never a political partisan. The Bishop of Oxford opposed the Irish Church Bill. There remains only Dr, Temple who has taken anyleading part in politics. But even if it had been otherwise, who could blame Mr. Gladstone? At the last election the great political ques tion of the day was a religious one, and the clergy, no shame to them, took sides with more or less vehemence. Was Mr. Gladstone to pass over those who sided with him ? Was he to overlook an able man merely because this able man had given him material support ? Let the admirers of Dr. Phillpotts, who owed his elevation to the see which Dr. Temple is now about to fill, entirely to the political help which he gave to the Duke of Wellington on the Catholic Emancipa tion Bill, reply. It must be remembered, too, that Dr. Temple has long been marked out for promotion. While the Prince Consort and Lord Palmerston were alive, his elevation to the episcopate was urged upon the second by the first, and was frustrated only by the interposition of Lord Palmerston's conscience-keeper, Lord Shaftesbury. It has been urged again more recently by the Queen, and Mr. Gladstone attempted to meet the royal wishes by offering the Deanery of Durham to the Master of Rugby. Dr. Temple felt that he deserved something more than to be laid upon the shelf, even though his ease should be combined with any amount of dignity. The offer of a bishopric then became inevitable, and it will be carried out in spite of the outcry of those men who last year were clamouring in behalf of the Queen's supremacy, but who, now that it is exercised in a way which they do not approve, and now that one bishopric out of six is given to a Broad Churchman, are calling upon the Dean and Chapter of Exeter to defy that supremacy, Still on this subject, I may mention that Dr. Temple was originally, I believe, like another Broad Church dignitary Dean Alford, a disciple of Dr. Newman's. Both recoiled from the practical logic which their leader displayed in carrying out his principles, and found it necessary to throw them over if they would not " go over." It is not yet known who will be the new Dean of Ely, but I should not be surprised if the post were conferred upon Dr. Lightfoot, one of the most accomplished theo logians whom Cambridge has produced. The present Dean, Dr. Goodwin, has written no fewer than twenty-three volumes of sermons and other works ; but Dr. Lightfoot's contributions to ecclesiastical literature, if not so numerous, are more important. The rumoured appoint ment of the principal of Clifton College to Rugby, is an error; no appointment can be made until the trustees of Laurence Sheriff's will have met and examined the testi monials of the various candidates, who, no doubt, will be numerous. The testimonials are to be sent in by November 6, and the election takes place at the close of that month. The special mission of which I spoke last week is likely to prove very successful. Already forty four London churches have agreed to take part in it. Bishops Jackson, Wilberforce, and Claughton have given it their coun tenance. The services will take place from November 14th to the 25th. The new Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the constitution of the law courts and the administration of the law, may at first sight seem superfluous, seeing how short a time , it is since Lord Cairns's Com mission reported. The truth is that that commission did only half the necessary work. It inquired neither into the working of the highest nor that of the lowest court, neither into the Final Court of Appeal nor the local courts of bankruptcy and county courts. The object of the present commission is to embrace the whole of the courts, with the view of ascertaining if it is advisable to establish great legal centres in the provinces, at which a cause may be carried through all its stages (except in the last resort) without bringing it to London. The Commissioners will probably take a year or two to com plete their inquiry, and thus the much-talked-of law reform will be postponed for at least that time. No doubt this will give Mr. Lowe his desired excuse for postponing the erection of the now Law Courts. He is deter mined not to have them in Carey-street ; and they must be very resolute persons who will be able to make him do what he does not mean to do. Among the bills which will be reintroduced next session, and with every chance of success, is Mr. Lefevre's Married W o m en 's Property Bill. This measure, for which women are indebted in a great measure to the wife of Mr. .Tacob Bright, M.P., was the subject of rather a warm con troversy at Bri;tol. The "goodies," .with Miss Carpenter at their head, refused to let it be discussed at the Ladies' Conference, altbow , ll it was in the programme, cn the ground that it was a political question. But the ," Liberals" including Lady Bowring, Lady Amberley, Mrs. Jacob Bright, and Mrs. Lucas succeeded in bringing it before the Conference, though Miss Carpenter declared it dissolved and threw up the presidency in a r ot. Mr. Gladstone, I am sorry to say, is little favourable at present to the concessions of political sights to women. Mr. Disraeli, on the other hand, strongly favours the con cession, and would, if he conp have had his way, have embodied the female franchise in his Reform Bill. Ife and Mr. Mill are in this matter agreed ; for just as Mr. Mill's high idea of women is due in great measure to the ability of his own wife, Mr. Disraeli's is due partly to the Pale happy relationship, and partly to his remembrance of an only sister, a very clever woman, who died m ny years ago. Mr. Childers, as all the world knows, lately gave sail Ts in the Royal Navy the same liberty which he has assumed for himself—the right to wear a beard. One would have thought that the sailors would gladly have availed them selves of this permission, considering that shaving in a rolling ship is not a pleasant operation. Nevertheless any one who visits our naval ports will be struck by the fact that there are nearly as many smooth chins now as there were before the present hirsute First Lord took office. The explanation of the fact is to be found not in the admiration of the sailors for the razor, but in the conservative instincts of certain commanding officers. Every naval man knows that sailors like to be selected for the captain's gig, because it gives them greater opportunities for going on shore. But it has been found in one port, at all events, that the Esaus are nearly always passed by and the Jacobs selected. The consequence is that the new-grown fringe has been razed off, for though sailors love their beards much, they love liberty more. The other clay, Mr. Childers was visiting Dcvonport, and it was with the greatest difficulty that a crew of bearded men could be got together to man the First Lord's yacht. Fiercely blew the wind on Tuesday while we assembled together at Kensal Green Cemetery to do homage to the memory of Leigh Hunt. So bitterly cold was the Northern gale that we took refuge in a mortuary chapel, and there Lord Houghton delivered an eulogium upon the dead poet critic-journalist which was absolutely perfect both as to eloquence and as to style. We then ad journed to the cemetery, and there Lord Hough ton uncovered the bust of Hunt, and gave it in keeping to Hunt's son, Mr. Thornton Hunt, editor of the Daily Telegraph. The bust is an exquisite work of art by Mr. Durham, who was presented to the spectators. The motto, taken from one of Leigh Hunt's own poems, is " Write me as one that loved his fellow-men." Mr. S. C. Hall, Mr. Townshend Mayer, and Mr. 011ier, have been most energetic in getting up the memorial, and the last of these is about to edit a cheap volume selected from Leigh Hunt's works, and called "A Tale for the Chimney Corner, and other Essays." Mr. Hotten is to be the pub lishe r. Hunt rests in the same burial ground as Thackeray, Leech, and Hood. Yesterday I paid a brief visit to the United Kingdom Union Bazaar at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. The pecuniary results of the undertaking are likely to satisfy the most sanguine of its promoters. Over £2OO was taken on the first day. The bazaar was to have been inaugurated by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The public, however, lost the advantage of a speech from the Earl, for he was unable to fnlfil his engagement, but they were treated to one from Mrs. Balfour, with which they appeared to be quite satis fied. Last night there was a concert at the hall, in which 1,000 of the children of the Band of Hope Union took part. Letters from India tell me that the agitation about the Duke of Edinburgh's visit has greatly subsided. This is well, for exaggerated expectations are certain to be disap pointed. The great durbar at Agra is abandoned for financial reasons. There has been another season of scarcity caused by the drought, and cholera has been raging violently. There will, in all probability, be a serious deficit in Indian finance, and it is thought that this is not the time for spending the public money in costly fes tivities. For the same reason Sir Donald Macleod, Lieu tenant-Governor of the Punjab, has, I believe, given up his intended journey into Cashmere. His term of office is fast drawing to a close, and it is probable that he will be suc ceeded by Sir Richard Temple. Perhaps the most interesting literary event of the day is the appearance of tho North British Quarterly Review under the editorship of no less a person than Sir John Acton. This review was started twenty-five years ago by Dr. Chalmers, as the organ of the Free Church of Scot land. Yet he would not confine himself to the members of that communion, but sought the aid of Mr. Carlyle, Mr. Morell, and other distinguished writers. After his death men as different as Mr. W. R Greg, Canon Kingsley, Dean Mansel, Mr. De Morgan, Mr. Herbert Spencer, Principal Tulloch, Mr. Nassau Senior, and Mr. Isaac Taylor, wrote for it. The last-named gentleman gave great offence to the Free Churchmen, and they drove out him and other of the principal writers. The Review was made thoroughly sectarian, and consequently nearly expired. It was pur chased by Messrs. Edmonstone and Douglas, who engaged the assistance of Dean Stanley, Mr. Mark Pattison (one of the writers of "Essays and Reviews "), Mr. James Han nay, Mr. Grant Duff, Dr. Brown, author of "Rab and his Friends," and Professor Shairp, whose admirable article on Keble attracted so much attention. The editor, until lately, was a gentleman not much known outside the circle of his own friends. He now gives place to Sir John Acton, the well-known Liberal Roman Catholic, whose Home and Foreign Review and whose Chronicle called down the wrath of the Vatican. Another interesting incident is the approaching publication of a second letter to Arch bishop Manning by Mr. Edmund Ffoulkes. A third is the republication of Alban Butler's " Lives of the Saints," by Mr. Hotten. It is to be splendidly illuminated, and will contain fifty full-page miniatures. The book is to be published at seven guineas. Another work of great impc rtance, too kng delayed, is now, I believe, actually in type, and will, I hope, shortly see the light. I refer to the Speaker's Commentary on the Bible, whereof Canon Cook is the editor. Sir Charles Dilke, whose visit to Russia I have already mentioned, is writing on the eman cipation of the serf. As I mentioned before, his work will not be ready for several months, and it is probable that he will pay another visit to Russia next autumn. Sir Edward Creasy has been to Ceylon, and is about to publish a novel. Dr. Moberly has just published a volume of " Brightstone Sermons." Dr. F. G. Lee's work on the validity of English orders has just been published, and contains 330 pages. The Countess Guiccioli is writing the life of her eccentric husband, the Marquis de Boissy, the Anglophobist. The brother of the late Sir George Lewis is editing the letters of that statesman. A new comic paper, Punch and Judy, has been issued, and is illustrated by the graphotype pro cess ; and Messrs. Shrimpton of Oxford announce for the 26th the first number of a shilling magazine, The Oxford University Magazine and Review, which is to advocate no political or religious party. The first edition of Mr. Murray's new paper, the Academy, amounted to no fewer than 16,000 copies ; a second edition has been published. The statement that Mrs. Stowe's reply on the Byron con troversy will appear in the next number of Macmillan's Magazine is untrue. It will not be published for some time. The statement that Dr. George Macdonald has become editor of Good Words is also erroneous. It is Good Words for the Young that he is managing. Dr. Macdonald is pecu liarly fitted for his now post, as everyone who knows his faculty for telling stories to his large family of young children will acknowledge. Dr. Deutsch is the author of the article on Islamism in the new number of the Quar terly. Yesterday a new Church paper, the Church Herald, was published. It is to be the organ of Conservative Churchmen. Mr. Russell, formerly editor of the Morning Star, has gone to the Liverpool Post, and gets £l,OOO a year, and £l,OOO down should the engagement be terminated by Mr. IVhitty's (the proprietor's) death. While I write Lord Derby is still living, though Lon doners, with their rage for betting on every conceivable matter, from crawling maggots to a dying statesman, are laying odds that he will not see to-morrow. The Weekly Despatch of last Sunday said that in all probability the Earl would be dead before the paper was printed, so his biography was given, and he was spoken of in the past tense. The Times announced the ex-Premier's death in its "stop-press" edition. I have just seen a letter from the illustrious Count Blontalembert, in which he says that his " sad state makes no improvement." He is too weak to do more than sign the letter. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. REFUSAL OF THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE TILE FENIAN PRISONERS. The question of letting loose the incarcerated patriots may now be considered as settled. Mr. Glad stone has addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Limerick Amnesty Association, which seems to express the final intention of the Ministry. The Premier states that the Government have carefully considered the various memorials for the release of the Fenian prisoners, and it is their decided conclu sion that to advise the release of the prisoners would be contrary to their duty as guardians of the public security and peace. This decision will give intense disappointment to the Irish, who have agitated for the release of the Fenians with a fervour surpassing oven the demonstrations in favour of tenant right. The tens of thousands who crowded to the meetings in all parts of Ireland undoubtedly represented a large section of the Irish people. They miglit jultly claim to be heard ; but the suppression of Fenianiau is an Imperial, not an Irish question. The friends of the imprisoned men must remember that even if they can claim the majority in Ireland, they arc in a great minority in the whole kingdom. MR. GRANT DUFF. The Under-Secretary of State for India addressed his constituents, at Elgin, on Wednesday night. As was meet, the greater portion of his address was devoted to the empire with which he is specially con nected. Mr. Duff's speeches are usually thoughtful and very carefully prepared; this was no exception to the rule. Ho gave a long list—nearly as long as the Ten Commandments—of the duties of the English Government in relation to India. Those duties may be summed up in the sentences " to give _nom : to derelope torment:sr by the_ completion of pubic works; to spreaa culture amongst the Ilindoos to aid inquiry into the ancient habits of the empire ; and to be an example among the nations of the strong ruling the weak." The hon. member referred with pride to the Great Trunk Railway recently completed from Calcutta to Peshawur, 1,423 miles, and antici pated the best results. He announced also that Ilindostan was really advancing in regard to its cotton. Nearly 098 millions of pounds weight had been sent out in 1868-9, an amount that compared favourably with the 614 millions of the previous season. In many other ways also India was advancing and becoming of service to this country. Coffee, indigo, ipecacuanha, and many medicines were being produced there. The idea of Russia advancing to India Mr. Duff ridiculed. lle concluded by speaking of the great course before the Liberal party elsewhere than in India : To make the army tho most perfect weapon which statesmen have ever wielded—small in size, but instinct with science, and a model of perfection in its kind ; to reform the Diplomatic Service; to make primary education universal ; to raise the level of the middle and higher edu cation, and to work all three into one harmonious system; to get rid, as far as is possible, of every artificial shackle upon trade both at home and abroad—these arc works which will require long brc ath, as the French say, and they are only a few out of many that might be cnn mcrated. THE SUN, LONDON, F 1 IDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1869. ninitea in its extent; out tne aamiration or the ream: will doubtless be diminished on learning that the asm,- ciation firmly believes this nation to suffer from only or..c. grievance, and has therefore but ono remedy to pro pose. Free Trade is the curse of the land; abo'lisn Free Trade and we shall be happy. Such, shorn o: poetic expression, is the programme of this restorative organisation ; such is the plain purpose for which thirty meetings have been held. Each of those gatherings has been distinguished by its own intellectual beauties, but most remarkable of all was the last. On this occasion the chairman, Mr. R. Roberts, went thoroughly into the question of British grievances. Free Trade caused them all. It was said that we suffered from the cost of royalty, excessive taxation, drink, strikes, speculation, and trades unions. In the opinion of Mr. Roberts, we might be oppressed by these evils, but they were all owing to 14ree Trade. The worthy chairman is right to some extent. If the policy of Free Trade be reversed, no doubt the British workman will have less money to buy drink with ; no doubt speculation will diminish, because business will decline ; and perhaps a revolution to get rid of the Royal Family is not altogether an impossibility. But what does Mr. Roberts mean by affirming that if duties were imposed upon foreign goods taxation would be made lighter? The object of Protection is to prevent the importation of foreign goods. If they are kept out, how can taxation be made lighter by the duties received upon them ? or if much foreign merchandise be admitted, how can there be any protection? More remarkable speeches followed the exposition of Mr. Roberts, but after Admiral Elliot had advo cated there-enacting of the navigation laws, and similar projects had been broached, the meeting would tole rate it no longer. There were loud cries for a Free Trade speaker, and shouts of " packed meeting" because the chairman objected to hearing the other side. But the meeting asserted its right " with tremendous uproar," an finally two opposing addresses were delivered. Then the patriotism of the assembly was tested by an interesting little experiment. The Rev. J. R. Page moved a resolution to the effect that, in view of the coming winter, tho public should be invited to sub scribe for the establishment of soup kitchens on an extended scale. But no ; the revivers of British industry were not going to lower themselves to soup. The unfortunate clergyman met with such a derisive and boisterous reception that he withdrew straight way. A VACANT JUDGESHIP. Tho death of the Right 'lon. J. E. Walsh places a valuable judgeship in the gift of the Crown. The deceased gentleman, who died suddenly in Paris from diarrhoea, was one of the many lawyers who were raised to the bench during the recent Derby- Disraeli Ministries. He was born in 1816, and was made Irish Master of the Rolls in 1866. It is scarcely likely that the vacant judge ship will be accepted by the present Irish Attorney- General, Mr. Sullivan, whose presence will be needed in the House of Commons during the next session whilst the land question is under discussion. Mr. Barry, the Solicitor-General, who is without a seat in Parliament, will probably be chosen to fill the vacant post. DR. TEMPLE. More than one clergyman complains of the extra ordinary rocedures at the London meeting respecting the appointment of Dr. Temple. "A. London Vicar " says he presented himself at the door and was asked, in common with several others, " Will you oppose Dr. Temple ?" On declining to answer the question, he was told to withdraw : To this I demurred, on the ground that the had been publicly advertised. Cries arose of "Turn him out." "He is come on purpose to disturb the meeting, and he is effecting his purpose. "Send for a policeman." I grieve to say that one who joined heartily in these cries was a popular Evangelical clergyman, a distant connection of my own. A policeman was sent for, but answer was brought that the requisition of the landlord was necessary. Some thcn said, "Oh, dot't send for a policeman ; refer the question to the c'unir." The " London Vicar " requested to speak with tne chairman, and after more rowdyism he was permitted to do so. Finally, he left the room. This clergyman had come, he says, only to gain information, and at any rate he was not a supporter of Dr. Temple. Many other clergymen were similarly treated. What ever grounds the opponents of the Bishop Designate may have had for admitting only pledged allies, their style of rejecting the rest is certainly i nv idi ous It looks very like bullying. "ESSAYS AND REVIEWS." A concise statement of Dr. Temple's part in the again famous Essays and Reviews is published by a "Liberal Evangelical" as a protest against the extravagant allegations from the doctor's opponents. Dr. Temple was not the editor in any sense, and, therefore, ought not to be ealled the reputed editor of Essays and Reviews. The object of the book originally was to be a peacemaker:— It was to set an example of active toleration ; to shew that earnest and religious men, though they differed in theological views, could yet co-operate and be members of the same communion. It failed, and no one regretted its failure more than its authors, because the actual writers were not the men originally contemplated, but in some cases at least, men of extreme and violent views. No one was more taken by surprise by some of the articles in this book than the authors of others. But was it a right course for one writer to publish his disavowal of the sentiments of another, when the very raison d'êtr e o f the book was a toleration of different opinions ? " Dr. Temple's reply was the only one possible to a man of honour and principle. lie published immediately a volume of sermons. Surely it is only fair to judge him by his own essay and by his sermons, and not to repeat the falsehood that he is responsible for the opinions held by other essayists." These explanations are forcibly put. But they have been made before, and alas ! what have they availed ? THE CHURCH AND THE WORKING CLASSES. The Bishop of Peterborough has paid a visit to Leicester to promote the building of three new churches in that town. In furtherance of this object a large meeting was held, to which working men were especially invited. Dr. Magee, in the course of a very liberal address, bestowed much attention upon the relations between the Church and Dissenters. He did not urge " the • sinking of minor differences." Nonconformists regarded some of those distinctions as very important, and it was not to be supposed that they would hold aloof from the Church through trivial causes. But they should not overlook that there were many points on which Churchmen and Noncon formists agreed, and whilst they could respect diver sity of opinion they might still work in common for many objects. He believed that every working man, whether Dissenter or not, had a claim upon the Church's regard, and the Church had a claim upon him. Every working man had a share in legislating for the Establishment, whilst all sects alike owed a debt of gratitude to the Church, the Ministers of which in times gone by had risked and suffered death for the truth. Dr. Magee had. no hesitation in asking the entire body of working men to assist in building three new Leicester churches. The drinking evil likewise received some attention from the right rev. prelate. He adds one more to the list of bishops who have lifted up their voice against the debasing national vice. THE HUSH ARCHBISHOPS TO Intan CLERGY. The two Irish Archbishops delivered their charges simultaneously—the Primate at Armagh, the Arch bishop of Dublin in his cathedral. They were dissimilar in tone and matter, though they dealt with very much the same subjects. Dr. Trench's was tinged with bitterness : he assailed (as we stated yesterday) the House of Lords, and throughout was disposed to dilate on the difficulties of the Church's position. The Primate commenced his address by unconsciously deprecating what his brother was just doing; ho condemned the folly of recrimination and complaints, and encouraged his clergy to raise their hopes. The Archbishop of Dublin discussed detail very fully ; his eixace of Armagh left that for the new Church Body, and rather enunciated general princi ples than commented upon particular instances. The latter expressed a hope that none but unavoidable alteration would be made in the Liturgy ; suggested that landlords should make provision for the clergy in substitution of the tithe rent charge ; and exhorted all parties to have moderation and to exercise charity. The point he was an x i ous t o ma i n t a i n was th e neces sity for the independence of the clergy. There was a danger of arrangements as to patronage being made which would interfere with what was so essential. Voting by orders he thought wise as tending to secure that independence. The Archbishop of Dublin argued against any liturgical revision; and appeared also adverse to any attempt to part with either of the theological tenden cies within the Church. A great part of his speech, however, was taken up with the question of commuta tion. He appeared very uneasy on the subject, and stated his belief that the general expectation would not be realised. The moral of it all was that those who could, should send in their contributions freely. THE PROGRESS OP TIIE EDUCATIONAL AGITATION. The Birmingham Education League has done ono public service—it has roused public attention to a question which has been allowed to lio almost forgotten by the great masses of the people. The progress being made is most encouraging ; abundantly attested as it is by the repeated references to the subject by public men, and by the numerous meetings being held throughout the country. Yet the towns of the North and the Midlands are mono polising the agitation to a very considerable extent. Birmingham led the way ; Manchester follows speedily ; Liverpool considers the question; and, finally, Newcastle has determined to hold a confer ence on the subject. The Newcastle conference is to be one representing all sides of opinion. - Church of England and Dissent meet equally; the promoters of sectarian and the supporters of secular education will both have opportunities of speaking; the political, the social, and the religious aspects of the subject will be presented. THE LAND QUESTION. We have now before us all the demands of the very advanced set of politicians whose, representativez are Messrs. Bradlaugh and Lucraft. They want, they say, to help the landle:743 and the moneyless ; and for them they demand the laud from the landlords. At their second meeting, near the Old Bailey, on Wed nesday, resolutions were pas.sed with acclamation that the land should be given back to the people, and that usury should be . abolished. The only speaker who put forth anything. like a definite plan said he would "abrogate landlords, game laws, prunoganiture, and Poor-law guardians." He would buy up the landlords' rights, as the rights of the Irish Church had been bought up. The pleasure parks of the country he proposed to use for " home colonisation." REVIVING BRITISH INDUSTRY. The association which has for its object "to restore and specially guard the industrial interests of this country," has held its thirtieth meeting. The programme indicated by this philanthropic sentence appgArs At fiTet_sight_ nobk. Aggyo, . 44. _Wk._ THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE COMPANY. The European Assurance Company has not yet done with legal proceedings ; the directors are about to undertake another prosecution for libel. They have commenced criminal proceedings against one Joseph Bently. The charge they lay against him is a very simple one, the facts easily proven. He has ; according to the statement of their counsel, published a book or pamphlet containing abstracts of the accounts of the various companies. At the end of the figures he has placed remarks of his own. Several offices are said to be " doubtful ;" and against the European Mr. Bently has put the very strong word " insolvent." For some time there have been complaints of injurious rumours circulated to the disadvantage of the various companies; the gentlemen of, the European now profess to have dis covered the source. They have obtained a summons against Bently. SAVE US FROM OUR FRIENDF. A little while ago the favourite complaint of the unreasonable London public was that it had too little police protection ; it has now found out that in one sense there is too much. Formerly there was a plague of burglars; now there is a surfeit of police. Various acts of violence on the part of certain mem bers of the "force "—and some cases seem fairly sub stantiated, illegal exercise of authority, and hard swearing in support of unfounded charges have alarmed the inhabitants of the metropolis. It has, therefore, been proposed that whilst the police be left to watch over criminals, an organisation should be got up to watch the police. " The Metropolitan Police Vigilance Association," now being formed, has for its object " the general supervision of the conduct of the police in the streets, so that all acts of violence and brutality on their part may be promptly established by well-authenticated evidence before the magisterial tribunals." The members of the association, it is suggested, should be watchful at all times, especially at nieht. ready to acquaint themselves with the facts or any police out rage, and willing to come forward and have them proved. This programme may be all very well, but the association-must not go too far. It is not to be expected that a body of several thousand men, badly paid, can be composed entirely of unexceptional characters. If this novel organisation be too success ful, which, however, is not very likely, it may conduce to an apathy on the part of the police which will prove far more disastrous than excessive caution. THE lIAY3IAIIKET CASE. Ono officer of the London force has just been punished for undue exercise of authority. A fortnight ago, Rosa Burton, keeper of a refreshment house in the Haymarket, charged an inspector and sergeant with annoying and unreasonable interference. The house bore no very good reputation, and the police officers suspecting, or pretending to suspect, that bad characters were being harboured there, entered the building at two in the morning and rambled about the apart ments, demanding adminion to Burton's dressing room. She refused to admit them, and they remained on the premises until half-past six, after wards posting a constable outside. Nothing was found to justify thi▪ s surveillance. Mr. Tyrwhitt has just given judgment in the case. lie condemns the inspector to a fine of £2, on the ground that his authority had been exceeded. Policemen are undoubtedly- authorised to en t er re f res h men t h ouses whenever they thi▪ nk prop er ; b u t thi s li cence did not justify the inspector in demandi n g ad m i s sion to Burton's bedroom whilst she was undressing ; nor did it authorise the two officers to remain all night. The constable who was posted outside at half-past six might as well have mounted guard, if necessary, from the first. Such is Mr. Tyrwhitt's view. The case is of much importance, and as no practical interpretation of the Act has been given in this sense before, the decision of a higher court will be sought. The plain wording of the Act seems to give the police unlimited power of entering and inspecting refreshment houses; but this power must bo used with discretion. Even the most suspicious characters ought not to be sub jected to undue persecution. PAUPER CHILDREN. Wedneaday's meeting of the Bethnal-green Board of Guardians was unusually interesting. It appears that a lady, named Miss Annette P reusser , h as th e mis fortune to reside in a Cumberland district where there are no paupers. She and some of her friends are, therefore, desirious of employing their benevolence for the benefit of the London p oor . Mi ss P reusser h as announced her willingness to take charge of a number of destitute girls belonging to the parish of Bethnal Green, and to train them up as servants. She is willing that the board remain the guardians of he girls, and pay a small sum weekly for their maintenance. Her proposition, in fact, amounts to an engagement to carry out the boarding system now so much discussed ; and as the Rev. Septimius Hansai d told the guardians, it was better that the children should be entrusted to this benevolent lady and her friends than to people who were less able to tako an of them. The board, like sensible men, entirely c oncurred in this view of the case. Miss Preusser has only to make a formal appli cation and she will at once get the raw material for her Christian charity to work up. TM: DIVORCE COURT. The important change in the law of eviderc3 affecting the Divorce Court comes into force on th 3 2nd of November. Henceforth in any pro ceeding instituted in consequence of adultery, the wife or husband of any party may give evidence. The witnesses, however, will not be bound to answer a question incriminatinr,o• themselves. Previously none of the principals i n a divorce suit, nor their husbands or wives. could appear in the witness-box. MORE CABLES. Further projects a re on f oo t for extending our tele graphic system in th e E as t. The Indian Extension Company proposes t o l ay a ca ble from Ceylon to Singapore, to be connected with the lines to England. Negotiations are in progress for extensions from Singapore to Australia and the Dutch East Indian Islands, as well as to llong-Kong. It will be strange indeed if these improvements aro not brought about ; for - if once the chief difficulty of a good service from. England to India be overcome, the distance to Aus tralia and China is comparatively small. FOREIGN NOTES. A JUNG STILL WANTED, Affairs have greatly improved in Spain. The Republican movement Ilas been quite put down, and Marshal Prim Las addressed a circular to the army and tho volunteers, which conveys to them the thanks of the Regent for the brilliant services they have rendered to the cause of the Government. It is said to to Marshal Prim's desire that a king should be elected as seen as possible. Mention is still made of King Ferdinand of Portugal as the man most likely to fill the vacant throne of Spain. This proposal insets with the fewest objections on account of the general desiro that is experienced for the establishment of an Ibarian Kingdom. King Ferdinand is likely to meet with. opposition from those who only wish to have a king in order that they may reign under his name. The position of the Government is a peculiar one, for they have just gained two victories, one over absolutism and the other over Republicanism, and now they find themselves at the same point from which thes_started. All is uncertainty and hesitation. and the condition of affairs is rendered more precarious by tne injurious effects of two civil wars. THE INSURRECTION IN DALMATIA. Accounts from Vienna describe the scene of the Dalma tian insurrection as a district consisting chiefly of barren chalk hills, bounded on the north and south by Turkey, and on the east by Montenegro. It extends over about 44 English square miles, and has some 31,000 inhabitants. The lowlanders are mostly fishermen and sailors, and are more prosperous than the highlanders. The population on the mast is in a great degree Italianised, but the highlanders are very warlike, being accustomed to repel the incursions of Montenegrin robbers. An alteration in the organisation of tho militia is the pretext for the outbreak, and it was at first thought that is had been fomented by the Prince cf Montenegro, who has long desired to hold Cattaro, in order to have access to the sea. The .Prince has, however, premised the Governer of Dail - sat:a that his subjects shall not assist the ebeLs. The latest Anows from Austria states that the insurrection has assumed n more formidable shape than was expecte I at first. The Governor of Dalmatia has proclaimed a state cf ;Loge. and a strong detachment of troops: has been ;ent there. It was feared that the people might take refuge in the mountains, and so offer a lengthened resis tance to the Imperial forces, but it seems that the latter have occupied the heights cf the Lodenice without difil lulty, and that their artillery now commands all the ,rpcsite mountain slopes. AUSTRIA. It is reported from Vienna that the consideration of the all-important question of internal reform will be put off until the return of the Emperor from his eastern voyage. The Reichsrath will not be opened until December, as the Emperor wishes to preside at the ceremony. The ensuing session will possess an exceptional interest, and the discus dons that will take place are likely to be very stormy ones, if if we are to accept the prophecies of the Vienna press on the subject. It is said that Count Beust and Herr Von Giskra have agreed to make concessions to the Czechs, but entirely in accordance with the Austro-Hungarian Constitution, Ind to the exclusion of all anti-constitutional ideas. In the absence of the Emperor, his brother, the Archduke Charles, will preside over the conduct of affairs in his COMMERCIAL PROJECT OF ITALY. name, Italy has just taken the initiative in a commercial ;chcme of great importance. She proposes to ass emblo at Cairo, in an international congress, delegates from the Chambers of Commerce in all the ports of the Mediter ranean. This congress is to determine inwhat manner it will be most advantageous for Europe to establish relations with the hitherto neglecte 1 regions that lie on the western shores )f the Red Sea. The French Government have received t communication respecting this scheme. A NEW GUN. The Eastern Budget gives an account of some interesting taperiments made at Perm, in Russia, with a now 20-inch run, lately cast in the foundry of the town. The trials were made under the direction of Major-General Pestitch, lommandant of the Cronstadt artillery, and the official report describes them as very successful, and more satisfac cory than those made with American guns of the same mlibre. The gun was fired 314 times ; the projectile weighed 10 cwt., and the charge of powder required fir each shot was 1301 b. The weight of the gun is about 50 tons, the recoil seven feet, the initial velocity of the pro jectile 1,120 feet per second, and the percussion force, at distance of 50 feet, about 10,000 tons. The official papers say this is " the most powerful gun in Europe." EMBASSY FROM BOKRARA. According to the Invalide Busse, an embassy is on its way to the Czar from the Emir of Bokhara. His High ness's fourth son, who is only 12 years of age, is at the head, accompanied by his father and brother-in-law. The officially declared object of the mission is to consolidate good relations with Russia, and inform the Emperor Alexander of the hostile proceedings of the English and Affghans. The real motive is, however, believed to be to secure the throne of Bokhara to the young prince, who is his father's favourite son. His throe elder brothers have been debarred from the right of succession by rebellion. Tho eldest one nearly suc ceeded in dethroning his father last year, and was only defeated by the intervention of Russian troops. PARAGUAY, The French papers publish intelligence from Pan quay received from a Brazilian source, confirming the news of the victory of the allies. Lopez was not captured on the 23rd September, nor indeed was he traced, but it was believed that he was directing his retreat to Bolivia. Many prisoners had been released, who repeated the statements respecting his cruelty towards the Brazilian prisoners. The whole popu lation is described as in a miserable condition, and the people were flocking to Asuncion, where the Provisional Government had been established by the allies. Villa Rica and San Jose had made their submission. The ratrie, which is always disposed to befriend the Paraguayan cause, receives these accounts with some suspicion. It remarks that the Brazilians no longer talk about the bombardment of an inland town by their fleet, but that they content themselves with the announcement that Lopez is in Bolivia, when, according to their own despatches, he was proeeeding in a totally different direction. The Patrie anticipates the dissolution of the triple alliance, and com-, ments upon the folly of the Argentine Republic in assist ing Brazil to destroy an independent State like Paraguay The....Vew I ark Herald has already given a similar caution to Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, warning them that the fall of Lopez would be a general calamity to the Republics of South America. The violent attacks on Prince Napoleon in the Pays have called forth a remonstrance from the Journal Officiel. Tho Government sees them "with deep regret." No par ticular article is specified, but it is plainly the one pub lished a day or two since that was yesterday commented on by the Journal des _Mats, which has called forth the official protest. The subject has excited a good deal of discussion, because in the present state of affairs the question of hereditary succession is peculiarly inter esting to the French people. The Liberti, of this morn ing, while examining the arguments of the Pays, maintains that the hereditary principle must be either accepted or rejected in toto. If it is to be set aside every time that its application would be dangerous or inconvenient, it would be better boldly to return to the electoral system. In any case it will be well to remember, says the Liberti, that the first protest against the hereditary transmission of power has come from the ranks of the Bonapartists themselves. The Pays, in the article to which I have referred, declares that should Prince Napoleon be summoned to the throne, it would refuse to recognise him as the legitimate head of the State. Rather than do so the Pays would erect barricades. It is not surprising that so violent and apparently unreasonable attack, not only on a member of the Imperial family, but on the very principle of here ditary succession itself, in a journal supposed to be abso lutely devoted to the reigning dynasty, should have excited a good deal of attention. Naturally the other journals perceive that the objections which the Pays urges against the Prince might be used with equal effect against the Empress as Regent, or the Prince Imperial as minor. The doctrines that "France is no longer the pro perty of a race," that an heir to the throne, does not inherit parce que l'autre est mart, but becausp France through universal suffrage ratifies his inheritance, are certainly strange and anomalous when put forward by the Journal de l'En'pire Another protest of a different ki has been made by M. Jules Favre, who has very justly resented the arbitrary summons to the meeting in the Boulevard de Clichy. " I am not in the habit," writes the distinguished orator and advocate, " of receiving summonses of the kind you have sent me, and still less of obeying them. Yon will not, therefore, be surprised not to see me at the appointed rendezvous." The reading of this letter produced some murmurs, but it has been highly applauded by the press. The only regret expressed is that the other deputies so rudely summoned were not equally careful of their dignity. The Journal des Debats thinks it is singular enough to see some 500 electors professing to represent the 400,000 electors of Paris, and demanding from the deputies of the Seine an explanation of their conduct; but still more sin gular to find all the deputies, with the exception of M. Jules Favre and Ernest Picard, answering to the call. To these names the Debats should have added that of M. Gam betta, absent through illness. He did not lose much, and the poor unfortunate deputies who did present themselves at Clichy are not likely to accept a second invitation of the kind. Riot, disorder, and'interruption prevailed through out the whole séance. The deputies narrowly escaped injury, and certainly cane in for some rough usage. M. Bancel was the most, successful, and obtained some applause by his version of the famous manifesto. The most unfortunate wa 3 M. Pelletan, who was hooted at, called a Jesuit, rdered from the salle and insulted in every possible manner. The president of the meeting, far from• protecting him, declared himself to be insulted by a • comparison to M. Schneider and the confusion that arc se was indescribable. If anything was needed to convir co the Deputies of their wisdom in aban doning all ideas a demonstration, these turbulent pro ceedings must ha ye supplied conclusive proof. This, how ever, was the gre; t cause of offence. " If the Deputies," exclaimed one speaker, " had said We go,' 500,000 men would have fol (owed tliem." Another contemptuously put aside the plea ( if WI. Jules Simon and Ferry, that they wished to avoi, (bloodshed. The authorities, he said, would not fire on 200,0 )3 men,though theymight on a few insurgents. If the Left had pared to act, there would not have been a AroP of b 19 9 11 WO. s3nt I need not continue,_ extracts will show you the temper and language of the meeting, and I have no doubt that the four Deputies, who could scarcely have expected such a rough reception, were heartily glad when after great difficulty, amid cries of " Ils sent juges," they escaped into the street. The Ministry, which was said to be in a precarious con dition,. seems to have been consolidated by the crisis through which it has passed. M. de la Tour d'Auvergne has written from Compiegne to his friends alluding to the entente cordiale that exists between the members of the Cabinet. It was said in Paris this morning that those who were most anxious for the manifestation of the 26th of October have changed their minds, and put off the affair until the 2nd of November, but no reason has been assigned for the change. The Tatrie contradicts a statement which had been made to the effect that the cashiers, the responsible agents, and others had joined the drapers' assistants on strike, and that the masters would in consequence be compelled to yield to the demands of their empkyes. The first houses in the trade are now, it is said, completely settled with respect to their attendants, and the new hands, in spite of their inexperience, arc able to accomplish their tasks in a fairly satisfactory manner. The customers have shewn a good deal of consideration under the peculiar circum stances of the case, and the young women who have been employed in the emergency have answered the pur pose of the employers. The Shopmen's Syndicate is pro viding lodgings for those who are without a home, and he is also trying to procure premises for setting up new shops in which the men on strike may find employment. The strike does not seem to have taken place in consequence of the desire of the employes for increase of payment, but chiefly with the object of shortening the hours of work. An accident happened to the first detachment of Europeans who set out for Suez to witness the inaugura tion of the canal. The train took fire through the friction of the axles, which were not greased, and in a few minutes it was enveloped in flames. The carriages were stocked, but an adventurous passenger got cut of the window and tried to pass along the footboard to call the guard, but the luggage van, which separated him from the guard, had no footboard. It was not till the panic had lasted three quarters of an hour that the attention of the official was aroused by the screams which proceeded from the different carriages. Three hundred and eighty tradesmen's assistants have sent a sympathetic address to their Parisian brethren, who are on strike. The &lut Public of Lyons has announced that a preacher of the order of the Carmelites, who was to have officiated in one of the Lyonese districts during the Advent season, has declined to do so in consequence of the orders of the Superior of the Carmelites, who has provisionally inter dicted the preaching of Father llya.cinthe's brethren in France. Thu Rev. John Ingle, an extreme High Church man, has declined to sign the protest against Dr. Temple's appointment to the bishopric of Exeter, because oven if the Dean and Chapter complied " with the request of the memo rial, Dr. Temple will not thereby be kept out of the bishopric for a single hour, as in that case the Crown can, and no doubt will, make the appointment by Royal letters patent; which will do away with the necessity of any capi tular election. Non-election would be a mere brutum ful. men, and it is always unwise to bark if you cannot bite." Further, " It does not seem to me to be the part of good Churchmen to force upon the Church the spectacle of a bishop's appointment by the civil powernlnne." THE CANYON OF THE COLORADO. (From the Anglo-American Times.) One of the most interesting of rivers, and one of the least known, is the Colorado. Till now it has been unexplored ; indeed, till the full reports are obtained of the two recent exploring parties, it must remain unknown. Colonel Powell, in a long letter to the New York Tribune, gives an interesting account of the strange country through which its wa ters bore him. We have endeavoured in a series of articles to describe what may, par excellence, be termed the Alpine region of the Continent, the western half of the Territory of Colorado. From the rolling prairies, at the head of which is Den ver, the land abruptly aseends, and the great pla teau of America is entered. Between the Rocky Mountains, which there arise, and the Wasatch chain there is an extensive valley of this upland country, and the rivers rushing from the snow covered mountains run westward till intercepted by the Colorado in its southern course to the Gulf of Cali fornia. There is no other body of water having a channel of so extraordinary a character. It passes through an elevated plateau, and, at times, it has to burst its way through barriers of mountains. The consequence is, it flows in a bed contained within walls of rock literally thousands of feet high. To the spectator who comes suddenly upon it the scene presented is a marvel. He stands on a yawning chasm two, three, perhaps four thousand feet deep, with a wall like that upon the tiummit of which he is, before him, showing the geological strata in va riegated rock. So far beneath flows the stream at the bottom, though twice the size of the Danube, it ap pears like a roaring rushing brook,' and so perpen dicular, yet so gigantic are the walls, that they seem as if the earth had opened, and the view was into its interior. Often comes the roar of water, plunging over cataracts, filling the dark chasm, and reverbe rating from wall to wall. Is it surprising that through such a gorge, shutting out the day, men shrank from essaying the passage? and that the stories circulating iu the camps of hunters among the Rocky Mountains were of underground pas sages, where the river became lost from the face of the earth, and that boats which had been swept into those subterranean channels had never again appeared. Even on its banks the thirsty traveller had arrived to behold the tempting draughtas wholly beyond his power of reaching, as is a shooting star, and the tale is told of parties dying of thirst who had wandered for days along the abyss in search of a descent. Mr. Catlin inclines to the belief that a river similar to the Colorado, but really subterra nean, runs beneath the Rocky Mountains, and it would appear that the Colorado itself must have had a narrow escape from being so mysterious a stream. From the other side of the Wasatch mountains, vast as is the basin, no river whatever finds its way to the sea, and the Colorado alone between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Ne vada can be traced at least, to the ocean. Colonel Powell started from the point where the Union Pa cific Railroad crosses Green River, on the 24th May last. The river turns east to get round the Uintah Mountains, and has cut a series of canyons till it is joined by the Yampa. To Henry's Fork the distance is GO miles, through the Uintah canyons are 70, to the White River 50, and to the juuction of the Green with the Grand River 190 miles, making the distance from the Pacific Railway to the Co lorado proper 370 miles. Portions of this present the most singular appearance, more especially one termed the Canyon of Desolation. Not only does the great river cut its way through the upland country, but to the right and to the left other streams have hewn out their courses in a similar way, often so close to each other as to make the tower ing walls of from two to three thousand feet high look like pinnacles, upon which a man could scarcely stand, though large enough on the summit for a huge castle. Behind rise crag upon crag until they reach an altitude of 5,000 feet, rusty grey, and dark red, with a few greenish cedars and a little sage constituting all the verdure. These fissures, opening on the main canyon, have others opening on them, till in instances the country is broken into sections of this extraordinary charac ter, upon the summit of which no human being can ever rest. In Still Water Canyon the walls arc of orange-sandstones, with domed alcoves and amphi theatres, grottoes, and caves cut out of the solid rock; the lateral canyons contain rivulets, as Powell says, born of a shower, and born again of a shower, while at every curve the river leaves a spot on the inner side, of meadow bordered by willow. Then the cliffs again grow higher till the junction of the Grand and Green where they have attained an altitude of 1,300 ft., with a back country cut into a labyrinth of canyons rising in floors at the bottom of the lowest of which they are, in the channel of theriver whereon they are borne. At the junction the banks are not ver ticle, but having the slope of broken rocks tumbled down, though the lateral canyons are for the most part perpendicular. Starting from the junction which is in about latitude 38, the Cataract Canyon is entered and the roar of water resounds. Where the rushing river tumbled over rocks the explorers were com pelled to make portage; sometimes having to carry boats and all ; but in other cases, however quick the rush, they committed themselves to the rapids. Sometimes the waves would roll over a boat which would not sink, having a water-tight deck fore and aft, but now and then a boat would itself roll / over, and the men then had t o c ling to the O d4 i and conduct it to the b an k. Oft en the wh il' pools would sweep them into the vortex, carry ing them back under the falls,'d a shi ng th e m again s t t rocks, or whisking them down the river. Thet l g, but 45 miles, they toil e d f or t we l ve d a ys throng; this canyon, the walls of which, at their higi lej e j altitude, reached 2,500 feet. Then they ent er w the Mound Canyon at a sharp bend, whose Pew ial, was set with ten thousand crags and ragged r °c cd Narrow Canyon followed to the mouth of the °- Juan River, a distance of 68 miles, over which sly tl were carried by the rapid current at railroad Sc In it they were joined by a river of mud they d. 4, the Dirty Devil. The rocks were cut into mown. 4 and cones, and hills of solid sandstone, sieP,-11 ,1 back for miles, one rising over the other. bright orange stone, of which they were comP e ed glittered reeplendently in the sun's rays, and offer ed to the travellers entrancing scenes of beauty as h i were borne smoothly, yet with the speed of a bi of by the slreitn. Col. Powell reached the mouth to the San Juau on July 30. This and the Gra n u ot , two of the greatest rivers which find their way w .t ward from the Alpine region of Colorado. '-fI,-e P O fo r run was named Monument Canyon, stretchi a g4 100 miles through a country covered with too' ti) and pinnacles, alone or in groups, spread over ng landec ipe as far as the eye could reach. from that Marble Canyon was entered, the 1/ ,, low at first, but gradually growing in height till t.mtod towered up 2,900 feet, terraced and broken crags above. The lower strata was formed of an is o l coloured marble, white and grey, pink, purple , brown, gradually increasing till the marble A e' rose 400 feet on either side, embossed in strang vices, and polished by the water into 'be t/t . l o o, Patches of the marble floor had been scooPe ci : f ol basins filled with clear water, in pleasant eo n ' il d to the red mud of the river. Cool springs O d d from the rocks, sparkling, foaming cascades Pl u° lo into marble fonts, and in little harmony these, after every shower, jets of red mud e i vi ith over the walls from the red sandstone above, .Iji , et i b a fall of hundreds of feet. Then they were j°l irt by the Little Colorado after they had passed t te a l six miles of the Marble Canyon, and they, en get the Grand Canyon, 238 miles lon g .e" The da rns, may be gathered from Col. Powell's account. the roar of the cataract could be heard more nt o 0 half a mile from the fall, but the st.reatia svr e '"dog , between forstone walls, sometimes witout st rr ol room a goat. The raging flood h in its in'nf gorge often falls at a plunge from five to °f oci° feet, the greatest being twenty-two, and over t bef the travellers were frequently carried wheth er otti 6 liked it or not. From the entrance of the eat' s Colorado to the Virgin River the course 15 /I 50 ward, but there are three great bends sott,, t a rd north, and in the last of these to the out') o f series of cataracts crowded into three-fourt h s mile. Just above the falls a stream came dow° " fo ot' h row canyon on either side, w hi c h gav e them r slivo hold whereon to land. To mak e a p or tage asc p :be the 800 feet of the wall, and descending belowloon taract, would occupy ten days, while the pr°,," could not outlast five ; so Colonel Powe"' ce fie' careful examination, determined to shoot th e P i DO Three of his men objected, and every effort c ; wi th failed to induce them to throw in their 1 0 ; OP their companions. They were hastily fitted ra tions, guns, ammunition, and a small store of and one of the boats, which could not the/I°o4 manned, was tied up and abandoned Whe n s tied' ready,, hands were shaken, and some tear, s ,o o ' each party thinking the other was going to 07d.ott tion. Away went the boats over the first 1 1 '51 then among the rocks, and over the second , tb by a huge boulder and whirlpool ; then 46116 01 plunge, and they were in the eddy below', and they found that what had looked so fort a l a 1 ,6 : 3 was really less dangerous than many theYP s lo l ! .° fore passed over. The three left behind s at i n to watched, and the party - below waited two howi t h t l3l , hope that they would essay the passage w i n ev e ' example, in the boat left behind, but 009 8 00 saw them again, nor does Col. Powell kr° became'of the three. We presume that theYo the men killed by the Shebett Indians, who' d the lj/ 0 told in a former number, say they discover s t starving, fed them, and put them on the trijot , Washington, a small settlement far south i O , OO , 0 but that they shot a squaw, and the Incl i3 cl $1 1: revenge, followed and killed them. Anot he r ,ocr gerous rapid was passed, and then there was s''idor fair sailing to the Virgin River, through theof t bo mon Valley, as they named it. The altitud e d fron t walls of the Grand Canyon of Colorado var ie o tbe r° 2,500 to 4,000 feet, and the terraces of the 50 e ,, bends have been the sites of ancient villactioct' habited by a diminutive race now almost tor: Their clusters of houses, built of stone laid I'S t bei' tar, rose about 1,000 feet above the river, an o tterl they had reservoirs of water. Their P a fo ot' was scattered in profusion, and deeply wows cot t ; paths led from village to village down t o nor _ t he y rent and up to the summit plain. On th e ow e , bend their dwellings were near the vrater't gel) a centuries old, others inhabited by the pres.ea in tt,r ration, but only a few villages now ren 3 a ln „a ae,' country to the south-east, though still fou:100. tvj the mouth of the Little Colorado. From 13 :3, Grand Canyon the country had been exlt t ed the correctness of the descriptions is at' e d, ' 91) ( 1 Colonel Powell. Of the ten who st art ,, left at the mouth of Uintah and three in ti w ith Co t ; Canyon, as described, leaving these five Ig „eril° 110 Powell himself, - who accomplished th e s ' s es voyage from where the Union Pacific ere ovigio, Green River to Callville at the head of th e o v, Jo eg tion of the Colorado ; Captain W. 11. Fo i r` 03° o n C. Sumner, George Y. Bradley, 'V: gorn i o cl Hawkins, and Andrew Hall. Through tutoes, 6 .0 Valley to the Virgin the distance is 43 Lm. a net 3 , lo to Callville 18, making 555 miles from till ofl4 of the Grand with the Green to the he . 00 11 1 'd navigation, and the run of these explorers,sod sore miles. We may here observe that the Azte c a n Plhe 7, like tribes, with the ruins they have lef t, 1 , of ,0 numerous on the Gila than any other bran' tbooto Colorado, which is further south in Arizona/ o f t„) many ruins are marked along the tours e fo Bvev Little Colorado. Fuller accounts of Colene' ro sti;io expedition will be awaited with much in t : cAP' 0 0 they will be supplemented by those o f iserP Adams, who has just explored the Grand "' the summits of the mountains of Colorado. RACING FIXTURES. d e OCTOBER. 4 6, 'Yost Drayton 21 I Newmarket won" . 6 1 NOVEMBER. Harrow Worcester.~ St. Albans 5, 6 Shrewsbury ••••• ... STEEPLECHASE FIXTURgS' p NOVEMBER. . lb, t o Worcester 2,3, 4 1 Sb xews bury .......... '.. .3 ' H a rrow 2, 3 1 L eam i ng ton fill'l t '' Lverpool 9 10,11, 12 1 COURSING FIXTURES. to. OCTOBER. '''' ',13,19;4 Ormsby ....................................................... ~ Huntingdon Club.. ........ IIIARICE7 S-2 HiS DA r• 40 • LIVERPOOL COTTON MAIIIC- 6 5 , 11 1 ; o °l Oct, 22. = Sales probably 10,000 bales. firm $OOOO,O LADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Pills. --G ZO I ) , tr ilOpo Everyone has frequently experienced sunh at 0000 W changes from gaiety to gloom. The e l ls al„pe o ,, , receives the blame, when a faulty diges tion be livio ones,' cause of the depression. Holloway's Pills canacb f l oe 3 recommended for regulating a disordered stoTbe Se pil e d proving digestion. They entirely remove at fulness and oppression after eatinq. They c 0 0 '1 t 'K f ° trli tongue, and act as a wholesome Etunulant Witbfloloolx as a gentle aperient to the b o W e ls. They he m iyo o tit i3 ija both body and mind. Holl owa y's Pills are tb lencl' t eri ° antidotes for want of app e tit e , nausea, fit't u o l it tro' burn, langour, depression, and that apathY of chronic derangement of the digestion. • —.------ Pc' rd BIRTHS. 111 et). • 3 , PCAusuisin On the 18th inst., at Drenag 0 0 the Hon. Mrs. M`Causland, of adaughter. ~,,d,'ll. TOTTENHAM_ —,„ r 0 0 On the 19th inst., at 57, Belgr".„ -- a. don, the wife of Lieut.-Col. C. G. Totten ha"' ‹ ao MARRIAGES. t ore; 00 HOCKIN —GnAnAm—On the 19th inst., at Alleriael Captain C. L. Hockin, Royal Navy, to CM' s s q• t et' 4 youngest daughter of the late John Grabal, w ,, fe ca l KNIC UTLEY —BOWATER— On the 20th inst., i sit y . t . ,n Ao utr Church, Eaton-square, Sir Rcinald Kaig ht i ir P' Mary, only daughter of the late Geticra Bowater. ..de - ce o,v DEA TB& W• , g OANWELL —On the 20th inst., at Wood-gr ec c i 3 '3o, ,l, Canwell, of Star-court, Broad-street, age d o, '-' MILLEN—At his residence, Camden•road, L °73 49'‘' Millen, Esq., aged 80. 1 l ' e6' PARKEB—On the 20th inst., at Freelands, Ik e ' ford, Wm. Parker, Esq., aged 75. a 0, 16. 1)- .0- 1 A.lll 0 A , London: Printed and Publis hed by WM.-- ,u,.11-',go, of No. 112, Strand, Printer , a t THE SUN Office of' oda' in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the Col:111W Friday, October 22, 1819.