The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-17 00:00:00

Nine by ithOte general considerations which of the two is Th e Telegraph—supported almost unanimously by the Liberal papers—protests against the debate altogether, and warns Mr. Disraeli that by continually dividing the Rouse, he is only shewing the weakness of his own party, and so proving a foe to the Church. On the question debated, our contemporary argues that the supremacyof the Crown means nothing more than the supremacy of the law. This will still exist in Ireland. It is absurd to envelope the subject in a transcendental mist. Over the Baptists, as well as the Church, the Queen is to-day supreme. The effect of Mr. Disraeli's motion was to restrict the liberty "A the Church. It is most wonderful that the complaint kould be made from the side which is supposed to repre sent the Church, that the Government mean to give the body liberty of action. The Herald, taking the other view of the subject, asks why, when a demand such as this is made, the Govern ment refuse to accede to it ? Our contemporary thinks union much more to be desired than the freedom the Government would give. The Irish Churchmen ask to be allowed to remain members and form a part of the English Church. The Roman Catholics form one whole ; why should this privilege be denied to the Protestant Episcopalians? PRINCE ARTHUR IN TIPPERARY. The visit of Prince Arthur to Tipperary —a county which has hitherto been unpenetrated by the most adven turous royalty—has, according to all accounts, filled the peasantry with genuine pleasure. He has made a triumphal progress, and the reception accorded to him will probably lead his Royal Highness to entertain a very different impression of the character of the people from that presented in the records of crime. The Prince has, no doubt, seen the bright side of the picture, but it is gratifying, and may be new to many, to find that it has so bright a side. From the account of the journey which is supplied it appears that his Royal Highness has had a triumphal progress through the south. At various stations along the railway line crowds assembled to witness the arrival of the young Prince and greet him with a cheer. At Dundrum, where he was to alight, the station was handsomely decorated and the road spanned by an archwith the word "Welcome" in scribed upon it. A detachment of the Tipperary Militia and their band were in attendance at the platform, where a crowd had collected, and when the train arrived at five o'clock with his Royal Highness the National Anthem was played and the people greeted him with en thusiasm. The Count de Jarnac was in waiting to receive the illustrious visitor, and the Prince having entered an open carriage drawn by four horses, preceded by outriders and followed by a brilliant escort, drove, amid the accla mations of the peasantry, to the prosperous and pic turesque village of Dundrum, situate on the estate of Lord Hawarden. The villagers were in a state of joyous excitement at the unprecedented honour bestowed upon the secluded little spot, and decked it profusely with emblems of rejoicing. Arches were constructed in the street in honour of the event, and a platform was put up in the centre of the village to enable the Prince to receive a loyal address. On the arches were inscribed the words, " Welcome to Dundrum" and " Welcome, Prince Patrick," a name more acceptable to Tipperary, and suggesting a happy link between nationality and loyality. When the procession arrived at the platform the Prince, having been informed of the desires of the people, cheer fully complied with their wishes, and took the place prepared for him to receive the address. It was presented by Lord Hawarden's agent, Mr. Bayly, and was in the following terms :—" May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the inhabitants of Dundrum, county Tipperary, and its vicinity, beg leave respectfully to welcome your Royal Highness, and express the pleasure and gratification we feel at this, the first visit of any of your Royal Family to this county, and we trust the loyal and hearty welcome you will receive among us will make such a favourable impression on your mind as may induce you to honour us with many future visits. We hope your Royal Highness will convey to your august mother, our gracious sovereign, our expressions of devoted attachment to her throne and person, and our earnest hope that she may before long visit our shores and gladden the hearts of her faithful Irish subjects by her presence among them." The Prince delivered the following reply :—" 'sincerely thank you for the very hearty welcome you have given me, and I heartily join in the wish you have expressed that my visit to this country may be often repeated. I will take the first opportunity of reporting to the Queen, my dear mother, your expressions of devoted attachment to her throne an .I person." His Royal High ness and the Count then resumed their journey to Thomas town Castle. The route lay through a coantry full of scenic beauty and historic interest. About half way from Dundrum to the Castle they passed the Rock of Cashel, around which cluster so many incidents in the story of Ireland. All along the route the inhabitants had their windows bedecked with evergreens, and dis played some token of respectful joy. At Thomastown Castle, which stands on an elevation in the middle of a fair demesne, preparations bad been m a d e on a befitting scale to give the Prince a hospitable re ception. From all sides the people had flocked in to see his Royal Highness, and when the carriages ar rived they cheer with genuine warmth. In front of the building were two flags with the word " Welcome' The Star does not think the Protestants do or will demand to have their freedom of action taken from them ; but in any case the connection between the Crown, as such, and the Church must cease. And it is inconceivable that the ,Queen should personally be called upon to be the patron of the Church. That she should act so would be uncon stitutional. THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Saturday Review thinks that the object of Mr. Disraeli's amendments is to put the Conservative party in the beet possible position for fighting Mr. Gladstonc's bill in detail, These amendments do not in fact lead the way to a compromise. They are so drafted that the Govern ment must oppose them totally and directly. Now, if the real object of Mr. Disraeli was to get slightly better terms for the Irish Church from the Commons, he would have taken a course little likely to be successful. But evi dently this is not his object. He wants, in the first place, to stand well with his party, to give them confidence in him, to make even furious Irishmen feel that they are not being betrayed, and that even when he goes into com mittee and accepts under protest disestablishmcnt and disendowment, he knows how to work these odious propo sals so as to benefit the Church. His amendments appear to be very well adapted to this end, and will rather tend to cheer and encourage and confirm the Conserva tives in their opposition than to divide and dishearten them. In the next place, Mr. Disraeli may reasonably calculate that the real battle will be fought in the Lords. In all probability the Lords will pass the second reading. and then the Conservatives will propose and carry their amendments. The use of proposing ineffectual amend ments in the Commons is to ascertain what amendments may be effectually proposed in the Lords. For this pur pose, it may not have been imprudent to put forward in the Commons amendments of an extreme character, sure to provoke discussion and to catch the attention of the country. If Mr. Disraeli had only proposed such amend ments as he had some hope of carrying in the Commons, he would have been precluded from asking for more from the Lords. But by starting with outrageous and auda cious demands in the Commons which he knows cannot be conceded, he may enable the Conservative peers to seem comparatively moderate when they come to make their amendments. As the leader of his party he has made a party move in devising the amendments he now submits to the House of Commons, and it is unreasonable to judge of a party move by any other test than whether it is likely to benefit his party, and him as the leader of that party ; and if they are judged by this test, it is as yet much too soon to say that these amendments are impolitic or ill devised. The Spectator, in considering the progress of the Iris': Church measure, declares the great critics of our national drama tell us that there is always a "retarding element" introduced into the plot, generally towards the middle of the third act, the object of which is to arrest and interfere with the general current of the play's action, and to pro mote a certain suspense and impatience in the mind of the reader or the audience, which adds to the vividness of interest in the final denouement. Such a "retarding ele ment" was the function of Thursday night's debate, with its interpolation of that little whirlpool of Conservative excitement round the Pontifical Throne which Mr. New degate, unappeased by Mr. Disraeli's theatrical affectation of fear on the same head, thought it due to his own great career as a renowned hunter of English foxes and Italian Jesuits to interpose, before he allowed the House to buckle to the great business of discussing how much money the martyred Protestant Church of Ireland is to be permitted to carry away with it into a wilderness where it professes to expect so much suffering and danger. We do not wonder that the House should be impatient at such deplorable waste of time, nor do we take very much comfort from Mr. Gladstone's remark that the meditative Conservative soliloquies of Thursday night at least served to shew the profound differences of opinion which divide them. We knew all eat before. Still, we suppose all great questions have a private closet with a peculiar skeleton of their own in it. And the Pope, though, as flaunted by Mr. Newdegate and his friends marked on each, and devices wrought in evergreens, which had a pretty effect. The Prince and his host came out on the terraces to view the scenery around, which was then beautifully illuminated in coloured lights by the rays of the setting sun. Among the entertainments provided for the Prince was a private dramatic performance. The piece selected was an original comedy by the Count, under the suggestive name of "Aunt Hercules." The chief characters were represented by Mr. F. Trench, Car tain Cole, Miss Warburton, and Miss Henrietta War burton. A prologue was written for the occasion by the former lady, and effectively recited. be does a little too much resemble the tawdry G t./ , rawkescs of the sth of November, is still, perhaps, more endurable, being, at all events, a little more showy, than the compound householder who haunted our last great controversy. It is, however, to our minds a real matter of astonishment that men as competent as Lord Sandon and Mr. Raikes should not be able to see that this spectre of the Protestant imagination derives his political power whol:y in England, and mostly in Ireland, from the excuses which we give his adherents for asserting that they are not dealt with on the same basis as the adherents of any other creed. It is ridiculous to ari,ue that because 1 A new " Church Reform Society' has been established under the presidency of Loid Ebury, and it has been arranged that the first public meeting shall be held on the 13th of May. The following are the prin cipal objects it seeks to attain: -1. The amendment of the Book of Common Prayer, under proper authority, by omissions and alterations, especially in the Rubrics and occasional services. 2. The reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts. 3. The reform of abuses connected with patron- age. 4. The modification of the Acts of Uniformity, and the complete revision of the Book of Canons, together with the correction of such evils as hinder the extension ad mar tit" usefulness of the Church of Eng l es the Ultramontanes wish to see this measure carried, therefore it must be for the Papal interest. As Mr, Wachtel% pointed out, it must also follow, if that be true, that because the Presbyterians of Scotland, the Calvinists of Wales, and the Dissenters of England eagerly wish to see it carried, it must be for the interest of the warmest anti-Catholic religions. Of course, what really follows from the wish alike of Dr. Manning and Dr. Blaney to see the measure carried is this—that each of them in all probability Lelicixs it will be favourable to his own creed; an d mitspytle favourable So bow, 4 01:Aim to deter: I The Exahtiner and London .Review says that in the annals of party important changes of policy have fre quently been designated by the name of the mansion at which the new plan of campaign was resolved upon. A good deal, in its time, turned upon the " Cabal of Wal lingford House ;" thirty years ago the fate of Ins and Outs was said to depend on the durability of the Lichfield House compact; and now we have anew point of Tory departure in what is called the Lonsdale House Compro mise. Why the epicurean dwelling of the Lowthers hap pened to have been chosen as the new holy place where the Irish Church was to be born again, and sent into the world, "not half made up," like the crooked king, but " With rings on its fingers, and rings on its toes, And the promise of money wherever it goes," we, who pretend not to inspiration, cannot say. 'Perhaps it was thought of good augury that, as this West fruit of apostolic succession will have to make its way in the world without parliamentary privilege, its start in life should be made with the blessing of a very rich godfather. Certain it is that the guardians of Anglicanism in Ireland mean to set it up in business on its own account, with an un commonly handsome capital, if they can manage to get hold of it. The injunction to go forth without scrip or staff is clearly considered obsolete by Primate Beresford and his parliamentary friends. Perhaps they may plead that, Consols were not meant by the Greek word rendered Scrip, and sooner than argue about trifles like ..C6,000,C00 sterling, we shall waive the criticism. What we should I like to understand, howev er , i s , w h at t h e C onservat i ve „discipline. What he proposes is, in fact, th a t th e Church noblemen and gentlemen who me t a t C ar l ton - terrace l ast e n," Ireland, although deprived of its privileges as an Monday have really made up th e i r m i n d s to go f or, not Esstablished Church, shall continue under the disabilities o of an Established Church. If the Irish Church obje c t s t o only as regards their own, but as regar d s ot h er Ch urc h es that position, its objection ought, perhaps, to p reva il, b u t in Ireland. We ask, whither d oes thi s po li cy t en d? is it the members of that Church desire, on th e contrary, not plainly and palpably t owar d s re-endowment o f t h e to retain the connection with the Ch urc h o f E ng l an d Church of England i n I re l an d , and the furt h er endow echich would place them under the restrai n t s i m p ose d upon meat of the Chur c h o f S cot l an d and the Churc h o f R ome in that country? I n wor d s, we adm i t, there i s no ment i on th e former after they had ceased t o p ossess th e a d van t ages it would still enjoy. Under th ese c i rcums t ances, our con - made of the l a tt er ; b ut can anyone ser i ous l y a ff ect to b e temporary cannot see what valid obj ec ti on th ere i s t o b e ignorant of wh a t i s i n con t emp l at i on ? Al rea d y th e Pres offered to Mr. Disraeli's proposal. byterians are beginning to com pl a i n th a t the fourteen The Daily News does not think th a t I r i s h Churchmen years' purchase offered them by th e G overn me n t bill i s no sectarian equivalent for the p ecun i ar y concess i ons ma d e would desire to have their pri v il eges cur t a il e d. If the Church still wishes to be go verne d by Parliament, it seeks thereby to their Anglican r i va l s . L or d D er b y, w h en in an inferior rather than a sup er i or p os iti on . But office, encouraged them to hope that th e i r p os iti on wou ld be materially improved; and we now h e a r it sa id th at, to the restraint implies the di gn ity o f a spec i a l connection with the head of th e St a t e , an d secure better terms for th e i r own Ch urc h , t h e bi shops our contemporary by no me ans a d m it s th a t t hi s would not object to England an d S co tl an d b e i ng taxel f sought to be granted. Because a disestabli s h e d Church for double the amount o f R eg i um D onum. Th at done, the asks for it, it does not follow that Parliament i s t o un d er - cry for Catholic endow men t wou ld b ecome i rrepressible, take the trouble of governing. That great eng i ne i s no t and its logic irresistibl e . I s thi s , th en , t h e meaning of the Lonsdale House Compromise? li g htly to be called on s to do the work of this or that reli- Vhe John Bull considers that the Conference of the g i o us denomination. But the Daily News doubts whole Irish Church, held thi s wee k i n Dublin, has proved w hether Dr. Ball has warrant f or hi s d eman d s. Hi s colleague in the representation of th e U n i vers it y of itself worthy of the occ as i on an d purpose for which it was ilublin tells us that in advocati ng th e lib era l en d ow- summoned. Never b e f ore i n t h e h istory of the Reformed nu nt of the Roman Cath o li c clergy th e mind of his constitue n t s or o f th e P rotestants of Ire - Extraordinary c i rcumstances call forth extraordinary land. In proposing to restrict th e f u t ure o f th e Ch urc h, efforts, and w h en the Archbishops of th e I r i s h b ranc h o f to tie it down to exact conf orm ity f or a ll ti me i n di sc i- the United Ch urc h found that their eighth application to pline, doctrine, worship, an d governmen t with the Chur ch Government f or th e rev i val of the Irish Convocation was of Englaod, he may as little speak their mind. The I again most unj us tl y re f used, they determined forthwith Church left to itself, he says, may alter its own terms of to assemble a b o d y, suc h as, though unknown in the his- Communion, and some of its present incumbents may b e tory of the Ch urc h, s h ou ld yet effectually represent all driven from it. Parliament, also, may alter the terms of classes of clergy an d l a it y w i t hi n h er pale. One result stands out promi nen t f rom t h e many wh i ch will flow from co mmunion, as it has done before, with pr ec i se l y the sam e result. the Conferenc e . The Irish Church h as p rove d b eyon d a ll power of contradiction that whether or not her connection with the State continues to exist, she possesses within herself elements of self-government and powers of self-control which promise well for her future welfare and extension. Never in modern times has a Church been more sorely tried, and never before has a majority of the English nation refused to stand forth in defence of the weak and oppressed. True it is the modern history of Ireland has been mainly a record of rebellion and confiscation. " But this," said the eloquent Dean of Clonfert, " was the first time in her annals that rebellion had been followed by the confiscation of the property of the loyal." Certain it is that the destruction of the Irish Church Establishment will leave the main grievance of Ireland untouched. It will alienate the Protestants, it will conciliate no single hostile Roman Catholic, and it will inaugurate an era of fresh religious and political agi tation in Ireland of which neither we nor our children will in all nrobability see the end. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Cif course the debate on the Royal Supremacy is the topic which engages the attention of the daily papers. The Times, rebuking Mr. Disraeli for his confusion, explains I.what the Royal Supremacy really is, that the Crown—the (Zpeen acting by the advice of her Ministers—is the administrative head of the Church. The Queen has the patronage of ecclesiastical offices, just as she has the legal and temporal patronage. But t it would be manifestly wrong to take away the Ironey from the Church, and then to leave her trammelled with the Royal Supremacy. If the Church chooses, in her voluntary assembly, to lay herself under the royal hand, to ask the Crown to Appoint the bishops, there can be no reason for restricting her liberty even in that direction. 'Da the State must give freedom to the Church to do this. Nor does the Times think that the disendowed and disestablished Churchmen will do it. The proba. bility is that they will adopt some middle course, etaining the doctrines and worship of the English Church tn. • changed, but availing themselves of their freedom to ac hieve greater elasticity of administration; but whatever they do must be done by them of their own free will. This is what is allowed them by the second clause. The Standard, on the other hand,.contends that the t il.luse is most unnecessary. Mr. Disraeli believes—and We Conservative journal thinks him right—that only the. inaintenance of the Royal Supremacy over the Church will secure the Church a temperate and equitable govern ment, and protect it against innovations in doctrine and MISC., NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT BANKRUPTCY BILL. NOISY LEGISLATORS. It is said that in deference to the wishes of com mercial men, as represented by the Associated Chambers of Commerce, the Attorney-General has Consented to modify his Bankruptcy Bill in some important points. A deputation, waiting upon the member for Plymouth on Thursday, handed to the hon. gentleman a number of amendments, which he promised to consider. One clause was especially pointed out as unsound. It gives the Bankruptcy Court the power to annul bankruptcy in all cases in which the assets do not realise Irso. It was argued that the effect would be to induce a fraudulent bank rupt to commit all the offences mentioned in the penal clauses, so as to exhaust his assets and bring them below the sum of £5O. The Attorney-General pro fessed himself convinced of the impolicy of the enact - ment, and promised to strike it out. He also pro mised to take into consideration the abolition of imprisonment for debt which was strongly objected to by some members of the deputation. "It is ill work interposing between a hungry man and his dinner" no doubt, and therefore there is some little excuse for the uproarious scene which took place in the House on Thursday evening. But when this excuse is taken into account, when, even, it is further borne in mind that the arguments which were ad vanced against the Irish Church Billhad all been heard before, and all been answered to the satisfaction at least of the Liberal party, it is still to be regretted that legislators should have indulged in conduct sug gestive of schoolboys barring out. The scene was undoubtedly comic, notwithstanding. The House listened with tolerable patience to the ninety minutes' funereal oration of Mr. Newdegate ; but when Mr. Aytoun got up there•were loud manifesta tions of displeasure, because the Ministerialists thought that he had been effectually disposed of by the Speaker at the outset of the debate. Matters were not mended when Sir Percl Burrell and Captain Archdall interposed in his behalf, and took the Speaker to task for not keeping order. They themselves received an effectual snub bing for having ventured .to teach their president his dutica. Long before this it was dinner-time, and hon. members who had exp ec t e d th at a division would be taken before dinner, and did not like to sit down to their meal with the prospect of being sum moned from it by the division bell, had got very hungry and very angry. The silent monitor in the region of the stomach made them very noisy, so , noisy, that at last the Speaker was compelled to resort to the unusual expedient of telling the Serjeant-at-Arnis to keep silence at the bar. The result of this interposition was that Mr. Holt, who had been unable to obtain the hearing which is always given to a new member, was allowed to make his speech, and as it was clearly going to be a long one, honourable members felt that they might safely go and dine. The small men then said their little say. One member after another rose, but always, with the exception of Mr. Whalley and Mr. Dease, from the Opposition side of the House ; and Con servative members at last began to get angry because their opponents refused to take any notice of them or their arguments. There were two or three notable events in the debate. Mr. Whalley informed the House, amid shouts of laughter, that he was nego tiating with a dozen or twenty Murphys to ma";e a tour of the country after the Irish ' Church Bill was settled. Mi.. Lefroy, one of the Conservative members for Dublin -Univer sity, repudiated, in the name of his constituents, the levelling -up policy recommended by Dr. Ball, the other Conservative member. Mr. Raikes excited great merriment by admitting, at the end of his speech, that the sentiments which he had been utter ing were neither his nor those of any other man. Mr. Charley was Mr. Charley, and when he began to talk about policemen, the connection between his name and his subject was an irresistible provocative of mirth. Mr. Gladstone was humorous in a degree unusual with him. Mr. Disraeli clearly regretted the determination of Mr. Newdegate to go to a division, repudiated all connection with him, and expressed consciousness of a defeat even more severe than that which took place in Holy Week. His surmise proved well-founded, for there was an increased majority of 8 against him, the Conserva- tives numbering 21 i while the Liberals numbered only 13 fewer than on the morning of March 24. The most illustrious of the absentee 4 from the Noes were Lord Stanley and Sir B. Palmer, On the other hand, the Ayes were joined by Sir It. Peel and Mr. Butler-Johnstone, who were the only members who did not either vote or pair on the former occasion. " GREAT PROTESTANT DEMONSTRATION." With much display the Conservative papers con tinue to call attention to great Protestant demon strations in Ireland. The Church Conference in Dublin cheered their hearts somewhat ; and now much stress is laid on a public meeting in the Dublin Music Hall. We are informed that 2,lsoopeople condenined enthusiastically and unanimously the " Church Spoliation Bill," and that under the guidance of Lord Crofton, and by the advice of Lord Oranmore and Browne, a series of resolutions was adopted, affirming that it is not within the moral competence of Parliament t o overthrow the . Ifish Church, and. denouncing the proposal as an injustice to Irish Pro testants, a gross breach of national faith, and an unwarrantable attempt to confiscate private endow ments dedicated to the service of God. All thi s i s, doubtless, very fine ; but seeing that th e H ouse of Commons has already affirmed the principle of the bill, is hardly to the point. ME SUN, LONDON, SA fURDAY EVE.NING, APRIL 17, 1869. EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. from starvation, and there seems to be sinsorutely nocnmg to support life with. Large numbers of the peasantry arrive almost daily at St. Petersburg in search of work. The Daily News correspondent says that in addition to a very bad harvest, the high rents demanded by proprietors have done much to bring about this distress. This evil, at least, ought to soon right itself. The proprietors will soon learn to be content with lower rents rather than none at all. The tendency of Canadian emigrants to seek a final home in the United States has often been noticed. This movement is particularly marked at the present time. Large numbers of the native population of Quebec pro vince, as well as fresh arrivals, are crossing the frontier. During March this migration went on at the rate of 500 a week. Quebec is the " French " province of Canada, and the Daily News thinks the want of enterprise amongst its inhabitants accounts for these removals. The French Canadians do not seek improvements, but are satis fied with " doing as their fathers did ;" their rude and unthrifty agriculture soon exhausts the soil, and a break up becomes necessary. This theory may account for the emigration of the old inhabitants, but new corners shew the same preference for the United States. A large proportion of emigrants who arrive in Canada make their way across the frontier. Of course there is no controlling this movement. The settler will .go to the land where be expects to be most Prosperous. But there is some reason to believe that when the Fertile Belt is opened out, its attractions will prove at least as great as those of the Republic. The North German Correspondent says that the repeated tales of horrors endured by German emigrants on the voyage to America have induced Count Bismarck to take decided steps in the matter, and the Government of the United States has willingly consented to co-operate with that of Germany. A draft treaty dealing with this subject has been drawn up. English emigrants occa sionally suffer severely—as witness the horrible story to which we receney drew attention. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the English Ministry will also endeavour to make an arrangement with the American Government. amongst pigs. States, the same shall be subject to the following condi tions, to wit :—The United States Government shall have the same privileges and control over them as any foreign Government ; the United States shall have priority in the use of the lines by an operator of its own selection; the rates for the transmission of the Government messages shall be fixed by the Postmaster-General unless otherwise stipulated; the lines shall be kept open to the public for the transmission for daily publication of market reports and commercial intelligence ; and messages shall be for warded in the order of their receipt. It shall at all times be within the power of Congress to determine the tariff of charges on messages sent over such lines, and to estab lish rules and regulations in regard thereto. Before ex tending such lines within the jurisdiction of the United States, a written acceptance of the above terms must be filed with the Secretary of state, subject to the foregoing conditions, to the terms of grants heretofore made by Con gress, and to the rights of property and State jurisdic tion. The consent of Congress is hereby givon to the laying and maintaining of telegraphic cables and lines be tween the United States and such foreign countries as confer similar privileges on companies incorporated in this country." According to a despatch from General Custar, telegraphed from St. Louis on the 2d inst., he had discovered Indian signs on the 13th March. His command of 1,500 men, commenced marching more than twice the distance made by the Indians, the tcnts and all sari Ins clothing being burned. On the 15th a recently abandoned camping ground was reached, with a herd of ponies in charge of two Indians, and while capturing them a body of In dians were discovered, from whom it was ascer tained that 260 Cheyenne Lodges were near. " Medicine Arrow," a Chief of the Cheyennes and other noted Chiefs then rode up, and Custar learned that the bloodthirsty " Dog Soldiers" tribe were among them. Postponing his intention to attack them, as the Cheyennes held as captives Mrs Morgan and Miss White, till he could secure these white women, be accompanied " Medicine Arrow" to his village, where he found all preparing for flight. He ordered the arrest of " Big Head" and " Dull Knife," but it was only when the rope and tree were ready to hang the chiefs that the Indians de livered up the captives. The General did not lose a man, and as he has secured several Cheyenne Chiefs, these Lodges will be compelled to come in, when the war may be considered at an end. The following telegram was received at New York from San Francisco, April 1 :--New and rich developments in the White Pine silver regions are reported, and people are flocking thither in great numbers. There are from 10,000 to 15,000 per sons already located there. The weather continues stormy and the roads are almost impassable for the whole distance between Elks and Hamilton. The way is lined with " stalled" teams and waggons loaded with merchandise and nearly buried in the mud. Pneumonia prevails to an alarming extent, and several cases of small-pox are reported at Hamilton. The Indians in the neighbourhood are becoming hostile, and it is suggested that the mili tary authorities should establish a post in Snake or White River Valley to protect the miners. A band of Indians recently attacked a party of prospectors and killed and scalped two of them in the Snake Mountains. Silver mines have been discovered near Sonomo, about 70 miles from San Francisco, and people are rushing there and staking off claims. They have already held a meeting and established mining laws. From the statement made to the Spanish Cortes it appears that affairs are not progressing so satis factorily in Cuba as the home country was, till lately, led to believe. General Cespedes, the rebel ts l° leader, has replied to General Dulce's decl a rati on INCLOSURES. M °otl of war to the knife by a decree that all perso n s r. B RUCE mid he was unabl e to Wds a y oo and n the ns taken hereafter, except regular Spanish soldiers the terms whi c h th e Commissioners of ‘l, exact from the commoners in all enclosures vi'b ell S are to be put to death. A steamer plyi ng b e t ween C rown is lord of manor, because the terms varied _ Havana and Cardenas has been seized by the re b e l s , considerabl y accor d ing to the particulars of each We. and- it is said the so-called Peru v i an mon it ors are POOR RATES. really in the service of the same party. E x ped t - Sir G. JENKINSON asked the Fret Lord of the ; Cuba are contradicto r y , an d con f use d i n th e Ne w lions continue to be fitt e d ou t ; b u t th e accoun t s f rom sury whether he w ou ld un d ertake to legislate at 0 11 the subject of l oca l t axation so that a remedy Inig provided for th e unequa l mode of levying poor rate s ' o fig York papers. The Philadelphia Public Ledger thus Mr. GLADSTONE sa id i t was not then in hie 29 summarizes the progress of the insurrection : to legislate at once on the subject referred to by t he "The Cuban Re vo l u ti on commence d a t Y ara on member. tl a October 10th, 1868 , by th e pronunc i amento of Car- I Mr. NI-inEiWeteDrEthG,t there wore said he begged to rent inGi g t ot things beeid e ,," los Manuel d e C espe d es, w i th 127 followers. It is as- Prim e lris Church question that the o r e other people of England t h 1V tended over a c i rcu it o f 20 ,000 miles, two-thirds of ° serted that at the p resen t ti me the revolution has ex- I required consideration. He believed that althoug h e i l d honourable m e mb ers s i t ti ng on t h e Ministerial b ee t s) the area of C u b a . Wi t hi n these limits there are had a majority in the house they on his (Mr.blewasg e :di 147 cities and towns, half of which, it i s rep or t e d , ! side represented the majority of the people of Bog le ! , (oh, oh, and laughter) —and that they had aright t c) h are held by the insurgents. The following esti ; otherdmiat in ttherst house, importance bee des the Irish CquilLoo° mates have been made of the strength of the revo ,eanhda,reaceceotrdieng t e o e h t i h s a o t p lutionists or patriotic party :—Out of the 150,000 submitted by ' th o e u l s m e men able to bear arms on the isl it'd of Cuba, mediate attention just as mud-I:ass one motiO cu n ail°l s e v d hi fc l °ltt r it g l; : , 45,000 are in the ranks of the patriots, 30,000 of Prime Minister seemed bent upon hurrying throue/ them being stationed in the Eastern, and 15,000 in 'lament. (Hear, hear.) the Central Department. The total population of i PORTPATRICK HARBOUR. the district in rebellion is 548,738, of which there 1 Mr. W. JOHNSON then proc ee d e d t o move fora or are in the Easter n D epartment 126 368 whites committee to inquire into th e con di t i on o f P or t pa trlo' , 86,374 negroes f ree b e f ore the revolution, and hour. e b When the house b a d gone i n t o comm i ttee on tb°. itel/ 51,778 slaves j us t emancipated by the patriot Church Bill, and ag ree d t o the first clause, Mr- P., 15 1 0 leaders. In the C en t ra l D epartment the numbers proposed the omission of the second cr disestablt' are 172,567 whites, 42,444 negroes formerly free, clause of the bill. air and 69,207 s l aves newly freed. The estimated The ATTORNEY-GEN ERAL argued that at e g ds wealth of the rea l estate in the territory held by the I es t a blishment and disend owmen t o f the Irish Chur ch patriots was, i n 1862 , $550,000,000, and its indus- the clause absolutely. necessary. Sir R PALMER support e d th e v i ew o f t h e Att°r try and com merce were reckoned as representing General.. a capital of $ 774 ,000,000. The annual productions The amendment was supported by Mr. Graves, were—Sugar, $ 62 ,000,000 ; tobacco, $15,000,000 ; Cross, Mr. Bentiuck, Mr. S. Hill, Mr. A. Egerton, O a Ot other produce, $ 52 ,C00,000. Greene, and opposed by Mr. Candlish, Mr. Pim, 811 It was reported on Thursday at the Clubs that Whalley. use , an °' ' Mr. Reverdy Johnson had received a telegram from wraaisreindl y ae de e f t e t n e d l ed f th li e c c: o a m. the President, ordering him not to attend the d G t l' h the DS T N objections E die M Mui r re .. DISRALI, in an effective re y ply, which tf te _A ° banquet at Fishmongers Hall. We have reason to tened to by a crowded and attentive house, condent lie . coi believe that this a mere " sensational" rumour. A measure as the most pernicious which had been ilitr °a° near relative of Mrs. Johnson's, Mr. Bowie, was in his time. " killed in Kansas City, by a most unfortunate fall, The Committee divided, and the clause was sg re little more than a fortnight ago, and most probably 344 to 221. itb receive d l b o y T d he h announeement of the numbers was co dye d this was the intelligence received "by tele.ram" cheers , and progress having been at once rep which prevented Mr. Johnson from attending the house resu med. dinner. We give some o f th e names of those sent by the A was issued, the new boroug w h rit of Brecknockon the motion of M r . Nom' . President to th e S enate on the 2d April for execu- I The house then adjourned. tive appointments, and it was a day of fierce ex citement at Washington. At 2 p.m. General Por ter pushed through the dense crowds, and deposited in the Senate Chamber the sealed packages contain ing the nominations. He then went to the Secre tary's office, where he posted a list for the informa tion of the public, around which gathered a surging mass. The men nominated were the only people absent, therefore the faces fixed on the list were a study. The exclamations and the imprecations were loud and deep ; and there was a general skedadling of Congressmen, with their office-seekers after them, who were anxious to know the reason why they had been left out in the cold. Extra cars were added to the evening trains to take back the de jected multitude, and never did a more disconsolate party reach the Empire City. The Senate took days to decide on confirming Longstreet's nomination. Scarcely any party knew how to vote ; the Radicals opposed him as a pro minent Southern General ; the Democrats felt in clined to oppose him in consequence of his late Re publican tendencies. Senators Cameron and Scott led in opposition to the confirmation, asserting cruel and heartless conduct while marching his army corps through Pennsylvania when Gettysburgh was fought. It is not a little amusing to find the Pennsylvanian Senators referring to l3lackwood's Magazine to know what occurred under their own noses in Pennsylvania. A British officer serving with General Lee asserted in the Magazine that Longstreet would have devastated the country,as that General said, but for fear of demoralising his troops. But the writer, it is alleged misunderstood the remarks, as Longstreet was censured by Lee for not going further, and he gave as his reason that he might under the rules of modern warfare, but he desired to preserve the morale of his troops. Seve ral leading Republicans signified their intention of voting for Longstreet, as did some Southern Sena tors, and it was calculated that he would have a majority of six. Governor Warinouth and Lieut.- Governor Dunn opposed him, the latter strongly, being at the time in Washington. At a meeting of the California Academy [of Sciences, held on the Ist March, specimens of meat that recently fell from the sky were presented by Dr. Kellogg, who said that this meat had been found over 20 acres of grouni. Mr. Houck was informed that muscle, bone, and nerves had been gathered, some imbedded in the soil, belonging either to small animals or fish. This meat was al leged to have fallen about three o'clock p.m., when the sky was clear, and to have struck the heads and shouldereof iudividtWe. Reportikwereread from:per- , sons at San Jose, in which it was stated that f ie ; brains, blood, and bones covered an area of 20 a c eil The samples of the flesh introduced had a fiebl, 10511 The President h a d no d ou b t that there he' showers of frogs ere now. Mr. Beardsly re 51 3 00 such a showe r h a d occurred in Tennessee 6 years ago. He al so asser t e d that rats We re 0, s od found with their ski ns t urne d wrong side °lite) all the flesh gone ; so also were rabbits, sclumi) and gophers. It is clear that none of the 0 1 0 men assembled knew much about the phe"ruel IMPERIAL PARLIAM: HOUSE OF LORDS.—Lisr EvEND IG ' o f) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the at five o'clock. DISEASE AMONGST PIGS. Earl CO WPER asked if any information had be: ceived as to wh e th er a di sease h ad broken out in Al es Earl DEGREY said that information had been r ece ,, i ; to the eff e ct th a t a di sease k nown as the " bog ch°leriiro broken nut at Buffalo amongst a drove of pigs o u their to to Now Yo r k. H i He was not i n p ossess i on o f tinY ersll! mation which stated that the disease prevailed go in America. EMIGRATION. Lord HOUGHTON th en p rocee d e d to call the afie of the house to the question of emigration. After some rem ar k s from Lord OVERSTONE a nd GREY, the subject dropped. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMO.NS.—LAST EVEO 6 The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. SMOKING IN RAILWAY CARRIAGO• On the further consideration of the MetropolitA ll way Bill, Mr. SHERIDAN moved the insertion of the folio' clause :—" Notwithstanding any provision in the Reg tion of Railways A c t, 1868 , t h e company sha ll P te' smoking carriages for each class of passenger WO by the said railway." - • A discussion aro se , i n w hi c h it was said that of allrsv-0, ways the Metropolitan was the one on which 5111° e ought to be allowed. The sulphureous effluvia en',4 tered at the Gower -street and Baker -street stati9 l3s o o most offensive, and the smoking would greatly cou r : te tv il; the choking and stuffing atmosphere that was SO to complained of. Railway directors always objec t co smoking, and they cared little about the gener3lje venience altho ug h th ey a l ways paraded their endea"io to consult it. The accommodation for satokingj offered by all other r a il ways b u t t h e Metropolitav , was the opinion of a great many members that sa l ' lities should be given by the directors of that railvrii. ' The house divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it Majority in favour of the clause THE NEW LAW COURTS. fa ft Sir R. PALMER gave not i ce that he should In_lo- amendment to the moti on o f th e h on. member f or 0' to the effect that it was desirable that the new 15VI _ C A : ld should be proc ee d e d w i t h as quickly as possible 11 Y' site set out in the bill (Carey-street) authorising erection. OBSTRUCTION IN THE THAMES. . 14 0 Mr. BRIGHT, i n rep l y to Mr. G. Gregory, B'ol, pilings in the r i ver near C haring-cross and West1:110? bridges were a portion of the works of tho Whitsh ,0 Waterloo rail wa y, w hi c h had received an exten°lo9Bo time for the execution of its works until the yes : al No person, therefore, had power to interfere with old obstructions u n til th e J u l y of next year, when 0100 some action would be taken either by tLe B o ard or Conservators of the river. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. /•1 1 ' Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Dr. Brewer, said D -1 " 3 0' tional Gallery w ou ld b e re-opened to the public on day week. ___ ---.............................11mMi1in1M111M L ADVERTISEMENT.' Errolloway'S Ointment an d O P hi , Instant Relief. Indisdutable remedies for bad leg s o o wounds, sores, an d u l cers, if used according to dire -ore ° given with the m . T here is no wound,• bad leg, ulcerou.sll o il e 0 or bad breast, h owever obstinate or long standing, but ' 0 r to their heali ng an d curative properties. Numbers of Pe 00 who have been patients in s evera l o f t h e large hospitalS, 0 6 under the care of eminent surgeons, without derivlueol l slightest benefit, have been thoroughly cured by 11° , 1 .., 1 :01, ointment and pills. For all glandular swellings,- ",,, 0 1 ' $ scurvy, and diseases of the skin, there is no medicine o r 9l can be used with so good an effect; in fact, in th e , 0 forms of disease dependent upon the condition of the blood $ medicines are irresistible. n ,gre f r i t) 4 l LADVERTISEMENT.J—Avoid Medicines: they always -.-- to , iv chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health-resort?, Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times the 11 , ° , 9 t9„9 ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other 111 ` - 001,1 and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves , c tiotd lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, f a , n j, s' rd regularity, am' energy to the most disordered or enfeehie,,,to ,i, extract a few out of 68,000 cures ;—" The Pope's health I:''' 15 , 4 by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68413.—"R0me, July 2 1 ' oii , ly --- The health of th e H o l y Father is excellent, es abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself a ., 0 00,, to Du Barry's Revalenta, Arabica Food, of which he co'', pe i ce l a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprising,!i, O A flcial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise Tr q:f lent food too highly." From the "Gazette du Midi, July 6 1 . $ ' 1 1 '„0 No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven Ye a , c rO o l complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with e 4 , A 4 especially o re eo palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplesel e f, lio," the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,7 i . :,,eal l i i Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of n2to l y t' o . dyspepsia. dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable ag ° ,. tu jello dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, ti c ' uo spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly."-- ~0 ienti 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of ",,o, 51 diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver deranget 071 partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of tuv o itly, unsavoury and more than s l oppy imitations to which, toclio, authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously a 1214 In tins, at ls. lid.; 1 lb. 2s. vd.; 2 lbs. 45.6 d ; 5 lbs. lis•boOvo 225. ; 24 lbs, 40s, Also DU BARRY'S REVALENTA Art a1e . . 4- for„o LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups 0 1761;0 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305, for bsol,fi 0 at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 300, to" t 1.) 1 P t v are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of PO * JA Order. - BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-stre to, don; and all Grocers and Chemists. ..._ Births. , the ANSTED —On the 16th i nst., at 33, Brunswick-sque r ' , wife of Pr o f essor Ansted, of a daughter. 0 1 GARRARD On th e 13 t h i nst. at Eastbourne the wif Major P. T. G arrard, of a sou. , Marriages. 11 111 . f OMIRAD—VARVILL -On th e 14th i ns t ., a t Y or k, vit ° G!trrad, Esq., of Kingswood Grange La.pwortiNzolP wickshire, to Ann Appleton, second 'daughter a Varvill, Esq., of The Mount, near York. gool IfoonE—DurF —At Matlock, Bath, tho Rev. C . ~- pea'd Mitchelstown, co. Cork, to Jessie Mona, the P,`" e daughter of Captain Benjamin Duff, late of Highlanders. Deaths. fi e' f' • FREEMAN —On th o 14th inst ,at Cheltenham, Georg e man, Esq., ag e d 80 . NpN I'muowEs—On th e 14th inst , at Shottesham Parlr, folk, Rob er t F e ll owes, Esq., aged 90. 101. MO RNINGTON—On th e 7th inst. at West CovreS,, Wight, Helen a , C oun t ess of Itornington aged 70' London : Printed an d P a bli e h e d b y WILLIAM Alit il O (, ; • of No. 112, St ran d , P r i nter, at Taxi Sus 0131" ° Strand, in the Precinct of the So voy 1.3 tll2 (12' aiitidlosozmlaturday, April 17, 109. FOMETIIING NEW ON AN OLD SUBJECT. One of the Roman Emperors used to reward the man who invented a new pleasure. Politicians ought to reward the man who says anything new on the Irish Church. The Archdeacon of Lindis farne should be the first to be so honoured. In his charge, just delivered, he said that the Irish Church felt just as Daniel felt when he was going down into the lion's den. H ow h e f e l t the Archdeacon did • not say, though, as we had always thought Daniel had full confidence that he would come out again no worse than ho went in, the analogy does not quite answer its purpose. We ven ture to suggest an emendation, viz., as Jonah felt when he was gong into the whale's belly. THE PRESBYTERIANS OF trLsTr.n. The Presbyterian s o f Ul s t er are becoming dissatis fied with the Irish Church Bill. Though at first they seemed well pleased enough with it, they are n ow complaining that they are no t b eing fairly dealt with. The Irish Church is to get glebes, manses, and funds ; but they are to be given merely fourteen years' pur chase of the Regium Donum. The London corre spondent of the Manchester Guardian states that the Moderator of the Synod of Ulster, together with several other prominent members of . the body, ar e trying t o a d vance t h e i r v i ews with politicians. They ask for more money, so that they may be put more on an equality with their Anglican competitors. With the Conservatives, says our informant, they are likely to have litt"e difficulty; for every concession in the nature of endowment of any creed upon any excuse harmonises with Conservative policy. A plan, not wholly irreconcileable with this idea, has indeed been long under the consideration of Government, one for setting apart a considerable portion of the resumed property of the Church, to be used as a species of capital to be lent out to parsons, priests, and Presbyterian ministers, in turn, at mode rate interest, for the purpose of enabling them to build manses and purchase glebes. Several mem bers of the Cabinet are said to be in favour of the project on a tolerably extensive scale ; and if brought forward on the Liberal side, it would obviously stand a great chance of being carried; but it wears an aspect of conciliation and concession that would make it attractive in the eyes of many men of both parties. Its merit in the eyes of the Conservatives would be that it contains the germ of further endow ments in common, while in the eyes of some of the strongest opponents of Church and State it is free from the objectionable elements of political and parochial ascendancy. MAYNOOTII ENDOWMENT. The Archdeacon of Rilmore writes to the Rock on the subject of Maynooth, and considers how far the pledges have been fulfilled which were made respect ing this college. He states that M r . Glad stone has estimated the life-interests of Church incumbents at eleven years' purchase, but that three commissioners, who may be Roman Catholics, can declare the compensation which seems sufficient to them; while, under the_bill, fourteen times the annuity of £26,360 will be paid at once to the trustees of Maynooth as compensation for all persons now interested. The ArChdeacon declares that the bill gives to Maynooth £240,380 more than the compensation it is entitled to, and hence tho Church of Rome in Ireland will virtually receive a perpetual endowment of £lO,OOO a year. Other acts of injustice towards the clergy of the Church are contem plated by the bill, such as the loss of their incomes if incapacitated by ill-health, and the deduction of the salaries of curates from their incomes. Again, the commissioners may pay nothing for glebe-houses built by incu m b en t s ou t o f their private moneys, and yet may claim for them, when dilapidated, large sum s f rom th e disendowed Church. Injus tice will al so b e d one t o incumbents and curates' assistants as compared with the Protestant Dissenting ministers now receiving annuities from the Regium. Donum and their assistant successors. The object o f thi s letter i s to not i ce the violation of pledges in the details of the bill and the injustice and favouritism exhibited therein in behalf of May nooth College as compared with the bishops and clergy of the Church in Ireland. Mr. Gladstone has already answered the objection by stating that he has taken the mean between the two extreme terms which have been selected as the basis of compensation for the Protestant clergy. THE Minitel' OF TIIE LATE LORD PALMERSTON. Some sad new s comes from Romsey. The church which Lord Palmerston used to attend is in a sad state. A . correspondent describes a state of affairs which ought to exist in no church in the kingdom. At a vestry meeting last week, as the incidentals of the church were nearly £llO in aprear, both c h urc h wardens resigned their oflie, and declined to be re-elected. The " clock winder," whose account was unpaid, refused to continue his duties; and sufficient cash was not forthcoming to retain the services of the bellringers. Even the gas was threatened. Sunday morning appears; the clock has stopped at 12.5, no bells are heard, and the gem: c i _7.7;::' , "an assures his small flock tha, service wi ll be held in the evening as usual, ac he had engaged to pay for the gas him self until some arrangement coma be come to. This is really a disgrace to the jr..tal Churchmen, and hardy creditable to the friends of the "jolly Prerraia." THE PLEASURES OF PATRONAGE. --- The Lord Chancellor is a patron. He has in his gift some twenty offices whenever these fall vacant. Undoubtedly it is very pleasant to have the power of bestowing. But there is the other side of the question. Lord Hatherley has been in office some five months. During that period he has, not had more than one or two pieces of patronage, and these in the shape of ecclesiastical preferment. Yet, according to the Law Journal, he has received applications for appointments from hundreds, it may be said thousands, of persons of all sorts and degrees. It would hardly be an exaggeration to declare that nine-tenths of the people with whom he has, during his career, come into friendly contact, have put in claims in some form or other. The White House at Washington has not been more closely besieged than the office in Quality Court. THE STRIKES. In Preston the strike of the cotton operatives seems as hopelessly near its end as ever. Emigration is being organised for some of the men, and others are preparing to depart for Belfast. But at Chorley the strike of the self-acting mule spinners has termi nated. The President of the Trade Association for the four counties met the men on Wednesday, and advised them to accept the masters' proposals---a reduction of from 2i to 5 per cent. This they have concluded to . do. But for a makeweight we h ave a difficultyat Barnsley, where the masters insist on a reduction in the list. The men declare that they could not live if the masters' terms were carried out, as they would reduce their vines more than 15 per cent 1 .3 o here, also, if a zood spirit be not shown on b - .ides, a strike is likely to result. cLosnira OF THE DOCKYARDS. In. C, nsidering h ow they might bed}a.-st 11.. closing o. ;-71,~¢:.'; y. , . ; ' 9 .Orlol.en of Deptfort have had I)e: . c-4 :hou ,;cheme which is vroril con , sideration. It ip pr o posed that they should form themselv es , unto a partnership of industry and — instead of letting another firm step in—themselves hire the yard from the Government, entering into a contract that when the yard is again wanted for State purposes they shall be retained to do the work. The men would thus in times of peace be the tenants, and during war the workmen, of the State. The plan would require a considerable amount of energy in carrying out, and a question of funds stands on the threshold, but we should much like to see it suc cessful. • THE OPENING OF MUSEUMS ON SUNDAYS. The objections to the "dull tiresome Sunday" urged by those who from inclination or otherwise do not care to spend the day in religious exercises, seems at length to have struck those who do so spend the first day of the week. The question "Are we justified in marking our approval of church-going, by closing every other place of public resort ?" is being much agitated, and it is oily just to say that those who go most among the working classes are inclining very perceptibly towards the expediency of opening the national museums on the day of rest. Thus Mr. Rodwell, a very high Ritualist, the rector of St. Ethelburga, Bishopgate-street, writes strongly in favour of the proposed change, declaring that his opinion is based upon many years' experience among the working classes. He forwards to the Telegraph a letter from Mr. W. H. GregorY on the subject,in which the hon. memberfor Galway county puts his view of the matter in connection with religion. He declares that he would do nothing to lower the reverential feeling of his countrymen. But those for whom he would legislate are the thousands and tens of thousands in London who cannot be brought within our churches. These he would teach something better than sleep or tippling. " The best chance for religion is to try and elevate somehow the minds of these people. The very fact of their having some innocent and instructive resort to which they may betake themselves with their wives and children on a 'Sunday will wean many an honest fellow from the public-house, to which he now drifts for want of something better." Mr. Gregory very much regrets the opposition which has been raised to his measure by the religious world, but points out how the rich have the very same facilities which are denied to the poor. "What can a poor fellow feel save indigation when he sees the Zoological Gardens crowded with well- dressed, fashionable people on a, - gUl4;y, the clubs full of loungers, the club dining-tables thronged, and smart folks driving down to Hampton Court to visit picture galleries which are kept o p en by the State for the rich, while to open similar pictures galleries to the poor in London is stigmatised as a national sin ? Let us make the Sunday a ttractive by rational and profitable enjoyments, and I am con vinced that it will far more than now b e h a llowed and beloved by the worki ng classes." MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASE D WIFE ' S SISTER To the gentlemen who want to marry their sisters in-law money is no object. They have occupied one-half of a Page of the Daily Xews with an advertisement setting forth various facts and opinions which make for th e i r v i ew o f the question. Mr. Thomas Chambers is the hero of this reform, but of late years he has not brought the matter for ward. In 1851,16 peers voted for the bill legalising in 1856, ;in 1858, 22; and in 1859, these marriages • 39, so that the learned member can boast of some progress, whereas the opponents of the measure remain stationary, having numbered 50 in the first the last. year, and 49 in The bishops are credited with the rejection of the bill, but there is hope even of them, for whereas only 1 voted for the bill in 1851, 4 voted for it in 1859. Eight bishops (3 of whom are now dead) have spoken for the bill— Archbishops Tait, Whately, and Musgrave; Bishops Thirlwall, Bickersteth, Villiers, Knox, and Lord Auckland. The advocates also cite Lord Palmerston, the late Lord Denman, Robert Southey, Cardinals Bellarmine and Wiseman, the Chief Rabbi of the Jews, Lord Herbert, Dr. Lush ington, Deans Hook and Cliampneys, Archdeacon Dale and Miller, Mr. Binney, Dr. Hare, Canons Bunting, Dr. Adam Clarke, Sir D. Brewster, Dr. Tre gellis, and the States of Prussia, Russia, Saxony, and Saxe-Coburg as witnesses in th e i r f avour . Th e y point, moreover, to the fact that, under the Legacy Act, the-sister-in-law (or, as they prefer to call her, the wife's sister) pays ten per cent, duty " becausesho is a stranger in blood." By the way, how comes it to pass that these reformers never seek to legalise the marriage of a widow with a deceased husband's brother ? What is sauce for the gander should also be sauce for the goose. FOREIGN NOTES. SUCCESS OF THE CUBAN INSURRECTION. The Moniteur has received a despatch from Madrid con. firming the bad news from Cuba. The assistance furnished by the United States is turning the scale. General Duke has announced that all sailors found guilty of violating the neutrality laws will be treated as pirates. If this edict be strictly carried out, the Spanish Government will soon get into trouble. The brig Mary Lowell, captured by a Spanish war -ship, has been condemned as a prize, notwithstanding the protests of the British Consul. THE BELGIAN RAILWAY " DEADLOCK." It is now certain that the French and Belgian Govern ments have not been able to come to terms respecting the railway affair. We are in a position to state the precise nature of this difference. The Belgian Government has made a formal proposition to the effect that a simple ser vice convention be made between the East of France and the two Belgian Companies. Questions of tariff, transit, and material shall be regulated on mutually advantageous terms. But the three companies are to remain separate, and the treaties for leasing the Belgian lines to the French company must fall through. The Etoidard acknowledges that this is the Belgian proposition, but adds that itcannot be accepted by France. Its terms must undergo " pro found modifications." A counter proposal will be put forth by which the French Government will demand that the leasing of the Belgian lines to the East of France Company he permitted. The Emperor will, it seems, persist in dictating to King Leopold on a question of domestic policy, and Europe may probably witness another disgraceful oppression of the weak by the strong. THE STRIKE IS BELGIUM. TLe International Society of Workmen is accused of being the cause of the strikes in-Belgium, as well as those in Switzerland. The Minister of the Interior, in aN . ague speech delivered before the Brussels Legislature, has charged the society with promoting the disturbances at Seraing. But no proof of the society's agency has yet been pro duced. The ironworkers put forth too much work and too little pay as their ostensible pleas, and the colliers appear to have complained of similar grievances. Accord. ing to the Independence Beige, most of the men engaged in the original strike have resumed work. No concession whatever has been gained. The attempt has been a com plete failure. The fresh strike, announced by telegraph as accompanied by a fatal riot, is a separate affair. THE FAMINE IN EASTERN RUSSIA. The terrible scarcity in Livonia and Esthonia is still Aagjfg destructive effect, MArty_perooks ban died STATE OF JASIAICA. An official publication on the state of the British West India Islands gives a favourable account of the prospects of Jamaica. Perfect tranquillity was maintained in the colony throughout the year 1866, and has been continued ever since. In August 1866 there were eight military outposts in different parts of the island, but five of them were withdrawn during 1867, the three retained being no more than the extent of the colony demands. In no case have these troops been called out for internal service. The sugar crop of 1866 was rather above the average, and so was that of 1867. Moreover, the old prejudice against everything but sugar cultivation is fast dying out, and attention is being given to several industries for which nature has prepared the island. Railway and telegraphic communication have been extended. Altogether Governor Sir J. P. Grant, is of opinion that " security and tranquillity are beginning to have their natural effect in turning the attention of capitalists to a colony whose natural resources are unbounded." (From the Anglo-American Times.) The charge of bribery so persisted in by t he New tl e New York Evening Post against ex-Governor Fen ton has not been without its effect at Washington, where it created some stir. The Post asserts that Senator Fenton's influence with General Grant was nearly destroyed by the exposure. His friends re commended him to take no notice of the malicious attempt to damage his reputation ; a curious way to meet charges which the Evening Post makes while calling on the Senator to commence le g al proceedings for his vindication eithe r aga i nst it, or against Mr. Murphy, who declares he saw the cheques for $20,000 presented to Governor Fen ton's agent for the signing of the Erie Bill within three hours. There is, ho w e v e r , a difficulty in the way, as statements made before a Legislative Committee are privileged, as is, the report of such statements ; hence the law shields both Mr. Murphy and the Evening Post. But Governor Fenton ought not to look for their punishment so much, as to clear himself from the imputation, and the investi gation of a legal tribunal might be the best means to accomplish this object. Mr. Butler has reported a bill from the Recon struction Committee for the removal of disabili t i es from loyal citizens. The bill provides for general or system for the removal of political disabilities, b y petition to the United States Courts, in States Territories where the persons applying resided dur ing the war, admitting that the applicant believes the Confederate General and State Government to have been rebellious and treasonable, and truly repeats of all acts done by him in maintenance thereof, &c. The Session has been prolonged by the debates on the Tenure-of Office Act, an Act which has given rise to more talk in both Houses than any subject since Impeachment. When the Vice-President laid before the Senate the House Concurrent resolution to ad journ till the 6th April, Mr. Sumner opposed it, and some little sparring took place between him and Senator Anthony, who thought there was no good reason why Congress . should not then ad journ. " What does the Senator propose to do with Georgia ?" asked Sumner. "Leave it to take care of itself," was the reply. t , But what does my excellent friend say to Virginia ?" was the next question. His excellent friend considered it unnecessary to do to anything to Vi rg i n i a this Session. "Or with Texas?" continued Sumner. Mr. Anthony sup posed Texas would stand pretty nearly where it had stood for the last few years, which the Senator from Massachusetts considered to be an abandon ment of those States, while the other thought it to be no more an abandonment than of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and the rest. Mr. Sumner pointed out the difference, showing how the former needed Congressional protection; and thus the precious hours slipped away while the Senators haggled over the time they would give. The House seems to have closed its business last Saturday, but the Senate was sitting during this week, as on Tuesday they rejected the Alabama Claims Treaty, with only one vote in its favour. On Fri day of last week Congress received a message from the President, transmitting copies of the correspon dence. The adjournment, the telegram states, is to the 7th December, which will be a Tuesday ; but as, according to the Constitution, Congress must meet—in the absence of a special law —on the first Monday in December, the 6th of that month must be the day meant. Reuter's telegram also says that the Senate was specially to meet last Monday for the ratification of treaties, and it is perhaps out of " pure cussedness" that, instead of ratifying the most important, they tore it into pieces, with but one man to gather up the fragments. On Thurs day they rejected the Darien Canal Treaty, though on that day they ratified the Naturalization Treaty with Great Britain. The President's appointments this week, all which we may presume the Senate has confirmed, were Mr. J. Lathrop Motley, of Massachusetts, to succeed Mr. Reverdy Johnson as Minister to St. James's ; Mr. John Jay,'of New York, to succeed the Minister at the Court of Vienna ; Ex-Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, in succession to Gen. Cassius Clay at St. Petersburg. His Excellency S. Sanford, now United States Aiinister Resident at Brussels, to be Minister at Madrid, vice Gen. John P. Hale. Mr. Horace Rublee to Berne, Switzerland, in succession to Mr. George W. Warrington ; Mr. Thomas Nel son to Mexico ; Mr. William Thompson to be Con sul at Southampton, probably the gentleman who eight years ago held the post whom Mr. Brittan succeeded ; Mr. Meredith Reade to be Consul-Ge neral at Paris, vice the lion. John G. Nicolay ; the lion. Freeman 11. Morse to be Consul-General in London. These two latter appointments have just been created by Congress, and Mr. Morse is pro moted by the new Administration from the post he has long held as Consul, and on this point there appears to be an error in the telegram, for holding the office of Consul he cannot be nominated to it, though it would require a new exequatur for the in cumbent of the new post. In consequence of the recent hardships and ill treatment of emigrants on the voyage to America, the Government at Berlin, in co-operation with that of Washington, has consented to the sketch of of a treaty, drawn up by Consul-General Rosing, in New York, from the North German Confede‘ ration, and it is hoped that it will soon be per fected. 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