The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-18 00:00:00

f#C,A , tnen OF VIM ",' 2 .I7PLIC :61711,NAL10. The Times remarks that Zoe the sce,Ld time with= a few weeks Mr. Bright's coliaguca La 3 had to disclaim responsibility for his publicly expressed opinions. Let us hope that it is fir the last time, for it is very plain that a Government cannot afford the repetition of such scenes as that of Thursday. It may be that Mr. Bright is not quite sensible of the humiliation he has inflicted on his colleagues ; but after their second appearance in the character of apologists *they - mai be excused if they give him to understand that no man, however valuable his support, can be allowed to unite the functions of Cabinet Minister and of agitator—to share in the counsels of the Crown, and at the same time to issue political broadsides. Mr. Bright's attack on the Lords was meant for publication, and for publication at an important crisis. He could not himself attend a meeting, but he penned the bitterest taunts that occurred to him, and sent them to be read on the platform. But what makes Mr. Bright's letter a breach of ',decorum and a serious offence towards his own colleagues is the jubilant ill will with which be seems to anticipate such a vote of the Lords as will damage themselves. Mr. Bright should reflect that he can only lessen his reputa tion for judgment by not recognising the difference between his present and his former position. We do not expect him to abandon his opinions. It is no secret that he is adverse to the institution of the peerage. He has said in former days that it was unfitted to a free country, and could not be permanent. He has a perfect right to hold that opinion. We may go so far as to say that he would be juitifled in stating it theoretically if called upon to give his views on the subject. But to give the impulse to an agitation in this sense without consulta tion with his colleagues is a breach of political duty as well as of good faith and good breeding. The Post says in plain English it comes to this—that Mr. Bright, being too strong a card to be rejected from the Government pack, is to be indulged in a double per sonality. In. the House of Commons, sitting upon the Treasury Bench, he is the Right Honourable Head of the Board of Trade, who answers all questionazigating.l4.is department in a suitable atid' decorous manner, and even condescends to carry the responsibility of a Minister into the poderation which characterises his orations upon great questions of the day. But at Birmingham, whether on his legs on the platform, or in the spirit with his pen, he is still the John Bright of old, flinging his new dignities to the wind to revert to the impassioned utter ances of violent and intolerant invective. Mr. Bright's past career has been in many respects a good one, and in all an honest one ; and we confess that when he undertook the responsibilities of office we were among those who en tertained confident hopes that, like many other men less striking, perhaps, in the power of their intellect, but more wise in their generation, he would be apt to divest himself of his former intolerance—to work with men, instead of against them, and become a useful and sensible member of the Cabinet which he joined. But the case is,it appears, an incurable one, and we can only endorse most cordially the wish which is now uppermost in the hearts of so many— that Mr. Bright would at once resign a position which he is no longer competent to fill either with credit to himself or satisfaction to his colleagues. The barometer of the House of Lords on Thursday night indicated a storm, and the sooner this political Jonah has teen got rid of the more likelihood there is that the Irish Church Bill will be steered safely to the much-desired haven of final settle ment and repose. The Daily News says that by the jocose parallel which he instituted between his own practice and fortunes as a letter-writer and Mr. Bright's ; by the intimation that the President of the Board of Trade, like h m e',f, Lad depre cated the holding of meetings pending the decision of the Upper Chamber, with the view of avoiding the semblance of dictatorial interference with the freedom of the Lords ; and by the assurance that, though individual members of tha Government :eight agree in the abstract with the opinions expressed in the Birming ham letter, yet that the Government as a whole had nothing to do with it, and desired to treat the House of Lords with proper respect—Mr. Gladstone managed, kindly and dexterously, to release his col league from a false position without compromising the Administration as a whole. Perhaps it would have been well if Lord Granville had co;itentedrilipseliaavithr g: sing this arswer as from Mr. Bright, without entering into that psychological disquisition on Mr. Bright's intellectual and moral character with which he amused the House. Lord Grey, who is irritated, perhaps, by recognising in Mr. Bright's letter a rude echo of his own speech, could not refrain from a burst of petulant censure: Mr. Bright bas e however, merely "blown through brass" the notes Lord Grey bas "breathed through silver." In the meantime, the President of the Board of Trade must feel that ex planations and apologies of which lie is the subject do not strengthen his own personal paaitiem or that of the Govern. ment ; and he will do well to avoid giving future occasit n for them. The Irish verdict of "Not guilty," accom panied with the caution not to do the thing again, meets the necessities of the case. The Star, in referring to the discussion on Mr. Bright's letter in the Lipper House, thinks it was mere than kind in Lord Cairns to read the 1‘ hole of the fatal letter itself. It was hard even for an onlooker, with defective sympathies in respect of the Lords, not to feel for the unhappy plight of the majority, as Lord Cairns's excel lent voice reproduced the sufficiently trenchant sentences. But though a little painful, the discipline was whole some. It was a tolerably satisfactoi y instalment of justice. Mr. Bright has had Many bitter things said of him by the Conservative lords. It was pleasant to think that Lord Cairns's legal sense of the necessity cf producing the evidence of the crime of the accused was the means of dealing his followers an effective retalia tory blow for the many hard words which they have so long been in the habit of using. Otherwise the whole per formance, indeed, was neither more nor less than a piece of solemn moonshine. Lord Cairns in one House, and Colonel North in the other, both of them knew perfectly well beforehand exactly the kind of answerwhich they were sure to get. The design, no doubt, as we pointed out on Wed neAay, was to raise a little political wind. Not a capful could be got, and the hulk of the obstructive party in the Upper House has still nothing else for it, Lut to, make up its mind on which horn of the political dilemma to impale itself. The Herald, in discussing the two gnat speech( a of Thursday evening, says that Lord Derby will have none of the measure. Lord Salisbury thinks it right . to meet the House of Commons halfway. He riltinpes that the opinion of the nation has been pronounced explicitly in favour of the bill. The Herald is by no means sure of this. The judgment of the elections was given rather upon the side issue as to whether Mr. Gladstone or Mr. Disraeli should be at the head of affairs; and the public demonstrations of the last few days seem to indicate that the masses of the nation are not all in favour of this destruction of the Church in Ireland. Assuming Lord Salisbury's premises, his argument is worthy of attentive. consideration. In accepting the expression of the national will, the House of Lords would not be acting in subordination to the House of Commons. It would be better that it should cease to exist than that it should do that. The object of the second House of Par liament was to supply the omissions and remedy the defects of the other. But whenever, Lord Salisbury argued, the House of Commons and the country had agreed upon a principle, the House of Lords bad no right to resist the carrying out of that principle in legislation. The responsi. bility of doing this, if it were wrong, devolved upon the nation. In consequence Lord Salisbury and those who agree with him, vote for the second reading. But Lord Derby and Lord Salisbury, the archbishops and bishops, will be ranged in one coropaot phalanx in their opposition to those measures of spoliation and IJ:6h-handed injustice which Mr. Gladstone has declared to be essential to the principle of the bill. The House of Lords may accept or reject the bill. The result after all will be very much the same. There will be a declared antagonism between the House of Lords and the majority in the Commons, which, unless Mr. Gladstone consents to the complete remodelling of his measure, will necessitate shortly another appeal to the country. The Standard alludes to Lord Derby's declaration that convinced as he was that the measure would be most per nicious in its consequences, he had urged the peers at the recent meeting at Chesterfield House to reject it rather than give their sanction to its principle by allowing it to be read a second time. But he had spoken simply in his Character as an individual member of the House, and without the smallest assumption ofa right to offer authori tative counsel ; and since that occasion he had not used the slightest influence to sway the judjeßentglie s brgther peers. He spoke, he said, 'for himself'alone. t,.quoting the fervid protest of tLe Eibhop of Peterborough, h, declared that, having regal d to tLe account which he must give to his Maker, he dared not, could not, and must not, record his vote fur the bill, and that if the vote which he intended to give in favour cf its rejection were the last act of his political life, he should be thankful that it had been permitted to him to record his protest against it. In addressing himself to the policy of those who urged that the bill should be allowed to pass its second reading in the hope that it may Le amended in' committee, Lord Derby reminded the House that, as has been already pointed out, every speaker who has recom mended that course has been conspicuous for the energy with which he has denounced the bill. For himself, he declared that, objecting wholly to the principle of the measure, and finding no assurance that the Government would accept substantial amendments, he considered that he had no alternative but to vote for the amendment of Lord Harrowby. That the speech produced a grave effect upon the license is beyond question. 1 The subscriptions in Sunderland and the- neigh bourhood on behalf of Mr. Hudson, - the ex-railway king, sirm =mat tp upwwls of £I,M. • ; f " frik,"‘ 4110 ' _ - LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 18 1869 •= ~,., • T FIE __AS *EII?,OPOLITAS GOSSIP.-.77-..ar:lyy. , bl. Emile 011ivier, the rejected of Paris, has just been elected a member of the Cobden Club. This club was I clel not think when I wrote my kat letter that the formed ia 1063, in order to spread 'the economical doc great topic of to-day would be, not the Irish Church, but trines of Cobden, and it now numbers 283 members, of Mr. bright. The right hon. gentleman's letter ha 3 done whom 135 are M.P.'s. Mr. Potter, M.P. for Rochdale, is the Government such serious harm that it is not cur- the president, and among its members are Mr. Gladstone, prising there should be to-day a current rumour of Mr. Bright, Mr. Quincy Adams, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Sum his resignation. That he has offered his resignation, I nor, M. Arles Dufour, M. Rouher, M. de Forcade, Gari should think must be a matter of course, after the baldi, and other eminent foreigners. condemnation pa sse d u p on him by every journal The weather is really something dreadful. We are except his own particular - organ. That - cold. We walk through the streets with Gladstone will accept it remains to be seen , an d will steaming breath, and great-coated cabmen smite theirhands probably be known before this letter meets the eyes of together to keep them warm. To-day it has been raining those for whom it is written. If the Irish Church Bill hard in spite of a high barometer, and the Henley Regatta should be rejected in the Upper House, the event will be f has been spoilt. Yesterday there was something due in no small measure to the President of the Board of I like fine weather ; that is, after a gale of Trade. Perhaps he is not altogether free from the wish' great violence, which lasted till ten o'clock, the sun that it might be rejected, and perhaps that wish had began to shine in a wan sort of manner, but sufficiently to some part in the production of the letter. That the j draw together an extraordinarily brilliant company at the Lords will throw out the bill, is the constant I Botanical Gardens in Regent's Park. There might have and fervent prayer of the advanced Radicals. These been seen Mr. Disraeli and Viscountess Beaconsfield, see that such a step would Seriously damage the Prince Teck and the Pr;ncess Mary, (looking particularly Upper House, and having, like Mr. Bright, a deep-rooted well), quite a bevy of bishops, a large proportion aversion to itethey would welcome a blow dealt at it, of the peerage, and any number of elaborate toilets and all the more if dealt by that assembly itself, worn by the martyrs of fashion, who felt bound Will the Peers grant the Radicals their request? That to dress as though we were enjoying midsummer question lam not able to answer. No one will venture to weather instead of a temperature lower than that which do so. Reasoning a priori, putting myself in their place, we had early in February. Although the crowd was so I should say that they would most certainly not well dressed and well born, it mobbed royalty with as do so. The perils which would beset such a much fervour as if the lords and ladies had been course, the strong remonstrances of several mem- street gamins or ragged-school children. When will the leers of the late Government, the conciliatory upper-class Londoners acquire manners equal to those of Attitude assumed by Lord Granville (unfortunately more the Paris ouvrier ? than neutralised by Mr. Bright's unlucky letter), the A very interesting exhibition is open just now at the course adopted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, a pre- Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, just opposite the Royal late whose judgment commands the respect of all parties, Academy. It consists of about 350 photographs of views all point to a policy of prudence. There is a still stronger in the Holy Land, of models, and of antiquities and other reason why they should adopt that policy. No one can curiosities brought from that country. Among the last fail to see that a rejection of the bill veould, from the purely are specimens - of the Dead Sea apples which Mr. Carlyle party point of view, suit Mr. Gladstone's purpose far better has immortalised, of tares whose similarity to oats gives than its acceptance. Reject it, and the country (which additional force to our Lord's parable of the tares ; cares comparatively little about the Irish Church) would of phylacteries, sandals, and other articles of Eastern dress. be at onceoroused•bsathvfact that the Lords hadotaieinae;risere 'wife also a shepherd's sling, so small and so upon themselves to overrule the decision of the nation.. rude of construction that the English schoolboy Accept it, and then the various sections of the now- ' would despise it, and yet David made good divided Conservative party would reunite in . order to use of just such a one when he went forth enforce large amendments which Mr. Gladstone could not to do battle with Goliath. A large glass case contains advise the House of Commons to reject without incurring articles which Mr. MacGregor took with him in the Rob a prolonged agitation, from which be may well be sup- Roy canoe. But perhaps the most interesting thing posed to shrink. If the bill passes a second reading, the exhibited is the mode] of the Holy Sepulchre. It is a difficulties of the Government will only then begin. The perfect wildnerness of ,buildings, each the church of some Lords will, i n a ll probability, insist upon the amendments different sect, and the whole a sad satire upon that spirit which were rejected in the Commons, will demand, for which has converted what should have been the cement instance, that the clergy-shall be allowed to retain - their - ing influence' of Christianity into the cause of endless parsonages and glebes ; that the date for the retention of separations. private grants shall be put back from 1660 to 1560 ; and There are various literary sayings and doings just now. that some arrangement shall be made for the capitalise- Mr. Tennyson is gone to Switzerland with Mr. Frederick tion of the revenues hi t - th e P ro t es t an t cl erg y, s o that an Locker. Dean Stanley means to be present at the Irish clergyman shall be enabled to receive his life (Ecumenical Council at Rome next December. Mr. interest in a lump sum. It is by no mean s certain Burnell Payne, author of the very able article on Art in that the moderate Lib era l s wou ld care t o r un -th e risk of a this month's Macmillan, and one of the principal writers in serious breach with th e L or d s , nor i ncur th e labour of the Pall Mall Gazette, is, lam sorry to say, compelled by fighting the battle of the Irish Church Bill over again ill-health to go abroad. Mr. Isaac Taylor, author of next . session by refusing their assent to these amend- " Words and Places," and son of the still better known ments. Mr. Gladstone would then have to decide author of the "Natural History of Enthusiasm," has between these moderate Liberals on the one h an d, and the been translated from Bethnal-green, where he has long advanced-Radicals on the other—a choice involving much laboured as a parish priest, to the pleasant living of perplexity, and perchance the entire disruption- of his Twickenham; vacated by the promotion of Mr. K-nollys to party. one of the numerous preferments that fell to the gift of the But while all the arguments seem to me in favour of Archbishop of Canterbury through the death of that enor passing the bill, it is by no means certain that they will mous pluralist, Archdeacon Croft. M. Renan is just prevail. Each party is resorting to the trick of pretending bringing out his " St. Paul," a volume forming one of a that the other is sure to win, the object of each being to series with his " Vie de J6sus" and " Les Apotres." Sir deter waverers from voti ng on th e o th er s id e , an d t o induce Charles Lycll is preparing a new and condensed edition of waverers to vote on its own side. It is said that fifteen his great work. Mr. Ffoulkes has written another letter, bishops will vote for Lord Harrowby's motion, and that this time on the Irish Church, entitled "Disendow all or five will vote against it. Th e l a t es t converts a g a i ns t the none." Mr. Spender will have an article on Norway bill are the Bishop o f M anc h ester an d Lord Shaftesbury. in the forthcoming number of the London Quarterly Perim, The first will possibly no t vo t e a t a ll, b e i ng induced and one on the same subject, entitled " Fjeld, Fjord, and to refrain from suppo r ti ng th e bill by the strong Foss," in the Churchman's Shilling Maguzine, also an representations of the Manchester merchants. The article on Somersetshire in Meliora. second and his organ, th e R e c or d, have- been Your readers will have seen that that most scurrilous of won over to the Opposition po li cy by the thre a t of a prints, the Vueen's Messenger, has come to grief by.rneans few High Church Con s e rva ti ves w h o o pp ose th e bill, and of an action for libel. The writers who conducted it notably the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, that, if it announce that they are going to start another periodi is carried pley wills° in fora concurrent eudowmeat e ek...„cal, eelijclkh, judging by its name, The Plain the lionaan Catholic Church. The Bishop of Oxford has Speaker, seems to be of the same kind. Another been working very hard in behalf of the Govern- publication, Once a Week, was put up to auction on Tues. ment, having been i n d uce d t o d o so , it i s rumoured day, and was knocked down at 2160, but was understood among his friends, by a pl e d ge on the part of to have been bought in by the proprietors. It is strange Mr. Gladstone that the Government will repeal that this magazine should not have been more successful. the law of mortmain, so as to enable the English Started origihally by Messrs. Bradbury and Evans when Church to become p o ss es s e d o f l an d i n th e sam e way as a they quarrelled with Mr. Dickens, and as a rival to his school or a hospital is, a n d th us ena bl e it t o meet the Household Words, which was then renamed All the Year shock of disestablishment and disenclowment, which every- . Round, Once a Week has had a melancholy career. one believes to be merely a question of time. There are It was edited at one time by the late Mr. Lucas, of the those who say that Lord Derby _is riding not to_,Avin ; , Times, who ,bronght out the short-lived Shilling Magazine, how far this is a true assertion hi s s p eec h will and at the• same time published an announcement so reveal to-night. There is undoubt e dly a l arge number of offensive that it could be pardoned only because the writer Conservative peers who would gladly l e t the bill go into was then suffering from the incipient symptoms of a committee without a division. It is this circumstance— disease which afterwards proved his death. At present the absolute uncertainty as to what course will be taken Mr. Dallas, author of "The Gay Science," and husband by some twenty or thirty peers—which renders it impos- of Miss Glyn, the dramatic reader, is the editor. Yet Bible for anyone to tell with certainty how the division this well-known littrateur has never been able to will go. Meanwhile another vigorous " whip " is being obtain a satisfactory position for the serial, although it made to-day on both sides, has often contained some admirable writing. Whatever difference of opinion there may be as - to the Beeyearia of this month contains some verses by Sir result of the division there is none at all as to the character Willi am Mitchell, for the signature of which, by the way, of the debate. It is pronounced on all hands to be one of the editor, Mr. Cheltnam, and not the writer, is respon the finest examples of Parliamentary oratory ever heard. Bible. Another set of verses written by Sir William have This is the more remarkable because the subject had been been set to music l very successfully, by Randegger, and so thoroughly discussed that people were weary of the very are just now being sang with great success by Mr. Cum sound of the Irish Church. A great deal of the effect is mings. Words and music together form a very pretty due, no doubt, to the infusion of the Constitutional love-song. question—the relation of the Lords to the nation. The proposed Keble Memorial in Westminster Abbey The scene of excitement during the Bishop of Peter- is to consist of a tablet, designed by Mr. Gilbert Scott, borough's speech was almost unprecedented in that and a medallion likeness by Mr. Woolner. It is to be usually sedate assembly. It must have been a splendid placed near the monument of Keble's old friend, Words triumph for the bishop, all the more striking if he hap. worth. A large number of eminent men, including Mr. pened to remember that it is but twenty years ago since Gladstone, Lord Russell, Lord Stanhope, Mr. Browning, he was a curate at Bath, in the receipt of £BO a and Mr. Tennyson, are on the committee. year. Just as he had concluded his speech Herr Formes's performance of Shylock appears to have two incidents h appene d, One peer exclaimed, turned out a failure. The Princess's is closed for two excitedly, Why, 'tis tenfold better than the months. The attempted rival Opera at the Lyceum Bishop of Oxford's!" and just at that momen t Bi s h o p 'Wil- collapsed after a night or two, and that theatre has ever berforeapassed, and no doubt heard the comparison which since Leen closed, and is now "to let." will tend to put him upon his mettle to;night. The other . incident was exceedingly comic. A peer, dressed in a blue coat and brass buttons and white choker of the antique style, and . wins had heeqdihins, not wisely, but Vo i evelk came up to Bishop Magee, and attempted to thank him in words that went tumbling overeach other in a very incon sequential manner. The Bishop gave his admirer a good snubbing.. This same ancient peer is an object of great curiosity. -No one can tell who he is, but he is supposed to be an importation from Ireland, where, I am inclined MISCELLANIEI US NEWS. IS ULSTER PROTESTANT ? A great deal has been said of late about " Protes tant Ulster." But the idea that Ulster is entirely Protestant is most erroneous ; that it is mainly so is denied ; that it is chiefly Episcopalian is the very opposite of truth. A correspondent of the Daily News places the number of Roman Catholics at 907,000, the Episcopalians at 397,000, and the Dis senters (chiefly Presbyterian) at 550,000 ; so that the whole of the religious bodies taken together barely enible it to be said that there is a majority of Protestant opinion in the Northern Province. to think, he was not acquainted with the late Father Mathew. Lord Stanley of Alderley, has gone at last, after linger ing on for many weeks. He was not a great man, though the Times attempts to make him out one. His successor, if not great, is at least eccentric. The common rumour is that he is so fascinated with Mahometanism that he has THE "DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT." always avowed his intention to build a mosque upon his estate as soon as he came into possession of it. One of the late Lord Stanley's daughters was married to the hope The Conservative papers have been announcing it the largest letters on their show bills, "Defeat of the Government." This " defeat " was brought about in the followinc, manner. Mr. Charles Eeed, the new member for t Hackney, and a staunch Liberal, moved the second reading of a bill for exemptinc , Sunday and ragged-schools from poor rates. He was supported by Mr. Graves, the Conservative M.P. for Liverpool. Mr. Goschen opposed the bill, and was bAcked in his opposition by Mr. Percy Wyndham, the Conservative M.P. for West Cumberland. A large number of the Liberal party went with Mr. Reed, and the second reading of the bill was carried through their agency by 228 to 71 votes. of the Russells, Viscount Amberley. While Mr. Bright's letter is calling down universal condemnation upon that indiscreet Minister, another member of the Government is adopting in private the same offensive policy. Mr. Lowe's mode of . . _ - receiving a deputation. is now become a stand ing joke. If he can tread upon anybody's corns he never fails to do so. His time is so much occupied that while he receives a deputation he continues to read his correspondence, and as he is so intensely short-sighted that the paper which he is reading must be held quite close to his- eye, the effect is not encouraging. A few days gince a deputation, consistin g of the managers and clerks of savings banks, were pointing out to him that if he did so-and-so these institutions must cease to exist. Mr. Lowe coolly replied, " Why should they exist ?" The question might have been pertinent in the House of Commons, but to officers whose living depended upon their continuance it certainly was not a conciliatory mode of treating the subject. If a deputation asks a question I the purport of the reply usually is, " I don't know ;" " shouldn't tell you if I did ;" and "It is very wrong of you to ask the question." The subject of a halfpenny postage for a packet of printed matter is now fairly under discussion, and the result of its consideration can scarcely fail to be the adop tion of the principle. On such a point we cannot afford to vnampneys has made MS enoice between tne deanery of Lichfield and the living of St. Pancras, and has chosen the first. The second falls vacant this week. Meanwhile it remains for the Court of Common Pleas to decide if he can hold the living of Tatenhill in connection with the deanery. If the decision goes against him, he will have made a'Verlr poor exchange from the pecuniary point of view. Bishop Colenso has appointed the Rev. Robert Gray Dean of Maritzburg. When the Colenso con troversy was at its height Mr. Gray left St. Helena and voluntarily attached himself to the Bishop. The Bishop is now rewarding him, and at the same time is dealing a blow at Dean Green. It is not a little singular that " Robert Gray " should be the name of Bishop Colenso's warmest friend, as well as of his fiercest opponent, the Bishop of Capetown. Bishop Hills, of Columbia, has arrived in England, and so has Bishop Venables, of Nassau. The latter prelate brings a very poor account of the state of the Church in his diocese. The Bahamas are bankrupt, and the Church has just been disestablished. The Bishop looks forward to the future with the gloomiest anticipations. 1 APERIAL PARMA TENT ROUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EVENING. The groat interest in the debate was again manifested, and the house presented the same crowded state it has exhibited during the two former eveningq. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five'o'clock. OBITUARY. The day's obituary contains, in addition to that of Lord Stanley of Alderley, the names of the Dean of Guernsey and Sir John Pringle. Dr. Guille, Dean Of Guernsey and Rector of Peter Port, was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, took a first class in classics, was ordained in 1817, was Rector of St. Andrew's, Guernsey, from 1837 to 18.57, and then and until his death of Peter Port. This living is worth £3OO a year, and is in the gift of the Lieutenant -Governor. He was 77 years old at his death. We presume that some member of his numerous family , of whom there ar e th ree i n th e Ch anne l ISlandi and one in Devonshire, will be appoint e d to th e v a cant deanery. Sir John Pringle was a Scotch baronet, was• Vic e of Roxburghshire , and was formerly captain of the 12th Li g h t D ragoons. He was tw i ce married, and cia a iu n ui d is hwoiasfsseßadeta e Bs.e nd. ytbr w l if sa e no NNi d. as the daughter of the a l t i b e is w d as eat t l h i. e fifth llis only son, who was formerly lieutenant in the 81s1 foot, aod was born in 1810, died before his father. remain-far behind"FraffeZAmerica, and our own cbloiiies... As to the conveyance of newspapers by post, I believe that a far more efficient aml economical system will be adopted than any which prevails at present. It is proposed to carry newspaper s by the hundredweight without requiring a CHURCH ITE3IS. stamp. The newspaper proprietors would be allowed to The Guardi:m says that t o t i l n ie qu ß ir i o sll n op to t o b f ec l o m n i d .g o e n s deliver sort e d pae l cts of newspapers to the railway h as i ssue d a col.'m o ' o station just u p o n the departure of the mail riica I l ale and Sin- I against the Re v . Ci.29xles V are Sir Travers Twiss, Archdeaconseiy. The commi s s i oners 7' 2 d 4 t i e m Pi train, and pay for th e g ross weight. The Post Office would thus be relieved from th e t rou b le of sorting and obliterat- clair, and the Revs. T. E. 1‘ jug the stamps, and th e propr i etors of newspapers would who will meet at Lond on Clouse on t a l lea 11 Bare the advantage of d e li ver i u d t h e i r papers at t i e last would seem, therefore, that 1.6 is not, after 111. the Archbishop of York that the labour 'andupri moment. This arrangement wou ld save cost and trou bl e cost of prosecuting his erratic cleric will deto,lve, but to all parties, and enable later new s t o b e g i ven to t h e upon a bishop who i s not that . cleric' • s diocesan, public. In fact, the Bishop of London must make ,: s The outcry against Mr. Hammond incr eases f rom wee k m ind to b e the P roseet:tor-general of keretts, because lin 1 to week. Scarcely a day passes, in fact, but w h a t some nearly all books are published in London. - letters are published, mainly in the Pall Mall Gazette, The Bishop of Lichfield finds his diocese, by no against the conduct of the Foreign Office towards the : means the largest in Ragland, too much for him. members of the foreign service. Of course, Mr. Ham- 1 bishops, Dr. Selwyn While the Government is still considering the posSl- : bility of appointing suffrage: mond, though not named, is the person pointed at, for he is virtually an autocrat. Would it not be possible to give , solves the diflicultyfor himself by appointing Bishop Hohhouse (formerly of Nelson', New Zealand) his him some appointment in India or the colonies, and so s has just got rid of Mr. assistant. Bishop Hobhouse will be free from all get rid of him a s M r . Childer • . warochial care, so that he will be able to give up big. Romaine ? _ titale.time to. diacesall-work. -...;-.%, , A10.,_....-2 • - • 1 MR. BRIalli"S LETTER. Lord CAIRNS then rose, and after alluding to the im portance of spme explanation being given on the sub ject of a letter, signed " John BrigLt," said it was most ningular, to say the least of it, that the letter should not have made its appearance until two days after the motion with respect to the Irish Church Bill had been given by his noble friend (the Earl of Harrowby). The noble and learned lord then read the letter in ques tion, and dwelt in particularly strong terms upon the allusion in it to the childish tinkering with the constitu tion their lordships were indulging in in endeavouring to perfect the Life Peerages Bill. (Loud laughter.) The letter also upheld that their lordships were acting in direct opposition to the will of the nation in obstruct ing the progress of the Irish Church Bill and other imputations of the most unjustifiable nature were used, which rendered the publication of its production in fact as a menace to the house. He thought the writing such a letter was altogether unprecedented by a minister of the Crown—(hear, hear) -and calculated to produce the utmost danger to the free discussion of the question by their - lordships. He thought it highly objection able that there should be one member of the Go vernment continually doing all that was smooth and bland within the house, whilst another member of it was doing all that was quite contrary out of it. (Hear hear.) He thought it would be idle to call the letter a pri vate communication, because it was to all intents and pur poses a party manifesto, and so it was looked upon through out the country. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the noble earl opposite would, in answer to his question, repudiate the sentiments contained in the letter which he had brought under the attention of the house. Earl GRANVILLE said the letter was written by Mr. Bright, but he cOuld not accept the paraphrase the noble and learned lord had been pleased to give of it to their lordships. (Hear, hear.) Ho was certain that the greatest desire of the right hon. gentleinan was in no way to cver awe the deliberation of their lordship, with respect to the Irish Church Bill, and he was quite sure that none of the oolleagues of the right hor. gentleman were acquainted with the contents of the letter in question previous to its being sent, and the first time they had the opportunity of perusing its contents was when it appeared in the public newspapers. It was admitted that there was a great deal of John Bullisat about Mr. Bright, and he supposed it was in that rash combative feeling which was given to John Bullism that Mr. Bright thought he might express his opinion of a house which had made such free comments upon his con duct as a public man —(hear, hear.)—recalling more especially the proceeedings that took place at a certain meeting of the Conservative Peers in St. James's-square. Mr. Bright had no intention of acting disrespectfully to the House of Lords, and ho entirely repudiated such an intention. Mr. Bright had assured him that what he intended was merely to express his own personal feel ings, and if he had given pain to any of their lord ships, ho had begged him (Earl Grenville) to assure their lordships that such was not his intention. With respect to the words "tinkering and unwise," he (Earl Gran ville) should rather prefer them than the words that had been applied to his side of the house by a noble lord who hal not hesitated to denounce hint as dishonest. Earl GREY expressed a strong opinion that the leGer of Mr. Bright was most indecorous. The subject then dropped, and the adjourned &Iwo on the Irish Church Bill was resumed by The Earlof DERBY, who strongly objected to the prin ciple of the bill, on the ground that it despoiled the Church of its property, and that it WAS contrary to tare Act of Union. Ho attributed much of the agitation which had been got up for the disestablishment of the Irish Church to the action of the Liberation Society, and to the'r combination with other parties for the sole purpos t of breaking down the union between Church and State, not only in Ireland but in England. He added that he did not object merely to the special details of the bill but to its entire principle. He pointed out that Lord Granville, in moving the second reading of the bill, had confined himself - to its details without venturing upon- the tender ground of its principle: and it was certainly curious to see that men like the Archbishop of Canterbury, who intended to vote for the second reading, were alto gether opposed to the details of The measure. The bill WaS not even consistent with its preamble. The appl ca tion of a large sum, to be Obtained out of the surplus pro ceeds to be derived from the estates of the Irish Church,' to the en - lowment of Meynooth was a flagrant breach of the en gagem,nt that no part of those proceeds was to be applie 1 to religious purposes. Lord Granville promised,on moving the second reading of the bal, that any amendments submitted by the house of Lords should be -carefully cons dared ; but having regard to the way in which ameadments had been treated on other occasions, he altogether distrusted any such pledge, and on his own part he should continue to offer an uncompromising opposition to the bill. He denied, however, that lie bad any title to be viewed as the leader of the Conservative party, and said in the course he was about to take he was merely following his own con victioDs. He looked upon the bill as being both impolitic and immoral, and he should certainly vote against the second reading. The E.►rl of KIMBERLEY defended the bill at some length, both iu regard to its principle and d galls. ThO Bishop of RIPON strongly opposed the second reading of the bill. The Duke of CLEVELAND did not object to the prin ciple of the bill, and should therefore vote for th 3 se..:on. I reading. Lord REDESDALE opposed the bill, especially that part of it which would deprive the Irish bishops of the power of sitting in the House of Lords. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE said he should vote for the bill because he regarded it as a wise and beneficent' measure, and because he believed it would remove a great cause of discontent in Ireland. The Marquis of SALISBURY said that he intendod to vote for the second reading of the bill, but he wished to guard himself against being committed to all of its details, from many of which he entirely dissented. Lord COLCHESTER opposed the bill. E::r1 STANEIOPE admitted that abuses had been allowed to creep into the Irish Church, and could not re sist the proposal for disestablishment. He would there fore vote for the second reading of the bill, believing that its most objectionable features might bo amended in com mittee, and that the House of OOmmons would not refuse to accept or consider any amendment that might be intro dnced • i., used the bill. •• HOUSE OF CONINIONS.—LAST EVE The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. • • MEXICO. Mr. OTWAY, in reply to Mr. B. Seymour, said the diplomatic relations between this country and Mexico re mained precisely the same as they were when the noble lord opposite was Foreign Minister. The Government were quite open to renew relations, but it was felt, under all circumstances, the first step towards the matter could not be made by this country. (Hear, hear.) The Bishop of rIIAM stron L After a few words from Earl On the motion of the Bishop bate was adjourned. lELD the de- Their lordships then adjourned. MR. BRIGHT'S LETTER. Colonel NORTH asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether the letter read at a public meeting at Birming ham, on Monday, the 14th, signed "John Bright." and which has appeared in the public journals, was written by the President o t rd of Trade, and, if so, whether the GoveA t concur in the opinions expressed therein ? Mr. GLADSTONE : , said be had to state that the letter alluded toN was the production of his right honourable friend—(hear, hear, atd laughter)— and he might further state that it was written without consultation with his colleagues. The letter to which allusion had been made was published in the same news paper as a letter he (Mr. Gladstone) had written to a gen tleman at Bradford, but his communication had not been dignified with the same large type as that of his right hon. friend—(hear, hear, and laughter)—and therefore it bad not succeeded in getting the same amount of conside ration—(hear, hear)—a circumstance which, he might say, afforded him some mortification. (Laughter.) With respect to the letter of his right hon. friend, the Government had not and did not intend to consider whether they ought to approve of it or not, because there were motives which, although they might approve of individually, as a Go vernment they coral not deal with. There were matters upon which bath houses were extremely jealous, but he might say that nothing with respect to the control of the free action of the other house of the Legislature could be further from the desire of Ids right hon. frier d than to in terfere in any way with the exercise of that free action which they undoubtedly possessed. Tho holso then proceeded to resume the adjourned debate, on the subject of issuing a new writ for Dublin, and leave was given to bring in the bill, which was read a first Cm... On'the motion for going into committee of supply on the army estimates, Mr. M. CHAMBERS called attention to the anomalous position of.the clerks of the works and clerks of the Royal Engineer Departtnent, and the denial of pensions to their widows, and moved that, in the opinion of the house, they were entitled to, or should be gianted, the same rights and privileges, according to their relative rank, as were ex tended to other non-combatants, is the military service.. Captain VIVIAN, in reply, said that the subject had been under the consideration of four successive Secretaries of State, awl it was the general opinion that the case on behalf of the ciell4 had-uot been in tde out. After a brief discussion the Motion was withdrawn. Several bills were formally ad*ancesl, a stage, and the house ltdjoureett THE BALLOT IN AITSTBALIA. The way balloting is carried on in Australia and elsewhere is of the last importance at a time when every election makes converts to secret voting. Colonel Torrens, a day or two ago, described before the Elections Committee the way the polling was carried on in South Australia. But he appears to have made a mistake. He said that the voter himself dropped his voting paper into the ballot-box. It is not so. The Electoral Act commands him to " fold the paper, and immediately deliver it so folded to the returning officer or to his deputy, who shall fortwith publicly, and without opening the same, deposit it in a box to be provided for that purpose! ) The point is a small one perhaps, but is worthy of attention just now. THE LATEST CASE OF ABDUCTION. The Marquis Townshencj has an open ear for any complaints, and he gets plenty of grievances told to It is not surprising that he often finds himself on the wrong side, as his remedy for all wrongs is to tell them to the nearest police magi strate as soon as possible, even before investigation has been made. lie got hold of an alarming story a day or two back. A young girl had been forcibly taken away from hr: Protestant mother by a Roman Catholic priest, and when demand was made for the child it was refused. The priest even declined to say where it was. The mother fled to the Marquis, the Marquis went with her to the Marylebone Police-court, and there unfolded the sad tale. But the magistrate wanted to hear the other side. On Wednesday the priest and others attended, and it was discovered that the mother was an abandoned woman, that she was trying to teach her child to steal, but, falling ill, was visited by a Roman Catholic priest, to whom she was known. He—thinking her to be dying— administered the sacraments to her, and by her request took charge of the child. The mother recovered, at first thanked th e pr i es t, b u t afterwards wanted her child again, having returned to her old mode of life. The child wr.s refused her. Hence the proceed ings before the magistrate. The Marquis himself declared that h e thought the priest did right. THE TONIC SOL-FA METHOD OF TEACHING SDTGINO. Of all the va r i ous me th o d s o f te a ching singing in public schools none has become more popular than the Tonic Sol-fa. Whatever may be said about its scien tific accuracy, it has undoubtedly recommended . itself to tea c h ers, an d i n th e l arg est proportion of British sch oo l s where any attempt to teach children to read music is made, the system is used. Naturally enough, these who promote it are anxious that every facility should be allowed for its progress. E s p ec ially do the members of the Tonic kol r Fa College. wish the committee of the Council on Education to recognise their system. Under the 54th article of the Revised Educational Code teachers are allowed a considerable addition to their incomes for teaching to read music from notes. But " notes " here are taken to mean according to the established . notations. A deputation has waited on Mr. Forster urging that this should be altered, that the T on i c S o l-F a ' system being found to answer admirably in Sehools should be recognised by the Council. Mr. Forster, though not musical himself, said he had a va il e d hi mse lf o f o ppo r t un iti es o f test ing the result of teaching on the Tonic Sol-Fa system, and he considered that the results were grand, and sheered that the system was eminently adapted for th e t eac hing of music. lie promised to bring the views of the deputation under the notice of Earl de Grey, and to recommend strongly that the desired change shoeld be made in the Revised Code. CROWDING UPON ROYALTY. Civilisation has not taught the English people one piece of manners yet. They are still addicted to the mobbing of royalty. Royal Highnesses in this country, ono would almost think, were made to be stared at. A flower-show was held at the Metropo litan Botanic Gardens on Wednesday, at which the Prince of Teckand.the Princess Nary attended. The visitors were most fashionable, and yet their chief amusement was to crowd around the royal couple, to follow them wherever they went, to pass com ments within the hearing of the Prince on his dress, played m in his features, and to make the visit to the guess about his temper as dis bearin-r, eyebrows, to possible, so far as the chief visitors were concerned. Gardens as uncomfortable as STEALING PICT unrs. Mr. Frith is the artist.' of a very lino piece of Sgure-painting--" The Derby Day." Th e p a i n ti n g may •he seen in the picture gallery of the South Kensington Museum. But a correspondent, who dates his letters from Vienna, states that the painting has been exhibited, and created a ficrore in that city. At this Mr.' Frith expresses his surprise. The picture • has never left South Kensington,. no copy of it has been authorised, and if any has been made it has been without his leave. h have been made it a Fm p r p o ear t s h t e ha i t n s v o e n st i i e g s a p ti e o c ils ulaltvohrsi with more sharpness sl,'eweigears been. directly copied or originals certain British than paintings honesty, whichr arc hea‘,e imitated. In this case, it would seem - the imitation andefa 8O Was the speculation. But facts is much ca l cu lat e d t o reassure n w e n i s th s e u r c o c f es7 t f i t l i e l s , sufficient worth to be • . a p r ir t a is t t e s d l . vho have paintings of TIIE dome of the Ministerial journals are_full of confi dence as to the result of the diviiion. The Telegraph says that the result Trill b e 14 favourahle to 11Ir. Gladstone's measure of justice and 'Mercy to Ireland, and will assuredly strengthen .the belief that the moderation and . discretion of the Peers t a r s icat a e body, q with a vexed and in uestionin, will vindicate their title to the con tinued confidence of the nation." The Star says that " The convictions produced by such arguments as Bishop Thiriwall's may possibly affect even the divi sion list, and will certainly establish in the judgment' Lofibrpeosal polic teritytyhneoiw beingntrinsic Justice and prudence of the carried, in spite Of enormous difficulties, to a successful issue." Th e Ti mes i s l ess confident than a few days ago , b u t b e li eves that "after years will approve the wisdom and the justice of this (the Lords') reply, and of the conse quent acceptance of the Irish Church Bill." The Daily News believes that Lord Cairns's object in drawing attention to Mr. Bright's letter is to destroy the effect of Lord Granville's able speech. The Morning Post is the most emphatic, and says :—" Of the result of the coming division there is not now the slightest doubt, and the country will obtain from the Lords by a sufficient, a lth oug h' no t a l arge , majority an assent to the bill which the Commons have passed and sent up as representing generally the national convictions. On the other hand, the Dublin 'Mail, organ of the Orange party, declares that Lord. Derby and Lord Cairns are riding not to win, and that Mr. Disraeli purposely moved amend ments in the Lower House which could not possibly be carried. The Conservative organs ascribe the confidence of the Liberals to the belief (a mistaken one as the first affirm) that the BishopS will, as a rule, abstain from voting. " Ich Dien" is given large type by the Times to explain his id ea o f t h e funct i on o f th e H ouse o f Lords, and the nature of a second reading. As to the first point " Ich Dien" thinks that the House of Lords represents the people in a different form, but to the same extent, as the House of Commons. The House _of Commons represents the pressing exigencies of the nation. The function of the House of Lords is to consider those pressing exigencies as they bear on the nation permanently, and apply the resultof, long experience and almost scholastic reflection' to adapt contemporaneous wishes, to the interests: of posterity. As to the nature of a second reading,j'lch Dien" thinks a misapprehension pre vails amongst • the peers. According to him, the second reading of the bill is a stage necessary for the progress, not of the measure, but of a measure relating to the Irish Church. The passing of the second reading, therefore, by the Lords in no respect pledges their concurrence to the principle of the bill. It merely affirms that the Lords admit that the country requires some mea sure, and they pass it th roug h this stage, without which they cannot discuss or alter the details. Of course ' if this idea be th e co r rec t one, seeing that every- ! body admits that something must be done, to reiect tho bill would be a most ill-advised proceeding. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotatbn of gold at Paris Is about at par, and g t !, short exchange on Londo n is - i.nt. 253. per £1 sterlirvf (In cJinparin these rates with the Eng'ils!l .nitit pr:cr. of 11 . ',-. :00. per oonoe fo r .0., 0 .t:,-4 ~ 0.! ! t;,,,,, .-- ,-. , t, gold at the above price is of hi2h r vilue in Lou or. than in I' •-ris The course of exchange at New Yorjr. on London for bills at days' sight, was on the 14th test. about 094 per cent. At this rate there is no prolit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE AMERICAN PRESS. The correspondent of the Boston Post writes : " For some time past a great political pressure has been brought to bear upon the bead of one of the Treasury Bureaus to procure the removal of a clerk who has been over twenty years in the office, and who has become very valuable to the Government by reason of his long experience. The officer was very reluctant to part with the clerk, and in his dilemma he called on the President and laid the matter before hiai. The President replied that when a clerk had served the Government faithfully for many years, and was still competent and necessary to the service, be should be regarded as h lying lost all political identity. Such men had spent the best years of their lives in the Government service, and should be entitled to as much consideration as an old and faithful army or navy officer. The Presi dent added that be hoped all the heads of Depart ments and Bureaus, in making up their lists for removal, would omit searching the records of past years for the political antecedents of old and valu able clerks." The Canada Scotsman writes of annexation and independence in a strain far froni complimentary to the United States, where it asserts the people have gone back to the Middle Ages and China for their commercial policy, and to King Saul and Augustus for their system of government. The Imperialist movement it considers a sign of wide-spread dis content and apprehension, and it would not sur prise our Montreal contemporary to see Royalty eventually established with its neighbours, but only after a few more revolutions and rebellions, of which the last secession attempt was, it fears, only the forerunner. The ,S'cotsman compares the an nvxationists of the Dominion with the Imperial sect in the United States : " We consider the annexation cry in Nova Scotia to be a mere ebullition of anger, really directed against Confede tion, and which finds a vent in that direction, as a matter of course; but the feeling can have no strong roots in the hearts of a people so long'and devotedly attached to the British Empire as tho Nova Scotians have been. In this more western portion of the Dominion the annexation sen timent is chiefly confined to a small band of traders, who are few in number, and almost wholly without political influence or power, as proved in 1849, when the move ment assumed a far more threatening aspect, though less in reality than appearance. Take the city of Montreal as an instance of the actual state of the case, Montreal being regarded as the annexation head-quarters. Why, of the time wards the merchants can control only one, tho centre ward, and oven there the aunexationists are a small minority, while throughout the country the city traders generally are viewed with jealousy and dislike, as a class who are always ready to prefer their own interests to those of the community. We do not say that they de serve to be so considered, but it is true novertholess that they are. Politically they have no hold on public confi dence or sympathy, and are practically of little more weight than the Caughnawaga Indians." It disputes the benefit to be derived, as the United States produce all that Canada can produce, as good, and in greater profusion, except perhaps lumber and fish ; therefore what is offered is a s-nding of coals to Newcastle. " A war with the United States would be a truly serious matter to the North American Provine3s ; but, notwithstand ing present appearances, and the blatant outpour ings of Mr. Senator Sumner, our faith is s•rong that there is less danger of hostilities between Eng land and the United States than between aoy two Countries in the world." After discussing the re sults of a war between two such countries, it adds— " Another consideration bearing on this point is that the Americans will never be guilty of the egre gious folly of forcing British North into the Union by violence, and against the evident wishes of its inhabitants, a point upon which there can be no doubt as respects an overwhelming majority of all the provinces." Having thus shown that there is nothing to gain and nothing to fear, it proceeds to indicate what there is to lose : " And now let us see what price we would have to pay for annexation. We only give some of the items in the account. In the first place, every farm and building in the country would be mortgaged for the payment of 2,500 millions of dollars and interest, constituting the national debt of the United States. Secondly, we would have to pay double or treble the present prices in the Dominion fur every article of English and foreign manufacture or growth required to clothe or feed us, or for any other pur -pose. Thirdly, we would have to submit to direct taxa tion, the extent of which we may guess, from the fact that the taxation of the State of New York amounts to $.19 per head, including men, women, and children. One-fifth the amount, or ten dollars per head, would, in a very short , ime, ruin the mass of our rural population, in the Pro vince of Quebec especially; and change the exodus, so much spoken of, into a hegira or general flight. Fourthly we should be forced to sacrifice free trade, and adept the most stringent system of protection, or rather monopoly, known to any age, thereby restricting our commercial in tercourse with all other countries, England included. Fifthly, it would stop emigration from the British Isles and Europe, as the class of emigrants who settle here would be pauperized at the very outset by the heavy taxa tion and cost of living. Sixthly, in the event of a war between the United Stat es an d England, we would have to fight, kill, and plunder our English, Irish, and Scotch brethren. We could add largely to this list of annexation blessings, did time and space permit." Finally, it considers independence unnecessary, a mere subterfuge, simply annexation in disguise. We would like the Canada Scotsman to answer these simple questions ; facts worth reams of argu ment—How is it that emigrants, with both coun tries open, avoid the blessings conferred by Canada and select the evils of the United States ?—ls it out of pure " cussedness" that 80 per cent. of those who do taste of the Canadian blessings cross the frontier into the Republic? and will our contemporary ex plain why, if these people find it for their interest to saddle themselves with the huge National Debt, that the case should be reversed with the Canadians themselves ? The only way by which the obvious contradiction can be reconciled is on the supposition that Canada has inferior nat ura l a d vantages ; but we know this is not the case, as many parts of Canada are equal to any in the States. WHAT NEXT ?—Monsieur Chevalier, whose feats at Paris in 1864, in his balloon Le Goma, will be remem - bered, proposes, about the middle of next month, to cross the Atlantic from New York to Paris. The balloon for this undertaking, called L'Esperance, is nearly completed, and NI. Chevalier is confident that it will be able to carry him for a month, should circumstances require it. Twi difficulties for so long a voyage had to be overcome—first, to maintain the buoyancy of the balloon ; next, to keep a direct course. The first M. Chevalier hopes to meet by a contrivance of his own. In an ordinary balloon every rise beyond the usual altitude causes a loss of gas and ballast. If every time L'Esperance rose 3,000 feet it were to lose one-tenth of its contents, equal to 961bs. sustaining power, the balloon would sink into the sea in two days. To obviate this dangergthe Professor has in troduced his own invention, the " compensator" balloon, which ie attached to the lower part of the great balloon, but is not inflated on the earth, and is therefore ready to receive the gas resulting from expansion at a high eleva tion. Across the hoop to which is fastened the netting that covers the balloon he has extended a windlass, made of a hollow cylinder; a rope of great strength and length is attached to and wound upon the windlass. At the end of this rope are fastened a n umber of waterproof bags, whose mouths are kept open by small rings. Between these bags are several conical floats, intended to support the rope when it reaches the sea by the depression of the balloon. As the balloon descends the lower portion of the rope will be gradually deposited on the surface of the sea, relieving the balloon of its weight until a sufficient quantity has been thus disposed of to stop its further fall. in heavy showers not less than from 200 to 3001bs would be added to the weight by the saturation of the ropes, &c., and if no sun dried up the moisture the balloon must descend to the sea. As soon, however, as the rope begins to trail on the water the balloon ceases to fall, and continues an un varying altitude, till when the moisture is dried up it again ascends. The rope also checks a too great and rapid ascent and consequent loss of gas. The water bags on the rope have filled as the:: trailed along, and the in creased weight keeps the balloon from too great a flight. Thus, by the arrangement of the rope, the ballast is dimi nished and increased at will; in fact, adjusts the differ ences without reference to the aeronaut. The next es sential point was to keep a direct coursi'. It appears that during M. Chevalier's repeated ascents ho has observed that at an altitude between 3,000 and 10,000 feet the wind is invariably from west, or rather from north-west, no matter from what quarter it may be nearer the earth. This circumstance he claims as a discovery of his own, and it is principally to establish its truth that ho trde a r : takes tit's voyage. The start will take place fr oman mann's Park, New York, and already h u ndreds of app Urns have been made to accompany trim. A life raft has been by:lireha4(ilywi-ifllrebgeuisruesdp.ended The from ball e c n a t r e d o f t t o h e i, ' o e r o a ll n c t e o , balloon is 95 feet high, 63 in diameter, with a buoyancy sufficient to sustain eight tons —Anglo-American Times. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL LEAIR.---MRS. S. A. t a t ir Oi t t o Di youthfulsslxel never l fails our an to ) 4AarierTy'srWestooarrenG'srlfeyatoar Faded a Mi l l beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightfal fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the ilair fro.n falling Off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth it,eailisig the Hair to grew thick and strong. It removes aim ri dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles p r 63 Six Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers Depot 266, High Holborn CORNELL UIVIVERSITY. Among the names of the trustees and faculty of this institution are the Hon. Ezra Cornell, Governor Hoffman, Seriator Morgan, Horace Greeley, th e Hon. Erasmus Brooks, the Hon. William Kelly, th e Hon. John M. Parker, and others. The faculty contains the names of President Andrew D. Wh ite ' Professors Wilson, Goldwin Smith, E. W. Ev als ' W. C. Russell, E. W. Bl a k e , G. C. C a ldwell, 1 3 .u „' * Wilder, J. H. Whittlesey, L. 11. Mitchell, W. Fis t ' s ' W. C. Cleaveland, C. F. Hart, A. S. Wheeler, 4 ' N. Prentiss, 11. B. Sprague, and J. L. Morris, he' side a number of assistant professors. These includ e all the r :sident faculty, while among non-resident professors and lecturers are Louis Agassiz, the 1 1 ° 13 * John S. Gould, Professor James Hall, James Ru g " sell Lowell, George W. Curtis, and Theodore IV' Dwight. There are eight professorships•still tin" filled, including the chairs of Political Econn °3sr ' American History, Physical Geography, Architec ture, ture, and the Science of Langua g e. There are 388 students in the University, divided as follows:" In the Division of Science, Letters, and Arts in General, 25 . 1 ; in the Division of Special Arts a nd Sciences, Department of Agricul t ure, & c•, 33 i Department of M e chanic A r t s , 30 ; D e partment ° Civil Engineering, 50 ; Department of Chemistr y' &c., 24; Department of Natural History, 20; De partment of Military Science, &c., 2 ; total, 159 • The first term of 1869-70 will b eg i n Sept. 15, a n last 14 weeks ; the second term will begin January 5, and continue 12 we e k s ; th e thi r d term April 6 ► lasting the same time, and ending June 3 0 , tilns making in all 38 weeks. The conditions of On us ' sion are that the candidate must be 15 years of ag e ,' possessed of g o o d h ea lth an d mora l c h ar acter, a nd able to pass a sa ti s f ac t ory exam i nat i on i n En% grammar, geography, ar ith met i c , a l ge b ra , six too d of geometry, and the i n t ro d uc t ory par t s o f Latin and Greek. An acquaintance with some good elein'il tary treatise on physiol og y i s a l so recom mende d ' and will probably be req u ired as a con di r ion of a- - mission after the present year. There are three general courses of study—the scientific, clas 3 i na , s ' and combined, in which mo d ern l angu ages are s it° stituted for Greek—exte n din g th roug h four ye' rs; and two special coarse s are a l so a ll o wed—one de ' voted to agriculture, natural history, chemistry' s history, &c., and the oth er t o ana lytic men hani : o and the mechanic arts, and extending through years. The degrees of B ac h e l or o f Acts, F lii : l9 ,: a sophy, and Science will b e con f erre d o n gradit'`" e.. in the three gene ra l courses , an d appropriate c.. grees will be conferred iu the special department,f It is optional with students to select a specialtYto they so wish, and to devote themselves i 1.15 entirely it. The arr angemen t o f t h e courses o f stud)" or been made upon the b as i s o f th ree r ecitation s lectures a day ; b u t en t erpr i s i ng stu d en ts, if they io find themsel ve s a bl e to d o more wor k V t ein to three exercises announced, will be allo wed 1 , take any nu m b er t h at they can satisfac torily prosecute, and th us accamplish, by way o f e t t be studies, more tha n i s conta i ne d i n an y one of ` l - for four year courses, withi a th e f our years allesv eu the completion of the course . Th e cour se of sin i,oi will give due attention to modern languages, h tory, political an d soc i a l sc i ence, h uma n anato nlY c i physiology, and hygi en i c , na t ura l and aPP lie science, and com merc i a l k now l e d ge . The Pro fessor of North-Europ ean languages also will gir el id , struction to voluntary c l asses i n I ce landic Pr „ Northern, Swedish, Danish, and Mee : -Goth ic, ac companied by lectures on the history, strneturse' and relttions of the G erman i c grou p of languag e ic The Departments of A gr i cu l ture , an d the Mee han Arts are now organ i ze d, an d com bine theore tical tie with practical i ns t ruc ti on . Milit ar y e xercisesis obligatory upon all students, but instruction e: military science is left optional. It is expresslYin sired to have pe r f ec t liberty of choice in the sni ec. tion of studies, and not to estimate too highly any single course. Mr. Cornell expressed plainly University theory when he said, would W an institution where any person can find ins trne, tion in any study." The library has now about 25,000 volumes, including the Anthon, 13° Ps , and Goldwin Smith collections, a n d the P il ": lications of the Royal Commissioners of Patet in Great Britain. It i s expec t e d to 11° :" '3 the Cornell Public Library w ith thi s , Whin 1., will make au addition of s e vera l th ous and v o.i - times. Several large and well equipped labncia:e tories are ready, besides a va l ua bl e mu seum. T ill animal expenses, including tuition, board, es:Oe i u amount to less than $3OO. A number of P rizes ,_ money are offered to aid meritorious st udents amounting altogether t o $1,350. O ve r 60 studen t ' ar have enrolled themselves in the voluntary la hn rc corps, but, exceptin g i n th e case o f those w" n ot already very skill e d l a b ourers, t h e sys tem lo a ti n ji pwriolivleed undertakingsuccessfu successful. It is difficult to carry 0 :S: tf b o e r one's own support, 13 amount that can b e earne d i s h ar dly sufficien subsistence without the addition of other resnin a , Some simpl e remunerat i ve manu f ac t ur e may be nts, troduced, which will aid i n supporting st u d re , but at present th e U n i vers i ty au th o rities do nn‘ ireu commend any young ma n to come relying et c fog on unskilled ma nua l l a b our f or s upport. ht'' have that peculiar combination of mental a n P no rt sical strength required thus to entirely OP- themselvotii the great majority have not: (From the Cornell Era.) riot' "Since the original endowment of our institil- bt it has received no such munificent giftf ais t t in 3 - which has just been bestowed upon it by &shed citizen of Ithaca. John 111‘Grasc, to whom the University was already la r g eli b i er debted for many valuable services, and to a me°, es of whose family we owe t h e me lodious G llicl er .. which play so prominent a put in our dally eioo cises, has given the sum of $50,000 for t he e rect o re of a library building. No benefaction co bla been more welcome either to professors orstu`bere and the friends of higher education eve r Y sv n i( 111 will rejoice with us th a t our va luable awl r ` lr increasing collecti on o f b oo k s i s to be so 0°,11,50 so appropriat e ly h ouse d. It h as been decid ea the new structure s h a ll s t an d b e tween the t sl ' Ü b ol versity buildings, and that one of its f aa ture 3 B . be be a lofty and massive tower to contai ll Nl'Graw Chimes. Work will be commenced °Poe it forthwith. Mr. M'Graw is a member of bo Board of Trustees. His invaluable gift P lace : the " name next to that of the Founder on the list 01 re University's early and generous promoters. ° c jo W. Curtis and James Russell Lowell are to beget a course of lectures in a few weeks, and it is th°llP , that the announcement will draw visitors to Wilco that they may share with the students th e p lea° of hearing them. roreign Mail ra.citet List ustralle, and New Zealand , '9. MAILS DUE. ... J u n e ;l4 Ditto, via Yuseilles ; Ja y -...• ....... .4, mil. Buenos Ayres, and 2donte Video .......... J u l y 2, June 2 Ditto, by French packet . Jape Verdi'. by Brazil packet ..... ........... ..: .•............... Juli e 27. ,epe of Good /I•Jpe. Ascension, and St. Helena.•• 1). - ,- )ma. Penan g , and Sinkip.re. via Southampt on • J ' 9 , ihr.ltar, via Southampton .. .....' 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