The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-09 00:00:00

BriErar TiE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Whatever, observes the Times, may be the immediate ietults of the scene enacted on Wednesday in Bow Chnrch, it cannot fail to be memorable in our ecclesiastical history. The issue raised is extremely simple; it is the issue between a national and a sectarian Church. A national Church is a Church which exists by virtue of the national will declared through Parliament, whose constitution is incorporated with the law of the land, and the liberty of whose ministers rests upon definite sta tutable guarantees. It might be possible, indeed, to make the episcopal office elective consistently with the due subordination of the spiritual to the civil power. 'What cannot be done consistently with that principle is to give the Crown the right and responsibility of nominat- ink bishops, and yet to allow a nomination to be set aside by tho archbishop for the time being at his own discretion. In the present day it could not last ten years as an esta blishment, after the appointment of a bishop by the Premier should have been cancelled by the Primate. But the spirit in which the agitation against Dr. Temple has been conducted augurs still worse for the prospects of the Church, in the event of that separation from the State which Dr. Pusey and others pi ofess to desire. When the First Napoleon thought of convening a general Synod of the Galilean clergy he was dissuaded by a shrewd Churchman in these significant words :—" Sire, it is an excellent wine, but far better in bottle than in cask." The same criticism applies, more or less, to every other body of clergy, and to none, perhaps, more than our own. Because Dr. Temple will not disclaim complicity with his fellow-contributors to "Essays and Reviews," Bishop Trower stirs heaven and earth to stop his preferment ; but the only effect is to shew the impotence of mere clerical menaces where the law of the land and the voice of the people are on the side of freedom. Only, it may be well to remember, what is beginning to be felt in Ireland, that no Church, whether Established. or Free, can exist without the sympathy and support of its lay members, and laymen hate bigotry more than heresy. The bitter odium theologicum which has pre vailed among our clergy for the last thirty years has done mere to weaken their legitimate influence with the laity than all the shortcomings in the last century. Bishops like Dr. Temple may help, at all events, to restore that in•`luencc, and those who have striven to close the Episco pate against men of his stamp are not the best friends of the Church. The Standard had already expressed the opinion that the opportunity for successfully opposing the appointment of Dr. Temple had passed away with the issue of the congi d'elire. Up to that moment the appointment represented the arbitrary will of Mr. Gladstone only. The moment the royal writ had been snit out, Dr. Temple became the nominee of the Crown, and the hindrances to the can celling of the appointment were enhanced ten-fold After all, even the most exuberant denouncers of Eras tianism must admit that there is all the difference in the world, so far as the practical chances of success are concerned, between opposing Dr. Temple a: the candidate of Mr. Gladstone and the same person when approved by the Crown. At the same time we by no means deprecate the formal steps taken by Bishop Trower and his friends on Wednesday, with the view, if not of upset tang the appointment, at least of entering a final public protest against it. The case will now, we apprehend, be taken to the Court of Queen's Bench in the form of an application for a mandamus to compel the arch lishop of the province to hear proof of the allegations of the objectors, and we may antici pact a lengthy and possibly abortive suit. Thus far I 'r. Temple has gained the day, and the attempt to impede his desperate rush upon the episcopal bench has been withstood, and it is possible that the subsequent pro- eceding,s of Bishop Trower and his colleagues will be e l ually unsuccessful. The partisans of the bishop elect are in high feather, so much so that even within the walls of a consecrated church they could not refrain from cheering their client and hissing his opponents. The latter have a right, when publicly challenged, to enter their protest, sad if they are defeated in the ultimate result, they will still possess the satisfaction of having been faithful to their amse of duty. The Daily News declares that whatever may be the r;;sult of the crowning work of the Pope's life, his lEcu eienical Council had at least a splendid opening on Wednes day. As a spectacle it must have been one of the most inaposfng which even Rome has seen; as a gathering of ecclesiastics it must have seemed a supreme success. If it were possible anywhere to forget the modern world, it roust have been forgotten in the Vatican and St. Peter's on Wednesday. The scene must have been one which might well cast the glamour of a fond illusion over ecclesiastical eyes. Probably at no y eriod of history could more pomp and splendour of ecclesiastical display have been paraded in St. Peter's. A procession of six prince archbishops, forty-nine cardinals, Leven patriarchs, six hundred and eighty bishops and arch hishops, and twenty nine generals of religious orders, might well have seemed, to ecclesiastical eyes, to typify the unbroken power of the Church. It must have been difficult even to look away from such a spectacle, and to see behind it a critical and unsympathising Christendom. r.l he sovereigns and princes who were looking on from their seats in the lateral arches of the Cathedral may well have got some new impression of the Church's p ewer. If a revival of that power could be got up by a revival of its outward s - e b na and symbols, the Church alight date a new era from Wednesday. It was a reproduc tion of the past, and we may well forgive those who, urn n! ersed in it and dazzled by it, did not see that it was in deed the past and not the present. Lookers en at a distance cannot, however, make the same mistake. They see in it an unsubstantial pageant ; or at most a gathering of all the forces of ecclesiasticism to draw one more ineffectual barrier across the march of modern progress. For the present, however, the spectacle is enough ; what lies behind it will develope itself hereafter. Pius IX. must have exulted as he looked upon the magnificent scene; the scattered faithful in all lands will feel a new glow of pious fervour as they read of it; but the con ditions of the modern world place before the Council one alternative—to be content with the spectacular success or to go down to posterity as a pretentious failure. The Telegraph considers the judgment in the Kelly case to have been one of the most interesting essays on matrimonial law and life ever delivered by Lord Penzance. Ti - e all know his lordship's rare power of putting his opinions and decisions into wonderfully felicitous words ; and his judgment in " Kelly v. Kelly " seems to surpass e Ten the best of his former deliverances from the Divorce Tench. Tho case itself is peculiar. When we read in the " Saurin v. Starr " case, records of a cruelty perpetual, minute, incredibly barbarous in a small way— men said, " None but women could torture each other with such a pin -prick persecution." But here we have a man of education who carries out towards the unfortunate lady in his power a continued system of cold severity enough to break down the health and spirits of even a strong man. We were told, at the time of the Saurin case, that ropery was at the bottom of that mystery of malice—that only Papists could be so hypocritical and cruel. But here we have a member of the Church of England, living in the second city of the Empire, in the sight of many men, preaching the Gospel every Sunday, and bound to live a life of piety and devotion, making his wife's daily lire a prolonged and apparently hopeless misery. What is there in common, then, between Mrs. Starr and the Rev. James Kelly? Not much, perhaps: hut this at least—that the spirit of religion seemed to have lost its power to rule their acts, while they vent on regularly and formally fulfilling the miserable mockery of weekly and daily ceremonies and prayers. Mrs. Kelly is now rescued from his ministering hands. She has obtained in the Divorce Court a decree of judicial separation. There is no doubt that this decision practically enlarges the law. For it has been held that " hard words break no bones," and many husbands have believed that they might commit almost any cruelty, so that they abstained from immorality or assault. But Lord Penzance has now clearly established the recognition at law, what was known before as a fact, that there are insultrworse flan a blow. His decision practically confers on a wife a clear right not to be insulted by deprivation of her wifely and domestic rights, not to be outraged by harshly unjust words; it gives her the best redress—freedom from the intolerable restraints of such oppression —tot freedom to marry again, but for the rest of her life some dignity, some repose. The Herald thinks that the great reciprocity meeting held on Monday night, at Manchester, affords fresh proof cf the fact that the widespread feeling of dissatisfaction ith the present state of our foreign commerce, which many of our contemporaries affect to treat with ridicule and contempt, is one - that Parliament will find it impossible to ignore next session. The Radical press in this country may be very strong, but it is not strong enough to burke all demands for inquiry into a state of things like that from which the niannfactnring classes are suffering at the present time. The demand for reciprocity is a demand for some protec tion, and if the Government of this country continues to have any regard for the welfare of its subjects, such pro tection to native industry will be granted. It is un doubtedly much more difficult to grant it now than it would have been to refuse in the first instance compliance with the unreasonable terms which the framers of the Cobden treaty were beguiled into accepting. *Put in some way, by roundabout if not by direct 'roans, that much protection must be granted to them. The country generally is waking up from its Free-trailn enthusiasm to see that, though the consumers may benefit by such an arrangement, they may benefit to such an in finitesimal degree that their gain cannot be weighed for a moment in the balance against the ruin of the producer. It i, this consideration which wins on all hands new re cruits for Recirrocity,and the great meeting at Manchester is only the wave of an advancing tide, which, as time goes on, Mr. Bright will find it more and more di ' cult to keep Lack v ith hi 4 broom. The Post remarks that when the accident happened to the Spindrift, the vessel was within (and we believe only barely within) the " compulsory " district in winch tt islet I 4 imposed by the law; and as under those circum stnces owners and captain 3 are specialty exone rated from Lability for any damage acne, it follows 1:1 this ease. ,:here, i ever, there ni , lst have been the vro:;:_c-..t neglO‘nce disp7ayed, nobo.7y in answerable. fr I. the comegnoaces. Tine rilot, it will I.e said P erhaps, answerable, am'. so he may Le, but that will be but consolation for those who have to Lear the loss of the N”, 000 Worth of cargo ; for a London pilot, writing in de fence of his clasi, has hianelf told us that a lot under " such circumstances is in most cases r•lnetantly compelled at once to surrender and declare himself insolvent," Practically, therefore, there is no responsibility at all for . any damage clone by a vessel while in charge of a compulsory pilot, and this, in tact, is one of the great vices of the compulsory 1,, - st.eirt. Probably the matter has already occupied Mr. Fright's attention, and we recommend the case of the Spindrift to him as the latest and most flagrant instance of . t.:e inquitous and injurious we t king of the pilotage laws, Lithe hope that the oppo:t - Inity will be taken of amending them by the Mercantile Marine Amendment Act to be rein troduced itcmt session. __ _ ~ .T 111; SUN:, LONNA - - rt - ntian - Ay EVENING, DECEMBER - 9, jBO9. t'ONFIRMATION OP DR. TEMPLE. "What a number of people ! Whose wedding is it?" was the remark made by a wcman in Cheapsido this morning about ten o'clock, as she passed by the church of St. Dfary-le-Bow, and saw an unusual throng pouring into the building. "It is not a wedding, but an attempt at a divorce," was the reply. Our readers will have anticipated that it was not a successful attempt Exactly twenty-one years ago to this very month a like attempt was made on the same spot, and that, too, failed. Nevertheless the failure was not so decisive but that there MS some ground for trying again. The four judges to whom the opponents of Dr. Hampden referred their protest were equally divided as to whether it should be heard, and so . . until this day no legal decision has been given by the highest court. The church of St. Mary-le-Bow is the architectural em bodiment of the unicn of Chuich and State. It is a church and a court of justice. On Wednesday the gloomy though lofty building olercd both aspects. On the open space hefore the ccmmunicn table (to call it an altar seems al.surd, for that means a high place, ard thin is very low, raised but a fc - w inches above the ground), and between the pulpit and reading desk was a table set out, covered with crimson cloth. On either side were three chairs for the proctors and the counsel. At its east-end, with the back to to ccmmunien rails, and facing the congrega- ticn, was an arm chair for the representative of the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, whose court (the Court of Arches) this church really is. At the opposite end, with its back to the people, was another arm-chair for Dr. Temple, the "lord eleci,"Cs he was called thrc,ughout the proceedings In a pew near the front sat portly Bishop Trowcr, guarded, curiously enough, by a policeman, and next to the Bishop sat his fellow protcstants, the Rev. Samuel Henry Walker, Harpfcrd, near Ottery St. Mary, an elderly, smooth-faced clergyman, and the Rev. Augustus Archer Hunt, of Tipton St. John, near the same town, who, with his ample beard, offered quite a contrast to his neigh bours, Mr. Walker and the Rev. Dr. Cornish, vicar of Ottery St. Mary. It will be seen that the opponents belong to the same district, and are neighbours in Devonshire, as they were in Bow Church. In the cor responding pew on the other side cf the aisle were Dr. Deane, Mr. Benjamin Shaw (the well-known writer in the Contemporary Perim), Mr. Curry, and Mr. Moore, the counsel and proctors for the opponents. There were also present the Rev. J. L. Fisk, Mr. John Boodle (both active promoters of the Cockspur-street Association), the Revs. F. Brown, Nailsea ; Thomas Hugo, West Hackney ; J. W. Buckley, Paddington; T. Gardner, Deptford; J. Evans, Shoreditch ; W. H. Vernon, Lcytonstone ; Dean Stanley ; Mr. Brett, of Stoke Newington, the well-known High Churchman ; next to him Sir D. Salomons, M.P., the Jew ; Professor Bentley, &e. The attendance of clergy was remarkably small, the laymen very far preponderating ; in fact, I should think that there were more ladies than there were clerics. The church was, however, crowded, and not only was every seat occu pied, but the aisles were impassable. It was by no means an impressive spectacle. The church, though lofty, is dingy, and the dull December pall of smoke which hid sun and sky rendered the interior of the building dim and somewhat dreary. The bells rang out a merry peal until eleven o'clock. After a delay of ten minutes,theprocession entered, churchwardens with staves, beadles with silver pokers, the incumbent Mr. Vine, the Vicar-General in his wig and scarlet robes, the proctor for the Dean and Chapter cf Exeter, Mr. Sheppard, a man of gigantic height, in the strangest of costumes ; doc tors, also in scarlet robes, and a quiet unnotice able man, with dark hair and whiskers, and regular features, and somewhat near of sight, wearing a black gown and doctor's hood—a man who, as he took his place close to a pillar, almost bidden from sight, no one would have supposed was the person in whose behalf this great concourse of persons had gathered. The various dignitaries took their places in the two foremost pews, and Mr. Vine, having asked all persons to be seated during the cere mony after the Litany, read through that service with much feeling and fervour. The Litany over, the Vicar-General formed his court in the open space immediately in front of the altar, and between the pulpit and the reading-desk. At the head of the table sat Sir Travers Twiss, in his scarlet gown as D.C.L., having on his right hand Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Benjamin Shaw, the counsel for the objectors, and on his left the Registrar-General of the Province of Cant,rbury, Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Dr. Tristram, who appeared for the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. At this time Dr. Temple occupied a seat in the body of the Church, supported by the Rev. E. G. Sandford, of Christ Church, Oxford. The proceedings in connec tion with the confirmation of a Bishop as a rule are short and dull. On Wednesday they were long, and, to a cer tain extent, exciting. They were opened by the rector for the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, who exhibited his proxy for that reverend body, and presented to the Vicar- G n cm' the Ir t ters patent, on the authority of which they had elected Dr. Temple. Theie at the direction cf the Vicar-General having' been read, that learned functicnary wag desired to take upon himself the confirmation of Dr. Temple, who at this stage of the proceedings was conducted to a seat at the table, immediately facing Sir Travers Twigs. This the moment anxiously anticipated by the large congre- ration thronging the Church, for it was the moment im mediately preceding the direction of the Vicar-General to call any persons to come forward who might object to the confirmation of Dr. Temple. The challenge of the apparitor was quickly answered by Mr. Currey, the proctor for the opponents, who, stating for whom he appeared, prayed to be heard by counsel, the announcement being made amidst considerable hissing. Dr. Spinks objected to the admission of the allegation. The Vicar-General: I call upon you, Dr. Deane, as counsel for the proctor to the objectors, to state the sub stance and prayer of the allegation before you, address your legal arguments to the court. Dr. Deane then proceeded to state that the allegation traversed in direct terms the state ment made in the summary petition produced on the other side as to the person of the Lord Bishop Elect. Dr. Deane having drawn attention to the proceedings that took place some hundreds of years ago in connection with confirmations, argued that the fact of a Bishop's qualification was wont to be esta blished by witnesses called for the purpose. The Vicar-General remarked that the facts of the quali fication of Dr. Temple were established by affidavits. Dr. Deane objected to their being thus established. A summary etition should be proved in the usual way by calling wi.eesses. Even if the Vicar-General was disposed to admit the affidavits, time ought to be given to the opponents of the election to answer them. The Vicar-General : You claim a right to cross-examine the witnesses, Dr. Deane said he did, anti argued that in the case of Dr. Hampden the first thing the Vicar-General caked for was the objection to the election, and in the Montague case a stop was put to the objections because they were not to hand in writing and duly signed. Dr. Spinks in reply, pointed out that the letters patent were imperative. The invitation to oppose was only intended to apply to the form of con firmation to the person elected. 'T ho Dean and Chapter had proceeded with the election in accordance with her Majesty% decree, and they appeared on the present occa sion to tender the proof of theirhaving done so. Dr. TRISTRAM followed on the same side. The Vicar-General intimated to Dr. Deane that it would be necessary for him to be convinced that he had the power, after the Queen had nominated Dr. Temple, and the Chapter had elected him, to refuse to confirm the election. He found no such power in the statutes. Dr. Deane said the letters patent to the Archbishop did not expressly command him to confirm and consecrate, but only to do so if he could in accordance with the statutes of the land. The Vicar-General was bound to the juris exigentia, the Crown exercising its right to the ap pointment of bishops, always recognised something of con trol in the Primate, to whom the confirmation and conse cration were committed. Confirmation was the very thresh hold of consecration, and the Archbishop had to decide whether the person elected was a fit person to be consecrated. Suppose a person elected had meanwhile gone over to the Church of Rome, or had become mentally in capacitated, was the Bishop's hand to be stayed? (The learned counsel cited many cases from the Exeter Canonists in illustration of the forms of confirmation which had come down to the present time.) In the citation, the Vicar-General was directed to adjourn and prorogue the matter from time to time, whereas it was known that if it were a mere form, it could be got through in half an hour. If this was a mere form, it was a sacrilege and a scandal, and every Churchman would hail with delight the passing of an Act of Parliement which would put a stop to the scandal, The Vicar-General, after Dr. Spinks had been hoard in reply, said he had taken upon himself the duty of con firming the election in obedience to the mandate of the Crown addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Queen had approved of Dr. Temple as Bishop of Exeter, and had commanded the Archbishop of Canterbury to con firm and consecrate him. The Archbishop had issued his fiat to him as Vicar-General. Certain forms had come down from the Reformation, but there was nu statutory authority for them, and the archbishop was not bound by tiny particular plan. IV.th regard to objectors, he held that it was cn'.y against the manner in which the election had peen cenducted the t objections could be heard, and they hail nothing to do with stey otter matters. It had been said that if opponents came forward and were not heard the pro ceedines were a scandal and a sacrilege. Those were hard eorils, and he eretested against them. 1 he question now a: ose ,eliethei he was to admit the allegation of the oeponeets .f the election to proof. Referring to Bishop darn den's estec, he said that the proctor on that occasion was not allowed to appear, as ie would Le futile, the court having no power to diseb y the Queen's mandate. On this occa sion, however, ',reeler and clergy had been allowed to aepear, and the substance cf the allegation was to deny that Dr. Temple was a fit stud proper person to be Bishop of Exeter. He was of opinion that he had no power to review the appointment of the Crown. He Lail thought it right to hear couns . el, but it had not been shown that h e hail power to inter:ere, and he had to decide that the election should be proceeded with. After the transaction of some other formalities, chic Dr : T emp l e kneeling took the usua l oath of canonical (Bence to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and then standing up p i en in s a u ( b l e s e ib t -i he e d t ordinary documents, declarationan dahg against n e s :M:l 9 l m m= was i tl declared complete. A large crowd waited outside the church till Dr. Temple left, when they loudly ()limed him. NAVAL AND MILHARI IN7ELLIGENCE. The Right Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by his private secretary, Captain F. B. P. Seymour, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Vice-Admiral Sir R. S. Robinson, K.C.8., Controller of the Navy, arrived at Portsmouth by the first down train from London yesterday morning, and proceeded to the dockyard, where he was officially engaged through- out the day. A good deal of business was trans- acted at the office of the Admiral Superintendent connected with the accounts, the preparation of the Navy Estimates for 1869-70, and the supervision of the yard at the present time and the future. Accompanied by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Astley C. Key, C. 8., Mr. E. J. Reed, C. 8., Chief Constructor of the Navy ; Vice-Admiral Sir R. S. Robinson; Captain Hancock, Flag• Captain to Port-Admiral Sir James Hope, K.C.B. ; and Mr. Robinson, master-shipwright and engineer, Mr. Childers during the forenoon went on board the turret-ship Monarch, Captain J. Com- C. 8., and inspected the preparations , . which have been made on board for the reception of the remains of the late Mr. Peabody. The Done- gal screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. Hewett, V.C., lying alongside the great south jetty of the dock yard, with sails bent, and nearly ready to start on her voyage to China to exchange crews with the flagship there, was next visited. The Donegal will have about 1,200 souls in all on board when she sails. The dock in which is building the breastwork Monitor Devastation was next visited, and here the First Lord must have been well satisfied with the progress made in the work since be laid the keel plates of the ship little more than a month ago. The whole of the frames of the cellular bottom, from No. 40 to 93, from the keel, or central line, to the fourth longitudinal, are in position and rivetted together. They form upwards of 150 tank-like compartments between the inner and outer skins of the part of the ship's bottom. After leaving the Devastation several of the workshops and other parts of the yard were visited. To-day Mr. Chil ders will be engaged, among other matters, at the Royal College. During his stay at Portsmouth it is understood that Mr. Childers remains the guest of Admiral Sir James Hope, at the Admiralty house. The trial of her Majesty's new unarmoured iron built screw corvette the Volage was made on Tues day, over the measured mile iu Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, under the supervision of Captain E. Rice, commanding the Steam Reserve at Ports mouth. The officers conducting the trial under Captain Rice comprised Messrs. G. Murdoch and J. Ward, chief inspectors afloat of machinery ; Mr. Owen, assistant master shipwright ; Chief Engineer Murray, and a number of subordinate officers. Mr. Crossland, chief draughtsman of the Department of the Constructor of the Navy, was also present as the Whitehall representative. The weather was unfavourable as regarded the greatest development of the ship's steaming powers, a strong wind prevailing from N.E. to the E.N.E., which, i❑ addition to its deteriorating influence upon the speed of the ship in its bearing upon the hull, masts, and yards, raised up a wave over the measured mile course, which must have reduced the speed from the higher rate which certainly would have been reached under more favourable conditions of weather, and under the same conditions of efficiency of machinery. Upwards of 15 knots per hour is, however, a great speed for any ship over a measured mile, when taken as a mean rate from six conse cutive runs. She, however, undoubtedly ought, as a war vessel, to approach nearer to the magnificent fighting powers of the Inconstant than her 6i -ton guns place her. The difference in this respect be tween the two ships lies in the fact that the Incon stant carries the same upper deck armament as the Volage, with a main deck armament of 12 9-inch guns, for which the Volage has no equivalent. The Volage on entering upon her trial yesterday drew 16ft. sin. of water forward, and 21ft. sin. aft. This gave her a mean draught slightly in excess of what she will have when ready for sea. The actual weight she will have on board when placed in commission, and with all her stores, coals, crew, &c., on board, in readiness to leave Shithead on a term of foreign service, had been taken into calculation, and the equivalent—with 50 tons in excess—placed on board in the shape of iron ballast. The engines are of 600-horse power nominal, and drive a two bladed Griffiths screw, fitted with lifting gear. The diameter of each cylinder is 93fin , and that of the trunk 36kin., giving an effective diameter of Stain. The stroke of the pistons is 3ft. gin. The screw Las a diameter of 19ft., and a pitch varying between 20ft and 25ft. Yesterday it was set at a pitch of 22ft. Gin. The engines in their design are of the present adopted improved type, with sur face condensation, &c. Mr. 11. Anderson, of the firm of John Penn and Son, was on board and in charge of the machinery during the trial. The six runs made over the measured mile gave the Volage a mean speed of 15.105 knots per hour, the speed ob tained on each run, with and against the wind and tide, being as follows :—Speed of ship, odd numbers with the tide and wind, and even numbers against both—No. 1 run, 14.100 knots per hour ; No. 2 run, 16.074 knots per hour ; No. 3 run, 14.173 knots per hour ; No. 4 run, 16.216 knots per hour ; No. 5 run, 13.534 knots per hour ; No. 6 run, 16 667 knots per hour. The ocean speed of the ship under the most favourable conditions of the Government measured mile—and a very correct one if it is pro perly understood —was, therefore, 15105 knots per hour. Yesterday the Yolage was again taken out of Portsmouth and completed in her series of official trials, by running her over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, and in circles, under half boiler power. Her mean rate of speed was found to be 13.7 knots per hour, and her time in running over her circles was, to starboard, 6 min. 7 sec., and to port, 6 min. 14 sec. With full boiler power the time she occupied in making her circles was—to starboard, 5 min. 59 sec., and to port, 5 min. 46 sec. The speeds made by the Volage have proved greatly in advance of the estimated rate, especially at half boiler power, and give her the highest " co-efficient" in the navy. She is a very buoyant ship, and as her coal bunkers are capable of being greatly enlarged, it is believed that she can be made to carry coal for steaming 5,000 miles at eight knot speed. It has just been announced to the troops at Aldershot that the Field Marshal Commanding-in- Chief has appointed Captain the Hon. C. E. Edwardes (4th Battalion Rifle Brigade) as Deputy- Assistant Quartermaster-General to the forces at that station from the Ist inst. In addition to the ordinary duties of the office, Capt. Edwardes will perform those of Chief Superintendent of the Survey-office, which have hitherto been performed by Major Woolsey, Royal Artillery, who has ob tained his lieut.-colonelcy, and been struck off the strength of the Division from the Ist inst. The death is announced of Admiral Edward Purcell, on reserved half-pay, in his 78th year. The deceased Admiral obtained his commission as Lieutenant as far back as December, 1811, -previ ously to which he had served as Midshipman of the Impetueux, and commanded an armed boat in, the Scheldt in the Flushing Expedition in 1809 ; and again in the Tagus, in co-operation with the British army in 1810. He served in the batteries of Torres Vedras under General Sir Thomas Picton, and is command of a boat at the capture of two Danish gunvessels in 1811, in which he was wounded. He had for some years enjoyed a cap tain's good service pension. his commissions bore date : s follows :—Lieutenant, Decemb 4, 1811 ; Commander, Sei,temb.?r 9, 1820 ; Capta"ti, August 25, 1828; Rear-Admiral, May 2, 1855; Vice- Admiral, June 15, 18(32 ; and Admiral, Sept. 1 - 2, 1865. BREAKFAST.— COC3A.— GRATEFUL AND COn - FORTING.- - r he very agreeable character of this vrepar:t tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Cid; Service Gazette remarks : —" The singular success which Di %Epps attained by his hornoevathic preparation of coo )a has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which gover the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Yr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately fl tvoured beverage which may save us many IP ,avy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water 4,r milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled J.tul is EI Ps and Co., Ilomceopathic Chemists, London. 311SC'ELLANEOUS NEWS. CANON GMDLESTONE AND DR. TEMPLE. Canon Girdlestone, vicar of Halberton, has written again upon the Temple controversy. He has not changed his previously-expressed opinion that the seledtion of the doctor for the Bishopric is a good one. He says he has carefully read through, over and over again, the contributions of Dr. Temple to " Essays and Reviews ;" he has also read his sermons ; and ho can come to no other conclusion than that the sooner the doctor is consecrated the better. "Bishop Trower and his associates (the Canon adds) deserve anything but thanks, at least from those who are like-minded with me. My belief is that the Word of God has much more to fear from the trammels of revived priestcraft than from intelligent inquiry, however free, and the Church of England more to hope from union with Protestant Dissenters than - with tha Church of Rome." suwets. - Tenapt-nght is demanded; and (be it noted) for later as well as for other parts of Ireland. The present Government is declared sufficient to overcome dissatisfaction in Ireland. Secular education, " free from the disturbing influences of the clergy of all denominations," is demanded as a necessity; and the rights of the laity are upheld in the Free Church. On this latter subject the Orangemen say : We deplore the division existing in our new Free Epis copal Church, created by the action of the bishops in op posing the rights of the laity; but we rejoice that many of , our brethren have succeeded, by presenting a firm front, in curtailing the pretensions of the goveniing clergy. We firmly believe that, if the lay clement insists on its proper position in the new system of govern ment, the evils of ritualism, rationalism, and herezie3 which have undermined the Church in England, will nevci be propagated within the boundaries of the new Erianorai Church. DOINGS AT DERRY. Mr. Johnston, M.P., has given expression to the devout hope that Derry will never be without its celebration. The Government seem determined that if the celebration occur at all it must be of a kind very different from its predecessors. The magi strates have requested the use of a military force, which will occupy the town until after the ceremony of closing the gates by the apprentice boys on the 18th. A Liberal trader's house has been invaded, and some Snider rifles and percussion caps, prepared for the " great day," have been seized. The seat of Irish sedition has evidently been transferred to the North. NOMINATION DAY AT LYNN. The speech of Lord Claud Hamilton, the Conser vative candidate, at the Lynn nomination was very definite. He is not one of those politicians who form their opinions according to the turn of events. Lord Claud pronounced for an extension of the present system of denominational education, supported by State grants, and not by local rating. He was wholly opposed to the principle of compulsion now advocated in high Radical circles. With regard to the higher education afforded by the Universities, he was in favour of admitting Nonconformists to half the prizes in Oxford" and Cambridge, but he could not consent to separate religion from the teaching afforded in the Universities, with which it had been so long con nected. Lord Claud Hamilton holds that the "mes sage of peace" to Ireland has deplorably failed, and so has the economical policy. In his opinion, the Liberal Governments have spent an average of three millions a year more than the Ministries formed from the adverse party. He expressed his readiness, however, to vote for arty measure of economy which might be con sistent with efficiency, and he held that the army and navy expenditure might be materially reduced. Lord Claud is a member of the reciprocity party. He is convinced that free trade without reciprocity has driven our manufactures to foreign countries. A searching inquiry is needed. Mr. Young's declaration contrasted unfavour ably .with his competitor's in point of precision. He would support the Ballot "if he found by experience that it was necessary." He would " advocate instruction for every child "—which is precisely what everybody advocates, the only ques tion being as to the manner in which the teaching ought to be given. With respect to Ireland, Mr. Young disapproved of confiscating property, but was willing to allow compensation for improvements—a pledge of which the world has surely heard enough. A NEW QUALIFICATION FOIL PARLIAMENT. The Liberal candidates for Southwark are striving with one accord to chew what capital working-men representatives they will make, if only the artisans of that borough will return them to the House of Com mons. Mr. Odger is the beau ideal of a working-man candidate ; Mr. Coningsby : has been a journeyman engineer ; Sir Sydney Waterlow has not been unac quainted with toil in his early days; Sir F. Lyeett, who has just addressed the electors for the first time, made much of the fact that he came to London forty years ago on a salary of £5O a year ; and Mr. Laboucliere has some special artisan recommenda tion or other. These professions are quite a new thing in electioneering. MR. HARVEY LEWIS, M.P. Mr. Lewis is member for Marylebone, and, not withstanding his recent appearance_ in Chancery, he intends to remain so. His constituents have been doubtful about the matter; they—simple souls— could hardly understand how a gentleman whose conduct had been pronounced fraudulent could go on holding the honourable position of member of the House of Commons. Some of them have gone so far as to protest against being represented by the one-time director of the National Bank. But Mr. Lewis sees the question in by no means the same light ; and he has been silent on the forthcoming resignation. At last the vestry of the borough have taken up the matter, and demanded to know what the hon. gentleman means to do. He replies that he intends resuming his seat in Parliament next session. Doubtless he will be very attentive to his duties. 'What more can the electors of Marylebone expect F GOOSE AND GANDER. The Times treats the advocates of Tenant Right for England with sonic severity. It is urged— and amongst others by Lord Lichfield.—that what is good for Ireland must also be good fur England; if the principle of Tenant Right, or any other land law, be applied in the one country, it ought to be extended to•the other.. The Times, however, points out that laws are a means to an end: The Land intended to put an end to discOntent and injustice. What discontent. or injustice is there to remedy in England ? "Irish landlord's nrAl • Irish tenants are to haie their relations to each other fixed by law becanse• fatal experience shows that-"they cannot safely be left free to fix them for theinselves. Experience has shewn nothing like this in regard to England. In England the two classes have been left at liberty to contract, and they have employed their liberty in a way which has been mutually beneficial. It is not even as if the proposed mimicry, for English use, of legislation naturally originating in and justified by the wants of Ireland, would be a mere dead letter. Laws are bad enough when they are this. But such a law would be worse. Any law concerning the relations of two classes must to a certain extent limit their freedom, and constrain them by the force of example, if by nothing else, to adopt the model proposed in that law, instead of the various modifications which their particular circum stances might render more advantageous." Lord Lichfield, the Times thinks, might as well argue that the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act should be applied to the whole Empire on theground that what is good for one part must be good for another. THE LAND LAWS. The Hon. Lyulph Stanley is one of those who attribute all the present evils—especially the com mercial distress—to the " absurd land laws." Ho lectured on Tuesday at Rochdale, and spoke very strongly against absolute private ownership. It was this (he said) which was hindering com mercial prosperity, preventing improvement, and keep ing the classes other than landed proprietors from proper expansion. Politically, it was a mistake ; socially, it was a calamity. Land for irrigation was not obtainable, the supply of Water for towns was made worse than it might be, and sites for public buildings were unreasonably expensive on account of the system. The hon. gentleman recommended " the cheap transfer and easy manipulation of landed property, and the cheap grant to public bodies of compulsory powers to acquire land for public purposes on payment of fair price as contrasted with exorbitant compensation to landowners." THE COMMISSIONERSHIP OF CUSTOMS. More economy is to be exercised by the Govern ment. A Commissionership of Customs was lately vacated by the death of Mr. IL W. Grey. In filling it up the Government looked for a post which might be suppressed ; and they found what they wanted in the office of Receiver-Generalship. Sir Francis Doyle, the holder of that appointment, is therefore removed to fill the place of the late M r . G rey ; and will be succeeded by no one. The salary will help to make a successful budget. FOREIGN NOTES; MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN BAVARIA. According to intelligence from Munich, the Ministerial crisis is at an end. Prince Holenloho remains at the head of the Cabinet, and only two of the former members have resignel—the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Public Worship. The new Ministers do not belong to the Ultramontane Opposition, which gained a slight majority at the elections. TURKEY AND EGYPT. . t , -~-r- A new difficulty has been added to the already compli cated Eastern question. Many European and American States, which have not hitherto bad consulates in Egypt are now desirous of establishing them, on account of the increased traffic caused by the opening of the Suez Canal. The preliminary steps have been taken at Constantinople in order to confirm the position of these consulates, but the Turkish Government has declined to sanction the request. The cause assigned for the refusal is that the Governments who prefer the request have not sentdiplomatic agents to Con stantincyle, and that only those Powers which are repre sented at the Court of the Sovereign Prince can be allowed to esta' lish consular agencies in Egypt. Accounts from Alexandria say that those States which are interested in the matter will most probably make an appeal to the Great Powers of Europe, in order to obtain their intervention with the Salim, and to induce the Sultan to grant their request. TED ANNEXATION OF SIN DOMINGO. It is stated on good authority that Generals Babcock and Tugalls, who have left New York for San Domingo, have gone as official representatives of the President to nego tiate with President Baez respecting the annexation. of San Domingo to the United States. The President has' aulactitthe ,Queation ALimaat" to the popular rate,and this Is to he ciono itiaractliatety after the arrival of the American envoys at the island. After the vote,should the result favour annexation, Baez's commissioners will visit the United. States and present their petition for admission. The terms of annexation will be the assumption by the States of the Republican debt, amounting to less than a million, and the purchase of the public buildings, forts, Sze., of the State, which will cost about a similar Brim. The revenue from the customs of Puerta Plata would, it is thought, wry seen repay this outlay, as the shipment of tobacco now exceeds one million pounds weight, besides sugar and other pro ductions, and trade would be certain to increase under the stimulus of annexation. President Baez himself favours the scheme, and is ready to open negotiations whcn assured that Congres will make the necessary ap propriations. Other prominent inhabitants also support it, and the people, through opposed to the dismombermc nt of the Republic, aro favourable to annexation. The only opposition comes from European inti Knee. Hayti is said to be in clined to follow the example of San Domingo, both Sal nave and Sagot favouring annexation. The entire island can be purchased, according to the New York Tribune, for 52,000,000. THE MEMORIAL TO I.OIID DERBY. The idea of erecting a private statue to Lord Derby with the money of the public has been abandoned. It was too absurd to be carried out. The public could not be expected to help to ornament the rooms of the Carlton Club house, to which only a select few obtain entrance. The club is rich enough to do that itself, and is sufficiently wealthy to pprpetuate within its walls the name of the late great Tory chief. Why an appeal to the public was made at all surpasses humble comprehensions. The Standard, however, stuck out against it, and counselled its readers to keep their money in their pockets ; and. so the scheme failed. Without the help of the organ o f the party it could not lope to succeed. In place of a club statue, we are now to have a public one. The loyalty of the whole party will, doubtless, be called forth. It is to be hoped that an artistically beautiful memorial will be raised. The metropolis is already sufficiently disfigured by bad effigies. DEPTH OF THE SUEZ CANAL. The correspondent of the Standard gives some inte resting particulars respecting the soundings taken on board Mr. Ashbury s famous yacht, the Cam bria, during her passage through the Canal. The lead was cast seventy-six times, at intervals of a nautical mile. Of the whole number, "no less than fifty-six gave a depth of 27 feet and over, and of the remaining twenty, only four were below 23 feet, one only giving as little as 19 feet of water. This table of soundings chews that the Canal is, upon the average, of a depth of 20 feet, and although it is unquestionable that the vessels draw ing only 18 feet did scrape the ground in several places during their passa-;e, the soundings taken by Mr. Ashbury show that these must have been, with the exception of the lump of rock at Serapeum, more accidental mounds and banks which had been loft in the process of dredging. Taking, then, tho Cambria's so undings as correct—as - I have no reason to doubt— it is evident that the time and outlay required to obtain an average depth throughout of 2G feet will be v ery much less than had been previously supposed." There can be no reason adds this writer, why there s h o uld not be a unif orm depth of 26 feet over the whole Canal, excepting, perhaps, the small portion of rock at Serapeum, where the present depth of water is a short 17 feet. AN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE IN WALES. The idea of educational conferences has become widely popular, and is being adopted throughout the kingdom. The Nonconformists and secular educa tionists are about to hold one. The questions to be considered are,primary schools and a Welsh University. In the matter of primary schools the state of the Nonconformists is said to be very sad. The Daily News de clares that partly from poverty and partly from religious differences, large districts arc entirely destitute of Government schools. Other parishes have two schools—a national and an unsectarian school—both of which are only half filled, because there is riot enough p o p u lation to support them. " In the mining districts the employers of labour impound the-workmen's wages for the building and support of a school. Sometimes the employer insists upon a church school, whereupon it is no uncommon occur rence for the men to voluntarily tax their wages a second time in order to establish a non-sectarian school." Of course the Conference will consider how best this blot may be wiped off. The question whether the Welsh Nonconformists will join the plan of the Birmingham League will be raised in the course of the discussion; and the decision given will be of immense importance in the forthcoming session. Except St. David's, there are no colleges in Wales but those intensely sectarian ones in which the Non conformists educate their ministers. St. David's, too, was practically an episcopal training college not long since. THE STEAM ROLLER. e have not yet got to the use in our large towns of the steam roller which Paris has so long made its horses enjoy. We still love to use our horses to tread down our roads. Even in the metropolis the useful, but very ugly, road preparer is only required for certain aristocratic drives around the Parks and the like. In Paris, however, as a correspondent cf the Tin:cs again informs 1.13, two methods aro used by which horses and wheels arc spared. In the first case, the steam-roller and sand aro used; in the second (we quote from the Tznie4 correspondent) — It is first ascertaincdtbat the ground is perfntly ievel then a layer an inch thick of dial/x hydrvtli, A rte that hardens by contact will water) mixed with river, swid is laid &own. Bitumen , a substance the colour and con sistence of ground coffee, is then brought hot in little carts employed for the purpose, sprinkled on the road, and stamped flat and hard by round pieces of iron put into a handle, and fresh-heated constantly at little movable furnaces. THE GOVEBNAIENT AND SCIENCE SCHOOLS. --- Some dissatisfaction is expressed in Yorkshire caused by the isfme of new Government minutes on aid to science schools. The minutes are accompanied by a letter from Jr. Henry Cole, C.B. The king of South Kensington, on behalf of "My Lords of the Committee of Council on Edu cation," regrets that such changes should be made so late ; but points out that "some reductions it has been found necessary to make." The word "reduction" has, alarmed the Secretary of the Yorkshire Board of Education. Though adinittin ig the " n and that it is impossib le to see w hat effect the minu tes will have, a of th nc e n Governmen ig t gard towards teeh parsimoniousnicl educ he riteswpaoti l o jc n• ”d eno u y . The principal economy is exer cised in the case of a student passing two classes of the same subject at once. Hitherto the Government has given a pound for each pass; now they will only grant for the higher pass. The number of elemen tary classes also is reduced to two. woB AMONGST LEGGAItS. froiessional beggars are much disgusted with tie new and systematic plans for dispensing charitable relief. The way . of dishonest beg gars is becoming hard• The Society for the Suppression of Vagrancy works on the method of sending round to ?very householder in any parish a sheet of tickets with a request to refuse to give relief, but to give a ticket instead. The person who has a ticket must go to the central office, where the charity agent gives bread and water, which he com pels the beggar to consume in the room. If the beggar is found to be a resident of the parish, the case is inquired into by a representative lommitteei but if the same person comes a second time and is not a resident, he is handed over to the police. This system 18 working well. The bread and water fare is not at all to the taste of the pro fessional beggars, who are very wrath with the change. But the police assist the society manfully, and freely apprehend non-residents who pay second visits. Several have just been convicted at the London police-courts, which, in fact, are just now occupied with a surfeit of begging charges. THE CALI( IN IRELAND. --- Ireland still remains generally quiet. The formid able symptoms of disorder which culmin ated in the election of O'Donovan Rossa have materially softened down, though some traces of disorder crop up hero and there occasionally. A small farmer named Reid was fired at through a window somewhere in the neighbourhood of Belfast a night or two ago. He was wounded, but not seriously. Soiree Fenians in Newcastle West posted up a notice, threatening persons who did not illuminate their houses in honour of the convict M.P. This act Of insolence was not, however, passed over. The facts having been deposed to before the magistrates, warrants were issued, and five persons charged with attempting to intimidate, and informations were returned against them to the Quarter Sessions. There is nothing of consequence in the Fenian line to record. But whilst the country is generally quiet, it is surely not the business of Orangemen to create disturbance. At an Orange soiree, just held at Molesworth Hall, Captain Madden said it was the duty of Orangemen not to give the slightest assistance to the Government. If he had been a voter ho would have plumped for Boss.a. 110 trusted Luby would be returned. Mr. Johnston, M.P., spoke to the same effect. Both gentlemen were loudly cheered. It is clear from such declarations as these that the Fenians are not the only enemies of law and order in Ireland. THE INDEPENDENT ORANGEMEN. The " Unitei Orangemen" exist as such no longer. They have split up; a dissenting portion has left the parent society ; an.l we now have "Independents" upholding the glorious Reformation." The new society in its address, just issued, denounces fervently those " brethren ' who allowed the Irish Church Bill to pass. Lord Cairns is very bitterly spoken of. "It is to be regretted that an eminent law lord, long cherished and trusted by the brethren, should have so basely betrayed the cause of Protestantism by an unholy compact with.the enemies of religious truth." The address. however. sneaks reasonably on all other TIM GREAT RAILWAY WAR. The Erie Railway director' have again resorted to their old mode of warfare. The injunction and order of suspen sion granted had scarcely been served upon the principal defendants before a counter order staying all proceedings of whatever nature in the Ramsay suit, was granted. This judicial interference was on the part of Judge Ealcom, of the Supreme Court, Oneida county, a justice who, it will be rememberel, once before, in the great Erie litigation of 1865, issued an order or two which were rather severely commented on. In the proceedings between the Erie receivers and the Atlantic and Great Western, various delays have been obtained. Jay Gould was absent from the court cn the plea of illness, though a gentleman present declared he was at his office at the time specified. THE CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUDS IN NEW YORK. The investigations into the gr draw ba k frauds at_ the Naw York. Custom• Muse Lave rev , algid .a very extensive system of Laud. and c, rruption. New cases have been discovered, increasing the amount of the frauds to over a million dollars, and implicating many um nc pectod pc re A Custom-house broker has been arrest, d on the charge of giving bribes, to the aggregate amount of $2,300, to several weigh rs in the Custom-house, for the purpose of procuring faLe returns of weights of coffee imported. He was committed for trial, and several other warrants were issued. The authorities intend after the prime' cution far bribery to bring civil actions for the recovc of the duties, being determined to put a stop to th system. A SPANISH FLEET AT NEW YORK. Great excitement has been created at Washington by the rumour that a Spanish fleet had been ordered to rendez vous in New York harbour. The President has adopted a spirited course, and ordered the double-turreted ironclad monitors Miantcnomah and Terror, and a torpedo boat, t• be fully manned and sent to cruise in the harbour of New York. The report that Senor Roberts had demanded the release of the Spanish gunboats cr else that his passports should be sent to him, is said to be an erroneous one. Contrary to expectation, the Spanish gunboat question was not considered by the Cabinet cn the 26th of November. The difficulty having been taken into the Courts for settle ment, the Cabinet will not interfere with it. MORMON IiISSIONA: lES. Brigham Young is endeavouring to extend his influence, and has begun an active system cf proselytising. He has selected 110 of his " saints," and sent them forth as mis sionaries to the trans-Mississippi states. They travelled together to Omaha, where they separated, and took their several ways to Chicago. Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and other large cities. RETURN 70 SPECIE PAYMENTS. The Hon. E. G. Spaulding, generally regarded as the author of the Legal Tender Act, and lately before the public as the author of a very valuable financial history of the war, has just furnished the Buffalo Commercial Advertaer, for publication, the following three private letters, one of which, at least, may be regarded as probably foreshadowing the policy of the Administration in urging a speedy return to specie payments : FROM ATTORNEY-GENERAL HOAR. Washington, Oct. 15, 1869. The Hon. E. G. Spaulding—My Dear Sir--I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th inst., and with it a copy of your Financial History of the War, for which I desire to return my thanks. The constant pressure upon my time has prevented me from giving the book more than a cursory inspection, but it seems to be a valuable contribution to our finan cial history, and throws considerable light upon the important question of a return ti specie payrnr , nts. T sin one of those who behoved that it was the interest as well as the duty of the nation to return at once to the true and solid standard of value as soon as active hostili ties cce,s3d ; tha':, we should have treated th 3 cu:reucr as we did our armies—regarding the volunteers and the greenbaclts alike as necessities of war, to be dispensed with as fast as possible on the return of peace. I think we made a great mistake in not doing so: that Ur) shortest method was the safc3t and best; that the only way to reach the object is by a steady and persistent contraction of the currency—a painful process whenever it comes, no doubt, but harder and worse for us the longer it is delayed. I hope that Congress will address itself with courage and constancy to the solution of the problem as soon as it meets; and will feel assured that the American paople have intelligence enough to support those who do it. My views on the subject aro of little importance to anybody, but, as an American citizen, I should be sorry and ashamed to find my country unable and unwilling, in a time of peace and prosperity, to provide for its over-due paper.— Very respectfully, E. R. lloan.. FROM HORACE MAYNARD OF TENN. Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 3, 1869. The flon. E. G. Spaulding—Dear Sir—Thanks for the book, as well as the copy sent me. It is well-timed and much needed. So successful were the financial arrange ments during the war, that people incline to regard them as automatic, self-accomplished, with no special credit to anybody. * * * * * * * * As a result we now have the best currency ever known in the nation. Let it now become convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder, and nothing would be left to be discussed. Why this has not been done, why it is not done, why it should not be done, I confess, after all I have read and heard, I am not able to see. One of these days some bold man will take the step, and then every body will wonder why it had not been taken years before. Would that you were again at your old place in the House.—l am, very truly yours, HORACE MAYNARD. FROM CHARLES SUMNER. Boston, Aug. 2, 1869. My dear Sir,—You have done a good . service in pre paring your book; nor is there anybody to whom this duty belonged more than yourself. . . lam not con tent with the long postponement of specie payments. I believe that the time has come for this blessing, and I begin to be impatient when I see how easily people find excuses for not accepting it.—Believe me, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, CHARLES SUMNER. Although the decision has not been announced from the Bench in the Legal Tender Case, th 3 United States Supreme Court is known to be divided on the subject. It was argued last winter, and it has been much discussed since by the Judges, but it is thought that no decision can be given for some time, though the opinions held by the Judges some persons profess to know. The question excites great in terest throughout America, and letters on the sub ject pour into Washington. in case gold continues to accumulate, a decision against the Act might be borne by the country without a convulsion, and the return effected to specie payment. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lain')lough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or billiary affections. Pleasant, palatable and lnyikorating. Sold by all Chemists. —[Advt.) DOMESTIC. NOVELTIES AT THE CATTLE SHOW.— Now that ladies aro regular attendants at the Cattle Show, it may interest them to know that in the implement departments aro several novelties worthy their inspection. Amongst the niost notice able aro the American atmospheric churns exhibited at Stand No. 64. These clever inventions have al teady received the well-deserved encomiums of the press, but a recent improvement in their construction merits special mention. When first brought out, the plunger, which presses out the butter from the milk or cream, was affixed to a hollow tube, which can be worked by small children with ease and readily cb-aused. To obvihto these detects a solid handle has been plac,l to the plunger, with au ingenious contrivance for secur ing the de s ired atmospheric action, so that the c h urn i s now perfect—so simple in construction that it cannot get out of order. The churns turn out in a few minutes butter which cannot be surpassed, whilst the milky residue is so excellent that if London were supplied with milk of a like (virility these would be far less cause to find tault with dairymen. Another article exhibited at Stand No. 64, of interest to housewives, is Yeatman's yeast powder. In these days of adulteration home made bread is a luxury, and the Lancet certifies the purity of this preparation; whilst the saving of eggs it effects in cakes, pies, and puddings merits for it something more than a passing thought at this season of the year. We are informed that it is generally used in her Majesty's household. L 157 FOR ME USE OF VISITO1?S T( THE iIETI?OPOLIS. MUSELI.I9. Antiquarian-Somerset House. Admission by 9PPli' lti°ll to the secretary. Botanic -Royal Botanic Society of London. park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. fIAY" Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. A v; British—Great Russell-s reef. 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National Portrait Gallery-29, Gree. tqeorga-street. free, Wednesdays and Saturdays. 3 Tussaud'seld Ot Trinity House—T r inity- square , T owe r-hill. 1 .- ° lighthouses,Dil, 10 til 4. til Waxwork— a sB y , Baker-street. Open " a ''' 10 p.m. is. SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT. Cremorne Gaes- helsea. I.s. Crystal Palacrde .?a n rk- C Sydenhatn. Open daily, is . ; sata" days, 2s. Gd. Greenwich Park-Greenwich. OoPn "e Hampton Court Gardens.-Open free daily. dis b f High bury Barn and Ga r d ens -Hi hbury. Gd. au refreshment ti c k e t s . g i o lc Kew Gardens --K ew . O pen f ree, d a il y a t out o''' --e Richmond Park-Richmond. Open free, daily. Itosherville Gardens-Gravesend. Open daily. r, i° o by Royal Horticultural Gard ens -K ens i ng t on . 1011 " - member orr. Ttr.rolsot Windsor Great Park-Windsor. Open free. " l a Fri - Castle may be visited on Mondays, TuesdaYB' a b li rl , i' i. days, by tickets obiainable at the Lord Gila- 1 - c Otlice, in the Castle. A CuP OF COFFEE IN ONE MINITTF.- --w e ty know the nankeen-coloured liquid which does for coffee in many Engli s h h omes . it is a raeloac'ick weak decoction, often with a substratum of t s b of grounds, and about as invigorating as a o ; . r e - sugar and water. Happily, ho we ver, foreign of s is effecting a revolution in the manufacture to cup of coffee ; and the thanks of the public are d ue io s Messrs. Dunn and Hewett, of Pentonville, for contin9"by the manufacture of a preparation which was inveuted Mr. Daniel Dunn, in the form of Essence a ° ll o ce ci having all the rich aroma, the delicious flavo ur ' 1f the exhilarating qualities of the finest Mocha. BY 6.- ; adding boiling water to a given quantity of the Ess ell-e be fragrant cup of coffee is made in a minute, and wi t "' t 't tOs til great advantage that the strength can be regula ted the palate of the drinker. Chemical analysis h as prdovdea e.• the purity of the preparation ; while experience has To monstrated that it will keep for years in any clin itite. 1 . 4 travellers and officers of both services this preParatioo invaluable. S A r° , BUDGET OF MISCELLANEOUS.—The Ger --- establishing farm asieciations for the purpose of ° b 1 1 for farms at easy rates. Fa r m s o f 25 acres each are s°.`lo $3OO, and paid for in instal me nt s of $2 a Week' 5. ' 1 0,3 5 ° D sociations consist of 50 members e a ch, who ni- m ar . doge tr.lcti or 1,250 acres for subdivision.-Careful ottea riinents have shown that the weight of a bale of %toe; varies with the temperature. A fall of ten dr'gr" eB C t,4 ° a bale to gain atout 1 Ilbs.-Tll , Placerville Democraic that notwithstanding the unfav oura ble reports recent i •c e 0 culated, the Japanese colony near Placerville isfilved, prosperous condition. Additional colonists 119S° so ig hundreds more expected, and ploughing an d , 8° for next year's crop have already commen c "'„ nois spins and weaves the wool of 2,500,000 s'''eharti The income of the Mormon Church, according to Drirge bag Young's return last year, was $llO.-Buried tressuliviog been found by Mr. Silas Corwin, an old gentleman s ylti o at New Windsor, on the banks of the Hudson Efv er h e cl t o digging out clay a few days ago in the yard a ttac r od his house. Ho discovered an old earthen jar, eov° dates a flat stone, containing 630 Spanish dollars, bearings offl' from 1720 to 1773.-The Prussian universitie s, it ' ()e a cially announced, number among their student s 55° y r° 0 0 men from the United States. Besides these , theio the 1,000 American boys and girls attending sel l°°l e lafe ri) various parts of Germany.-The California Leglaraesto will sit in the new capitol building in 63crf Sae' during their next session. The people ° ,,,tios/ ramento are arranging to celebrate the (WOW, eir The New York street railways talk of raising their De fares or of exacting them in specie.-There sr ° g o telf "seven acres of carpeting" in the new Southern p 3 r4 o ' now building in New York.-The New HamPsh ile ri 5 111. cratic Convention is to be held at Concord, Jan s of a uft ef -The Treasurer of Peoria county, Illinois, le to the extent of $30,000. The loss was caused by Ito re lati:.g in whisky.-New silver-mining discoverisg„ Gold ported from Nevada, causing great exci teme nt the r ' .. „l , o l t has been discovered near Los Angelos, C a liforui°l o 1) 1 '5 lie improvements v a l ue d a t $8,500,000 are 13° ::1, to c lo gress in New York, They embrace a new 11 ° 1- opdl.„, $1,600,000, and two new residences, for Ge0rgeb.....1,11"1,0 and Peter Lorillard, costing over $125,000 ° c ater° t' ie cl nesota expects a cold winter because the beaverso double lining their houses.-Nashville has justN D ; larg a cotton mill costing £300,000, which makes 101 . „ 1 cas r h e ; factories she has now in operation.-A telegjap' t th at he t eo calved in Liverpool on Wednesday to the eu ec b a d ' - et s, ship Seotswood (on which 50 guineas prom iuul to G erl ter paid the day before), bound from New Orleans • the Isl - 0 with a cargo of tobacco, had arrived all well at rh oe, port, after a very tedious voyage. the Supreme Court held at Washington, Noveml fte r co do f nounced the following order :-" All cases herf n c alO t t i e tinned at this term .hall be put at the foot of b 3 ,",,c1 of the next term, unless otherwise specially ort'e' - o tio The Court. Nos. 236, 242, 250, 253, 254, 255 were r c o t of -Chief Justicf 7 . 17, s o, It is understood that the causes sent to the i° 0 ya' ria calendar under this order will be delayed about t„ v/ 0 01 0 „'ie0 !ADVERTISEMENT. J-Henceforth no one will doubt to Arltr o ss properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Bevand ore' it and Infants' Food, since to the thouse,ruts bau. oo pe; it has already received from Invalids whose poeit i°- , deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holine.s_,,yea_ as whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thi!"6loeilif unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the o f the'ofe" Midi," July 25th :-" Rome, J uly 21, 1866. - The bealta tor all goys atg Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Ba rr) lverl h jil ea 3 Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful 9, ,, - oealt,rlP, It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on big hly 21 6. ° t his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too extract a few out ofmore than 68,000 cures: -O ar° CO° tiea' the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver_oita t or wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervotle 0/ 4 de all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, si d , sr a Sta"„psie' tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: "`" • dyer - sie' yea rs dys peP s o, Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agonY f r°ra y, 1 . 0 nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, sickness, and vomiting -Maria Joly " Cure I'li, ° :,, es sed 1 1 °.." go,tulea:7oi o oo. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' itdoes% to e d spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partia l " - n d ree r r roir portent Caption-Beware of the many unsavoury' k ir on sloppy imitations to which, without authority , bS 11 ' 1 1; name is audaciously attached. . • 12 In tins f i at is lid: Ilb 2s 9d; 21bs 4s 6d 5110 000 C: or 25 lbs 405.-Also DU BARRY'S BRYALENTA AltIBIC:". for' .ts 6 t PownEn is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups 9t Cie fla ° ' at 3s 63, for 48e ups at 6a, for 288 cups at 308, ,r 5 r - o •". -being about one penny per cup The 30s and 55s % free of carriage in England on * receipt of anti d i BAR., Y Du BARRY and Co, No. 77 Regent str eet, all Grocers and Chemists fler t9i BIRTHS. r EVANS—On the 4th inst., at Brook Flouse ,TurDA ° be t Mrs. G. W. Evans, o f a daughter. 110 sr • KING —On tho Bth inst at Upper Claptool King, of a sun. B 1 11. 7 ,0 : rrt rk—iseirittti oat MARRIAGES. vi-li'''" ily , :i .e - , T ,,l T ,l: o :,,,le _ ds o t:Gl,; t i .l it i t e eirr i c t oh h i F i j n ,o. : hi t .. . n: a l l , A n i g aLs k c e . s , .:, - t 4- 013 5 ; 0 1 , 54. , T. DA.lfut tc) T l,o' of Marske Hall, YeAshire. . O .A 10 LEWIS —HUTCHINGS - On the 7th just., at Hastiesdoy, 0 Mortis Lewis, of Newington-green-road N., 0 1 ' ° ,telli °5 ' Katharine, the fourth daughter of Mr. V. P. Marine Hotel, Hasting". DE.ITBS. e 0 (14 ,11 c ' HEATH', tND—On the Bth inst., at 6, b 9 Edward Headland, Esq.. aged 67. floololP P - tANDOLPH— At Goddeu Green, Seal, CaPt airl tli , R.E., aged 74. aci d l eA WHITE—On the 7th inst, at 20, L e e-park, V l ' ' Rohe)t Whyte, agtql 60. ---------------'" Upper Portia A g London -. Printed and Published by WILL LAI4 ,,„ -- 1 - 12 13 , Str :.; of No. 112, Strand,. Printer, at Tng Sux Oillee jactiego, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Coun t / Thursday, December 9, MIA. A Phis ceti pr za Medal Pure Sold in t he Agents 8, CI Observe t n's LL 'IITI 14, 1117 S ADVANCE hold or Let 2ble weekly Terms free THE Lune' for devilin:r ORIGINAL B. 1 P. nex Consignee f rele,bratecl Rorleaux Whiskies, f: also be seen number of I of others wa AN G Al Devoted to PAGAIR. ItallrO"Sk A soil those b this ucwspi Publish E STAB The rela fessional lb Weekly pay biped with establishme This esta nixed by bi and it is r Lady Law Caroline Ri All infor ten or pergc Subscript Treasurer, yT~IIE JEW receive API nod DUV[I Pupils, for The syst manual alp' A public when the E nessed. Applicati( other particl THE I O ffices-- The Inver Fire Revenu The modem, Bonner or tl value as S' render, then leave is gran thirty days a rrHE RI J._ of CB pwruds c this Hospital The Comn enable thb - n 1 numorons p helpless by Bankers, street ; and I Waterloo-1 TATIO Richmc Under thenettr Whereby a ho a-lrla of all sgt the kingdom. Tho objeato lieh education, and laundry, t Wise provided Suitable eituati The Commit entirely gusto' 121, T GREA' This lioqp‘ establisbiu , at freq. Bankors —1 gtroet, AfesgrE Soo, Smit -LP blacken Patron— For the g destitute orpi and of all d prosperous ci One hundr atitution , am Increased endowed, an' assistance. Subscriber Institution, a its peculiar c The last R Secretary. 0 fllcos, 73, 13anker's--1 au° ; and. DL• IFE BO J of the boat Instituti from various The Instituti On its Lifeb( £4,250 for re The Instal its managemi Contributh and country Esq., at the I E ALTH RE; DU BAB and It saves fifty tit Perfect digs refreshing si( most disordE effectually in eumption, ha rangements, Asrvousness, catarrhs, col rh enmatiam, ralgia, irrit heartburn, I nausea and s tits, bronclait tie pit of the ke most digE for invalids IMPORTANI anu more Um ritY, Baron I Henoefortl Dn Barry's and Infante' has already been deemed tress the Pop by it after th We quote h 4R,413) :—"I holy Father ther reined ' arry's Bova lateful at er eneficial efl prtiso this el Cure No. t years' liver nogg, irritabi digestion, co ervonsagiti Cure Nti. 7 Stuart de De fo-1 :—" I lea fooI.—STCA: Viratorford." C: - 0-0 No. fro n dyApep ilatuloney, el of Lynn, No fore No. 4 nervon3ness, vous Cure No. years' diarrh The Food 21h., 4s. 6d.; C liAtf3TS, cal narry'3 Raw tin canisters caps at 6,3. 7 f tJat Jla pe free ut curia 3.5.itRY DU also at For . Gracechut Kew North-i road. Sap'