The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-16 00:00:00

lIPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL% The Saturday Review remarks that Mr. Gladstone's appointments to the episcopal bench have not met with general approval. It were strange if they had. They exhibit more of a mechanical and technical rule than of a moral, which must be a personal, principle in the Bishop-maker. The question then is : Given the greater schools of theolo gical thought, do the three bishops just appointed ade • quately represent them ? Lord Arthur Hervey is in advance of his school, if the Evangelical party maybe credited with anything so riaundane as a literature and a philosophy at all. It is a fact that everybody asks who Mr. Mackarness is ; and to have this question put is not the very highest credential for one who succeeds Bishop Wilberforce. But about Dr. Temple ? Assuming, as we certainly must do, that all the religious schools, or parties, should be represented on the Episcopal Bench, and that the safety of the Church of England depends upon the interpenetra tion and elastic impact and rebound of counteracting influences—in other words, that it is not so much a com promise as an armistice, which best describes the Church of England as it is—even the extremest enemies of Free Thought must admit that Dr. Temple is among the least offensive (we mean in their eyes offensive) representative of his school. Liberals ought to be satisfied that they have got so fair a representative ; non-Liberals may, or might, but we doubt if they will, satisfy themselves that things are not worse. But what about the orthodox? They are, or at least many of them are, furious ; and they have some justification for their anger. Dr. Pusey expresses it with unusually intense vehemence ; and he, not obscurely nor for the first time, hints that the Church ought to rebel against the tyranny of the State in episcopal appoint ments. But then this Church, with its free election of bishops, would not be the Church of England, but an ideal—a petite Eglise—a Zoar—a Church pure of the pre sent—and always casting off, not only its false brethren, but dispensing with its halting, imperfect, and insufficient brethren. The burden of Dr. Pusey's lamentations—and he is never to be spoken of without sincere sympathy, as a a man of the most crystalline integrity—is that Dr. Temple is one of the Essayists and Reviewers. One would have thought that to have enounced this fact was to deprive it of that sting which it is intended to carry. Dr. Temple is one of those seven writers ; that is, he did not write the whole book. He expressly disavowed his responsibility for or complicity with what the other writers said. The bonds of union and identity of sentiment among the Essayists are the two purple boards which bind their lucubrations toge ther, and the common publisher whose name is on the title page. We may be pardoned for saying that Dr. Temple's Essay is not a remarkable publication at all. It is, we are almost tempted to say, thin, and almost weak. It is cer tainly sketchy; and, had it been published separately, it would 'not so much have fallen into oblivion as have attracted no notice whatever. To speak plainly, the objections against Dr. Temple which might be urged with some force—we do not profess agreement with them, but we acknowledge that they have some strength—are that he is a strong and vehement politician, is only a successful schoolmaster, and that he is not much of a theologian. E contra, he possesses great powers of administration and a special gift for organisation. Anyhow Mr. Gladstone deserves some credit for his usual courage in doing, at whatever hazard to his personal popularity, what he thinks to be an act of justice ; and perhaps High Churchmen would be wise—though like their neighbours they are not always wise—not to pessimise the appointment. Mitiga tion is the better policy—but then we shall be told that policy in such cases is a sin—than exaggeration, especially in the presence of the unavoidable. Whilst we are writing, Dean Goodwin's nomination to Carlisle is officially an nounced, and the appointment will generally be as likely to conciliate, as Dr. Temple's is in so many quarters held designed to provoke, public opinion. The John Bull maintains that the Dean and Chapter of Exeter have a simple duty to perform, namely, to decline to elect as Chief Pastor one who has denied the inspiration of Holy Scripture, and whose writings have been con demned by the Church. We are glad to know that the Evangelical clergy and laity are determined on resisting this gross outrage on decency and religious feeling alik.e The Earl of Shaftesbury and many others are conferring the greatest credit on themselves by their bold determination. What is needed, is united action. With the Earl of Shaftesbury and Dr. Pusey willing to act together there should be no difficulty in forming at once a committee so influential as to command a moral victory. The Dean and Chapter are acting nobly, the clergy and laity of the diocese (Mr. Ackland, M.P., and an insignificant following alone excepted) are prepared to support them ; but on an occasion so grave, and possibly fraught with consequences so momentous, it seems to us that the whole Church should be prepared to come forward. This we believe is the case. The Dean is daily receiving, we understand, promises of support, pecuniary as well as moral, from representative members of the Evangelical party ; Mr. Ryle and Archdeacon Denison are at one on this matter, as much as Dr. Pusey and the Earl of Shaftesbury, and it will be a signal honour conferred on the Dean and Chapter if they have strength of mind, not only to make a protest, or commence a fight, but, at whatever cost to refuse to have any share in forcing on their own diocese, which above all other needs a chief pastor who has the confidence of clergy and laity alike, a Bishop who will not only fail to carry out the Church's work, but, by his very presence on the epis sopal bench, will alienate thousands of the most attached children of the Church of England. The Spectator does not wonder at the keen interest everywhere expressed in the r:orgLnisation of the Irish Church. Not only do Englsh Churchmen see, or fancy they see, in the proceedings of their Irish brethren peace ients which they may hereafter have to follow or to avoid, but those proceedings appeal to the general historical imagination. We seem to see how Church governments were formed, to witness once more the conflicts of powers Dut of which the English Establishment originally grew, to behold the birth of a new thing, a representative government for an Episcopalian Church. Tho Irish Protestants have, as it were, to make a Parliament, to make it deliberately, and are forced to consider the deepest pro blems of constitutional life and religious organisation, not ss subjects for literary debate, but as actual difficulties to be avoided. As yet, Irish Churchmen are only settling principles, and at present they have settled two of the highest importance—first, that the " laity " shall be recog nised as a governing power in the Church ; and secondly, that they shall be in the Last resort the ultimate governing power. These points have been decided after the manner Df Englishmen in the most illogical style, but still they have been effectually decided. The Lay Conference came together, it is clear, absolutely resolved to give the laity a predominance, and, in fact, to carry out a specific plan for seeming it by giving the laity a distinct superiority of numbers. Two to one was the most popular idea, and two to one was accepted almost without opposition, and under iircumstances which suggest that the lay mind is really made up upon the subject. The clerical party, aware that some such resolution would be passfld, put forward the Duke of Abercorn to make a 32roposal that the General Synod should consist of two Houses instead A one, the clergy sitting in one and the laity in the )ther. The Duke did his work with great tact. If he had pleaded the religious argument that the clergy were divinely appointed, and so on, ho would have been hope lessly beaten; but he confined himself to the old constitu tional theory that two Houses were better than one, that a single House may be rash, and that it was better the governing body should have opportunities of reconsidera tion ; and the members of the Conference did not know what answer to make. They had been bred up in those ideas all their lives, had been accustomed to think that Parliaments were naturally two-headed, and never consi lered the question any more than they had considered why tree should grow upwards, and they unanimously passed the Duke of Abercorn's resolution. Still they had not sup rendered their own purpose, an d t o mar k it, i ns i s t 9 d, in spite of earnest remonstrances and in the teeth scf the text resolution proposed, on the double represrliation of the laity. They saw, of course—for Sir J. NaTiier, the ad vocate of equal. representation, was cool phough to make that the ground of his argument--that 11 , .:Vino• accepted the vote by orders, the double representation was'' useless, that they had virtually made a clerical House of Lords; but they were determined to mark ttleir feeling in the matter, and they marked it by a vote' of seven to one, and it will prevail. The Economist thinks_ iat the New York gold panic is, to its incidents and rwilts one of the most remarkable ' which the history of/speculation contains. The autumn is usually a difficult,' season in New York, owing to the requirements of , the crops, which increase the demand for currency and,tccommodation. The present season was not exceptional/I'y difficult, an accidental circumstance, the calling iWof some small denominations of currency, having: even rel;:eved the banks a little, for the kind of currency usuallv i run upon at this season did not exist, and the bank s were allowed to retain all they had for their New Yc rk business ; but the difficulties were still such as to incoduce a natural stringency, which speculators, as usual, might artificially increase to produce a depression of secu rities. These facts would seem at first sight inconsistent with an attempt to raise the price of gold, nor does it appear how a rise in gold could react so as also to depress securities and increase the demand for ordinary money. As a commodity, it might be thought the price of gold would tend to fall with other commodities when ordinary money was dear. But gold not being a commodity merely, but money for certain purposes, the effect is different. The two demands for money—for ordinary money, and for gold for special purposes—in short, aggravate each other. Realisations are made to obtain both or either ; the depres sion of securities causes loans to be called in; and a panic in the one money, when there is naturally a strong demand for both, produces or aggravates a panic in the other. This was the case in the present instance, and it was the cause of the intensity of the panic. No doubt when the panic was over, the rally was naturally as sudden, and there were few bad after effects. A week after, on October 2, the prices of stocks had almost wholly recovered, owing to buying orders " from the country," and merchants were congratulating themselves on an easier fall trade through the temporary ruin of the conspirators. But a great danger had still been run, and one to which it is most unwise to expose commerce artificially. This last is the lesson which the eventsought to have for the Americans. They have got over this panic, and apparently fancy that because some speculators arc hit they will not soon be at their old tricks—that they will remember the lesson they have got even when they are in a position to resumc: their tricks ; but we can ha:.dly understand how American mer chants and bankers should ever be free from apprehension. The speculators have mainly been taught not to go too far—that their greatest danger is that of overdoing the thing—making too terrible a use of the powerful agencies at their command. What is to prevent a succession of more moderate combinations at almost any moment? The Secretary to the Treasury could not be depended upon to modify at least ordinary speculation, his late interference though the occasion was so exceptional being far from having met with unanimous approval ; and there are cir cumstances conceivable when his power of modifying would be less. If the Treasury had happened to be so empty that the Secretary was even desirous to fill it instead of having a surplus to sell, the speculators would have had it all their own way. This is not now very likely when gold accumu lates so fast for the reduction of the debt, but it is far from impossible. But if there is little danger of a great crash, the proved danger and mischief of smaller cembina- Cons should make Americans most anxious to get rid of Oeir inconvertible paper. THE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER ON CHURCH WORK. The Bishop. of Gloucester and Bristol, in an address de livered before the Conference of clergy and laity at Ciren cester yesterday, said : What I wish all to feel is this, that these conferences are the natural results of the healthy organisation, that both is now, and for some time past has been, beneficially operative in this diocese. Our ruri. decanal meetings, which have included laity, have now naturally expanded into large mixed conferences such as the present ; friendly invitations 'have opened the way for definite lay representation. We are thus, as I said at Gloucester, neither imitating other dioceses nor acting under any sense of apprehension, but are simply following out previously adopted courses and principles, thankfully and humbly obeying the guidance which it is not presump tuous to believe the Holy Spirit is vouchsafing to our local Church. As regards the composition of this conference, there must naturally be much difference of opinion, especially in reference to the modo of electing our lay representatives The lay representatives have been elected not merely by the clergy, but by the clergy and laity of each ruride canal conference, and having been so elected will now, I hope, be pleased to continue in office, and unite from time to time with the clergy and churchwardens in discussing the Church matters of the deanery, and in filling up the vacancies in their number. Thus we shall have, not only in readiness bit in habits of co-operative action, all the component parts of the present conference. We shall be able easily, at any time that need may require to re-assemble, and may hope fully look forward to continued reunions as large and as hearty as the present." Adverting to the co-operation of the laity with the clergy, the bishop pointed out four ways in which that assistance could be rendered. In evangelising as a lay reader in the cottage gathering of the isolated hamlet, or in the schoolroom of the crowded city—as the lay-reader, preparing the way for more formal ministrations, and leading touched hearts back again to the Church, from which, it may be, they have become long and mournfully estranged. In visiting—as tho kindly and sympathising seeker-out of the sick and the suffering. In teaching—as the helper of the pastor in that place where his influence, it may be, tells most, his parish school or his Sunday-school. In general administration—as the collector for the spread of the Lord's name whether at home or abroad, as the ready dispenser of alms to those that need, as the secretary of the local charities, as a lay deacon in its best and truest sense. Lastly, in giving faith ful counsel, as one of the recognised advisers of the clergy man, in all more important matters affecting the interests spiritual and temporal of the parish. Alas ! how few of us have formally gathered these helpers round us. How few could point to a regularly-formed parish council, at which the earnest and the helpful would find a welcome place, and to which the pastor might rightly submit all contemplated changes or improvements, and by the support of which he might be enabled to carry out in the services of the Church all that ho had promised to do, all that he might regret to have left so long undone. I know a few instances—but I regret to say a few only—where the clergyman has this sort of lay council round him ; but from these instances I can clearly enough infer how very different would be the hold of the Church of England on the hearts of the people, if, in every parish large or small, co-operation of the laity in this wholesome and primitive form was really called out and organised. If the early Church had its long list of accredited helpers, can we now, eighteen centuries nearer to the Lord's coming, safely dispense with lay aid and co operation ? With all the signs arouund us of momentous changes and. startling developments, are we, the clergy either from professional timidity, or professional exclusive ness, to shrink from rallying round us lay helpers, by whatever name known, to aid us in the mighty working whereby, not only century by century, but even year by year, the kingdoms of this world are becoming more and more the kingdoms of the Lord au 1 of His Christ ? LAW AND POLICE. INTEMPERANCE AND DISHONESTY.—A respectably-dressed man, named Plummer, described as a clerk, was charged before the Lord Mayor with embezzlement. His employer said he had been in his service as cashier for four or five years, but he had lately given way to habits of intempe rance. .The employer found the cash-book in an irregular condition, and ordered him to make it up, which he refused to do, being dismissed in consequence. Soon after a defi ciency of ever £2OO was discovered in the accounts. He was remanded, in order to allow time for a complete inves tigation of the books. °animus RIVALRY.-At Guildhall a driver and con ductor, in the employ of the General Omnibus Company, were summoned for conspiracy against the proprietor of a rival omnibus. A system of " nursing " was proved to have been carried on, but Alderman Owden said he did not think the charge of conspiracy was proved, as the men wcro only servants acting under orders. It was then decided that the summonses should be withdrawn, and an action at common law should be brought against the company, THE PAWNBROKER'S Acr.—A pawnbroker, named Meyer, was summoned at Marlborough-street, for carrying on busi ness on Sunday. Another summons was for not having his name put over the door. The defence was that no pawubroking was was done on Sunday, only buying and selling. Mr. Knox inflicted a fine of 40s. for the omis sion of the name, and £lO for the Sunday pawning. Notice of appeal was given. STOLEN PROPERTY.—A watchmaker, named Byworth, was charged, at Lambeth, with a burglary at Regent's Park. In a room at his house was found a large quantity of plate and jewellery which seemed to have been stolen from various places. Bank notes identified by the owner of the house in Regent's Park were also discovered. The prisoner was remanded for a week, in order to trace the owners of the other property. • ROBBERY AND ELOPEACENT.—John Tomlinson, a butcher, was charged before the Blackburn magistrates with the robbery of £33 from the Fleece Inn. He had been brought up on the same charge a month ago, but was then dis charged. He was afterwards observed to spend a great deal . of money, and the other day eloped with a young actress. The mother of the girl gave information to the police, and the chief constable has since been able to complete the charge of robbery. The prisoner was re manded. CARDIFF ABDUCTION CASE.—TWO summonses were appointed to be heard before Mr. Leman, the chief clerk to Vice-Chancellor James, as to the guardianship of Miss Esther Lyons, of Cardiff. Mr. Emanuel applied to appoint her 'uncle and brother as guardians, which application was opipsed by Messrs. Townley and :Verde for the young lady, on the ground that she had become a Christian. The case was adjourned, in order that Miss Lyons might be examined by the Vice-Chancellor. The potato disease is spreading rapidly in Cumber land in the district around Carlisle. Farmers are hurrying their crops into market and selling them at comparatively low rates. The New Free Press gives an account of a furious attack made by a body of young Roumanians upon a gather ing of Jews at Jassy. Many of the Jews were most severely beaten, but the police declined to interfere, and the Rou manians; who were mostly students, e.capcd. An Exeter contemporary states that the offer of the' Bishopric of Exeter to Dr. Temple "proceeded abso lutely upon the supposition that his essay was devoid of any sceptical character, and did not involve him in any degree in complicity or sympathy with the remaining essays." It is understood that the annual ocean tea race has been won by the Sir Lancelot, Captain Robinson, which left Foo-choo-foo on the 18th of July, and arrived in the East India Docks on Thursday morning—a passage of 89 days. The Sir Lancelot was first in the tea race of 1867, and only lost it last year by a few hours. On Monday last the steamship Wakefield arrived at Grimsby, having on board 200 sheep, which on being exa mined by Mr. George Wentworth, the veterinary inspector under the Board of Customs, about seven of the number were found affected with a contagious disease, and in conse quence the whole of the sheep were detained and slaughtered on the docks. A melancholy accident occurred last week in the Commune d'Augy, France. Fifteen persons, men and women, Were at work in a field, when a terrible thunder storm broke out. Some of them took refuge under a large walnut tree, which was struck by the lightning and fell on five persons. Two men were killed and a young woman paralysed by the shock, but two children escaped unhurt. An inquest was held on Thursday upon the body of George Morton, one of the men suffocated by the Jiro in the Retford Tint Coroner atated that the Government inspector, who had exanlued the pit, was of opinion that it had been eet ou tire wilfully. After some discussion the jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died from suffo cation, but that there was no evidence to show how the smoke was forthcoming. On Thursday, before the Sheffield Borough magis trates, Alfred Tingle, of the Victor is and Albert kills, Brightside, was charged with having unlawfully adulterated flour, &c., with alum. It was proved thot defendant hadpur chased from a druggist no less. than 6001bs. of alum„ with which he had adulterated about 800,0001bs. of 'flour. Defendant had three retail shops besides his mills, and carries on a large. trade. The magistrate said it was a ver.cy bad case, and fined the defendant £lO and costa, with the alternative of a irnoutles imprk:ontnent ; particulars of the °Noce to be putished in the neirepapors in addition. Tho hyuono cAti4rd LP, s4-'Lit 131.100141 k court, THE GREAT EASTERN. The bottom of this ship has been cleaned by divers from the diving smacks Sealark and Ann Elizabeth, of Whit stable, under the superintendence of Mr. John Pierce, of that town. Thisis the first occasion that the bottom of the ves 'Eel has been cleaned by divers. The bottom of the ship was in a very foul state, mussels having gathered on it at some places more than a foot thick. After the bottom was cleaned, it was found that the iron hull was very little rusted, and the surveyors from London wont down and expressed their satisfaction at the able manner in which the work of cleaning had been performed. It is estimated that 50,000 gallons of mussels and rubbish were removed from the bottom beneath the water line. Yesterday upwards of 1,700 miles of the Anglo-Indian cable had been coiled on board in the iron tanks. The filling of the main tank was completed and the tank itself fastened down on Tues day. It contains about 1,100 miles of line. The after tank at present contains over 600 miles, and the men are now busily engaged in completing this part of the work, after which the fore tank will be taken in hand, and the re mainder of the cable coiled away. The Great Eastern, in consequence of the heavy load in her after part sets very low in the water at the stern. The tests which daily pass through the wire in the tanks prove the cable to bo in excellent condition. The utmost exertions aro being used by Captain Halpin, Mr. Beckwith, and the officers and men under their command to get the ship ready for sea by Satur day, the 23d inst., the date fixed for her departure from Sheerness en route to Aden. The ship is being coaled from brigs which are now alongside. rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1869. are in the south, where the uhuren is wealcest, and where it requires more nursing. At length a committee was appointed, which divided the dioceses into three classes, giving three, which has a popula tion of over 100,000, about seventy representatives each; four, which has between 20,000 and 100,000 popu lation about thirty-six delegates ; and five, which have less than 20,000 Protestants, about twenty repre sentatives. The total number will be 446. This report was adopted. At the last sitting it was resolved that the archbishops and bishops be invited to convene meetings as soon as possible for the pur pose of electing delegates, lay and clerical, to attend the General Synod. THE THAMES AGAINST THE TYNE. The sth of next month will—barring accidontz—witness the first of two races which are likely to excite great interest in aquatic circles. Two fours—ono from fat, Thames and the other from the Tyne—are in active prepa ration for a contest over the champion course from Putney to Mortlake on the day named above; and for a second encounter, from the 'High Level Bridge to Scotswood, on the Tyne, on the 18th of November. The rivalry existing between the oarsmen of the Northern and Southern•rivers has been of long standing, and increases rather than diminishes in the lapse of years. An additional impetus has been given to that rivalry by the fact that, though Renforth has won for the North the championship of the Thames, and thus secured supremacy as a sculler, the London river, at the late Thames regatta, administered a thrashing to the four represen tatives sent up from Newcastle. The conclusion therefore to be settled by the double event in question is the superiority of a Thames or a Tyne four. The South will be represented by Henry Kelly, J. Sadler, George Hammerton, and either Pedgrift, Wiseror Randolph Cook, the honour of the Tyne being maintained by James Taylor, John Martin, Thomas Winship, and James Renforth. Though, so far, little can be noted about the actual condi tion of the crews, who may be stated to be only on the threshold of active training for the two events, and though their relative chances of success are things of which the most sagacious can say nothing that is authoritative, a considerable sum of money has been already booked. The races, when they are pulled off, will probably bring betting to the fore with a vigour greater than has been displayed at any aquatic contest for some years past. The Tynesiders have a habit of backing their opinions with great persistency, and those whose interests centre in the Thames are not likely to be found at all behind them. The issue of the race at the Thames Regatta must not be taken as weighing much in securing the chances of victory and defeat in the forthcoming contests. On that occasion the course rowed was a short one, extending only from Chiswick to Putney. On the sth and the Bth of next month both courses will be long ones, and staying power will quite as much, if not more than speed, be an essential element in success. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. am. sprotrAxz's EVIDENCE. Mr. Kinglake, the historian of the Crimean war, has at last turned up at Bridgwater, and has told his story before the Commissioners. In 1852 and 1857 his contests did not involve much expense. On the former occasion he was defeated, but spent only £300; on the second occasion he was victorious, and laid out £4sB—being under the impression that the election was pure. Things altered in 1859. Then Mr. King lake's published expenses were about £245 ; but his brother, who became the medium, met with further demands, which were paid, and the whole sum was brought up to £1,444 —rather a large excess over the 11 published expenses." There was a petition, but it was withdrawn. Mr. Kinglake has no doubt whatever that much of this money must have been spent illegally. Before and after this he found him self called upon to adopt the course which candidates and members from time immemorial have indulged in—to subscribe to the local charities ; and he com plied to the extent of about £OO a year. • Then came a long and very melancholy story respecting the election of 1868—how Mr. Kinglake determined to pay none but legitimate expenses, how joined with Mr. Vanderbyl he was involved in bribery, of which he declared that he knew nothing, how the election went against the Liberals in the early part of the day, how Mr. Kinglake left the town, and how there was—after he had gone—a sudden and marvel lous change which carried the day : The polling was very adverse up to the middle of the day—twelve o'clock. I left the town by the 1.32 train. I was not aware that the majority had decreased 100 in an hour. Before that, when the numbers were rapidly going against us, Vanderbyl said, "Don't you think we ought to shew 'ourselves ?" I thought not, as I expected a great change. About half-past eleven my brother came in, very pale, and told me that Lovibond said the election was lost. I was very much shocked, and I could hardly accept it. Lovi bond said any intention to retrieve it by corruption would be madness. I said "Are both seats gone ?" He said they were, and I said, "Then I have nothing to do but to make my bow." I said, "Do you think it would be becoming in me to stay to the end?" He said people were all very angry and indignant, and it seemed to me that I should be made the medium of crimination, and I asked about the train, and I proposed to go by the 1 . 32 train, and I now declare that I firmly believed that the election was lost, and I should have prevented any fev, voters coming. I believed that from that moment I had ceased to be a candidate. How the great change was brought about it is need less to say. Mr. Kinglake thought that voters might have made a rush "in despair of getting anything." They really made a rush because they were heavily paid. Mr. Kinglake's brother and the agent., managing the money matters. THE NEW BISHOP OF CARLISLE. The Premier's appointment to the diocese of Car• lisle is at last announced. He has chosen a very moderate man indeed, one with whom none but the most bigoted will be found to quarrel. Dr. Goodwin, Dean of Ely, is the nominated successor to Dr. Waldegrave. He is a Cambridge man, was educated privately, and entered Caius College in 1836. He graduated in 1840 as second wrangler and Smith's prizeman. He became fellow of and mathematical lecturer to his college. For ten years he held the incumbency of St. Edward's Church, Cambridge. From 1855 to 1857 he was Hulsean Lecturer. He became Dean of Ely in 1858. Ile is distinctly known as a "non-party man ;" and though several volumes of sermons and a commentary on one of the Gospels have come from his pen, no one party has ever been able cu The B: ad Churchmen were at one time ready to include him amongst taw.--A.— but of late his leanings seem to have been in another direction. The Tinzes says of him that he has " exerted great religious influence in the town of Cambridge as an eloquent and powerful preacher,' and approves his appointment on the ground that he "is a divine whose energy is likely to sustain and extend the benevolent designs of the late Bishop Waldegrave for the benefit of the diocese." PROFESSOR FAWCETT TO WORKING MEN. Professor Fawcett has been addressing a working men's meeting at Birmingham on the questions 01 working men's representation, the prevention of elec. toral corruption, and education. The questions are not so dissimilar as they seem ; for granting the need of working men's candidates, and allowing that men with money and influence now gain more than they should on account of that money and influence, the necessity for the Ballot arises; and, beside the Ballot, education is generally admitted to be the best preventive of corruption. This was the way Professor Fawcett worked out his speech. The arguments it support of working men representatives he put very , neatly. One of them was as follows : Parliament is a deliberative as well as a legislative assembly. In deliberation it is needful that all fides should be put before the deliberators. The absence of working men from Parlia ment is an evil ; for they cannot be adequately represented by those who are not of themselves. Their presence would he a national good ; .for they would render the House of Commons complete. On the Ballot the Professor declared that lie did not expect it to stop bribery ; but undue influence (which lid thought was worse than bribery) it would effec tually prevent. THE IRISH CHURCH. A. somewhat sharp fight took place at the last sitting but one of the Dublin Lay Conference. The new Church, it need hardly be said, is to be governed by a General Synod or convention, composed of the clergy and the laity. A question arose as to how the latter ought to be chosen : should all dioceses, great or small, have an equal number of representatives, of , liould the representation be according to populationf On the one hand, it was put forth that Cashel, which contains 0,000 Protestants, is not of the same importance, and ought not to have an equal number of delegates as Connor, which has 30,000. On the other side it was pleaded that these thin dioceses THE LAND QUESTION IN CORK. The commissioner sent by the Times to investigate the land question is finding plenty of work in the " Premier County "of Ireland. Albeit the men of Cork claim this high-sounding title, theirs is not a flourishing county. The capital prospers well enough, but the agricultural districts labour under many difficulties. The soil is poor in many places. The agricultural labourer gets only from six to nine shil lings a week, and even at this rate work is not eon stant. Rents are very high; indeed, the great majority of farms are over-rented:— " Ono of the worst examples in this respect Inas that of the property of an American gentleman, who, though fresh from that land of freedom, and I have little doubt an admirable Democrat, has the smartness to see that tenancy at will can, under the existing system of law, be made a good instrument for screwing down his depen dents." The landed system of the country is much the same as that in other parts, save that its vices are exceedingly prominent. Speaking generally, the same religious differences divide the owners and the occupiers of the soil ; the same absenteeism is too prevalent ; there is the same widespread insecurity of tenure; law in the same way upholds the power of the landlord, and disregards the just claims of the tenant ; there is the same creation of vast rights of property in the form of improvements by the peasantry, unprotected by the least legal sanction, and liable, nay, exposed to confiscation ; vague usage similarly is the only safeguard against frequent and intolerable injustice. Such is the verdict of the Times' representative. Ile declares that examples of tyranny are not infrequent, especially where the territorial magnates are absent. Even granting these grievous powers are not often used, the possibility of their existence is in itself a crying shame. One example of the use of this excessive power is worth quoting : " I happened to see a neat slated house standing almost alone on a fair-sized tract, a nd I asked the occupier how he came to be in possession of such a good dwelling. " Oh!" he replied, " it was not built by me, but by the tenant who was here before me, and he, poor man, is gone to America." I then asked why ho had left this country, and the answer, given with a look combining suspicion and hatred in no common degree, was 'that he had been ejected for a year's rent, a sum of about £2B, and that he had lost his house, which cost him MOO' I made inquiries in the next village, and I am satisfied that this tale is in substance true, that this eviction really occurred, and that no com pensation was given to the tenant for this absolute loss of perhaps, his whole property." After all is it to be wondered at that the relations between landlord and tenant in Cork are often of the worst description ? Is it even surprising that agra- I rianism should be rampant in the county ? THE FIRST PENNY DAILY PAPER. - - - - In reference to the claim made by the Morning Star to be the pioneer among the penny daily papers, the dates of the issue of the low price daily journals may be of interest. The provinces, strange to say, may claim the priority in this matter; for the first daily paper published at the price of one penny was the Northern Daily Express, which dates its age from April 21,1855. On the Bth of June the Shdield Telegraph, and on the 11th of June in the same year the Liverpool Daily Post came out; and thus Liverpool, Sheffield, and Darlington were supplied before the metropolis. The Daily Telegraph was first issued on June 27 ; but even then the price of one penny was looked upon with mistrust; and twopence was at first charged for it ; the reduction to the lesser price took place on the 17th of September, 1855. The London field was not left to the sole glory of the Telegraph many months ; on March 17,1856, the Morning Star appeared, and thus was the fifth daily penny pa _per in the country, the second in the metropolis. The Standard, it may be added, was published first on June 2.9, 1857. MR. GOSCIIEN AND THE GUARDIANS. Workhouse authorities must keep a sharp look-out. Mr. Goschen, tired of reading the letters of guardians and the reports of inspectors, has determined to go and observe the working of the Poor Law for himself. He has already been to the Birmingham workhouse, and has caused infinite trepidation throughout the establishment. The President inspected the whole of the building, and put "no end of questions." His visit lasted several hours, and was, it is said, very satisfactory. It will be well if all similar visits have a like result. Most people will agree with the Lancet that Mr. Goschen will find the process " highly instructive." A LOST CIILD. Lieutenant-Colonel llickie, of Maidenhead, tolls a strange and melancholy story. His nurse, Elizabeth Barry, some little while ago, received notice to quit his service. The woman expressed her determination to be revenged, but her threats naturally received little attention. A. week ago, however, whilst Lieutenant- Colonel llickie was m Ireland, Barry disappeared, taking With her the youngest child, a girll7 months old. The woman carried off a change of clothinff for herself and the infant, thus leading to the coaclusion that though the little one had been stolen for the sake of gain or revenge, her life was safe. However this may be, the lost child has not been recovered. A. reward of £lOO has been offered, the detective department has been set to work, but in vain. Lieutenant-Colonel Hickie now appeals to the public : " We are anxious to enlist in our behalf the sympathy and mightier help of the millions of self-made detectives who may be found in the fathers and mothers of England. They alone can conceive the awful agony we suffer as one sad day after another passes away, and our hopes of seeing our dear child are still deferred. They can also understand our still deeper dread for the future, lest, lost and for ever hidden from us, she should grow up in poverty, ignorance, and perhaps crim e. The woman took only a small sum of money with her. She has a mole on the right side of her upper lij and the child has a peculiar blue vein under the le eye. pIiAILASAICAL SADBATARIANISM. That "the letter . " seldom has been more strikingly exemplified than in a case before the deputy coroner for East Middlesex on Thursday. The inquiry he had to hold concerned the death of the wife of a shipwright, who had been confined on the previous Saturday. The evidence chewed that death was caused by the neglect of the mid wife. She had gone away on the Satur day night ; and the next day being Sunday had refused, "on religious grounds," to attend her patient, notwithstanding that very peremptory and pressing messages were sent to her. Being called before the coroner she took the theological argument up, and told the jury that she did not and would not go out on "the Sabbath." Neither the coroner nor the jury seemed to have blamed her; to have called her attention to the words of our blessed Lord when He healed the withered hand would probably have been useless. But the verdict, "Death by misadventure," seems to us open to question. We are not quite sure that the woman ought not to have had to answer a charge of man slaughter. We have been passing just now through a season of general indignation against cruelty, aroused either by a powerful awakening of the instinct of cruelty in some, or an exceeding sharpness of the sentiment of mercy in others. The need of putting the law in force more strenuously is see n in the fact that " little " things for which p olice magistrates are wont to imprison, are explained 'ls being customs. Is what William Dukes has been sent to p r i son by a London magistrate for really a custom a mong drovers ? ye was seen to beat a c ow he was driv in g ver y se verely. The b eas t was evidently exhausted, and presently fell down, hardly able to move. Dukes could not stir her ; wh a t then did he do but obtain some straw put it under her neck and set fire to it Even thus goaded, the po or crea ture could only rise and s tu mble from the flame which had taken away all the hair from her neck. The man, w e are glad to say, is to taste the delights of a month's incarceration in prison. CHEAP RAILWAY FARES. --- --- The working men of London have for some tirtme been agitating in favour of better and cheaper rail way transit to and from their labour. Some such convenience is at present provided. " Workmen's trains" are run on most of the metropolitan lines, and weekly tickets are issued to bond fide handicrafts men and labourers. This, however, Is not deemed sufficient. The working men argue that, as vast numbers of them have been turned out of their homes for purposes of railway construction, and thereby com pelled to live•at a distance, the companies ought to do their utmctit to miti-rate the hardship. It is asked that trains be run between the hours of five and eight in tie morning - , and that workmen's tickets be issued daisy instead of weekly, available to return at any tnne in case of the mechanic failing to procure employment, and that the fares be but one penny per journey within a radius of ten miles from the General Post Office. The movement is purely a metropolitan one, for in other towns the distances are not so great as to require railway con venience; but its success will be watched with great interest. One step in the direction of cheap travelling may lead to another. early an the null jou:rndls - Make 'honourable mention of M. Sainte l3euve, whose death has caused universal regret. The French Academy, upon hearing the news of his death, broke up their meeting. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Ang!o-American Times.) A New York paper wittily remarks that, how ever short Jay Gould may become of gold, that after his recent application to the Secretary of the Trea sury for a loan of $BOO,OOO he can never be sus pected of being short of brass. This is what Mr. Gould did. When in the midst of his great " bull" battle he despatched a missive to Secretary Bout well stating he was president of the Erie Road en gaged in Ohio in extensive improvements, that there were no funds in the Erie treasury to pay the hands employed, a calamity likely to create a discontent certain to be injurious to the Government on the eve of an election as the men knew there was cur- rency in the Treasury, so he advised the Secretary to furnish the money. At the moment brokers were buying gold in millions at the direction of the clique, of which he was a principal member, and, doubt less, the Erie money bags were being tossed on the horns of bulls and torn by the claws of bears. A reserve of $BOO,OOO from the Treasury, although small compared with the magnitude of the operations would be handy in paying differences ; the marvel is the impudence of the application, considering the disreputable business in which the applicant was up to his neck ; in a word, his application was to the Secretary of the Treasury for funds of the Treasury to help him in a scheme to derange the commerce of the nation. It must not be supposed (and it is desirable for investors in proposed new telegraph cables across the Atlantic to know it) that the only companies who intend to lay down ocean lines are those brought out in England : " The American Cable Company of New York, on Sept 27, filed with the Postmaster-General a written notice o: their acquiescence in the telegraphic restrictions imposed by Act of Congress of 1866. This company proposes to lay a submarine cable to to worked under an American patent between France and Amorica, and the French Cable Company have undertaken to procure for them from the Imperial Government the same privileges which they are now asking from Congress." A State Labour Reform Convention has been held at Worcester, Massachusetts ; 281 delegates from the Trade Unions, attending. E. M. Cham berlain, of Boston, was nominated for Governor. The resolutions demanded the rights of labour ; the eight hours' limitation bill ; the incorporation by law as associations, of trade unions ; the limit to ten hours as the maximum day's work in any Mas sachusetts manufactory ; opposition to Chinese im migration ; hostility to the National Debt ; and the organization of a Labour Department in the Exe cutive Department at Washington. S. P. Cum mings, the Crispin organizer, was the moving spirit, and introduced the repudiation plank. The pre vailing feature was Democratic, and General But ler was snubbed. The State officers nominated were unknown outside their towns, and all the proceedings were anything but smooth and har monious. On the same day, Sept. 29th, a working man's party met at Baltimore, and nominated au independent city ticket. We may here add that Mr. Connolly has bten introduced at a great Trade Union meeting at New York, and made a good speech. It is evident that the fight between labour and capital is on the increase, and will centre arcutid Coolie immigration. The Irish form the main strength of the opposition party, while there is a growing conviction among employers that the introduction of Coolies alone cau save them from the formidable organizations Leilg created by the working men on all :ides. The Chinese now landing of course re ceive bad treatment in California, and the old resi- dents are encountered with hisses when they enter a theatre. Nevertheless, Koopmanschap is making contracts to introduce Coolies in tens of thousands, and the Pacific Mail Company are about to run weekly steamers between China and San Francisco. Much annoyance has been caused by the verdict of a Pennsylvania jury which has acquitted Griffin, the engine.driver whose recklessness led to the Mast Hope disaster on the Erie Railroad a few months ago, against evidence so clear, that Judge Barrett gave them a " basting" they will long re member. It is believed that the jury were influ enced by hostility to the Erie directors. The facts were simply that Griffin, when in charge of a freight train, shunted from the track to allow an express train to pass, fell asleep, and, with a reckless disregard toconsequences, without knowing on awaking whe ther the passenger train had passed, got on the track just as it approached, and caused the fearful loss of life and suffering. Ile was shown not only to be guilty of criminal negligence, but to have violated a law of the State in disobeying the rules of the company, but as the judge had no power to reverse the decision of the jury, Griffin was set at liberty. That pleasant individual, John Bowen, unblushingly confessed,when put ontrial before thesame judge that he had removed a rail from the same road, whereby the Carr's Rock disaster was caused, bringing to a cruel death 27 persons and mutilating many more. Twice before had this hideous ruffian torn up the track, out of spite to the company, but only freight trains had then suffered. Bowen was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $lO,OOO. These trials proved that the Erie Company were faultless in the management, in these instances ; one accident being the result of the negligence of their servant and the infringement of their own rules, and the other of an act so dastardly that, if capital punishment is ever justifiable, it would be in such a case. The Hon. John Rose has bid adieu to Canada, after being entertained at a farewell banquet by the citizens of Montreal on the 28th Sept. The arrange ment is that he joins the great international banking house of Messrs. Morton, Bliss, and Co., which has changed its name in Europe, hereafter being known on this side as Messrs. L. P. Morton, Rose, and Co. Walter 11. Burns, well known in Bartholomew House, has withdrawn from the London firm, and Mr. Watson, late agent for the Bank of British North America in New York, has entered the New York firm as a partner, the Hon. John Rose pro ceeding to London to take up his position as partner in the London house. More than 200 of the lead ing citizens of Montreal were present at the fare well banquet. In returning thanks for his health, the late Finance Minister said— " We can find work enough for the most restless and active minds for years to come in consolidating these pro visions, in carrying out measures for its material prosperity, and keeping to this duty of the day we may postpone .p.tmlations as to the remote future, and content our selves with the reflection that our training will nave fitted us for any destiny which Providence may have in store for us when the necessity for a change shall arrive. Unttl then lot us not lose substance by grasping at a possible shadow. I have said that our trading has fitted us for any destiny, and that, having all necessary attributes of independence, we already know how to make use of them. In proof of this, I might point to the en lightened and honourable manner in which Canada ful filled its international duties during the American war under circumstances of a most trying character. I allude to this to show that it is not only in respect to material things that wo have made progress toward maturity, but that we understand the higher duties which belong to and that from no act of ours has any peril menaced or complication arisen which could affect national rela tions. Seeing this, let us not be too eager or impatient to anticipate our destiny. Let us beware of doing what may bo irrevocable ; but conscious that wo aro all fulfil ling our work of the day, and that we are fitted for the discharge of any duties that may arise, let us calmly await the progress of events, assured that in duo time they will reach maturity, and that our destiny can never be mean or dishonourable." Mr. George Peabody has returned to Europe, having left New York in the Scotia. Although very weak, his health on the whole is not worse than when he arrived in America early in June. Ills cough had nearly left him, but so had his appe tite, and his debility has been such that he rarer• left the house, and generally reclined 2m. hours out of the 24. It is said, however, that lately he has been gaining in weight, and other sy niptoms en courage friends to hope that he may rally completely in a mild winter climate. We believe it is not Mr. Peabody's intention to remain long in Europe. Among the persona of distinction who may shortly be expected back is Professor Goldwin Smith, who intends to return this autumn. Ex-President Frank lin Pierce died of dropsy at Concord (New Hamp shire) on the Bth October, aged 65. Next week we will give an obituary of this gentleman, whose death was expected, as he had long been in bad health. The Hon. Frederick F. Low, who has been appointed United States Minister to China, was a representa- tive from Californiain the Thirty.seventh Congress, and from 1863 to 1865 Governor of California. He i 3 a man of enlarged views, thoroughly acquainted with the business interests of the country, and especially its relations with Asia, and is well quali fied to represent the United States at Peking. Mr. Jefferson Davis arrived at Baltimore on the 9th mstar.t. The news of most interest yesterday related to he dangerous state in which Lord Derby lay. Although occasionally rallying, be remained hope lessly ill. The case of the European Assurance Society was progressing during the day, and the judge had given judgment dismissing both peti tions. The sad loss sustained by Colonel ilickie, his infant daughter having been stolen by a nurse for revenge, was exciting much sympathy, and raising an active search. The child was taken from Maidenhead, Berks, and traced to Hammersmith, but no further clue has been found. The following telegram has been received direct 'rom New York in reference to the meeting of the Erie Railway :—" Lane, Fisk, and Gould re-elected for five years ; APllenry not elected. Rupture be tween Erie Company and M'llenry." All were aware that the Erie directors, unless bowled out by the last " rig," must remain in. Their control over the line was too strong for any opposition, so long as they held, or swayed at their pleasure, the __. majority of the Stock. We consider the news as unfortunate for the shareholders, as it betokens a split between the Erie and the Atlantic and Grew Western. It is freely rumoured in New York that if the real circumstances of the Erie clique were known their credit would be gone ; but it is an un deniable fact that the road is in good condition, and well managed, and the late trials i❑ Pennsylvania have proved that the company was guiltless of neglect in the two great catastrophes which oc curred on the road. General Badcock, Private Secretary to the Pre sident; has returned from San Domingo, where he had been sent on a secret mission, but believed to point to the acquisition by the United States of the Bay of Samana as a naval station. In noticing this act the Times alludes to the recent loan brought out by Messrs. Peter Lawson and Son for £757,000. We mentioned at the time the advisability of mak ing inquiries into the connection existing between San Domingo and the United States, as well as into the claims of citizens of the Republic on the guano island of Alta Vela. The arrangements now appear to be satisfactory, as they are in direct connection with the United States : "1. A royalty of £1 per ton of guano sold in England will be set aside for the service of a loan, and as the quan tity is expected to reach 60,000 tons per annum, the whole amount required—viz., £59,000, may be thus secured by the sale of guano. 2. Messrs. Spofford, Tilleston, and Co , of New York, owners of a line of steamers between New York and the ports of San Domingo, have been appointed as agents to collect the custom duties hypothecated to the bondholders, and the collection thus passing into the hands of a powerful American firm, the contract offers a much more satisfactory security tLan before." One of the finest strokes of business ever made, if the report be true, and if the Wall-street broker, Albert Speyers, met his engagements, would have been that by the great houso of Baring Brothers during the late com motion in Wall-street. The statement is that they ob tained on securities deposited in London $10,000,000 from the Treasury, New York, and on the celebrated Friday, the order was given to sell this, $9,000,000 being planted on Albert Speyers at 160. This transaction represents, at least on paper, a profit something like 62,500,000, but we fear Speyers was better at shouting, than paying as the Now,York poet sings : High over all, and even higher, Was heard the voice of Israel Freyer -- A doleful knell in the storm-swept mart— " Five millions more ! and for any part, I'll give ono hundred and sixty !" The same pen thus describes that enterprising broker:- Israel Freyer, the Government Jew, Good as the best, soaked through and through, With credit gained in the year he sold Our Treasury's precious hoard of gold. Wo hope that a man at the moment engaged in attempt ing to "corner" others, and to extract from them aruinous profit, may not be allowed lightly to throw off the liabili ties he incurred in the attempt ; but one genuine good an ticipation by us has resulted. The Barings were simply availing themselves of the best market to sell a commo dity in which they dealt, but there are many speculators who have been buying and selling what they neither wanted nor possessed, having an eye to the differences, with a full intention of meeting their difficulties. But if their dealings be with sharpers, who design in success to screw out of them every cent, and in failure to repudiate their liabilities, a real check will be given to these gambling transactions. We may add that Fisk's Opera House has been attached on a judgment of $117,450, damages and costs, on a sale of $435,000 in gold, at a premium of 160, as the gold when tendered was refused. Morrissey, it is said, bought a cowhide for the benefit of his friend Fisk, to recover his little bill, and sent a notice that he was going to operate in the same sensational style as marked the Gold Room on Friday, at Fisk's Opera, on Fisk's back, which seems to have had the desired effect, although the " Admiral" appears to be far from wanting in courage. Mr. William Woodward, who has been on the " Street " for nine years, and was reported to be worth $2,000,000, was a leader of the gold clique. Mrs. Keep, widow of the late Henry Keep, has $700,000 involved in the failure of Lockwood's house. Mr. Legrand Lockwood resigns the treasurership of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Mr. Vanderbilt, who used his influence to save the house, takes up, we believe, Mr. Lockwood's interest in the line. The directors have been summoned by telegraph to meet in New York to instal Mr. T. 11. Banker, president of the Bank of New York, as its treasurer. Among the gold operators was said to be the Bank of Montreal, which had over $2,000,000 at stake. On the 29th Sept. a party of 40 Danes passed through Washington on their way to settle on land pur chased for them in Alabama, near Montgomery. They are but the advance guard of a large emigration in the same direction. The increase of the immigration into the United States is not more remarkable than the improve ment in its character. For the quarter ending on the 30th June it comprised 165,987 persons. Among them were 60 58 artists, 5,550 mechanics, 33 3 clergymen, 2e3n. 65 physicians, 233 but p c h h y i s •es, i 7 a 4 ns s ' eamstresses, 733 shoemakers, 756 tailors, 1,058 masons, 1,518 of miscellaneous trades, 560 clerks, 16,553 farmers, 46,255 labourers, 1,943 traders, 3,108 miners, 486 mariners, 5,699 servants, and 763 of other specified occupations. In repect to nationality the emigrants for that quarter were divided as follows : Great Britain, 33,574; Ireland, 26,138; Germany, Austria, and Prussia, 50,999 ; Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, 20,169 ; Switzerland, 1,680; France, 153; Spain and Por tugal, 88; Italy, 105; other South European States, 1,742 other European States, 2,780 ; China and Japan, 5,984 British North American provinces, 3,128 ; Mexico . 68 ; West Indies, 506 ; country not stated, 18,923. The largest number, 121,413, arrived at New York; 11,606 landed at Boston. Professor Lieber has drawn the atten tion of the Secretary of State to the growing abuse of making the United States the receptacle for criminals by foreign Governments. He recommends the passage of a law making it a penal offence for the captain or owners of any ship to bring such convicts to America, and providing for their return at the expense of the Government sending them. At the same time some English papers have drawn attention to the unscrupulous way in which some emi grants who had grown old and infirm in the United States had been shipped back to Liverpool, persons being among them who had been injured while working upon the rail roads, public attention being called to the illiberality of a nation who could so act. Thus we go blundering along, each only seeing one, and that his own side. On the afternoon of the Ist inst. a boiler which had been attached to the saw-mill of Messrs. Sinker and Co., of Indianapolis, to be tried against another, exploded while the grounds in the neighbourhood were crowded with visitors, the State Fair progressing at the time. It is per fectly horrifying to read the details of the injuries caused. Nineteen persons were ascertained to have been killed, while nearly one hundred were wounded. Many were literally blown to fragments ; and although all the bodies had been removed to Mr. Weaver, the undertaker's office, it was impossible for friends to identify some of them. Tho Indiana Surgical Institution instantly tendered their services, and were instrumental in saving life and alleviat ing suffering. Curious instances aro told of escape. A gentleman was killed while walking with a lady who escaped unhurt; a baby in its father's arms was killed, the father remaining uninjured. Governor Baker was on the ground, and a fragment of the boiler passed over Lis head and struck his coachman, who was seriously injured. The receipts of the Fair on the following day were given to the wounded. The following were killed: — Wm. Demming, John Kennedy, P. 11. Davis ; A. M. Benton, Fort Wayne : ohr. Goulding; Daniel Hong, Lafayette; Mr. Rossiter, Lewis Wilson ; Samuel Beverly, Paragon ; L. B. McVey, student of Ashbury University, Greencastle ; John Wilson; Sir. Jackson, :Memphis ; Peter Kritzer. From San Francisco the news is to the 30th of September. The Hon. Win. 11. Seward, Frederick Seward and wife, Abijah Fitch, and others left that day in the steamship Golden City for the City of Mexico, via Man zanillo, Colima, Guadalajara, and Queretaro. Jose Godoy, Consul for Mexico and Nicaragua at San Francisco, died of apoplexy on the previous night while attending the Seward presentation at the Occidental Hotel. Secretary Romero has brought in an encouraging statement of the finances of Mexico. Instead of the anticipated deficit the )receipts were $13,765,000, tli expenditures $13,500,000, leaving a balance of more than a quarter of a million. 119 says $2,000,000 have been applied to the payment of the Public Debt, and he draws a glowing picture of the future financial prospects of Mexico. The census gives a popula tion of 8,567,000. Francisco Valez had replaced Diaz 89 Governor of the State of Mexico. General Canto had not yet been tried for the conspiracy, but Colonel Abar had been sentenced to be shot. Some Mexican journals dis cuss annexation to the United States. We have all along maintained that while the Washington Administration meant to act with courtesy and conciliation towards Spain, they intended to adopt firm and, if necessary, a coercive policy. Acts are a surer guide to men's intentions than talk, and although General Sickles has induced the Government to give Spain time for the excitement produced to cool, in the hope that the nation might recognize the fact that they never can here" after hold the island in peace and quietness, Spain is p ot strong enough to coerce it, and the war has so added to the bitterness against Spain that no compromise that leaves the island under Spanish rule is possible. It ifj asserted that Mr. Forbes's mission, notwithstanding the denial, was to make the financial arrangements for the transfer of Cuba to tha Cubans. While losing no oppor tunity of effecting this object, the Government has bee n preparing for war. The fleet is now, or shortly will t le t. fully equipped for sea. Ono paper says :—" Matters at the Brooklyn Navy-yard are assuming a lively appear ance. That the Government intends some active ores tious, in connection with Cuban matters, is evident fre ln the fact that the ironclad Dictator and steam frigate Serer° are already coaled, and expect immediate orders to Pr ° : coed to the Cuban coast." And it is worthy of notice that. Admiral Farragut has been recalled to Washington front the work on which he appears to have been engag ed ill California. At tho same time there is reason to believ e that Spain will accede to Cuban independence on fair an, honourable terms; that all it asks is not to be pr esseu ! under the present aspect of affairs, into a corner, and O! Serrano and his advisers have always considered the terao proposed as desirable for Spain to accept. True stat:. ments are, however, contradicted so- glibly by persons 8" authority that it is not easy to got at facts; but circa:stances, such as the naval preparations in the nti ti States and the strengthening of the Cuban squadron 88 bear but one interpretation. In Gen. Butler's speech at Worcester on R ai ' ‘ roads and Railroad Kings, he thus alluded to Comnled°m Vanderbilt. " It is said there is a gentleman in a neighbour" ing State who, at twenty-one, was employed in conveYietag passengers with a single pair of oars from New Jers e l; o New York, who, by his enterprise—by taking advanta.e." of the laws regulating the means of transportation Of Pa sengers and merchandise —at the age of three score °o ads ten accumulated as many millions of dollars. Now not object to the enterprise, the industry and energy ' 11',„t y can accumulate so much, but what we do object to is, tif the laws regulating w hat has become a prime necessity e life—the transportation of food and merchandise and the person— the common highways of the people, by land bear b 3 sea, can be so manipulated that any man in a sing o 0 ie li time, by any means, can accumulate such a fortune. g cannot have made so great amass of wealth witho ut tsi t from others what should have been by them e njoyed' . re , other words, he has got more, much more than his t giving credit for all the ability he possesses. Ile la a l: s 11 be blameable in having acquired so much ; but wh at % I A we say of the laws which in a country of equal right Sl therefore of what should be equal laws, will make it P°ol3 sible for one man so to overtop all others in wea lth, W ill must be produced by labour from the earth at last ?" ra t From the above specimen the tone of G eije ce r Butler's address to the Massachusetts farmers at W ei ; we ter may be gathered. He alluded to the constant CO between labour and capital, showing that the working in t o had not received their due proportion of benefit fronios introduction of machinery, and they were now st r es so either for higher wages or for shorter time. Tl ie o t,g differed with the farm labourer, partly because t he Pr to of farming not having increased there was noth ilig oe strike for, and partly because the mon being fed s of farmer did not feel the increased cost of the ne cessario life. Out of 40G Acts passed last session in Massacbules only one related to agriculture, showing its n eglect , W ° 173 were in the interests of individuals and of ecrol tions. Mr. Butler opposed increased facilities for niee-„1011 corporations, as there was no longer a scarcity a in individual hands, and he dealt with the railroads or, the gains accruing to individuals, denouncing the e that mous percentage on capital returned, as showief loi r more was taken from the pockets of the people for port than the legislatures were justified in perinit t L itig. 6o' The Nation thus describes the speech of tu e vernor of New York, delivered about the sam e ti f ee o the f to a similar audience :—" Governor Hoffma n, on the the hand, urged on farmers the advantages of educatiolitaio desirableness of having pleasant homes and taking I' 4 o o to beautify them, warned the young f arme rs of th cote ri e and disappointments of city life, spoke darkly of ; D icli cial pursuits, drew a glowing picture of the conten t t reigns in the farm-house—which, however , did 11e00,gor with the account previously given of the farmers force ness to get to the city—and concluded with 01 poi)/ ment of the doctrine that the way to pay the Nation'ortll is to labour and economize. The two speeches ar e OP reading side by side for the sake of the co ntrast' pfe man's reveals an amount of didactic power of whicos/ to bably nobody suspected the existence; and it w 3B 6 0 0 trace in Butler's, amidst much that is good and ir , t' re b v tIO the evidences of his curious love of setting pe ople d o sot ears. There are very few of his discourses whi ch cs til read as if he had the dolorous history of the Milken constantly in his mind, and enjoyed it." 0 11416 An American gentleman, who appears ,4 Ave • substantial grounds for a grievance, is likely to Paris Washburne some work. Ho was travelling from o coo Boulogne on his way to London, and he entered the svogeil; class carriage to smoke, when he fell asleep. °°l'itead ing, finding that there was no motion he put 01.04,, to ascertain the reason, and discovered that op, had been taken off the track and shunted to a b 3, 50 10 where he had beea left behind without money' oS° i t or friends. Considering himself aggrieve d, it " a be (h °*; that his manner was that:of an injured man' 5 Tbie 1/ ) , 0 manded as a right a place in the next train. 00 3 . 0 denied unless he paid a first-class fare, wi th t he 10 could not comply as he had no money, an d °ll " 11 48 coming up ho attempted to enter. ThereuP° „ i ll ° r h o seized and incarcerated in a cold wretchea " e ven ",,,e hours with only enough bread and water to hi a l alive. After being handcuffed and s urround ed sr est of gendarmes, he was marched for miles to then % ivi ho d'instruetion, who, on hearing the circuulstaille'for diately discharged the prisoner. Hero is ea ' i ds protection of American citizens abroad ! C O U P° to The Hornet is to be adjudicated on in the Doted and the officers are held to trial for violating the a°'' lity laws. She left Halifax, where the °fac er : t he / /11 :to their commissions, carrying British colours, w terillicrt rican and Cuban flags for use at sea, the first Oa The' A if decoy, the last to capture Spanish mer chantm en is Pat and second officers are Americans, an d the ere 0. Lti t ' made up of men who had served under Soil stated that the Alabama, which got away on t b ei to °ll e with 500 men, was to be escorted by the I ° her Cb aii but this is untrue, as the Alabama has to rt lll o, to 0 4 , alone, and as did the Perit, after landing the ni, t3 . off on her own business. When the 101' the , • k uPl ei was cruising off the American coast to Pic be si-e' 4 o, plement, of which she got at Gay Head 25 men, amen 08kott and ammunition from the New Bedford ste,so l ,e, At Fire Island she received 57 more men fre,7 a , or," and on the 29th Sept. she hoisted the Cuban ' iti foraif or tr her name to the Cuba, the officers donning a ti sbe iO O ,OOl e a openly proclaiming their warlike character. 1 50 0 08 rigged screw steamer of 1,800 tons, manne d b 1 -o "' t her armament being three 60-pound Parrots, I ' oo of brass howitzers, 40 or 50 copper torpedoes, 1 -, a be sid e yie B l o der, and a large quantity of shot and evi. l bo o arms. She is commanded by Captain Higg1,1115101..1 Telfair, formerly of the United States Nav-ii i ,n c0';i00 4 ,4 large might have proved dangerous to SPsn.„ The latest news by telegram is that Captalo'o 0 0 , 0 cl,e,p mends the release of his vessel and oftices,,,,_ TiPtxyorfe that she cleared from a British port for Cuba , d sion of the authorities on the subject will be re nor v o n es t , Marshal Barlow stopped the Spanish sill 800 P o d East River, with a cargo of shot and shells.tisovti guns, intended, it is believed, to arm th? f', o t a 0 y yOtG Although an officer of the United States le i t he to seize Spanish property, as reg ards Cn o f interference is given through the aeti t° o . n .se a. which country Spanish relations are:l.‘..,llu , 0110, 33 O ti V [ADVERTISEMENT.I--ilollOvfay' S c olef ° ',o 8 , 1 3 J Consolation for the Troubled. —All suffer ers fr:ri b ,vo : 00 0 0 ,1 chest complaints, and shortness of breath. oh° o gle °,7 10 1' the 3 fOr a. Y 3 meet well rubbed upon the back between itb the breast twice a day; after diligent friction , 011 1 7 1 4 VOll time respiration becomes easy, and the circuit"' _ t it V:, 05 , 0, pi loway's pills should be taken while hie ointo?7,,cori. 'OlOOOO as they will remove any impurities from " 1 10 ,0 0° , 0 00, 0 0 1 r which eaehi n t g h . e l l o n c dl application gesion an d o f dyspepsia o o p i a s t i :3 0 ° o t oe 1 , : L; 0 0 0 ft :e t ', , c,. e l are invaluable. n the and kidneys theY. salutary effect, and liver are safe and effectivo ento, i 0 regulate every function of the body. 13 emPAS—On the 15th liteKMAs-Np_arolc,ntthhee at-law, of a daughter. Binf inst., at Giouce s ; 6' ! O , ir s tor' ft gent' MORLEr —BiDGOOD wliftell .1 , Cal t.i . man, of a son. Oh° tO , r •st - s e, A, W E ILIT cI ; 21 0 / n .4 Roßlefillftrigiu. st., nt t l i . a l 1, ,. :1 .- „too .. oifnliste..,ntrhye3l;ol:::: ' 11.::: , t o o n f 6, g V hDt i eE g rN o so - sfyt Charles—o I. Albany-street, E. C. Morley, Esq., of 59, 3 1. P" I:' ..els i d •a e n r e d es a , u youngest daughter of tho late '‘'' 01411111 t WAVtO °. Frau' k W E— hitmore, of Great liaddow, ' 1 . 7 . ( Isl i all cOl t Ca ..!) EATS& nolA t theDle4ntiihnin:ts.q,. 5 ,v to °fop CAPES —On the 12th inst., at Gainshorought 0 0 Esq., formerly of Gray's-inn, aged 79. ~+, Will liiNsE ,- S. K l m — so O y n , thseq!,3atgheidnss7t.., at Lower Ltiol s 0 111' • Yo Obare ' YOUNG—On the 14th inst., at Hertford, Esq., aged 47. , A. Ar l f ° t" l. London: Printed and Published by WILLI' ;,f0,11:-/i. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at DIE Strti Oita of ia -- , in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CollutY Saturday, October 16,..180.