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It is precisely at the very time when the fasces of our rule can be, and, for matter, are being, bound round more tightly than ever by a coil of electric wires and submarine cables, that Mr. GOLDWIN SMITH and his associates come forward with their wiseacre suggestion that the pro-consular rods of colonial authority be loosened from one another, and afterwards one by one scattered idly to the winds. Science has brought the ends of the earth together. The capital and the remotest provinces are linked with each other in instantaneous intercommunica tion. The Secretary of State for India, from his official residence in Downing-street, can flash his wishes at pleasure to Bombay, Madras, and Cal cutta. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, from his official mansion, hardby that same sacred cul-de sac 't Whitehall, can intimate his will in the throbbing of a pendulum, by the twinkling to and fro of an electric needle upon a disc— at one moment addressing the Governor of the North American Dominion, at another the representative of the Crown at Gibraltar or at Malta. And it is pre cisely when such a point has been reached that the Imperial Government can hold communion, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, with the whole of our complicated and widely distributed colonial possessions, that these wonderful new fangled political philosophers thrust upon the national consideration the advi,abi lity, according to their view, of preserving our power by the very singular device of wantonly, perversely, prematurely, summarily, pulling it to pieces. Never, on the contrary, it might with far greater show of reason be insisted, has there been a time in the history of this great empire when its rulers, here at home, might, by the aid of science, bring the whole policy of its governance, the wide world over, into more harmonious working. Never, in the annals of England, has there been an epoch when the Three Kingdoms might be brought into more intimate accord, not only amongst them selves, but in direct and ceaseless association with their numerous colonial possessions. Philosophy is enabling us, like PUCE, " To put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes 1" And it is at the very moment when the sceptre of Greatßritain has been thus charged, so to speak, with electric power, and transformed in a manner into a very divining rod, that the pessimists among our political philosophers coolly propose that it shall be snapped asunder, as about the happiest plan that could be hit upon for its preservation. The pernicious and bewildering influence of these eccentric councils have—there can be doubt about this !—been so clearly manifested during the last twelvemonths, that one of the most suave and amiable of our administrators has been muddled and irritated, by almost imperceptible degrees, into one of the most aggravating and, at certain critical junc tures, it might even be asserted, into one of the most maddening Colonial Secretaries who ever directed the policy of England in regard to her various and world-wide possessions. Lord GRANVILLE'S bearing has been such, again and again, at moments of very grave emergency, that it was with a qualm of chagrin we recalled to mind the fact of his being still in authority at 13 andl4, Downing• street, when we received yesterday morning that startling telegram through the Atlantic Cable to the effect that the Fenians were moving towards the Canadian Frontiers, from the three several directions of Ver mont, Buffalo, and Montpellier. Scattered though her territories are over both hemispheres, England may, now, at her own free will and pleasure, knit them together as one homogeneous whole, if through the agency of the electrie tele raph, she carries out a wise, and firm, and consistent, and conciliatory policy to wards all alike, neither chilling them into indiffer ende, nor goading them into separation. As in the history of religion there have been false prophets, so in the history of science, and among the sciences in the science of politics more especially, there have been glaringly, time and again, false philosophers. The last and not the least misleading among those false philosophers, among those sham VERULAMS and mock ARISTOTLES, according to our mind, is that ex- Professor GOLDWIN SMITH, who would appear to have, in a great measure, soured the temper and warped the judgment of even so clear-witted and amiable an administrator, under ordinary circum stances, as the noble earl now her MAJESTY'S Secre tary of State for the Colonies. The intelligence which reached us yesterday even ing simultaneously from Constantinople and from Athens told us at once the conclusion and the com mencement of a tragedy. From Athens we learn that the trial of the brigands implicated in the late massacre took place on the 21st, and after fourteen hours' duration resulted in a sentence of death against the seve❑ prisoners, who have achieved such an unenviable fame. On the other hand the telegram from Constantinople, dated the 23d May, tells us that brigandage is not con fined to Greece, but that Turkey can furnish speci mens of ruffians as worthy of the barbaric ages as her more classical neighbour. Three shepherds have been murdered by a band of fifteen brigands in Thessaly, and were hotly pursued by Turkish troops, but escaped by crossing the Greek frontier, so that Greece and Turkey, on whose indepen dent existence we in England have so greatly prided ourselves, seem to be competing with each other in fostering these armed bands of marauders and murderers. We may well pause and wonder whether we are reading of events in the nineteenth or in the sixteenth century. Meanwhile the question remains, what course are we to pursue in this lamentable affair ? The Greeks will, no doubt, point triumphantly to the tragedy in Thessaly, as evidence that, without political compli city or Ministerial incompetence, brigandage may as sume formidable proportions, andbaffle theforce of jus tice. English and French journals have not failed to advise the Greek, proud of his ancestry and reputation, to take a lesson from the Turk, whom he despises and condems. Here is his refutation of the charge. The Turks, he will say, cannot even suc ceed in securing their criminals, while ours are brought to justice, and will receive the due reward of their crimes. So far as we know, however, the shepherds were murdered before, not after the troops pursued them, and it is the worst part of the charge against the Greek authorities that their anxiety to apprehend the criminals 'completely overpowered their desire to avert the crime. The debate in the Upper . House on Monday even ing would have taken a different turn, could yester day's intelligence have been anticipated. It was as well, however, that it should have taken place when it did, since it proved that Englishmen, however deeply and painfully moved by personal sorrow or by national feeling, are not to be betrayed into a forgetfulness of their con stitutional and characteristic fairness and moderation. There is a heavy indictment against the Greek au thorities, but as Englishmen we can only desire to lot them have fair play. They must be allowed the fullest opportunity to explain their conduct, to prove, if possible, that there existed no complicity between their subsidiary agents and the brigand chiefs, to exhibit beyond the possibility of contradiction, that political machinations and considerations had nothing to do with the culpable supineness and the still more culpable activity which produced this disastrous tragedy. At the same time when this is done, when full opportunity has been given for self defence and for national exoneration, the matter must not be allowed to end. If the Greeks be indeed all that they repres,ent, they can have no more hearty desire than for the im mediate and total extirpation of the brigandage which disgraces their country. if they are insin cere they will have no right to protest if the Powers, to whose fostering care they owe their very existence as a nation, should refuse to protect assassins. if the other Powers hesitate to fulfil so obvious a duty, England, at least, can no longer shelter under her flag men who can trifle with the fundamental laws which regulate civilisation. THERE was a strong contrast between the debates in the two Houses of Parliament on Monday night. The Lords were engaged on the melancholy, and unhappily fruitless, topic of the Greek murders : the Commons were doing such a good night's work as had not been accomplished for many a day before. A month ago we were all in despair—Ministers, private M.P.'s, journalists, and the public generally, at the block of parliamen tary business. It seemed as if every subject would have to give way to the Land Bill, and as if even that would have to be divided over two sessions. But on Monday this bill, entire and complete, passed through committee with a chorus cf rejoicing in which, pro bably, most Conservative M.P.'s joined at heart, if not in tongue ; and the University Tests Bill, become for the first time a Ministerial measure, was passed by a large majority with much jubilant shouting, and a groan from Mr. Newdegate that only made the rejoicing more emphatic, just as a skilful musician will sometimes strike a discord to set off his perfect harmonies. Nor was this all. a promise of good things to come was made by the Premier. The Education Bill is to be brought on after all, and when Whitsuntide is over the Commons will have an opportunity of settling another of the great social problems or the age, and of adding fresh lustre to this the first of the people's Parliaments. But before that by way of recruiting their strength and giving thein new energy for the great work before them, M.P.'s are to have a holiday, beginning, if all goes well, on the eve of the Derby, and lasting for something over a week. Hard work all this, but then it is work ; it will be something achieved and settled, not merely palavered about, and when the time for the shooting of birds is come, M.P.'s will be able to enjoy the slaughter because they will feel that having done so well for their own race they have earned the right to exterminate another. Referring to the principal debate of Monday night it is impossible not to feel some amount of sympathy with men like Mr. Walpole, Mr. Mowbray, and Mr. Hardy. They are advocates of an old order, which has been for some years past yielding place to new, and being by the nature of their mind at tached to ancient traditions, and incapable of realis ing the possibility of conserving all that is really good even in the midst of sweeping changes—fearing that to reform the universities is to destro y them—these university M.P.'s resist with all their might alterations which they believe will be fatal to some of the noblest institutions established in this land of just and old renown. It is superfluous to say that we and all those who support the Univer sisty Tests Bill would resist it no less if we shared their fears. We do not share them. We believe that religious teaching will not cease even though com pulsory attendance at chapel should be abolished. We hold that, on the con trary, such compulsory attendance is a serious impediment to real religion. Nor is there any reason to fear that the presence of Dissenters on the governing bodies of the colleges will tend to irreli gion. It must be remembered that dissent implies a positive relation towards religion, which connection with any State Church does not necessarily imply, No one will take the trouble to dissent unless he has some definite views about religion. On the other hand (as the experience of the last century, especially in the Universities, abundantly chews), conformity to the Established Church is consistent with the most utter indiffe rence to what is termed vital religion. That state of spiritual death is past, at all events for a time, and the commingling and co-operation of Dissenters and Churchmen, and the wholesome and healthy rivalry which is not born of envy and strife, but which is the child of zeal and earnestness, will serve to infuse fresh religious life into the Univer sities, even though it destroy some of the old forms. The argument respecting the intentions of founders is -one that can scarcely be put forward with any seriousness now. Sir John Coleridge answered it by anticipation. Parliament has from the earliest times, and with the most unmistakeable emphasis, asserted its right to deal with property held in mortmain and by corporations, and Parliament has acted on that assertion over and over again. It has been repeatedly pointed out that all the pre- Reformation endowments, and they form a large majority at both Universities, were taken from the Roman Catholic and given to the Reformed Church 300 years ago ; or rather that the State, having always held them to be national pro perty, removed them from the religious control of a Church which the State abjured, and put them under the religious control of a Church which the State was establishing. What has been done once may be done again. The answer that the Reformed Church was the old original Church, and the Roman Catholic a Church dissenting from that is nothing to the purpose. It is undeniable that many of the colleges were founded by Roman Catholics, and that they intended the Roman faith to be taught therein. If they were not members of the National Church at that time (and it would be hard to chew what other Church was the National Church), they were, as Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice in his able speech pointed out, Dissenters; and then the argument runs, if the State has taken colleges from Dissenters it may surely restore to Dissenters at least a share in the government of the colleges. The fact is we only perplex ourselves when we enter upon these points. The universities are, and always were, na tional institutions. The colleges also are as much under the control of the nation as any other charita ble institutions, and the nation has a right, there fore to declare them open to all persons without regard to religion. To suppose that the Church of England Will lose its influence there so soon as its exclusive authority is taken away is a poor compliment to the Church, all the poorer because the question at issue has now narrowed-itself to one of pounds, shillings, and pence. We have allowed Dissenters to be educated ; we have . allowed Dissenters to graduate ; we cannot in any decency forbid Dis senters to share the emoluments. The late Sir Robert Peel was shrewd enough to see that the first step involved the last. He resisted the first ; but it was taken. Is there anyone bold enough to say that we can or that we ought to retrace it ? If there is not, to go forward is inevitable. EVEN strong-minded persons may feel nervous on reading the account of the Denham murder. We thought we had reached the climax of horrors when the bodies of Mr. Huelin and his housekeeper were discovered, But this new crime surpasses the other both in the number of its victims and the mystery of its perpetration. In London no or_e knows anything about his next door neigh bour, and it is quite possible for an old man to be got rid of without his absence being observed. But that in a small village a whole household should be dispatched, and that eight-and-forty or sixty hours should pass before the awful deed is discovered—that in a place small enough for every face to be known, the action of every individual to be common property, seven persons should be beaten and battered to death, and no one to be the wiser is, indeed, appalling. Surely children do not die without a cry. Surely full grown men and women do not suffer massacre without a strenuous struggle and a shout for help. Yet here in this village on the borders of Buckinghamshire and Middlesex three women and three children were murdered in one house, and the man who bore to the other victims the relations of son, husband, brother-in-law, and father, was also beaten to death in another building, his own work shop, and no one knew it. In fact •there was no reason why the massacre should have been known even now but for the fact that the day after its discovery was to have been the wedding day of one of the victims, and that the person who brought the wedding dress could not obtain admis sion, and gave the alarm. Terrible was the dis covery. Instead of a bride they found a bruised and bloody corpse, and they who were to have been her wedding guests lay by her side cold and stiff in the bonds of the same cruel death. The bridal dress gives place to a shroud, the wedding to a seven-fold funeral, and the festival of villagers with its joy, wherein no stranger would have intermeddled, becomes a tragedy of blood, upon which an empire gazes with horror and dismay. Second on the list of notices of motion last even ing in the House of Commons was this : —" Mr. W. Fowler r Bill to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts 1866-1869." Of the Acts which the member for Cambridge thus evidenced his desire to sweep from the statute-book of the realm, one of the youngest of our contemporaries, the thoughtful little weekly called Charles's Wain, yesterday spoke thus em patically " Thee Acts, which were muggled through Parliament in disguise, many persons supposing that they concerned cattle, not women, and even some active Members of Parlia ment being ignorant of their scope, are ostensibly designed to eradicate a disease too loathsome to name, which is the result of voluntary vice. The advocates of these measures take two principal lines of argument : the first is addressed to respectable persons, and the chief points urged in it are, that it is benevolent to eradicate di4ease of any kind, whe ther or not such may be providentially directed to deter from vice ; and also that it is a duty to protect wives and children from disease communicated by immoral hi sbands. This line of argument is plausible, but unsound ; it proceeds upon a proposition by no means capable of proof—that by subjecting a certain disreputable class of women to medical inspection and treatment this disease can be stamped out. The fallacy of such a suggestion is evidenced, not only by the fact that the disease is still rampant in coun tries where these measures have been for years in vigo rous operation, but also from the difference of opinion existing between doctors as to its origin, nature, and proper treatment ; moreover, to operate upon one sex alone is absurd, especially where so much secret vice is now prevalent. Manifestly, to be consistent, the advocates of these measures ought to insist that all males, as well as females, 'mown to lead immoral lives should be inspected, and, if necessary, shut up in hospitals. " But the argument addressed to respectable persons is, after all, merely a b and for the second line of advocacy, by which it is urged that vice is a necessity; and that but for the disease in question it would be rather bene ficial than otherwi e to the race of man; such a theory would simply bring us to the bestial pro miscuous herding with which Comer, whethe justly or not, stigmatized the ancient Britons ; it is as directly op posed to Christianity as anything can be, and those men who unblushingly advance such a doctrine should be expelled from the pale of society. Safety cannot be secured by sin ; far better for a nation to be without an army than to purchase that safeguard by accepting vice as a necessary concomitant. To pass a law which, presuming vice to be a military neces sity, places the person of any woman at the mercy of a stupid or vicious policeman, supported by a credulous magistrate, and then to offer up public, prayers for the success of our aims and the preservation of our liberties (!), is a piece of hypocrisy which will inevitably receive its reward. National mimes meet their punishment in this world ; and those members who, from desire to indulge securely private vices, from fear of di s pl e asing the family doctor, or from party motives. lend'their sanction to such acts, will have not only to dread their own consciences, but the future curses of a fallen nation; whilst those who are indifferent to conscience or fame may yet remember that it is hazardous to risk po• pularity upon the immaculate execution of laws which offer strong temptations to abuse ; parliamentary cynicism will be a poor protection against popular indignation when aroused by outrages upon falsely-accused women." When Mr. Fowler's motion was brought forward last evening at a quarter past seven it will be seen, from our parliamentary report, that Mr. Craufurd, the member for Ayr burghs, had the House cleared, by order of the Speaker, of all strangers. The ladies were all of them (two of them very reluctantly) banished from behind their grille, The Speaker's Gallery and the stranger's gallery were alike emptied. The Reporters, to a man, were cleared out of what, par excellence, is known and spoken of as the Gallery. For nearly four hours, namely, until eleven o'clock had struck, the House of Commons discussed- Mr. Fowler's motion with closed doors. Those who spoke during the absence of the reporters were Mr. Fowler, Dr. Playfair, Mr. Henley, Mr. Secretaty Bruce, Major Anson (who moved the ad journment of the debate in order that it might be resumed when the representatives of the press were present), Mr. Cardwell Mr. New debate, Mr. Baines, and Sir J. D. Elphinstone : the result being that, upon a division In a house of 317 members, the debate was adjourned for a month by a majority of 141. Upon the return of the re porters to their gallery, it is particularly worthy of note that their appearance was greeted with a cor dial outburst of cheers. It was a signal recognition of the dignity of the Fourth Estate by the Third Estate of the Realm in Parliament assembled. • In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Watkin Williams introduced the subject of the Established Church in %Vales, and moved two resolutions, the practical effect of which was to declare that the con nection between Church and State in the Principa lity should cease. The hon. gentleman was remark ably temperate in his language, but it was im possible to resist the idea that a deeper design Underlay the propositions. Mr. Gladstone indeed seemed perfectly conscious of the momentous con sequences which the affirmation of an abstract prin ciple like that involved in the resolutions might pro duce, and he did not disguis, his conviction that the Established Churches of England and Wales were inseparably connected, and confessed that he was not prepared to disturb the Church of England. 'I he motion of Mr. Williams was, on a division,lost by a c o nsiderable majority. Sh ort l y a f ter 7 Mr. V. Fowler was about to ask leave to bring in a bill to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts, which have created so much excitement in different parts of the country, when Mr. Craufurd adopted a course for the exclusion of all but the members, which has not been pursued for very many years. He called the atten tion of tye Speaker to the presence of " strangers," and the surprise which was manifested by the House was something extraordinary. The consequence was that the occupants of the strangers' and ladies' galleries, as well as the reporters, had to withdraw, and the debate was carried on until a quarter-past eleven, whe❑ it was adjourned. Mr. T. Hughes then moved for leave to introduce a bill, having for its object the suppression of turf betting, and the evils arising from horse-racing. He was successful, but no . without a division. 4 - wititityr. The Princess of Wales drovo out yesterday morning and agz,in in the afternoon. The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of the Albert Hall Committee, held at Marlborough House. His Royal Highness in the evening dined with Lord Houghton, in Upper Brook-street. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The Times is somewhat sceptical about the strength of the agitation for the disestablishment of the Welsh Church, and satirises Mr. Watkin Williams for the recondite character of his last night's speech. Mr. Williams must have known one would think that he was only giving Mr. Gladstone an oppor tunity for displaying his superior knowledge on such subjects, but the Premier did something more than dilate on Welsh ecclesiastic:l history. The ques tion raised by Mr. Williams cannot be considered alone, for England and Wales are one, and cannot in such matters be legislated for separately. The English people are proud of their Church, though they may desire reforms, while the Welsh are, as Mr. Williams himself confessed, apathetic in the matter. The advocates of dis establishment had better be cautious, for premature action on their part will only entail defeat, and lead to vigorous preparations for defence. The Standard says that the House ?of Commons was determined to get through the Irish Land Bill at any cost on Monday night, and perhaps it was as well, for the public will be glad to think that the measure may be laid before the House of !Lords without much loss c! time. The Comervatives have had a great deal to do with ;,his successful issue, for had they adopted an obstructive course the bill could never have been pushed through committee in time 'to pass the Upper House before the close of the session. The Opposition do not seek to gain a partial or temporary advantage through the failure of the chief measure, and the dis grace of their opponents. Even as it is so much time has been wasted by mistakes and mismanagement that Par liament will not have much to show for its months of labour and never-ending discussions. The Telegraph asks what has befallen us that murder is so rife among us. Scarcely had the Chelsea murder been fully comprehended before a new horror of a more appalling character frighted and perplexed the public mind. The story of the Uxbridge catastrophe revives the story of the Tropmann massacre, and it is a painful thought that the perpetrators of such crimes are permitted to wander among us. The murder does not seem to have been prompted by motives of plunder, and revenge is spoken of as the primary cause. We must trust that the usual infatuation of crime will lead the guilty man to the commission of some act which may insure detection, and that society may be spared the scandal which would ensue from his escape. The Daily News says that the Fenians have begun their march upon Canada, so at least we are informed by telegrams ; but it is certain if they carry out their inten tions that they will find themselves in a different position for that which they looked for. We must expect the United States Government to perform its part in the event of a collision between the Colonists and the Fenians, and there is no reason for misgivings on that score. The Canadians are evidently anxious to dispose of their troublesome visitors in the most summary way possible, and we may therefore look for a speedy termination of the affair should this last account prove a correct one, and the Fenian raid an established fact. The Post says that a most extraordinary event took place last night in the enforced ,withdrawal of strangers from the House on the motion of Me. Craufurd. The public may not care to know the rparticulars of any one debate, but the principle invoked in the matter is an im portant one, for they have an undoubted right to know what takes place in the House. It is idle to talk of the freedom of the press if such an occurrence is sanctioned by authority and precedent. The French will naturally ask what advantages we enjoy over their own when a scene of this character can take place. CRICKET. The match between Woolwich and Sandhurst was brought to a conclusion at Lord's yesterday, Sandhurst winning by four runs only, a result that was mainly attri butable to the fine bowling of Mr. London. The business at tile Liverpool police-court, on Mon day was unusually great. No fewer than 307 prisoners were booked ; 258 for being drunk. The Liverpool Mercury states that only eighty-seven of these had money upon them. The inference is that the remainder had spent their last penny in drink The American papers state that Captain Corn merell, of her Majesty's ship Monarch, has written a letter to the Secretary of the United States navy to express thanks and acknowledgments in behalf of the Queen and the British navy for the attention which the officers of his vessel received while in America. Lord St. Leonards has caused to be placed in the window of one of the principal shops in the borough of which he is the High Steward (Kingston-on-Thames) two of the forged letters which have been written in such numbers to his lordship's annoyance. The exhibition of the documents (a local correspondent says) attracts much attention. The arrival of the Camperdown, one of the large ships engaged in the Calcutta jute trade, has caused much rejoicing at Dundee. The vessel left Calcutta on the Ist of December last, and was, therefare, 173 days at sea. For the past two months grave fears for her safety had been felt in Dundee, from which town the crew of the Camperdown had chiefly been selected. It is stated that Boulton, one of the men in women's clothes, is a son of a northern country squire. Park, his friend and accomplice, is the son of a gentleman holding a high position in one of our Common Law Courts. Cumming is a student at Oriel College, Oxford. Thomas, another of the party; is or was at Christ Church. The division list touching the University Tests Bill shews that the Conservatives were not especially enthusiastic in opposing the measure. The 66 who voted against it are composed almost entirely of the leaders and a few followers of the Charley and Newdegate class. The bulk of the party seems to have felt no interest In the matter. The Spanish Order of Noble Ladies, which has just been conferred on Madame 01Eyler, carries with it the title of " excellency," and confers a rank equivalent to that of Grandee. The cordon consists of a violet ribbon and white stripes, to which a medal is attached. There are at present in France ten other ladies who have the right to wear it. iThe Leeds Mercury of yesterday prints a petition which it says has been numerously and influentially signed, both by clergymen of the Church of England and ministers of Nonconformist bodies, as affording the basis of a compromise on the religious difficulty. The exclu sion of religious teaching from schools is deemed unde sirable; but it is allowed that in rate-supported schools no distinct formulary should be taught. Mr. Tillet has informed the deputation from the Norwich Liberal representative meeting that he will come forward as a candidate for the city only on condition of receiving promises of support from the leading Whigs, who intend to meet on Thursday to consider the present position of the party. Mr. Edward Warner has refused to become a candidate unless requested to do so by the United Liberal party. No Conservative has up to this time entered, the field. Earl Russell will bring forward the following motion in the House of Lords after Whitsuntide :—" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, stating that this House has seen with great satisfaction the spon taneous expressions of loyalty and attachment to the British Crown which have lately emanated from many of the colonies. 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D UNVI LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended by the medical profession in preference to French Lrand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUN VILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.O. 1 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FRANCE. PARIS, MaY 24 The Central Committee of the Pl e bi s cite has dissolved itself, on the ground that its existence subsequent to the vote would be illegal. Bourse flat. Rentes 74f. 62c. at the close. SPAIN. • MADRID, play 23. 0 News from Gibraltar stat e s that four Englishmen 11 7 been carried off from the vicinity of Gib ra ltar by bfig 3 n The Government has given orders for pursuit. There rod no bands in the Peninsula. May 24 ' Espartero agrees to accept the throne, if nominated by the nation, though he will not come forward as a cana l ' didate. The Esparterist Committee is not satisfied wi th the result of the interview with Prim. PORTUGAL. LISBON, May 23 ' The new Ministry is expected to contain the follosci°6 memlsei a : Duke of Saldanha . . Minister of War. Marquis d'Avila . . Minister of Foreign Aff airg. Senhor Saraiba . . . Minister of Finance. Senhor Andrale . . Minister of Marine. Bishop Viseu . . . Minister of the Interior• Senhor Carvallo . . Minister of Public Work ,_,.., 1 5 : Marshal Saldanha has declared that he will inillur''''; the independence of the country, in contradiction to 8° . 1)3 ,,„ - statments which set forth that he was in favour of Iberia' unity. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, MaY 2 t he Th Liberal party have succeeded i n a lmost all '- elections of the provincial councils. AMERICA. WASHINGTON, May 24. It is reported that the Fenians are concentrating li e ' St. Albans, Vermont, for an attack on Canada. hor teer Militia in Toronto have received orders to be in readiness. The House of Representatives reuses to provide for the mission to Rome. The official correspondence respecting the Red Riper expedition shows hat the refusal of the American )r.' vernment to allow British vessels to pass the St. ge i r Canal was dependent o n th e i r carr yi ng war raaterie • Mr. Thornton notified that a trading steamer, the Chicora, had been stopped. THE MAIL SERVICE. The Inman steamer, City of Paris, arrived at New I r w °r l , l : on the 23d of May, after e ncoun t er i ng sever e gales. 1- "„ Rhein, a German steamer, arrived at Southampto n the 24th. The Syria, a Peninsular and Oriental Con 1 P 31 1;: steamer, left Gibraltar on tit* 23d for Southampton , la Bombay mails. Her arrival is expected on the 28th. INDIA. CALCUTTA, NW 23 ii Wheat is rising in price through th e nor th-west and,'" - i e Punjab. Prices unchanged i n pi ece goods market. Cote ton fair Bengal 25i. Exchange on London, six 1: 011t19' Bank bills, is. ; Four per Cent. Government S ec , rities, 971; Five per Cent. ditto, 1071 ; ie-and-a-Ijalf per Cent. ditto, 1141. BOMBAY, AfftY 24 a A war is thought to be likely between Persia g n i , Affghanistan. Exchange on London, six months' 1331 '' bills, is. 11 3-16 d. ; Four per Cent. Government Secti; rities, 961; Five per Cent. ditto, 1071 ; Five and a 14g1. per Cent. ditto, 1141 to 1. The following appeared in our Special Edition of Ye°ter day evening:— (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MORE MURDERS BY BRIG ANDS' TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 21 A band of fifteen brigands having murdered thre shepherds in Thessaly were pursued by Turkish trooP6 but escaped by crossing the Greek frontier. TRIAL AND SENTENCE OF THE GRES S BRIGANDS. ATHENS, May 22, Evening- The trial of the brigands implicated in the late O s ' sacre at Oropos took place yesterday, and after fourtesafi hours' duration resulted in a sentence of death again st the prisoners, seven in number. FRANCE. PARIS, May 21 Mr. Leavy Brown, the first Secretary of the Chine . ; Mission, arrived here yesterday, and proceeds with 4 ' mandarins to Florence. The small-pox is still increasing at Paris ; the clot h' • last week from that cause w ere 195 as aga i n st 179 111 th previous week. ITALY. FLORENCE, 11 3 7 e In to-day's sitti ng o f th e Ch am b er o f Deputies t o e whole of the estimates of the expenditure were agre eci d i s .' amounting in the aggregate to 765,000,000 lire. The , cussion of the financial bills relating to the army will cog' mence to-morrow. AMERICA. Intelligence has been r ece i ve d her N e l nouncing the capture of C aracas by th e revolutionists, - the 27th April, aft er a severe fi g h t, i n w hi c h 500 ' ger° killed. President Monagas surrendered, but was released parole. f w ro Y m " V i e ' n ige:L:3. nn 0°: General Blanco has been made Provisional Presiden t ',. s , The new Goverment had abolished the export d ' u l and reduced the import duties 70 per cent. e The North German Lloyd steamer Hain arrived her at 10 p.m. yesterday. Gold closed at 1134; the highest quotation during tho (Isl was 114 I; the lowest 1134. ge d The Inman royal mail steamer City of rariS ab tß a here to-night. All well. She experienced heavy Web gales. AMERICAN MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON M a y _ s py/ ' The North Ge rman Ll oy d' s s t eamer Rh e i n , froli York, has arrived. She brings 532 passengers for for port, Havre, and Bremen, and 144 sacks of n 394 ', 1a 4 London ; also 59,706 dollars for London and 5,000 01 °' for Bremen. ST. NAZAIRE, A l3Y l,4 4 cet The Transatlantic Company's steamer IraPe i : n :'o, from Colon, May 2 ; Santa Martha, 4 ; and Mart ini ' 9, has arrived here with 165 passengers. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS .) THE EDUCATION QUESTION. A meeting called by the supporters of the N3tl3-eo Education League was held at Bradford last , n ight, lyr of amid some confusion a Imolution was passed ill focal a y, the election of school boards by ratepayers gei le° of voting by ballot, compulsory attendance, prohibitioxl,,„ sectarian teaching, though not of reading and instrctiv from the Bible, and free admission to schools. BRISTOL ELECTION PETITION. „ -aa The Bristol election petition was proceeded with tofi At the opening of the Court two witnesses were as call.' h and did not answer—namely, Christopher Thom, chair' man of the Liberal Association ; and George Richa', r, mentioned as a briber in O'Malley's speech. rin we'e of after the Judge had mentioned that the consequence Sae non-attendance might be serious, both witnesses tna,rdo their appearance. The examination of George B leb was then proceeded with. l'a test publican George Richards said, in evidence, that he eniPi n J t publican named Munday to get as many vo tes at the io ballot as he could. Witness knew that Munday n ise get them by drink. Told Munday not to s p are e%Pe for for drink. Witness paid Munday £B. 10s., which wa s „d. loss of time and drink, in treating voters. Witness mitted treating by himself, and said he he n did ot °Re that bribery at the test ballot bore legally on t tion. tat Mr. Ringstone, landlord of the Athenaeum Refreshillteil Room in Bristol, stated his belief that only the staff inane committee-room were refreshed at his house. Th e ,i' i t he then pointed out in the bill rendered by the witness committee 37 breakfasts, and also 60 teas for 000 1- , - ; whereas the staff numbered a dozen only. 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