The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-20 00:00:00

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Brown Vandyke WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at S; Saturday Moin in.;s at 3. Admission, is, Is, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5 .30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily (except Sundays) Admission. ls.• on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. ?4 !ITN, MUM ) LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1870. THE representation of the people in Ireland is the most lamentable feature of a system which offers abundant scope for improvement in many respects. Mr. Munster has just been unseated for bribery. k little while ago a discreditable story of priestly interference in Longford came out with the effect of unseating Captain Greville-Nugent. 'Another contest, which promises to be in one respect at least of a still more dis- graceful character, is now on the way in that county. Five seats— Cashel, Dublin, Longford and county Sligo—are now vacant in consequence 'of corrupt practices. Mr. Osborne's seat for Waterford is at tacked; and whether the petition succeeds or not it is equally certain that the villany of the proceedings at Waterford was of peculiar rankness. Such is the present state of Irish politics. It is undjubtedly true that in respect of individual cases the larger isle has little to boast of; for if England can rejoice over no Waterford, Ireland cannot gaze with pride upon a Beverley or a Bridgwater. But in general iniquity, in the dreary uniformity of petitions and vacant seats, Ireland is securing an alarming pre-eminence. So universal is this infamy that with every respect for the principle of repre sentation, it is impossible to avoid a passing question as to the aim or object of holding elections which are always disgraced by rows, 'end which are almost always fought over again. If disfranchisement can be of utility as a warning to other corrupt constituencies, it would seem that the boroughs in the south and west of Ireland might most advantageously receive chastise ment. But they are generally found on the right side of the line which marks off the province of "extensive corruption." The requisite per-tentage of bribery and treating is never reached, though some boroughs have touched dangerously near the mark. The operations of the priests do not come within the ban of the law. The riots are conducted in great part by non electors, and they offer no fair mark for punishment. The only resource is to persevere with such appli ances as we possess until they can be improved. These frequent losses of seats must surely act as some deterrent to candidates. Mr. Munster fought a lively battle at Cashel; he attained the head of the poll at Mallow; and yet he has found no admission to St. Stephens. Two expensive and fruitless con teats may perhaps induce both him and others to try the virtue of lawful electioneering. The prosecu tion of agents should be unshrinkingly carried on, if higher game cannot be brought down; and it is clear that a little amendment of the law, so as to reach forms of corruption which now escape, could do no harm. It seems probable that the fight in Longford wil' be conducted without corruption. Both candidates possess ample weapons of electoral warfare in the shape of position, popularity, and influence, and the salutary warning administered to the priests may possibly restrain the kicking, condemnation from the pulpit, and general intimidation which unseated Mr. Greville Nugent. Nevertheless, this contest, too, possesses a special degradation of its own. A. Waterford fight presents no more melancholy a spectacle than the electioneering of Mr. Harman King, a Conservative of good family, great wealth, and influence, who does not scruple to sell his Conserva tism in order to buy nationalist votes with the promise of an independent Irish Parliament, and something like fixity of tenure. These latter are principles which every person is free to hold; but they are not Conservative principles. And most assuredly will this coquetting with Fenianism, even in a mild form, bring its own punishment. Of all men, Mr. Harman King and his class have most to lose by the triumph of the party for which ho now declares himself. To no one would a Nationalist victory be more disastrous than to the landowner who asks to represent Nationalism in Parliament. Encouraged by the support of such men as Mr. Harman King, the Repealers seem disposed to enter upon another vigorous campaign in favour of their doctrines. In face of such an emergency, it is well for the Irish Conservatives to know that "Conservative Repeal" is likely to be far more dangerous than those alliances with the Radicals which brought the Conservatives in England into such trouble. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) IT is reportect that there will be a compromise with regard to Mr. Newdegate's motion, and that instead of a House of Commons Committee there will be a Royal Commission appointed to inquire —not into the discipline 9f monastic institutions—but into the conditions upon which they hold property. The two objects are so utterly different that we can hardly imagine the member for North Warwickshire assenting to the substitution of one for the other. We do not see that Roman Catholics could reason ably object to the latter inquiry. Their religious societies have no legitimate claim to the possession of property on any other tenure than that under which property is held by other religious corpora tions. We see no reason why a small minority of Christians should be granted privileges which are forbidden to the majority. We do not expect that Mr. Newdegate will be content with this limited investigation. He is moved, not by any particular regard for legal equality, but by a deep and implac able hatred for monastic institutions, especially those of the Roman Church. He wishes to place them on the same footing as gaols and madhouses, and to subject them to Government inspection. This is the object which he has had in view all his life. This was the matter which the House of Commons debated with such angry passion shortly before the adjournment for the recess. In this object we trust that he will wholly fail. Our reasons for wishing this are numenus. In the first place there is a strong argument that no religious body ought to ba subjected to any disadvantage be cause of its religion. There ought to be equal justice for all religious bodies. The same argument which woukl commend to public approtal the proposal to inquire into the acquisition of property by monastic institutions shpug wile public disapproval THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1870. against the proposed inspection. As the Roman Church ought not to have peculiar privileges, so it ought not to suffer under peculiar disabilities. In the next place, we believe that inspection would be highly inexpedient. There are two reasons for as sinning this. The one is that monasteries, as distinct from convents, are illegal institutions, are actually forbidden by Act of Parliament, and that for Parliament to recognise them by appointing in spectors would be to stultify its own enact ment. Perhaps Mr. Newdegate would be prepared to enforce this Act ; but we warn him that the same hatred of intoleranc3 which this country shows at all times when not under the influence of a panic, and which has rendered the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill a dead letter, would never suffer the revival of the Act against monasteries. Moreover, as there cannot be a different laiv on the subject for different parts of the kingdom, inspection or prohibition—whichever be the alternative selected—must, if adopted at all, be applied to Ireland as well as to England. It is simply no argument to say that Ireland is a Roman Catholic country and must therefore be treated differently from England. The argument is rather the other way; in proportion as the mis chief is more prevalent (and monastic institutions are ex hypothe3i mischievous) is there greater need of correction, and in Ireland, above all parts of ..the kingdom, should' inspection be enforced. Is Mr. Newdegate prepared to carry out his principle to this, its legitimate extent? Ireland is estranged, and we are attempting to win it to loyalty and affec tion by special legislation. What would the Irish people say to us if we showed our goodwill by inflicting upon them that which they would consider an intolerable insult? If Irish monasteries and nunneries are to be in spected, we may as well have spared ourselves the sacrifice of the Irish Established Church, and might even now escape from the labour of passing the Irish Land Bill, for all such measures would be utterly without result. The message of peace would be con tumeliously rejected if accompanied by such an out rage as this. lVhy should monastic institutions be inspected ? They are voluntary associations—families, in fact, as much entitled to be considered private as any ordinary houSehold. The argument used by Lord Elcho—one quite worthy of him who used it—that $ these institutions have nothing to hide they ought to court instead of resisting Government inspection, will have force only when private families consent to be inspected. Moreover, inspection would bo useless. The stories of physical coercion we do not believe. We hold that they are the mere fables of Protestant tradition—" a fond thing vainly invented." Were it otherwise we should not find these institu tions defended by members of the British Par liament who have sisters or daughters in nunneries. On the contrary, they would be the first to demand inspection. As it is, they resist it as a gross insult to their relatives, and it is Protestants like Mr. New degate and Mr. Murphy who agitate the matter. Even if moral coercion does exist, inspection would not put an end to it. If a woman feels bound by the uruers or ner superior or of her spiritual director, ii she surrenders her will to abbess or to priest, all the inspectors in the world would not bo able to liberate her. She entered the convent voluntarily; if she remains there involun tarily, there is no pressure put upon the will which a State functionary could remove. There is no remedy but to apply for a dispensation from her vows. It may allay Mr. Newdegate's apprehensions to know that when it is clearly shewn that the application is well founded, and does not arise from transient pique, the dispensation is granted. It might be better that there should be no vows, and that the obligations should not be more binding than they are in some conventual institutions, such as the Beguinago at Ghent. But it is quit.) certain that where religious poisons have taken vows, they will not think that: any of her Majesty's inspectors of convents has the power to release them. Cr - 77 firfo • (tint 0111111 M _HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 19. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales, drove out this morn mg. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AT SOUTHAMPTON. Their Royal Highnesses arrived'bere this morning in the Queen's yacht Alberta, from Osborn, and were received with great enthusiasm. Royal salutes were fired, the Mayor attended, and ships dressed in honour of Vie occasion. Their Royal highnesses left for London at 11.45 a.m. Mr. Gladstone has been invited to preside at the annual dinner of the Cobden Club, which will take pace, as usual, towards the close of the session, and the committee are hopeful that ho will accept the in- vitation. Lady Herbert of Lea, accompanied by Lady Mary Herbert and hor son, the Hon. William Reginald Herbert, have returned to Wilton House, near Salisbury, from Lisbon. The death is announced this morning of Lady Stewart, wife of Sir Houston Stewart, G.C.B. the marriage of Lady Harriet Gordon to Mr. Lindsay is fixed for the 7th of May, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. A marriage is about to take place between the Hon. Frederick Banbury-Tracy and Miss Winnington, daughte" of Sir Thomas and Lady Winnington. Lord Kildare is about to be created Baron Kildare in the United Kingdom. Tbe Hon. Julian Fane died yesterday morning, i n Portman• square. He was 42 years of ago. The deceased gentleman was the son of the eleventh Earl of Westmorland. There is now reason to hope that Colonel Akroyd, M.P., will recover from his severe injuries. General Nissage Saget has been elected President of the republic of Hayti for the period of four years. Mr. James Bryce will succeed the Queen's Advo cate, who has resigned the Chair of Civil Law at Oxford. It is stated that Major Knox will contest Mallow again, .and will be opposed by Mr. Waters, Q.C., who retired at the last election in favour of Mr. Munster. Captain H. Barrow telegraphed from Penzance "as follows :—" The mid-channel cable is now laid to the telegraph station vessel Brisk, and signals are perfect." A number of gentlemen who have served with Admiral Sir Henry Keppel purpose entertaining him at a public dinner at Portsmouth on Thursday, the 28th instant, on the occasion of the paying off of the Rodney. A concession for telegraph cables between Ro and Para and Rio Grande do Sul, touching in all the mari time provinces, has been granted to Sir Charles Bright and others. The Palermo journals state that the cartridges recently seized in that city, at San Gregorio, wero to the number of 10,000; they had apparently been made about three years. The material found was sufficient to fabricate 20,000 more. • It is understood that the sentence passed on James Rutterford, , convicted at the Suffolk assizes of the murder of John Hight, at Eriswel', Suffolk, has been commuted to penal servitude for life. Since his conviction Rutterford Las con ducted himself with propriety. He will be removed shortly from Bury St. Edmunds. The alligator, said to have been caught in the Thames, turns out to bo a large lizard, which escaped from the premises of Mr. Jamrack, a naturalist, in Rateliff-high way, and found its way into the London Docks, only about 300 yards off, and thence through some of the locks into the liver. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, as one of the Chelsea steamboats neared Lambeth Pier, a pleasure boat was seen foul of a tier of barges moored in the stream. A women was thrown late the water, and a man jumped in after her and tried to rescue her. She sank, however, and the mau was rescued in an exhausted state. The Buenos Ayres advices state that, owing to the inunda , iou• of a large bonded warehouse, moat of the Euglish imp:irting houses had had valuable merchaudise damaged. The CastJrn-house authorities allowed the goods to be at once removed without payment of duties, the appmisemeut of the dimaged goods to be made at the dif fereut warehouses, or upon the auctioneer's bill of sale. A PROTESTANT ARCHDEACON FOR REPEAL. Archdeacon Goold, a Protestant clergyman, has openly joined the new "repeal" ranks. lle writes to a Dublin paper thus :—" Sir,—As I believe I was among the first, if not the very first Protestant clergyman publicly to proclaim my conviction that repeal of the Union was the only measure calculated to rescue Irishmen from the bondage of an Anglo-Papal despotism as degrading to Irish nationality as it is f a t a l t o I r i s h morality, permit me through your columns to share some portion of the obloquy incurred by the eloquent Mr. McCutchan in his late able and truthful lecture on " Grattan and his Times." lam glad, however; to find that his national utterances met a ready and heartfelt response from many Protestants in the body of the ball. In endorsing his se,n -timents,l believe I am but furthering the best interests of my native land, and striking a blow, however feeble, for the emancipation of honest Irishmen of every class and creed from the galling thraldom of sham piety, mock p_ttriotism, and selfish place hunting. BROA.DHEAD WORSHIP AT SHEFFIELD. A drama called " The Union Wheel " was produced at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield, on Saturday. The Sheffield Independent says :—" The play is one which deals with trades unionism, and introduces rattening, a blow up, and putting powder in a grinder's trough. The propriety of producing such a play as this in Sheffield of all other plekts may possibly be questioned. One would almost think we had had enough of this kind of thing in reality without having it produced upon the stage ; but " The Union Wheel " possesses this advantage over real life, that it brings the rattener and blower-up to speedy justice, and if it be the means of teaching all who feel inclined to do the same kind of work that their fate will be similar, it will do a greater omount of good than the author in his most sanguine moments could have anticipated. One of the most striking characters in the play is that of Mr. William Bromley, secretary of the sawgrinders' union ; and it is at once easy to see that it is intended to represent a former secretary of that union. The get up' of Mr. Alex ander, who represents the character, is really admirable, and so well does he imitate the twinkling of the eye-glass, the frequent use of the silk pocket handkerchief, and the style of speaking with which at one time those who attended trades union meetings were so familiar, that it seems almost difficult to believe, the journey to America having signally failed, that the notorious ex-secretary of the Grinders' Union had not turned his attention to the stage. A sad feature in connection with the representationof the play on Saturday night—and we suppose it will be the same at every suc ceeding representation —was that the sentiments which the author put into the mouth of Bromley as to the inte rests of the union being above all considerations were loudly cheered by the occupants of the gallery, whilst sentiments which went to the contrary effect met with only a very partial response." A PROTESTANT PICTURE OF CONVENT LIFE. One who describes himself as " A Scotsman and a good Protestant" writes to the North British Daily Mail to bear testimony to the real happiness and contentment of the nuns he frequently saw at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in the vicinity of London. A few years ago, he says, I was on very friendly terms with a Brazilian Nobleman,then resident in London, whose two daughters, with those of a South American gentleman, were in the above institution. My first visit was unexpected, on account of the baron having to leave suddenly on important business for the Continent, avid I was despatched to enquire the young ladies to the city to receive the paternal adieux. An entire stranger, I arrived at the convent at a late hour-9 p.m.—and on ringing the bell the door was opened on the chain by a nun in the usual dress. Presently the Lady Superior entered the drawing-room. My letter delivered and read, the lady, with the most homely and charming frankness, told me that the young ladies' boxes were being packed with dresses, &c., and that my young charges would be with me shortly. In about 20 minutes the young ladies entered, accompanied by at least a dozen other nuns. The only doubt I had at the time of being under restraint was that they spoke in whispers. On taking my leave of the Lady Superior, and walking up the long corridor, with my . companions in the van, I felt a gentle poke in my ribs, and turning round I looked on the most beautiful and angelic face I ever beheld. With a sweet and pleasant smile this young French lady said, "Dis is de keys of de ladies' boxes." At the portals, it was only a scene of real affection and love—kissing and good wishes being freely interchanged among a sisterhood of young persons hailing from almost "all kindreds, nations, tongues, and powers," whose home, I think, was happy, and whose only regret was th e t em p orar y depar ture of the ladies I was to accompany. I was frequently afterwards at the convent, when any friends or acquaint ances were invariably readily admitted. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, Tues3ay Night. There is great satisfaction in the provinces with the resolutions that have been taken as to the Plebiscite. The Committee of the Senate orders that the vote shall be taken between the Empire with order and a Republic. The Right and Left Centres have joined in support of the Government. The Extreme factions are broken up. M. Darn's second note has been officially commu nicated to the Roman Government. The announcement of the Plebiscite will be accom panied by an Imperial proclamation, and followed by a Ministerial manifesto. The reported increase in the number of the Cabi net Ministers is quite unfounded. l3ouasE, April 19.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : lippe:rgait 77 - End of month 74 62} credit Mobilier 275 Transatlantic 197 50 Foncier 1320 Paris Gas 1682 50 Suez Canal 3lO Cash Orleans .. 975 Western Northern ... UK' Strasburg Lyons and Mediterrauean Southern..... 616- 14 Sardinian Austrian 805 :1 Lombard 4OBl North of Spain 63 Saragossa Roman — Bank Shares 2830 Ital'an rives 56 SO Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt... 4B 80 Spanish Threes Homo Debt — Deferre4 RAILWA" ITALY. FORENCE, April 19. The Opinio i ne asserts that since the abandonment of the Candidature of the Duke of Genoa, the Spanish Government have not entered into negotia tions about any other candidate to the Throne, and that, in fact, all rumours to the contrary have no foundation whatever. GREECE- ATHENS, April 19. The brigands have taken Mr. Frederick Vyner, Mr. Herbert, and Mr. Lloyd to a house on the coast, where they are kept as prisocers, but are well treated. The brigands still demand besides a ransom of 20,000 livres an amnesty, which cannot however be legally granted. AMERICA. (By Cable). NEW YORK, April 19. The Hamburg and American steamer Silesia arrived out at noon to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1131 ; tlui highest quotation during the day was 1131 ; the lowest, 1131. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 1867 1094 1.124 1111 1101 10Gi 141 10-40 Illinois . Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Potroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra Stato, $4 50c. to $5 10c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 15c, OPENING OF EASTER TERM—Tats DAY. The Lord High Chancellor received her Majesty's judges, the Queen's counsel, sergeants-at-law, and other high legal officials this morning at his residence in Great George -street. Amongst the earliest arri vals were Vice-Chancellor Sir R. Malins, Vice- Chancellor Sir W. M. James, Mr. Baron Pigot, the Lord Chief Justice of England, Mr. Justice Willes, Lord Chief Justice Bovill, Lord Pen zance, S'r Rounded Palmer, QC., M.P., the Attorney and Solicitor-General, Mr. Justice Keat ing, Mr. Baron Channell, Mr. Justice Lush, &c. After partaking of the Lord Chancellor's hospi tality, and exchanging congratulations, the Judges proceeded to their respective courts in Westminster Hall, where a large number of persons bad assem bled to witness their arrival. NIGHT-STEERING COMMUNICATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siß,—ln your paper of April 15 (referring to the Bombay and Oneida collision) you point out differ ences in the rule of the road at sea between the Eng lish and American Maritime Law. May I venture to suggest that, whatever they may be, had either of these unfortunate ships the means of communicating to each other the helm they were using this lament able catastrophe could not have occurred. In the opinion of sailors there is only one argument on the subject, which is, " that ships should have the means of communicating their steering movements." I offer a plan, " simple and decisive," to remedy this default, which is " that every ship should carry two red and two green lights, vertical, a few feet apart, on either bow, instead of one, as at present. The second light to be used only as a ' steering signal,' the double light indicating the helm under which the ship is acting, or would act in the event of her course hiving to be altered." lam sure your readers must agree that the time has arrives for this long-disputed subject to be inquired into, and, if possible, rectified. --I remain, sir, your obedient servant, FRANCIS BLACKWOOD, Commander, R.N. 4, Eaton-terrace. LIVERPOOL COTTON AIARKET.-(THIS DAY. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. Harkst quiet. Advices from Konigsberg st Lte that the Sound is perfectly clear and the whole of the Baltic free of ice. The Jane and Sophie, of Aalborg, bound for Ptrth, was wrecked yesterday off Dundee. It is thought that her crew, consisting of five or six men, have perished. An entire boat and part of another have been picked up on the beach. The Spanish papers of the 18th inst. comment severely on a statement that is being circulated to the effect at a recent banquet in Rome in honour of the Prince Alfonso, Lord Derby, in the presence of various Generals, Cardinals, Spanish Bishops, and members of the ex-Royal family of Naples, gave the following toast:—" In my name, tind that of all my friends of the British Parliament, I drink to the Prince of Asturias."—Times Correspondent. On Monday afternoon a salmon was caught in the Thames. The fish is a true sAhnou—salmo Baler; it weighed 2Elb., and measured 39in. in length, arid 22in. girth. It was caught in a sprat net at ebb tide by a fisherman in the lower part of Gravesend Reach. Mr. Frank Buckland says:— "This beautiful fish has but few of the black X marks upon the back ; the cheeks and sides aro unusually bright and opalescent. lam glad to be able to report its arrival in the Thames, as it is a good omen for the future salmonisation of this noble river." LOSS OF A YARMOUTH SMACK. Intelligence has just been received of the total loss of the smack Rochdale, of Yarmouth. Early on Saturday morning, during a heavy fog, the smack ran on the north end of Hasborough sand. She however got off again, and the crew went to the pumps ; but she made water so fast that they were obliged to take to their boats, and they shortly afterwards saw the vessel go down. After several hours pulling the crew were picked up by the sloop Hercule, and subsequently landed at Yarmouth. Un Good Friday the Liverpool Tramways Com pany conveyed 7,074 passengers. During the past winter ➢ldlle. Nilsson has given six concerts in Paris for benevolent objects. They have produced more than £2,800. A billiard match for £lOOO iq announced to take place in Dublin between Gannon, the Irish champion, and Dufton. of London. IGHT IN A COUNTY COURT.—The Warrington Guardian states that at the Crewe County Court, in the case of " Tomkinson v. Barton," a dispute between two horse-dealers, his Honour, Judge Harden, nonsuited the plaintiff, who immediately on this rushed at the de fendant, who was sitting on a form among the spectators, and began to belabour him savagely with his fists, de fendant crying out, " Oh, dear, he's broken my jaw." Plaintiff was immediately pulled off him and taken before the judge, who said that this was only the second case of assault in open court that he could remember. He sen tenced Tomkinsori to five days' imprisonment. - - A LIVERPOL EDITOR IN A Frx.—The editor of the Liverpool Mercury seems in a sort of mental obfusca tion anent the Brighton Review. He says the event " came off yesterday, and ought to have been a success ; but we have received two reports, and they contradict each other flatly. The first is short, concise, and severe. It says the marching past could not well have been worse, that the orders were vague, that companies were thrown out, and that there were lots of stragglers ' • it mentions that neither the Prince of W a l es nor the Duke of Cambridge were present, that no regular troops took part, and, in fact, implies that the whole affair was a failure. The second is—gush ing !—too rich a treat to be withheld. Such sentiment by telegraph is tantalising to a reader eager for facts; but the writer at length stoops low enough to inform us that ' the review was as perfect a success as the best friends of the volunteer movement could desire.' On the horns of such a dilemma we must remain in doubt as to the real merits of the case." DISSENTERS AND THE CONSCIENCE CLAUSE.— Many excellent clergymen find themselves unable to com prehend why Nonconformists put little faith in the opera tion of a " conscience clause "in rural schools. Perhaps a letter from the Rev. H. M. Fletcher, vicar of Derry Hill. Caine, Wiltshire, may help them to see that there is a difficulty, and that Dissenters have reason to dread it :—" There are few things that we are more inclined to resent than the continually-made assumption that it needs but that a Conscience Clause be passed into law, and schoolmasters and schoolmistresses will at once be found willing to sacrifice their consciences to its requirements. We are per suaded better things of very many good members of Christ's Church, now at work as witnesses to the truth. No enemies to the truth seem to us more dangerous than those who, professing to believe it in its fulness, either themselves hide it from the world which hates it, or hire others as teachers on the condition that in their teaching they will refrain from teaching any part of it to those scholars who are perhaps most closely affected by it, if their parents• disbelieve or dislike it." This letter ap peared in the last number of the Guardian, and it accords very closely with the spirit of other letters which have been published in the same paper. We wonder if Mr. Forster sees the Guardian.—Birmingham, .Daily Post. A. SCENE IN THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.--Lord Northbury, then Mr. Toler, went circuit as judge the first circuit I went as barrister. He continued my friend as warmly as he possibly could be the friend of anyone, and I thought he was in earnest. One evening, however, coming hot from Lord Clare's, at that time my proclaimed enemy, he attacked me with an after-dinner volubility which hurt and roused me very much. I kept indifferent bounds myself ; but he was generally so very good-tempered that I really felt a repugnance to indulging him with as tart a reply as a stranger would have received, and simply observed that " I should only just give him that character which de veloped itself by his versatility—namely, that he had a hand for every man, and a heart for nobody !" and I believe the sarcasm has stuck to him from that day to this. He returned a very warm answer, gave me a wink, and made his exit. Of course I followed. The Serjeant at-Arms was instantly sent by the Speaker to pursue us with his attendahts, and to bring both refractory members back to the House. Toler was caught by the skirts of his coat fastened in a door ; and they laid hold of him just as the skirts were torn completely off. I was overtaken in Nassau-street ; and, as I resisted, was brought, like a sack, on a man's shoulders, to the ad miration of the mob, and thrown down in the body of the House. The Speaker told us that we must give our honours forthwith that the matter should proceed no further. Toler got up to defend himself ; but as he then had no skirts, to his coat, made a most ludicrous figure; and Curran put a finishing stroke to the comicality of the scene, by gravely saying., that "it was the most un paralleled insult ever offered to the house; as it appeared that one honourable member had trimmed another honourable member's jacket within these walls, and nearly within view of the Speaker !" A general roar of laughter ensued. I gave Ay honour as required—l think with more good will than Toler ; and would willingly have forgotten the affair altogether, which he apparently never did.—Sfr "Watch Barrington's Personal Sketches of His Own Time. THE CARLISTS. The Inclepenelance Beige of Monday evening, publishes the following telegrams GENEVA, Saturday. It is asserted that Don Carlos has convoked his partisans here for the ISth of April. LONDON, Saturday. Cabrera has officially announced that he has completely abandoned, since the 19th of March, the direction of the political enterprises of the Carlist party. fERSECUTION OF NATIVE CHRISTIANS V J iPAN AND CHINA. News from Japan reports that an active persecution is still going on against the native Christians. At Na,„ _ousak l in particular there have been loud complaints. Sir Hari/ Parkes, the English representative, remonstrated with the authorities, but did not succeed in obtaining an y cow cessions. A joint representation of all the Foreign Ministers is spoken of, and would seem to be very .desir able, inasmuch as a search for all native Christians has been set on foot. It is gratifying to learn that the foreigners are surprised to discover the strong root that Christianity has taken in Japan, and that the victims of persecution are now numbered by the thousand instead of by the hundred, as formerly. The French Minister, M. de Rochechouart, has succeeded in obtain" ink reparation for the outrages committed on Roman • Cathohc missionaries and converts at Nganking. Tl l ° offenders have been punished and compensatio n made to the sufferers. At Kinkiang a g 11 3" rantee of 6,000 taels was demanded. The Chinese authorities at first refused compliance, but a movement of the gunboats altered their opinions. At Kweichow and Szechien, where sixty-seven houses and a church wer e destroyed, one of the missionaries being killed, vigorous measures have been taken. The ringleader of the riots has been condemned to imprisonment, and his princip al coadjutors to various degrees of punishment. The converts, houses are to be rebuilt, and 1,750 taels paid so compensation to missionaries for their personal losses, 30,000 taels being paid for the death of Abbe Rigaud, His murderer has been sentenced to death. M. de Roche' chouart also obtained the expulsion of the leading rioters, and the Viceroy has issued a proclamation in which Chris' tianity is declared to be completely free. DESPERATE AFFRAY. The Japan Herald records the circumstances of a butchery which occurred at Yokohama on a Sato' day evening in February, at a restaurant called the Commercial, kept by a Frenchman, named Pierr e Gamen. Gamen had received instructions to purchase some Japanese curios for a friend in Europe, wh o had remitted the money, which Gamen 113 u, stowed away in the house, unknown, as he believed, to has boy, a Japanese. On the evening the household retired to rest as usual, and all was quiet until about half-Past one o'clock on Sunday morning. Gamen heard a tap 14 1 his bedroom door. He sang out, " Who's there ?" and received a reply from the boy that he wanted to speak to him. He opened the door, and was passing into the outer room, when he received a fearful blow from an adze, which inflicted a severe wound on big head, struck him on the left arm, cutting him severely being a powerful man, he closed with his assailant, ana endeavoured to wrest the weapon from his grasp, receiving another wound in the attempt. At the same time he shouted for help, and aroused a woman who was in the house, who, sendine , forth a succession of screams, alarme d the neighbours and 'a European cook, who was sleeping in an outhouse in the rear of the premises. Arriving on the scene, Emile, the cook, rused at the Japanese and tried to get possession of the weapon he had been using with such deadly effect, while the woman at the same time bela boured his head with some bottles that happened to be in the room. Neariy stunned by the blows, and find ing he was losing his hold on his murderous weapon , he relinquished it, and quickly, drew a knife, with which he stabbed his opponent, inflicting no less than seven wounds before he received his coup de grace from the hands of Emile, who sent the adze crushing through has skull, felling him dead on the spot. Gamen was lying in a dangerous condition, but at the time the mail left hopeo were entertained of his recovery. The money and the property, which no doubt had excited the cupidity of the boy, were untouched. AFFAIRS IN NEW ZEALAND. _ . The Taranaki Herald, just arrived, gives full details of the proceedings in Waikato, which have been highly important since the beginning of the year. News WO received in Auckland on the 11th of January that Te Kooti was advancing towards Arakau. Warnings of O' similar kind came from several quarters, and preparation s for his reception were immediately made. The news that Te Kooti is within ten miles of a European settlement is sufficient to create a panic, but it was thought on this occasion he could net avoid capture and destruction. Mr. Firth, a prominent, settler in the neighbourhood, received, on the 15th of January, a lettei from Te Kooti, stating that he had heard of the terror his presence inspired, and desired to allay the fears of the settlers and the Queen's natives. lie wished to see Mr. Firth, and appointed as the meeting' place a monument which Mr. Firth had erected on 1 11 . .° grounds to the memory of William Thompson, the 'Wm' kato Kingmaker, with whom he formerly made peace. The Government declined to sanction this proceeding in any may, but the meeting took place and after it Mr. Firto sent a telegram to the authorities that Te Kooti had offered to surrender on condition of receiving protection . The answer was that no surrender could be accepted that was not entirely unconditional Mr. Firth's account of the interview represents the redoubtable chief as anxious for peace. " I am weary of fighting," he said, " an d desire to live quietly. If lam let alone I will never fight more, and will not hurt man, woman or child." In answer to the reproaches of Mr. Firth. he said the deeds he had done were not con' sidered murders by the Maories, and that even for them the Government was to blame. His _personal appear ance is thus described by his visitor. "He was attended by two half-caste youths, fully armed, Te Kooti himself being unarmed. His height is about Mt. gin. ; he is about 35 years of age, stoutly built, brow shouldered, and strong-limbed. His features are, not repulsive ; a rather large development °' jaw and chin conveys the idea of a man of strong and resolute will: He has no tattoo ; hair black and glossy; wears a black moustache and, short black beard. -til e dress consisted of woollen cords, top boots, and grey shirt ; over the latter he wore a loose vest with ge ld chain, and greenstone ornament. I noticed that he had lot the middle finger of the left hand. During th e conversation his followers had formed in half a circle at his back. They were all well armed—some wi th short Enfields, some with breech-loaders, and one or twe .with double-barrelled fowling pieces—all apparently 5 - 11 ' excellent order. A well-dressed woman, about 25 yew old, of a handsome but melancholy cast of countenanc e, sat at Te Kooti's feet during the interview. I learn' afterwards that this woman was his wife." 1)1 ,.' Pollen having undertaken to guarantee Te Kooti 0 Nfe conduct to Auckland should he be willing to sur render, the Maori chief sent the following answer "To Dr. Pollen,—l have seen your letter. My WOr. to you. Mr. Firth to cease fighting. Afterwards your letter reached me. I will stop fighting—stop entirely' But as for me, I will not go to Auckland. Let me remain ab peace, The killing shall cease. But if you follow ru e up, let it be so. Sir, cease your punishing of me. " This is all—From " TE KOOTI. Finding that the Government refused his conditions Te Kooti entrenched himself in the bush at Paparata. has since been a skir m i s h between him and the force unde r Major Kemp, but nothing decisive has occurred, and th e latest news received by this mail leaves the settlers fair l Y puzzled by Te Kooti's disappearance, the uncertainty as fair his whereabouts exciting great uneasiness. On his form er , line of march he killed all the horses and cattle he did n°4 require, and the bodies of these animals lie thickly scat tered along the road he traversed. There The Bishop of Madras is coming to England by the first mail in May, by order of his medical advisers. The Right Rev. Frederick Gell, D.D., son of the Rev. PhirlP, Gell, of Derby, was born 1821, and was consecrated' Bishop of Madras in 1861. The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to arrive at the Mauritius on the 15th of May. The Mauritiase will give him a grand reception ; £BOO in horse-flesh alone is being spent at the Cape for his use at the Mauritius. The windows of the house of Mr. Parsons,. Robinstown, near Drogheda, were smashed last nig,,', l " while he and his wife were sitting up with a sick chili' No arrests have been made, and none of the peasantry will give any information to the police. The Monarch steamer, Captain Blacklock, 1 Y left Lowestoft for the North Sea on telegraphic servic; Captain Blacklock has recently received an appointin, ol " of £l,OOO per annum in connection with the Atlantic fie, graph. It is understood that the medical officers engaged , in carrying out the Contagious Diseases Acts in the ham district have of late found a marked improvement ill the health of the class of women affected by the provisi° llll of the Acts. The _Duke of Montpensier has left Madrid fa r Seville, haling visited the Regent, and received a visit in return, besides attending service in several of the churcheot and leaving behind him a handsome contribution for the Madrid nonr. The unknown gentleman who recently left at Messrs. Hoares' bank a Bank of England note, va 1 ,,,1 £l,OOO, with a request that it might be placed to the creut 4 of the London Fever Hospital, under the initia " C. R. W.," has left a similar amount at Messrs. 1 34 -w -- dale and Co.'s bank for the same institution. Mr. Gladstone has conferred the rectory of Af-icl dleton, Lancashire, vacant by the preferment of Archdo: con Durnford, D.D. to the bishopric 'of Chichester, uP,r the Rev. Dr. Hannah, Warden of Trinity College, tir,, e nalmond, N.B. The wardenship .01 Trinity College Iv' . been declared vacant. The Science and Art Department of the South Kensington Museum has placed at the disposal a e Silk Supply Association a room for the purpose of rearift silkworms, during the months of May and June. Ih association being possessed of some rare "grain," expecti thus to be able to demonstrate for the information ° hericiculturists the simplepracticability of silk produc tion. The Secretary of the Church Association sta te° in reference to the case against the Rev. John Purchr of Brighton, that the appeal to the Privy Council will 4 proceeded with upon the points decided adversely.t° promoter, and consequently such points are, pending " appeal, not binding in "2. - •-• *- 1111 nesi yest kl crea se tian. Vance rides Th ( class 1 The pri ces Col Th e Pkail w , (lividel eaph , a 4 ate res at par co lzine Il lortg a and 0 st ated f°l ' ra It i s I) acific 1 4 of (I Qbt a 1 \le& Ong to laiet t ract, ; Th e fail ~ d etee 'wag fir Aer ce a G par o a I) itt o NDer C. New. 4 D • ° t fi 4▪ J I ' 0 A -4444 Ti] 0 0 ,