The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-06 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, July 31.—The mail last night from Marseilles brought no news of the squadrort.which left Toulon the 18th of July for a cruise at sea. Her Majesty's screw frigate Endymion, 35, Capt. C. Wake, which arrived lately from the Piraeus, leaves to-morrow to join Lord Clarence Paget on the coast of France. She has been relieved in Greece by the Racer, 11, screw corvette, Com mander L. Brine. The Cruiser, 5, steam corvette, Commander M. Singer, came into port on the 28th inst. from cruising in the Malta Channel, and will remain here for the present. The Italian corvette Eurydice, Capt. Cavaliere Bertello, arrived yester day from Algiers, and leaves this evening or to morrow for Cagliari. The Turkish Government screw steamer Kady Kedy H. left on the 26th inst. for Constantinople. The Governor of Tripoli, Ali Rigs Pasha, who has been absent from the province on leave, returned here on the 28th inst. from Con stantinople on his way to resume his post. He left for Tripoli in the Trabulus Garb on the 29th. Dr. Burke, Royal Navy, left in the Byzantin for Eng land via Marseilles on the 28th inst. Sir Victor Houlton,K.C.M.G., chief secretary to the Govern ment, leaves for England by the same route to- keeper. As soon as one arrives at the revolutionary frontier, the Italian gendarmes make their appear ance, ornamented with incredible plume:- These gendarmes with plumes are without end. Mignon ought now to sing : Connais-tu le pays oh. fleurit le gendarme ? I was not subjected to the fumigation, as I judged it better not to leave my seat in the carriage, where —thanks, no doubt, to my character as layman — the gendarmes left me in peace ; but in revenge my fellow-passengers had to undergo the opera tion, in various forms, five times in twenty-four hours. These absurd formalities, sanatory, or appertaining to the Custom-house, which, moreover, only extended to a section of the travellers, taken at hazard, were freely accompanied by words of insult. A venerable, wearied out with the arrogant minutia of these visits, cried out, " What do you take us for?" " For priests, and that's enough," was the reply. Many examples of such ill pleasantry are related. Nevertheless, it must be acknowledged that towards those who resisted them they were yielding. Near Ancona, where they showed themselves par ticularly troublesome, a French bishop refused point-blank to be fumigated. He said to the Italians that it was they, and not he, who had the pest, and ordered them to withdraw. They obeyed; but the bishop could not compel them to allow him to continue his journey, for the corresponding train had started. The present aspect of Florence is not contagious. There we behold a people ragged in every sense ; scandals of every kind, utter degradation of the intelligence, in the form of pamphlets, of adver tisements, of photographs, and of caricatures, are to be seen among the chefs-d'oeuvre of the past ; and also, this is without inventive power or dash; an insipid and hideous copy of all the insipid and hideous things which have been done elsewhere. Florence, in which the intellectual life of revo lutionary Italy finds its centre, has not a man, not an artist, not a pamphlet writer, not a caricaturist to show to the world. It is a contemptible workshop of contemptible counterfeits. Beggars abound, and a greater number are to be ' met with in the short distance between Florence and Firsole than are to be found in the whole of Rome. But scandalous exhibitions eclipse even the beggars. This evil moves about; grimaces offend the eyes, I I the ears , and decency. Sucb, in its glory of being capital of Italy, the proud city which once acknow ledged only the Christ as its Sovereign Lord, the city of Cimabrue, of Dante, of Brunelleschi, of Savonarola, of Michael Angelo, of the Medici—now the city of the Garibaldis, of Dolfis, and of the Egeria who is called Madame Urbain. Poor Dante is held in Florence in great honour. His statue is set up in the salons of every inn, by the side of those of Garibaldi and of "Victor Emmanuel. His Etruscan profile, with its austere majesty, seems strangely out of place in such company. We fancy we hear his haughty words :- 0 souvra tutte mal creata plebe Che stai nel loco onde parlar 6 daro After a certain fashion, then, the Moniteur speaks the truth. It is certain that those who were com pelled to prolong, as we have related, their voyage On his return from Rome M. Louis Veuillot of pleasure in Italy, have not repented of it— comments, in his accustomed brilliant and incisive although the " pleasure" was wanting. style, on the account which the Moniteur gives of But there are mishaps about which it is not be the celebrations at Rome, and of the present poli- seeming to speak more. The pilgrimage of Catholic tical and religious state of Italy. After describing Europe to Rome in 1867 will have , of a certaint y , that account "as meagre, very unintelligible, with- other consequences, which the Moniteur will be in out transparent ill-will," he says it yet contains formed of later, and which the world will know, some errors which spring simply from the ignorance even though the Moniteur were always to be silent of the editor—an ignorance which is neither in- I upon them. None of those who witnessed that voluntary nor premeditated, but proceeds from the scene will ever forget it. I must accuse myself of noble disdain which such inconsiderable thing s as having related it very indifferently. Down there, or to speak better, there ab ove, there Papal Allocutions and the Address of the Episco - pate inspire in such men as the writers in the was no time for waiting, much less for word-paint- Moniteur. After these introductory remarks M. jug. The matter and the light overpowered the Veuillotthus proceeds : workmen. They who lived in that vortex of ideas Even though the Moniteur does not know Latin and of wonders will excuse me. Alone in Europe, so perfectly as it knows English, its scholarly ver-' Rome has preserved the elements of spiritual mag sions seem to be not without malice. We cannot nificence. It is the unique theatre of a unique conceal from ourselves that the Moniteur has a thing ; it is Rome, and it bas the Pope. But Rome slight contempt for us. But, after al l, it is a gentle itself for centuries has never s een the Po p e in such splendour, and perhaps no Po p e ever a pp eared contempt, and we are only too g lad that that which so manifestly in his character of head of the human has just taken place in Rome should not be more race, surrounded by the pastors of all nations holding openly ridiculed. the keys of heaven and speaking the words of life. The official journal seizes the opportunity of com menting once more on the g eneral pacification We are told in tones of anger that Rome at the same time is besieged and mined, that its words which has arisen in Italy in regard to the religious of life fall on a multitude irritated or indifferent question. It is a long time now since the Moniteur from whom the only response is words of death. has looked upon Italian matters in so favourable We are not ignorant of it, and none of those who a manner. It does not do so without a purpose. were at Rome but on entering it came across this Moliere sketches somewhere a Dorine or a Vienne multitude which presses round its walls on every who shrinks from no difficulties, and who is woman enough to marry the Grand Turk w ith the republic side. The crowd is dense. Those who came from of Venice. The Moniteur w ants to marr y the Pope ! I the ends of the earth could not take a step without to modern Ital it would all be well were it ; meeting it, and without having the opportunity of y ; learning its indifference and of hearing its blas stipulated that the children s hould be brought up in the Catholic religion ; but, on the contrary, the Phemies• condition is to omit this clause, and hence the There are Free-thinkers and hangmen in China, i s e n lightened minds in the Mallaccas, subscribers to difficulty. nirine, that is to say, the Moniteur, not discouraged by so slight a ma t t er. To believe the statue of Voltaire among the Flat Heads and it, the love is such on b oth sides, that this paltry Pierced Noses. In the Oceanic isles, among those dispute is being quickly put aside. Let us marry, people who would not be thought to belong to the and the children shall be broug ht u p as the y like. human race, if they had not the essential charac teristics of the race, the brewing of intoxicating We, however, did not see that matters were so forward, either on the Catholi c side or the Italian. drinks, and the art of prolonging tortures as soon According to the Moniteur " th e Italians (Catholics) as any mis sionaries show themselves—a third talent has ma le itself known in the production of a kind who curie to Rome abstained from all manifests- of Charivari. In less than no ti m e the nomad tions that might appear to have a p olitical mean population has poets, engravers, wits, who furnish ino• ;" and in the welcomes with which the Holy arguments against the priests; and all this is as well Father was everywhere received, " no utterances of as at Paris and at Florence , a nd destro y s even with a political character were remarked." Will the _ greater facility. Yes, verily Rome is bes ie g ed, and Moniteur allow us to-say that this accou nt is erro ncous ? In the first place, the Italia n s of the the besiegers are multitud es, nevertheless the spec hundred cities who were presented to the Holy tacle was none the less sublin..e of beholding the Father by the Marquis Boschetti, to the number Pope in the midst of five hundred bishops, showing of twelve or thirteen hundred, never gave them- them the world, showing them Paris, London, selves as partizans of Italian Unity, and the Holy Florence, Honolulu, and Pekin and Llassa, and the Father did not receive them as such. If the rest of the earth, and saying to them : Ite, docete ! Moniteur will reproduce their Address and the They passed and repassed ; they pierced through answer of the Holy Father, all the prefects, all the the multitude, through walls and empires; they mayors, all the officials of the empire will be con- crossed over the sands, over waves and mountains winced of it. Secondly, Italians and others, all and rolls of paper, and nothing will hinder the those who welcomed the Holy Father, took particu- Gospel from being preached to every creature. lar care to cry out, " Long live the Pope-King !" an utterance eminently political. Were the Moniteur to maintain the contrary a thousand times, not one of those who were at Rome would believe it on its oath. About Italy, the Moniteur gives other assurances " of perfect tranquillity," which likewise are not verified by facts. "The railways," it says, " having offered special facilities, numerous parties of pilgrims resolved to follow up their religious pilgrimage by some excursions simply of pleasure, and it is certain that they did not repent of it— thanks to the spirit of conciliation which is begin to spread throughout Italy." 0, M‘miteur, what a French fashion of speaking ! 0, Nerine, what illusions ! 'The truth is that these worthy Italians did what they could to vex, to insult, and to annoy the " pilgrims ;" and they did not suc ceed ill. Among the prophecies more or less authentic, which have pervaded Italy for the last twenty years, and all of which announce misfortune, there is one which the pilgrims to Rome have seen ful filled to the letter. It declares that in the reign of Charles Albert Italy shall fall under the yoke of a puerile People—popolo puerile—which shall heap derision on it. It is the people of the Revolution one cannot be mistaken—a people insolent, wicked. night. The Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshal Corn manding-in-Chief, paid a lengthened visit to Alder shot yesterday and reviewed the whole of the divi sion at that station. The Commander-in -Chief bad expressed his intention of visiting Aldershot on Friday week, but the heavy rain on that day pre vented the review and field-day taking place, and the Duke postponed his visit until yesterday. The division, to the number of 6,667 of all ranks, paraded yesterday morning, and, marching to the common , formed upon Eelmoor-hill, facing south, the infantry (12 regiments) in line of contiguous column at quarter distrance in front, and the cavalry, with the Royal Horse Artillery, on either flank in rear, and two field batteries in open column of batteries in rear of all. His Royal Highness—who was accom panied by Colonel C. R. Egerton, Deputy-Adjt.- General ; Col. E. R. Wetherall, C. 8., Deputy- Quartermaster -General ; Col. Gloucester Gambier, C. 8., R.A., Deputy-Adjt.-General of Artillery ; and attended by Col. T. H. Clifton, Aide-de-Camp —travelled by the ordinary train, arriving at Farn borough at 10.30. The Prince of Teck also accom panied the Commander-in-Chief. The Royal party rode slowly across the common to the division, which presented arms as soon as the centre of the line was reached. Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., having joined his Royal Highness, the troops were inspected from right to left of the front line and from left to right of the rear line. Position having been taken up at the saluting point, the division marched past, the artil lery and cavalry in open column of batteries and squadrons at a walk, and the infantry in open column of grand divisions in quick time. The cavalry, royal horse artillery, and field batteries afterwards passed the saluting point at a trot, and the infantry in mass of brigades at quarter dis tance, and again by brigades, in contiguous column also at quarter distance. The troops then formed up in order of battle on the ground occupied by them prior to the march past, and sundry manceuvres were gone through in opposing an enemy marching from the southward on Aldershott camp. After a very fatiguing day the troops re turned to quarters about 3 o'clock. The field state of the day showed 1,097 cavalry, 749 artillery, 4,770 infantry and engineers, and 54 military police. The day was fine, but the dust, as usual, was a great drawback, the troops being occasionally hid in dense clouds of it. His royal highness and suite returned to town by an afternoon train. Brigadier-General Sir Alfred Horsford, K.C.8., commanding the id Brigade at Aldershott, having been granted leave of absence from the 22d of July to the 31st of August, on account of ill health, Col. Greer, C.B. (68th Regiment), has assumed the command of the bvigade, and will continue to com mand until the Brigadier-General's return. 31. LOUIS VEUILLOT ON ROME. Miscellaneous Foreign News. We hear that negotiations are in progress for the acquisition of British Columbia to the United States. The inhabitants of Vancouver's Island and the settle ments on the mainland find themselves left out in the cold by the consolidation of the British Pro vinces into the dominion of Canada, and, at the same time, hemmed in by the transfer to the United States of Rus:iian America. Under these circum stances they appear to desire annexation. Another report is circulated that Mr. Seward contiln plates the purchase of the Island of Madeira. The treaty with the Sandwich Islands is about to be submitted to the Senate. Though termed reci procity, it is made wholly in favour of Hawaiian sugar planters and the sugar consumers of the Pacific States, by which a loss will accrue to the revenue of half a million dollars. In 1866 the exports of the islands to the United States amounted to over 51,500,000, while the imports from the United States were little more than half, of which a large portion were stores forwarded to American whalers cruising in these waters. The goods consumed by the islanders do not exceed $?,,000,000, of which only a portion comes from the Union. The but above all puerile and made for a rod. Its best known chiefs have just given a proof to some thousands of reasonable persons from all the civi lized nations. Annoyed at having witnessed for a fortnight together the passage of Catholic Europe over its territory on the way to Rome, and it having received from the travellers marks of the little esteem in which they were held, the statesmen of Florence, wished to extract some satisfaction from them, and at the same time some They invented, accordingly, a means doubly ingenious, which was at one and the same time a most offensive vexation and a flagrant extortion : they feigned to believe that the cholera was at Rome. In subjecting the pilgrims to fictitious sanitary examinations, which they multiplied and rendered interminable, they caused them to lose the trains and compelled them to take up their abode in the hotels where they were fleeced with out mercy. Christians to the lions ! There are three sorts of lions in regenerated Italy the custom-house officer, the fumigator, and the hotel- SOUS. foreigners, who mainly cultivate the estates, desire either annexation or such a treaty, hut they pre ferred the treaty, as it gave them the benefits unen cumbered with the drawbacks. The President has also transmitted to the Senate, for ratification, the Treaty between the United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan, which, in common with that of the Sandwich Islands, will probably be ratified. The committee to inquire into the treatment of Northeners in Confederate prisons have issued a circular calling on those to come forward who arc able to give information on the subject. The de bate in the House on the appointment of this com mittee was very warm. The Ilouse was asked to instruct the committee to investigate the alleged ill-treatment of Southerners in Federal prisons, but this was refused. The speeches turned on the re sponsibility of stopping the exchanges, for which General Butler has been much blamed. He was a Federal Commissioner when the exchanges ceased, but he alleges the order of General Grant. General Ould acted for the Confederates, and proposed to exchange 20,000 sick and wounded Federals for an equal number of Confederates. This statement appeared in the National intelligence)) but General Butler denied its truth in the llouse, producing papers to show that no message relating to such an exchange ever passed between himself and General Ould. Mr. Eldridge, in defence of Ould, stated that if that officer had been a rebel so had Wash ington, and Hancock, and Adams ; all were rebels until success had made them patriots. Mr. Eldridge was not, however, successful in his defence, for he sat down under a storm of hisses, which lasted many minutes after he had ceased to speak. Mr. Cave, M.P., who proceeded to America In the interest of the Atlantic and Great Western Rail way, was entertained at a dinner at Willard's Hotel on the 18th inst. Though invitations were sent to a large number of prominent men, not many responded. Mr. Banks proposed " The House of Commons, the first Representative Assembly in Europe." In replying, Mr. Cave dwelt at length on the mistakes entertained in America regarding the attitude of the British people during the war, whose neutrality, he was bound to say, was a reality and not a sham—on the identity of interests be tween the nations—on sympathy in England with abolitionists—and on the furtherance of despotic designs which would result from a war between England and America, a war that would be wit nessed with joy by the despotic powers of Europe. He closed his speech with a free-trade sentiment. Mr. Speaker Colfax, S9nators Sherman, Wilson, Chandler, and others followed, when very kindly feelings were uttered, which show the strong drift of opinion that is now making converts even of those who not long since expressed great inter national animosity. General Butler is a curious study. The audacity of his nature characterises all his actions. No man has brouglit on his shoulders a greater amount of odium, or borne it with more unbending resolution. There are many who believe in him—in his sincerity, his ability, and strength of character ; but all believe in his impudence. He got up a special committee to examine into the administra tion of the Ordnance Bureaux. That committee has adjourned to October 23, after passing this re solution :—" Resolved—That the Secretary of War be requested to suspend the alteration of muzzle loading Springfield rifles into breechloaders of reduced calibre, as is now being done, by which all ammunition for infantry now on hand will be rendered useless, until such alteration, its expense, utility, and objects can be investigated by the com mittee." Now this is not a bad resolution for General Butler, considering that he has an interest in another mode of converting ordinary muskets into breechloaders, which he is said to have urged on the Government, but which they decline to adopt. The interview between Generals Sherman and Hancock at Fort Harker is over, and the former has returned to St. Louis, the latter to Fort Leavenworth. Whatever may be the ultimate result of the conference, the Indian troubles con tinue, and the last news reeor Is the capture of a train near Fort Larned. Bishop Laing and ten other Roman Catholic priests, together with six sisters of charity, were taken by the s tvages. The men were of course killed and scalped—the women carried off. The expenses of the war are becoming n t o h ,s e , a n r g s a week veryOv vy er h o e n a em ' il a li n o d n dollars e severelyek aon T ex re p a e s n u d r e y i difficulties of carrying on a civilised syste m of war farewith every prospect of a considerable i ncrease. The against such an enemy, without a point of at tack or a base of operations, is increased in propor tion to the magnitude of the campaign. Colonel Leavenworth, the Indian Agent at Fort Harker, has been directed not to distribute any more an nuity goods among the tribes until peace is restored. The Commissioner of Indian affairs has reported to the Senate that the difficulties have mainly arisen from unfair treatment and the oppres sion to which the Indians have been sub jected by the Government, adding that if proper means be used these difficulties may be easily set tled. Congress passed a bill appointing a com mission of Generals Sherman, Hancock, Augur, and Barney, together with Kit Carson and other civilians, to treat for peace, with power to select lands for the settlement of the tribes. If they fail in inducing the Indians to bury the hatchet, they are directed to adopt vigorous means, calling out volunteers from States or Territories, and enlisting for the war the practised hunters and rovers of the frontier. It has been always found that such per sons are better qualified for the guerilla style of fighting than regulars ; and this war is noexcep tion. What befel the English in New Zealand is occurring now with the United States troops in the Far West. The balance of killing is against the white men, and every red man's scalp is calculated to have cost $70,000. It is in vain to cry out against the generals, who cannot accomplish im possibilities, and it is equally vain to talk of a sharp and decisive war, which cannot be carried out. We shall discuss this subject more fully in our next issue. I Surratt's defence proceeds slowly. Only one wit ness was examined on Wednesday, the 17th ult., but it was announced that the testimony for the defence would be closed on Thursday, in which they failed, as five of the expected witnesses had not ar rived. Mr. Bradley assured the court that they would be in attendance on the 20th July. The de sign of Surratt's counsel is to proveanali ipo b m i.J r u t d an s'e t Fisher. has ruled against receiving some testimony, such as the hotel register at Canandaigua, New York, where it is alleged Sdrratt was ou April 15, proving that he could not have been in Washington on the day of the assassination, or in Burlington, Vermont, on Monday, 17th April, where the prosecution attempted to show he had dropped a handkerchief. Also that the compact was signed by the Confederates Booth, Payne, Harold Atzerodt, but not by Surratt. The docu ment was burned through fear, and from the same cause nothing was said about it at the time of the conspiracy trial. James Matthews, the actor, who offers testimony on this subject, affirms that he had a perfect recollection of the paper. Groat difference of opinion appears to exist in America as to the rela tive weight of the evidence against and for Surratt. We are inclined to think that this discussion and free exercise of opinion by the public press of America is unfair to the prisoner and to the court. On the one hand it is openly affirmed that the President pardoned Cameron, who was deeply committed by the rebellion, for the express purpose of swearing to Surratt's innocence. Another party declare that the presiding Judge has shown a decided leaning towards the pros-cution. The one party state it to be impossible for the jury to acquit the prisoner in the face of the overwhelming evi dence of guilt ; the other cannot see how any jury can on such testimony convict a man of murder. The question of guilt or innocence has degenerated into a political squabble, which perhaps is fortunate for Surratt, as the jury under such circum stances are not likely to agree. Every one who bears witness in this remarkable case is covered with dirt. No sooner has he made his statement than he is proved to have committed all sorts of crimes, and to be utterly unworthy of belief. It matters not whether he is for the prosecution like Dr. M‘Millan, or for the defence like Mr. Cameron. In the meantime attention has been attracted over the border by a fierce dispute between the La Minerve of Montreal and the Montreal TVitness. The latter having denounced the Roman Catholic priests who had concealed Surratt, the former journal makes this remarkable statement :—" We could have pub lished long ago the name of a Protestant clergyman, whose letter is before us, who himself originated the idea of assassinating President Lincoln. The Con federate agents in Canada, whose answer we also hold, declined the proposal, and the clergyman then resorted to a private attempt. If need be, we could give his name and the place where he is at present residing in . one of the Northern States, in a city well known, where he occupies an important post and is respected." Amongst the subjects which have occupied the attention of Congress is the decline in American ship-building. What that decline has been may be judged by the fact that the firm of the Westervelts, who in 1850 built 13,000 tons, have launched within the last 18 months a single vessel of 340 tons. The Arago was the last of the great ocean steamers, if we except the three vessels for the Pacific mail ser vice. In 1850 70,000 tons of merchant ships were built in the yards of New York. Now these yards are silent, or constructing only small vessels for the coasting trade. The difficulty is to apply a remedy that will be effectual in restoring the country to the proud position it occupied six years ago, when the Stars and Stripes flew over the greatest number of sea-going ships, and Great Britain stood but second in the lists of its mercantile marine. Nor does this represent fully the real position America then occupied, for a large number of the swiftest ships which sailed from English ports, under the English flag, had been constructed in the States. An eminent ship builder of New York, writing to the Times of that city, recommends the removal of all taxes on ship-building materials, adding that " with all the necessary materials free of duty it would be many a long and weary year before we can stand so near the head of the line as in the proud times of half a dozen years ago." A movement is reported from Washington among Congressmen to put General Sheridan forward for the Presidency, and it is said to be gaining ground, though opposed by the friends of Speaker Colfax, Chief Justice Chase, and Senator Wade. The nomination of Henry J. Raymond, as Minister to Austria, has been rejected. Mr. Raymond is too independent for the present Congress. He would not, in all probability, have accepted the post had it been tendered to him, and he certainly did not apply for it. The nomination of George Bancroft, as Minister to Prussia, has been confirmed. The Nation says he is pursued to Europe by the inexor able Greene, the " grandson" whom the historian flattered himself he had squelched. Ex-Go vernor Andrew will, in all probability, be nominated as Minister to Mexico, a post at present of the very highest importance to the United States, and for whic h Mr. Otterburgh may or may not be qualified, for few know anything about him. It is not likely, however, that Governor Andrew will accept the post, though patriotism may induce him. Samuel Blatchford has been confirmed as Judge of the United States District Court in the southern district of New York. Captain H. A. Wise, son-in-law of Edward Everett, has also been confirmed as chief of the Naval Ordnance Bureau ; and Eugene Schuyler, of New York, to be Consul at Mexico. The Democrats have been endeavour ing to secure General Grant for their candidate as President, and Sunset Cox and other New York members of the party proceeded to Washington to consult the General. But Grant is too sure of his ticket to be easily led off the course. It is as cer tain as sublunary affairs can be, that General Grant will be elected next President by the Republican party, and that the only strugg le will be who is to step in behind him as Vice - Pre sident, always pre suming that Grant will stand ; but this is believed to be more than doubtful. We have heard it positively a ffi rmed that the General ha his mind to decline the Presideny, preferring to r emain the darling of the people and to hold his s made up present post than to swallo w all the dirt that now falls to a President's lot. R eg i strat i on proceeds in the So uthern States. At Richmond the Registration List closed on Satur day, the 13th July, with a coloured majority of 1,119. At Mobile, Alabama, the number of voters registered is 5,814. At New Orleans the negroes are in a mino rity, the white voters exceeding them by 20 or 30. At Nashville the list was re-opene I on the 13th July, and nearly 400 voters registered, only 13 of whom were whites. In Florida registration com menced with July ; but the progress is not yet known. General Gillen, Bureau Commissioner in Mississippi, reports that registration is proceeding quiet'y in that State. Aaron Sweet, a free-born coloured man in Cheraw district, South Carolina, is actively canvassing for an election to Congress. Ex-Governor Johnson of Georgia advises the people of that State not to accept the Military Reconstruc tion Acts, but to defeat by their votes what he terms " A scheme for our degradation in the over throw of the Republican Government." Gen. Sheridan has removed the Governor of Texas and named the 31st July as that for closing the registration in his district. By advices from Vera Cruz of the 14th July it appears that Madame Juarez had arrived, and had been enthusiastically received. Juarez was in the capital, and was said to have declined a re election for the Presidency. Nidamri had been shot at but later advices inform us he had Qierearo, and others condemned. The execution s aaping. The Austrian frigate Elizabeth of Santa Anna is confirme I. Marquez was secreted Cruz, and several Austrian sabjects favour of forming republic, and ti a o n n d of m t a h r e . i sw n uac t sc h e e ae cit capital , evd einrae ep joined ende lt l . s s a h t hnraevengdthened by restless and unruly had sought shelter on board. nTNhoerwthheorine country armed factions, some of whom will Lozada is in cicipeour bristlingtoet probably a t i country y l sya i i t ew o d t o spirits from the United States' frontier. The Wash ington Government will suppress an y general action of filibusters, but they cannot prevent the move ment of individual citizens. It is clear from Mr. Seward's despatch that Mr. Johnson's Government wishes to strengthen the rule of Juarez, and that he will receive the good offices of the United States in his attempt to rule in Mexico. The Scotia's advises inform us that Mr. Seward has de cided not to send a Minister to Mexico, and Mr. Otterburgh will therefore continue to perform the functions. Advices from Matamores to the 15th July state that Juarez is a candidate for re-election, which is more likely to be true than the former report, as no one ever heard of any one in Me x i co surren d er i ng anything stolen, or honestly obtained, which could by fraud, s co n fir m ed. t 1 violence, or any o th er means b e re tained. The rcp o o t o m fi ro o i no r e e Ds I m i aa p zt e r 1, 4 a a a G r oe e rt n da e er r ro a e, d s hhtaand b d e be e e e n s h n t h nd a t 4 pe2 Co lonels cap ture of o f all f the eiei ga re p re sentatives' refusing to recognise the R e p u bli can G over ment. The com mand a r my has been given to Escobedo, who is said to h ave a hanker i ng a fter Maximilian's purple—but the be his is the rob e purp l e w i t h his life blood, as was that in which Til purple robe which is mos t likel y to Maximilian ended his reign. e death of Santa Anna is again denied. The new isla n d t h at h a d r isen so mysteriously midway in the track of vessels bound from San Francisco to China has disappeared, and no trace of it can be found. Another expedition has returned to San Francisco after an unsuccessful search. It was stated to be in a part of the ocean peculiarly liable to fogs, but it would be strange if a place about which we had obtained so circumstantial an account should turn out to be a mere myth. The London College of Physicians has moved iu the direction of making the nomenclature of diseases Universal, mainly with the view of obtaining statis tical data, to be applied to the elucidation of the best means to prevent disease and death. The first step is that the nomenclature should have a common signification, and be everywhere used in a similar sense. A scheme h as a t l e ngth been devised which defines the precis e usage o f terms, and gives to each disease its proper position. The idea originated in a correspondence between 1)r. Dambreck, an army medical officer, and Dr. Gibson, and at first had reference to a special system for the army medical service. The difficulties and magnitude of the de sign, as it grew i n may be imagined proportions, when we state that the subject first came up on the 19th July, 1857, when the College of Physicians appointed a committee to prepare a nomenclature of diseases, with full power to co-operate with other bodies. A large number of representative men in the public services were invited to aid the committee n their objects. The army and navy medical de- partments, the East India Company, the Registrar- General, the medical officer of health of the Privy Council, the president of the College of Surgeons, and the Apothecaries' Company took part from time to time in the deliberations in the early sittings of the coin nittte ; and in 18G3 the represent-dives of the Re gistrars General of Scotland and Ireland, and several other gentlemen were ad led to the committee. But the final preparttioo of the design embrace every sic - tion of the profession, and thus its trustworthiness, extending over so wide a rang, has been greatly enhanced in value. Diseases have been arranged in prallel columns in English, and the Latin, French, German, and Italian equivalents. The EAglish names have as far as possible been used in the manner in which they are employed by the Registrar-General of England, so as to avoid any serious alteration in the, present form of recording diseases, which would cause a damaging break in statistical evidence and destroy the possibility of an accurate comparison of past, present, and future data, the diseases being classified according to ana tomical considerations. It is thought that the scheme may ultimately solve many difficult problems with regard to epidemics, and that the uniformly grouped and compared phenomena will give the in formation from which general principles can be ex tracted. Dr. Farr considers that an accurate regis tration and classification will be of unspeakable benefit in solving problems regarding epidemics which " distinguish one country from another, oue year from another—have formed epochs in chrono logy, have decimated armies, disabled fleets, have influenced the fate of cities, nay, of empires." The Echoes from the Clubs is so proud of its suc cessful hoax, anent Prince Gartschakoff's despatch relating to Russian intervention in Ireland, that we beg to add to the list our contemporary has published, the following additional notice from the press, which we have only to say is from the New York Nation to secure attention :—" The Cable newsman on the other side of the Atlantic, as might have been ex pected, fell easily, last week, into the trap set by some wag in London, by the publication of a de spatch purporting to come from Prince Gortschakoff, and proposing a joint European investigation into the condition of Ireland. The hoax was rather clumsily executed, and probably few people except the Cable newsman were taken in by it." It is rumoured that Mr. Schenck challenged Mr. Bingham, both of Ohio, on account of a remark of the latter in the House that Mr. Schenck was intoxicated. Mr. Stevens observed—"l hope the reporters won't state that any ono in this House was drunk." Mr. Harris presented his credentials to the Presi dent on the IGth of July, as Minister of the King of the Sandwich Islands, and on the occasion made a little speech. Dr. Sears, President of the Peabody Fund, del _ _ vered an address, on the 16th July, at Lynchburg, Vir ginia, where an educational convention was assembled. A resolution was adopted in support of the general instruc tion of the people. Gen. M'Mahon, of New York, Sylvester Mowry, of Arizona, John Nugent, of California, and Gen. Gordon Granger are the candidates for the post of Minister to Mexico. It is said that General Meagher's death was due to delirium. He had been very much excited by a quarrel he had on a steamer with an Irishman, and about 10 o'clock in the evening got out of bed and walked on the deck from which ho fell. The wife of General Meagher telegraphs that, although the greatest exertions have been made, the General's body has not yet been recovered. Iletty 11. Robinson, the New Bedford millionaire, was married at New York on Thursday, July 18, to Ed ward 11. Green. The Senate has rejected the appointment of Mr. Greeley as Minister to Vienna, and Gineral M'Clerland to Mexico. The trustees of the State Agricultural College will hold a meeting at Amherst on the first Wednesday in Au gust, to choose a successor to President Chadbourne. The Hampshire Agricultural Society has voted to establish a scholarship in the college, and the president of the society, Austin Eastman of Amherst, has offered to found another. The directors of the Hampden Agricultural So ciety, at their meeting on Monday, July 15, decided upon a plan for the seats on the park, and have ordered the lumber and issued proposals for their erection. The seats will be 36 by 308 feet, will seat 3,000 persons, and will have a flat roof over all. The entrance will be from the back, which is to rest upon the dyke, and underneath the committee and refreshment rooms will be partitioned off. A South Danvers schoolboy has written the fol lowing composition on his native town :--" South Danvers is in the United States. It is bounded by Salem, and reaches to Middleton. Its principal river is Goldthwaite's brook, which empties into Salem harbour. Its principal lake is the mill-pond, which is dry in the summer. Its principal productions are leather, onions, the South Church, and George Peabody. South Danvers has many religious sects, among which aro the Orthodox, who wor ship their minister, the Spiritualists, who worship every thing, and the Unitarians, who worship nothing." The number of immigrants that arrived at New York during the first six months of 1867 was 136 , 826 , o f w hom 28,308 came by sailing vessels, and 108,518 by steamers. The New York home Journal announces an en terprise of startling magnitude as about to be undertaken, viz., the construction of a t unne l un d er the Atlantic, con necting the New with the Old World. Our contemporary says that the most eminent engineers in America and in England have been consulted, that they consider the work as perfectly feasible, though requiring, of course, a good deal of time and money, and that the necessary capital will be " forthcoming." By their calculations, £500,000,000 will complete the job. The base-ball match at Worcester, Thursday morning, July 18, between the Yale and Halyard freshmen, was won by the former, 38 to 17, after a game of three hours. The steamer North American, that went ashore at Anticosti, has been got off and towed by the steamer Austrian into Gaspe, whence sho will be taken to Quebec. PETROLEUM AS FUEL FOR LOCOMOTIVES. A series of experiments to determine the value of petroleum as fuel for locomotives, took place at the shops of the Warren and Franklin Railroad at Irvineton, in Pennsylvania, not long since. The apparatus used was Spence's burners. It is described as consisting of a pan covering the bottom of the fire-box in the locomotive, and taking the place of grates. On the pan are placed heaters or gas-generators, six in number, consisting of in clined plates of cast iron, supported at an angle of 45 deg. ; opposite to each heater is an injector con veying the oil to the heater, where it is instantly converted into gases, oxygen being also furnished to the gum in their nascent state for combustion. The oil is contained in a tank on the tender, from which it is conveyed by feed-pipes to the injectors, each pair of injectors being controlled by a throttle, by means of which the fire is regulated as readily as the light of a lamp. The locomotive used weighed 31 tons, and was of one 150 horse• power. No cars were attached. Under 851bs of steam the locomotive passed over four miles of track in less than eleven minutes. All iu the patty agree that oil may supersede wood and coal in railroad use.—The Albion. JOIT RNAL S. much against it. Then all Papists are born trai tors just as negroes are born black and Malays yellow. This is another point of faith sinful to doubt. A list of such propositions as these are t he real thirty-nine articles that limit the creed of the genuine Protestant. In a few generations this state of things will scarcely be believed except by the curious explorers of old libraries and the readers of old pamphlets, but we need no convine mg. As yet the good old race is not quite extinct, and we may still hear the last survivors of the old stock making their daily profession of faith, not only in such chance assemblies as that of St. James's Hall, but in Exeter Hall, Crown Court, or the House of Commons. The Apocalyptic seer of this generation has gravely announced in his last publication the charitable belief that there is just a chance for the salvation of Papists, though he feels sure that if heaven is ever open to them at all, they will feel utterly at a loss what to do when they get there. Again, a learned Archdeacon has lately taken advantage of a visitation to prove elaborately that Popish theology authorizes the unblushing violation of every precept of the Po: calogue ; and the most perfect living specimen 01 the family announced a few weeks ago to an un sympathizing House of Commons that Popery was., beyond a doubt the most fearful curse that had ever fallen on any land. Yet in spite of the vigealr displayed by these scions of the good old stock, it is clear that the good old stock itself is fast dying out. A proof of this is to be found in the fact that such assertions as the above require now no ref a tation. The charge of Archdeacon Sinclair is as harmless, and we may add, as amusing, as poi Quixote's charge at the windmill. Dr. Cumming we may leave to the castigation of the Saturday Review, and Mr. Whalley we may safely leave to himself. As for the Associates of the " National Protestant Institute," they may hold as ninny meetings as they please, and print as many placards as they please, but they will never persuade Eng lishmen that they are the victims of a Jesuitical conspiracy, or induce them to go back to the thoughts and feelings of the " glorious days .of King *William." They might as well try to revive the old style of controversy, when adversaries were uniformly accused of " wallowing in the slime of misrepresentation and calumny," or readers warned " not to kiss the Pope's toe until his nails pared, so as he will not scratch and make the blood run about the mouth of Christendom." This is the mother tongue of Protestantism, and it is one o f the signs of the times that like the old Welsh it is growing obsolete. The late meeting in St. James's Hall was a kind of Eisteddfod to keep abs° the old spirit and the old language. These attempts at a " Revival" must be expected from time to time. On the next occasion, however, if we may venture to make a suggestion, several alterations should be made in the programme. In the firs t place, the Association ought to have too much respect for its traditions to meet anywhere exeoP t , in Crown Court or Exeter Hall. Then w ith all due respect to Sir W. Verner, M.P., we must really, protest against his occupying the chair in face °I the superior claims of the honourable member for Peterborough. Prominent places too, on the plat; form ought to be assigned to Dr. Cumming all; Mr. Newdegate. Dr. M'Neile should be in duccd. to attend from Liverpool, as the representative 01 great and good men in general, and Archdeacon Sinclair would have great pleasure we are sure I° reading his " Charge " for about the fifteenth time. Really none of these little points should b o ° neglected tokeep the " sick man" alive. It is ▪ t Mr. Whalley, as first physician, that we look for able treatment at this crisis, unless indeed he really harbours the secret ambition of living to a greel old age, and being able to say if he will condeseen' to speak in a Popish language "Le Protestantism• ( c'est mai !" COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—AUG. 3. at This market was very moderately supplied with whe but business was steady. Last week's r i ces un altere Harvest will not be general for another week or ten days* Wheat. white red Barley 76 2 4 s e 76571 B ean e Middle l M e a s z n a t i g rm . ali::L3 73 '1 ; ..... 4 - Bs s Peas, g w r l e n y te. ......... .. :: 3 3 % 4 4 i; Oats CRELMSFO To-day the supply of grai were scarce. Wheat decline( ItD—Ava. 2. in was pretty fair, b u t buye rS d is to 2s per qr.,'with a VI ions of Spring corn stood firro limited trade. Most descripti at late rates. Wheat, old white....sBs 72a new . .ios 75s Peas, Partridge ....: 4v .. 92$ White 34A 3 !!! ..... 366 Dun • ~380 dit o, riew.•• Beano, Tick, old-- .40$ 4a, ne w.... 3 04 4 3 6 g Harrow ficks.423 44) new —Jig 456 Mangan. ..... :39s 436 old red. 'Os bOs new. 616 70s 8ar1ey...... 26s 33s thevalier +.B 538 Grind ng '6s 328 Malt Gfi3 748 Chevalier 68 ids Oats ABERDEEN—AL o. 2. At our market to-day there was a quiet business done, with a thin attendance. Prices for all kinds of grain IV ° on a par with last week. bushel. White wheat 58s Od to 63s Od ? Red wheat 50s Od to 58s Odc Potato oats 28s Od to 29s 01 40Ib 62lb V bushel. Common oats 26s 6d to 27s Od 111 Bet.° 3ss 6d to 36s 6d t . 53Th 131 b us hel. Barley 35s 6d to 36 s 6 d j Oatmeal 20s 6d to 21 s 6d V b o ll of 230?). Flour, tine 52s Od to 5 4 s Od 30 sack of 280. KIRKCALDY—Ana. 3. Small supplies of wheat, two qrs barley, and no oat ° ' Wheat is below the currencies of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First..— 61s 6cl ' 378 6d I —8 6ct second 62s Od I—B Oct eOd Tuird GIs Od Od --s Od COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. 0. d• s. d. 18 3 Walls End Hatton 2l 6 Cowndon ............... n Tunstall Kelloe 1280 1 90 0 BEclu ri ed m nd d iliae o 's n inW thla .ti ng .a. o rt.. . i . ........... .19 3 : East ilartlepeol Tees 6 lietton Lyons 18 9 Cowpen liartley ..... 19 6 South Helton West Hartley Ships at market, 59—sold. 54. Foreign mai Baclet List. MAILS DUE. n o 24. &astral% and Now Zealand, via Southamptoa......A—& , 3 • Ditto, via Marseilles .......... Ditto, via ran una ....... . ....... ........ 4 Brazil, Buenos Lyres, and Monte Video .... ....... A u g* Ditto, by French packet •••••••••••••• Au 22 Capa Verde. by Brazil parizet Auk 5 ' Cape of Good Hope. ASOCILEIIOII. and St fielena A - .• 27. China, Penang, and Sing spore, via B oa th a mpton Ang• . Aug. • Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton • • Aug'' ! India, via Southampton Ditto, via liftmen es Aug. I* ' Aug. Malta, Egypt, dzo. ......... Ditto, Marseilles MIS. 9 ' Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton. Ditto, via liarectles • Newfoundland Portugal ............ . AA : u t 2 115. 8 1 1 Ditto, by private ship to Oporto Ditto - - ditto -to Lisbon .............. United States, Canada, California, &c., by British packet ... .A.hg• 9 ' Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet ......... Aug g, West Coast of Africa. bladeirs, and Tenet • • tug' West Ladies and Padlie (except Mexico and Balla- Aug' mas) Cub and gexico Auk Bahamas, via New York Bermuda, vla ditto A petition from New York city for wonuto s '; frage, presented to the New York Constitutional C°°l:c; Lion on Tuesday, 'l6th July, was headed by liirs• 11°r -to Greeley. Its announcement raised a general laugh A " big expense of Mr. Greeley, who has displayed less thel'ocie usual courage on this subject, and, in fact, ho strenuous efforts to prevent the discussion of it in the or vention. The women say he is either afraid o f them the question. Perhaps a little of both. Births. he Wi" Asuz-On the 31 inst., at Marlborough Lodge, t " r of Capt. Ashe, King's Dragoon Guards, of a ( laugh ° :J. OWEN-On the sth inst., at Fern Lodge, Oakfield-r°' Clapham, the wife of John Owen, jun., of a daugbte'ifo O'CONNELL - On the sth inst., at 5, Oaslovt-square, the I/ of Daniel O'Connell, of a daughter. Marriages. st• EIALEs-Tnerroup-On the Ist inst., at St. Saviour etists George's-square, John W. Hales, Esq Fellow of C , b i r iti% College, - Cambridge, to Henrietta '' second sur'r".l4)titt daughter of the late Leigh Trafford,'E • C WAY ''' - 4., 0 Judge. , w'g WALLER-CURRY -On the 3d inst at St. Bar thel Church, Sydenham, Charles Beaumont, eldest soc ° o f daug hter late Charles Waller, Esq., M.D. , to Harriet , Henry Curry, Esq., of Penge-lane, Sydenham• C o w i t i t: o s f - m O o n r the il e s r t h Collins.i n s p t ,ea, t t Dea ths. , r n ag - D , UNCAN -On the 3d inst., at 5, Se mour-place, I ,.'' p. 1., worth-road, Henry Allen Duncan,Y Esq. ALB O.- , aged 52. , Geri' ME Mai() r Knowle Sill, Berkg, S lls3°' E -On the 2d inst , at Cliftonville Brighton , Charles H. Mee, Royal Artillery, iaged72. SMITH -On the 3d inst., at Datchet, Buck., ith, Esq., aged 53. Thos. pie London •. Printed and Published by WLLLIA.3I AN .L '' 1 02, of No. 12, Strand, Prter, at TILE SUN Oinee , 14°. y of Strand, in the Precinct in of the S voy, in 02* o°l/11t 7 blicldlesoi.--Tueedtty, August 6,1867. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESim Y EV ENING, AUGUST 6, 1867. SPIRIT OF EXTRAORDINARY REAPPEAR ANC E.—ln the sum mer of last year, a young man named John Henderson, of Brampton, disappeared suddenly from his native place, and shortly afterwards a paragraph appeared in the newspapers stating that on the 10th of June, 1866, ho was drownel at sea while attempting to save the life of a lady who had fallen overboard from a vessel. Everybody believed this report, and Henderson was universally accounted dead ; but a day or two ago, to the astonishment of all who had known him before he had left Brampton, he reappeared and went among his acquaintances us though he had merely been away for a short trip: He is now employed in the American mer - thant service.—Carlisle ✓ouraal. THE HARVEST IN THE EAST. --harvest opera tions will b 3 in full swing in the eastern district in about ten days. In the neighbourhood of Halesworth wheat promises to be a fair although not a bulky crop. Barley en mixed and well-farmed soils in the same district looks well, but on the strong soils the prospect is not so good, and an average crop is not anticipated, either as regards quantity or quality. Beans are a fair crop, and peas are about an average. In Norfolk the wheats aro strong and bulky, but the quality of the sample and the weight of the grain will depend on the weather of the next month. Bar leys have somewhat improved, but aro not expected to prove a liberal crop. Oats, beans, and peas will be a full average. TIMES.—At a time when the signs in our poli tical horizon prompt so many predictions of stormy weather, it is pleasant to turn to a set of facts which, so far as they go, justify the most encou raging anticipations. Few historical observations are so generally true as that great political disasters are accompanied, if not caused, by material dis trcs3. Ju lging by this symptom, we have not the slightest occasion for anxiety. The return of the Registrar-General for the last quarter exhibits a degree of health and prosperity which is, at least, unsurpassed, if not unexampled. The birth rate in England during the months of April, May, and June was the highest on record for that quarter. It was at the rate of 3.7 42 per cent., and shows an increase in the number of births over the previous spring quarter of 7,190. At the same time, the death rate is lower than it has been in the same season for ten years, and is below the quarterly average. Instead of being 22 in the thousand, which is the average, or 21, as in the same quarter of last year, it is only 21. The total number of births in England was 199,649, and the deaths 112,523 ; that the natural increase of the people in the quarter was 87, 126, or 957 daily. In round numbers it may be said that the English race grows in these islands at the rate of 1,000 a day, or that in every year a town of the size of Bir mingham is added to the population. In England and Wales emigration forms but a slight check on this increase. The spring emigration has been for the last five years stationary or declining, and only 16,718 persons of English origin left the country in the past three months. It follows, there fore, that the actual increase in the population of England is at the rate of more than 750 a day, and is nearly equivalent in the whole year to the addi tion of a town of the size of Leeds. This certainly does not betray a condition in which " wealth accumulates and men decay." The men are in creasing side by side with the wealth. We have said that this is a most encouraging result, but it also suggests some grave reflections. If this development of our home population is to be continued, it is essential that employment should be found for them by a corresponding development in the manufac tures or the agricultures of the country. There can be no doubt in which kind of industry there is most room for growth ; and there certainly never was a time when it was more imperative that trade and handicrafts should be free from all restraint. The new comers will need every opening that can possibly be provided for them. Of course, there are those who would pursue an opposite course, who would look upon these fresh hands as enemies, and, in the hope of keeping everything to themselves, would drive the others elsewhere. That is not the way England became prosperous, and it is not the way to preserve its prosperity. The more hands we get the more work they will find ; the more work they find the more wealth they will create. It does not make this growth less satisfactory that it is due, in some measure, not merely to the natural fecun dity of people, but to our increasing success in reducing the rate of mortality. The Registrar's return on this head affords matter for the greatest congratulation. It will be remembered that this time last year we were in the midst of an alarming out break of cholera, and it is, perhaps, to that very cir cumstance that we partly owe our favourable condi tion at this moment. The reappearance of that epi demic reawakened our flagging exertions in sanitary reform. Almost every district set its houses more or less in order, and the clear evidence obtained as to the manner in which the disease is propagated has supplied a stronger motive to vigilance than existed before. At all events, a decided improvement is observable in the health of both town and country districts, and this improvement is happily greatest where it was most needed—that is, in the towns. The town districts in England contain a population of eleven millions, and their mortality for the last ten spring quarters has been at the annual rate of 21 in the thousand. In the last quarter it was at the rate of only 21 in the thousand. If this improvement be maintained, it follows that 33,000 lives will be saved each year in the towns alone. Of the thirteen largest cities Birmingham was the most healthy, at a rate of rather less than 20 in the thousand. Lon don comes next, with a rate of rather more than 20. Then follow in order Bristol, Sheffield, Hull, Sal ford, Liverpool, Newcastle, Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. In the two great Scotch cities the mortality is disgracefully high. The rate in Glasgow is nearly 29, and in Edinburgh more than 29 in the thousand. Scotchmen ought not to allow themselves to be beaten in such a matter by Liverpool. It will be seen from these figures that London and Birmingham have been during the last quarter more healthy than the country in general. There can be do doubt to what such a result is to be attributed. THE "WESTMINSTER GAZETTE" ON A DECAY ING RACE.—There is always an air of beautiful sadness surrounding the last representatives of any race of beings. The world, in spite of all its heartless ness, cannot look without emotion on the last sur vivor of the cannibals of Tasmania any more than on the " last rose of summer." Sensationalists know this perfectly well. Who can enumerate the novels bearing on their title-pages the touch ing name of some " Last Man !" We have the " Last of the Barons," and the " Last of the Mold cans," and the " Last of the Bards," and the " Last of the Tribunes," and the " Last of the Caesars." The human heart will ever have human sympa thies, and these magic words will always elicit them. They make us exclaim with the poet— " Out upon Time ! which for ever will leave But enough of the Past for the Future to grieve O'er that which hath been, and o'er that which must be!" The anti-Catholic world has been for some years coming to the melancholy conclusion that one of its grandest lineages is coming to an end. It is a race more famous in its way than any of the fine old historic families of England —the Howards, the Percys, or the Talbots, and more unique than any of the types of mediaeval society—the min strels, the knights, or the morrisdancers. It is the race known by our enemies as the grand old thor oughbred single-minded patriotic Protestants of England. Alas ! that it should be so, but so it is. We might almost count up on our fingers its few survivors of any note in this country. Among the many-headed populace indeed, there is still a con siderable remnant of the ole, heroes, as was shown a few weeks ago in Birmingham, but among the higher classes of Englishmen they arc like the sur vivors of the Peninsula Campaign—few and decrepit. About a week ago a grand meeting of the " :National Protestant Institute" was convened at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, for the purpose, as the placards announced, of making " a demon stration in commemoration of the great Protestant triumphs under William 111., of glorious and im mortal memory, and in opposition to the Jesuit conspiracy to Papalize Church and State." The preparations were on a large scale, though the attendance proved but poor, and the mottoes and inscriptions placarded throughout the Hall were of the most lion-taming description—"No Popery," " No. Surrender," " No Puseyism," " The Reforma tion and the Revolution," "For our God, our Queen, and our Country." The Orange lodges of Eng land, Ireland, and Canada, were well represented. The chair was filled by Sir "William Verner, M.P. (Where was Mr. Whalley'?) Proceedings opened with prayer and the reading of a portion of Scrip ture. So far so good; but, alas ! it is quite sad dening to have to record the bitter feelings of dis appointment that nestled in the bosoms of the patriotic speakers and found vent in all their orations. Everything and everybody, they com plained, were against them. The Government was the victim of a Jesuitical conspiracy. The public press had taken the side of their enemies. The spirit of Protestant England was slumbering. Such were the sentiments of the Grand Masters and Deputy Grand Masters of the Orange Lodges of Great Britain and Canada. Have not the com ments of the public journals opened the eyes of these screaming orators by this time to see that what they take for a mere passing slumber is really the heavy sleep of death—that real Protes tantism is in its last agony, and that the wisest physicians have shaken their heads and given up all hopes ? Protestantism may linger on, it may die hard, but it is a question of hours. It can never walk about in the world again, healthy and strong. Year by year the ranks of Protestantism are grow ing thinner and thinner. Its champions disappear and there are none to take their places. Nay, the conclusion is being gradually forced on the world that very probably in a few years Mr. Whalley, o f Parliamentary renown, will be the sole surviving specimen of his race, unless he fall an early victim to his superhuman. exertions in the defence of " the glorious doctrines of the Reformation," or blow out his unrivalled brains (which God forbid) by way of a mild protest against the godlessness of the House of Commons. It is easy to recognise in the orators of St. James's Hall the true descendants of the failing stock of genuine Protestantism. The badge of orthodoxy is not any elaborate system of theology, any more than a high standard of life or morals. A true Protestant is as likely to be a jolly squire or a rollicking gamester as a pious parson or a learned divine, but one thing he always is—a " good hater." The old-fashioned. Protestant hates Popery and everythingthatlodockfisniltiekegriott..inds,— This hatred may not be on any very it is instinctive, yet it is a broad, strong, practical hatred. Added to that is a clear conviction that everything in the Popish Church is hideously and hopelessly corrupt—faith, morals, education, every thing. There may possibly here and there be a bona fide Papist just as there may be an honest Jew o•er, but the chances are very or a poetical semi"). ......