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WE make no apology for reverting to the great question now before Parliament and the country, she greatest question which this generation has seen. In doing so we must express our deep regret at the tone assumel by some of the opponents of Mr. Forster's bill. They are, as we said yesterday, divisible into two classes, the Secularists pure and. simple, who wish, and have a right to do all that they can to exclude religious teaching from national education, and the Dissenters who are moved simply by jealousy of the Established Church. On Tuesday night it was chiefly the latter class which took part in the debate. Mr. Winter botham, who spoke with great eloquence and ability, spoke also with exceeding bitterness. His speech throughout was a clever but most reprehen sible attempt to arouse the spirit of reli gious animosity, -to stir up strife between Dissenters and Churchmen. Moved by this animosity the member for Stroud endeavoured to persuade the House of Commons to postpone the whole question of education sine die, in order that he and. his con genera might stir up the country against the bill, and light the flames of a religious war. Mr. H. B. Samuelson, who belongs to the Secularists rather than to .the Nonconformists, and who agrees with Mr. Winterbotham in opposing the bill, gave the best of 'all reasons why the Government should not consent to this delay. He quoted figures—disas trous and disgraceful figures—to show the connec tion between crime and ignorance; figures which are so many terrible witnesses accusing us of having all these years offered Cain's excuse for neglecting our brothers. Mr. Miall and Mr. Auberon Herbert represented Nonconformity and Secularism respectively ; but while the first admitted that the bill could be made acceptable to his friends in a few minutes if a dozen gentlemen were to talk it over together, and yet will vote against the bill being read a second time, i.e., will not, if he can help it, suffer a bill to receive in committee the very discussion which he declares is all that is needed; the second, far more Iperically, says that he cannot vote against the bill although ho wishes to see it amended. We think every impartial person will admit that on Tuesday night the logic was all on one side. Tht speeches of Sir Roundell Palmer and Mr. Lowe seem to us irrefutable; and when a journal like the Pal. Mall Gazette points to the fact that the bill is sup ported by the former M.P. as a reason why this in easurt should be suspected of an undue leaning to ecclesi asticism, it should, in fairness, remember that the measure not only receives the support of so very un ecclesiastical a person as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but that he is directly responsible for it. As he pointed out in his closely reasoned speech immense concessions have been made by the Church party. They have withdrawn their opposition to the Conscience Clause, they are willing to assent to the abolition of denominational inspection; they are prepared even to lot school boards decide what religious _teaching shall be given in any particular school, or that even none at all, shall be given : in a word, they are willing not only that Dissenters shall have the decision where Dissenters are in the majo rity, and that a distinctive anti-Church teaching shall be given if these should so wish it; but also, that if the Secularists are in a majority, no religious teaching at all shall be given. But latet anguis in herld, Mr. Herbert thinks. During thirty years the Church of England has received six millions of public money for educational purposes, while the denominations have received only two millions. Whose fault is that ? Let it be remem bered that hitherto grants have been given only in proportion to subscriptions, and if Churchmen have receivied more money, they have given more. However, this iisprorortion is not likely to occur again. For several years after the esta blishment of our imperfect Education Depart ment Dissenters would have nothing to do with it. In fact it is only comparatively recently that many of the denominations have overcome the scruples which they felt with regard to the receipt of Government money. Any way it would be the height of impracticable folly, as well as the basest ingratitude, if all these efforts and all this liberality on the part of Churchmen were to be treated as of no account. Even Mr. Lowe who, when he filled Mr. Forster's present post, was constantly at war with the clergy, declares, while admitting that the Government ought to have undertaken education originally, "I rejoice to say that this measure is framed in a spirit of grati tude and fairness towards those persons, and that instead of committing the unpardonable rashness of sweeping away the present state of things, this bill accepts all that has been done hitherto and comes out only to supplement the present system. It would be the wildest rashness for the sake of any theoretical perfection, any imaginary necessity of emancipating education at once from the denominational system, to destroy that which has taken the labour of twenty-four years to bring to perfection." Finally, there is Sir Roundell Palmer's argument. It is useless to attempt to force upon the country, a system which the country is not preparel to adopt willingly. The pre s 3nt bill Per mits the country to establish secular schools if it wishes, but the opponents of the bill believe that this permission will not be used; in other words, that the great majority of the people of Eng- land wish to have schools in which there shall be religious teaching. If this be a fact, and we believe it to be, then we say with the member for Rich mond, " Talk of raising local rates over the country for a compuls9ry system of education, such as is not founded on the wants and does not commend itself to the feelings and approbation of the people 1 Is it not perfectly plain that the country would be thrown into a flame by it, and that the system thus attempted would utterly break down ?" In truth the question now raised is a very large and a very small one. It is very small so far as it is a question between Nonconformists and Churchmen. Children 3f twelve and fourteen are delightfully insusceptible to dogmatic teaching, and when we see all this anxiety on the part -of Dissenters .est the child •E John Hodge' should be taught baptismal regeneration and the apostolic succession, we say with Mr. Lover that this religious dispute is "a sight piteous to see ; that it is as if a fine herd of cattle in a large meadow, having an abundance of fine pasture all around them, were to abandon it and fight for a bed of nettles." On the other hand there is a very large question, as between the supporters of the bill and the Secularists. These would banish religious teaching from the schools altogether, wouli leave it entirely to the clerical body on Sundays. It is to US a sight most strange and most grievous that _ . any Nonconformists Should be found to join with these in raising the cry " No Scriptures." THE Conservative members of the Lower House have met together and agreed upon a series of amendments to the Land Bill. 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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1670. manner, that the Government would feel compelled to regard the alterations as a party defeat; but it is none the less certain that if the Ministry accep* this programme the nation, and especially the Irish portion of it, will evince the most unbounded aston ishment. The amendments are seven in number. They are designed to abolish the occupancy compensation; to cut down the provisions of the bill which regulate contracts between landlord and tenant; to reduce the compensation for improvements ; to reverse the pre sumption that improvements shall be held to have been made by the occupier, unless the owner can prove the contrary ; to establish a limit within which compensation for improvements may be claimed; and to effect one or two alterations of less impor tance. No doubt the Act which would be the result of the bill after these alterations would be quite in accordance with Conservative principles ; measure, in: fact, would Le whiltbd down to: one of a very neat Conservative character; but the two schemes are quite different, neither can the y be reconciled. The Opposition amendments would strike out of the bill all that is characteristic, and reduce it to an embodiment of those wretched platitudes about compensation for improve ments with which we were bored by cautious M.P.'s during the recess. It was long ago decided that a measure which granted merely compensation for improvements would be little better than nothing. The great want of the Irish occupier was security against arbitrary eviction.; and the Government have sought to gain this end by striking the mean between fixity of tenure and the present uncontrolled power of the landlord. They propose to legalise the custom of Ulster, and in those parts of the country where no custom exists it is designed to check evictions by giving the occupier a moderate recompense for disturb ance in his holding, over and above the payment for improvements. The Opposition wish to omit this provision. They have no objection to giving the force of_ law to the. Ulster practice of the outgoing tenant selling his right, to the incoming tenant ; at least we hear of no objection; but the payment for distur bance in occupancy,- which is designed to supply • the place of tenant-right in other parts of the country, is to be tabooed. Protestant Ulster must be taken care of, but Catholic Munster, Connaught,. and Leinster are left out in the cold. Is it not pos sible to keep down the old spirit of ascendancy even in dealing with land ? It wall expected and urged in many quarters that the Ulster tenant right 'would be extended to the whole island. Instead of taking this course the Ministry established the eviction payment for those districts where no custom prevails. It is clear . on every principle of equity that if the privileges granted to such districts be withdrawn, the legalisation of the Ulster tenant-right must be withdrawn also. To take one and leave the other would be sheer madness. It is a mistake to conclude ;hat the tenant, whether he be bad or good, old, can claim a sum of money "which may amount to a third of the value of the fee simple." The amount is to be such as the court may think just, and the maximum sum will be paid only in cases of serious loss and hard ship. Give up the Ulster custom, and the occu paucy right, and what part of the principle is left ? new or It is not likely that the Government can look with greater favour upon the Conservative scheme for pro moting "free contract" in land. This part of the Opposition programme is deemed of even greater importance than the preceding. The Con servatives object to the interference between landlord and tenant, especially in the matters of leases and tenancies from year to year. But it is just the' occasional abuse of landlords' ppwer over yearly tenants that has made the land qubstion what it is. If any interference by Government is tolerated at all, the yearly holdings are precisely thOso which require it. As to leases, it is ob vious- that no landlord is obliged to consent to them. It is in the power of owners to escape the occupancy payment by grouting a lease, and it is clear that, unless the leases given upon such terms were of fair length, the disturbance claim 'would be of no value whatever. The proposal to restrict the amount paid for improvement is a minor matter, but it may be cited as another evidence of the Conservative determination to reduce the bill to nothing. A 3 to the objection to the stipulation that improvements shall be deemed to be the work of the tenant unless the landlord prove they are his, it is sufficient to say that improvements are, as a rule, effected by occupiers, and it is just to throw the burdon of proof, not upon the rule, but upon the exceptions. There can be little doubt as to what the House of Commons will do with Mr. Disraeli's scheme, but the course 'Which the Peers may take is a serious question. THE NAVAL RETIREMENT. We understand that up to the present only twenty four flag officers have accepted the retirement pro= posed by Mr. Childers, and among these are eight admirals. THE EDUCATION DEBATE. The adjournment of the Education debate will certainly be moved to-morrow evening, and in sisted upon by the supporters of Mr. Dixon's motion. BURKE, THE FENIAN. A correspondence between Mr. Downing, M.P., and the Home Secretary, with respect to the release of the Fenian convict Burke, is published. The Home Secretary regrets that he cannot recorcunend the re. lease of Burke, his participation in the Clerkenwell outrage making his case a very bad one. REPRESENTATION OF SLIGO. Several gentlemen, we understand, are prepared to come forward for the representation of Sligo, in the event of the Government consenting to the issue of a new writ. Mr. Sergeant Armstrong, Q.C., is spoken of ss the Liberal candidate, and Mr. Abbot, who recently contested Cork, as the Conservative, whilst the Nationalists will propose 2.1 r. O'Dowd, brother of Mr. O'Dowd, of the Board of Trade. RENSRTED RETIREMENT OF R. BRIGHT, There is no truth whatever in the report prevalent that the President of the Board of Trade was about to resign his office and to be replaced by Mr. Card well. There is nothing in the latest accounts - of Mr. Bright's progress towards recovery to justify the rumour of any re-arrangement of the Cabinet. The right hon. gentleman will leave the Queen's llotel. Upper Norwood,. to-morrow for Brighton. During the five weeks tha•. 111 r. Bright Las iesided at Nor wool he has duly takon d-ives and walks. Leing, St. P.itrick'd awn, Ni , iB a speciaT s3rvice this morning at the Chun;ly.f St. Va , rick: near Boho i.quare. '1 ha Duke of Abele on will pre.t.ido this evening at th 3 annual festival of the Binevoleut Society of SC Patrick, which will be held at Willis's llo:nns. WATERFORD ELECII3N.—A petition against the return of Mr. Osborne has been mined an t t iii i,e filt.d ar once. It alleges bribery undue influence, :ail treating, and prays that the el(ction may he declared veil. The Let-- ti ners are Thom :s W. Condon and Mich tel O'Shea. Tne funeral cf the late Mr. William Brough will bo solemnised at Nunhoad Jemetery to. morrow at half-past three o'clock. * - 7 6 41k1 41: lit' BEI? MAJE,STE WINDSOR CASTLE, March 16. • The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yestertlay afternoon. To day being the anniversary of the death of the lamented Duchess of Kent, the Queen and the Royal Family visited the Duchess's mausoleum at Frog more. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 16. The subscription to the New Turkish Railway Loan was opened here yesterday. The number of obligations subscribed is not exactly known, but it is stated to be about 40,000, of which 5,400 have been taken by the Sultan, the Va'ide Sultana, and the Grand Vizier. It is rumoured that an English company has pro posed to the Porte to construct without subvention a railway from the Sea of Marmora to Bassora, across Asia Minor. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 16.—Three o'clock—The marke closed as follows : mand I} per Cent. per Cents 73 GO Bank Shares 2835 Itals.an Fives 55 60 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 329 50 Do. Debt , 45 50 Spanish Threes ... 26i Home Debt — Deferred — g Cash 1000 N OWr o el r es t at he rs r u n 645 - Strasburg • • 6lO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6261. Sardinian - End of month 74 421 Credit Mobilior 275 Transatlantic 196 25 Foncier 297 50 Paris Gas 1775 Suez Ottnal 335 RAILWAYS Austrian r .. Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ro!uan 781 500 70 AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic'Cablc.) NEW YORK, March 1G COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 112 ; the highest quotation during the day was 112 f ; the lowest, 1114. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 - . 1867 106 141} 26} 22c 261 c Corn-0:d 10-40 Illinois . Erie Cotton—Mid.upland Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, St 70c. to $5 30c. naixe I, $1 2c. The Cunard steamer Nemesis ariiv el out at 8 p m. yesterday. The North German Lloyd steamer Hansa arrived out at 7 a.m. to-day. The lonian steamship Etna arrived out to-day. The Anglia steamer (of the Anchor line) also ar rived here to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, March 17. The North German Lloyd steamer Union, from York, has arrived here with 160 passengers for this po: t, Havre, and Bremen, 0 sacks of mails, and $89,670 for London. Tt.o- mails will Le delivered this afternoon. QUEENSTONVg, Mdrel 17. The National Steamship Company's steamer Erin arrived from New York off here to-day, and having landed passengers, she proceeded for Liverpool at. 9.40 a.m.. A M .TRIMONIAL HOAX. A Rochdale commercial traveller indulged hie leisura moments in framing an advertisement for a wife, wbi.ch he forwarded for insertion to one of the Manchester papers as a joke. He received replies from a great many "genteel young ladies," one of which for its elegant ealtrapby and purity of dictum, drove the joke out of the head of the advertiser,' and induced him to think seriously of married life. A corres spondence was opened up and everything appeared to go as smoothly as hearts could wish—at least on the side of the susceptible commercial, who at last arranged a meeting in a lonely hou se near St. Alb an ' s Ch urc h. The young lady, hbwever, had been playing her cards in a very different way. She had communicated the " joke " to about thirty of her male friends, who formed themselves into a committee, and this is how they proceeded. A young woman was engaged to per sonify the lady; and for identification was to wear a plaid shawl, and trail her umbrella. Punctually at eight both met, but the gentleman was sadly disappointed when the charmer's vocabulary smote his ear, andhe would instantly have beaten an ungallant retreat had he not been captured forthwith by the ambush, and diagged into a private room in the Castle Inn, where none were admitted except by the pass-word " peas." There he stood astounded, in the company of forty or fifty persons, an object of their deri sion. A judge was selected, a jury empanelled, counsel for the prosecution an d d e f ence appoin ted, and the Court of Cupid proceeded, with grave dignity,•to try the pri soner on the charge of seeking to obtain a wife by means hurtful to society at large. The trial proceeded with great hilarity, and the counsel for the prosecution read the letters which had passed, those of the commercial inamorato leading. to tne hope that his busin e s s corres pondence evinced a better acquaintance with Lindley _ Murray than did his epistles to his lady-love.. The follow ing is a specimen : • " Royal Hotel, fralifax, Feb. 28. " Dearest Miss —I beg to announce the re c eipt o f y o ur very nice note, and regret to say that I have not _a carte by me, although expecting them daily. I must say my intention in putting that advertisement in the paper was only fora lark, although I frankly placed the composition together. But to tell you the truth, I am a traveller, at £lOO and expenses, with advancement; am quite a stranger to the Rochdale people, but have to be very careful in what I do. It was your very, very lady-like note which has touched my heart—(loudlaugh ter)—and made me do this. I should like to see your carte, or if not got one, would be happy to meet you quite privately. You would, I must say, find me as I term myself, persevering, steady, and affectionate. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) You will, am sure, excuse this hurried scrib ble, for am so busy. Am a native of London, and belong to a very respectble family. Your nice note I cannot get out of my head !! ! (Much laughter.) I received ti i ;:tv this morning ; this is the only one I have answered. Write to me as 'C. W.' once more, and then after that I hope it wITh be transposed to ' Harry.' Allow me to remain, dearest Miss, yours faithfully, C. W., Harry, &c. P.S.—Anywhere av'enld be most happy to meet you, if you will kiiidly write and at*e where. Dont think me a coward, for we have to be vers . weful. Any night or any time. Good bye." The jury eventually returned a verdlet or the plaintiff, damages £l,lOO. Defendant's counsel pleaded that his client had only 3s. 6d. The receipt of this was demurred to, and a friend present lent him 55., making Bs. Gd., which the Court accepted, and ultimately the unfortunate man was escorted to the door, where two hundred or three hundred people had assembled to witness his departure. !No sooner had he gained his liberty than he took to his heels, followed by an immense crowd, who called after hi m " Wife hunter." He fled with great swiftness, and out-distanced the crowd, but misfortune seemed his doom, for he rushed into the arms of a police man, who detained him until he ascertained the real facts of the case. Having again regained his freedom, he speedily disappeared. 'The paddlewheel 'steam frigate Valorous, 12, at Devor , p , rt, was inspectel on Tueschy. Capta;n Francidi S. Trenilett to be superseded in the coin- '11:e very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all ro2eat.improvaments for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Mes-ns., DIINVILLE Co., who havo gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "Tile Royal Irish. Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening TIIIMSDAY 55 min past l 20 min past 2 FRIDAY .... .... . 40 min past 2 .. min past 3 SATUILDAY 2O min past 3.....,...40 miu past 3 SUNDAY 0 min past 4 20 min past 4 -- - • MONDAY.. .45 min past 4 18 min past 5 TUESDAY 30 miu j'A.st, 5 &0 min past SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE BALLbi'. the - Timee considers that the iiresent positio.ii of the Ballot, when cleared from the elements of confusion in troduced into Wednesday's debate, is not obscure. - The Select Committee have by a majority reported in its favour, and Sir George Grey gave some of the reasons which in. duced him to concur in the opinion of the majority, thinks it will have a tend enc y t o c h ec k b r ib ery, and espe cially afternoon bribery but, like Mr. Osborne, he can not express a more positive confidence in its efficacy. It does not seem to have occurred tohim to'consider. whether its effects might not change the form rather than destroy the existence of the vice. As long as men of great wealth desire a scat in the House of Commons,. they will be .empted to use their special advantages to secure their aims, and it is sufficiently clear from the experience of France—to say nothing of constituencies at home—that a district may be demoralised by a lavish expenditure, even when no money passes simply and directly into th e hands of a voter. But this question, and questions like it, must be considered by the assistance of the light thrown upon them by the Select Committee. Their report is now pub lished, and when it is digested,Parliament will be seriously invited to enter'upon the work of legislation. The Standard thinks that Wednesday's proceedings the House of Commons ought to teach the great Liberal party a very needful and useful lesson. They are in a majority, an overwhelming majority, it may readily be admitted. They can carry any measure upon which they generally set their heart, if they will not impede its passage by the simultaneous pressing on of other mea sures about which they are just as anxious. But they can not do that which the more devoted members of the party and especially the new members, seem to have fancied they might do. They cannot suppress discussion ; they cannot hurry on their measures by disgraceful Surprises ; they cannot, until they revolutionise the whole procedure of the House of Commons and suppress all the rights of the minority, commit with any - success such breaches of good faith as that which was tried on Wednes day afternoon, Mr. Leatham and his friends would have acted more wisely as well as more honourably if they had agreed at once to that adjournment of the debate upon the Ballot Bill which they , were, in the end, compelled to accept without a division. The course adopted by she Opposition is conclusively justified in the short speecher of Colonel Patten, of Colonel Barttelot, of Mr. Floyer, of Lord Sandon, of Mr. Newdegate, and of Lord Claud John Hamilton. Its complete justification is to be found in the speech in which Mr. Leatham seconded the last motion for the adjournment of the lebate. It was, in substance, a vindication by inde pendent members of the rights of the House of Commons: an assertion of those principles 'which have hitherto guided the procedure of the House of Commons ; and, on the whole,Wednesday's proceedings were, perhaps, the most interesting of any day of the session. Tilt CITY OF BOSTON. The Daily News says that these welcome westerly winds have not brought the longed-for news of the miss ing_ steamer, the City of B os t on . A rumour th a t s h e had arrived at Queenstown gained a little currency on Wed nesday night, but it was traced t o th e D u bli n S to ck E xc h ange, and had no foundation in fact. The public anxiety as to the fate of such a vessel, with her great freight of valu able lives, is sure to form itself now and then into rumours which are alternately favourable and unfavourable. But in consideration ol the private anxiety of many persons who have relatives on board it is at least to be hoped that any rumours about the vessel may be well investi gated before currency is given them by the press. The one only remaining hope for the missing vessel is in the long prevalence of easterly winds, which have kept large fleets of vessels lingering out at sea and unable to app roac h the coast. The wind has now changed. In a few days the public suspense will be over, for if these westerly winds do not bring us speedy news of the vessel, it wul soon be evident that, like the President seine years ago, she will never be heard of more. RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY. The Pall Mall Gazette, in referring to the Inspector- General's report on the recruiting system, observes that it is not merely satisfactory from the point of view of actual accomplishment, but because of the promise of further improvement which it holds out to us, and be eause it seems to bring nearer to us those prospects of substantial army reform which we have ever looked forward to. If by a few few common-sense alterations in our system of recruiting we can effect the bene ficial results which are here recorded, what may we not hope for when the conditions of service are made more generally favourable, as is now proposed ? The Royal Commissioners fitted their propositions, it must be remembered, to the existing state of things. They were, indeed, themselves in favour of retaining a long period of service, of encouraging re-engagement, and of raising the price which a man must pay for his discharge. All these conditions are obviously unfavourable to the attraction of recruits, and all these things it is now proposed to change. We are to have short terms of service and increased faci lities of discharge. Surely we may derive from this report encouragement in the hope that under such a system the flow of recruits will be fuller and more abundant, that the army will really -become a coveted profession, and one to which it will be an honour and advantage to belong. THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. ! The Telegraph remarks that after a protracted investi gation, the father and mother of Sarah Jacob, th e "WeLli Fasting Girl," have been committed for trial on a charge of mans4ughter. In the proceedings before the magi strates several medical men were accused of contributing to the child's death, but with regard to them the prosecu tion has failed. 'Mere can be no doubt that if any number of persons are engaged in a common course of action which is obviously dangerous to human life, and if it is followed by a fatal result, those persons are guilty of manslaughter. It is no defence to allege that the purpose of the conspiracy was not criminal but philosophical ; that the victim was a,. martyr of science and the subject of an interesting medical ex periment. Our law does not permit savants to try dan germ's experiments upon the human body. Of course, at the present stage of the inquiry, we make no suggestion. as to the guilt or innocence .of the parties incriminated. It is enough to narrate without comment or criticism a tale which involves so instructive a moral. The medical men who were defendants before the magistrates are dis charged, but the investigation will have had the useful effect of teaching curious . people that they cannot, with out danger and inconvenience to themselves, take part, even passiyely, in experim en t s w hi c h i nvo l ve a risk of human life. THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS. The Post is of opinion that when the Government bill teaves it to the decision of the local board whether or not the Bible shall be read in the national school, ihe device, though it may be the best to be had, is not so satisfactory as could be wished. In some respects, indeed, it is not at all satisfactory. In the first place, though decision by a majority is a fair way of settling questions which do not involve matters of conscience, it may become a form of oppression when such questions are involved. Again, the constitution of-these boards must be put in the scale, and we have seen enough of them in various ways not to have much confidence either in their discretion or their morality. Taking them at at their best, however, their decisions npon this question will, after all,. amonnt to a contracted and ill-defined from of denouunational education. If the majority of the board are members of the Church of England, they will, as far as the Act, allows them, and perhaps a little farther, give the religi ous instruction of the school a Church of England hue. The same may be said of the Dissenters ; and if the• board is mainly composed of Secularists, they will ma k e their opinions felt by ignoring religion altogether. THE LATE H. BIONTALEMBERT. We should not be surprised, says the Stand ar d, if th e death of Montalembert should be looked back upon in future times as the closing of an era. He typified a class which, it seems to us, must pass away, if, indeed, it has not passed with his decease. It is true that the Univers appeared the day after the announcement of his dissolu tion with a mourning border, but this only, proves that even such violent and vindictive controversialists as M. Lopis Veuillot and his faithful army of matadores are overcome by a sense of decency in the presence of an open tomb. In a quarter of a century they have wrought a transformation in theological Europe such as the world has never before seen in such a trivial space of time. They command the episcopacy, they have indoctrinated the lower clergy, they have mesmerised the laity. The Pope is their puppet, whilst he deems himself their master, and it only remains for them either to subdue the State or to break away from its control. Their ambi tion has reached its climax. As we say, they are closing an era, and as history loves to associate its dates with noble names, the time will come when men will look back and say that in the grave of Montalembert was buried the last hope of reconciling the worship of Rome with an honest passion for liberty. It may by said of IVlontalembert that to the last he feared, but to the last he hoped. He could not surrender on his death-bed the pious delusion of a life. " Never, thank Heaven ! "he had exclaimed a few days before, " have I thought, said, or wr itt en anyt hi ng in favour of Papal Infallibility." Perhaps he is lucky to have died before he was compelled either to believe it, or to be logical at last. He was the dreamer of dreams, born out of his-due time, whose constant effort it was to set the crooked straight. If he failed he failed nobly ; but he was essentially one of those of whom it has been said that all must admire, but none had bet* in?itate them. The Rev. Brewin Grant 8.A., for many years a Congregationalist minister at Sheffield, and well known for the part he took last year in opposition to disestab lishment in Ireland, h as d ec id e d on joining the Church of England. THE EASTER MONDAY REVIEW.—The metropo litan commanding officers have had a further interview with the authorities of the Brighton Railway Company and Mr. J. P. Knight, their general manager. The latter have agreed t o ma k e the most liberal and convenient ar rangements with regard to the transit and accommodation of the volunteers, and especially with regard to the tickets. They are to be issued as early as the Ist of April, and commanding officers are to be allowed till the 11th to make their first return of the number of tickets sold ; a second and similar return will be made on the 16th, the remainder being left over till after the review. By this arrangement greater facilities will be afforded than usual for ascertaining befosehand the actual numbers of each corps likely to be present at the review. A robbery was committed about a week ago at Hastings by a girl named Ellen Lusted, about 15 years of age, under the following circumstances :—For some time past an Italian band has been playing at Hastings, and the girl became infatuated with one of the bandsmen. On the band leaVing Hastings the girl resolved upon following it to London, and, that she might provide herself with means, she robbed her mistress of a quantity of wearinz appayel, &c. §4.9140 kiwakckl4l9.9witsy viii,Fl,9l3aott4 t2.gAtipsei_d PRINCE PIERRE BONAPARTE , The Gazdois has heard from Tours about the stoppag e Of the works of the Palais de Justice, by order of the Ministew of Justice. He very truly observed that the occasion was not a joyous one, and that the Prince was coming there as a French citizen about to e I stand before a jury of his countrymen. Under these eireuostances he deprecated the proposed display, and re' quested that the authorities would confine themselve3,o tho, - ,-e preparations which . were absolut e ly necessary. . 11 -x le governor of the Conciergerie will acco m p an y the Prince to Tours. Ths G'a:ctic des Tribuneaux refers in a statement which . appears in the 111areeid dibe concerning the manner- in which M. &Oats the Juge d'lnStruetion has conducted the investigatio n, and denies the imputations cast upon him in resPec 4 his examination of witnesses at Auteuil. M. Fing ° ,/ e " the counsel. for the prosecution, has been studying the tails of. the affair, of P r i nc e . Pierre Bonaparte, in order to prepare his brief. He was assisted in the task by the solicitor Bernheim, and the investigation took place in one of the chambers of the Court of Cessation. MGR. DUPANLOUP AND THE .A C FIB'S 11 0 P OF AIALINES. Mgr. Dupanioup, Bishop of Orleans, has replied to the Archbishop of Malines. His reply, which has been printed at Naples, bears date Rome, March Ist. Ile con eludes in the following terms "It is the honour of my life ' militant to have been as much insulted as any Bishop ever was by the adversaries of religion and. society There was but one last sacrifice which I had not had the honour of making, but it was offered to me, and I did no! shrink from it. I l a id m y se lf open for what I thoug, h ' the good of the Ch urc h t o the attacks of those wn° formerly applauded me, and they have not spared rat I have surrendered that popularity, such as it was, NvLic' T I had not sought, and which is an idol to so many was not ignorant what I was doing, but without hcsita . tion I sacrificed it to that which I believed, and now es then. to be aegreat duty. That duty I shalL fulfil to tio . end." RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY.—The Inspector° General of Recruiting has issued a memorandum, giving information of the changes that have resulted from the introduction of the new system of 1867. The extra two pence a day has had the effect of improving the number of recruits, and during . the depression of trade' in Louden men of " clerical attainments" have been furnished. 0n the whole, however, the class of men enlisting now is or much superior to what it used to be. There is no dio" - culty in keeping the cavalry complete. Recruiting has been removed as much as possible from the public-houses , and any recruit enlisted when drunk can claim immediate release. COUNT IIEUST'S NOTE TO ROME.—The Vienna correspondent of the Eastern Budget says that the abstract of Count Beust's note on the Syllabus which has already been published, i 3 somewhat inaccurate. The most bit' portant passage clearly states that Austria reserves to her self all freedom of action in respect of any resolution ) which might be arrival at in the sense of the 21 canons, and that such resolutions will not only be invalid in Austria, but that their publication in the empire will not be permitted, Cardinal Antonelli made no reply to the note, except to inform Count Frautsmandorif that ha would accept it ad refer andum. INTERESTING DISCOVEILY.—The Emperor Napo icon, as may be remembered, some time back purchases the site on Mount Palatine formerly occupied by the palace of Augustus Canar and his widow Livia. Excavu tions in the ruins have been made by his Majesty's order ! and many interesting objects of antiquity have been brought to light. A more important discovery just made 13 that of three underground rooms, which apparently belonged to the batlis, and of which the walls are &dna rahly decorated with frescoes. Copietof these paintings have been made by M. Layrand a French artist, and have just arrived at the French Institute. The relics from the . villa of Augustus will eventually occupy a room at - th@ museum in the palace of St. Germain, DIE COUNT DE CIIAMBORD.-31. Adrien d$ Riancey has received a letter of condolence from the Count de Chambord, bearing date Vienna, March 10 -. After expressing his sympathy in M. de Riancey's griefs the Count exclaims, " How great is the loss for the Church of which your excellent father was one of the most devoted sons; For France who loved him like ourselves with a filial love ; for the Cause of right to which he had devoted his life, and for -me, who mourns in him one of my best and most faithf u l friends. . . . At least, he had the satisfaction at the end of his life of receiving the benediction of the Holy Father, and bf hearing from his lips words Of praise and encouragement which touched him deeply. His sons lam convinced will be proud to follow in his steps, and I rely upon them as relied upon him, Be to your mother who is so severely tried, and to the fellow workers of your father who a ided him with so much zeal in the .useful work to which he devoted himzelf,the interpreter of my sorrowful sympathy, THE TURKISH SLAVE TRADE.—If we may fay credit the paper read by Major Millinger before the An tlirepological Society, there is a field of female enterprise in the East which has hitherto been happily cultivated only by Oriental hands. All the ladies in Constantinople are, it reams, slave dealers. Every woman who has anY capital to invest becomes an importer of her own sex from Cireassia. The business is safe and profit able, for white slaves are as much a necessity to the Musa , .linah dynasty as meat is to the . London market. •It is contrary to the statutes of the empire for the Sultan or his family to marry any but slaves, and in the Seraglio it is the Circassians who receive the best treatment, and alone attain the highest honours. So inti mately is slavery bound up with the social and political systems of Turkey that, in the opinion of Major Millin ger, the extinction of the former must imply the destruc tion of the latter. If these conclusions be correct We must not be too sanguine as to the effect is likely to be produced by the recent visits of the Empress of the 1 - 4'rench and the Princess of Wales to 0.1 Sultan. which BISHOPS, THE CROWN, AND PARLIAMENT 00 OLD.—The air, which has for some time past been raining mitres, seems to be still surcharged with them. That they should be at the disposal of the Prime Minister for the time being is, we know, a dire offence to some worthy people, who, perhaps, are unaware of the dangers that in past times were involved in a different system. In 1397 the Speaker of the House demanded an interview with th e Lord Chancellor and other great officers of State to convey to them the desire of the Commons that a law should be passed " to check the extravagant expenses of the King's household, and to forbid bishop s and ladies who had ne particular business there from frequenting the Court." It rs generally supposed that the ladies were constant in their attendance in order to influence the king ifk his appointments to the bishoprics, and that the bishopEk were present in order to counteract this female interfe relice with their order. Be this as it may, King Richard was so incensed at the suggestion that he commanded the Speaker to furnish him with the name of the prop oser of the bill. It turned out to b e a c l er i ca l M . P . — one Thomas Maxey—who, on his own confession, was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by an ex post facto lain : At the intercession of the prelates his life was spared, and his example is recorded in the annals of the House to warn captious members of the danger of meddliug with episcol* anpointrnents.—Pall Mall Gazette. .A. ; PROPITADLt BREwERy.-_f udgment in the appeal cago Tennant v. Tennant " haa beeii given in the House of - Lords. The appellant asked the House to reverse decision of the Scotch - Court, Which had refused to set aside a deed by which he renounced a share in a large brewer/ business in Glasgow. He d ec l are d that he signed it under great pecuniary pressure, a n d was unduly influenced by his father and brother. Also, that the consideration for the deed was altogether inadequate. The profits of the brewery, It was stat e d, are £60,000 a year Their lordships held that at th e t i me of signing the deed the ap pellant knew perfectly well the nature of its provisions, and affirmed the judgment of the Scotch court. THE WESTON V. WEST CHANCERY SUIT.—The Master of of the Rolls has delivered judgment in the case of " Weston v. Weston," which was a suit instituted by a wife to com pel her husband to pay_ll...r an allowance according to an agreement. The defendant was a gentleman of fortune in the country, and had been married to the plaintiff some time. They had - three children. Whilst a Mr. Quick Was s t a yi ng w i t h t h em in 1862, rumours were circulated, the r esu lt o f w hi c h was that an agree ment ',was entered into between the defendant and Mrs. Weston, by which it was covenanted that they should separate, he allowing her £3OO a year, so long as she did notcommit adultery, or institute proceedings in the Divorce Court. for a restitution of conjugal rights. In consequence of Mr. quick afterwards 'visiting Mrs. Weston, the husband withdrew the allowance and set a detective to watch his wife. The Master of the Rolls said that if the clgendant believed in his wife's misconduct he should have applied for a dissolution of his marriage in the Divorce Court. He decided that the defendant must paY Mrs. Weston the amount of her arrears, and her annwth as well as the costs of the suit. MR- HUTLEY'S WILL.—An application has been made to Vice-Chancellor Stuart for the appointment of a receiver to the estate of the late Mr. Nutley, whose will has been declared invalid. The ground of the application was that the defendant in the lite suit was drawing cheques for large amounts, and if this were allowed, 3 serious injustice might be done to persons entitled to the estate. The motion stood over.. THE TOTTENHAM REGATTA.—Two men, named Ashton and Godfrey, hav e b een comm i t i e d for trial at the Marl borough-street Police-court for obtaining a subscription to the " Tottenham Regatta " from Lord George Hamilton, there being no such thinq in existence. The prisoners forged the name of Lord Lnfield, M.P., and others, to a subscription list.' FRAUDULENT CONVERSION OF A LEA SE.--A large farmer named Jeffries has been committed for trial at Colchester, for having illegally converted to his own use, a lease b' 3- twcen himself and the Countess Waldegrave and others. The lease was in the possession of a solicitor as security, but he allowed Mr. Jeffries to have it for a few days. During those few days Jeffries obtained a loan on it. THREATENING ARSON AND AIURDER.—A young m an has been sentenced to eight months hard labour at Lewes for sending a letter to Mr. Tullock a gentle man of property nea r , th reatening to murder him and set his house on fire. Mr. Tulloch had prosecuted one of tile prisoner's relatives for trespass. ----- It is stated that great efforts are'beipg made to procure for the Orleanist princes the right of return to France. • The temperature in London, as noted by the Meteorolo g i ca l D epartment, was 19 degrees hi g h e r this porning than call/low:lay morning. Then was 28, to-do r It-WM s 18; re c acl( -.. to It the 1 bj of ii I N 4. 44 Vice t,b 4k , o, I,tt 14 th: D o DO , I)' Chi trk z i bo 1), Do,