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WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 1; Saturday Morn ings at 3. Admission, ls, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at S; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra rooms, 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily (except Sundays) Admission. ls.• on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. g. 11, I; 7 :kt i 1 m I - , • ' , I f ,C 2"; G7:-' 4-1", LONDON, WEDNESDAY, iIIAY 4, 1870. NINETEEN years ago the House of Commons was in one of its panics, and was legislating with the amount of wisdom which is usually displayed at such crises. The Pope had established the Romish hierarchy in England, and straightway the Protes tantism of the country were in a state of profound consternation, fearing that Englishmen would be converted to Romanism without their knowledge and against their will. The result of this most undignified alarm was the introduction of a bill to render penal the assumption of ecclesiastical titles in this kingdom without the Sovereign's consent. It was a funny remedy against Popery. It did not propose to put down Popish Bishops, but simply to prevent them calling themselves after . the names of English towns ; a device which showed a remarkable amount of faith in the value of a name, but very little conception of the impor tance of the thing. The bill was opposed by Mr. Gladstone and a few other illustrious men, who, unhappily, have for the most part gone to their rest. But it was carried by immense majorities, and although the Irish Roman Catholic members, in order to delay the bill, resorted to every expedient that the forms of the House of Commons would permit, they could not prevent the bill becoming law. It was placed upon the Statute Book ; it remains there to this day; it has been violated a dozen times a day every one of the nineteen years since it was passed; but it has never been enforced, and within the last few hours the Government have given notice that they intend to repeal it, and so roll away the reproach that there is an Act of Parliament, not twenty years old, which the Executive does not venture to enforce. Is it possible that our legislators can be insensible to this history? It is most deeply instructive. It contains a most powerful warning against intolerant and panic-begotten legislation. Yet on the same night , that Lord Granville announced the inten tion of Government to repeal the abortive Ecclesiastical Titles Act, the House of Com mons was warmly, almost fiercely, engaged in considering if it should take the preliminary steps towards legislating against monastic institutions. It is really melancholy and pitiful that in this seventh decade of the nineteenth century such an idea should be entertained. It might have been hoped that we had made some progress towards real toleration during the last quarter of a century, that we had at least been warned by the miserable failure of the Act of 1851. Yet, so far as regards a large number of and (if we are to judge from the heap of peti tions presented to Parliament) so far as regards a large portion of the nation likewise, there seems to have been no improvement, no advance. Protestantism in the mouths of such persons as Mr. Newdegate and Mr. Chambers means only the right to persecute Romanism, to put down an obnoxious religion by the strong arm of the law. The real meaning of Protestantism does not seem even to have dawned upon these men. The right of private judgment and absolute and entire freedom of conscience are on their lips, but in their minds they make a reservation, and hold that the right and the freedom shall be merely for themselves. Fortunately there are some few mem bers of the British Legislature, who have formed a more adequate conception. The loud cheers with which their spokesman, Mr. Winterbotham, was greeted, lead us to hope that the number is not so small as would appear from the list of speakers. Holding these views—believing that Protestantism is not a mere negation, not only an anti-something, but a positive vital principle—we cannot but share Mr. Winterbotham's regret that any motion for inquiring into the condition of conventual institu tions should be carried. We object to such inquiry on the broad principle that every man shall be free to worship God as he pleases, provided that thereby he does no wrong to others. There is also a special ground of objection. Monastic institutions are illegal ; therefore Parliament will be called upon either to enforce the law against them or to repeal it. The first would be impossible, the second would lead to much angry bitterness, of which there has been already enough. The principle quieta non movers is peculiarly applicable to bad legislation. Unwise laws, the enforcement of which has been for bidden by the common sense of the people, should be allowed to become obsolete. To repeal them pro vokes discussion, gives an opportunity for the bigots to display their intolerance, and is, moreover, a waste of time. However, the proposed investigation has been made as harmless as it could be made if there was to be any investigation at all. Mr. Newdegate's triumph is very short-lived. Instead of an inquiry into the constitution and disci pline of conventual institutions, he has got merely an inquiry into the conditions upon which they hold property. It would be a by no means unmerited retribution if the result of all this pother were to be for ccnivents and monas teries to be declared feral and entit-lect to hold what ever property im left to them. MINISTERS must be a good deal more sanguine than journalists with respect to the work of the session. With the fourth clause of the Land Bill still unsettled, with the Education Bill untouched so far as committee goes, they yet see their way to introduce new measure& The second week of May will witness the Marquis of Hartington introducing the Ballot Bill, and Lord Kim. berley the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. True, Mr. Bruce has finally determined to postpone his Licensing Bill till next session. On the other hand, Sir John Coleridge has been more fortunate with his Univer. sity Tests' Bill, and there is little doubt but that this measure will reach the Upper House in time for peers to consider well before they take the important step of rejecting it. The Mines Regulation Bill is where it was; that is to say, read a second time, but nothing more. The Merchant Shipping Bill, with its more than 800 clauses, has not advanced even so far as that. The estimates are terribly in arrears. We question, therefore, very much the wisdom of introducing during the present session any measure for altering the law of Parliamentary elections. This is not a measure which could well have been introduced in the first instance in the Upper House ; but if it was determined to bring it on at all this year, other measures, such as the Mines and Shipping bills, should have been offered to the consideration of the peers during all these weeks when they have been nearly idle. After all there are some good men of business among the Lords, and so long as we tiave two logisiative chambers it is not wise to show so little confidence in the wisdom of the Upper, PS is s!o by the withholding of all important measures until they have first been 83ttle1 by the Lower House. The result is a most unfair pressure upon the Peers at the end of the session, a pressure which renders wise and careful 'egis!ation on their nru•ts HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS CHRISTIAN. The following bulletin was issued yesterday : FROGMORE, May 3, 1870. " Her Royal Highness Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Princess Helena of Great Bri tain and Ireland) was safely► delivered of a Princess at 7 p.m. yesterday. " Her Royal Highness and the infant princess are going on perfectly well. " THOMAS FAIRBANK S M.D." DEATH OF MR. R. TATTERSALL. Mr. Richard Tattersall, the senior partner in the firm of Messrs. Tattersall, of Knightsbridge, died at his residence, Beaufort-gardens, yesterday morning. The deceased gentleman had been in failing health for some time past, and the last sale at which he officiated was at Doncaster four years ago. Since that time Mr. Edmund Tattersall has been the work ing partner, but has latterly been assisted by Mr. Payne, who now shares with him the responsibilities of the firm. GREAT FIRE IN HULL. A terrific fire is raging near the Victoria Dock. Sisson's saw-mill caught fire about 8 o'clock last night, and the flames spread to the adjoining deal yard, which is four acres in extent, and covered with deals. These, which were in piles 20 feet high, were on fire at one time, and the police could not put out the flames, but they prevented them from spreading to the adjoining deal-yards. The shipping in the docks took fire, and the damage is estimated at from £20,000 to £30,000. The Queen will leave Osborne to-morrow for Windsor Castle. The Prince of Wales is holding a levee to-day at St. James's Palace on behalf of the Queen. The presenta- tions are numerous. A meeting of the members of the Cabinet will take place on Saturday next at Mr. Gladstone's official residence in Downing-street. The House of Representatives h'ts passed a reso lution granting a pension of $3,000 per annum to Mrs. Lincol The Inns of Court or "Devil's Own" Rifle Volun teers will furnish a guard of honour of 100 men to the Princess Louise at the ceremony of the opening of the new Inner Temple Hall on the 14th inst. The adjourned meeting of the Governors of Christ's Hospital wets held yesterday, the Duke of Cambridge pre siding, but the question whether reporters should be ad mitted was decided in the negative. About two and a half acres of land at Stoke Newington, with a frontage to Albion-road, were yesterday sold by auction at the Mari, by Messrs. Debenham, Tewson, and Farmer, and realised an average price of £2,200 per acre. It was understood that the property was purchased by the proprietor during the present century at about £lOO an acre. The Midland Counties Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition is to be opened at Derby to morrow by the Duke of Devonshire. We have to announce the safe arrival at Quebec, on Monday the 2d inst., of the steamship Medway, with 520 of the emigrants of the British and Colonial Emigration Society—the first party sent out this season. The Medway left Gravesend on Good Friday. The Lord Chief Justice is suffering from an attack of bronchitis. The Pall Mall Gazette denies the rumour of Mr. Bright's resignation. Mr. Basil Cane has succeeded Mr. Farnall as Poor Law inspector in the Yorkshire district. The Naval Court of Inquiry convened by the Americans as to the loss of the Oneida has been dissolved. The troops to take part in the Red River expedi tion, yesterday commenced to rendezvous at Toronto. It is announced that Lady Lambert, widow of Admiral Sir George Lambert, K.C.8., has joined the Church of Rome. A deputation from British Columbia to arrange terms for joining the Canadian Confederation is now on its way hither. The writs for the Mallow and Mayo elections have been received by the Sheriffs of Mayo and Cork, and the elections will take place in a few days.. Returns have been published chewing the number of gallons of proof spirits distilled in the United Kingd om and the duty paid thereon in the year ending - 31st Decein ber, 1869. The Scotsman says that two smart shocks of an earthquake were felt at Comrie the other night, as also at Strowan. They were accompanied with a rumbling noise. The vibration was from west to east. The parishioners and friends of the Rev. Dr. Durnford, Bishop Elect of Chichester, yesterday presented him with an address and a service of plate on the occasion of his severing his connection with the parish of Middleton, where he has officiated for thirty-five years. The latest accounts respecting the destruction of cotton mills by fire near Bolton and at Bacup shew that in the former case the damage is not less than £30,000. In the latter no estimate is given, but it must be enormous, as two mills are entirely destroyed. The Empress of the French has just given a fresh proof of her sympathy for the suffering poor by going to the workroom for youn g g i r l s , established under her Majesty's patronage in the Maison de Picpus, and visiting the numerous patients attacked there with the small pox. The " selling off of Government property is pro gressing. The Admiralty have instructed Messrs. Bayley and Ridley, of Cornhill, to dispose of, by private con tract, the Admiral Superintendents' yachts Royal William and Plymouth, lying in the Royal Dockyard, Devonport. Official returns of emigration from Liverpool show that the total number of passengers who have sailed from Liverpool during the month of April last has been 24,152, against 27,038 in April, 1869, shewing a decrease of 2,886 in last month as compared with the same month of last year. A document signed by the Archbiships of Dublin and Armagh has been published, reminding the Protest ant community that next year the Church commences to be supported by voluntary contributions, and pointing out .that its sustentation should not devolve only on the wealthy. At a meeting of the Enniskillen Town Council Messrs. Brothers, of London, proprietors of the Ennis killen Gas Works, were fined one-fifth of the quarter's accounts for an insufficient supply of gas; and it was agreed to advertise for a new gas company to supply the tow:, •tc., s4,4 4_4':_ s i s'irtufAr „ HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, May 3. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, walked and drove yesterday after noon. Her Majesty went out this morning. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Coun teas of Morton, drove out yesterday. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REU'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. THE ALLEGED PLOT IN PARIS. The Journal Official of last evening contains the following article :—" The system of the Revolu tionary party is known. It consists in attacking every act of the Government. If that party attempts a disturbance, it is the police that has provoked it. If it organises a conspiracy, it is the Government that has invented it. A man has been arrested at the moment he was seeking an opportunity to assassinate the Emperor ; he avows his criminal intention. Newspapers of a certain character persist, none the less, in denying the fact of the attempt. Boinbs are found. It is the police which has fabricated them. But the person who cast them comes forward and gives precise information respecting them. Will that convince the incredulous ? No, because they are wilfully incredulous. It is the duty of the Government to put the public on its guard against electioneering manoeuvres. A legal investigation is being actively carried on, and as this new attempt is but a sequel to the conspiracy of February last, the preliminary inquiry into which has been com pleted, the public mind will speedily be furnished with all the materials for arriving at a sound con clusion. PARIS, May 4. The Constitutionnel of this morning states that at Angers and at Bourbonne in the Department of the Haute Marne, and in some localities in the Depart ment of the Haut Rhin, the meetings against the Plebiscite were stopped by the people, shouting " Long live the Emperor," " Down with a Republic." At Marseilles, on Tuesday evening, the proclama tion of the Committee of the Republican Socialist party to the troops relative to their vote at the Ple biscite was seized. Several members of the committee have been arrested, and ethers have been subjected to domiciliary visits. BOURSE, May 3.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 11 per Cent. 3 per Cents 74 23 Bank Shares 2830 Ital'an Rives 56 80 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 49 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred ...... End of month 74 27k Credit Mobilier „ 235 Transatlantic 195 (redit Foncier 1290 Paris Gas 1667 50 Suez Canal 285 RAILWAY Cash Orleans ... 965 Western Northern ~. 1175 Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6071 Sardinian Austrian 7861 Lombard 3821 North of Spain 67 Saragossa Roman 52 ITALY. FLORENCE, May 3. In to-day's sitting of the Private Committee of the Chamber of Deputies Signor Sanza (? Lanza) spoke in favour of the clause referring to the appoint ment of mayors by the Communal Council. He said that this would free the Government from many an embarrassment, since it would separate political interests from those of the. Administration. The Government held a sufficient guarantee in its power to suspend or dismiss the Mayors. The House adopted the clause as proposed by the Government by a large majority. Signor Sella laid before the House a scheme for completing the railway communications in Calabria and Sicily, and Count Visconti-Venosta presented the report of the Italian Envoy at Athens on the capture and murder of Count Maurice Boyl. It appears from these papers that the Foreign-office had urged its representative to spare no possible means to obtain the release of the prisoners. Count Venosta also laid before the House a report received from the Italian Legation at Buenos Ayres, referring to the murder of the Italian Consul at Assumption, and stating that the murderer had not yet been dis - - covered. The Opinione of to-day says :—" In conformity with the provisions of the Calabrian Railway scheme, presented to the Chamber of Deputies this diy, a sum of 10 millions of lire will be inserted in the Budget for 1870, and 20 millions in each of the four following Budgets, to cover the cost of construction of the lines which art to be completed in 1874. The Public Treasury would be authorised to pro vide the necessary funds by selling Consolidated Rente." The Opinione adds :—" This plan seems to have been adopted in the expectation that a concession of these lines might hereafter be granted to a sonnd private company, which would relieve the state of the undertaking." AMERICA. (By Cable). WASHINGTON, May 3. The House of Representatives, in concurrence with the Senate, passed a resolution to-day to ad journ until the 4th of July. NEW YORK, May 3. The Inman steamer City of Antwerp arrived out to•day. • The Cunard steamship Malta arrived at 4 a.m., and the Java at 5 p.m. The North German Lloyd steamer New York also arrived at 2 p.m. to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 115 ; the highest quotation during the day Ras 115 ; the lowest, 114 i. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 1867 10-40 77 Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, $4 80c. to $5 40c. Corn—Old mixed, $l 14c, QUEENSTOWN, May 4. The National Steamship Company's steamer France arrived off here from New York at 11 p.m. yesterday, and having landed passengers she pro seeded for Liverpool. All well. CANADA. TORONTO, May 3. A bill for the Government of Prince Rupert's Land has been introduced, which provides that the Legislature of that province shall consist of two Chambers, the first to be nominated, and the second to be elected by household suffrage on the basis of one year's residence. The bill further provides that Prince 'input's Land shall be represented in the Dominion Parlia ment by two Senators and four Representatives. Au annual subsidy is to be paid by Canada, amounting to 80 cents per head of the population, with an additional sum of po,oco. Twelve hundred thousand acres will be reserved for the extinction of Indian titles. The province ie to have power to amend municipal constitutions, ex cept as to execution. The province is to comprise the territory from 96 to 91 degrees 15 minutes west longitude, and from 49 to 50 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude. The name of the province is to be Manetoda. All other portions of the North-West Territory are to be governed by Canada. The expedition to restore order in the Red River settlements is to consist of one-fourth regular troops and three-fourths Canadian volunteers. A quarter of the expenses will be paid by England. INDIA. (By Indo-European Telegraph.) CALCUTTA, May 3. Exchange on London, 6 months' Bank Bills 1.111 4 per Cent. Government Securities... 5 46 5} 64 00 71bs. Shirtings, sr. lla.; 811bs ditto, Or. 12a.; 40's Water Twist, 6a. Bp. Market steady. Bengal Cotton, 24r. IBISH OPINIOV, Mr. Thomas Eyre, late High Sheriff of Kilkenny, writes to the Times on the " Inspection of Convents." He says the deep and earnest feeling aroused by Mr. Newdegate's proposed inquiry into conventual institutions, if not allayed, may easily kindle a flame that will not be extinguished for many years. ' This danger he considers great even to England, but infinitely greater to Ireland where there is an excitable nation, a substantial grievance, and every other element necessary to stir up the passions and kindle the animosity of the people. In England, he says, the Catholics are weak, but in Ireland they are strong, and will absolutely refuse to submit to be insulted. Because he sees this determination unmistakeably manifesting itself, he ventures on sending these few lines of warning. THE H.P. WHO W I !!NT 'WRONG. The good people of Newcastle, in their zeal for the success of Mr. Gladstone's Land Bill, not only severely condemned Mr. Headlam for causing delay by a troublesome amendment, and expressed their confi dence in the Premier, but drew up a petition in fa vour of the measure, and made a request through Mr. Cowen that Mr. Gladstone should present it. The Premier, however, naturally thought this duty a little invidious. " Should I have occasion to state in debate my view of Mr. Headlam's motion, and of the incalculable mischief such motions may do, you will remain in no possible doubt as to the gratitude which I must feel to the great community of Newcastle for the prompt, spontaneous, and energetic manifestation of their opinion respecting it. At the same time, I hope you will kindly relieve me from the duty of presenting the petition to the House of Commons.' It was hardly likely that Mr. Gladstone would in person lay before the House a document which was not only very flattering to himself, but likewise condemnatory of an old colleague. THE INCOME TAX. An inquiry as to the proper deduction of income tax from half-yearly payments of rent and interest on mortgages falling due since the sth of April, has elicited the following reply from Somerset House : "The deduction should be at the rate of sd. in the pound on the portion of the payment of rent or interest applicable to the period of the fifth of April, and at the rate of 4d. in the pound on the remainder." The fifth of April, it is scarcely needful to explain, is the date upon which the reduction of the income tax took effect. MR. LOWE AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. A deputation from the conference of Indus trial Societies has waited on Mr. Lowe. It represented 107 societies, comprising 115,200 members, and doing business to the extent of five millions a year. The deputation stated that the abolition of the Registrarship would greatly injure the societies. It also urged that faci lities for buying land and building cot tages out of the funds intended to be given by the Industrial Societies Acts of 1868, should be put beyond doubt. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to these and various other repre sentations, said he thought it would be desirable that a bill should be prepared analagous to the Joint Stock Companies' Act containing a sche dule with a carefully-drawn up set of rules. With respect to the bill he could not say when it would come on, but he should be prepared to consent to a committee to consider the whole subj ect. EXPENDITURE ON FORTIFICATIONS. An account of expenditure under the several fortifications Acts of 1862-3 chews the following results. The estimated cost was £7,460,000, and the expenditure of prior years to the passing of the Act £879,211 7s, sd. The expen diture in 1862-3 was £1,163,146 2s. 2d., showing the total amount of expenditure to have been £22,042,357 9s. 7d. LORD GRANVILLE AND THE CAPE. The relations between England and her colonies are being continually brought before us. We are in perpetual perplexity about New Zealand. Our North American provinces, what with Fenians on the frontier and local jealousies within, are in a constant state of commotion. And now we have before us a copy of "Further correspondence regarding the establishment of responsible Govern ment at the Cape of Good Hope, and the withdrawal of troops from that colony." Governor Wodehouse, in transmitting the petition in favour of the troops being allowed to remain in the colony, ex presses his opinion that until the Colonists " commit the error of establishing- responsible government," it is desirable that the troops should remain on their recent moderate footing. Lord Granville, in acknowledging the receipt of the petition, answers the arguments of the colonists seriatim. He does not doubt that the protection of life and pro perty is essential, but he refuses to believe that the cost of defence which now averages 10s. a head, is too great a strain, when 16s. a head is paid by the inhabitants of Great Britain for their defence independently of police. The Home - Government, continues Earl Granville, far from being desirous of retaining its present control over the affairs of the colony, is only anxious that the Government should be effective. This looks like a hint that our Colonial Secretary would have no objection to seeing the colonists of the Cape set up for themselves independently of Downing -street. He gives them, however, some consolation in his concluding para graph, by agreeing to leave for the present one regi ment in the colony. THE ATTACK UPON ROME. It would appear, if we can believe La Concorde, that England was asked to join the Powers in sup porting Count Daru's note to the Papal Government. It seems far from probable that the intervention of England was called for. But at any rate it is gratifying to find La Concorde credit- ing the English Foreign Minister with a remarkably sensible answer. Lord Clarendon, it says, after hearing the note read, justified the re served attitude of the British Government towards the Council, on the ground that the Court of Rome is never strong except when attacked, and that it has always been very feeble whenever it has assumed the offensive. This sounds like an echo from Macau lay's essay on Von Ranke—that in which the im mortal New Zealander first saw the light ; but the sentiment was not strictly correct. Rome has been persistently attacked of late years from the side of Austria, Italy, and Spain, and it can hArdly be pre tended that she has lost nothing. TIIE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The American House of Representatives amuses itself by alternately discussing propositions for rob bing the public creditors and fo r g i v i ng annoyance to Englishmen. A little while ago the public creditors received their periodical threat, On Mon clay, therefore, it was England's turn. Mr. Calking (Republican), of New York, brought forward a reso lution declaring it to be the sentiment of the American people that immediate reparation should be made by Great Britain for the destruction of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, by the piratical steamer Alabama and other steamers of a like character, requesting the President to press the Alabama claims to an immediate settlement, that the citizens may be promptly remunerated for their losses, and the nation's honour maintained. The terms of this resolution can hardly be called conciliatory. It has been generally understood that the Alabama question was to rest awhile. But when the previous question was moved, the House refused to second it by 40 to i o votes. and the resolution was reierreu to tine committee on foreign affairs' ` i j i; course the sensible Se na t e w ill take care that ti_a explosion comes to nothing, ; but surely .the g"'t of Representatives might find better eniplorieu than in such useless and offensive proceedings. A NEW POSTAL TREATY. The new postal treaty which is to come into forcer. on July 1, between Great Britain and Nor th G r e e . many, contains some special provisions. A singl e taAf paid letter will be one half the Present rate. 1 0 ";:i f price lists,. open at both ends, as in our b° ll o , post, will be forwarded at reduced charges. Printe rs proofs . may be sent at diminished rates; ace , 3 pained by the manuscript. What is more ctill,° er is that knives, forks, scissors, and oilier articles hitherto scrupulously avoided by n w ., post-offices will be transmitted. Letters af"triescoun ing from England to foreign via Germany will henceforward be conveyed 111°re cheaply, and vice verse. An understanding 1 1 . 9 $ 4 been arrived at with regard to the East India. P°tsho which may pass throu g h No r th Germany . 1 f be British Post O ffi ce desires. Th e convention 15 to laid before the Federal Council without delay. FORFEITURE OF FELONS' GOODS. 4 0 Mr. C. Forster's wonderful attempt to confin e the enacting part of his Felony Bill to three " i n ct has been nipped in the bud by the sale committee. The growth of the " interesting a 11 , stranger" in such a short space of time has bee° less marvellous than its original diminutiveneasio extending as it does now into 31 clauses and fill ing ba t folio pages.Th e original enact m ent s i m ply provide ( ' t f „ r • ° hereafter no conviction fbr felony shall cause 3 " IF . feiture of the lands and goods of the person c. de3 victed. The bill as it at p resen t a ppears Prc vi the that during imprisonment under sentence, I nv convict is to be incapable of alienating or eharg . his property, or maintaining ally suit; and the CrOtor may appoint an administrato r . The adminiatrta may mak6 compensation (such a sum as to him seem meet) out of the property to any pcl' or alleged to have been injured by any crimin al s , fraudulent act of the convict, the claims to be int e tt n tigated in such manner as the administrator Pi p think fit, and his decision thereon to be binding. the may also make allowances fur the suppat of family of the convict. If no administrator of pointed, justices may appoint an interim curator con. vict property, with a view to the benefit of the co , vict or his family, or to the due and proper a a ministration and management of his property affairs. THEOLOGY IN THE RECONSTRUCTED CIIIIII CII. The dispute between the Archbishop of n r u b rt h 10 and certain clergymen of his diocese has drawn for a letter from that prelate. A protest against. no , views on the Eucharist, baptism, and enniessibi. signed by 70 clergymen, had been sent him d. Trench's reply is vigorous and straightfor wo The protest has caused him deep regret, i l l . painful anxiety for the future of the Irish Chnr. o l l There is nothing in his opinions, he maintains, W e A l ho transgresses the fair limits of the teaching o f col English and Irish Churches. " For myself, e only say that I would a hundred times sooner ca ble from . the office which I hold than become the ign o a, instrument of narrowing the limits of our 0 1111 ,, r- o f and making untenable in it the position of 131a . 11J ,,te mostits . earnest and devoted children." The disl 3- nt is . cbnsidered particularly unfortunate at the Pr ese- Crll3lB. CHURCH REFoRIi. A. society under the title of "The Church Ila f° V,o Association " is in course of formation. are objects, as shown in the prospectus/ . of manifold. Chief among them are the obtaining e d an Act giving an organisation and certain &fin o f powers in Church matters to the inhabitants d parishes, for the removal of impolitic restrictions/ a do to promote improvements in the machinery of lio e Church system. It is proposed to call into ex.is' e o f a Church Council in any parish on the requisition it a certain number of the inhabitants. This bocllci in is intended, should have a veto on alterations/ a n , r oe conjunction with the bishop, the power to oo,L n a y them in the forms of the Church Service ) so ' 3 % 3 1 they are not fixed by law. The abolition of eler i the subscription, the discontinuance of the use of , ;00 Athanasian Creed, a plan of superannun s . for the clerg7, a revision of the tra ns ,, o t tion of the Bible, a more elastic arrane n ; be of the services, and some provision for securing th e repair or authorising the disuse of church fabries,'", among the subjects contemplated by the Associati„„. °-. Among the promoters of the movement are Cowper Temple, Mr. Thomas Hughes, and seve ral clergymen. Lord Lyttelton and Si J. D. Coleridi e are stated to have e x p resse d th e i r agreem ent with t main points of the proposals. "LOTHAIII." Mr. Disraeli publishes his latest novel solelYr° l3 , his own account. Th e Post, which g i ve s this inf o ' oration, says that a fi rm in Paternoster-row off e lt the distinguished author £16,000 f or th e copYrigg —an enormous sum, four times a s muc h as was pa l for Miss Evans's "Felix Holt the Radical," 9 ' 11 4 twice as much as Scott netted by some of his b e ' productions. MEDICINE AS A PROFESSION FOR WOMEN. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell opened the adjourued debate at Miss Faithful's Discussion Society ° • li a She " Medicine as a Profession for Women." the question was now whether they for the position of the midwife or the phYs icia i o Her own opinion still was that they should seek to win the latter. She admitted that it plig ht advantageous to give a certain number of nursto kn ledge of midwifery, who would be of great •to amongst the poor, but the introduction of a clas s d the profession that was neither nurse nor doctor, W c 'she be the introduction of a meddlesome class only. d fo r should sti:ivo. argued that there was no profession so well adaPte the capacities and likings of women as that of inedicl.o. Miss Garrett followed ° , observing that the alips i t d portant point of all was to keep up the standaru,nee insist upon the same platform as -- for accepting no compromise which would . 00 , ever put them out of th e profes s 1 00 Miss Emily Faithfull referred to the decision of 0 . 11 , University with regard to Miss Pechy, at Edinbulrof as an additional proof of the difficulties in the S o n, the admission of women to the medical pref e ' 9B o .4 She ridiculed the notion that medicine and su l li . c' or were subjects which women could not be tang' 019 p, ractice. Free trade in education she said cer t bor required that woman should be taught w hatever er e were best fitted to learn. To know that they eta not only needed, but displayed a peculiar Titan for dealing with the diseases of their own ses)Lr little children, was enough to make them aim at,'„-0.9 plying the demand as thoroughly and as prompt l y possible. A FRIEND OF SMITH O'BRIEN. Professional republicans are not usually reput e the be men of much w ea lth, b e i ng t oo b usy i n settinA , : co ,- world to rights to m en d th e i r own f ortunes . a sionally we meet with an exception to the ru le, such an instance h as j us t been disclosed by tio,',.` e t ;eg of Dully, who play e d a p rom i nen t par t i n the ic c h o o Ireland displays of some twenty years ago. he the party broke up, and the movement collapSe 3 u/ as went to Prague, where he has lived ever su le 'd a teacher of languages. He was believed to bs poor, and lived in a mean house very shabbilY, „„a nished. A short time ago he was taken removed to a hospital, where he soon after lie having made his will. To the general surprisiito e L, left 2,000 florins to the doctor who attende a , m,"„cl 2,000 to the lawyer's clerk who made his wi ll) to a whom he appointed executor, and 20,000 floriso i , his sister of his who is still living in Ireland. A'' tL property was in Austrian Government bonds. 01 number of letters whi c h Republicans would. 1 3 514 as precious relics wer e found a t hi s rooms, t in a straw mattress, which he s w ung, 1 10311 " —° bed. like, to the ceiling, a nd whi c h ser ve d him as a - 9 „a Most of these letters were from Smith O'Bri ell t hool the other Irish leaders, and one of nr i e lf o gave the full particulars of Smith (Y nior 4 arrest in 1848. There were others 0, Mazzini and Garibaldi. Duffy was about 03 ; . 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