The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-26 00:00:00

HP' LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN " ?r supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W . T A EXA. DElt date Brooks), Newspaper Agent, •o. I. Ohl Cavendish street. Oxford-street THE Church Association have had a rebuff. Having succeeded in preventing the celebrant in the Holy Communion from touching the ground with his knees, having accomplished the notable feat of extinguishing the two altar lights which used to burn for one hour in order to substitute seven which burn for twenty-four, it might be thought that they had done all that was to be done, all that human energies, oven though stimulated by theological hatred, could hope to effect. But they were not content. Experience taught them that it was of small avail to cut off thin or that piece of ritual so long as the doctrine which the ritual symbolised continued to be taught. In fact their success in the St. Alban's case only made matters worse. High Church clergymen felt bound in proportion as they were checked in the outward manifestation of the dogma in ques- tion to preach it more emphatically from the pulpit. So the Association, having plenty of money at their control, enough to build fifteen churches where they might have preached their own doctrines, and thinking that it might be better spent on proctors 'and - doctors than in evangelising the two million heathen of London, instituted a suit against a Somersetshire clergyman in order to try the ques tion of 'the Real Presence. There is something E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of E. MOSES and SON, CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER o HART-STREET. C ORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EIISTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. p MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST o f iLd G EIiTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Coat.% Also at other prices, Also at other prices LI MOSES and SON beg to remind the public • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho ise in England. kt 41 - - 'MORNING EDITION. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: LONDON, 7 UESDAY, JULY 26. 1870. Summer Tourist Summer Dress suits. suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. ACCORDING to one of those astounding Confidences 245. 245. 10s. 6cl. 15s. for which the Daily Telegraph has latterly been so 28s. 28s. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. remarkable, the Emperor NAPOLEON has been 365. 365. 14s. 18s. making a clean breast of it again, in the very nick of _ time, to "Our Own Correspondent "1? Well, it may 40s. 425. 15s. 6d. 21s. be, of course, that highly-favoured individual, that . 455. 48s. 17s. Thl. 24s_ intimate of CESAR, that hobber and nobber at the 655. 525. 20s. 265. palaces of St. Cloud and the Tuileries, but at any rate Also at Also at Also a t Al so at this time he calls himself "An Englishman." Who other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices ever this informant of the Telearanh may be. whether for which the Daily Telegraph has latterly been so remarkable, the Emperor NAPOLEON has been making a clean breast of it again, in the very nick of time, to "Our Own Correspondent "1? Well, it may be, of course, that highly-favoured individual, that intimate of CESAR, that hobber and nobber at the palaces of St. Cloud and the Tuileries, but at any rate this time he calls himself "An Englishman." Who ever this informant of the Telegraph may be, whether the friend himself, or merely the friend of the friend, by one or the other or by both—for the communica tion we are referring to tells us distinctly there were two of them—by a correspondent or ths correspondent of Jupiter Junior, NAPOLEON 111. has once more been interviewed. ORDERS by post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Scene, the Palace of the Tuileries. Date, Friday, the 22nd instant. Present, "a friend and myself," and, as a matter of course, the EMPEROR. The informant of the Daily Telegraph is anxious above all things, however, to let every one of us know at once that that is b 3 no means an excep tional incident with him—that he is by no means unaccustomed to private speaking thus with his Majesty of France—that his elbows have before now rubbed the lintel of that sacred Cabinet, and his knees the under surface of the imperial mahogany, or, being imperial, is it rosewood? With charming ingenuousness he lets us into this secret quite incidentally. " When last I spoke with him," he says (observe the careless ease of the im plication !) " about five months ago, he looked care worn and haggard, with a complexion more than usually sallow and ash coloured." Is not this the very tint, by the way, that Mr. KINGLAKE deepens, in the fourteenth chapter of the First Volume of his " History of the Crimean War," into a greenish colour, wishing us there, however, to regard it as an indication rather of fear than of dyspepsia ? With an outspeaking frankness yet more charming—shall it cruelly be called by anyone bounce ?—he says point blank, " I have known the EMPEROR for many years, and have seldom seen him looking better." Here in effect is his photograph in less than a dozen words—" Yes terday "—the Englishman, recollect, dates his letter as to his interview with the EMPEROR on Saturday— " yesterday his face looked fuller, his eye bright, his cheek healthy." As to the conversation which then took place between them, the interviewing Englishman tells us that he pointedly inquired of his friend, the interviewed Em peror, whether the purport of their conversation should be proclaimed a haute voix, or from the house tops. To its being so regarded and so dealt with, the Emperor assents, with a sort of aplomb, or what Mr. BRAHAM would have called " entuzzi muzzy." He clearly was desirous of a platform, as it is called, in America—a tribune as it is called in France—from the 'vantage ground of which he might set forth his own views when thus interviewed. Quoth theErapEßore, among other things on this occasion—" One fortnight before the utterance of the Duo de GRAMONT in the Corps L6gislatif—which utterance has, as it seems to me, been so unjustly reflected upon by the English press—l had no notion that war was at hand, nor am I, even at this moment, by any means prepared for it." Clashing rather oddly, this last remark, with M. ROIIHER'S allusion the other day in his address to the EMPEROR as to the four years during which the latter had been pre paring his armaments I Meanwhile, says the EMPEROR, France has slipped out of his hand, " I cannot rule," said he, " unless I lead." As proof of which, he goes on astoundingly to add that he leads now by being driven forward ! " I have no choice now but to advance at the head of a public opinion which I can neither stem nor check." A cold-blooded bystande r might here say "Methinks the EMPEROR cloth protest too much !" He explains immniediately afterwards, however, what the revealed outline of the secret treaty just now given to the public, has made yet plainer, and has certainly corroborated—that for his assent to the war of spoliation in 1866 in Germany he was prepared to accept Luxembourg, just as at the end of the war of spoliation in 1859 in Italy he accepted Nice and Savoy. The words uttered in the interview, and inserted in the Treaty, as the Englishman, who is our authority for the former, in his capacity as reporter, says "must speak for themselves." T 1 MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li T o f E. BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. 9s. 6d, 13s. 6d 16s. 641. Also at other prices. Eton 1 I Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. 18s. 18s, 19s. I 235. 1 235, 21s. I 265. I 265, 265. i 325. I 325, 30s. 365. 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MORNING, J tILY 26, 1870. almost inconceivably shocking in thrusting such a subject as this into the law courts. Remembering what the Communion service is, and what it commemorates even to those who take the very lowest Zwinglian view of this Sacrament, the idea of feeing lawyers to wrangle about it before a lay judge is revolting to all but the theologico-litigious mind. Prompted, we presume, by this feeling, the defendant refused to appear, or to take any part in the proceedings. Thrice every time the Court met " WILLIAM EARLY BENNETT" was cited with a loud voice, but there was no reply. This conduct gave the Associa tion a great advantage. When another Somerset shire clergyman, Archdeacon DENISON, was made a defendant in a similar suit 16 years ago, he evaded an unfavourable sentence by resorting to a legal technicality. In the present trial, at least in its later stages, the defendant declined to appear, and the promoters have had everything their own way. They were thus enabled to put their own case before the judge in the strongest possible manner, while on the other hand Mr. BENNETT'S case was not stated at all. The promoters had a further advantage in the extreme indiscretion of the defendant. Mr. BENNETT had, in stating his views of the Eucharist, made use of an expression which the highest Sacramentarians did, and which Roman Catholics themselves would, repudiate as being false and indeed absurd. It was so palpably a blunder, a slip of the pen, that Mr. BENNETT withdrew it in the second edition of the incriminated work. Not the less, however, did the Association, being always more bent upon snatching a victory than upon having the truth de fined, authoritatively seize upon this clumsy expres sion as the ground of a criminal charge. Happily this extreme readiness to make a man an offender for a word has failed. The rigour of the promoters has been practically rebuked by Sir ROBERT PHILLIMORE. While condemning the un lucky expressicn in decided language, he took into account Mr. BENNETT'S withdrawal of it, and de cided to pass no judgment upon him for it. With regard to the other and far more important ques tion—the exact nature of our LORD'S Presence in the Eucharist—the Dean of the Court of Arches has decided that the Church has left this mysterious matter open to the opinions of her members. She has not defined it for herself. She has not forbidden them to define it. Therefore in preaching what is called the Real Presence, Mr. BENNETT has not contravened the law. Far be it from us to enter into any discussion upon the controverted point. It would be most unseemly for a lay journal to do so. But what we wish to indicate is that this judgment is in strict accordance with the judgments in the GORHAM and ROWLAND WILLIAMS cases. The spirit which has guided all three— the judgment with respect to the exact nature of Baptism, the judgment with respect to the exact nature of Inspiration, and the judgment with respect to the exact nature of the Eucharist—is the same large spirit of toleration which will not attempt to define what has not been defined already, which will not give the victory to any one party at the expense of any other. Had the GORHAM case been decided against the defendant a large number of the Low Church party must have seceded. Had the "Essays and Reviews" case gone against Dr. WILLIAms and Mr. WILSON, the Church must have lost the Broad Church party. Had Sir ROBERT PHILLIMORE given sentence against Mr. BENNETT, there would have been such a secession of High Churchmen as would have shaken the Church to its centre. The French EMPEROR has once more honoured his friends of the Telegraph with his special and pecular confidence. Having in mind the experience of a former occasion, when the immortal regular correspondent saw a full moon when the almanack recorded, and all the rest of the world was aware, that a new one had just come into being, one might be inclined to accept with reserve the commu nication with which " An Englishman" furnishes that paper. But certain independent testimony is much in "An Englishman's" favour. He reports a conver sation he had with the EMPEROR. The interview was private, but his Majesty had no objection to his words being given to the world; indeed, he seems to have had an eye to publicity, and to have naturally selected his best friend, the Telegraph, with the largest circulation in the world, as the medium for diffusing his ideas. The subject of the conversation with "An Englishman" is Prussia's unpaid debt. There is much evidence in favour of the theory that there had before 1866 existed an understanding between BISMARCK and NAPOLEON, in virtue of which the latter was to remain a spectator of the attack upon Austria, and in return for this "friendly inactivity," as the EM PEROR himself calls it, Prussia was to render a suitable return. The service was given, but not the reward. In vain the EMPEROR, as he told "An Englishman," reminded BISMARCK of his obligations. The Prussian Premier might at any rate surrender Luxemburg and " one or two other little towns," as a slight return for the friendly inactivity. BISMARCK fully acknowledged the value ofthe negative assistance given by France during the campaign in 1866. But he could not surrender a foot of Prussian ground. He had no objection, however, to strike another bargain with the EMPEROR. Prussia would like Holland, and would not mind making sacrifices to get it. What would France take for Holland ? The EMPEROR replied that an attempt to annex Holland would mean war with France. The negotiations then ended. The present war has come about, and the EMPEROR tells "An Englishman" that it is the most national struggle France has undertaken, and that he has no alternative but to embark in it—the French people compel him to do so ; meaning plainly, for the Hohenzollern affair is only casually mentioned in the course of the conversation, that the "slight return" for the friendly inactivity must be enforced. There is, as we have said, corroborative evidence in faVour of this conversation.- Simul taneously with " An Englishman's" letter in the Telegraph appears the draft of a strange secret treaty proposed between France and Prussia. This remarkable document bears no date, but it is not un likely that it was put forth about the time of the Luxembourg quarrel. Nor is it stated by which party it was prepared; but as the greater part of the advantages to be derived from its provisions is allotted to Franco, we may deduce, with perfect certainty, that the scheme was proposed by the French Government, and rejected by the Cabinet of Berlin. By its provisions the EMPEROR offers to " admit and recognise" the acquisitions of Prussia in the war of 1866, and to raise no objection to the federal union ofSouth Germany with the North ern Confederation. In return the KING of PRUSSIA will persuade the King of HOLLAND to sell Luxem burg, and in case the Emperor of the FRENCH "shall be compelled by circumstances to cause his troops to enter into Belgium or to conquer it," Prussia will assist France both by land and sea against the Powers who may oppose the annexation of thelittle State. Lastly, a treaty offensive and defensive is to be concluded between the two great military Powers. Of course this proposal was rejected by BISMARCK. It took too much and gave too little. BISMARCK, on his side, wanted Holland, as "Au Englishman's" letter tells us ; and the Emperor NAPOLEON could not concede so much. To have given Prussia Holland would have utterly spoilt the prestige of annexing Belgium. The attempt to bargain failed because each party desired all the profit for himself. The EMPEROR is now on his way to extort by force the little return which Count BISMARCK failed to give up in peace. It is not improbable that the EMPEROR will be much disconcerted at the appearance of the outline treaty in the Times simultaneously . with "An Eng lishman's " letter in the Telegraph. The letter suits his purpose very well; the treaty is a very awkward document indeed. The two are quite harmonious ; there is no reason to think that either is not genuine; but one is supplementary to the other. In the letter we have the EMPEROR'S story ; in the treaty we have the whole truth. In the former the French Sovereign is represented as satisfied with the smallest rewards for the greatest services. Whilst Prussia was making her rapid conquests in 1866, France looked quietly on, though one effort from her would have swept back the tide of conquest. When the fight was over, all that was asked was the wretched Luxembourg, and the one or two other small places. But in the. treaty we have sketched out a compre hensive scheme of annexation, by which all the neigh bouring small States were to be divided between France and Prussia; and no doubt further transac tions would have followed, when the appetite of the two politicians had been whetted by this slight repast. The reflections prompted by these disclo sures are not pleasant. No right-thinking person can fail to be impressed with profound melancholy on the perusal of these proposals. '"TOPICS OF T:. 7.E DAY. sidered that in the great majority of cases the articles sold by the employers are charged for at a much higher price than would be paid in the general market, the injustice is too much to endure. "A Working ➢Tdn," writing to the 7 imes, has no hesitation in saying that half of those who come under the denomination of his class trade either directly or indirectly under the truck system. He denounces the middlemen as the hardest of masters, and states that advantage is taken when work is short to put the workmen under the scrow. True manliness is crushed; those who can afford it]either migrate or become "crushers" themselves ; and the effect is visible in the moral and physical condition of those who are compelled to submit to this vicious and selfish system. POLITICAL ECONOMY FOR THE MASSES. The members of the Whittington Club .have been holding a meeting to express their views on the war between France and Prussia, and to organise meet ings of working men to influence the conduct of the English Government. As the leaders of both parlia mentary parties have already declared against the war, any interference of this kind might appear superfluous. However, the feelings of the members were strongly expressed, though not always in a manner creditable to their enlightenment or their good taste. Mr. Odger, who aspires to the dignity of Parliament, opened the proceedings by declaring the war to be a shock to Christianity. He gave an original and vigorous illustration of his Christian sentiments by announcing that "he hated Louis Napoleon as he hated hell, and that he hated King William no less." The moral which he drew from the present crisis was that as long as we had kings we should have war, and as long as we have an aristocracy we shall have kings. Never was there such an opportunity of telling kings, emperors, and priests that England can do without them. Mr. Odger, of course, despises the classics too much to be troubled by any recollections of the wars to the Grecian States and the Roman Republic, but surely a Radical pur et simple might be expected to remember that the greatest war since 1815 was fought in a country where Kings and aristocracies are alike unknown, and where the priests follow rather than lead the political sympathies of the people ! OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—The Flying Dutchman. 8.30. A DELPHI—At Seven, The Robust Invalid. Free Labour. PRINCE OF WALEs'S—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. QUEEN'S—At Seven, &Iy Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. VAVDE VILLE —Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At 7.3', Au Unhappy Pair. Paul Pry. The Bonny Fishwife. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH B ICE. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn fogs at 3. Admission is, 2s, 3s. CIIRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. Zo LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, is. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. .UADAME TOSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 6d. THE RESOURCES OF FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. The deadly conflict which has now begun between such important powers as France and Prus sia makes it interesting to compare the relative resources of the two countries. Of course in speak ing of Prussia, it must be borne in mind that she is assisted by the North German Confederation, of which she is the head. France is considerably larger than the Confederation, not only in territory, but in population, for the last census gave the numbers as 38,000,000 Frenchmen against 26,000,000 Prussians. In France, however, the normal rate of increase in population is very slow, one hundred and sixty years being the time occupied in doubling the number, while Prussia takes but forty-two years. In financial matters the advantage is on the side of Prussia, whose budget has never been very heavy. The incidence of taxation in Prussia may be put down as about one pound a head, while in France it is nearly two pounds. The national debt of Prussia is barely two pounds a head, while France has to pay interest on fifteen pounds a head. In one case the interest is £2,000,000 ; in the other it is no less than £24,000,000. France excels Prussia in her economic position. The commerce of France is greater than that of Prussia, and it has been com pute-1 that while the annual income of each Prus sian is £22 per head, that of the Frenchman is £27. Prussia, however, is in advance of France, and in fact of all the European States, as far as education is concerned. RELIEF FOR THE WOUNDED. The Association for the Relief of the Wounded is at work in Berlin. In many of the streets its white flag with a red cross is put conspicuously forward, and it is satisfactory to notice that its benevolent intentions are likely to be fulfilled, as numerous donations have poured in, in the shape of clothes, lint, and money. Great exertions are also being made in this country to promote the same charitable end. Colonel Loyd Lindsay has lately taken the chair at a meeting of the prelimi nary central committee for the relief of the sick and wounded. It was arranged that the committee should act in concert with the Inter national Society for the wounded soldiers, and that a deputation should wait on Lord Granville, re questing the noble lord to refer the matter to the Prussian and French Ambassadors, with a view of obtaining the sanction of their respective Govern ments. The committee comprises many distin guished names, and the Prince of Wales is willing, it has been said, to act as the President. COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTINENT. From the pens of many authorities intending tourists may now read in the papers the announce ment that communication with the Continent, so far as they are concerned, will be uninterrupted. The Western of France Railway Company assure persons who would like a trip from Victoria Station to Paris by the Newhaven and Dieppe route that they can pass through Normandy and. the country west of Paris in perfect safety, and with all promptitude. Travellers to Switzerland from England will also,• it is said, be brought to their desti nation directly and comfortably, and in some cases without even having to shew passports. A gentleman who has returned within the past week from Switzerland vid Neuchatel, Dijon, and Paris; places winch are for the most part, however, out of the track of the railway system which connect the French capital with the seat of war, sends a letter to the papers declaring that the politeness shewn by the officials to all classes of English tourists seemed to him remarkable. Time wag, moreover, punctually kept at the stations between Dijon and Boulogne, and the only delay experienced was for one hortr be tween the former place and the Swiss frontier, where the thronging of soldiers of the Reserve into the train made it unavoidable. The only tra vellers who appear to suffer are the representatives of the London journals, who are on their way to depict the battle scenes. These poor fellows are no longer allowed to enjoy the glory and exci reaent of war without its troubles and its costs. Theytem no longer believed to be, as they were in all the wars that have occurred in the last twenty years, repre sentatives, to some degree at least, of the Tyrtaean minstrels, who as bards accompanied the heroes of old to the field and set their deeds to song and verse. THE ENCLOSURE OF COMMON GROUND. The persistent efforts of various lords of the manor hroughout the United Kingdom . to enclose the common lands attached to their lordships have been met with an equally obstinate opposition on the part of the public. In some cases, where the matter has been taken into a law court, the right of the commoners to enjoy privileges that date from time immemorial has been up held. The retention of Epping Forest as a place of recreation for the people is in jeopardy at present, and the Rev. Septimus Hansard calls at tention to the bill introduced by the Government in fulfilment of a promise made some time ago. The bill proposes to surrender to the':lords of the manor about 6,000 out of the 7,000 acres of which the forest consists. Of the remaining thousand acres 400 are to be devoted to compensating the com moners, and the remaining 600 are to be given up to the public as a recreation ground. As there .is no guarantee that the 600 acres will not be in several detached portions, there is some fear that the boon to the public will be but a small one. Surely there is no reason why the lord of the manor should take the lion's share of this valuable land. Besides, as Mr. Hansard remarks, the bill is in direct contravention of all legislation on the subject for the last seven years. TUE TRUCK SYSTEM. Lie truck system has been so frequently con demned that the late debate in the House of Com- mons inaugurated by Mr. Mundella was a work of supererogation. That it is unfair to compel a work man lb receive his wages in anything but the currency of the land is obvious; but when it is con- EMPLOYMENT FOR STREET ARABS. The Industrial Employment Association, which has just issued its fourth report, sets before its members a sufficiently formidable task. It proposes to prevent pauperism and crime •by the rescue of destitute children. These children are to be rescued by employing their superfluous energies on the re clamation of waste lands. Emigration, so the leaders of this movement declare, fails to supply the terrible demand for employment, and many enterprises which afforded a livelihood to crowds of working men have been altogether discontinued. The only men who can calculate with perfect certainty on obtaining profitable employment, even should they emigrate, are qualified agricultural workers, and this is the class which the plans of the association would tend to create. It would train them either to earn a com fortable livelihood at home or to make emigrants of the best quality. While labouring on the land at home they would, acquire sufficient knowledge of agricultural operations to ensure their success in any new country where there is an abundance of unoccupied land. According to Government returns for 1868, there are 31,850,000 acres of waste or uncultivated land in the United Kingdom, of which ten millions at least can be made capable of growing good rood. On the other side of the picture there are some 100,000 children in the streets of London drifting more or less into crime, thousands more being systematically trained to crime, and 331,000 pauper children. The association is sanguine that out of these materials it can effect a great public reform and con fer a national benefit. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. Now that the Wimbledon meeting is over, the usual criticisms abound with respect to its arrange ments, and suggestions are rife as to future improve ments: Among them it is said that the Exhibition Tent could have been arranged with more regard to the military character of the display, and that too much licence prevailed concerning the character of some of the visitors, so that the spirit of levity, which is, unfortunately, visible at the present day, was not kept sufficiently in check. The meeting appears to have been a success in spite of all shortcomings. The review was cut short probably owing to, the heat of the weather which was almost more than the regulars could stand. In consequence of this haste, however, some of the corps scarcely reached the spot in time to march by the inspecting General. The regiments were eagerly welcomed, the London Irish, who wore new uniforms, coming in for a considerable share of popular applause. THE CHURCH IN JAMAICA. A large meeting was held in London a day or two since at which a deputation, recently arrived from Jamaica, represented the fallen state of the Church in our chief West Indian colony. One of the speakers, the Bishop of Manchester, very justly re marked that the Jamaica Church had chiefly been placed in its present disorganised condition in con sequence of the whole work of its disestablish ment being brought about in the brief period of three weeks. The Irish Church, he said, had had a long time of warning, and the Representative Body were enabled in some degree to arrange plans, and to originate a sustentation fund. All this was lost by Sir Hope Grant's speedy dissolu tion of Church and State in Jamaica. Appeals were made for assistance, and hopes were held out of fair prospects for the Church, if help was given now. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel alone, it waE. stated, intended devoting £l,OOO to the object. The reason for alluding to the meeting here, is in con sequence of the issue yesterday of a Parliamentary paper bearing upon the Jamaica Church. From it we glean that there are 40,400 Anglican 350 Church of Scotland, 10,000 Presbyterian, 1,890 Roman Catholics, 42,637 Wesleyan Methodists, 51,530 Baptists, 9,950 Moravians, and from 100 to 600 Hebrew worshippers in the colony. There are, more over, 1,200 members of the American mission, and 6,780 members of the London Missionary Society. These numbers represent the whole church attending class in the West Indian territory.. Three of these denominational sections, the Anglicans, the Pres byterians, and the Roman Catholics alone, will suffer from the withdrawal of imperial or colonial endowments for the reason that they alone ever enjoyed them. The return states that the imperial grant extended only to the Church of E n g land party was £7,000. This they now have lost, as well as a grant of £26,022 from the colonial funds. The Presbyterians lose £367, and the Roman Catholics £lOO, all from the local treasury. DAMAGES FOR RAILWAY INJURIES. It is very seldom that a serious railway accident takes place in Ireland. Within the last ten years not more than one involving the loss of over a single life has occurred annually. At the present moment it occurs to us that the catastrophe two years since, when a train fell into a defile of a moun tain in Wicklow, is the most serious that could be mentioned in the decade. On that occasion four or five people were killed. Although, however, Ireland, owing probably to the small number of her railways, is free from disasters, too common in England and Scotland, jurymen have not allowed their sense of justice towards travellers to become blinded through the want of having it often exercised. A proof of this was manifested at the Tralee Assizes on Friday. Some weeks since there was a collision 1 at a siding on the Tralee and Killarney Railway, a line much frequented in the summer months by tourists. Several persons were injured, but no lives were sacrificed. A Mr. Lynch, who was a traveller for a Manchester firm, and who was earning five hundred and fifty pounds a year, was one of the sufferers. His counsel on Friday represented that his client had had a narrow escape with his life, and that even as it was he would remain disabled during the rest of his days. The hearts of the Ferrymen were opened, and their spirit of Ephilanthropy and justice awarded Mr. Lynch a verdict of three thousand five hundred pounds. The defendants were the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, the chief railway representative body in Ireland. Camb. Coats. RICHARD WAGNER'S NEW OPERA. The old legend of the spectre ship, the "Flying Dutchman," has been often and variously told in prose and verse, in song and drama. Its weird and mystic character not unnaturally attracted the atten tion of Richard Wagner, one of whose earliest pro ductions was the opera of " Der Fliegende Hollander," which has just been produced for the first time in this country. It is less marked by the peculiar theories which dis tinguish Wagner's compositions than most of his works. The Flying Dutchman is vigorous and effective in many parts, but it belongs less to the school of that "music of the future" which Wagner now affects, than the Tannhiiuser or the Walkyre. Like many another composer, he has be come personally involved in so many professional dis putes and national antagonisms that it is diffiJult for his music to obtain a fair hearing apart from him self. He has had the bad taste to offend the public before submitting a piece to their verdict. Thus he made a furious attack upon French music, and then produced his Tannhauser at the Imperial Opera House of Paris. As a:matter of course the result was rather demonstrative of the vehement indignation of Frenchmen than fair to the work, or gratifying to the composer. Wagner writes his own librettos and holds they should be in complete harmony with the music. No effort has been spared to render his " Phantom Ship " a success, and performers of all degrees exerted themselves to give it a brilliant inauguration at Drury Lane Theatre. triUrt HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JULY 25. Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice walked in the grounds this morning. The Marquis of Hartington arrived at Osborne yester day, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. Viscountess Combermere's evening party. Goodwood races. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES TO MEDICAL STUD ENTS. The annual distribution of prizes to the students of the medical school attached to the Charing Cross Hospital took place this afternoon in the board room of the hospital. The Dean of Westminster presided and distributed the prizes. The prizemen were as follows : Llewellyn Scholarship, Mr. Monkes ; Golding Scholar ship, Mr. Chittenden ; Gold Medal Mr. Monkes ; Senior Anatomy, Silver Medal, Mr. Lea; Certificates of Honour, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Crouch ; Junior Anatomy, Silver Medal, Mr. Hartley ; Certificates, Mr. Orwen and Mr. Stephens ; Senior Physiology, Silver Medal, Mr. Lea ; Certificate, Mr. Chittenden ; Junior Physiology, Bronze Medal ; Mr. Grey ; Chemistry, Silver Medal, Mr. Leeds; Certificate, Couldry ; Senior Medicine, Silver Medal, Mr. Walker ; Certificate Mr. Hooper ; Junior Medicine, Bronze Medal, Mr. Routh ; Certificate, Mr. Lea ; Senior Surgery Silver Medal, Mr. Noakes ; Certificate, Mr. Burroughs ; Junior Surgery, Bronze Medal, Mr. Routh ; Certificate, Mr. Lea ; Botany Silver Medal, Mr. Whiteham; Certificate, Mr. Taylor; Materia Medica, Silver Medal, Mr. Lea; certificates, Mr. Whiteham and Mr. Chittenden. Midwifery, Silver Medal, Mr. Boroughs ; Certificates, Mr. Noakes and Mr. Leigh. Forensic Medicine, Medal, Mr. Leigh ; Certifi cate, Mr. Weston. Pathology, Medal, Mr. Leigh; Certi ficate, Mr. Hanson. Practical Chemistry, Medal, Mr. Lea ; Certificate, Champneys. The Dean of the Medical School (Dr. Pollock) read the annual report, especially adverting to the coming en largement of the hospital by the addition of two houses and the consequent enlargement of the staff. Dean Stanley said it became his agreeable duty to award the prizes on the present occasion. He said agree able duty, because in so doing it recalled in a lively way an outward form in which he participated some 30 years ago when at Rugby and Oxford. It was curious to find how the human mind had not changed in these eventful times, because the mottoes he had heird were mostly the same he had heard at school and college—(laughter)—the only exception being that of Snowflake and Pharmacon, the first of which he wished could be diffused through the at mosphere of the place in which they were now assembled. Before separating from them he should like to offer a few remarks on the subject of the science in which they were particularly interested. In the first place he might state that he heartily sym pathised with the progress of the study of science in every direction. If any of them had pro duced the same amount of knowledge and speculation some four or five hundred years ago that 'had been ex hibited to-day instead of winning their certificates and medals, they would have been marched off to Smithfield and burnt as wizards. In the V. orld in which we lived It was difficult to engage in any enterprise without doing more harm than good, but it was satisfactory to think that the science of medicine had no other object than that of doing good. In the lamentable calamity which had now fallen upon Europe, when it was considered how difficult it was for other professions to take any step that would not add to the complication it was satisfactory to know that there was one at least, that of medicine and surgery, whose mission alone was to soften the miseries that wo u ld be entailed on mankind. In almost every other profes sion, too, he might observe persons could rise to the highest position by various byeways and intrigues ; but in the science of medicine and surgery the only way to suc cess was by a continuous and energetic course of duty. The very rev. gentleman was loudly cheered by the students at the conclusion of his address. THE WAR.—A. series of lectures on the Geography of the War will be given by Eugene Oswald, Esq., at the Working Men's College, Great Ormond-street, commenc ing to-morrow evening. During the progress of the war between Prussia and Austria Mr. Oswald kept the stu dents of the college in concert with the occurrences of the day, and we have no doubt the present lectures will be as entertaining as those previously delivered. THE HEALTH OF MR. BRIGHT.—We are glad to report that the health of Mr. Bright continues steadily to improve, and that there is every reason to think that he will be able to resume his place in the House of Com mons next session. Whether it will be prudent that he should add official to Parliamentary labours must remain for some time undecided. The cause of Mr. Bright's illness—a tendency to capillary congestion of the brain— suggests caution. Mr. Bright has re f ra i ne d f rom giving effect hitherto to his wish to resign the Presidency of the Board of Trade, in deference to the strongly-expressed wishes of his colleagues.—Daily News. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.—The visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to India was attended by several curious incidents, two of which are- indicated in the following statements contained in the Bombay Gazette received yesterday by the overland mail :—Peter Joseph, the man who robbed his Royal Highness of a currency note and other property to the value of about 2,500 rupees— about £2so—besides making free with many other items belonging to the Viceregal household, has been sentenced by the Sessions Judge of Mirzapore to seven _years' rigorous imprisonment.—A correspondent of a Ceyl on paper, of a prosaic and economical turn of mi n d, h as been kind enough to work out an intricate calculation, and sends the result as follows. He says that if the Duke of Edinburgh had indifferent sport, he still had the satisfaction of killing the most expensive elephant ever slain in Ceylon, the sum total of its value being no less than £2,733175. 9d. THE OPERA.—It is now an accomplished fact that Mr. Mapleson and Mr. Gye have separated. The friends of the former gentleman will be glad to learn that the operatic future of such a successful and eminent opera director as could have managed an uninterrupted succes sion of eight years' triumph at Her Majesty's Theatre is now independent It will be remembered by those who note the applause and admiration lavished upon the opera celebrities of the present season at both the opera houses, that it was to Mr. Mapleson that we owe Madlle. Ihna d i e Murska, Mr. Santley, Signor I Foli, Madame Trebelh- Bettini and her husband, Madame Sinico, and the ac complished conductor, Signor Arditi, who was very little known in comparison when he assumed the conductorship in 1862, for Mr. Mapleson, at Her Majesty's Theatre. Report asserts that the opening of her Majesty's Theatre for grand opera will take place in February under Mr. Mapleson's management, and that a very distinguished musical man indeed, whose name alone when adduced as the director of the music will be sufficient to secure a double subscription, will join the new operatic authorities in the splendid recently-built opera house. THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE SUN, which is Published Every Morning at Eight o'clock, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper, will always give the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and of all other events. Al morn went railw La exten estab' at AI, ville. All estab Ad sort' boar( ring Me of till It i short state Th betty quea Ea carti, Th the ] neeeE REF inten they 1869, Bisn j despt at wi VIS Th and , aqua deer( ing 1 Stab COITLI defer the 7 TI Gras men sade duri enei the ado;