The Sun. — London, England, 1870-02-05 00:00:00

MLWELLANEOUS NEWS MISR tOINCIS sOVIITWAIIIr; What is called " the usual scene of disorder" MA Again been repeated. Sir SydneLWaterlow adver toed a meeting at the " China all," Rotherhithe, And in expectation of lively doings, about 8000 people .Auembled before the building. After a long interval ;of confusion Sir Sydney Waterlow began to speak, she noise of the rival parties continuing as he went i pn. " When in the middle of his speech many fights pt.ils pace. Hats were battered, coats were rent, blows "eye rapidly exchanged, and at one time the fiurging maP, c of people moved away many yards from the em f e r d on ., t , of ir th h e is lao l U a s tt e e . r I p n rae se t v ie e e ral ap ca p s e e e s re rm t g e s b w e er a e t a rowite one in Southwark. The enthusiasm on o l ia lei ) f the two Liberals is so excessive that when two opposite par tans meet they find it impossible to refrain from single t,.:"That., A free fight is a comprehensible effect of exclirle.,nt z but that men should deliberately indulge in hand-to-ad struggles for the benefit of the knight or the worling . man does seem strange. The proceedings in Southwark are a forcible illustration of the evils of keeping to contest open too long. Electioneering is bad enough at any time; extended over several months it becomes intolerable. An electoral meeting divided into several "rings" is certainly a descent from the sublime of popular representation to the ridiculous of streei riots. -- ----- DUBLIN UNIVEUSITY. Family affairs are assigned as the reason for Mr. tefroy's retirement from the representation of Dublin University. The constituency has speedily found a candidate to supply the place of its old member. The Hon. David Plunkett, who ran such a close race with Sir Arthur Guinness and Mr. Pim for the city of Dublin in November 1868 1 —pollinc , 5,452 against 5,587 and 5,586 scored by the two latter ° gentlemen—will come forward in the Con. servative interest. Mr. Plunkett is a member of Dublin University, where he is both distinguished and popular, and he presents himself with the advantage of being of the same politics as the retiring repre. sentative. NOTTINGHAM. Politics at Nottingham are still in a state of uncou tainty. Mr. Markham Clifton, it appears, declines to stand for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Colonel Wright, albeit some pressure is being exerted to induce him to do so. Should he persist in this decision, it is thought that Mr. 11. S. Wright, brother of the retiring member, will come forward in the Conservative interest. REVISED EDITION OF TEE STATUTES. The first instalment of a revised edition of the Statutes has been issued by the Queen's Printers, and very shortly the whole of the existing statute law will be embraced in a new series. These works have formerly been very bulky and expensive, one edition extending to 120 volumes • whereas the present edition will only comprise about twenty volumes, and a chronological table and index will render easy any reference to it. The obsolete and repealed Acts found in former volumes will be absent from the revised edition, which will be wel comed by all who have occasion to make use of it, -,vhilst at the same time the old works will still be useful for historical researches. THE COUNCIL OF THE VATICAN. The news of the "Ecumenical" Council is still very scarce. The Tablet this week, however, states positively that there is to be no adjournment of the meetings. It also explains that no oath of pecresy has been laid upon the bishops; consequently no second imposition of the oath has been made by the Pope ; but his Holiness has sent a letter on the subject to all the Fathers, in which he reminds them that though they have not sworn, yet an obli g ation of 'cile.nce is implied. The Vatican gives "trustworthy" p g ares as to the division in the Council on tho Dogma of Infallibility. The number of signatures and adhe rents to the Postulata in favour of the Definition is about 6QO. In addition to this overwhelming majo rity, 120 bishops, who, for 'various reasons, have been unwilling take part in an extra-Conciliar Act, may be conaidereil its certain to vote for it. The number who doubt the opportuneness of the Definition) --" no one haS been able, (says the Vati can,) to name half-a-dozen who deny the doctrine itself"—will therefore be less than one-sixth of the whole number of Fathers. One of the fathers, however, doubts the dogma ; and he is to be condemned by the Council. Mgr. Maret's work lays down that the authority of tho Church does not reside in the Pe, but in the whole body of the chief pastors'. An (Ecumenical Council, therefore, may reject thS decrees of the Roman Pontiff, and individual bishops may publicly examine and ;judge dogmatic utterances of the Pope. Th 3 doctrine of the Pope's Infallibility is new, in opposi, tion to the constitution of the Church, and contrary to Holy Scriptures, the fathers, and traditions. Tki i: bishop's utterances are to be condemned. THE GREEK ARCHBISHOP The English prelates are having more trouble with their illustrious visitor of Syra. More explanations are given touching the exact kind of welcome which was given to the Greek archbishop, the precise light in which ho was regarded, and all the acts that he was allowed to do. A "Nonconformist" bitterly complained in the Times that the prelate of Syra had been allowed to pronounce the benediction, and the writer certainly did put it as if this dark deed had been done in the course of the service at York Minster. The Archbishop of York says that nothing of the kind took place. "A few _persons privately presented an address to the Archbishop of Syra, and at my request he pronounced the benediction in dismissing them." Some of the sin of allowing a Greek Arch bishop to pray will, probably, now be remitted. COMMUNION BETWEEN CIIUItCIIES. The very wide expression of the desire for unity which has been called forth by the fraternisation between the archbishops of the Greek and the Anglican Churches is curious to note. The English Independent, a representative, though it must be admitted an advanced one, of the Dissenters, became almost glowing in speaking of the blessings of com munion between members of the State Church and those outside it, and yesterday a letter from a Non. conformist minister appeared in the Times, in which the writer sympathised most deeply. with "Anglicanus" in his desire for interchange of pulpits. "I would earnestly (says the writer) "unite with him and other Church mer. in seeking such an alteration of the law as would allow Nonconfhrmists to p reach in the churches of the Establishment." Th i s, coming at a time when Mr. Matthew Arnold is declaring in his writings that it is altogether the exclusiveness of Puritanism which prevents 'union between it and the National Church, is really-noteworthy. TIM DEAN OF ARCHES AND MS arDGMENT. The Advertiser makes a slightly surprising state-- meal about Sir Robert Phillimore : it says that he has denied a copy of his judgment in the Ritual cases to all applicants they are informed that he will shortly publish it at the price of five shillings. The growing practice of the Bench of publishing their more famous performances gives some little weight to this assertion, but it is, nevertheless, hard to believe. It has caused no little remark and comment at thc, bar. A DEPARTED LITERARY WORTHY. 13y the death of the Rev. Charles Townsend, rector of Kingston-by-the-Sea, we have lost one of .the last members of the literary circle which used to meet at Holland House in the early part of the present century. He was a personal friend of Lord Byron, Samuel Rogers, Horace and James Smith, (the authors of "Rejected Ad. dresses,") William Stuart Rose, Wordsworth, the historianHallam, Mr. J. G. Lockhart, the late Lord Holland, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir F. Chanbrey, and other eminent literary men of the time. He was admirably read in ancient and modern classics, was a most witty writer of epigrams in ancient and modern langua ges, and no mean p oe t. Hi s littl e living, the smallest in Sussex, given him by the late Lord Egremont, with whom he was a special favourite, he could never be persuaded to give up for wealthier preferment. He has died at the ripe age of 80 years. _ - A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. Mr. Eykyn ? the member for Windsor, intends to introduce a bill for the appoint men t o f a public pro secutor next Session. Informing a mee ti ng of his constituents of this determination, he said that England was about the only country en the face of the earth which had not such functionaries. Scotland had them, and the rules and regulations of that province were well worth considering here. So we are to have a littl e more borrowing from Scotland. It is generally pre sumed, however, that after the open declaration of the Lord Chief Justice at the Overend, Gurney, and Co.. trial, no t t o spea k o f th e co mplaints from minor legal p ersonages , th e G overnmen t will itself assume the duty bf providing a public prosecutor. NiTIOSAL LAND CONFERENCE. The great conference at Dublin has got through its worlc in good style ; and, whatever may v., the genera[ merits of tse percormance, :is completeness is undeniable. All that the tenant farmers and labourers have been crying for during the last few months 1119 the National Conference sanctioned. It has passed a resolution in favour of 1 / 4 ' continuous right of occupation," subject to evic tion only for non-payment of rent. In a second resolution it declares for the regulation of rent by an impartial and independent tribunal. I n a third it recognises the tenant's privilege, in case of Ejection, to sell his right of occupancy as well as un- I exhausted improvements. And, lastly, local tri tianala are to. be, constituted with, rower to arant sites tor labourers' houses, suitable lots of land beizig attached to each site. BILIIBES FROM CONTRACTORS. Mr. Baiter, the Financial Secretary to the Admi ralty, has made an example at th e R oya l Vi c t or i a Yard, Deptford. _ A foreman of stores was on Thursday charged with receiving a bribe from one of the contractors. The matter was fully inquired into, the guilt of the offender clearly proven, and he was dismissed from her Majesty's service. A few in-; flictions 9f this kind may probably do something to check a 'moral disease which seems to be eating into the pubic service in all directions. Bribes which may have influence in securing certain contracts, bribes which co n t rac t ors d e l us i ve ly i mag i ne w ill benefit them, and bribes to enable work to be scamped, are all more or less common. Only the other day Mr. Baxter told a story about a few grains of mustard seed that were always to be found in a certain sample of wheat, which sample was invariably the one selected. MR. 311INTZ ON THE STATE OF TRADE. At the half-yearly meeting of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Muntz, M.P., offered some remarks on the state of trade. He said that English merchants wore feeling the pres sure of forei g n competition more than e ver . On every hand he found England was losing ground, and that foreigners were making progress in the race against her. He was not, however, inclined to despair. When they looked at the energy, skill, determination, and r3sources of the English people, he was quite sure, if these wore properly applied, they could hold their own with the rest of the world. He observed that one serious drawback suffered by English manufacturers was the system of workmen charging trade extras. For a slight deviation in the form or size or thickness of an article an increase of wages was demanded. This in the case of large con tracts was a serious consideration. In no other country had he met with such a practice. The speaker cited a case that had come under his own observation where a large order for iron had been given over to a Belgian manufactnrer solely on account of trade extras. LONDON PAROCHIAL CHARITIES. The objects for which parochial charities were founded in times gone by, in the City of London, have in many instances ceased to exist. The ques tion arises, then, to what purposes should such funds be applied. If the old founders were alive at the present day, with a full knowledge of present circumstances and exigencies, what would they themselves do for those :lasses in whom they were so interested ? These :lasses represent different grades of society, from the merchants clerk with £2OO a year to the ignorant and dirty street Arab; and whilst the latter demand large and active share of charitable aid, it should not be forgotten that the former have their own earnest, though often disappointed, hopes of rising in the social scale. Under these circumstances, the most efficient aid that can be given is by providing suitable and inexpensive education for their children. It was of such plans as this that the present Archbishop of Canterbury spoke, at a meeting of the London Middle-class School Cor poration, when he said that "he earnestly , hoped end trusted they might see the charities of London more and more applied to this f.reatest of all chari table Durßoses." THE EDUCATION QUESTION. Lord Robert Montagu, M.P., in an address ielivered to working men at Huntingdon, on the subs lect of education, said it was no party question that he brought before them. Still less was it denomi national, since all religious sects have now ane common enemy—rationalism or unbelief. The noble lord * dwelt on the fact that the Birmingham League would not admit the great 3ducational efforts that are being, and have been made, in the country. He objected to the compul sion which was advocated, and the rates which the secular system would impose on the parishes. The system, in fact, was a "brain-born Brummagem dream of evil." The expense also would be very great, and besides sacrificing more than a million of money, the gratuitous services of more than 15,000 of the clergy would be lost. Lord R. Mon tagu then reminded the working men present of the sorrow they now experience from poverty. Should the League add this to their sor row ? Should it put out the only light in the valley of the shadow of death, and de prive them of the consolation of religion ? It was to the interest of working men that religion should be zultivated, for what but religion prevented the rich from grinding them down and using them as slaves ? True religion was the poor man's friend, his best pro. tector, his chief solace during life and death. Should this, then, be the only subject forbidden in the edu cAtion of the coming generation? THE STATE AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Mr. W. Pattison read a.paper at theWorkingMen's Club and Institute Union, London, on the question "Should the State exercise a greater or less control over friendly societies than it does at present He said that according to the Registrar General's return for 1867, there were in that year 24,82,0 benefit societies in the kingdom, having f 300,000 members, and dealing with as much a 3 £20,000,000. He complained that the societies were hound only to return general statements, from which no trite estimate could be formed as to their Aolvency, while neglect in making these returns was punishable only by a trifling fine. He lonsidered that special legislation was needed for those societies, and that whatever law was enforced should be simple and workable. It ought to dispense as far as possible with expensive professional skill, and- the members should have the most direct and ample control over the funds. A. minimum scale of rates should be fixed, so that no society should be permitted to promise benefits which were too great for the payments. He thought that the funds of the smaller societies ought to be invested in the Pest Office savings banks at special rates of -interest. The reader said he had no doubt trades' unions would oppose such an enactment as it would restrict their power of dealing with their funds for the purpose of sustaining strikes. The Earl of Lichfield occupied the chair, and joined in a long discussion. The question was adjourned. A STORM IN A TEA-POT. The Rev. J. W. Earnshard, the minister of church at Birkenhead, is evidently a gentleman who believes in being particular about small matters. He recently found a lozenge with his offertory alms. He was astounded. The criminal who could be wicked enough to commit a deed so desperate as putting sweetmeats amongst the money devotee to benevolent purposes must be sought out and admonished. Nor would finding and reproving 13 , ) enough for him; he must be made an example. His name might be suppressed, but only for once—not again. On the church doors last Sunday appeared a notice, calling attention to the enormity of the offence—" trifling with Almighty God, to whom the offerings are dedicated.* " For the future (proceeds the placard) should any person be detected in a similar offence, the name of the offending party will be posted at the church door for four successive weeks." What a punishment far a trifle THE GOVERNMENT LICENSING MEASURE. Mr. Stansfeld was right when he said, the °the, day, that the Government wore engaged upon a licensing bill ; he was equally correct when he pre. sumed that Ministers had not yet put their finishing touches to it. The Cabinet is still con• sidering the matter ; and Mr. Bruce is getting what information he can. 110 has sent to the Mayor of Liverpool, and obtained from him the sug gestions for legislation made by the joint committee of local magistrates and town councillors now more than two years ago. The Liverpool Mercury says it is not improbable that the Ministerial pro posals will be somewhat on the plan of those made in Liverpool. The amateur legislators drew up clauses restricting the hours of trafc on week days from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; on Sundays, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and gave power to local authorities to close public-houses altogether on the Sunday, if they thought proper to do so. EMIGRANTS TO TEE UNITED STATES. The Rev. Harry Jones, in a letter to the Times, calls attention to an admirable arrangement, by which the Commissioners of the State of New York undertake, for the payment of about 6s a head on all aliens landed, to provide for any sick, destitute, or unemployed emigrants for five years after their arrival. A similar plan would be worthy of adoption in the British colonies. The cost is virtually paid by the emigrants; it only forms a small addition to their passage• money, and more than covers the expense incurred by the authorities, as is shown by the fact of. the New York Commissioners having a balance of a con siderable amount in the bank at the end of 1808, after fulfilling all their engagements to the emigrants o n th e i r b an d s . c The certainty of being cared for on reaching a new land is naturally a great encouragement to the in tending settler. lie generally gets work soon, but in case of misfortun e it is a great advanta-e to be suro of a provision being made for him by the Slate. COMMUNICATION DETWF.E.N ENGLAND AND FRANCE. The Echo says that Sir Edward Watkin is pro ceeding to Paris to further the work of improved communication between this country and the Con tinent. It is unfortunately just where the sea-passage is shortest that the harbour arrangements on the French coast are the most de fective. In the exposed harbour of Boulogne the delays and irregularities resulting from the tides are so great, that some time . since a project was_ started by English 19114-s9* .99.P111 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1870. pang tor - zne — rorninnon ourweerr X ) mogne ann Calais of an artificial harbour capable of admitting large vessels. A special reservation was made for the benefit of English commerce and passenger traffic, but this attempt to form an English monopoly has probably wrecked the scheme, as the French Ministers have refusal to sanction it, thou6ll approving of the purpose. It is hoped that the chair man of the South-Eastern Railway may be able to smooth away these difficulties. FOREIGN NOTEB., BAVARIA. Telegrams from Munich confirm the statement that the King of Bavaria refuses to receive the address of the Chamber of Deputies. The Royal decision, as communica ted to the President of the Chamber on the 2nd of Febru ary, is as follows :—" The address of the Parliament, by its unjustifiable attackr. upon the existing Ministry, has failed to respond to the spirit of conciliation which I shewed to the representatives of the people in the speech from the Throne. Consequently, it is impossible for me to receive this address, but this circumstance will not prevent me from making every effort to restore tranquillity to th* country, which is agitated by the extreme agitation of parties. This decision should be immediately made known to the first president of the Parliament." The dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies is thought to be certain, there being no alternative between that course and the resigna tion of the Ministry. Ana their - 0;m personaLadvsntage, ana no; vne prrinit. nence and efficiency of the service ; but at the same time we wish to express our strong opinion that it is on the army and militia that the nation must always rely as the backbone of its military system. For these r.o amount of volunteer force can be equivalent, and if, by too much relianoeiapon it, and through a spirit of unwise economy, the army and militia were to be reduced in efficiency, it would have been better that a volunteer army had not been raised." The consideration - of the report occupied several hours. Amendments, moved by Lord Ranelagh, Colonel Lloyd Lindsay, and Lord Day, on portions of the report were put to the meeting and lost ; and the report was ulti mately adopted by a large majority. • RATES OF FREIGHT AND CHARTER. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette) - The tonnage loading on the berth for India, China, and the Cape of Good Hopeamounts to 60,201, and for Australia and New Zealand to 42,507 tons. The Freight Market continues dull, and rates for loadin -; on jhe berth eastward do not improve, whilst those for coal are kw ' and give little inducement to owners to send their v essels in that direction, in the face of the poor chance at present existing of their getting remunerative employment home wards. There is but ,little disposition on the part of charterers to take up tonnage,*whether steam or sail, from the East just now; and the late inquiry from Bombay has subsided, owing to the number of steamers which have lately been proposed. For the west coast of South America there are hardly any orders for either coal or iron. A fair number of vessels are offering for guano from Peru, the rates offered for which are, however, very low. 60s. has been done for Mauritius ; 655. is offered for United Kingdom and Ant werp, 28s. to 295. is obtainable for coal to Monte Video, and 325. to Buenos Ayres from Wales. Brazil coal freight manifest an upward tendency, which is, of course, partly due to the paucity of homeward employment. Outward Mediterranean freights from the Tyne or Wear still shew an inclination to recede, and during the week several vessels have been fixed at reduced rate of £2O for Alexandria. From Cardiff the rates are no better than those from the North. Several orders within the last few days having been provided for, tonnage is now rather in excess of the demand. One or two steamers are required for grain from the Azoff and Odessa, for first open water. TRADE AND FINANCE. LONDON, FRIDAY ETEN-nra. So far the progress made since the opeffng of the year has not been so satisfactory as was anticipated. During the past week or two business has been getting more and more slack, and speculation appears still far distant. Cotton goods have ruled dull, and prices have shewn a de cided tendency towards reaction, but producers as yet are heavily under contract, and have shewnno disposition to enter into fresh business. Nevertheless, the few con tracts made during the past week have been on lower toms. In the same way woollen goods have ruled inac tive, and although there is still sufficient doing in the yarn trade to keep up the value of wool, the tendency of prices is decidedly downwards. English wool of fine quality is scarce, but skin wools con tinue to come freely to hand. The consump tion of colonial wool continues undiminished, and prices are well supported. The next series of London colonial wool sales is fixed to commence on the lith inst., when it is expected that about 90,000 bales will be offered. The postponement has been agreed to by the merchants in consequence of a succession of adverse winds having kept out a large quantity of produce, which is now consider ably overdue. No little disappoinment has been created by this state of affairs. It had been anticipated that the opening of the new year would have had Ile effect of producing ac tivity in most departments of trade, particularly as the conclusion to which several notorious trials had been brought and which was quite unexpected, would, it was supposed, have had the effect of inducing a return of confidence. The result, however, has not justified these expectations, and, although we are certainly nearer a better state of affairs, a return to our former prosperity seems still dis tant. Money still shews a disposition to accumulate at the principal centres, and this is invariably a sign of distrust. In the present instance, however, some explanation may be found in the comparative absence of the means of em ployment for capital, which forces the money into the discount market. Whenever any legitimate opportunity for investment presents itself, it is soon seized upon, and any really good concern now starting is sure of success. While we aro on the subject of investment we may refer to the subject of the new RUssian Loan, which has proved such a great success, but which affords another instance of the caprice which governs the choice of securities by in vestors. There is no Government in Europe of which we are able to learn so little as far as regards its financial affairs as that of Russia. No accounts are published—with the solitary exception of a Budget estimate which found its way here some eighteen months ago, and which rather added to our difficulties than otherwise—and there is reason to believe that the annual deficit in the Imperial balance sheet is a most formidable item. in the debt of the Empire. Added to this unknown quantity in Russian finance, is the extent of the liability undertaken by the Government in respect of the railway guarantees—all information regarding which is studiously suppressed. It is surprising that in the face of these facts there should be found persons willing to intrust CI eir money to a Government which persistently refuses all information in regard to the extent or manner of their expenditure. We do Russia only common justice in acknowledging that she has ever recognised her obligations, even in times of great pecuniary distress ; but it is none the less a significant fact that (luring the last twenty-five years Russian Five per Cent Stock has declined from about 120 to 80. ASSAULT UPON WORKHOUSE l'AlJPEßs.—AOharge fias been heard before the Walsall magistrates, against the labour master and porter of the Walsall Workhouse of assaulting throe youths who were applicants for relief. The °as.; created great interest, and the story of the lads was that from the time they entered the workhouse in the evening till they had picked the allotted quantity of oakum the next day they were subjected to constant and disgraceful abuse, and actual assault. Lawton, the labour master, when striking one of them, a mere boy, over the hoad with a pair of handcuffs, exclaimed, "I'll make you remember coming to the Wailsall Workhouse." A fine of 203., or one month's imprisonment, was imposed upon the defendants. A COMPENSATION CASE.—An action to recover compensa tion from the Metropolitan Railway, for injuries received in getting out of a train at the Victoria Station, has been brought bya widow, named Sheford, in the Court of Exche quer. Three witnesses supported her evidence, but several of the company's servants swore that she jumpt d out beforelm. train stopped. Verdict for the company. CONVICTED SIXTY TIMES.—Kate Glennins, aged 32, wag indicted at the Middlesex Sessions for assaulting a con stable ; she pleaded guilty. The constable had tried to apprehend her fcr being drunk and disorderly , Sixty previous convictions were put in against the prisoner, who was sentenced to two years' hard labour. Another offender, named Jane Clarke, who had been repeatedly convicted, and twice sentenced to penal servi , tude, was sent again to penal servitude for seven years, and to seven years subsequent supervision of the police. . . WOUNDING A BROKER.--A respectable looking woman named Hickie, has been charged at the Middlesex sessions with wounding a broker. The prosecutor was employed to levy a distress and was struck by Mrs. Hickie, who was greatly excited. For the defence it was alleged that the prosecutor had been vio lent. The prisoner was found guilty, but recommended to mercy. She was allowed to give bail for her reappearance in March to receive judgment. The " High " Church Review has no sympathy with the expressed wish for unity between Churchmen and Dissenters. It discusses the letter of "Nonconformist," and urges the usual objection to his claims. He had spoken of the "significance" of fraternizati. n between Arch bishops Lycurgus and Thompson; the Church'Review asks:— "Is it not amusingly impertinent that Nonconformist' should imagine that any member of the Church of England cares two straws about what he thinks signifi cant and what he thinks insignificant i ' How very c rarteous ! Mn. BARON BRAmwELL.—Baron Bramwell has returned from a lengthened visit to Egypt. Being one of the three election judges, he has thus pleasantly spent the leisure which the lack of petitions has provided for the fortunate trio, who for four years in five will have nothing to do. Certainly a more improvident arrange ment than the creation of three perpetual judges for work that will occupy about three months once in five years was never made by a Legislature. As a matter of fact, however, the judges are too conscientious to avail themselves of their exemption to its full extent. —Law Times. THE RITUAL PROSECUTIONS.—The Church ASEIO - on the part of Colonel Elphinstone, have given notice by their proctors, Messrs. Moore and Currey, of their intention to appeal to the Judicial Committee against the decision of Sir R. Phillimore in the case of the Rev. Mr. Purchas, of Brighton. The great point will be the legality of vestments as held by the Dean of Arches, and on other subjects not allowed by his lordship. The appeal cannot be heard for some months.—ln the case of Wix, the proctor, Mr. Brooks, for the defendant, has intimated that he does not intend to appeal to the Judi olal Committee.—The promoters of the suit against the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, vicar of Ironic. have given notices for an appeal against Sir Robert Phillimore's judgment. Mr. Bennett is charged with heretical teaching, especial/ in reference to the Real Presence. All ERICA iV AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The news by the Hamburg and American steam ship flolsatia is to the 25th January. The exciting debate continued on the Virginia Bill, and it was after a warm discussion that Prince Arthur took his sect in the Diplo matic Gallery of the House, where he remained for half au hour. General Butler sprang to the front, speaking with his usual eloquence in defence of General Terry's conduct in Georgia, and was opposed by Brooks, Morgan, Cox, and Voorhees, and sharp sparring ensued, to the delight of the Prince. Had he waited be would have been further amused by the per:l:mm][loes and sarcastic remarks which passed between Butler, Bingham, and Farnsworth on the Virginia Bill. General Amos had announced the ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments by Mississippi, and he was expected immediately at Washington, when he will take his seat as Senator from that State. Senator Sher man intended to press his bill to increase the currency and Senator Morton was to offer an amendment to raise the sum to $60,000,000 from $45,000,000. - The Ways and Means Committee, Jan. 24, decided several important mat ters connected with the tariff. In regard to manufactured steel, instead of arranging a graduated scale, they fixed the duty at 31 cents per pound. " A specific duty is im posed on lumber instead of an ad valorem duty. On all leading articles in the bill thus far matured the duties will be slightly higher than in the present tariff law, except tea, sugar, coffee, molasses, cocoa, spices, &c. The free list, of course, is pretty large, but they are articles which do not come into competition with those produced in the United States." By the same steamer we bear that E. S. Nadel of New Jersey is to be Assistant Secretary of Legation at London, in place of Badeau, resigned. A joint resolution has been introduced in the Kansas Legislature, as:ting Senators Ross and Pomeroy and Representative Clark to resign. The coloured people are preparing for a grand National Jubilee on the official announcewent of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. In an accident on the Rome and Ogdensburg Railroad one man was killed, and several wore injured. The final passing of the BM admitting Virginia was re ceived at Richmond without rejoicing, but with relief ; the City Council requested General Canby to fire 100 guns in honour of the event. The House Judiciary Committee are considering the right of the Senate to annex territory without the consent of Congress, and the question is to be brought before the House before the Senate can take action about San Domingo. Annexations involve an expendi ture which ought not to be incurred, the Committee thinks, without the sanction of the House. George D. Prentice died on the 22d January, aged 67. He took charge of the Connecticut Mirror in 1825, and had been 45 years on the press, most of the time on the Louisville Journal. This is the bill introduced by Senator Sherman, of Ohi3, which we learn by cable passed the Senate on Wednesday by 39 against 23. A majority so large indicates the favour with which it is regarded, and, as we last week announced in discussing it, it meets, if rumour be true, the approval of Secretary Boutwell Section 1. Be it enacted, Svc., That forty-five millions of dollars in notes for circulation may be issued to National Banking Associations, in addition to the three hundred millions of dollars authorized by the 22d section of the "Act to provide a National Currency secured by a pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June 4, 1864 ; and the amount of notes so provided shall be furnished to banking associations ol ganized, or to be organized, in those States or Territories having less than their proportion, under the apportionment contemplated by the provisions of the "Act to Amend an Act to Provide a National Currency, secured by a pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved March 31, 1865; but a new apportionment shall be made as soon as practicable, based upon the census of 1870. Sec. 2. That at the end of each month, after the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Controller of the Currency to report to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of circulating notes issued to National Banking Associations during the month, whereupon the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem and retire an amount of the Three per Cent. Temporary Loan Certifiate, issued under the Acts of March 21, 1867, and July 25, 1868, not less than the amount of circulating notes so reported ; and he may, if necessary in order to promote the presentation of such temporary loan certificates for redemption, give no tice to the holders thereof, by publication or otherwise, that certain of said certificates, which shall be designated by number, date, and amount, shall cease to bear interest from and after the date of such notice; and that the cer tificates so designated shall no longer be available as any portion of the lawful money reserve in the possession of any national bank, and after such notice no interest shall be paid on such certificates, and they shall not be counted as a part of the reserve of any banking asso ciation. Sec. 3. That upon the deposit of any United States Bonds, bearing interest payable in gold, with the Trea surer of the United States in the manner prescribed in the 19th and 20th sections of the National Currency Act, it shall be lawful for the Controller of the Cur ency to issue to the association making the same, circulating notes of different denominations, not less than $5, equal in amount to 90 per centum of the gold value of the bonds deposited, but not exceeding 80 per centum of their par value, which notes shall bear upon their face the promise of the associa tion to which they are issued to pay them on presenta tion at the office of the association in gold or silver coin of the United States, and shall be redeemable upon such pre sentation in such coin. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every National Banking Association formed under the provisions of section 3 of this Act, shall at all times keep on hand not less than 23 per contuni of its outstanding circulation in gold or silver coin of the United States, and shall receive at par in the payment of debts the gold notes of every other banking association, which at the time of such payment shall I.e redeeming its circulating notes iu gold or silver coin of the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every associa tion organised for the purpose of issuing gold notes, as provided in the preceding section, shall be subjected to all the requirements and provisions of the National Cur rency Act, except tho first clause of section 22, which limits the circulation of national banking associations to 8300,000,000. The first clause of section 32, which, .taken in connection with the preceding sections, would require national banking associations organized in the city of San Francisco to redeem their circulating notes at par in the city of New York, and the last clause of section 32, which requires every national banking association to receive in payment of debts the notes of every other national bank ing association at par; provided, that in applying the pro visions and requirements of said Act to the banking asso ciations herein :provided for, the terms lawful money, and lawful money of the United States, shall be held and constructed to mean gold or silver coin of the United States. The monthly statement of the U. S. National Debt, issued Feb. 1, makes the total, deducting the money and bonds in the Treasury, $2,414,813,289, being a de crease during January of nearly $1,000,000, and a total decrease during Grant's Administration of $80,630,971. The coin in the Treasury is $101,600,730, and $8,690,807 in greenbacks, making a decrease in gold of seven and a half millions, and in currency of three and a half. The total of the bonds purchased with accrued interest amounted to $97,082,384, a most satisfactory statement on the whole for the Ist of February. Any one who reads the brief notices of yesterday's Standard, under the head of "Literature," will compre hend the charge made against the ultra-Tory papers of writing on certain subjects without any regard to truth or reason. Elihu Burritt's little volume is condemned be cause it praises the United States es afield for emigration, whereas Transatlantic Sketches are praised because they unreasonably and with the blindest prejudice picture the country in the most unfavourable light. Mr. Chester, the author, exhibits his antipathies to the Scotch, and is de nounced for so foolishly parading his feelings iu that quarter. He is also shown to bear another unreasoning antipathy against the Low Church, so the Standard pro nounces him to be a man of strong prejudices. Yet all he says against the Union is accepted as undeniable t and after bringing forth a string of charges the critic triumphantly points to them to prove how little Mr. Bright knows about the country. Did it not strike the writer that a strongly pro udiced man was not the most reliable authority, running through a great country like the Union in a few weeks; that he was more likely to be right about the Scotch than the Yankees, while the Standard acknowledges that he is altogether wrong on the former. Elihu Burritt, according to this critic, though an American of acknowledged intel lect, is in the dark about the United States, but Mr. Chester, an Englishman of strong prejudice, after a few weeks' experience, is in the full effulgence of light. Messrs. Fields, Osgood, and Co., the Boston publishers, detected and rebuked a person who offered to them twelve poems by Tennyson for £259. Six copies only had been pri'ratoly printed at a press belonging to a gentleman, and the seller would give, if required, evidence that Tennyson had written the poems, that they were only known to a few persons, and were still unpublished. Messrs. Fields, Osgood, and Co. happened to know all about the poems tendered, being the publishers in Ame rica of Tennyson's works, and in constant communication with the English poet. Within two months previously a member of the firm had seen Tennyson about these very poems, and had learnt, from his own lips, that they were written for a strictly private reason ; and it could only have been by a breach of confidence that they could have found their way to the American market. Stating this, the Boston publishers entered the strongest protest against any further proceedings on the part of the seller, who will not be much pleased to see the story going the rounds of the British and American press. Messrs. Fields, Osgood, and Co. would have served him right by giving his name, but we may trust to the indefatigable American reporter for supplying any omission in this respect. 'The Report of Deputy-Collector Wallace, of the T hi• d Carolina District, gives an insight into the condition of society in the State. Deputy-Collector Turner charged certain persons with rescuing from him forfeited property and burning his houses, and an expedition was undertaken to arrest them, as well as to destroy illicit stills. Of course, the people against whom warrants had ben pro cured were not found at home, but some stills were de troyed, and one arrest made, when the party prepared to encamp, but their arrangements were disturbed by the udden appearance of an armed party. The revenue offi cers were accompanied by an escort of the Bth Infantry, nd by them a house was appropriated for defence. It was surrounded by 100 men, who not only demanded that the man arrested should be released, but that Turner should bo surrendered, and the besiegers hemmed iu the house on the rej e ction of their demands. At two a.m. Mr. Wallace wont out with a party to propose terms, when it was concluded that the prisoner should be re leased, but that Turner should not be given up. Most of the besiegers then left, but many remained ; the sentinel was afterwards shot at, as well as a man oing to the well for water, and three horses were wounded. At daybreak the party started for Spartansburg Court House, prepared for an attack, but only demonstrations against them were made. The soldiers had each 20 rounds of ammunition, and the revenue officers were armed with pistols; and Mr. Wallace states, that he might have cut his way through with a terrible loss to the crowd, but that ho preferred to avoid the bloodshed. Washington keeps up the agitation for its World's Fair in 1872. The Committee of Management had a conference with Senators on the 19th of January with re ference to the necessary bill granting a charter. Twelve Senators were present, and at least one of them gave strong reasons against the success of an international exposition in such a small city like Washington. Senator Morrill, of Maine, considered that such an enterprise could only pay in largo cities, that it might be a success if more time was 'given, were it held at Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Bos ton, or New York. Tie desired to protect the Wash ington citizens against themselves, as he was friendly to Washington, which was unnecessarily excited about the removal of the capital. This Exhibition would go into the category of Washington failures, producing a result disastrous to its citizens. The clerks, and the numerous Government employee, members of Congress, and others, would have to pay double rent end double cost for board during the year over which this gala extended. More over, the people were not prepared for such an Exhibi Lion, the South requiring five or six years more, however rapidly improving. It was explained that Washington would subscribe $1,500,000, and another million and a half of dollars would be subscribed outside. Nothing was asked from Congress but the bill, and the subscribers would not object, so great was their confidence in its suc cess, if Congress imposed a liability equal to the amount of their subscription General Howard thought it would be disastrous after the steps taken not to hold the Exhi bition, and the national capital was the proper place for it. Senator Warner would not bolster up Washington, but he took it for granted that the Exhibition was designed to show the world what America was doing,and Americans what the world was doing, and it would act as a spur on the South. Senator Hamlin only desired the incorpora tion of a provision in the bill preventing it from being operative until $2,5q0,000 had been paid ; and the com mittee accepted the condition, passing a resolution of thanks to the Senators for the time and attention they had given. General George H. Thomas has written from San Francisco to the Hon. D. A. Nunn, with respect to his r ortrait in the Tennessee State House, and the return of the medal voted to him by the State Legislature. The General says that when the Legislature in 1896 ordered the portrait. to be painted and placed in the library, al though he regretted the act, he could not decline a com pliment so unexpected, and, as he believed, so sincere, and one, he had been led to think, was approved throughout the State. When informedofthe recent o f tthe e act pro ofcee idinB66gs, self-respect and a proper appreciation induced him to relieve the members from seeing a disagree.. able picture every time they wont into the State library, and the same reasons impelled him to inform the Speaker that he would return the modal after . his arrival in New York, where he had deposited it last spring. In offering to re fund the cost of the portrait, it was his desire to return to the Legislature compensation for what it deems a wrong perpetrated by a former Legislature against the people of the State. if General Thomas desired to hit a stun ning blow, he could not have delivered one more effec tually. He is one of the finest fellows in this world, and in saying so we use no figure of speech, but mean what the words• imply, and whoever buys that portrait will have a curious memento of as noble -minded a General as the Republic or any other nation ever produced. An interesting report on the condition of the Indians in the vicinity of Fort Buford has been supplied by General Warren, comprising the Assinaboinos, Yanc tons, Gros Ventres, the Mandans, and a small force of the Sesetons -all friendly ; and the Hunck Papas, a band of Tetons, and Santees—all hostile. The Hunck Papas num ber 500 lodges, and are the scourge of the Missouri far up the river in Idaho; the Santees are the remains of the Minnesota Indians, who after various wanderings have settled between Moose River and Moose Mountains in Dacotah, and in the British Possessions. Their war parties are constantly on the Missouri, and they are said to be the most intelligent Indians of the plains. Many of them read and write English, and their former habits so cling to them that they chant psalms around their camp fires, and have substituted a hymn of Dr. Watts for the ordi nary Indian song at their scalp and other dances. Passing to the country down South, intelligence has reached General Augur, from Fort Rand, that Pawnee-Killer's band were engaged in the massacre of Buck's surveying party on blican River last August. Eight whites were killed in the first attack, and several escaped, but were subsequently murdered by another band of Indians. In the Yellow Stone Valley the Indians were all contented; farm-houses and a mill had been erected, and it was 1)3- lieved they would help next season in the cultivation. The Universal Suffrage Convention has been in session at Washington, pressing for woman suffrage, and Senator Pomeroy has proposed an amendment to the con stitution as follows, to be known as the Sixteenth. It has been referred to the Judiciary Committee : " The basis of suffrage in the United States shall be that of citizenship, and all native and naturalized citizens shall enjoy the same tights and privileges of elective franchise. Each State shall determine by law, the age of the citizen, and the time of residence required for the exercise of the right of suffrage, which shall apply equally to all citizens, and shall make all laws in regard to the time and place of holding elec tions." The women of America are more than usually active; one, we regret to say, in a bloodthirsty direction. Miss Caroline Smith, of Winchester, Indiana, considered that her personal attractions necessitated a ready defence, and that a revolver was her best defender. Ono of her ad mirers kicked up a row at her door on the second floor on the night of the 13th of January, which so annoyed Miss Caroline that she threw open the window after the noise had ceased, and thinking that the man she saw below was the rude fellow, shot him dead ! No doubt 'it was a very serious offence for a vile nian to kmok loudly at Miss Smith's door ; but any ono, except Ikliee Smith, might not consider even that crime punishable by death, neither have women yet attained to the rights em powering them to decree and execute such a sentence in their own case. Nor is this circumstance likely to for ward such a demand if it be included in their Bill of Rights, for Miss Smith shot the wrong man. Her unhappy vie' ti:n was a respectable pater-familias who happened to be there ; and whatever may be Miss Caroline's rights, she cannot dispute that his wife and female children also have rights with which she has unduly interfered. The following intelligence from San Francisco, dated Jan. 20, will interest the Londen projectors of the lino to Australia from that city. If they are not sharp, they will find themselves forestalled through Californian enterprise : —"Benjamin Holliday, President of the North Pacitic ansportation Company, left for Washington yesterday, it - is said, for the purpose of obtaining a Go vernment subsidy for carrying the mails between San Francisco and Australia. It is also stated that the colonies of Now South Wales, New Zealand, and Queensland We ffered to grant a subsidy for the establishment of 'a lino of steamers between this point and Australia. It i 8 rumoured that a lino of propellers will be placed O o n . route next spring, whether Congress g r ants the subsidy or not.:' -- CANADIAN NEWS.—The Canadian -Minister of Marine has advertised for six swift sailing schooners, to be used as a marine police on the coast. In this connec tion more stringent legislation for the protection of the fisheries is spoken of as the probable consequence of the continued opposition of the United States to reciprocity'. --- The Cabinet, we learn, has decided to abolish the licences to American fishermen, in accordance with the treaty of 1818, and duties are hereafter to be levied on articles im ported from the United States, now on the free list. —A large quantity of cubical copper pyrites has lately been discovered near the Gatineau river, not far from Ottawa The discoverers will not reveal the locality, and have left for the purpose of obtaining the help of American capi talists.—The Nova Scotia Legislature is summoned to meet for the despatch of business on the 17th February. The Hon. Freeman Morse has, as we expected* furnished Congress with an elaborate report not only on the British mercantile marine, but on her Majesty's navy' The Washington correspondent of the Tribune extracts this information from the American Consul-Genera l's report: -"There are 394 serviceable fighting vessels re ported, of which 138 were built in private yards. Thera are 48 armoured vessels, iron and wooden hulks, with a caps city of 170,000 tonnage. Fourteen other armoured iron ships are now building, all of the largest size, half of them building in private yards. Besides this large amount of Government work, the British yards are constructing considerable number of war vessels for other nations. During 1868 there were 598 wooden and 162 iron ships built in Great Britain; 29 composite ships, teak and iron, and 39 wooden, and 191 iron steamships were also constructed and registered there. In the British Provinces 701 wooden ships were built during the same period. Naval con struction in other European countries has largely dimi nished during the last decade. Great Britain had in 186 8 , engaged in the foreign trade alone 8,168 ships, sai l and steam inclusive. There has been a marked int provement in the qualification and character of British shipmasters and officers since a rigid system of examina tion and certificates was enforced, but American was ters still maintain their recognised superiority. Th e English Lloyds discriminated against American shiest but the French Lloyds was more favOurable in its rates. Great Britain has at the present time twelve lines of first-class mail steamships, subsidised to the amount of $4,392,244, gold. Four others receive the postage Pa hl , for such mails as they c arr y, an d t wo o th er li nes r eceive , ' from the Home Government one-half of the amount agreed to be paid by the colonial authorities. Contracts are novf pending widt several other lines. According to 3 l l ‘' Morse's statistics iron is rapidly superseding other mate rial, and the completion of the Suez Canal threatens to make the revolution more quick and complete." The intelligence by mail from Cuba, via Ne Vr York, indicated the extinction of the insurrection, but this is contradicted by cable. On the 30th January the news was that General Jordan, who had succeeded Quesada in command of the insurgent forces, had defeated the Spanis h under General Puello, with the lose of 450 men, nea r Guaimaro. Spanish accounts, however, deny this. Th e latest intelligence relates to the action of Congress: "The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed ° resolution declaring that the people of Cuba have for more than 15 months carried on active hostilities against Spatn for the attainment of independence ; that they have estab lished and maintained a de facto Government, and that they occupy with their armies and exercise control over a larg e portion of the island. The resolution also instructs the Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire what reasons, if any, exist why the Republic of Cuba should not be recog nised by the United States as a belligerent." Prince Arthur, after "doing" Washington, and meeting with a warm welcome from the President, from Congress, and other leading Federal authorities, returned to New York last Saturday. He went to Niblo's Theatre in the evening; to Trinity Church next morning; at tended a gay ball at Delmonico's on Tuesday ; visited the public institutions on Wednesday, as well as the fortifications of the harbour. There the British flag was raised and saluted, the bands playing " God Save the Queen ;" General MADougall attending his Royal High ness. He is everywhere hospitably received. Mr. 130 1 " mont, the banker, and the Rothschilds' agent, Mr. Morton , we presume, of the firm of Messrs. Morton, Rose, and 0 0 .1 Mr. A. T. Stewart, the New York millionaire merchant, and others of the leading citizens entertaininghim privately. The Prince is popular, and the American press is loud in his praise. There is news from the Red River of an awf ul storm, which swept the territory on the 16th of January' the thermometer falling 35 degrees below zero; when seve n men were frozen to death. The Toronto papers had the enterprise to dispatch two special correspondents, but they gained nothing by the move—at least, at once—for B iel lodged both in g ao l. A s m i ght have been expected the insurgents gradually became disorganized. It is not ill human nature to bear the spectacle of a young man known to his neighbours from childhood suddenly elevating him' self into a ruler and judge over the land. Jealousy is s ure , to be ex c it e d, b ut more still that impatience of restra it" which often tests lawful and established authority, a nd is generally fatal to usurpers. Tho very circumstan ce which told in favour of the insurrection in imparting t° it the security of inaccessibility, told fatally against it in Pr e " venting that outside pressure and danger which alone a re sufficient to counteract the tendency to disorganizati on, and induce men to submit to, and zealously to obey: th e commands of the provisional authority. It is then with no surprise we learn that Riel has been superseded, and th e old Governor and Council restored. If the telegram to the Hudson Bay Company from their agent at St. Paul be cor rect, Riel is a prisoner, and Governor M'Tavish again reigns. The Canadian Rifles are to be retained on the establishment, six companies and a battery of artillery being detailed for service at Fort Garry. in T fa h v e ou f r ol o lo f wnthiegFiafrteeenththe Amendment li : eli A h la a b v a e ma v , o A ted r_ kausas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Now York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont,Virginia,WestVirginia, Wiscousi n, 0 hio lowa ; Nebraska is almost certain ; Texas must, if she de siresreadmission to the Union, and as the majority of her Legislature is Republican. Georgia desires under her present Legislature to reverse her action and add her vote to the majority, which would give two more than required. At the same time, it ought to be stated that Kansas, tak ing action on an imperfect copy of the amendment re ceived by the telegram, has to repeat her work to make i t binding, a similar mistake having been made and corrected by Missouri. The New York Legislature has retracte d her ratification, but the legality of; such action is more than doubtful. California and New Jersey have rejected the amendment. As it may now be said to be a part of the Constitution of the United States, we may as well re fresh the memory of our readers by giving its simp le words :—" Section First. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged bl the United States, or by any State, on account of race, colour, oue sosrsphrael Lave ous power condition t o of enforceservitude. thisarticle Section by S econa• g appro priate legislation." [ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Pills.—Wrongs Mad e Right.—Every day that any bodily suffering is permitted to con tinue renders it more certain to beccme chronic or dangerous' Holloway's cooling, purifying, and strengthening pllls are Well adapted for any irregularities of the human body, and should be taken when the stomach is disordered, and the liver derange d, the kidneys inactive, the bowels torpid. or the brains muddled• With this medicine every invalid can cure himself, and those wh o are weak and infirm through imperfect digestion may ma ke themselves strong and stout by Holloway's excellent pills. This medicine gives the greatest comfort to the feeble, delicate, an d nervous, who may gene-ally consult their palates for the selec t:on of food, while undergoing a course of these pills. TILE NEW AIISTRIAN MINISTRY. The North-East Correspondence states that the pro gramme of the new Austrian Ministry contains the three following points :-1. The complete abolition of the Con cordat. 2. The limitation of the Chancellor's influence in Cisleithan affairs. 3. Partial concessions to Galicia alone, and the invariable maintenance of the December Constitution. The Emperor, it is said, has not yet given his consent to the whole of the programme, and that is believed to be the reason why Herr von Hasner has not yet announced it to the Chamber of Deputies. _ TRH DALMATIAN INSURRECTION. A despatch from Vienna, elated February 2, states that the disturbances in Dalmatia are now over, and that.the villages of Ledenice and Ruezlar, situated in Cricoscia, which were the last to submit, have sent an address to the Emperor, in which they thanked him for the amnesty he has accorded to the insurgents, and the relief he afforded to them, and conclude by promising to serve him with fidelity. A correspondent of the Allgemeine Zeituny makes some remarks on this subject, and says that Austria's conduct would be far less politic if she refrained from acting as mildly as circumstances would possibly allow towards the insurgents. What would be the use of disarming them, when they could immediately find fresh arms on the other side of the frontier? Extreme severity could lead only to additional risings among kindred popu lations. The reasonable members of the Austrian Govern ment knew that the Dalmatian movement was but the beginning of a more important one. By proceeding as it did, it has secured itself from the reproach of having accelerated the unpleasant events which are sure to ensue throughout the whole peninsula, and which are not to be prevented by erecting gibbets. ADDRESSES TO TUE POPB. The Memorial Diplomatique says that the Pope has refused to receive the petitions for and against the doctrine of Infallibility. He considers himself too muoh mixed up in the question, and is resolved to keep a strict neutrality, so that the Council may decide as to the best course to pursue. The same journal denies, in the most emphatic manner, that the approach ing discussion of the new dogma has induoed the French Government to break through its reserve on the subject of the Council. It states that Mgr. Chigi, the Papal Nuncio at Paris, explained to the Emperor that the discussion of the Infallibility question was of a purely didactic nature, and could have no effect on the reciprocal relations of Church and State, or alter the dispositions of the Concordat, and these explanations were looked upon as satisfactory. THE LATE COLONEL D'ARGY. Our Roman correspondent writing on the 29th ult., refers to the severe loss the Spanish Legion has sustained in the person of Colonel le Viscomte d'Argy, who died on Thursday, after a rapid and violent attack of inflammation of the lungs. He was nearly seventy-eight, but carried his years so gallantly that few could have guessed that he had served in the Vieille Garde of the First Napoleon, and had won his epaulettes in Spain under the Due d'Au gouleme. Since then he had served with distinguished gallantry and ability in Algiers, Syria, the Crimea, and Italy, and was sent in 1868 to command and organise the Franco-Roman Legion. The Colonel's funeral took place on Friday night, and at least ninety thousand people lined the streets to witness it, showing the greatest sympathy and respect for the dec3ascd. TURKEY. The Levant Herald of January 20 says that the Viceroy has at last sent up the "accounts" of his ironclads. lle chose for his messenger Abram Bey, who had been sum marily expelled on account of some money transactions in which he had been engaged. The Grand Vizier refused to receive him, and sent a complaint to Cairo that such a messenger had been selected. The accounts, which were subsequently received, justify the opinion already formed of the Viceroy's extortionate demands. The sum asked for the three ships is no less than £800,000—X250,000 more than vessels of their size and armament would cost in England. The Viceroy further states that he has paid a portion of this amount, and must be reim bursed before he can authorise their transfer. The Grand Vizier is willing to pay a fair price. The obvious plan would be to have the ships inspected and valued by a competent commission, and to pay only such a price as might thus be put upon them. In the meantime it will be seen that their surrender to the Porte is still very far from being a fait accompli. The Alexandria correspondent of the Levant Herald says, with respect to the rifles, that only 40,000 stand had been purchased in all, and that three-fourths of these having been already distributed to the troops cannot, of course, be taken from them, while the remainder are fairly wanted to meet regimental contingencies ; reste a savoir if the Porte will quietly pocket such an answer. If it does, the Khedive will deserve success. THE PROPOSED ALTERATIONS OF THE VOLUNTEER REGULATIONS. A meeting of metropolitan commanding officers Wll4 held on Friday, at the rooms of the National Rifle Association, Pall Mall East, to receive the report of the committee appointed on the 6th of January last, to con sider and report upon the suggestions recently made by the Secretary of State for War for the alteration of the regulations of the volunteer force. Among those present were :—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Elcho, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Truro, Lieutenant-Colonel Viscount Bury, Lord Gerald Fitz Gerald Lordßanelagh and Sir F. Buxton. The committee, of which Lord Elcho was chairman, presented a long report, in which they dealt with the sug gestions of the War Secretary in detail, dividing them into three branches-Ist, Suggestions as to the policy of which there can be little or no dispute; 2, suggestions which, although sound in principle, may to some extent be open to practical objections ; and, lastly, suggestions whio4 appear to be mistaken in principle, of doubtful polity, and resting upon untrustworthy calculations. Under the first head they included the proposals for improved organisation, and the principle of State payments for " efficients only." Under the second head the committee placed the suggested examination of non commissioned officers in drill for the grant and badge, and the similar examination of officers for a certificate, and the limitation of. separate corps in each district. The list division comprited the proposal to abolish the 203. rate, and retain only the 30s. rate of capitation grant ; the proposed requirements with regard to volley firing, com pany and battalion drill, and some minorpoints. Concluding the report was an amg . ysis of the replies received to the circa hr sent by the committee to rifle corps, artillery, engi eers, and light .horse, and mounted corps through ut the provinces. The replies, the committee observed, sufficiently shew that the disapproval of the Secretary of State's " Suggestions " is :et confined to the Metropolitan district, but is rery general throughout the force. "And while endea vuring to avoid in our report any expressions that might unacceptable to the Secretary of State, we thould be wanting in our duty, when analyzing the returns we have received, were we not to state that the suggested alterations aro viewed, as a whole, with extreme dissatisfaction, many officers going so far as to express a belief that in the suggested alterations there larks the intention greatly to reduce, if not altogether to get rid of the volunteer force. We ourselves do not ire any way share in this belief, although, as already stated, we fear t:iis result, if the "Suggestions" were to become law. We have full confidence in the good iutentions of the C.A'ov ern ruent. We cannot forget the defenceless state in which we were before the volunteer organisation; we cannot forget the feeling of • turning shame at our dependance on foreign forbearance for national existence that drove us to take upon ourselves the duties of citizen soldiers; and we cannot believe that the nation is willing to return to the state of defencelessness in which it then stood, or that it is prepared to substitute for its volunteer army a vastly more expensive equivalent foree.of regular troops or militia. We think it right thus to speak, because at the present time there appears to be se% disposi tion to bargain withthe volunteers, as if they were seek- A SUCCESSOR TO CALCRAFT. The increasing age of Calcraft has rendered it desirable that a successor to his unenviable post should be provided. The fact that there was likely to be a vacancy in this de partment of public service having become generally known as many as 134 candidates applied for the office, one of them being a stalwart labourer in the Devonport Dockyard named Toll, who resides with his wife atlVilton-street, Stoke,and has been employed in the dockyard for many years, earning now 15s. per week. .Seven of the volunteers were selected, from whom the final choice is to he made, and the Devon port man was among the number. It was generally rumoured in the dockyard on Thursday that he had been successful in obtaining the appointment, but we are not in a position to state positively if he has yet received "her Majesty's commission." Toll has no family, and is now working in the boathouse as a Labourer. He is popularly known as a "clever pig killer," having fol lowed that avocation before entering the dockyard.— Western Morning News. ARMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE. A Government officer has received summary justice at the hAnds of his employers. Mr. Baxter, M.P., the Financial Secretary of the Admiralty, and Mr. Bristow, the Admiralty solicitor, attended on Thursday at the Royal Victoria Yard, Deptford, and held an inquiry as to the conduct of one of the foremen of stores there. The application by the foreman to one of the contractors of the Admiralty for a douceur, or bribe, was clearly proved, and ultimately admitted by the accused, and Mr. Baxter (after stating that the case closely approximated to a criminal charge, and was a class of conduct which the present Bard of Admiralty and himself had determined to root out and visit with the severest punishment) discharged the offender from the service. _ With regard to the reductions, the Army and Navy Gazette mentions that it has been decided that each regi ment of cavalry is to be reduced by half a squadron at the commencement of the next financial year, and says that though it does not wish to say a word against the reduction of depOt battalions, reduction might surely be carried out with some consideration for the officers concerned. These officers, looking upon the depot as a permanent institution, have made their household arrangements of an abiding nature. The married men have taken houses on a lease, and hired furniture by the quarter, and so on, not anticipating such speedy removals as they have lately been subjected to. The same paper learns from unimpeachable authority that Lord Napier of Magdala, before accepting the command-in-chief, took steps to record officially at the India office his entire disapproval of the proposed re duction of the European regiments stationed in India. Notwithstanding the reductions, no regimental officers y disbanded will be placed on h w a h l o f s p e a c y o . rps are not wholly As we are often abused in France for -not having done away with the "cat," we (Army and llaty Gazette) were somewhat astonished to see, the other day, that this ultinza ratio had been applied to some French convicts who had indulged in a row at Toulon on the day before embark ing for New Caledonia. Five of the ringleaders were flogged before being sent on board the Sibylle. It is understood that it is the intention of the War Office, after the commencement of the next financial year, to take - steps for filling up the vacancies amongst the officers of the Militia. If Mr. Cardwell carries out this object satisfactorily, ho will, indeed, deserve the thanks, not only of the Militia themselves, but of the sountry at large. A report has been very persistently circulated in quar ters usually well-informed during the past week that it was the intention of the Government to organise tempo rary camps on Salisbury Plain and elsewhere on an ex tended scale during the period of the present year's training of the militia. We (Broad Arrow) believe these reports to bo devoid of foundation. The usual period of year for the Militia training would be quite inappropriate for the commencement of such a system. LAW AND POLICE. GOVERNOR EYRE'S Can.—Yesterday, the arguments (which iiave•occupied three days) were brought to a close in the Exehequer Chamber. It will be remembered that Phillips brought an action against Governor Eyre, to recover damages for an assault, false imprisonment, and causing him to be flogged. The defence to this conduct was that the defendant was governor of the Island of Jamaica, which was a colony of the British Empire, that persons in the island had conspired together to overthrow the law, and that the plaintiff had committed outrages ; that the defendant, in co-operation with the military, had observed the progress of the insurrection, and had taken means of suppressing it, and was justified in the steps he had taken, because of the colonial legislature having passed an act of indemnity. The Court at the close, yesterday afternoon, reserved their judgment. TIIE Gonrucrc DITOUCE CesE.—The further hearing of the charge of perjury against a woman named Williams was resumed yksterday morning, when Mr. Cedric:lr was cross-examined at great length. In his evidence in chief he charged his wife with intemperance, from the time of their marriage up to 1367, when she left him. He denied that lie ever knew of Mr. Forder's taking his wife alone to the theatres, and minr asked him to do so. He also denied that he had forced Mr•. Forderon his wife for improper purposes, and in fact gave a general denial to her statements. In a severe cross-examination, he denied that lie had been guilty of intemperance himself. He said he had boen charged with it by his father, both orally and by writing. He did not mean to say ho had never been intoxicated, but he denied that he was what was termed a confirmed drunkard, or that he neglected. his wife more than his professional pursuits rendered necessary. The case occupied the whole of the day, and WAS adjourned till Monday, the Lord Chief Justice being required in the Exchequer Chamber • .. • - BIRTHS. COMBE—On the 3(1 inst., at Netherwood, Godalming, the wife of Colonel Combe, Bombay S.C., of a daughter. Ilunnocit —On the 3d inst., at Hale End, Woodford, the wife of H. H. Murdoch, of a son. • MARRIA G ES. BULLER. —TRITTON -On the 3d inst., at Holy Trinity, St liarylebone, Captai n Al exander Buller, RN., to Emil; Mary, eldest dau g ht er o f H enry Tritton, Esq., of Uppe r Portland-place. GoorcurLD —SAYER On the 3d inst., at Yatton, Thoma s Goodchi:d, E-1., of Weston-super-Mare, to Emily, ,t ll 4 e second daught er o f t h e l ate J o h n S ayer, E sq., o f 1 3 v ton. DEATHS. BECK- On the 4th inst., at Hill-side, Lee, S.E., John Beck, of Tokenhouse•yard, aged 80. PowELL—On the 3d inst., at 8, Gordon-street, Edward J. Powell, Esq., agEd 73. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAIf ANDREW S of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office, iS O. 112, Stran d, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex" Saturday, February 5, MO. 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