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4 0041 1 1 1 16 - Ititt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1864. The recommendations of the Commissioners who have just closed their Report on the sanitary con dition of our Anglo-Indian troops are, as might be supposed from the nature of their inquiry, of an eminently practical character. Oae of the first great questions that presents itself to the considera tion of the reformer is the quality and the quantity of the food provided for the men, and in this very important department they find it necessary to Advise sundry alterations. It is always a difficult thing to cater for such large masses, although the rations of our soldiers are not likely to give rise to the disturbance and dissatisfaction occasioned by the liberal allowance of our convicts or the bare living granted to our paupers. In ; the former case we have seen emeNtes and commotions of a serious character from a change in the bill of fate, while our union diet is complained of with too Inneb reason for its wearying monotony and inaptitude for the sick. 'There seems to be no fault to find with either the quality or quantity of the rations ofAoglo-Indian recruits, but they are not suited to the climate. They are, in fact, too liberal, especially in the matter of meat. Nature herself teaches that we should eat more sparingly in hot weather than in cold, and, by analogous reasoning, in a tropical climate the frame cannot require so much sustenance es in the chilly North. Travellers in the Arctic regions have often cited instances of the opposite side of the question, telling how blubber and article 3 of food which men disdained in the temperate zone were eagerly sought after when in the frozen seas. One traveller records an instance in which it was almost impossible to secure the oil for the ship's lamps, as some of the men would drink it if possible to find it. The natives in India eat very little meat, especially in the hottest months. Their diet is principally of rice, while the Enelish soldier makes three good meals a day, frequently taking meat with each. His allowance is 11b, of meat per day, so he is able, if he likes, to have a meat breakfast, a meat dinner, and a meat tea. His breakfast is eaten about 8 or 9 in the morn ing, his dinner at 1, and tea at 5, so that all his meals are taken close together and in the hottest half of the day. Dr. RENNIE, whose evidence was laid before the Commission, states that he had for many years the medical charge of convicts in Western Austra lia, when he found that the men's health was greatly improved on reducing the scale of dietary. This gentleman farther adda his conviction that the so called " diseases of tropical climates" are in reality only diseases produced by habits and ways of living unsuited to tropical climates, and that the impore taut relation which food bears to temperature is very much disregarded. We should certainly esteem it great folly on the part of a stranger in this country if he neglected the warning of our chill nights and cold winds, and resolutely exposed himself to the weather with the same garments he had worn in the South, yet the folly and imprudence of our countrymen in India are often quite as great. The Commiszioners recommend that any changes to be made in the diet of the men should be made gradually, and any sudden or violent reduction would probably excite discontent ; bat much might be done by varying the quality of the rations, and by enabling the men to cook their food better. Complaints are made of an insufficient supply of vegetables, but this deficiency it is to be hoped will be greatly amended Ly the new system of allotted gardens, which will enable the men to grow their own, when they will, of course, like teem all the better. The use of spirits is still more to be deprecated than the use of animal food, and it certainly seems a great pity th a t G overnment s h ou ld ee far authorise it as to allow a soldier to Consume lei gallons of raw spirit in the year, which is the quantity drunk, if the private avail himself of hie full permission_ This is, of coarse, iudepen eeut of what be may bay f or eay Jeer himself elsewhere. It is satisfactory, however, to find, that few of the men ta k e their full allowance, reost of them preferriug, when allowed, to tak e h eer instead. Oa this point he medic s I officers r vie strongly. Intemperance, they say, conslite.ces a te t , kru part of the origin of disease, while it is stilted that in one hospital in Bombay the number of cases admitted from this cause was something appalling. Alcohol, says an unquestionable authority, occasioned more deaths in the space of ten years than fever, diarrhoea, or even cholera. I n somo r egiments a temperance Movement hag been got up, and ginger -beer, e es , coffee are substituted sfor more heating beverag es with marvellous results. One troop which, when arriving at Meerut, had 50 per cent. of its members actually in hospital atter a xesiaeace of four years ow* there under a temperance system, marched to Seal. kote with a clear bill of health, no death having taken place for two years. It would, of course, be difficult to make such a system universal, but much might be done by the authorities by substituting beer for spirits. The medical testimony is unani mous in favour of malt liquor over spirits, and while some witnesses are averse to the use of any intoxi cating drink whatever, all agree that there is a very great difference in the practice of dram drinking and of taking beer. The former, too, is more likely to grow into a dangerous habit, while its effects on the s ystem are highly prejudicial if not carried to extremity. It would be well for the authorities to take steps for enabling the men t , have beer at both their allowances, instead of at only one, as hitherto. Another very important point, and one which is entirely under official con trol, is the state of the sleeping rooms, As many as 400 beds are sometimes in one department, while at home the rooms hold from ten to twenty beds. It is one of the first requisites of health in India to have a healthy sleeping place, and, therefore, the system of overcrowding is most deadly. It renders all epidemic diseases so much the more dangerous, and is in every way so bad that we can only wonder such abuses have been so long tolerated. There are many other practical reforms recommended by the Commission, some of which have been already inaugurated. Our Indian officials, both civil and military, are now addressing themselves to this im portant task with right good will, and it is time, indeed, that they did so, for with all our boasted sanitary knowledge and scientific experience, we have hitherto tolerated a state of things in India that is almost suicidal. The intelligence on all sides concerning elections eeems to augur ill for the welfare of the Ministerial party when the general election takes place. It is positively certain that opposition will start up in all directions, and that the struggle will be more sharp and severe than any that has been witnessed for some time in such cases. This is not surprising when we reflect upon the many things that have given rise to discontent and dissatisfaction throughout the country, in the conduct of those who now guide the helm of the State. In the most important mat- ters of home and foreign policy it has been seen that our interests have been betrayed, and this comes with the worse grace from men who boasted before that they were ready and able to defend the honour of their country, and who made it their special assertion that they could serve the cause of Reform with far greater zeal and efficiency than their rivals. At all events the day of reckoning is at hand, or will be very shortly, and notwithstanding the in. genious contrivances by which divisions have been managed, it will be seen that the danger is not over when the elections take place. It is a very signifi cant sign of the times that the Conservative decla rations to contest certain seats are so numerous, and that with rare exceptions we do not hear of many on the other side. The former feel that they have got a fair field before them, and, at all events, they have got plenty to talk about in the meantime. Their criticism can flow in no measured terms, and their opportunities are many. On the contrary, the friends of those in high places seem to try the experi ment of silence. Considering that we have been told times out of number that Lord PALMERSTON and Lord RUSSELL have saved the country from a disastrous war, we are not favoured with many speeches on that topic from those who swell the ranks of his friends, his admirers, and his supporters. Mc. RALPH NEVILLE GRENVILLE and. Major PAGET addressed a meeting of the electors at Congresbnry last Monday. It is the intention of these gentle. men to contest at the next general election the division of East Somerset. The Venerable Arch deacon DENISON, in speaking of the retiring mem• bers, made some forcible remarks relative to the present state of affairs. Ho spoke with much warmth relative to the state of the Church and the cariona questions concerning its interests now so frequently broached in Parliament, His observa tions on political matters were very forcible. In the first place he animadverted upon the conduct of the Ministerial side of the House, and said that he objected to giving up the name of " Liberal" to those so called, " for a more illiberal set of men than the Liberals could not be met with." This is strictly true in the fullest acceptation of the terms, and there is great truth in the farther remark that, in reality, there is little now-a-days to distinguish the boundary between parties. Many will be amused to read the Archdeacon's definition of a Whig, though certainly that class has not found much favour in the eyes of the nation for some time past. " He was happy to say he never was a Whig, and he prayed he never might be, for he was of opinion that a Whig was a creature com pletely out of the pale of all intellect ; and he thought a Whig was truly described by a man who said dogmatically, ' A Whig is a tyrant in office and a traitor out." Such strictures produced great laughter amidst the assembly where they were uttered, and doubtless, as they are read far and wide, they will be appreciated. It has been the custom for some time for people to talk with pretended pity, but covert contempt, of the fall of the Conservative party, but they have in a great measure rehabili tated themselves, and shone out in renewed lustre, Not so with their once formidable opponents, their glory has departed, and their once proud position become a byword. Mr GRENVILLE made some spirited observations relative to the political state of things at present, and began by saying that their opponents gave a very false interpretation of Conservative principles when they said that they meant a do-nothing or stand-still policy. On the contrary, he showed that this was the mode of pro cedure adopted by the Liberals and their leaders. Certainly after Lord PALMERSTON'S pusillanimous j discourse the other day, when he openly avowed it to be the wisest course to let tyranny sway, and oppression go on unchecked rather than interfere, and above all after Lord RUSSELL'S absurd maxim " Rest and be thankful," it is not the place of that side to talk of the lack of progress or the want of promptitude on the part of their opponents. Mr GRENVILLE exposed the inconsistency of the Go vernment in these terms Economy, retrenchs ment, and reform was the cry with which those gentlemen came into office; but their economy is extravagance, their retrenchment is abundant expenditure, and we all learn that they have thrown reform to the wind. Looking at affairs through this medium, it would be difficult indeed to say on what grounds a Minis. tet iaiist can go to the hustings and claim support. Nothing is being undertaken on a large scale in a domestic sense. All home questions are loft to pri vate members to bring forward; and in reality we are called upon to support a Ministry who do no thing at home and make mischief abroad. The meddle and muddle policy is one quite at variance with the spirit of the people of this country, and totally repugnant to the mode that has hitherto found favour in their eyes. It was once the policy of England not to interfere with matters that con cerned other nations unless there were strong rea sons so to do ; but if necessity compelled her to take part, either to come with a strong arm to shield or save, or to enter the ranks of mediators with the authority that ensures respect, and the good faith that commands inflame, Now all is changed for , the worse in these respects. There is no talk of the influence of England in any part of the Continent except where her Government exercises its inge nuity to lead allies into a trap, and leave them there ; and employs its powers in fashioning the division lists, so that the real expression of opinion may not be recorded. Mr GRENVILLE very properly stated that the majority was not significant of the expres sion of feeling on the part of the people of England. Lord PALMERSTON was a tower of strength, but when he was gone, they would not have anything to do with the " heterogenous crew" that he left behind him. This is very true, and the victory on that remarkable occasion was a passing and evanescent triumph; not one to look back to with any feelings of satisfaction afterwards. It is, at all events, satisfactory to find that it is the intention of the Conservatives to make every t ffort to win as many seats as possible at the next election, and it will be for the eventual good of the country if these efforts are crowned with success, for the tide has too long flowed in one direction. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the Hibernia,. via Greencastle, Aug. 30.) NEW YORK, AUG. 19. Admiral Farragut demanded the unconditional surrender of Fort Morgan on the 9th. The Confe• derate commandant refused, stating that he had the requisite forces as well as provisions for six months, and would hold out to the last extremity. Despatches from Mobile of the 11th to the Rich. mond Examiner announce that a battle between the fort and the Federal fleet had been in progress for three days. Later despatches (from the _Richmond Sentinel) state that on the 15th the Federals crossed the Dog River bar and opened fire for three hours upon the other land batteries and the Confede rate gunboats, doing no damage. Firing in the direction of Fort Morgan still continued. Secretary Stanton announces that despatches from Sherman report no further operations. Sheridan reports an engagement between hie own and a body of Confederate cavalry near Front Royal on the 16th, in which latter were worsted, losing 300 men. A train of 70 waggons and 3io mules for Sheri. dan, with its guard of 150 men, were captured by Mosby near Berryville on the 13th. A great Peace Convention was held at Syra cuse, in this State, yesterday. Addresses were delivered by Vallandigham, Fernando Wood, and others. The resolutions denounced Mr Lincoln, and appealed to the people to unite in efforts to bring about an armistice and a convention of the States. A convention for a similar purpose was held yesterday at Springfield, Illinois. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 2571. Exchange, 279. Sixes, registered, 1881, 1081; Five-Twenties, Coupons, 1101; Seven-Thirties, 1091; New York Central, 1306; Erie, 112; Illinois Central, 1301. Cotton, 1790. Breadstuffs advancing. Provi sions active. AUG. 20, NooN. Tho defeat of Sheridan by Early, and his retreat to Harper's Ferry, are reported via Philadelphia. Nothing important from Grant or Sherman: The Tallahassee has been ordered away from Halifax by Admiral Hope. She escaped thin morn ing. The Federal gunboats are in pursuit. Gold, 2.37. Cotton, 180 c. AFTERNOON. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF LONDON. CAPE CLEAR, Auo. 31. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the 20th inst., passed hero this morning. Her news has been fully anticipated by the Hibernian, which brought New York`despatches to the 20th evening. (From the limes' Correspondent.) (Per the City of London, via Cape Clear, Aug. 31.) NEW YORK, AUG. 20, 11 A.M. The real object of Grant's last movement to Deep Bottom is yet undeveloped. Reconnaissances and skirmishing continue with considerable loss to both sides, but with no decisive results. The Confederates at Petersburg shelled Grant's lines for three hours yesterday morning. The Federals were in readiness to repel an assault which was expected to follow, but none was made. Sheridan has retreated to Berryville. His rear was attacked and routed at Winchester by Breckena ridge, on Wednesday forenoon, with the loss of 300 men. This morning there were reports, via Philadelphia, of his defeab and retreat to Harper's Ferry. His waggon train is asserted to have crossed the Potomac last night, and to be now at Hagers town, Maryland. A severe engagement occurred at Graysville, 18 miles from Chattanooga, between the Confederate General Wheeler and General Steadman, on the 16th inst. Steadman was wounded, and Colonel Straight killed. The result of the action is not stated. The Confederates are in force at Cleveland, Ten. nessee. A Federal force has been scat from Chat tanooga to dislodge them. Hostilities by the Indians in the northwest have been renewed. Many of the settlers in Kansas have been murdered, their houses and crops burnt, and their cattle driven off. The inhabitants gene rally are fleeing to the towns for protection. Generals Blunt and Sherry, commanding on the border, are organising a large military force to pursue and attack the Indians. The Tallahassee, while coaling yesterday, was ordered from Halifax by Admiral Hope. She left at two o'clock this morning, steering eastwards. Shortly after her departure a Federal gunboat entered the harbour. She will sail immediately in pursuit of the Tallahassee. Gold 257. The City of London takes out 31,408 dole. in specie. RIVER PLATE. (By telegraph from Lisbon.) BUENOS AYRES, JULY 29, The peace arrangement has fallen throngb, and hostilities have recommenced. MEXICO. PARIS, Ago. 31. Official despatches received here from Mexico to the fat August state that the news from the interior was satisfactory. Expeditions were being prepared against Mcntercz, Matamoras, and Victoria, in order to drive the Juarists from these places. Vi dauri held the chief power at Matamoras. Juarez had taken to flight. Tho naval squadron would participate in the expedition against Matameras, and land troops on the banks of the Rio Bravo. SPAIN. MADRID, AUG, 30, Evening. The journals of Cadiz, Valencia, and Barcelona, adyiee the Croyernment to erect a fortreee in the Chincha Islands, saying that they are the legitimate property of Spain. THE CONGRESS AT MALINES. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) MALINES, Aug. 30. Tho old metropolitan city of Belgium is once more filled with a concourse of Catholics from all coun tries, come to be present at the second session of the Malines Congress, held last year at this season for the first time. The numbers may be calculated from my receiving a ticket with the number 3,443 on Sunday afternoon. Foreign ecclesiastical dignita ries are not so conspicuous as last year. His Emi nence Cardinal Wiseman is prevented by a slight illness from attending the Congress, as be had other wise intended. To-day the arrival of the celebrated Bishop of Orlear.a, Met. Dupanloup, is expected, The only predates hitherto present are the Bishops of GheLr, Tourney, aid Namur, in addition to several prelates of lesser rank—such as the mitred Abbot of the Premoute regular canons of Born hem, Mgr. Rem, recta of the University of Lou vain, Father Hermann superior of the Carmelites of Kensington, S:c. ?here is a large number of Belgian and French ecclesiastics prominent in the hall where the meetinis take place ; but, upon the whole, there seems to le a larger proportion of lay men than last year ; and they include, besides Bel gians (who are not comiaratively numerous), a num ber of French noblemen and distinguished writers, several Spaniards, Hutgarians, Poles, Italians, Por tuguese, and a great meuy Dutch. Our own islands are represented by Me.:br O'Reilly, M.P. for Long ford—Edward Wateron, Esq.—George Blount, Esq.—Captain Macenie, R.E.—R. Simpson, Esq. —James Weale, MT—George J.Wigley, Esq.,K.S. &c. The only English clergyman I have met with here, hitherto, is the Rev. Father Crowther, of the Augustinian Order, late military chaplain in India and China. The proceedings of the Congress began yesterday morning at 10, a.m., when a considerable number of its members assembled in the large court-yard of the Petit Seininazre, atd walked procession ally to the Cathedral Church of St. Rombant to attend at the High Mass, mlebrated by his Emi nence the Cardinal Archbisi9p of Malines. The ceremony was very impressive. The Cardinal is a dignified-looking old man, end chaunts admirably well. The chancel of the cathedral, filled with the prelates, canons, and ecoledastical students of the Grand Stminaire, in gorgeous vestments of red and gold and of the graceful :Zeman shape, presented a moat splendid appearance. The cathedral itself is of excellent Gothic of the thirteenth century, and its interior has a molt harmonious and com plete appearance. The hymn of the" Holy Ghost,' and the several chaunted parts of the Mass were sung a in grave and solerm plain chaunt, for the reformed purity of 'Thiel Beigium, and especially Malines, is celebrated. After the religious ceremony was over, the whole assembly, which had filled the vast nave of the metropolitan church, accompanied the Cardinal and Clergy as they returned in full vestments to the archiepiscopal palace, and thence proceeded to the great hall of the Petit Seminairs, where at half-past 12 the Cardinal ascended the platform and took the chair to open the first meeting of the session. He welcomed once more into his metropolitan town and seininaire, the guests of all nations, who were gathered together, promising that his prayers would be offered up anew for the success of the session. He had blessed already the members of the congress in church, and he came at the special request of the committee to bless them once more in the hall of their meetings. He re minded them that one of the medals coined to commemorate the last session bore the inscription of Cor unum et Animo unce. He reminded those present of the first act of the last session, which had been an address to the Holy Father, which had been voted with enthusiasm, and received with the greatest satisfaetion t as they would hear from the answer sent by the Pope. He charac• terised last year's session as having been as Chris tian-like as it Ras :truly patriotic. It had bad defects as wall as good effects. It was a trial, and necessarily imperfect—but the two volumes of its report contained, nevertheless, most interesting and valtilble information. His Eminence then referred to the president and secretary of the Congress, the Baron:de Gerlache and M. D ucpetiaux to whom its success is to be ascribed. The mention of these two names excited the most enthusiastic applause in the assembly. The Cardinal, after quoting as a rule of conduct for the meeting the sentence of St. Augustin—ln nessariis unitas; in dubiis libertas ; in omnibus charitas;—exhorted the members present to aim at practical results in all Christian works. In conclusion his Eminence quoted the words addressed by the present Pope to the assembly of nearly 300 bishops, held in Rome on the day after the declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, in 1854, The conclusion of the allocution then spoke❑ by the Pope was that so that their efforts in behalf of the Church should have any result, concord was above all necessary ; all dissensions fomented by the per. fidious enemy of souls should be guarded against; they should remember the conduct of the champions of the Church in former times, and combat in con cord among themselves and in union with the Holy See. The eminent prolate concluded by giving his blessing to the assembly. The Secretary-General of the Congress, M. Dues petiaux, then began, according to the statutes of the Congress, to read the list of officers proposed to the acceptan c e of the assembly for the present session, which set forth the Cardinal as Honorary President, and the Baron de Gerlache, who is the highest legal authority in Belgium, as President. The list of Vice-Presidents included the names of Mgr. Rem, Counts De Theux, Dellafaille, de Kerchove, Baron Greindl, and MM. Perin, Dechamps, and Damon. tier. The last two names being those of the two most prominent champions of the religious party in the Belgium Chambers, were greeted with the greatest enthusiasm. M. Dacpetiaux was again proclaimed Secretary-General with universal ap. Oman. Various foreigners of distinction were appointed honorary vice-presidents of the committee, and among them Msjor O'Reilly, M.P., Edmund Waterton, Esq., and McCarthy O'Leary, Esq., one of Daniel O'Connell's nephews. The celebrated French Jesuit preacher, Pere Felix, was announced to preach on Friday in the Cathedral Church. . _ The Baron de Gerlache then took the chair vacated by his Eminence the Cardinal, and proceeded to read his cpeninig address. The voice of the vener able President, who is in his 77th year, was perfectly clear and distinct, although weakened by age, a remark which, however, in no way applies to his masterly address. He begun by stating that the Con gress of 1863 had left great recollections, as the first Meeting of Catholics of all nations to testify their love for the Church, now more or less oppressed in almost every country of Europe. He would not fellow it in its general labours on behalf of Christian works, but he would take, as his own §hare of the programme, the part which referred to religious liberty, and give them a history of it in Belgium. He chose his ground from the necessity now existing in Belgium to defend even the freedom of charity, which had become so restricted in a country where liberty ought to reign as whole and entire fdr Catholics as for their adversaries. In 1830 the Belgians were divided into three parties— the Catholics, the Unionists, and the Liberals. Hence the constitution then enacted was a work of peace, and would ever have remained as such had it been loyally carried out. It was a work of political eclecticism, made to conciliate two parties who then respected each other, without tending to exclusion. Liberty was proclaimed for all. Nothing like the Belgian constitution has ever been proclaimed among its French neighbours in spite of their nume rous political charges. Every one in Belgium accepted it with enthusiasm, mindful as they were of the tyranny of the Dutch government. In those days of conciliation, a Liberal Minister was heard to proclaim that a parish priest in a country district was better to maintain order and peace than a whole guard of gendarmes. Alas ! how completely changed the feelings of the respective parties had been when it could be said now with truth that the pre sent division between the Liberals and Catholics in Belgium, was worse than that between the gians and the Dutch in 1830. The conduct of the Dutch, and of the former Austrian sovereign of the Belgian provinces, Joseph 11., towards the Catholic religion was now taken up by the free-thinkers, The freedom of education, so priceless to the Church, was now becoming more and more restricted by the establishments set up by the State at the expense of the whole country, till the system introduced by the Dutch in 1825 might be expected to be re newed, and all free schools closed, as not authorised by the Government. The short-sighted policy of endeavouring to detach, as much as possible, the Catholics from any direct intercourse with the Pope, who was treated as a foreign Prince, was once more on the ascendant. The Catholics were on all sides accused of acting from the impulse and orders of the ecclesiastical authorities, and of not under derstanding the true position of independent citizens. Nothing could be so specious, and yet so false, in politics, in which each Catholic was guided by his own conscientious opinion, receiving no "imperative mandate ;" such a course belonging not to Catholics, but to a sect anything but Catholic. As far as the Belgian Catholics were concerned, they wanted only their Constitution, but the whole Constitution, such as it was made and carried out in 1830; a Constitution which had then excited such admira tion among their French neighbours, that for a long number of years the great cry of the Catholics of France had been—" Freedom, as in Belgium." It was in Belgium that, for the first time, the liberal principles of 1789 had been so modified as to admit of full and entire freedom for religion. The so-called great principle of 'B9 had in that respect only proclaimed the complete supremacy of the State over the Church. Mirabeau protested that Franca was to be de•catholicized. The many French Constitutions which had since been made had thus been all the work of men only, and what had become of them ? The venerable orator thus continued for nearly an hour, contrast ing the truly liberal principles of the Belgian Con stitution, as it was originally accepted, with the despotic pretensions of the party now in power, and concluded by expressing his confidence that the meeting of the many eminent men there present would leave ample traces of their work behind them, and that, under the patronage of the eminent Primate of Belgium, it would add another glorious page to the history of the Church in their country. The letter of the Holy Father, in answer to the address of the last Congress, was then read in the Latin original by Mgr. Lauwers, Vicar-General of Malines, and in French by M. Dacpetiaux. This correspondence with the Holy See was again taken up at the suggestion of the last-named gentleman, and an address on the part of the assembly was read expressive of the recognition and attachment of all present for the spiritual and temporal rights of the Pope; and a telegram announcing the adop tion of the address was transmitted at once to his Eminence Cardinal Antonelli in Rome. The general meeting then adjourned at half-past two. At a quarter past five, the several sec tions, in which are discussed the several subjects submitted by the' committee to the consideration of the Congress, met in their several halls. These sections are five in number, and con• sist of the members who take a special interest in the respective subjects of-Ist, Religious Works; 2nd, Christian Social Economy ; 3d, Christian Ins struction and Education ; 4tb, Christian Art ; and sth, Religious Freedom, the press, and publications in general. I attended this latter section, which was presided over by M. Dechamps, and which was engaged for about an hour in discussing the expediency of founding a new and more inter. national Catholic journal than those at present existing. This proposal, which was warmly advo cated by M. Digard, a Paris avocat, was not gene• rally approved. The meeting was adjourned till this morning, at 9 a.m. MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING, at Fight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. THE FAUST SELECTION. Mdlle. C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs ; Mr. Levy, M. Paque, and LB. Ben Sou-alle. Orchestra of One Hundred Performers, aud Band of the Coldstream Guards, This Evening. To-morrow (Thursday), the Second Mendelssohn Night. On Friday next, Selection from STA BAT MATER. On Saturday next, Volunteer Night. Mr. Santley. On Monday next, a Verdi Night. The Beethoven Night will be repeated on. Thursday, Sep tember S. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls. and Amphitheatre, One Bhilbng; Dress Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 ls. and 10s. ed. The Box Office is open from 10 till 5. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Faddy O'ltatferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Atter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, I). Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre-ter. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss F.nny Gwynne. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, Sole Proprietor and Manager. M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, and Mr-. Stirling. After which, MASKS AND FACES . Messrs. B. Virebsfer, P. Bedford, R. Phillips , Bill in g ton, Stuart; Airs- 6tirlingi 3lrs. Billington. and Miss 11. Simms. co conclude with THE ACTOR'S RETREAT , Messrs. J. L. Tooie, P. Bedford, R. Phillips , and Miss -Wooigar. Commence at 7. 4rOUNTRY and SEASID!ve noDwßinESstSooEkSa variety of WASHING SILK Dirs. o, . J Messrs. JAY, of Regent-streets sultatle for the country and seaside, and at the c le aring - Out price of only sluis. ed. the dress. JAVS, 247, 249, and ' 2 .51, Regent-street. 'aILACK SILIC_S.--The e price of Silks in the raw JILJP material has a lready r sen 15 per cent., and it will soon reauth a tar txreater Per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, iavite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms - but the same qualities will naturally bc more as the VIM of silk fluctuates to a higher average coftly JAY'S, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. --The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'...... 235. per ton. I Double.. 20s. per ton. Top 225. „ Dcc p „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, raddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Lgent. VI - OHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," jk. Containing the Latest SPORTING LNTELLIGENCE, gau he had Every Evening of It. GLIGNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY _BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 2.1, Old Cavendish gitreet, W. RIGEt WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tfus DAY.—Morning, lh. 42m.—Afternoon, lh. 58m. ro.mounow.-Morning, 2h. 15m.—Afternoon, 2h. 32m. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1864. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 30.—The arrival of the English Funds has not caused any material depression in prices. Threes are unvaried at M. 35c., and Mo. bilier has slightly declined, being now at 1,005 f., Railway Market quiet. Tho following are the closing prices. It per Cents 9l 75 Do, e2d 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 :35 Credit Mobilier...,loos 75 Do, end month 1006 25 Bank Shares 3390 Credit Fancier 1212 50 Roman lltalian Loan 67 65 Do. end month 67 60, Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian Austrian - Spanish Threes 49 Home Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Orleang .... Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western ).astern Sardinian Cash. Account. 690 888 75 986 25 .. 987 50 912 50 .. 912 50 636 25 .. 636 25 525 50 493 75 .. 495 347 - 60 „, 348 75 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Sarago-sa. . 490 .. 492 50 Ditto to Barcelona THE LATE EARL OF MORLEY, The death of the Earl of Morley, which took place on Sunday evening at Whiteway, near Chud leigh, the residence of Mrs Parker, the mother of the Countess of Morley, was announced yesterday by telegraph from Plymouth. His lordship was staying at Whitaway on a visit, and was in his usual health up to within a week before his death, when he was seized with an affection of the throat, which terminated fatally. The earldom of Morley was created in 1815, ;he first earl—previously created Lord Boringdon in 1784—had formerly re presented Devon in the Commons House of Parlia ment. The deceased was Edmund, the second earl. Ho was born in 1810, and succeeded his father in the title in 1840, He married, in 1842, the only daughter of Mr Montague Edmund Parker, of Whiteway,' Devon, and relict of Mr Wm. Coryton, of Pentilfie Cestle,- Cornwall. The countess sur vives him, end he leaves by her two children — Albert Edward, Viscount Boringdon, born at the family town residence, Kent House, Knights bridge, in 1843, now the Earl of Morley, and Lady Catherine Parker. Tne deceased nobleman waa a Liberal in politics, but, having been atiacked by paralysis in early life, had been an in valid for se. T.eral years, and was consequently unable to take any part in the Legislature. He was appointed colonel of the South Devon Militia in 1845, and was for some years a lord in waiting to the Queen, but resigned in February, 1852. He was appointed a special deputy-warden of the Stannaries in Oct., 1852. Ho also for several years filled the office of chairman of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, and was chairman of the South Devon and Tavi stock Railway Company, but had resigned the latter office. His lordship resided for many years, and up to within a recent period, at his family seat at Saltram, near Plymouth, where he was a large landed prcprietor. He was a magistrate for the county of Devon, and, when his health permitted, took an active part in the magisterial business of his localit.y He was a kind and benevolent land lord to his tenantry, and was also a frequent con■ tributor to the local charities. THE E3IPEROB. NAPOLEON'S NEW BOOK.—A Paris correspondent of the Adependance Belge, says : " The first volume of the ' Life of Cue 3ar' will decidedly be issued at the end of the year. The publication has been delayed by numberless revisions. In obedience to august desire the two volumes were only to have appeared simul taneously, and consequently the publicity given to the work would have been much retarded, but upon the respectful opinion czpressed by the publisher, the first part will soon be placed in the hands of readers. Each volume will cost from six to eight francs." THE SUBSIDENCE OF PETROLEUM.—The Liver pool correspondent of the .Reporter says :—" It would appear as if these who made such an outcry some time ago against petroleum, on the ground of the injury inflicted by it on the olfactory nerves Of her Majesty's sub jects, were likely to be relieved by any further trouble in the matter. If the quantity imported continues to decrease as it has lately done there will be no necessity for either civic or parliamentary interference to remove the nuisance,' for it will speedily extinguish itself. During the first half of 1863, 21,061 tons were imported, but the quantity im ported during the corresponding period of 1864, was only 883 tons against 5,391 in the same month of last year. This extraordinary falling off is attributed to tho diminu tion in the supplies from the United k9tates, only 4,000 tons having been received from that quarter from January to June, 1864, against 20,000 for the second period of last year. The difference in the value of the importations is about :4165,000. , crinTt iirimbr, HER MAJESTY. Inauguration of the Prince Consort's Statue at Perth, Yesterday her Majesty the Queen inaugurated with solemn ceremonial the statue which has been raised to the memory of the late Prince Consort by the city of Perth. The statue is one which, though of common material and humble pretensions, bears the stamp at once of artistic execution and fidelity to the subject, and it serves, on a spot so often visited by the deceased, to commemorate not only his name but his personal figure and countenance. To the "fair city," as Perth is traditionally styled, the Queen and Prince Consort had for many years been annual visitors on their way to their Highland abode, and it was natural that the in• habitants should wish to posssss a local memorial of one whose occasional presence among them quickened the love and esteem which they shared for him with the whole nation. The funds which the little city could bestow for the purpose were limited in amount, but the sub scribers were fortunate enough to secure the aid of a sculptor whose previous efforts were a guarantee that the monument they proposed to raise would not be unworthy of the object. The execution of the work was entrusted to Mr. Brodie, of Edin burgh, and though only in Redhall freestone, the design of the statue would have well merited the more enduring material of bronze or marble. The figure is 9ft. in height, and the robe is that worn by the Prince when attired as a Knight of the Ancient Order of the Thistle ; the dress is the doublet and trunk ,hose of the old Scottish Court, and the figure bears not only the insignia of the Scottish but also of the great English order of Knighthood, the Garter being worn below the left knee. The collar and star of the Thistle show very effectively on the richly embroidered doublet, and the mantle falls gracefully in rear of the figure. Theright hand rests on a square column or pedestal and holds an open scroll, on which the outlines of the Exhibition building of 1851 may be traced. The likeness is excellent, and the whole figure serves well to recall the Prince just as he was removed from among us. In the course of the execution of the model, Mr Brodie had the advantage of several visits from Prince Alfred during his residence in Edinburgh last winter, and his Royal Highness also saw the statue when nearly finished, in the sculptor's studio a few weeks ago. The statue was highly approved by the Pricer, who contributed some important suggestions to the sculptor, both as to likeness and costume, and her Majesty, to whom a photograph of the work was 'sent, was so gratified with the result that she sig nified her gracious pleasure to attend its inaugura• Lion. The site chosen for the statue is on the North Inch of Perth, in the corner nearest to the Bridge of Tay. The figure is set upon a pedestal 13ft. high, making the whole height 22ft. The pedestal is octagonal, approached by four octagonal graduated steps, and is surrounded by a circular railing of bronzed malleable iron of a star cross and floral pattern. The railing was beautifully festooned with a series of wreaths and with mottoes. Over the whole was the Prince's motto, " Treu and fest," and under neath were the chaplets,—namely, first, the Cyprus, emblematical of grief, with the words " 111ultis Ric flebilis occidit ;" second, the imtnortelle, symbol of immortality, with the scroll "Non omnis moriar ; 1 ? and, third, the olive, significant of peace, with the motto, " Wisdom is better than weapons of war.'' The preparations for the ceremony were most satis factory. Every precaution was taken to secure the comfort of her Majesty, and the maintenance of order and decorum. The whole ground in the vicinity of the statue was closed in and kept quite clear. The pavilion for her Majesty was a most tasteful erec tion ; the front presented four shafts with floral capi tals, and three arches, the central one being appro priated for the Queen. The pavilion was hung with crimson cloth and festooned with evergreens and flowers, with crimson hangings to let down in case of rain. The whole route from the railway station to the site was thronged. The railway trains and con veyances from the country poured in crowds of visitors and the townspeople gathered en masse to witness the spectacle. By 8 o'clock every foot of ground around the statue was occupied and the crowd stretched far across the open sward of the North Inch. Fortunately the morning was sunny and beautiful. The train bringing the Queen, the younger members of the Royal family, and suite arrived at Perth from Windsor at twenty minutes to nine. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and also by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. In the Royal suite were the Marchioness of Ely, the lion. Mrs. Bruce, Sir Charles Wood, General Grey, General Seymour, General Hood, Sir C. Phipps, Dr. Jenner, &c. The Royal party was received at the station by the Lord Provost and magistrates, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the directors and officials of the rail wry, the Sheriff and the Sheriff-substitute, the Procurator-Fiscal, &c.; but the general public were excluded. At twenty minutes before ten the Royal party, accompanied by the Lord Provost, magistrates, and Town Council, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P. for the city, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the members of the Conveners' Court, and the members of the Memorial Committee, pro ceeded in state to the site of the statue via Marshal place, Princes.street, St. John-street, George-street, and Charlotte-street. The procession was escorted by a squadron of cavalry (two troops of the 15th Hussars), and the streets were lined with detach ments of Highlanders and other regiments brought for the occasion from various garrisons in Scotland. Several companies of Perthshire Volunteers were also on the ground. The troops were commanded by General Walker, C. 8., the head of the North British Staff. On arriving at the site, the municipal bodies, the Memorial Committee, and the high constables took up their places within the barrier, along with the guard cf honour of the 921 Highlanders and band of that regi cunt. A large company were accommodated within the Royal pavilion, including the Lord Provost and magistrates of Perth, the Earl of Maus. field, Viscount Strathallan, Lord Grey, Lord Kin naird, Lord and Lady Blanche Dupplin, Sir John, Lady, and Mrs. Richardson, Hon. A. Kinnaird, MX., Sir John Ogiivy,M.P., Sir Patrick and Misses Murray Threipland, Sir J. Stuart Forbes, the Head Provost of Edinburgh, General Lindsay, Mr. Smythe of Methven, Hon. John Rollo, Rev. Dr. Duff, from Calcutta; Rev. Mr. Burdon, minister of• East Church, Perth; Mr. Sheriff Gordon, Mr. Sheriff Barclay, &e. The ceremony was brief but impressive. On the Queen's arrival the band of the 92d played one stanza of the National Anthem, but without the sound of drums. The Rev. Mr. Burdon then engaged in prayer, that the Almighty should prosper and guard the work that they had finished, prolong her Majesty's reign, and fill it with the blessings of peace 4 of pro gress, and of Christian enterprise. The Lord Provost of Perth then presented a loyal and dutiful address to her Majesty : "Most excellent Majesty, most gracious .Majesty,—We your Majesty's dutiful subjects, the Lord Provost, magis trates, and Town Council, as representing the community of the city of Perth, beg leave to approach your Majesty with the renewed assurance of attachment to your Majesty's person, family, and throne. At all times gratified by your Majesty's visits to our ancient city, we feel especially hon oured by the kindness and condescension with which your Majesty has been pleased to grace by your royal presence the interesting ceremonial which is now to take place. May the memorial this day to be inaugurated bo an enduring testimony of gratitude, a ffection, and respect. May it stimulate the men of coming generations to the practice of those virtues which show forth so conspi cuously in the character of him whose name ib comme. morates. Assured that such will ever no less com mand the praise and gratitude of the living than secure the admiration:and applause of posterity, we feel that no inau guration of our city's memorial of ' Albert the Good' can be more appropriate or graceful than that which proceeds under the auspices of the equally good and gracious Sovereign to whom the lamented Prince stood connected by Oat) Ina/. est and dearest of human ties, and under whose just, benefi cent, and exemplary rule her subjects have made unprece dented progress in everything fitted to render a nation great, prosperous, and happy. That your Majesty may be long spared to sway the sceptre of these realms, and to be a bless ing, a guide, and an 3xample to a contented, loyal, and de voted people, is our sincere and earnest prayer." The statue was then uncovered, and the guard of honour presented arms, the band of the 92d played the National Anthem, the pipes of the Highland regiments sounded a pibroch, and a battery of ar tillery placed at the top of the Inch fired a Royal salute. A cheer, too, was raised by the assembly, but somewhat subdued by the thought that the memorial was for one too early lost, and the greats est loser of all was present at the ceremony, to her necessarily one of sad and melancholy interest. The sight of the statue, however, drew forth on all hands warm marks of admiration, the artistic effect and the beautiful iikeness being the subject of genera l remark. Having silenty regarded the figure for a few minutes the Queen turned round, and command ing the Lord Provost of the city to kneel, conferred upon him the honour of knighthood, and to him, now Sir David Boss, her Majesty expressed her satisfaction with the statue, and with the proceed• ings of the day. The Duke of Saxe.*Coburg, the brother of the d e ' ceased Prince, then presented the sculptor, M r Brodie, to the Queen, who repeated to him the 01 " pressions of her appreciation of the statue, both 9 9 a work of art and as a faithful resemblance of th e lamented Prince. The Royal party then, attended by the Lord Provost and magistrates, returned to the general station, and at 20 minutes before 11 o'clock they departed en route for Balmoral. It may be mentioned that the site chosen for the Royal Pavilion on the occasion is the spot on Which. King Robert 111. of Scotland is said to have viewed the sanguinary battle between Clan Cnattan and Clan Kay, commemorated in the " Fair Maid a Perth." Her Majesty and suite arrived at Ferry-hil l ' station, Aberdeen, at 1.30. The train was a ccora . panied by Mr Stirling of Kippinross, chairman, and other gentlemen of the Scottish North-Eister a Railway. Upon the train arriving the Queen was greeted with hearty cheers from the large assenr blage of ladies and gentlemen in and around the station. Her Majesty graciously acknowledged the salutations of the spectators, by advancing to the window of the carriage and bowing repeatedly. Sir Alexander Anderson, Lord Provost of the city; Ai r Irvine, of Drum, convenor of the county; Alr Thomson, of Banchory, and Sheriff Cowan were among the party who received her Majesty. On leaving the Royal party were again loualY cheered. The stay at Aberdeen occupied but a few minutes. Along the Dee Side line the train was accompanied by Mr Duncan, the chairman of the company, several of the directors, and Mr Ferguson, Beni' tarp. Aboyne, the terminus of the Dee Side Rail., way, was reached at 2.36. Among those present here were Sir James Burnett, Mr Dyce Nicol,. of Ballogie, and Mr Davidson, of Inchmarlo. rr Qm Aboyne the journey was made to Balmoral Castle, a distance of 20 miles, in carriages. The Highland palace was reached at half.past 4. The weather was fine throughout. The Prince and Princess of IN ales leave Abergeldi° Castle on Saturday for Dundee, where they will em bark for their Danish trip same afternoon. Foreign Courts, PARIS, Aug. 30. The Emperor of Austria has just conferred on the new King of Wurtemburg the 6th Regiment of Hussars, which formerly belonged to that Sove reign's father. Baron von Beust has just left Dresden, and is about to pass a month at some watering place. M. Otto Plessen, Danish Minister at the Court of Russia, has received from his Government orders to repair to his post without delay. That diploma tist, who was at Trouville, left for St. Petersburg immediately on receipt of the despatch—that is to say, the evening before last. This incident is said to be connected with both Danish affairs and with a prcject of marriage between a princess of the im perial family of Russia and the King of the Hel.. lenes. The Spanish journals announce that the Emperor of the French has given decorations of the Legion of Honour to all persons of the suite of the King of Spain. General Leimery, the Marquis di Santa Cruz, and the Duke de Montezuma have received the Grand Cordon, and General Fitor has been named Grand Officer. BERLIN, Aug. 28. The King of Prussia was accompanied to Bavaria by his Prime Minister, M. von Bismarck. Whilst the King proceeded to Hohenschwangan, on a visit to the King of Bavaria, M. von Bismarck remained in Munich, and proceeded to the Bavarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he had a long conference with the Bavarian Minister of State. Baron von Schrenck. A letter from Schonbrunn states that much cord diality was manifested by the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria at parting. They embraced three times, and each expressed the wish to meet again soon. The Emperor shook hands with every member of the King's suite. After the departure of the train, the Emperor and M. von Bismarck re. turned to Schonbrunn together. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of e Cambridg and the Princess Mary have left to wn for Geneva, where they will visit her Royal Highness the Grand D u chess of M ec klenburg-Strelitz. The duke and p rincess have no iir" tention of visiting Germany. His Highness Prince Praszcrowski Galatzing, aide-de-camp-general to the Emper or of Russis, has left Maurigy's Hotel for Brighton. His Excellency Don M. Jassi Sanz, Peruvie 3 Minister to the Court of St. James's, has left Maurig's Hotel for Brighton. The Duke of Abrontes and suite have arrived a t Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Madrid. The Earl and Countess Spence r will probably 130 in the retinue of their Royal Highnesses the Prince a uci Princess of Wales on their approaching voyage to te C O Wl)° hagen. The prince and princess will , it is e x p ecd) absent about a fortnight. The Earl of Dudley is expected to arrive at Du d ' ley House, Park-lane, to-day, from a tour in Germany' r¢ Earl and Countess of Clarendon will veto home from Germany at the end of the month. The Earl and Countess Russell and Lady Gefr. gina Russell are expected to leave Woburn Abbey to-o)ra or to-morrow on a tour of the lakes in Cumberland 50 Westmoreland on their way to Scotland. D uring their tea north the earl and counteas will stay som e da y s with. the Earl and Countess of Minto, at Mint() House, Hawia% The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey is expectea A on t ow n to-morrow from Osterly Park, near Han art°u Saturday for a few weeks. Lady Augusta Poule,tt has arrived at I'h °lllsBa Hotel, Berkeiey-square. THE KING OF DAHOMEY AND THE EAI/111: QUAKE.—In July, 1862, a, very grand east"' wit " - held at Abomey, the capital of D a homey, ja w h o se death occurred former King, the anz of liversary cap tives were, as i s about this time. A iarge number of usual on such occasions, offered up sacrifice ' I t w l honou r of the during the continuance of th ese rites . that the dreadl u earthquake occurred, which terrified a large portion of the Western Coast. When the violent roclia.v of the groun d was perceived one of the t errified and awe-Ett uck chic); s in. quirad of the King w hat was the cause of so unusual le plied Badahung, "it; is the eloiis: " phenomenon. ‘' Oh ," of my father that i s shaking. the ground to id 4 row his d pleasure at our want of religion in not killing . COMUrie 8 Uflitecl Service ~ifayazi,te. people at his G usto ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.''*A new i s to work by Air Belie, entitled "The Sleeping Quoen,” constitute the principal feature of Mr Gerwan!s, Rears street.Fr Wilkinson eneh ld' Ope ra di Camera entertainment, which is announced to enough 0t commence to - morrow evening at the Gallery, . I l ie g ertt al l l it r ) be r eaytptpoiNelahrra,Fsanubrdenetinhe.eruedai\,pitredwfhrol a rdP ular Mr h ra e w m i will be a new P°131.3,,nt: in the person of Miss D'Este Finlayson. Miss Fi nlayeon, Mr Whiffi a n, and Mr J. A. S haw, ar actor 0 some professional repute, will afterwards nono(' Plie in a comic adaptation from N. Offenbach. RAIVIC- OF LARGE ARRIVAL OF TREASURE AT THE ENGLAND.—Yesterday afternoon much curiosity "wasi excited in the vicinity of the Bank of England by th e of a long train of railway vans belon g in g to els ''°u•-• Western Railway Company, each lade n with boxes contioa. . apt ing several tons of gold and silve r, bullion, aild Shann on which had just arrived by the mail steamer Sil,at Southampton, from Mexico. Such w as the quan tity to it took nearly the entire afternoon to unload the vans arA deposit the cases in the vaults of th e Bank, the total vial o of the treasure being 7,30,112 dollars,