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They are in six different sizes, and in shapes the most con• venient for either driving or the promenade. Messrs. Howell and Co. will esteem the favour of a visit o inspection. real Roman army; in defending Rome it •will defend its own flag ; and there will not be anything in its organisation to hurt any principle. There are numerous precedents, and, without going so far bank as the Republic of Venice, we need only cast a glance, as we have already said, on what is actually taking place in the Republic of the United States. The Pontifical Government therefore, have an army. It will also have finances. Italy, by taking upon herself the portion of the debt adhering to the ancient provinces of the Church, has, evidently, simply done her duty. She has o beyed the principles of political economy and natural equ it y , which imply that the cost must go with the advan ta g es ob tained. It is no less certain that. the Treasury of the Holy See will find itself relieved of very • heavy charges. More over, how can it be supposed that the great Catholic com munity which daily by its'donations comes to the aid of the Holy the events, and feeling the centre coup ofa Sae,gretstruckrevolution, by wil, not double its devotion and zeal when the point is the reconstruction of the power and of the independence of the Sovereign Pontiff? • Snch is, as regards the temporal power, the bearing of the stipulations of the 15th September. -But, we are told, have you forgotten that the consent of the Holy Father is necessary ? No, we have not forgotten it. We have simply fancied that a Power which has for AO, many years been maintained by foreign protection, and to which means are given to support itself, could not reject such propositions without justifying its enemies, Secret clauses have been hinted at ; there are none. Every one was in a false position beforethe 15th of Septem ber—there is a real situation now `for all—real for Italy, who has no foreigners left except at Yenice—real for the Holy See, which re-enters into the normal conditions of all power—real for France, who, faithful to herself, will not have left Rome without having given guarantees to the Holy See against external dangerAad the means of assur ing its safety at home. The object has been attained. To know how to wait, in fact, is the best condition of success for a policy which knows what it wants and desires what is just. Adoption of the Public-house Closing Act in Mancheste. A special meeting of the City Council was held on Wed- I nesday—the MAYOR (J. M. Bennett, Esq.) in the chair— to receive a report from the General Purposes Committee, and to adopt a resolution thereon. The committee had recommended unanimously that the Public-house Closing Act, 1861, should be adopted in this city, The DEPUTY TOWN CLERK (Mr Austin) said it was ne cessary for the adoption of the act that a meeting should be called by the Mayor, upon a requitiition signed by a num ber of ratepayers. Such a requisition had been received in this case, The act would come into operation one month after its adoption by the Council, Mr Alderman HEYWOOD moved the adoption of the act. He said he believed the act would be a benefit, not only to the public, but also to those who desired to keep public houses without being compelled to have them open during the small hours. In London the act had given general satisfaction, and caused a remarkable change in the neigh bourhoods where night houses were formerly open. A com plaint had been made that compositors on the morning papers would be inconvenienced by being unable to obtain refreshment. But a gentleman who had been connected with the printing business for half a century had stated, from the Bench, that the arrangements at the principal offices were such that the men could get refreshments at any hour, and that it would be much better for them if they would go home when they left work at 2 or 3 o'clock, instead ofgoing to the night houses. There could be no doubt that a necessity existed for the act to be put in operation in Mau cheater. The 7th clause g ave p ower to the chief officer of a hours and upon special in parties from the provision's police, subject to the appro bation of the Mayor , to grant o n o f (3 theasio n a ant n i licensesduring exemptinge r occa sions, to be specified in such license, If, therefore, any necessity should be found to exist for one or two houses to s be open for the accommodat ion of market p eo p le or others, houses would be specia ll y licensed. He believed that the bulk of the publicans in Manchester would approve the adoption of the acG. Aldetman Sir B. ARMITAGE seconded the motion. Mr Alderman GRUNDY said he believed the act had been conducive to public order and morality in London. =7:z; Mr G. BOOTH said the act only altered existing arrange ments in one respect—that the publichouse would be closed from 1 o'clock to 4 a.m. Mr itIMINEY said he would commend the resolution to those who sought to obtain further restrictions. It was absurd to attempt to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors. The act before them was, however, a step in the right (thee- tion, There were places open iu Manchester during the night which were a disgrace td civilisation and Christianity. If the Council had the power to enforce further restrictions uppn publichouses, such as Sunday closing, they would gladly put them into operation. Mr CLOWES said he believed that no respectable inn fc,eper..would object to the act, Mr STRACY said great discretion would be necessary in granting licenses in the neighbourhood or Smithfield mar ket. Twice a week the business of the market was con tinued all night, and those who brought commoa ities to the market must have places of shelter. lie tho u g ht the act would haye been more valuable if the hour at wh i c h houses were permitted to be opened h a d been five or six o 'clock in stead of tour. A man who went home tipsy at one o'clock bad scarcely time to get sober by four o'clock, whereas he might recover by six. (Laughter.) In 1844 he moved a re solution in the Council in favour of closing publichouses during church hours. That provision was after,varda adopted in the local act of Parliament, and it was the first break in the continued keeping open of publichouses. Mr WGILL male a few remarks, which were not heard. Mr WHITEHOUSE said ho objected to the act, because it would involve some injustice and cruelty to those who, by any misadventure on the railway or from any other cause, arrived in the city between ono and four in th© morning. Mr KING said Mr Whitehouse's objection would be met by the fact that hotels would be open during the night, and the persons staying at hotels could obtain refreshments. With respect to the market, it had been suggested that all the publichouses in the neighbourhood should be licensed in turn. A better plan would be for the Markets Committee to provide a comfortable room to be opened during the night, where good tea and coffee, and wholesome refresh ment might be obtained b y th e country peop le . Mr. ROBINSON said he considered that the act would no t interfere with persons arriving at nig ht b y railway. The fifth clause forbade the keeping open of a p ublic house be tween one and four o'clock for the sale cfcertain liquors; it was perfectly competent for any inn to keep a night ;porter, and admit arrivals by night trains . lie hoped that when the act came to be construed the fact of a house being open wou ld not be considered evidence of in tention to sell ex ciseable liquors. Proof must be given of an actual sale, to cause a conviction under this act. lie had ascertained by inquiry that all the hotel keepers and the respectable licensed vi3tuallers were in favour of the act. Most of them a lready did more than t he act required, as they closed at 12 o'clock, and opened again between six and eight o'clock. The act would affect some night houses in Manchester, whose number did not exceed a dozen.—The resolution was adopted unanimonsly.-11ranchcster Guardian,. PILGRIMAGES IN INDIA.—The Bombay Times inserts the following statement :—" Thirty miles north-east of Sholapoor, at Toolazapoor, is the great temple of the goddess Bhowani, and twice a year the place is thronged by men and women of every grade, at who come to p a y th e i r vo ws and sacrifi ce to the idol. Besides this, at ever y f u ll m oon long trains of pilgri▪ ms may be seen flocking thith er , and such is the fa ith of the people in the heali ng p ower o f tclistance of 50 or 10 0 miles, and the persons make a pil gr i mage thi ther the goddess that the sick are resorting th ere constant l y i n the vain hope of some reli▪ ef. The templ e at P underpoor is still r r e moreer h e y month practice is kept up for Tally years, One man, who had ap parently come from a distance, the writer saw near Barsee, every renowned. e greet ffer m iva /40t to speak of th e myr i a d s w h o go a ls so making the journey by prostrations, measuring g his length upon the ground. It was under the burning sun of noon day,and, hardly able to proceed, he seemed the very picture of despair. But a case still more remarkable was that of a man performing the journey by rolling hi mse lf upon the ground. We came u p w iwas th hi m two miles east of Wairag, going, and asked him whe re he and why he was thus torturing himself ? Se at first did not seem to hear but at length stopping, he lay exhausted upon the ground, and answered in a faint voice that he was going to Punderpoor. After some further questions, as the writer remonstrated with him upon the folly of such a course, ho raised his head from the ground, and, half reclining, said that he had come so far already that he could nut desist now. He stated that his village was near Chandrapoor, 450 miles to the east from there, that he had spent fifteen months on the way thus far ; and that it was forty miles more, and he wished to comple te the pilgrimage. He was accustomed to go about a mile each stopped, 1 would then note the stopped place where ho had , and waaring back to the nearest village, would remain until the next day, re ceiving his food from the villagers, Then he would return and from the place left the previous day, would begin ag An his toilsome pilgrimage. If ho came to a river that could not be passed in this manner, ho would go back a distance equal to this space, and roll over the ground a second time. He had for clothing only a coarse cloth bound tightly about his loins and another about his head, and thus almost naked, over roads extremely rough and stony, exposed to heat and cold, sometimes drenched with rain or covered with mud, —for a t year and 3 months this man had been rolling himself alongtowards the shrine of Vithoba. Yet it was not a sense of stn or a deTre for pardon that induced him to undertake this painful journey. But it was evi dent, upon further conversation, that he was urged on by no higher motive than a selfish pride, He sought a re putation for holiness. National Association for the Promotion of Social Science. YORK, Thursday. The business of the congress was formally brought to a close. The whole of the departments concluded their labours yesterday. According to the opinions of those best qualified to judge, so far as the value of the papers read and the discussions which have taken place, the meeting has been a success. As regards the number of members and associates who gathered on the occasion, it has not reached to the height of the wishes of the chief supporters of the institution, although the estimate must ba token as relative and by comparison in this respect with that of last year at Edinburgh. The predominance of ladies at the sittings of the departments was remarkable. There are those who say that social science or its objects,And as it is illustrated by this society, is grave, if not dull ; but assuredly its meet ing on this occasion•has-made the ancient and picturesque city of York gay. Nor must it be forgotten that contrary to all meteorological predictions, scientific and local, the weather has been most propitious, bright sunny days, and soft tranquil, starlight nights, combining to make up a second summer-time of the year. The arrangements for the conduct of the business, and the cemfort and conve nience of visitors under the auspices of the indefatigable executive of the association, have been as nearly perfect as possible, and it may well be said that, assuming that the meeting has not achievel quite the success which its pro moters endeavoured to give it, at least it has deserved it. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION AT ELECTIONS. Yesterday evening a special meeting was held in the Fes tival Concert-rooms for the discussion of the best means of restricting bribery, corrupt practices, and extravagant ex penditnre-utelectiona: Lord Brougham was in the chair, and was supported by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr Edwin Chadwick, C. 8., Mr Pollard Urquhart, M.P., Mr Neate, M.P., Mr Hastings, &c , and there was a rather moderate general attendance, the majority being ladies. The discussion was commenced by Mr CHADWICK, who gave an account of an attempt made by Mr Christie, late Minister at Brazil, to discourage bri bery, and corruption by the signing, by persons engaged in election contests, of a declaration against the practice, which it was supposed would have greater moral weight and success than almost any penal enactments passed for the purpose of repressing the evil. Mr Christie had read a paper on the subject before the Jurisprudence section of the Association, and a committee had been appointed to consider it. Mr Chadwick read the statements of Earl Derby, Lord Palmerston, Sir R. Peel, Etna Mr J. S. Mill, all strongly condemnatory of electoral corruption. Whether the association succeeded in getting large declarations or not, Mr Chadwick thought there were some points of ex penditure upon which they could obtain legislative interfe rence. As illustrations of enormous expenditure he quoted that of the .return of Lord J. Russell for the city of London —£4,000 of which one-third was paid to printers, another for committee rooms, and another for bringing electors to vote. In the return of Roupell for Lambeth, £6,000 was spent and 1,000 agents employed, whose receipts were con sidered as in fact bribes. (Applause.) He suggested the formation of an association, every member of which should sign a declaration that he would discountenance bribery and corruption in every form, and that elections should be car ried on by voting papers. Mr POLLARD-URQUHART, M.P„ trusted that reformers would not be daunted by the slow progress their efforts to put down bribery was making. It would be a step in the right direction if the leaders of the different parties in the State would resolve to take no part in the election which was now pending ; or to put out their influence, directly or indirectly, by working the treasury streams—or allowing their confidential friends to make use of thtir influence at elections. Lord BROUGHAM—Or by subscribing to a general fund. Mr Poeluto- URQUHART said it would be a great step. It would also be beneficial if they could ottein the en forcement and the practical working of the bill brought in by the learned gentleman now present, Sir Fitzroy Kelly. (Applause.) Members should be made to give a true and complete return of the expenses attending their election; and it had often struck him that one of the best modes of enforcing this would be to exclude from Parliament for a certain time, say from five to ten years, every member who dil not make such a return. (Applause.) Mr Mee OAKE gave an account of an experiment made at Berwick-en-T weed by a society with which he was connected —the Northern Reform Union. Sir FITZ LLOY KELLY sod it was upon the constitution and touching the cunet itut ion of this ceuntry that this great question affected the firet interests of the nation, the fiest interests of all society, the character and well-being of the country, and the laws in which they were most deeply inte rested. That the 110 , 180 of Commons ought to be the express image of the people. that it ought truly to represent—if it be introssible to suppose that it can represent iht, entire people of this country—at least the constitumcies who return the members of the House of Commons—all depends entirely upon whether those who are returned as members of the House of Commons are returned as men of the free, true, pure, and independent choice of the constituency by which they may be returned. He did not hesitate to say that the influence of the ministers of the Crown should be unexer cised or unfelt in the election of members of Parliament, but admitted that such a state of things was nearly impos sible. (Cheers.) The hon. and learned gentleman laid down that there was no bribery in counties, and gave a history of the legislative attempts which had been made to prevent corrupt practices at elections. Mr Alderman LEEMAN asserted that if there was not ex actly bribery in county elections, at least there was intimi dation and undue influence, and that no tenant in a county constituency could with safety vote against the will and opinions of his landlord. The only true remedy for the existing - state of things was the ballot. Lord BROUGHAM, on closing the proceedings, said he be lieved that there was a great exaggeration with regard to the effect on elections which would be produced by the bal. lot. In his opinion it was not the fact that in counties elections were influenced widely in the sense of coercion by landlords on their tenants. Nu doubt the landlords exer cised influences, but that influence was derived not from fear of harsh consequences to the tenant, but arose from the re spect and attachment which naturally existed between the owner and the occupier of the land. He strongly denounced all bribery and corrupt practices at election, and laid down broadly that anyone who took a bribe was morally guilty of perjury, because after he bad taken it and went to give h►s vote he must be prepared to take the oath against bribery, which ho was liable to have tendered to him. INTERNATIONAL GENERAL AVERAGE. During the meeting of the association a section, the object of which was to discuss the subject of international general average, held its sittings on the 26th, 27th, and 28th inst., at the Museum. Sir J. Wilde was in the chair on the 26th, and Sir F. Kelly on the 27th and 28th. There were present commissioners appointed by the Governments of Russia and Belgium, and delegates from various commercial and insur ance associations of New York, Boston, France, Holland, and other continental states ; and from London, Liverpool, Sunderland, and other towns. SirJ.WILDE in his opening address dwelt on the importance of the object aimed at by the section. It was most desirable if practicable that one uniform rule should prevail amongst maritime countries in a matter in which seafaring men were continually brought into collison with foreign laws. A long discussion ensued on the clauses of the draft of a bill or general co de introduced by the committee. The fifth section, which related to voluntary stranlings, was struck out, and a clause was substituted to the effect that when a ship is intentionally run ashore because she , s sink ing or driven on shore on rocks, the consequent damage should not be admitted as general average. It was resolved that means should be forthwith taken towards obtaining the sanction of the several legislatures of the countries represented to the rules here framed, which were henceforth to be known as " The General Average) Rules, framed at York, in 1864." The co-operation of mercantile associations and the leading mercantile men in the several countries was also to be invited. To-day meetings of the several departments were held for the purpose of prepa rin g re p orts of their proceedings, and subsequently a meeting of the council was held at the Guildhall. CLOSING GENERAL MEETING. At half-past one o'clock the final general meeting of the association was held at the Festival Concert-rooms. Loi BROUGHAM took the chair. Mr. HASTINGS read the report of the council, which con gratulated the association on the interest and value of the proceedings. It had not been expected that at York so large an assemblage would take place as in other cities, but it was hoped that valuable results would ensue, especially in reference to the welfare of the rural population. Never theless, the number of members, being 1,019, was larger i n proportion than that which attended the meetings of the association at any other city. The result of the discussions had been most valuable. Especial allusion was made to the working men's meeting, which had been accepted by the association as a marked success. The report alluded spe cifically to each of the departments, particularly to that in which the question of mental responsibility of criminals, the sewage of towns, agriculture, and reformatory disci pline, had been discussed, as well as to the conference on internatioal averages. It was stated that Mr Peabody and Mr Jarvis, of Massachusetts, were honorary members of the association. The council gave their thans to the Lord Mayor and corporation, to the various bod k ies which had afforded accommodation to the aesociatior, to the dean and chapter for lighting up the Minster, to the railway com panies for the faoilities afforded to the members for transit, 5,7, 9, REGENT-STREET. CATTLE FATTENED in HALF the USU AL TIME through mixing THORLEY'S DELICIOUS CONDIMENT with the ordinary produce of the farm. Only to be had in Penny Packets. 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Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John M`Kay, chemist, 110, George-street ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated I,y Royal Charter.) PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.E.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.ILS., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F. a.s., V.P. The Committee des re to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enable i th. m to establish their present magnificert fleet of 123 Lif boats on the shores ot the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great res onsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews pra,tis, d in the man igement ot their bo ts, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly ai peal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work, Donations and annual subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis. Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-stre et ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herr:es, Farquhar, and Co., 16, bt. James's-street, London ; by all the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq, at the Office of the Institution, li, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. The Franco-Italian Convention, The following is the full text of the article in the Constitutionnel, of which a summary has already appeared in our columns. The article, which is signed Paulin Limayrac, bears the heading, " The Temporal Power and the Conventio❑ of the 15th September : Which is the chief argument of the adversaries of the Holy See in France, in Italy, and in the rest of the world ? Which is in newspapers and in books the principal objec tion directed against the temporal power of the Holy Father? The principal argument of the radical echool of philosophy and the principal objection of revolutionary policy may be thus summed up : " The temporal power of the Holy Father is no longer possible, because it no longer contains the essential condi tions of all power ; at one time it exists under the protection of Austrian troops, at another time under the protection of French troops. It passes, according to political circum. stances, from one military occupation to another wilitary occupation; but it is always a foreign flag which floats over the Vatican." The argument and the objection were the mere serious as the fact had long existed. In our opinion, however, the fact was transitory. Was it to be allowed to become permanent? and when a favourable opportunity presented itself for re placing the Pontifical Government in the normal and logi cal conditions of every Government, was it to be missed we do not think so. To have so acted would have been to share the reasons of those irreconcilable adversaries of the Papacy who will not have the temporal power at any price, and subsidiarily to have been like those deluded friends who fancy they glority the Holy See by condemning it to perpetual protection. The policy of the Imperial Government has always kept at an equal distance from these two extreme parties, which definitively come to the same conclusion ; for let us repeat it, to declare that the temporal power is no longer a thing of our days, as asserted by freethinkers and revolutionists, or to declare that it can only be maintained by a French or Austrian army at Rome, as is now asserted by certain IJI - organs, is one and the same thing. The diplomatic acts of Sept. 15 have been inspired by a more elevated and just idea, and they are the consecration of the policy invariably followed by the Government of the Emperor in the affairs of Italy ; they are the consecration of those two fundamental ideas which are to be found in the words of the Emperor and in all the despatches of his Mini sters ; that, on the one hand, our troops could not remain for ever at Rome, and on the other hand, that they could not leave, handing over Rome to revolutionary passions. The mission of France was therefore clearly defined, and it was to remain faithful to that mission that the French Government accepted the overtures made to it when the Italian Government, with a view to its internal organisa tion and safety, considering the present and the future, to respond to the aspirations of reform at home, and to guard against certain possible dangers from without,showed itself disposed to respect the territory of the Holy Father, and not to allow that territory to be attacked. By acting otherwise, it would have disavowed the principles which it has never ceased to obey. The French occupation wounded the legitimate pride of Italy ; that occupation will now cease. The Holy See, en the departure of our troops, might fear an invasion from without ;it is guaranteed against all invasion. It might also fear internal commotions ; it has the possibility and the resources for constituting a real armed force. Thus the enlightened friends of the Holy See, those who do not mix up political passions with religion, must rejoice at a new era opening for Rome. Instead of an abnormal power maintained by foreign troops, the Sovereign Pontiff has refound the real conditions of all power in this world, as it now depends upon him to have an army and finances. According to the terms of the Convention, the Papal army, recruited from Roman subjects, and, if it suits the Holy Father, from foreign Catholic volunteers, will natu rally wear the uniform, cockade, and flag, which aro the distinguishing signs of a national army. The foreign armies which have for so long a period occupied the Pontifical States always remained foreigners ; the soldiers of Austria remained Aus rians,the soldiers of France remained French, and the Vatican was guarded by troops which it did not command. The new Pontifical army, BUffiOl6o maintain internal order without ever becoming a menace to others, will be a 72,2~Z~ THE CAPE OF GOOD no: Abolition of the Upper House in Greece. (From the Times Correspondent.) ATHENS, Sept, 22. On Monday (19th) the National Assembly des tided by a large majority that there is to be no Senate or Upper House in the constitutional mon archy of Greece. The votes were 211 to 62. A single legislative Chamber places the sore teignty of the people in the strongest light, and the revolution which is now working out its own pro blems in a small sphere at Athens may perhaps on this occasion be the forerunner of a change in the thoughts and- feelings of contineatal reformers. Greece is not so free from the direct influence of Western democracy as the Greeks themselves sup pose. The revolution of 1821 was the first fruits of the principle of nationality that ripened in the poli tical system of Europe, and the Greek revolution of 1843 was the herald of the popular commotions of 1848. The abolition of a Senate places monarchy and democracy in that direct connection which must soon produce alliance, antagonism, or compromise. It is a logical consequence of the overthrow of King Otho's system and of the perjury of the Greek senators. Society is undergoing so rarid a change from violence and illegality to a state of regular orgrie-, zation that even experienced Greeks do not pretend to see very distinctly how the constitutional syse tem will ultimately work in their country under this new phase of Government with a single Chamber. It may therefore appear presumptueue in a foreigner to attempt forecasting its effects. But if more than 4U years' study can teach anything about Greek politics, "A man who fought, toil'd, travell'd, and elch part Of a true citizen fulfilled," when Greece found few to join her cause, may ven ture to offer an opinion. Your readers are not likely to take it for more than it is worth. Judg ing, then, of the future by the light of the past, it seems that there is a better chance of tranquillity for the reign of King George by the adoption of measures which place the Sovereign, and the people face to face,to frame a common policy, and effect an honest compromise, than there would have been in attempting to revive the old system by which the Greek people were completely hidden from the King by a crowd of false officials and venal senators. The history of the Greek revolution proves that the people generally acted under the guidance of simple and sound impulses, and that the ruling classes, civil and military, phanariats and palikaria, have been a curse and desolation to the country. For some time it has been evident that these would be great difficulty in the way of re-establishing a Senate, and it was decided in the palace that it should not be made either a Government or a Minis terial question. Count Sponneck, on the part of the Crown, announced perfect neutrality. Mr Bulgares, as the leader of the Conservative section of the Opposition, pretended that he considered a Senate consisting of members named for life to be absolutely necessary as a Conservative element in the Mon archy. Yet this Conservative leader, when the question was put in the Assembly, voted for the abolition of the Senate. Mr Koumoundouros, who leads the Ministerial party, advocated the establish ment of an elective Senate. The impossibility of constituting a new Senate without admitting some of the elements of the old Senate, persuaded the members of the National Assembly that the re establishment of the body was for the present im possible. The case against the Senate created in 1844 stands thus:—The 79:h article of the Constitution declares that the Senators arc to receive 500 drachmas inonthlj during the legislative Sessions. In order to secure large salaries they contrived to make the legislative Sessions lest ten months. But, after receiving an annual salary of 5 000 drachmas for some time, they considered that they were better able to appreciate the value of their scrvicca than the Constitution could be, and by forming a conspiracy with a corrupt House of Representatives they violated the constie tution, and appropriated to themselves larger salaries than they would have been entitled to receive even had their legislative sessions been rendered perpe tual. When the people drove Otho from his throne for not respecting the Constitution, they could not allow the senators who had deliberately violated the Constitution to retain their seats as legislators. Monarchy escaped destruction, because it was pos sible to find a foreign King whose name was con stitutionally pure ; but there was no salvation for the perjured senators, since, in making a new Cone stitution, it was impossible to forget the violation of the old Constitution. The decision of last Monday announced the judgment of the nation, and it must not be forgotten that every member of the late Senate has rendered himself liable to a criminal prosecution by the Attorney-General for perjury, and to a civil action on the part of the Greek Treasury for the large sums of money which he has received beyond his legal indemnity of 500 drachmas a month dune ing the legislative Sessions of the Senate. We ought really to give Democracy credit for the mer ciful manner in which it has consigned the late Senate to oblivion. The question concerning the existence of a Senate in Greece presents a choice of evils and ad vantages somewhat different from what it offers in other countries. No class of society exists from which an unpaid Senate can be formed, for the ablest and the wealthiest men in the country pre fer a seat in the Chamber of Representatives. A Senate car, therefore, be little else than what the Athenian newspapers have termed it in their recent discussions—an hospital for worn-out officials. There are only two political powers in Greek society—the Government and the people. The power inherent in the Greek Government far ex. ceeds the power of the English Government, and the complete centralization of the administrative procedure invests the Crown with almost despotic authority over the Government. On the other hand, no people can be more helpless in ordie nary times than the people in Greece. There are no national institutions in the Greek king dom, no perishes, no corporations, no local enter prises, no popularly constituted municipalities, and not a trace of self-government. The people have, therefore no legitimate sphere of action except unie versal suffrage, and they have hitherto exerted no influence in the State. Their real power has only been displayed in a few irregular nod revolutionary movements, when misgovernment goaded them to action and aroused. the energy of popular passions. Time can alone show what will be the ultimate effect of bringing the tendencies towards despotism and democracy which operate on Greek society into direct antagonism. There are some indication!, that a compromise will be effected which will pro duce a centralized constitutional system better suited to the exigencies of a rude state of society than could be obtained by a blind imitation of any older forms of government presented by Western nations. Considerable ability on the part of the Clown, and some prudence on the part of the Chamber of Representatives, will be necessary to insure success in giving stability to the new type of constitutional government which Greece has now adopted. But the circumstances ate extremely favourable, for at this moment the interests of the Crown and the people are identical, Both are injured by the arbitrar3 authority assumed by the offi cial classes, and both would profit greatly by rooting out the corruption public p l e s service. i e c e e . forcing obedience to t he law would be sufficient t T h h a e t e p e e r r d v i a a d i everye u s eon ef t b h r e a n K e i h n o a f n t d he th p e render Greece what K in g George declared that it ti was his ambition to make her—a model kingdom in the East. The Diamond Steam Navigation - - Cpcapart, ecrew steamer Kaffraria, Captain Starks',\-arriNtid 5' at Plymouth yesterday, from Port Natal, August 6, —Port Elizabeth, August 20—Table Bay, on the evening of August 23—St. Helena, September 2 and Madeira, September 21. She had head winds from Table Bay, and put in to Madeira to coal. Cargo-1,099 bales wool, 99 bundles eheepkins, 33 ditto goatskins, 4 cases ostrich feathers, and several cases of sundries, all from Algoa Bay, and valued at £20,529. Also front Natal, 200 tons sugar, and 1,500 boxes arrowroot. The Kaffraria brings three days' later news from tie Cape colony, but nothing of much import had transpired in the interim. Business continued quiet, but an improvement was drawing nearer every day. Seasonable rains had fallen in and around Port Elizabeth during the last day or two, and it was hoped that they had ex. tended to the country districts also. There had recently been considerable :I:scontent on the part of the labouring cl sacs iu C ire Town at the I.careity of emplo., went., owing to the discon tinuance of government work?, but some orders had been issued for the continuance of those works, and this had had a beneficial (fEct. The governor had instructed the colonial railway engineer to proceed immediately with the new raitway at Tulbah Kloof. The Wynberg line of railway was very shortly to be opened for public traffic. The disputed doctrinal trial of the Rev. Mr. Kobte v. The Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church was to come off in the Supreme Court the day after the Kaffraria sailed. The proceedings throughout, as well as the final decision of the court, would be watched and waited for by the public in the colony with the deepest interest. The Dromedary, 2, iron screw troopship, Master Commander Alexander Brown, en route for the Brazils, arrived at Madeira the same day as the Eaffraria. The Brisk, 16, screw-corvette, Captain 1 - n461'41i - 6 7 . kalkiiilii;fooll•atititeM signals, on Sept. 27, about 240 . thiles uff Falmouth, also the Bremen steamer Concordia, bound, oi the Mediterranean. The passengers of the,-Kaffrar4, on their arrival at Falmouth, presented an address to Captain Starks, expressive of their great satis faction at the accommodation afforded them nu ; passage. The li..ffraria brings a supPleMental Mail, • of 11 bags. Naval and Military Intelligence. On Wednesday, Col. Woodhouse, C,8., Commandant of ' the Woolwich Depot, inspected the Ist Division of the Depot Brigade of Royal Artillery, stationed at Sheerness' The troops received the inspection in line, and after giving the customary salute were inspected ; they then marched past in quick time in quarter-distance column, and were again formed in line. The inspector addressed deem . , in complimentary terms upon their clean and 'smart appear- . ante. The Colonel then proceeded to inspect the barraSfe, the soldiers' recreation rooms, the'mffitary garrison books, and expressed: his entire sati§fadtion e's - t the mode in which everything _was kept,_ 12 T._ ~-;" se At 10 o'clock on Wednesday night 150 officers and mew 5 of the 13th Brigade of Royal Artillery, with their accoutre=:. ments, landed at the Camber dock, Sheerness, frera.Stai)4, buryness, and in three hours afterwards proceeded bfspoojal; train to Dover. At 9 the same evening Nue 3 Battery - et _Tee the 2d Brigade of Royal Attilletry arrivelst Shtclners Woolwich, and were embarked for•Sho6buryness: t,t The Serpent, 4, steam gunboit, 695 eons, 200 l‘rseVestely? was taken out of the large basinin'Sheeriaess Do,;kyirrlceir Wednesday, and proceeded on wtrip to thellsl"oteLifkitgr.(fAC . back to the coal ship in the river, in order,to testaheienan a; 14: chinery previcus to the trial trig ere the r4a - Sureci mile off r the Maplin Sands. The result was Most r satisfiletory, and' , t e e , vs the vessel will be taken on:trial this_ day.. On Saturday last one of Captaiie_Blake . lel 11 inch_bani mered cast steel guns, weighing .2 2 rions, underwent two , rounds of proof at the Woolivieh• betteri4ith'eharges of 451 b of powder, and cylinders of pQlla t each. *ter the tecfncr'• :eet t " round Mr M*Kinlay, tire proof, waste;, detecti:d sound, which seemed to_be e censed by the passage orainig% silo through the butt. On examination it apppred,97- --- $ 2101 b cylinder had struck on an'eldlhot whrell'hieT to fired in some former proof and had not been extrac.gell e alid that the latter had befell fo'reeclUpwardtiland 'paSseitt i thetopgb. • the top of the butt. Tlvicoiatizinaiioni,tlife'PlAtVaiTiiere fore deferred to a future day.- In the,iniatraiime ehe Itoyal Engineer department urdereeof the exernination and repair of the butt, which was cOnipleied ;on Wednesday morning; the proof was then renewed. The charges were increaeal to 60th ot powder and 600 lb cylinders, and at the eonc'n,ion of the proof, notwithstanding the enormous amount of the charges, not the slightest bleuiish or strain was detected in the guns. Many persons interested in the saccesa of the gun ere n `attnainte esthltitricoistonrglerawsvore Mr iCenSt,ffia'o/reruvia'n -- e6Vilrtir't t StetrMi t r s e iTA V Vs e an artillery officer in the service of the Peruvian Govern- ment; Capt. Palliser, late 18th Hussars, and others. The company was represented by Capt. Blakely, Mr Campbell, Mr Vevasseur, and Mr Wood: Yesterday thcßlakely ordnauc- 7 inch steel gun, made to the order of our own Government for naval purposes, was proved at the butt, with charges of 311 b of powder and shot weighing 1101 b each. The gun is rifled with 18 grooves. and weighs 6 tons 2 cwt. The proof was likewise satisfac tory, and the gun was taken in charge by the department of the inspectors of artillery, and will be fitted as a ship's gun for service. We have been furnished with the following interesting return of the steaming capabilities of some of the vessels in the Channel fleet, as ascertained on two recent occasions : —On the 27th August, in a trial of two hours, under full boiler power, the results were as follows :—The Prince Con sort gained on the Hector 3,200 yards, on the Defence 3,880 yards, and on the Enterprise 5,300 yards. The Research was not tested on this trial. On Sept. 20 trials took place with half boiler power, of three hours' duration, with the following results, the Research and Black Prince being included in this trial :--The Black Prince gained on the Prince Consort 6,974 yards, the Prince Consort gained on the Hector 5,475 yards, on the Defence 3,300 yards, on the Research 19,644 yards, and on the Enterprise 19,525 yards. As the speed of the slowest ship in a fleet must become the speed of the entire fleet in all combined offensive and defensive operations, vessels like the Research and En terprise would appear to be misplaced when occupying posi tions as component parts of a British fleet in the Channel. An almost universal feeling is entertained by naval officers that for all purposes of warfare a slow vessel is worse than useless, as her career can only end in capture by the enemy. The paddlewheel steamsluop Gladiator, 6, Capt. Francis 11. Shortt, from Madeira, arrived in the Sound on Wednes day morning. She left Plymouth on Juno 2t for Madeira, and arrived there on the 29th. On July 26 she took charge of the sailing transport Wanboojeeg, which had been towed to Madeira by the paddlewheel steamveasel Bulldog. The Gladiator arrived with her at Sierra Leone on July 18, coaled there, and left on the 20th for Cape Coast Castle. The Wanboojeeg then embarked parts of the Ist and 2d West Indian Regiments, and left Cape Coast Castle in charge of the Gladiator on July 30, and was towed to lat 1 8 S, long 017 E, and on August 5 proceeded to Barbadoes. The Gladiator returned to Cape Coast Castle, and on the Bth embarked a part of the 4th West India Regiment, with which she sailed on the 9th for Lagos. On the 12th she disembarked them into the Investigator, 2. The Gladiator then embarked a detachment of the 3d West India Regi ment, and proceeded to Palma. There she took on board another detachment of the 3d, with whom she left on the 20th, and she arrived on the 30th at Sierra Leone. She then embarked 75 men of the 3d West India Regiment, and the crew of the Spanish slave vessel America, captured by the Ariel in the Mozambique Channel, and proceeded to Gambia. She disembarked her detachment of the 3d West India Rqgiment there, and sailed on the 4th of September, with the slaver's crew, to Teneritle. She left on the 13th for Madeira, arrived there on the 16th, and left on the 20th for England. The Gladiator has experienced light easterly winds on the homeward passage. She brings es passengers from Lagos EnsignM'Callagh and a soldier belonging to the 3d West India Regiment, and from Madeira 22 naval in valids. Having some slight injuries in her coal bunkers, she will probably be sent to Keyham for repair. The West Coast squadron were stationed at intervals of 15 miles up and down the coast. The Russian storeship Guiliack sailed from Plymouth on Monday for the River Amoor. The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, Capt. Charles W. Hope, left Plymouth on Tuesday for Australia and New Zealand. The Channel squadron is expected at Plymouth towards the close of October or in the beginning of November. Several hired mechanics and others working in the Devonport dockyard will shortly be discharged, to reduce the expenditure. The following appointments were made on Wednesday at the Admiralty : —Lieut. H. A. Clavering to command the Sharpshooter, commissiened—Lieut, W. T.W. Ilambly to the Orontes —and John Bruce (b.), chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Star. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. F. W. Hallowes to command the Nimble, commissioned in a separate con= and—Lieut. It, M. Spelling, Lieut 0. li. Parker, and Lieut. E. G. Bou r ke to the Rattlesnake—Lieut. J. E. Stokes te) the Euryelus; Lieut. G. N, Smallpiece and Lieut. R. T. Clarke to the Hector—Sub•Lieut. F. R,omilly to the Racoon—Sub- Lieut, A. H. Duthie, Sub-Lieut. W. Neilson, and Sub- Lieut, R. B. Wilkinson to the Rattlesnake—Sub-Lieut. A. IL Cooper to the Sharpshooter —J. Southwick, second :raster to the Sharpshooter; W. L. Harrison, master's assist., to the Sharpshooter —W. Lovely, assi-t.-paymaster, 'o the Cumberland —A, P. Cox, assist.-paymaster, in charge o the Sharpshooter—G. C. E, A. Townsend, assist.- clerk, to the Warrior—and C. Itaxwortby, assist,-clerk, to the Sharpshooter. WSPAPER' ~'~~ (',€r