The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-19 00:00:00

Ml?. GLADSTONE'S ELECTION ADDRESSES. Mr. Gladstone has now really commenced Lis election tour. On Friday he attended (unexpectedly, it seems) a meeting in the district of Old Swan, near Liverpool. A Tote approving the joint candidature of Messrs. Gladstone and Grenfell having been passed, the right hon. gentle man responded in a long speech. It was an attack on that party which had called itself in turns Protectionist, Tory, Conservative, and Con stitutional. Mr. Disraeli, he said, had stated that he had worked twenty years with Lord Derby. But there was nothing special in 1848 to lead to political friend. ship. It was twenty-two years and a half ago that the ill-omened compact was struck between Lord Derby and the Premier. In the month of January 1846 Sir Robert Peel proposed the repeal of the Corn Law's, and the com pact, the basis upon which the Conservative party now stand, was to oppose that repeal. It was the restriction of industry ; it was the imposition of fetters upon the enterprise of this country; it was the shutting out of the abundant supplies of food from other lands, to make up our deficiencies with respect to ourpopulation, that was the basis of the compact which was made twenty-two and a half years ago. But the establishment of free trade—the abolition of Protection, had proved to be beneficial to the country. It has raised the wages of the labouring classes ; employers have become rich, and confidence in the authorities has sprung up amongst the people." And now (continued the right hon. gentleman) if you were to go to any friend of that party and say, " You are a Protectionist—l know you, and want the mask off," he would say, " You are entirely mistaken. lam as good a freetrader as you are." And no doubt he would be perfectly sincere, but I remem ber what happened 22k years ago Your friend, who now says he is a freetrader, in those days indignantly disclaimed being anything but s protectionist, and so the whole welfare of old England depended on Protection. You know that so long as a trade is good you would stick to it, but when it gets bad, if you are sensible men, you would get out of if as soon as you could. Now, the trade of Protection, for several years after 1846, was a roaring trade in all the agricultural districts of the country, and there were plenty of people to 'follow it. But free trade came into operation, and the landlord found that what he had said would destroy his rents prevent him from paying the interest on his mortgages did nothing of the sort, but every time he had a farm vacant he had an increased number of bidders more and more eager to secure it." " What relieved us of Pro tection was this, that in 1852 the Protectionists came int( office. As long as you are in Opposition, you can pairs upon the people—but I am aware this can be said d us at the present moment you may offer t( them whatever you please ; and my belief is that the Protectionist party had never been put into office it would have been the Protectionist party to this day, because to this day the farming interest throughout the country would not have been undeceived ; they would not have seen the total hollowness and the total untruthfulness of the professions made to them as to what would be done for them as soon as their friends came into office. But in 1852 their friends did come into office, and though I was not one of them, I was very glad they were going into office, because I felt convinced that the day they came into office would sound the death-knell of protection. From the first day it became perfectly plain that all the recollections, pledges, premises, and professions which had returned hundreds upon hundreds of members of Parliament would burst like a bubble, and that protection was to be remembered only as a dream. So much for protection. A great English poet has said `The boy was father to the man,' and youth of a party will enable you to judge what it is likely to be in its matu rity and old age. This party was born in monopoly and restriction ; it was born for the purpose of maintaining it, and it abandoned it only when it svgs found that the responsibilities and power of office could not be held without that abandonment. From that experience —from what former years have shewn us—you may judge what is likely to happen in the future." Passing from this, Mr. Gladstone took up the subject of the paper duty. Mr. Cross, their opponent, had stated that he voted for the repeal of the paper duty as well as Mr. Gladstone. But whom did Mr. Cross find as his com panions ? His friends ? There were scarcely three Con servatives who went into the same lobby with him. What, then, was the use of Mr. Cross saying that he voted for a Liberal measure when he goes to Parliament to support those who resist Liberal measures. " There are a number of our opponents," exclaimed the right lion. gentleman, " going about the country and disclaiming the character of party men. I read in this newspaper to which I have alluded that at St. Helens the other night they said too much was made about mere party, and that there was too much mere personal discussion. What does it signify, they ask, whether Mr. A or Mr. B is Minister in this country? 'What we want is a good measure. Gentlemen, this is the last invention that has come out, in order, if possible, to entrap your understand ing. Is there any possibility of your getting measures except through the instrumentality of men? Measures dc not come down from the moon, and I do assure you that they get through a great many stages in Parliament by dint of a great deal of effort, and if you are engaged in the war you might just as well say I don't care about men, I care about measures; I don't want the army, I want to see the country and the enemy subdued. That would be just as rational as to say you don't care about Prime Ministers and about parties, that all you want is the t the conntry shall have good measures. Gentlemen, it is a very strong expression to use, but it is a kind of utterance which the Scotch call 'deliverance,' but it is in fact neither more nor less than rank nonsense. You cannot have measures without men, and combination of men. The House of Commons is not a heap of grains of sand, all tumbled together in a bag ; it has always been made up of men whose good sense and intelligence teaches them where they will find sympathy, and where they will not, and that in common council and common action is the best security for the attainment of the end they have in view.' That is the basis, sound in philosophy and practice, of party action." Passing to the subject of Reform, the right hon. gentleman related again the history of the struggles over the various measures. In the course of remarks he attributed the passage of the Reform Bill to the fall of the Hyde Park railings. He also commented upon and condemned the circular which had been issued to the employers of labour at Blackburn, asking them to use their " influence " for the Conservatives. As to the Irish Church he said little. There was just a slight allusion to it in the concluding passage, which we subjoin : " We are in favour of trade, freedom of know ledge, freedom of the franchise in its possession, and free dom in its exercise. We are also to have freedom in religion. I am very far from telling you, for I do not myself think that freedom of religion is necessarily interfered with by a national Church, if that national Church has a very large portion of the nation for its adherents, and if it is greatly respected by the generality of those who do not belong to its communion. But if the national Church is associated in the mind and the memory of the people with every scandal and every horror that has marked the misgovernment of former times, our duty may be considered either as citizens or as Christians. As citizens, I say, we are bound to listen to the voice of civil justice, and no longer to permit the continuance of a system of monopoly so con ceived and so organised ; but I go further, and say that as Christians and members. And if it is attempted to be made a reproach against us that there are persons of the Roman Catholic religion favourable to the propssals that we have made, I say we must be cowards indeed if we shrink from such an allegation, as if it were a reproach. It is no reproach for Protestants of different denominations and for Catholics and non-Christians to join together in the pursuits' of objects which are commended by the principles of national and civil justice. 'We are all citizens of one common country. Whatever be our particular convictions in reli gion, it is our duty to study the public goood ; it is our duty to combine together for purposes which are honourable. It is for the promotion of honour and justice that we ask your suffrages on the occasion of the coming election, and it is in the interests of honour and justice that I feel convinced you will give them." The next day (Saturday last) Mr. Gladstone addressed a meeting at Newton. His subject was the Irish Church. He took that topic because he had been charged with trying to shirk it. It had been stated that the property of the Irish Church consisted simply of tithes and glebe land. But they would find by a reference to the report of the royal commission, that the Church of Ireland, besides glebe land, charitable and glebe land, pars3nages and incumbencies, possessed bishop land and chapter land to an enormous extent, believed to be of far greater value than the annual income they yielded, and they were stated to yield an income annually of between 1140,000 and 21 50,000. That err o r having been di s p e ll e d, the right hon. gentleman proceeded to criticise the report of the r o y a l commission. lie prefaced his criticism by stating that there were just three policies beore the country as to the Irish Church. They mijlit stand still— that was impossible ; they miL;ht disestablish, which he proposed to do ; they might level up. L'ut the Govern ment had proposed no policy ; had as yet set forth no course. The only plan which they could examine, there fore, was the plan proposed by the Irish Church Commis sion. First the commission proposed to bury four bishops —he did not mean the bi s h ops themselves, but their offices; they prop; s,d to the four " corporations." To that he objected. Then they wanted to pay those bishops who sat in the House of Lords. This was the old principle put forward, the payment of members —one of the five points of the charter—and Put forward, too, by a royal cuLILII.i.,Ion, That would not help them at " Let me say, however (the speaker explained), I do not blame the commissioners. I really believe they have done the best they could. When a man undertakes an impossible task, you must not look too strictly to the performance of it, or judge him too severely. If a man says I will jump over the Thames' (or rather I should say the Mersey), and happens unfortunately to alight in the middle, the result is unfortunate, although the man may be a very good jumper. These commis sioners I believe to be perfectly upright, honourable, intelligent men, and I have not a word of blame to cast upon them for the manner in which they performed their functions. My object is to shew you the hopelessness of the functions themselves, and to confirm you in the adoption of that other plain, simple, and practical alterna tive which we have recommended to your notice." The next proposal they had was to suppress all benefices which did not minister to the wants of forty Protestants. But why forty ? He could not suggest ; except they took the Thirty-nine Articles and one over ; or the Jewish order, forty stripes save one. But, at any rate, this proposal would lead to the suppression of some 200 benefices. That was to say, 200 places out of some 1,400 or 1,500 were to be deprived of their resident clergy. Besides this, some chapters would be suppressed, and the sexton would, in some cases, be consolidated with the gravedigger. How much, he asked, would all this save? " I have often," declared the right hon. gentle man, " been surprised at things I have found in docu ments, but I never was so much surprised before at a thing that I did not find in a document. Why, if this commission was appointed for anything in the way of re moval of abuses, what they ought especially to have done was to have shewn how much could be gathered together by the removal of those abuses, and under what rules and to what useful purposes it could be applied. Gentlemen, it is a very hard case. I can get no assistance from the com mission ; but after looking roughly over the thing, and really having very few means of accurate compu tation, it seems to me, as well as I can reckon, that by the bishops they would save something between £22,000 and £25,000 a year ; that by the parishes they might save from £40,000 to £50,000 a year; that by the chapters they would save £lO,OOO a year ; and I cannot tell exactly, but I think they might save £3,000 or £4,000 a year by the gravediggers. (Laughter.) Now, putting :ill these things together, this removal of abuses would produce a fund of £BO,OOO a year. That is a very considerable fund ; what is to be done with it? Well, gentlemen, the Inquiry Commissioners have simply said that the body which exists in Ireland—a permanent body and one which is called the Ecelesiastical Commissioners— ought to have large discretion to apply it to the increase of the incomes of the clergy in places where there are low incomes with considerable congregations." This led to the consideration of the question of tithes. What should be done with those of the suppressed benefices ? "It is proposed," said Mr. Gladstone, " that where there is a parish —say, in Mayo or Galway— with 5,000 or 10,000 Roman Catholics and a mere handful of Protestants, that the tithes of that parish shall be carried away out of the parish altogether. Where will they go I They will be carried into the suburbs of Dublin and Belfast, where wealthy members of the Establishment abound. They will be exported from one portion of the country and imported into another portion of the country. While retaining all the odium of being applied to the Church of the minority, it will lose the graces, recommendations, and consolations which hang about it from the kindly relations between these Protestant clergymen and the Roman Catholic population. They may hear nothing more of it ; and, in my opinion, I am speaking truly, you hear some times that we are charged with confiscation, but in my opinion that is confiscation. Those funds, gentlemen, are local funds. The tithe of a parish was never given except for the purpose of maintaining religion in the parish ; and to take the tithe out of a parish of Galway or Clare for the purpose of meeting the wants of Protestant populations in Dublin and Belfast—l do not care who hears it—is, in my opinion, whatever the intention may be, dangerously like to an act of public plunder." Passing from the report of the commission, the right hon. gentleman repeated at length the arguments against the Establishment, and enlarged upon the abuses of the present state of things, contending that from every principle of right and justice the Church should be disestablished. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE., FINSEURY.-Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., has issued Lis address to the electors. He is a staunch Conservative. ANDOVER.—Captain Wellesley, of Cornholt Park, near Andover, has announced his intention to contest that borough in opposition to the present sitting member (the Hon. D. F. Fortescue), who has been one of the repre sentatives of the borough for the last eleven years. The gallant captain is the heir presumptive of the Duke of Wellington, and grandson of the great Duke. As Andover will in future only return one member to Parliament it is thought that the contest will be a severe one. COVENTRY.-Mr. Alexander Staveley Hill, QC., has come forward as the second Conservative candidate. He con :iested the representation of this city iii March last with Samuel Carter. PRESTON.— Mr. Thomas Farrics, barrister, of Stockton. m-Tees, has come forward as a Liberal candidate. 'There are now five in the field, three Liberals and two Corserva. BANDURY.—Mr. Mewburn, a gentleman connected with the locality, has accepted an invitation from a section of the Liberal party to become a candidate for this borough in opposition to Mr. Samuelson. Both gentlemen are carrin,s , on an active canvass. HERTFORDSIIIRE.—It is now decided that a contest win be fought in this county, the Liberals having determined to bring forward another candidate with the Hon. H. Cowper against Mr. Abel Smith and Mr. Surtees. OXFORDSHIRE.—AIthough Mr. Henley and Colonel North have not yet issued their addresses, it is understood that they will offer themselves for re-election. Colonel Fane will retire in favour of a Liberal in the person of Mr. W. C. Cartwright, of Aynhoe. ROCHESTER.—The division threatened in the Conserva tive party in this city has been avoided by the formal announcement of Mr. H. Haymen that he does not intend comint forward as a candidate for the representa tion of the city There are consequently only two Conser vative candidat. now before the electors—viz., Mr. Alfred Smee, F.R.S., Ld Mr. Aldborough Henniker, special pleader. WAftwicK.—The election for this borough is over, according to present arrangements. The committees on both sides have decided that as Mr. Repton had resigned no other candidate would be brought fo:ward by either party, so that Mr. A. W. Peel (Liberal) and Mr. E. Greaves (Conservative) will have a walk over. GLASGOW.-Sir George Camborne, of Succoth, has con. sented to come forward as a candidate in the Conservative interest. HUNTINGDON.—GeneraI Peel has issued his farewell address, and Mr. J. Baring asks the electors for a con tinuance of their confidence. EXETER.-At a meeting of the electors Mr. J. D. Cole ridge refeixed to a report that some employers of labour in that city had intimated to their men that a vote given in the intereet adverse to those employers would be attended with loss of work, and expressed his fear that such a course would promote trades-unioni. m as a means of obtaining political freedom. THE MURDER NEAR LEWES.—Martin Brown, a man of 21, who is suspected of the murder of David Bally, an old man, near Lewes, a few clays ago, was arrested on Saturday at the Maidstone Barracks. He had enlisted in the Royal Artillery. He neither admitted nor denied his guilt. ACTION AGAINST SIR RICHARD MAINE.—An action is likely to take place next term, in the Court of Common Pleas against Sir Richard Mayne by two ex-in. spectors of police, lately connected with the omnibus and cab department, for libel, when it is expected most extraor dinary disclosures will be revealed respecting the system adopted. No little amount of anxiety is manifested by the proprietors of omnibuses and cabs, as well as the police, as to the result of the action, it being the first in which proceedings have been taken against the Chief Commis sioner at a court of law by two of his subordinate officers. THE LICHFIELD NOTICES TO QUIT. —The Hon. Major Anson, M.P., addressed a meeting of his con stituents on Saturday night at Lichfield. He said that in justice to his brother (Lurd Lichfield), in justice to him self, and in justice to the Liberal party who had adopted him as their representative, be felt bound to reply to the charges which recently appeared in the Daile News, and which were subsequently nude by Colonel Dyott, in reference to the notices to quit served in the name of Lord Lichfield. There was not one particle of truth in the accusation. The notices had been served ; but they were served in the ordinary course of Lusiliess, and had no connection with the contest for the representation of the borough. SINGULAR STORY.—The death of Mr. F. IL Wiggin, proprietor of the NortLumberland Arms, Ber mondsey, took place on Thursday morning, the Bth inst• Mr. Wiggin retired to bed the previous night in his usual health and spirits, but at five o'clock in the morning he ruptured a blood-vessel, and in six hours he expired from exhaustion. It seems a remlrkable presentiment of his death was made known to him two months previously, when, to amuse his children, he drew upon a slate a coffin, and wrote an inscription, a verbatim copy of which was inscribed on his coffin plate, on his interment, as follows: " Frederick H. Wiggin, died October Bth, 1868,. aged 40." This sketch and inscription he showed to his wife, and others who happened to be present. The remains of the deceased, who was much respected, were, on Monday, taken from London to Horton,. for interment by the side of his father's grave. Cive9. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1868 'ETTINJ ON THE ELECTION. Colonel tichardson Gardner is very confident that he win the election at Windsor. He is the Conservative candidate. His opponent, Mr. Eykyn, the Liberal can• didate, is also very confident that he shall win the election. Colonel Gardner writes to Mr. Eykyn as follows: "S everal of your friends have been offering to lay `braggart' wagers as to the result of this election. When they have been accepted your friends have invariably declined on one pretext or other. lam not a betting man, and very much dis• approve such a mode of testing the probable success of a candidate. Nevertheless, I cannot submit to the effect intended to result from such boasted public offers on the constituency. Therefore, to save all further trouble, I go out of my way to offer to stake with you £5OO that you do not win this election and retain your seat ; the reverse being, of course, your bet. As Ido not want your money, or that of your friends, the conditions must be—l. That you and I each deposit our money in the London and County Bank within twenty-four hours of your acceptance of the bet. 2. That your acceptance must be within twenty-four hours of your receipt of this letter. 3. That the manager of the bank has written instructions, signed by both of us, that the £5OO lost is to be handed over to the committee of the Windsor Infirmary for its use and benefit." To this epistle Mr. Eykyn makes the following reply:— " I must express my surprise at the contents of your letter of this date. I have no right to interfere with any bets (braggart or otherwise) your friends and mine may choose to make upon the result of the forthcoming election, alihough fully satisfied the verdict of the electors will be in my fav,. ur ; and, with you, ' disapproving such a mode of testing the probable success of a candidate,' must decline, y,, or proposal. It maybe right for me to add, that I must refuse to enter upon any further correspondence on election matters." 1111SCELLANEOUS NETVS. ,ttack of the savages, 600 in number, of whom 80 were killed and wounded. The relieving parties found the dead bodies of Indians in every direction before reaching the island on the 26th September. Forsyth was alive, and is doing well, though dan gerously wounded. Lieutenant Beecher, son of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the second in com mand, was killed, as was the surgeon, Dr. Moore, together with five men, twelve being wounded. The action is described as the most desperate yet fought on the plains; the Indians of the three three tribes, well armed, worked to within a few yards of the force, against whom they fired 10,000 rounds, keeping up their attack through whole days. With reference to the suits of John N. and Wm. Cushing, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, owners of the ship Sonora, burnt by the Alabama, against John Laird jun., of Birkenhead, England, the deputy-marshal in serving -th2 process, could dis 7z cover no property to attach, both the assistant trea surer and Messrs. Foster and Thompson having denied that any such property was now in their hands. Mr. Laird caused a letter to be written, not only anerting that no property of his was in the United States, but that the alleged action, as far as he knew, bad not been taken against him. The fact is, however, that the process was granted attaching his property, and the assistant treasurer, and Foster and Thompson admit that they expect shortly to have funds of Mr. Laird in their hands, whereon a supplementary process had been obtained from the Court attaching any property of that gentleman that might reach them. It is said that a nice question will arise should any property be found as to whether an attachment will hold when a claimant is not personally served, nor a resident of the district in which the attachment issues. There was a meeting of the Cabinet on the 2d of October, when all the Secretaries were present ex cept Mr. Browning and Attorney-General Evarts. The latter is on business at New York, and will not attend till after the October elections. Mr. Seward presented private despatches from Spain in rela tion to the revolution in that country. As the President will spend the last half of next month in preparing his annual Message, the Secretaries in formed him that they would begin to get up their yearly reports at the end of this month, so as to be ready in time for his guidance. The office hours of the Treasury Department have been prolonged until 4 p.m. Commissioner Rollins was expected in Washington Oct. 7. The Union Pacific Railroad now runs daily trains to Black Butler, 793 miles west of Omaha. The road is graded to within six miles of Salt Lake. The President has appointed General H. G. Wright of Ohio, Jesse L. Williams of Indiana, and J. Bleckensberfer, jr., of Ohio, commissioners to in spect the entire road and telegraph lines of this rail way. Frank's last sketch is the Water-street dialogue, where the first rowdy says Tom liadd'em wants you right away, whereon the second rowdy asks, what is it ?—a badger, or prayers. This is what Water-street, New York, has come to under the in fluence of the religious revival. The Englishwoman's Review for October, is the ninth issue of that magazine, and contains some interest ing papers. A list of the Parliamentary candidates who support Woman Suffrage is given, among whom we see Handell Cossham, Edmond Beales, and Ernest Jones, Dr. Humphrey Sandwith, and other well-known gentlemen. The number of petitions to Parliament for the extension of the elective franchise to women up to the end of last July amounted for the year 1868 to 73, with close on 50,000 signatures. The following is the list of places where the names of women have been allowed to remain on the overseers' lists of voters, or where their claims have been admitted:— Ashford, East Kent Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire S wiugford, East Kent No. of Women Voters. ~.. 33 Rochdale, Yorkshire , Dot known Borough of Finsbury Todmorden, South-East Lancashire Moss-side Lydiate, South-West Lancashire.. Scarisbrick„ Sebergl am, East Cumberland Gorton, South-East Lancashire Denton „ 17 Levenshultne Houghton 77 3 Winterton, Lincolnshire not known Cockermouth, Cumberland .. l7 The price of the magazine, which is a quarterly, is one shilling; the office is at 23, Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street, and post-office orders should be made pay able to Lucy Stone on the "Regent-street" post-office. The poet Longfellow has lately been on a visit to Killarney. We have not as yet received a copy of his last poem, although the London papers this week have been full of it. Those who have read the articles we published on Salem Witchcraft will know the story on which, what is said to be the most interesting of these poems, is founded. Judging from the reviews at which we have glanced, the poet does not rigidly adhere to the story, which will be found in our numbers of July 25 and August 1 of this year. Ex-Governor Hiland Hall is about to issue a his tory of Western Vermont. Triibner's Monthly Register has the following notice of that able and useful publication the " American Annual Cyclopaedia "That for 1867 is just issued. It contains the history of the progress of reconstruction in the Southern Stales. One hundred and twenty-five pages are devoted to Bongress and under the heads of the Southern States the action of the military authorities and of the people during the year is recorded. Among the other titles is that of China, which gives information in regard to the extension of commercial intercourse. The account of the establishment of the new dominion of Canada is another contribution. Under ' Literature and Literary Progress' is a summary of what was done in the literary world during the year. Jl n account of the war in Paraguay is given under the appropriate head. The his tory of the close of Ma‘imilian's career in Mexico, and of geographical explorations and discoveries in 1867. and an article on the finances, are among other contributions. The obituary department is as full as usual The volume is illustrated by steel engraving of George Peabody, Mi nister Burlingame, and Chief Justice Chase." _ . Attorney-General Evarts had not returned to Washington. Secretary Browning was al the White Sulphur Springs. Postmaster-General Randall is in New York, and therefore the Cabinet meetings are not well at tended at Washington. General M'Clellan is in New York, having arrived on the 29th Sept. in the Cuba, after upwards of three years absence. He was serenaded on the night of the 30th, although rather arcking such honours. Ex-President Fillmore is also in New York, and Pierce remains ill at Concord, New Hampshire. Cyrus W. Field leaves Liverpool to-day for New York, in the Cunard steamer. His family remain in Europe, and Mr. Field will return in a short time from America. Lewis B. Parsons of the New School Presbyte rian Church, left bAween 3,000 and 4,000 acres of land some years ago to found an educational institution in lowa, to be the property of the new school branch till the reunion of both branches, when it should belong to the United Church. This plan has been de layed ; but his sons, who are his executors, and are at pre sent in Europe, are, it is said, about to carry out the de sign of their father, and will even add to the legacy from thir own property. United States Consul Beaubocher, at Jerusalem, who has been absent for a long time on leave, will soon return thither and relieve Acting-Consul Johnson. At last we having intelligence of a " Singing Soldier." Mr. James D. Gay, the Union campaign singer, is now in New York, from Philadelphia. He served faith fully during the war, and is Considered the finest cam paign singer in America. Sir George E. Cartier and rion. Mr. M'llougal have been formally appointed delegates to England on the subject of the North-West Territory. They will sail on the 3d November. King Victor Emanuel, is about to make a sojourn of some months in Italy, her medical advisers having recom mended her native climate as a means of recruiting her health. The Empress of Russia has been oblige , l to leave Como on account of the inundations. She is now at Milan. The King of Italy is there also. It is said that her 31 1 3 ; jesty will spend some pa rt o f the winter in N ap l e s, and that the King will accompany her thither. The Springfield Republican says—Rev. Thomas Hill has resigned the Presidenc of Harvard Col le g e ,' to which he was c h osen nearly six years ago, and his resiEnation has been accepted by the tion. No reason is assigned for his resigLation, n0r,..0° we hear who is to succeed him. Very likely it will be Dr. Peabody, who was in some sense a candidate at the tune of Dr. Hill's election. The retiring' president is one of " l it youngest men who have ever held the office, having ben but 44 years old when elected. He hal before been pre: - dent of Antioch College, leaving his parish in Waltham "`) take charge of that institution. corpora: THE BRIGHTON RITUALISTS. Mr. Purchas still officiates at Brighton. The service is as gorgeous as ever. A correspondent of the Daily News writes: " There are other clergymen in Brighton who have advanced far beyond what would have been called ' High Church' ten years ago, but to Mr. Purchas belongs, at this time, the post of champion of the extremest ritualistic views. He is too well versed in Church . - Tremonials, ancient vnd modern, too earnest a zealot in the course which he has chosen, to neglect any point that may give effect to the service. It is carried out with picturesque vigour from beginning to end, and though St. James's Chapel is an ugly, unpromising edifice, there are moments when the scene within may almost be called splendid. Alas, that the struggle to red tape our beautiful old service should make so many scoffers among this crowded congregation! They are not strangers to the church, as I can afterwards judge by their readiness in going through the ordinary forms, and by their ready responses, scarce heard amid the singing. But some smile, some jog their neighbour's elbow, and many make whispered comment while the holiest symbol of our faith is borne past in a cloud of incense. 'See, it is a crucifix,' cries one in a whisper loud enough to be heard in several pews. ' What handsome robes,' mutters another, leaning forward to catch his friend's attention. And there is an evident wondering how far they will go ; `what will they do next ?' which cannot produce healthy excitement." In a description of the services of Sunday, the same correspondent says the altars were lighted up, a great deal of incense was used, and the vestments were of the most advanced description. They were more gorgeous than those used in the common services of the Roman Catholic Church. They recalled the festivals of that Church. There seems to have been nothing rem arkable in the sermon. The correspondent of the Times says : "It was expected that the services of the day would not pass off without a disturbance ; and, considering the excitement which prevails on the subject of Ritualism throughout the town, it is much to the credit of the people of Brighton that they offered no serious molestation to the incumbent of St. James's, but have left him to fight the question with Lis bishop, either in a court of law or elsewhere. The crowd in the evening, though immense, was quite orderly inside the chapel, and there was to occasion for any interference on the part of the police, who were stationed close at hand, though outside in the streets some roughs began hooting when Mr. Purchas and his friends left the chapel. Though the chapel will hold some twelve hundred worshippers, it is thought that nearly as many persons were turned away from the doors as those who were fortunate enough to gain admission, and a large and noisy crowd was gathered outside in consequence. The glove, however, has been fairly thrown down by Mr. Purchas, and it now remains to be seen whether the bishop will rick it up or not. One thing only is certain, and that is, that the matter will not and cannot end here. Either Ritualism is a right thing in the Church of England and ought to be left to do its work in its own way, or else it should be put down by the bishops ; and if the bishops cannot put it down by legal measures, their hands ought to be strengthened by addi tional powers bestowed on them by the Legislature for that purpose." LAW AND POLICE. ASSAULT.—A fashionably-dressed young man, described as a merchant's clerk, has been convicted by the South wark magistrate of a brutal and unprovoked assault upon ti barman at the Rockingham Arms, Newington. causeway. ffe was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. DAMAGE TO CLOTHING.—Two cases of consideral im portance to the public came before the City of London Court, in which the plaintiffs sought to recover com pensation for injuries while passing along the pave ment. In the first case, Downing v. Dingwall, Slrs. Downing said she was proceeding down Idol-lane, Tower street, recently, when a bolt sticking out from de fendant's cellar door caught her dress, and tore it. In the second case a gentleman was walking along the street, ind a cart with the tailboard down turned the corner, the milboard swung up over the pavement, and damaged she plaintiff's trousers. In both cases his Honour gave plaintiffs verdicts for the amounts claimed, with costs. LOVE, JEALOUSY, AND REVENGE IN ST. GILES'S.— Bridget Dwyer, a rather pretty, but untidy young woman, f about eighteen years of age, was brought up at Bow street Police-court, on remand, charged with threatening John Bloman, a labouring man, and attempting to throw a phial of vitriol at him. The prisoner was extremely violent in the dock, attempting to throw chairs at the prosecutor and using obscene language. They had been living together, and he had left her. She was bound over to keep the peace for six months, but as she threatened prosecutor the magistrate increased it to twelve months. She expressed contrition during the day, and the term was reduced to eight months. There was no probability of the amount of bail (210) being provided. THE VOLUNTEERS' CAPITATION GRANT.—Another appeal is to be made to the Secretary for War to increase the capitation grant to the volunteer force. About 140 volunteer commanding officers of corps which number nearly 100,000 men have already signed a memorial to Sir John Pakington, asking that the allowances may be made on the following scale :---23 to light horse, mounted rifle, and field artillery ; £2 10s. to garrison artillery and engineers ; and £2 to riflemen. The name of the Duke of Manchester, who is the commanding officer of the Ist Huntingdon Light Horse, appears in the list of signatures. CORPORAL PE &ICE AND THE WIMBLEDON PRIZE. —Earl Spencer writes correcting a mis-statement of Cor poral Peake in his letter claiming the Queen's Plize:— " Corporal Peake says the Master of Lovat ' not only acted as accuser and witness against me, but was one of those composing the court which condemned me.' It was my duty to preside over the inquiry, and I can say that this statement is incorrect. The Master of Lovat, being a witness against Corporal Peake, did not act as a member 7f council, but withdrew before the council considered the evidence brought before them, and was not one of those who gave the decision." DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. —About half-past ten o'clock on Saturdaymorning a messenger in the employ of Messrs. Davenport, earthenware and glass manufacturers, Longport, Staffordshire Potteries, was returning from the National Provincial Bank, at Newcastle-under-Lyme, with £lOO in silver, when he was overtaken in au unfre quented part of the road by two 3 aen in a cart. They jumped from the cart, knocked the messenger down, snatched the bag containing the silver from his hand, and re-entering the cart drove off in r mother direction as rapidly as possible. After a time one of the wheels of the vehicle came off, and the robbers hatr to continue their flight on foot. They got clear away, but the deserted horse and cart fell into the hands of the -police, who are actively following up a clue they have obta 'ned. THE MURDER AT NOIZWICH.-011 Saturday-an inquest was opened on the body of Mrs. Clare, whose murder by her husband we have briefly reporte, I. It appeared that Clare, who is a shoemaker, had been a teetotaller for some years, but " broke out drinking- " last week, and had been more or less intoxicated ever since. About noon on Friday, when they We , .e alone in the house, he murder, d the poor woman by cutting her throat. Two or three hours after he caller, a neigh bour's boy into the house, and the horrible de ad wa 3 dis covered. No quarrel was known to have taken place, and the prisoner and his wife had always appeared to be on good terms. It was stated that Clare, .vho had Yeeen in the 54th Fusiliers, and served in In( lia, had ffe quently complained of his head, and had JN ppeared occa sionally for brief periods to be deranged. Tb e inquest was adjourned. The Spectator is somewhat inclined to recommend the policy of rectifying the Indian frontier. How far the dull pressure of British rule, which has so often curbed the most turbulent by its unswerving steadiness, may operate on fanatics like those of Swat, it is difficult to tell. But the prefects of the Punjab have tamed men as wild as the remaining clans, and even the fanatics recognise in the arbitration of the sword the decision of Providence. Rectification has these arguments in its favour : it has succeeded elsewhere, and it is not a policy of pure destruc tion. The alternative course of extermination, the delibe rate stamping out of man from a valley where he has made a home, has in it a contempt of rights not to be justified. even by the plea of self-defence. (From the Anglo-American 2 Imes.) It appears that the letter we last week gave as being addressed by Mr. Pendleton to Mr. Somers Kelly, Houston, Texas, was a forgery. Mr. Pen dleton states that he never heard of the man or the letter, although it has furnished a text for the Re publican papers and a campaign document of value to that party. The roving correspondent of the Cincinnati Coinnzei cial, who goes about like a roar ing lion seeking g reat i - nen to devour, appears, fail ing prey, lately to have drawn on his imagination. It was but the other day that he gave an exciting account of a visit to Fort Pillow with General Forrest, of all men. Forrest now says that the correspondent never had been at Fort Pillow, and that he, For rest, had not been there since 1867, when he went to make a map for his book. The Cincinnati com mercial is bound to trace out the truth of the story or to stand for ever discredited. A more atrocious system of campaign tactics could scarcely be con ceived, or one more calculated to injure newspaper property in the discredit it creates. Fenian Head Centre John Savage was to sail from New York for Havre about the middle of Oc tober. Senator John Conness of California, of decided Fenian proclivities, spoke at a big Re publican ratification meeting at Cooper Institute, effort to drag or coax the Radi cals ofrethaenmigahkting a th g e re 3 a O t th Septemb er . The Irish-Americans into their line of battle, but they might save themselves the trouble, for Celts are seldom Liberals unless as despots when they can use revolution in aid of despotism. 'they have secured the Irish People, which is now patted on the back and quoted approvingly by all the leading Republican journals. These efforts, however, are only time wasted, and strength exhausted in a wrong direction, for till the Irish really imbibe an amount of Republican air sufficient to affect their frame they have no more comprehension of the great aims and objects of the Republican party than a Hindoo has. They must become more American and less Irish before they are fit to take their place in the party ; and time only can work out such a result. the court-martial to try General Dyer, Ordnance Department, was postponed a week through the ill ness of General Hancock, who sits on the Court. General George H. Thomas, the President, will pro ceed to Washington to preside when the. Court assembles, and General Gordon Granger will start immediately for Nashville to assume command in Tennessee during the absence of General Thomas on court-martial duty. Of course an intrigue is attributed to the President in the arrangement, as it is asserted that by making Thomas, President of the Court, and installing Granger during his ab sence in the cowman 1, he will replace an uncertain friend with an officer he can trust to carry out his directions in the interest of the party he favours, both in Tennessee and Kentucky, until the Presi dential election be decided. Even the Indian war now raging is attributed to the President's wish to get the bulk of the army out of the way for a new Southern rebellion —as if Mr. Johnson had not sins enough of his own to answer for without such ridiculous inventions. The war is attributed first to the delay of Congress in rectifying the treaties made by the Peace Commis sioners with the unfriendly tribes, and afterwards by the Executive red-tape, which wearied out the Indians, who cannot comprehend how work is done in the Circumlocution Offices. If hair in Washing ton bad been in danger of being " raised," proceed ings world have been considerably accelerated, but it was only the settlers in the Far West who could supply such a crop, ani they were accordingly left to the shearing process. We are, however, happy to learn that Colonel Forsyth and the remainder of his command in the late fight were not among the victims. Aitholgh on an island sepa rated only by bhallow water fro:n the main land, and under cover of a little grass, with small sand breastworks thrown up by the hands of the soldiers, they succeeded in beating back every Frank Blair has come out in quite a new character, which he was perhaps driven to assume on the tide of opinion setting so strong against him. Failing man, he turned to woman, and held forth eloquently at Indianapolis on the wrongs of the sex. It is a pity that he did not hit upon this earlier, as it plight have proved a trump card. The Republicans, he says, " though absolute in Con gress for eight years, have not countenanced the slightest motion in favour of this grand religious idea that rose with them above all party politics, above all manhood assumption of selfishness." General Butler has justified our anticipation, and obtained his re-nomination for the sth Dis trict of Massachusetts. It is said that Mr. Dana would be selected at the meeting on the sth inst. to run against him, but it would require not only a good man, but a hard canvass to defeat Butler in Essex. Although strongly opposed by some lead ing Republican papers, he has a firm hold of the extreme Radicals, great talent, and unbounded as surance. He delivered two speeches, in the first of which he stated that to sell the Bonds Jay. Cooke said they would be paid in gold, insinuating that it was only the banker who did so, and the more readily to insure the sale. In his other speech before the Convention, after receiving the nomina tion, he asserted that he stood on this matter with Senators Sherman and Morton. He had voted with 61 Republican members that the taxes on the income of the bonds be honestly collected, and he asked who would oppose his election as the advocate of the rascals escaping taxation, and defrauding the revenue. He called upon' Republicans to shoot deserters, meaning those who did not support him self. Not a bad idea that ! One journal pooh poohed the movement against him as grounded on a " mere question of money." We believe, however, even that the editor would feel that to be sore point if tried, and it certainly is the essence of almost all contracts. The Hon. David Wells wrote from Norwich, Connecticut, to Treasurer Spinner for a true exhi bit of the receipts and expenditure for the current fiscal year. He intends itmnediately to reply to Mr. Delmar, whose statement he has carefully and critically examined. Mr. Spinner shows that Mr. Delmar is not only wrong in matters of fact, bat in his estimates. For instance, the receipts from Cus toms for the half year ending Jan. 1, 1869, he esti mates at $70,000,000, when the receipts for the first quarter, ending on Sept. 30, have been over $49,000,000, and for the six months will be at least $100,000,000, instead of $70,000,000, as he cal culated. Much indignation has been excited in Wall street at the unscrupulous way in which Treasury figures have been used in the interest of speculators, and Mr. M'Culloch has been greatly blamed. It is said that within the year his Department has thrice been used as the gambler's tool, more espe cially in the sale and_ lock-up of gold. Now it is asserted that the revenue will not nearly cover the expenditure—then that gigantic frauds have been discovered—and figures are freely given by officials to support positions detrimental to the national credit, merely to influence the elections, or, worse still, the markets. The newspapers of the United States still con tinue the attack on Lis Excellency Reverdy Johnson. What some say is that he misrepresented American feeling in attributing to his countrymen so kindly a sentiment towards England. It is not easy to see what can be gained by such a discussion ; for, if writing for Americans, the true feeling is known, and if to disabuse the English they wholly mistake the real impression. The English exaggerate Ame rican hostility towards them. They believe that it has lessened within the last two years, but they still think it so great that instead of an ally they would haVe to count on America as a foe in any difficulty. What can be the use of intensifying the feeling far beyond the truth. It can neither benefit England nor America ,except inasmuch as it may force both nations to act with the greatest moderation and circumspection. No people, however great, can be secure ; and it is scarcely wise for kindred na tions deliberately to add hostility to their inse curity. If Irelan3, in rebellion, is to find an ally in the United States, the Southern States, in rebel lion, might find an ally in England. What must we think of the policy of a country which first in jures its credit without gain, and while a large portion of its population, fresh from a destructive war, remlins in an attitude little less than hostile, endeavours to neutralise the efforts of its Minister in impressing a kindly feeling on a kindred . people, whose animus might be the main element on which their enemies calculated. From Rio Janeiro, Sept. 24, the news was that Lopez had retired from Villa Rica, but that there was no further news of importance, had been brought by the steamer Estremadure which arrived at Lisbon last Thursday. A telegram from Paris, however (through Messrs. Pope, Kee, and SiLean's office), says that the Brazilians have taken Tebicuari. General Lopez is in full retreat in the direction of Villa Rica. Two foreign vessels of war were ascend ing the river ; it is supposed General Lopez made his escape on board one of them. Frank Leslie r ever loses an opportunity of de picting horrors. His last effort in this direction is the ghastly spectacle of the upheaval of the buried dead from their tombs on the sea shore in Arica, Peru, during the recent earthquake. The peculiar way of burying the dead in a sitting posture makes the picture more graphic, and it forms a pod vis a-vis to th 3 scene in Kit Burns' Dog Pit, where the religious community are in possession one hour, and the rats, the weasel, and the rowdies the next hour. General 111‘Clellan told the Brooklyn committee who tendered him a reception, Oct. 2, that although ho had agreed to accept receptions in New York and Phila delphia, he did not propose to engage actively in the canvass. The General was entertained by August Belmont, Wednesday evening, Sept. 30. The Democrats met at Goodrich-hall, Springfield, Saturday evening, Sept. 26, and organize.' a campaign club with these officers :—President, Roswell Lee; vice presidents, ward 1, P. W. Brewster ; 2, E. B. Downing; 3, Dr. J. Hooker ; 4, A. W. Lamb ; 5, D. Powers ; 6, L. Sibley ; 7, J. Meggett ; 8, C. Pease ; secretary and trea surer, F. E. Gray. Lieut. Frederick Beecher, who was killed in Col. Forsyth's fight with the Indians, on the Upper Republican River, in Kansas, was 23 years of age. He was a son of Rev. Charles Beecher of Georgetown, Massachusetts; and nephew of Henry Ward Beecher. He graduated at Bow doin College, Maine, in 1861, and immediately entered the service of his country as sergeant in company B, 16th Maine Volunteers. Subsequently he was promoted to be second lieutenant and first lieutenant respectively. He was twice severely wounded —at Fredericksburg, the 13th of December, 1862, and at Gettysburg, the Ist of July, 1863. The last time wounded he was even then suffering fiom the old wound, but could not be persuaded to remain away from his command. The severe nature of his wounds necessitated his transfer to the veteran reserve corps, in which he served as lieutenant until commissioned in the regular army by President Lincoln in 1865. He served with distinction after his ap pointment in the 9th cavalry. He had just been ordered to duty in the signal office, but was killed ere he could obey the order. The New York Citizen says :—" It is announced that Ben. Butler has requested Anna Dickenson to stump his district. She had better leave her jewellery and spoons at home if she contemplates a personal interview with Butler." Ex-President Pierce is very feeble, and is troubled by a severe cough. Among the deaths on Monday, Sept. 28, were those of Thomas A. D. Fessenden, of Lewiston, Maine, and Abner Greenleaf of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who were both of political prominence, though the latter had long withdrawn from active life on account of age. He was a contemporary and friend of Isaac Hill, and was one of the men on whom Hill, and afterwards Franklin Pierce, relied to keep New Hampshire loyal to their sway. Like Hill, he was an editor, having been long connected with the New Hampshire Gazette, the oldest newspaper in New England. His age was 83. Mr. Fessenden was 42 years old, being twenty years younger than his half brother, the Senator. He served in Congress for a single term. Captain W. Prescott, of Concord, has been ap pointed a special detective of the United States Treasury Department. Ten students, one of whom is a Choctaw Indian, were in attendance at the opening of the College of Agri culture and the Mechanic Arts, the new department of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Edward J., son of Joseph E. Davis, of Barnard, Vermont, was killed in the recent Indian war. William Lloyd Garrison is the guest of Mrs. Stowe at Hartford, Connecticut. Captain Howard Stockton of the ordnance corps has been relieved from duty at the armoury, Springfield, Massachusetts, to enable him to accept an appointment as aid-de-camp on General M'Dowell's staff, who is now in command of the department of the East, with head-quar ters at New York City. This appointment does not imply Captain Stockton's permanent disconnection with his corps, as he is merely detached on this special service. He served two years on General M'Dowell s staff during the war, when that officer had a command on the Poto mac, and there won the high esteem of his chief, who now asks for him as aide immediately on assuming this com mand, to which he has just been appointed. Robert Morris, a coloured citizen of Chelsea, Massachusetts, for many years a member of the' Suffolk bar, and the Democratic candidate for mayor a few years since, has just returned to Americ% with his wife, from a tour in Europe ' whither they went to attend the classes a t the "Imperial College" of France. Their son, who has for the past eight or nine years been pursuing a course of studies at this college, graduated with honour, having been awarded the two highest prizes —costly gold medals. Young Morris was born in Chelsea in 1848. He has been thoroughly educated, and bids fair to attain positions of honour and emolument in New England. His case is evi dence of the capacity of coloured persons, when a fair and equal chance is open, to attain the highest point of intel lectual culture. Senator Sumner is under treatment for a disease of the throat, and his physician forbids him to speak in public. Rev. George B. Nutting, for twelve years a mis sionary in Mesopotamia, has returned to America. Miss Joanna Quiner, a self-taught sculptor, died in Lynn, Massachusetts, September 20, at the age of 72. A base-ball match between the English cricketers and nine from the Trimountain, Harvard, and Lowell Clubs, was played at Boston, Thursday, Oct. 1. The selected nine defeated the English nine by a score of 21 to 4. - From Maine there went into the Union army 1,171 Smiths, 777 Browns, and 365 Joneses. Senator Yates, it is announced, has again signed the temperance pledge. General Hancock is at Longwood, Missouri, suf fering from the reopening of a wound he received at Get ty sburg. General Van \ryck and Mr. Jencks, a sub-com mittee on retrenchment, met at the Astor House at 2 o'clock, Oct. 1, to examine into alleged frauds on the re venue. They, without doing anything, adjourned till next day. Dr. Gurley, of Washington, who was Mr. Lin coln's pastor, was very ill in Canadaigua, New York, and not expected to live ; since reported dead. Mrs. Kemble is in Rochester; Mrs Yelverton in Chattanooga; President Roberts, of Liberia, in Boston ; Mrs. Bowers in Salt Lake City; Harriet HoEmer in Chicago. The Spanish Minister at Florence, the Duke de Rivas, the Florentine iournals say, left that, city on the 4th for Paris. Senor Large Del Valle has charge of the Embassy during his absence. The Queen of Portugal, Maria Pia, daughter of Senator Ross has received a severe rebuke from the Republican Convention of Kansas for voting for the President's acquittal. Jacob Flynn, for a lo ng ti me J u d g e o f the Criminal Court of Cincinnati, died Sept. 30, and Thee" -6 Jones, the artist, died the s ame d ay . left Thei flagship Franklin, Ad m i ra l Farragatt ,f Trieste, 28th September, for Gibralter, to meet the rest , fbe the squadron. From thence she will return home ielo L ,„ft Admiral. Co,muodore Pennock, of the Franklin, is ~ter in charge of the squadron, and transferred with the 0"" officers of the Franklin, to the Ticonderoga; while Cap s tarn Wyman, of the latter ship, an d his officers, are to tab charge of the Franklin, bound home. The steam si e t P , Swatara, Commander Jeffers, arr i ve d a t Gib ra ltar on t 6 Ist from Cadiz, and the Ticonderoga, Captain R. U. Wr r man, from Lisbon, on the 2d. The lion. John M. Brodhead, Second Controller of the Treasury, who h as been absent in Europe l e Z ral months, is expected i mme di a t e l y to resume his 0w- duties at the Treasury Department. hag Surgeon W. E. Taylor, U n it e d St a t es Nay'', been ordered to Mare Island, California, to relieve au '' geon Brown. Samuel Babcock was appointed, on the 2d October, Collector of Internal Revenue for the See °ll District of Connecticut, vice Woodruff, deceaeed. the Mr. George D. Prentice has retired from Louisville Journal, a famous provincial paper. He V 735 very popular political journal. The President has just a pp o i n t e d Si mon E. John' son, whom the Senate refused to confine last year a 3 rout' mission to th e T reasury, a member o f the e e— ; mission to codify the law s , i n p l ace o f C ale b C us hing ' r -- signed. General Grant arrived at St. Louis, Missouri, in the afternoon of 2d Octob er . H e was at Chi cag o en,.. t g b 25th September, on a visit to hi s b ro th er at Avenue, but he was not found out till Sunday, Sept. i, , when, accompanied by hi s b rot h er an d a member o f b Staff, he walked to the Church of the Messiah. la t t e church, however, he wa s recognisel, and the people sing astonished to find that that pl a i n ly-d resse d , im preten gentleman was the foremost citizen of the Republic. The new skating rink, at Bo s to n, i s on the corn e t, of Lenox and Tremo n t- s t ree t s, an d i s 117 f t. w id e , 215 t ee ., long, and is furnished w i t h re f res h men t sa l oon s evi le ,l you can see the skaters and enjoy hot oysterst the same time, with ample sitting-room for la w n f and gentlemen, and galleries for spectators. The fr,t over this immense structure is supported by archea; ac e span the entire dis'ance between the walls. The eul e te is to be lighted by 210 gas bureers, besides a central chi li° delier of 180 burners, and will contain 15,000 people . e .bo archite es were Mes srs . H ervey, J o h nson, an d Co., " have erected 13 similar structures within a year. It appears that a portion of the new skating r, he at Boston has already giv en way, an d a portion ° lO 'O O wall has fallen. The r e ar en d wa ll i s 110 f eet long, r° , t ee than 40 feet hig h in the centre 12 inches thick a; i iy bottom, and Bat the top. Wehope it will be care surveyed, before it is crowded in the winter. A meeting of the Bank pre s ide n t s o f Boston r 5 ,0 held on Tuesday, S. pt. 29, for consultation in rega r ;.,,el:. the State law requiring asse ssmen t o f t axes o n the S' of non-resident stockholders. As the law was ne t e ° ,ll proved till June 11, 1868, th e c l ause prov idi ng that it se is be considered as having been in f orce on th e I s t of 31 V r er a regarded as ex post facto in it s na t ure , an d the bant er propose to test its constitutionality. General Carl Schurz, who is of a sanguine be publican temperament, ma d e a speec h i n D etr oit en ; tr . leth September, in which he said that from his ow , ' t . servation he was prepared to promise that if the 100 s e cans of New York worked throughout the campaig n they wore workin g now t h ey wou ld carry the ri ni „ l is State by a gloriou s ma j or it y, suc h as s h e gave Linee , Vi e. 1860, and there were even strong hopes felt by the .0 publicans of New Je r s e y o f re d eem i ng that State. fr°r3t. Greeley spoke at Roxborough, New York, on the 15th Sopy_ The Hon. Butler G. N o bl e i s on the "stump," ~,bbet ins chalked out a round from C rown Point, SePtem". 23, to Madrid, October 5. 0 01 On the 19th September a party of students 'I. her lain eUniversity of Vermont were sailing on Lake C hal te r r lain in the yacht Hobe, when a sudden squall struei c f t he sail, knocking' overbo ar d Ed war d M ars h , a mem ber bet, freshman class. He swam for three or four minutest 5 0 being encumbered with clothing, sank before anY o ea could reach him. A rope, a plank, and an oa r were thr tio to him, but all fell short. Deceased was 19 years old, 00 son of Charles P. Marsh, of Woodstock, and a young o fgreat promise. ia The American mission among the Chinese v o California has been revived, after a suspension efdef years. The Mission Church at S an F ranc isco, " W o lf charge of Rev. A. W. Loomis, has sixteen mernbor, l e ft of whom were converted to Christianity before theY, fla g China. The Chinese are not easily reached by Chrl s o cl influences, and missionary work among them is e lev : e ieea disheartening. Th e P res b yter i an mission on the 'eetele of Formosa, in the Chi na sea , h as encountered oplens.,'ive A Chinese convert has been stoned to death, a n ' catechist is in prison, and a mission chapel has be en o ee stroyed. The Roman C a th o li cs c l a i m o v e r 100,0 00 e t , verts in Tonquin. The influ ence o f F rance proven is general persecution. The apostolic vicer confirmed 0 „eo 4,000 last year in a tour of five m on th s am ong the " southern provinces. bes't A letter from the White Mountai n s explain s , the a masked ball was improvised by th e gues t s a t one e :feal hotels :—" The problem—to borrow the style of the Play'—is to have a masquerade ball in a hotel in e ,l: 4 midst of the White Mountai ns , w h ere t h ere are no 1315? be or costumes within a thousand leagues, mere or leas; d io solution is at once simple and satisfactory. The e e etg; doff their crinolines an d array t h emselves i n white s"-of with white masks made of linen, and head-dres sos by pocket handkerchiefs. The gentlemen &come gohfi e r s of putting on masks o f bl ac k cam b r i c an d ladies' vratl P- tbig cloaks, with the hoods d rawn we ll over th e h ea d -', n best garb the ball was opened, and the effect was in the Illgoe degree novel and striking. The disguise was cone!' o f and not only was it next to impossible to discover Y s so nearest friend, but the similarity of the ghosts Wa great that, if you engaged a partner for a dance ahea d bet then lost sight of her, it wa s no easy ma tt er to fin stlel again. The dress of the gentlemen was weird and gli e f bis enough to match the costume of the ladies. Wh e e ° 4l, sprightly company o f spr i tes marc h e d a b out t h e eener could think of nothi ng b u t th e i ncantat i on scene in„eecl bert le Diable,' alth oug h the effect was ludicrous. i - ver° not speak of the pl easure o f th e d ance, b ut there e a r some witches there f rom w h om not even Tarn OSeere ter would have fled. Of course these disguises es' taken off after a time, an d th en some very cur ious t r o t takes were discovered, a n d many persons found thatftell were not so acute as th ey h a d supposed. Un ear th e music was furnished by the Gorham Band,' to us 9 ,tfq language of a bull e ti n pos t e d b e f ore h an d i n the Lee of the house, and, t o cop y f ur th er f rom t h e sa me ' et be ment, the ghosts vanished a t coc k- crow . It ean' e lief, said, however, that th e coc k crew a t a somew hat hour than those noisy f ow ls use d t o d o i n the ti":„"ble Hamlet the Dane, for the air of G or h am i s no t favoileas to dissipation, and the inexorable breakfast-bell r n l ieg here at an hour which would horrify editors of rn° r i39,l l newspapers. To conclude, in a word, the Phantom is a , was pronounced an unqualified success, and a very' P sant novelty." Southern letters say there is a great want of B i b l lts among the coloured peopleof the South, and that the adrtat who have learned to read are anxious to obtain largel Bibles and Testaments. It is stated that the total capital invested 1 , 11 ,,ite0 tional banks is $422 , 804 , 6 66 ; taxes pa i d to the u7,-i States, $2,525,607 ; av erage ra t e o f t ax on capital Pe'esel the United States, 2} per cent.; taxes paid to and ass e t. of by State authorities, $8,813,127 ; average rate per el te te State taxation, 21; total tax paid United States ali cl e';ete° authorities, $18,338,734 ; ra t e per cent , of U n it e d if i e b e e ee and State tax on capital, 41-, and on deposits, 31-. Ave are deposited in the Treasury by national banks e , °f d°+ per cent. bonds, $89,657,950 ; s i x per cent. 1-1:ro" $247,763,500; six per cent. currency bonds, of loan I n • cific Railroad, $3,577,000. 13 0°' The new Berkeley -street Central church feet ton has the loftiest spire in New England, being 2 " est higher than the top of Bunker-hill monument. Th e or iee of the edifice and site will reach $300,000, an d from 9 ' 4 .0 dow in the spire Wachusett and Mo na d noc k moino— can be seen. i !ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Oi n t men t an d p I 1 , 10. 3, Unfailing Restoratives.—When the cli ma t e , ag e, or I,l ' , 30 ships have undermined the health, skin diseases are P ro , 4 to arise and augment the existing weakness. Relic:c' th e medicaments daily prove m os t serv i cea bl e even underbie most untoward circumsta nces. Hi s well-known and biciiest esteemed unguent posse sses th e fi nest balsamic Yi"-tbe which soothe and heal without inflaming or irritating .0. most tender skin or most sensitive sorb. Holloway's tee ment and Pills are inf a llibl e f or cur i ng bad legs, efer7o% veins, swelled ankles, and erysipelas. They hay e Le' been famed for thei r p ower o f su b duing glandular irl"og mations, local irritati ons, pr i c k ly heat, and that an nef eruption which frequently springs from neglecting ° door exercise. Births. t ° CHAPMAN—On the 14th i ns t., a t N ew b r id ge, Irelan-V wife of Major Chapman, 14th King's Hussarson. of /4 LOVELL—On the 16th inst., the Lady Rose Lovell , daughter. Marriages. gee LANE —PARKINS —On the 15th inst, at All Saints', Farr rick Quiucey, son of J o h n L ane, E sq, o f G r eat 'Wel . hampstead, Herta, to Eliza, yonngsst daughter ot Parkins, Esq., of Oxford-street and St. John's-W °° telt MANSBRIDGE —FLOWER—On the 15th i ns t., a t Neu e r i titr Switzerland, Mr. Willian Henry Mansbridge, %calls° den-square, to Emily Agnes, fifth daughter of Flower, Esq., of Cautelowes-road, N. W. Deaths. all , CORNEWALL—On the 14th inst., Sir Velters Cor p ' „ s' Bart., of Moccas Coure, Hereford, aged 44. ° no re . EMMETT—On the 13th just , at Hornsey-road, N., s ' . - Emmett, Esq., aged 72. r lic e ' HEATH —On the 16th inst, Thomas 'Heath, of F' i °-e , road, New-cross, aged 73. , A. 9. ' HUNT-GRIMM—On the IGth inst.. at E a stwell, W ill " Huut-Grubbs, Esq. —.4 London : Printed and Published by WILLIA.g. d ,nll5 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tait Sum 0,11 z), , `" : 1 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the 3r vey, in the 0212- I,llddlesex.—Monday, October 19, 1868. DISARMAMENT. It is obvious that the difficulties in the way of the dis armament project which has been ascribed to the Emperor Napoleon are very numerous. But the Saturday Review strives, and with a very plausible result, to prove that the scheme is a practical impossibility. To begin at home, England cannot disarm. We have no force for a European war, but a large army is required in India. Russia is every month annexing several hundred square miles of Asiatic territory, and must garri son her acquisitions with large forces. Austria desires to be as economical as possible, but her peculiar relations with the East compel the maintenance of a large army. Only Prussia and France remain. Are they likely to dis arm ? "In the midst of the utmost distrust as to the prospects of peace, the belief has been almost uni versal that the Emperor himself did not wish for a war, and the fear felt was lest he should be forced into a war :of which he did not approve." A slight reduction in the French army would not, therefore, indi cate any new policy in the Emperor, but merely that he saw his way to making his peaceful policy prevail. COUNT BISMARCK AND HIS SOVEREIGN. Some of the correspondents of the French papers renew the old story that Count Bismarck's retirement at Varzin is the result, not of illness, but of a quarrel between the King of Prussia and his chief Minister. The statesman had demanded the adoption of a Liberal policy, but the King had refused. Count Bismarck, after the manner of Richelieu, withdrew, and has made it an indispensable condition of his return to business that the policy of the Government should be changed. It is to be presumed that the "liberal policy " spoken of applies only to internal affairs. It has long been announced that Count Bismarck was in favour of granting a real and not a fictitious representation to Prussia. We shall soon see, however, whether King William and his Minister have quarrelled. A date has been fixed for Count Bis marck's return to business ; if he does not then leave Varzin it will be time to consider these rumours. Of course, a quarrel between the two leading men in North Germany would not be unwelcome in France ; but it appears that some of the German papers also tell this story. A deficit is expected to be revealed when the Budget is brought before the Chambers. Here is another difficulty. Loans are not thought of in Prussia, and the Chancellor will not consent to further reduce the army. GERMANY. A new treaty has been concluded between Prussia and Bavaria. It is of some importance, being a sort of reci procity treaty with respect to the sins of the press, especially those committed against the Government of either country or its functionaries. It is a further gua rantee to Prussia, says the Temps, and a new bond of union between the North and the South. " The work of unification goes on prudently and cautiously, but without ceasing." AUSTRIA AND ITALY. The last traces of Austrian dominion in Northern Italy are fast disappearing. The recent arrangement between.the two Governments respecting the archives of Venice is to followed by another commission for the purpose of deter mining the remaining questions of disputed property. Amongst these is the possession of the ducal palace of Mantua. The Emperor of Austria lays claim to it as a descendant of the House of Gonzaga. Italy maintains, however, that the palace is the property of the State. THE BOSPHORUS. The Turkish Foreign Minister pro tem. has addressed a note to the representatives of the different Powers at Con stantinople, declaring the intention of the Porte to strictly adhere to the terms of the treaties of 1841 and 1856 respect ing the closing of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. Those treaties stipulated that no vessel of war should be allowed to pass into the Black Sea, except those having on board a sovereign or the chief of an independent State. AMERICA. According to a telegram from the correspondent of the Times, the Democrats have not gained Indiana. They have advanced in that State to the extent of 13,000 votes, but still the Republicans have managed to secure a majority of 1,000. In Ohio the Republican majority is reduced to 16,000. The Democrats have gained seven members of Congress by the elections that have been held during the week. THE INDIAN FRONTIER. 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