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SMITH'S, "Camden Stares," 78, Park-street, Camden, to xu. . u : • gt 1 " it - " LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1868. More progress has been made in Mr. GLAD STONE'S tiresome business, and yesterday the House of Commons received the answer to the address on the Irish Church which had been presented to her MAJESTY. On the whole it was as satisfactory as could have been expected under the circumstances of the case. Lord ROYSTON, Controller of the Household, brought up the answer, which was framed in as gracious a style as could have been desired. Her MAJESTY intimated her wish that her interests in the temporalities of the Irish Church might not stand in the way of the consideration of Parliament in regard to any measure relating to them, and relying on the judgment of Parliament she coal- I mits her interests to their hands. This answer called forth loud cheers from the Opposition, and hence one most vexatious source of strife and con fusion has been happily removed. In all reason it would have been greatly to be deprecated that any debate of an angry character or any close-run division should take place on the subject of the Royal interests in the affair, and the Government have acted with great discretion in the advice they have tendered to her MAJESTY. It had been sug gested before that a good deal of altercation would probably arise on this score, and hence the peaceable settlement of it is the more to be wel comed. Not only those who were inclined to make the most of things from motives of political jealousy, but some who were anxious on the subject had pre mised the Address would form a knotty point. A great deal of misunderstanding may often take place upon very slight grounds, and the difficulty that has arisen on this question of the Irish Church has certainly been made the most of. Some excuse may be made in the fact that the whole matter is one of unusual occurrence, and therefore experience was not able to guide the doubtful and aid the timorous. Another thing may also be said : the practical working of the Constitution is very little understood by many who nevertheless continue to talk very glibly about it. To these causes we must attribute the surprise that was occasioned by the simple announcement of Lord ROYSTON yesterday, and it may be expected that after this experience people will be wiser for the future. It is difficult to suppose that a statesman of Mr. DISRAELI'S knowledge and experience should commit such a blunder as to cause hesitation and create doubt on the topic. At any rate, no possible blame can attach itself to the Government for the reply to the Ad dress, and they have even gone further than they might have been expected by the most exacting. In this they have shown great judgment, and exhi bited a caution and a conciliation which we wish we could see emulated by the Opposition. Mr. GLADSTONE, doubtless believing himself animated by the wisest motives, and anxious to connect his name with a great work of national reform, will not swerve a hairsbreadth from the course he has marked out for himself. When the Royal answer had been read the right hon. gentleman intimated no further action on his part. Having heard the " gracious answer" to the address of the House, he I gave notice that to-day he would move for leave to bring in a bill to prevent " for a limited time any more appointments to the Church in Ireland, and to restrain for the same period, in certain respects, the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners." In order that the bill may be in print as soon as possible Mr. GLADSTONE - further intimated that he would move to that effect at any time to-day that might be convenient. There is, certainly, nothing unexpected in this, because the right hon. gentleman has been talking of the proposition ever since he introduced the fertile theme of discussion and controversy ; but the chief thing to regret is the time that will be lost thereby. There are important questions put aside altogether, or at best attended to in a hurried and improper manner, while day after day the same arguments are used on one side and refuted on the other. And all to what avail ? That the new Parliament may find itself fettered by the proceedings of its predecessor, and committed to a line of policy it may not approve of. Enough had been done in all conscience when the opinion of the House was taken on the 3d of April. But no ; Mr. GLADSTONE must have more than this, and hence all this never-ending business of introducing bills and establishing precedents. It is much to be regretted that such should be the case; but so it is, and the consequences must be taken, whatever they are. It is not likely that the Go vernment will allow the bill to be introduced to day to pass without any opposition being made to it, or at least some protest being made, and beyond this there is its transmission through the Upper House to be taken into account, so that we can see at a glance the hindrances that are in the way. At any rate we are very glad that the matter of the Address should be so satisfactorily settled, and the circumstance of their giving such wise and salutary counsel will undoubtedly strengthen the position of the Ministry, and show the house and the country that their views are strictly in accordance with the principles of the Constitution, and that they are resolved at all hazards to conform to what is demanded of them. Such will be the verdict pronounced by the public on the subject. Although much has been accomplished of late years in reforming the administration of our poor laws, so far as the metropolis is concerned, there is still a great deal to be done towards ameliorating the condition of provincial paupers. From time to time cases have been brought to light which have startled the public by the systematic indifference and neglect they have displayed. The absolute lack of cleanliness and decency in many of the wards removed even the old-established conviction that, whatever were the shortcomings of such institu tions, they were at least clean and orderly. The want of classification which, until very recently, has been the crying evil of all workhouses, is experienced in full force in most of the country workhouses, while there is an absence of that check insensibly placed upon neglect and mismanagement by the pressure of surrounding opinion. The efficient administration of the poor laws is without doubt avery difficult matter, and, however anxious our modern legislators may be to fulfil their duties in the most conscientious and public-spirited manner, they are forced to confess the onerous nature of the task. Last evening in the House of Lords the question was raised by the Earl of CArt- NAIWON, who brought forward a case of dispute be tween the Poor Law Board and the Guildford Board of Guardians. The Guildford Board, it seems, had appointed a police constable as their relieving officer, an appointment to which there was no objection in itself, only the constable acted on a peculiar principle. He inquired into every case before granting relief, and when he considered that the applicant was a professional tramp or vagrant ho refused any relief. Vagrants form undoubtedly one of the most difficult and unsatisfactory classes with which officials have to deal ; at the same THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1868 Cato it is ille Sal to withhold all assistance from the: n if they, should require it. The case itself is not of prer,sing moment, but it serves to typify the atiornalie s of our system. The Poor Law Board gives cvettain directions which a Board of Guar dians refuses to act upon, and consequently the Poor Law Board has no resource but to act against the t mbordinate officer. In this instance it is the offic Rr who is i❑ fault, but in many cases the Board of ( 3uardians may give him opposite directions, so tha it he finds it impossible to obey both. A police istable may possibly be a better judge of the ch exacter of vagrants than either the local guardians or the authorities of the Poor Law Board, but the a.rant of order and obedience is painfully mani- Int. The discussion of this matter elicited s everal speeches on Poor-law relief in ge n eral, and several noble lords expressed t heir conviction that a complete investigation into the whole system was needed. Lord REDESDALE I and the Earl of KIMBERLEY were both very appre hensive of too charitable a construction being put upon the poor law, and declared that if such were the case most dangerous evils would result. The noble lords do not seem to consider cases like those of TIMOTHY DALY or RICHARD GIBSON, or the horri ble revelations of Farnham, to be dangerous evils. The grievances of the ratepayers are, in their eyes, of much more moment than the sufferings of the sick paupers. But they seem to forget that many of these sufferers have been ratepayers themselves for years, and as such have some claim on the parochial funds. Vagrants and tramps, and even more stationary able-bodied paupers, deserve short measure and strict discipline ; but no forethought or self-denial, or sobriety or industry, can guarantee a working man or woman against being driven to the work house in sickness or old age. It is very well for the Earl of KIMBERLEY to talk about the duty of laying by such a provision as will keep them from being a burden to the State ; but in our complex and over-crowded society, with the fluctuations of trade, the high price of the barest necessaries of life, and, above all, the uncertainties of health and life among the toiling classes, the greatest prudence must some times fail. LATEST INTELL EGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TUKKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 12. The Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark ar rived here on Saturday, from Athens, on a short visit. The Sultan went in state yesterday to the Porte to pay the usual visit on the occasion of the Turkish new year, and to inaugurate the new Council of State. His Majesty delivered a speech, confirming the announced reforms, and the establishment of per fect equality between his subjects. GERMANY. VIENNA, May 13. The New Free Press of to-day says :—" The Chancellor of the Empire has sent a reply to a note of Lord Stanley respecting the execution of the treaty of Commerce with Austria, assuring the English Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that he will exercise all his influence to see the stipula tions fully carried out." AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, 4May 12. The Senate Court agreed to-day to postpone the final vote upon the impeachment of President Johnson until Saturday. The Court then adjourned until that day. FRAI BOURSE, May 12.—Thl closed as follows : gCE. .ee o'clock.—The market 4i per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 69 35 Credit Mobilier End of month 252 50 Credit Foneier 1467 50 Ead of month — RALLWA Bank Shares It&lan Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Rome Debt — Deferred — Cash ~.. 868 k 1196 i 910 578 f 554 Orleans Northern .......................... Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.. Western Eastern .. Sardinian 566 1 Austrian Lombard 375 North of Spain 88 Saragossa 43 Roman STATE OF TRADE. Ma HESTER, May 12.—We have had a very flat market again to-day, and even a further decline in prices has failed to induce business. Spinners of shipping yarns have in some cases reduced their quotations by about id. per lb., but there is irre gularity in this respect, and favourite spinuings might be named, which are fully as dear or even dearer than last week. The market for this class of yarns generally has been very quiet and inactive. At about id. per lb. lower than spinners are willing to accept some offers have been made, and it is be lieved would have led to a large business. W bile spinners, however, refuse the further concession, buyers are equally firm in declining to purchase. In home-trade yarns the market has still been tame. Prices are drooping, but even a decline has failed to secure purchases. Quotations are fully id. per lb. down as compared with last Friday, and the de cline is a great deal more marked as compared with last Tuesday. In cloth we have much the same de pression and inactivity which was reported last Tuesday, and buyers have continued to hold aloof, or have made offers only at greatly reduced rates. As a rule holders of cloth and manufacturers have not been disposed to meet these low-priced offers, not withstanding the pressure of stocks. The quotations of all descriptions of cloth, however, have weakened since last Tuesday, and the rates offered show a still further decline to-day. The day closes upon a very flat market, with scarcely any business practicable. The India advices are not yet of a character to en courage business. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. re port of this day's cloth market :—" Continued de pression has characterised our market since last Tuesday, and though the offers made at daily re duced rates have led to but little business, we find prices materially weaker. To-day there is even less disposition to operate, and transactions are of a most limited extent." CARDIFF, 11th.—There is a tolerably good de manci for steam coal, and shipments at the docks are being steadily carried on, principally on foreign ac count, and if present anticipations are realised there will be a gradual increase in requirements from some of the foreign markets. The exports for the month just ended show an increase of 39,326 tons over the corresponding period of last year. For house qualities there is an increased demand, West of England and Irish houses preparing to lay in stocks. The increased export of iron to the United States and British colonies have caused the hands at one or two of the establishments to be better em ployed. The plates are rather easier in price. EXPIRING LAWS.—The annual list of temporary laws has been laid before Parliament. There aro several which will expire at the end of next session, and three at a much earlier date the Alkali Works Act on July 1 1868; the Act of 1866 relating to the authentication of documents in proceeding under extradition treaties, which expire on September 1, 1868 ; and the Militia Pay Act, which also expires on September 1. These Acts will, doubtless, be renewed. The Habeas Corpns St_speDsion Act was renewed until Lady-day, 1869, so that the pre sent Parliament need - not concern itself about it. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, May 12. The great debate on Free Trade has not been lively thus isr. There were but two speeches delivered yesterday, or rather read, for both M. Kolb Bernard and M. de Tillancourt resorted to pen and ink. Both addresses were on the same side, i.e., antagonistic to free trade in general and the Anglo-French Treaty in particular. M. Bernard drew a most gloomy picture of the state of trade and industry in France. He declared that owing to the low ness of prices, the suspension of labour, and the depreciation of capital, there had been a diminution in the resources of the manufacturer to the extent of 25 per cent. In the district of which Roubaix is the centre the loss is esti mated at 8 millions sterling. M. Bernard then pointed to the 48 millions sterling lying idle in the Bank as another proof of the paralysis of trade. At the same time that this calamity has fallen upon us we find, said M. Bernard, that the cost of government and the cost of the necessaries of life have largely increased. There is a scarcity of food, and though it may be argued that free trade in corn has rendered this scarcity less felt, it must be remembered that, being bound up with other countries as we now are, we are made to share in their distress. The consequence of the dan gerous theory of free trade is the annihilation of every branch of industry in a country which cannot support foreign competition. M. Bernard then went on to answer the argument that free trade converted all the nations into one common republic, by arguing that the first duty of a nation was to maintain its independence. Free trade had reduced the profits of the manufacturers by importing foreign manufactures, and had increased the price of food by exporting wheat, &c. Free trade had, he declared, in spite of its claim to destroy monopoly, rendered it impossible for any but large manufactories to exist. He then described the condition of the iron trade and the cotton trade. lie said that at Roubaix alone sixty-seven establishments bad been closed since 1861, but as he went on to say that thirty-four of them had been closed since last year, it is clear that something else than free trade has been the cause of this misfortune. He then referred to the stagnation which prevailed at Havre, Nantes, and other centres of the shippinginterest. Hecontrasted the position of France with that of England,ancl decl a red that the latter country had benefited by the commercial treatyat the expense of the former, a result which was only in direct accordance with Mr. Gladstone's prophecy eight yearsago. Such a result was inevitable, for in England manufactures were everything, agriculture nothing; and how therefore could France,which was so largely an agricultural country, contend against the manufacturing energy of England ? He concluded by declaring that his programme was peace abroad and conservative progress at home. He u' g d that as France was prosperous under the old regime, that rlginze ought to Le restored, and that this was the only means of calming the country. M. de Tillancourt's written speech was shorter, though much to the same purpose. His chief point was, that at the commencement of 1866 nearly five million quintals of wheat were exported, which some months later had to be repurchased from abroad at a higher price by almost four millions sterling than they had been sold for. He declared that French agriculture was in a most precarious state. It was expected that M. Thiers would have spoken to-day, but I hear this afternoon that he will not speak before to-morrow. M. Michel Chevalier has written a letter to the Journat des Dibats in order to explain away his share in the unfor tunate Cr6dit M o bili er . H e s t a tes that he was no t one o f the man ag i ng comm i ttee, and t h a t hi s goo d f a ith i s shewn by the f ac t th a t h e an d hi s f r i en d s s till bold a l arge num b er of shares in the concern. fides Tb ; at the same timeere is no doubt a t a ll about Ae it cannot be denied that his official connection with the concern inspired confidence in the minds of a large number of persons who would not otherwise have felt it. He was a director, and was paid for being so, and it is there fore rather an aggravation of the grievance that he should not have acted. The very fact that he had a large hold ing only served to mislead people still further. The Archbishopof Algeria has landed at Marseilles, and is on his way to Paris. It is believed that he is coming to see the Emperor respecting his quarrel with Marshal Macmahon, the governor. The marshal, by the way, seems to be unpopular in Algeria just now. There has been a formidable disturbance in the capital, at which there were cries raised for his removal. The Epoque, a pap; which was started by M. Clement Duvernois, who seceded from the liibertd because of its anti-imperialism, states that great activity has prevailed lately at the arsenal of Bourges. General Bazaine hag, been sent there on a special mission from the Emperor. A great number of general officers are constantly passing between Paris and Bourges. As the latter town is in the centre of France, and not on the frontier, I do not see that much importance is to he attached to this activity. There has been a grave quarrel between M. Pic and M. Vitu, editors of the semi-official Etendard. The first claims £3,600 as the price of his resignation. The matter ;s to come before the law courts. The Figaro has a bit of English news for French readers, which will be new also to you. Having been asked by its subscribers what is the meaning of the " Esq." after English names, the Figaro says that it is the title assumed by Englishmen who think " Sir " too plain and commonplace. There is no doubt that the commercial treaty between the Zollverein and Austria will be adopted, and that Mecklenburg will then enter the Zollverein. The Customs Parliament has not too much time for getting through its work. It has to rise on the 27th in order to make way for the Federal Parliament. These assemblages are really becoming quite bewildering. First, there is the Prussian Parliament, which decides the affairs of the country alone ; then the Federal Parliament, which deals with matters belonging to the whole North German Confederation ; then the Customs or Zollverein Parlia ment, which considers those commercial matters that concern the whole of Germany, excluding Austria, which technically does not belong to Germany, having been thrust out by the Treaty of Prague. At the present time there are twenty States in the North German Confedera tion, with an area and population varying from the 137,066 English square miles and the 22,769,436 inhabitants of Prussia to the 106 square miles and the 98,575 inhabitants of Bremen. The total area of the Confederation is 160,624 square miles, and the population 27,978,65 1 . South Germany consists of only six States—Bavaria, Wiirtemberg, Baden; Hesse- Darmstadt, llenss-Greiz, and Lichtenstein—the first with 29,347 square miles and 4,657,367 inhabitants, and the last with 64 square miles and 7,153 inhabitants. In fact, the reigning prince of Lichtenstein rules a territory no larger than many an English parish, and no more subjects than may be found in many an English agricultural town. The area of South Germany is 45,931, and of all Germany, North and South, 206,575 square miles, and the popula, 8,606,948 and 36,585,599 respectively. This is about a million and a half fewer inhabitants than France possesses. The Austrian Chamber of Deputies has just made a step in the right direction by voting a law to permit the free exercise of the profession of advocate. Hitherto the right to plead before the courts of justice has depended solely upon the discretionary power of Ministers. Herr Giskra, one of the most notable advocates in Austria, made a speech on the subject, in which he said that he was six teen years endeavouring to obtain the necessary permission. Henceforth every doctor of law, after four years' study and an examination, will be permitted to plead. This is a change which the rest of Germany will envy, and, no doubt, will speedily effect. Nothing more remarkable has been seen in our generation than tbe thoroughness with which Austria is carrying out her Liberal programme, and the rapidity with which she is advancing, to the front rank of Liberal and constitutional States. The Sultan of Turkey presided in person on Sunday at the solemn opening of the Council of State which is destined to form the nucleus of a re presentative Govern ment. Although Turkey has now r epresentative institu tions, and Christians are allowed to take part in the administration, that portion of the Sultan's subjects are still very far from being properly represented. Thus, according to a Moscow paper, while there is one delegate for every 386 Mussulman inhabitants, there is only one for every 30,575 Christians. It is satisfactory to find, how ever, that the Sultan said that the time was come for Turkey to abandon its old traditions and draw closer to Western Europe by adopting more liberal institutions. As some of .our contemporaries have been misled by a recent telegram into a strange geographical and political blunder, it may be as well to state that the " Sultan " whose death was reported at Gibraltar lately, and which event it was said would probably give rise to an insurrec tion, is not, as ou r contemporaries supposed, the Sultan of Turkey, but the Sultan of Morocco, the " Prince of Be lievers " and " Vicegerent of God upon Earth," as he is called by his subjects. His rule extends over the four territories of Fez, Morocco, Suse, and Tafilleet. Tunis is in quite another case. It has been sub ject to both Turkey and Algeria, but has thrown off the yoke of both, and the Bey, who now rules the country, is virtually independent, although he still sends a yearly tribute to Constantinople. The Liberals of Belfast are advocating the claims of that great and growing constituency to a third member. It contains 160,000 inhabitants, and the Liberal party con- tend that nothing could be more unjust than to give a Conservative colleague to Mr. Bright at Birmingham and a Conservative member to the City of London, on the representation of minorities' principle, end to refuse 4 Liberal 99ileap8 to the Tory Inenbcr§ fQF Pc4§ol _ 711 E ENDOWMENT OP I?OMAN CATHO LICS IN THE COMMIES. (From the Trinidad Star of the West.) We are requested to publish the following despatches, from the Grenada Chronicle of March 7th, 1868: u To Sam. Mitchell, Esq., Colonial Secretary, &c. " The Lieutenant-Governor has the honour to transmit to your Honourable House copy of a despatch from the Secretary of State, in answer to a memorial addressed to his Grace, from the Roman Catholic clergy of the island, relative to the omission of the Legislature to make any provision for them. " The Lieutenant-Governor begs to invite the consi deration of your Honourable House on this important. subject. " ROBT. M. MUNDY. " Government Office, 33. March, 1868." "Downing-street, Bth October, 1867. _ " Sir—l have received your despatch (431) of 19th Anglst, with a copy of a despatch from the Adminis trator of Grenada, forwarding a memorial addressed to me by the Roman Catholic clergy in Grenada, relative to the omission of the Colonial Legislature to make any pro vision for them. " I observe that the salaries and allowance of the Pro testant Establishment are equivalent to £2,220 por annum, and it cannot be denied that the Roman Catholic popula tion is not equally dealt with by the appropriation of this sum in a great measure out of the funds levied upon the population at large, to the support of the Protestant Churches, whilst no provision is made for the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, which comprises a considerable majority of the population. " It would give much satisfaction to her Majesty's Government if you could lead the Legislature of Grenada to take the subject under their consideration.—l have, &c. (Signed) " BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS. "Governor Walker, C. 8., &c." AN ECCLESIASTICAL HOAX.—Many of the churchwardens of the Archdeaconry of Exeter were hoaxed at the recent visitation of the Archdeacon (Free man) by a paper of questions sent to them, and which they were required to fill up in making their presentments. They were accompanied by extracts from Dr. F. G. Lee's " Directorium Anglicanum," in the compilation of which Archdeacon Freeman assisted. The following were some of the questions :—" Have you at the expenseof the parish provided an amice, a chasuble, an alb, a stole, a tnasuple, a zucchetto, and boretta ?" "Are these vestments white— according to a recent recommendation of the archdeacon or coloured ?" "Is the communion-table removed, and an altar of stone substituted for it ?" "Is there an incense pot ?" "Does your priest know when to join his fingers, when to stick his elbows into his sides, when to bow, when to turn north, south, east, west ?" " Does ho burn incense lt the proper time ?" "If so, how does it smell ?" "Does he wash his fingers in the ablutions, as directed,, and then swallow them ?" "Does he wash the corporal ?' The case of Bryant v. Foot, which has been pending in the courts for about five years, and which in volves the right of the clergy to marriage fees, was de cided in the Exchequer Chamber on Saturday. The de fendant was the rector of Horton, in Buckinghamshire, and he claimed a fee of 10s. for the rector and 3s. for the clerk of the parish upon any marriage solemnized in the church. The plaintiff claimed a return of the fees he had paid. The case was argued some time since in the Court of Queen's Bench, when the majority 'of that court (Mr. Justice Blackburn dissenting) gays judgment in favour of the plaintiff. The defendant appealed against that judg ment, and the matter was argued some time since in this court, when time was taken for consideration. The Chief Baron now delivered the judgment of the court. It ap peared, he said, that from 1804 to 1854 these fees had been paid, and the question was whether the court should hold that the claim by prescription could be sustained ; the majority of the Court of Queen's Bench had determined that it could not, and the majority of this court was of opinion that the judgment of that court should be affirmed. In order to show that a claim to such a fee was legal, it must be shown to have existed from the time of legal memory (Richard I). The payment must have been made from time immemorial, and it must have been the same fee in amount. It was impossible to suppose such a fee as 13s. could have been paid upon a marriage in a small parish in the time of Richard I. It was proof to re but the conclusion that the payment had been made from time immemorial. The judgment of the Queen's Bench would, therefore, be affirmed. Mr. Justice Keating dissented, and read a very long judgment explaining his views. The natives on the Western side of India will soon be modifying their opinion of • the integrity of the British character. The incidents connected with the fall of the Bank of Bombay gave them a shock, and now a strange story is brought by the mail of another breach of trust. According to this statement a Hindoo placed a sum of money intended for educational purposes in the hands of the cathedral trustees. Instead of applying it to education they diverted it "for repairing and orna menting the fabric of the cathedral." They have all, it appears, virtually admit'ed the "grave error they have committed." Are our countrymen in Bombay beginning to think, with some ‘‘ competition-wallahs " and officers in her Majesty's service, that any sort of treatment .is good enough for people with dusky skins?—Pull Mall Gazette. Whether the Prince and Princess of Wales liked Ireland so well as to desire to reside there occasionally the public has no means of judging, says the Pall Mall Gazette, but the Irish people have been encouraged by their visit to hope that the Queen will allow a Royal palace to ho built in some part of their beautiful country. Seven years ago Archbishop Whately wrote—" A residence of the Sovereign for two or three months annually would do more to make Ireland peaceable and loyal than all the bullying and all the coaxing that have been alternately tried." Irishmen who best know their own countrymen still hold that opinion, and there is this to be said for the experiment which they recommend—that no one could object to it as being either " subversive " or extravagant. It would be the easiest and the cheapest method of pacify ing a people ever adopted, and the Empress of Austria seems to have tried it with some success in Hungary. That the House of Commons would cheerfully co-operate with her Majesty in the desire to establish a Royal resi dence in Ireland can scarcely be doubted. On Friday night Sir Colman O'Loghlen will bring forward a motion in the House designed to express this disposition on the part of members of all shades of opinion. To associate the name of the Queen with such a purpose is to bring the influence of her Majesty to bear upon the present crisis in a manner which does no dishonour to her exalted position or to her past life, and therefore is well worthy the attentive consideration of the Prime Minister. A correspondent of the Evenement Illustre, who was admitted some days back to an audience of the Pope, gives in a letter from Rome to that journal some interest ing details about the Holy Father. He says:—" The Pope is pretty tall and stout, without being obese. The furniture of his private room is a square table, with two chairs, and an armchair for himself. The room is very small, with a low ceiling, no curtains, and the walls covered with paper of the cheapest sort. Those of the grand official saloons are covered with silk. His bedroom has yellow curtains, no carpet, and a brick floor, with a little bedstead of iron without curtains. He is very neat in his person ; his hands, which are half covered with white mittens, are particularly attended to. He rises at six o'clock, shaves himself, and says his Mass in a little private chapel ; and then hears another. At eight o'clock he takes a small cup of chocolate, and at half-past eight receives his Ministers. Cardinal Antonelli comes every day to the Vatican, and when prevented from doing so the Under-Secretary of State, Monsignor Marini, takes his place. The other days of the week the other functionaries in their turn transanct business with him. At half-past ten o'clock the Ministers with draw. The audiences then begin and are not over till one. At two o'clock the Pope dines in his private apart ment. His repast is of the most modest kind, and it always ends with a sweetmeat of which all Italians are fond. From half-past two to three he takes his siesta, at three he reads his Breviary, and at half-past five goes out for a drive in a carriage with four horses, accompanied only by two young priests. If the weather permits he alights and walks in the most retired parts of the city ; nevertheless, he is followed by upwards of two thousand persons, who walk after him in silence. When it rains his Holiness proceeds to the galleries of the Vatican when the visitors have retired. He is a great lover of antiquities, as proved by researches and resto rations he is continually making. On his return home, at six o'clock, the audiences recommence and last till ten at night, when he retires to sup. He goes to bed at eleven, and the next day goes through the same routine. Though advanced in years, he sings very well, and, what is quite unknown even to many Romans, plays well on the violon cello. When I was received with my companion, the chamberlain plucked me by the sleeve to make me kneel. The Pope, perceiving the movement, spared us the genu flexion, and made us approach the table at which he was sitting. 'So, then,' his Holiness said, you are two jour nalists, friends, going together to Naples ?' He spoke about Naples, and asked us how we liked Rome, adding that people found themselves very free during their stay. He then took two photographic likenesses of himself, one for each of us, and, with a sly smile, said, ' I am going to write something for the journalists,' and, in a firm hand, traced these words : " ' Diligite veritatem, filiam Dei ;' after which ho held out his hand to us. His affability is extreme. He speaks French with as much accent as Rossini, and the impression he produced on me was that of a pleasant and tranquil 01l man who appoars to bts but little occupied with external matters." It is to be. presumed that the steeplechase course in the Bois de Boulogne is not of a very severe character, for on Thursday M. de Vesin made and won a bet that he would ride over it fairly from end to end without touching his horse's bridal. The well-trained animal accordingly jumped the hedges, - ditches, rails, brook, and banquette irlandaise without making a single mistake. It tried to bolt at the last-turn, but its rider easily managed .to keep it triight 'with his "stick." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TlllB DAY. TIIA NIES. SANGUINARY AFFAIR.- —Stephen Jennings, of No. 20, High-street, Poplar, labourer, aged 20 years, John Sandling, 25, of No. 10, Cotton-street, Poplar, labourer ; and Mary Jane Swails, 25, of No. 5, Goodliffe-street, Poplar, a woman of loose character, were brought before Mr. Benson charged with violently assaulting James Finney, police constable, No. 71 K ; Henry Peters, 183 K ; and James Pike, No. 314 K ; in the execution of their duty. The head of the prisoner Swails was bandage I. She has received a most severe wound from the police-constable Finney, who is himself confined to his room. He has received a severe blow from his own truncheon, taken away from him in the course of a drunken and disgraceful brawl in which the prisoners took part, and it is feared that he is labouring under concussion of the brain. Mr. Matthew Brownfield, surgeon, of the East India 1)ock, said he was called upon to attend Fin ney at half-past two o'clock this morning. There was a lacerated wound on the back of the head. The constable was confused and stupid from the effects of the blow, and he feared there was con cussion of the brain. The prisoner Swails had also been wounded. There was a wound 2 inches long on the forehead, and she had lost a good deal of blood. It was a fair blow, and no doubt inflicted with a policeman's staff. Peters, a police constable, 183 K, saw the two male prisoners fighting in the High-street, Poplar, this morning. Finney was there previously, and he advised the prisoners to go home. They would not, and each accused the other of knocking him about. Jennings struck Finney on the face. He and Finney took Jenniags into custody, and led him off towards the station-house. The woman Swans then came up, and seized Finney by the back part of the neck and held on him like a leech. Several others assisted her, and Finney, who was ill-used, drew his staff from the leather case behind him. After some scuffling the staff was taken from Finney by some one, who struck him &tremendous blow ou the back of the head which felled him to the ground, where he laid prostrate for ten minutes. In answer to Mr, Benson, the constable said that Sandling assisted him in securing the other pri soners after the blow was struck which disabled Finney. He believed in the affray the woman was struck on the head by Finney with his truncheon. Jennings, who was injured, said he did strike Finney after he was struck on the head by hi m . Mr. Benson remanded Jennings and Swails for a week, and said that any injuries they received was caused by their violence and disorderly conduct. He discharged Saudling, and warned him not to indulge in any more drunkenness and disorder. It was entirely through Jennings and Sandling getting drunk and fighting that three persons had met with injuries, and one officer was disabled. Thi s was the result of the horrible vice of drunkenness. II ER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 12. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Chris tian and Princess Beatrice, walked in the grounds yesterday. Prince Leopold also went out. Princess Louise drove out. Prince and Princess Christian dined with her Majesty in the evening. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, May 12. Ifer Majesty and suite left Windsor Castle this morning at half-past 10, and arrived here at half past 11 o'clock. S 7. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE.-THIS DAY. Her Majesty having consented to lay the founda tion stone of St. Thomas's llospital, the President, Governors, and Treasurer, set about making pre.. parations in order to receive her Majesty with be coming honour. For some weeks hundreds of men have been engaged in the erection of a gigantic covered " pavilion," beneath which the ceremony might be performed with all the pomp and magni ficaece such an unusual event required. The site of the new hospital at Stangate consists in part of land reclaimed from the bed of the river by the erection of the South Thames Embankment, and ex tends from Westminster-bridge to Lambeth Palace, and already the brickwork of the foundation has been completed at a cost of £40,000. The principal at traction of the hospital will be in the centre of the building, opening into New Palace-road, and a handsome flight of steps will conduct to a spacious hall, above which will be the chapel. The tempo rary pavilion erected for the ceremony contained sitting accommodation for upwards of 3,000 per sons, and consisted of about 20 rows of chairs, rising one above the other, so as to afford an unin terrupted view of the proceedings to all who had received the requisite ticket of admission. It was lined with scarlet and white cloth, the floor being covered with crimson drugget, and large banks of exotics were placed around. The principal object, however, that at once attracted the attention was the splendid canopy above the dais, which was formed of light blue velvet, lined with crimson silk, and ornamented with a profusion of gold cord tassels and deep fringe. The front was further ornamented with the letters V. R., sur rounded by a crown, and at either side the royal standard was fixed to tall Venetian flag masts. Around the large building hundreds of flags of other nations were fixed in front of each cluster where the royal initials were placed, and a few feet from the chair of state beneath the canopy was the centre pier of the north side of the chapel, the .‘ receiver " being a huge block of Portland stone, in which was the cavity for the reception of the coins of the realm, the plans, &c., over which. was suspended a large block of polished granite, the atone which it was her Majesty's pleasure to lay. On it was deeply cut the following inscription :—" This stone was laid by her most gracious Majesty Queen Vic toria, on the 13th of May, 1868." The company began to arrive shortly after nine o'clock, and were received by the Governors of the Hospital, and con ducted to the seats provided for them. Her Ma jesty's Ministers and their ladies occupied a 0101 on the left of the dais. The members of the Cabinet were attired in the Windsor uni form, and the members of the House of Peers and Commons were adequately provided for. At 11 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli arrived, an d immediately he made his appearance he was received with vehement cheering. Mr. Tite conducted the right hon. gentleman to the nearest gallery on her Majesty's left, but it appeared that some uncer tainty existed as to where the right hon. gentleman was to sit. After some minutes' conversation with the officials, the Premier and his lady were con ducted to the seats where the members of the Cabi net were sitting, and here a difficulty again seemed to arise, for Sir Stafford Northeote had to vacate his seat in order to accommodate his leader, the Secretary for India contenting himself for some time with a sitting la the gangway. At a quarter past eleven the military were called to " attention," and every person arriving after that was regarded with the utmost interest by the brilliant company at this time assembled in the building. The scene was now one of the most animated description and of the utmost magnificence. The Archbishop of Can terbury now arrived, and was accommodated with a chair in the centre of the pavilion, midway be tween the throne and the sheers, to which the huge lump of granite was suspended. At 25 minutes to 12 the military band, statione d outside the grand entrance, commenced the grand anthem of Old England, and amidst its strains bee Majesty entered the :pavilion in company with Sic John Musgrove, the president of the Hospital, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes s of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice. Her Majesty hay' ing ascended the dais the National Anthem wa s sung by the choir, the whale of the company taking' up the strain in a subdued but effective manner' Her Majesty wore a dress of black silk' her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales a dress of lavender silk, white lace shaw, and bon net, the:Royal Princesses also being attired in the most elegant morning costume. The Prince 01 Wales, Prince Christian, and the Duke of Cant bridge were iu full military uniform, each wearing the jewels of the illustrious orders of which th e y are knights. Her Majesty was attended by the Mistress of th e Robes, the Master of the Horse, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Lord and Lady in Waiting, &c. .Her Majesty then received a short address fr° lll the president, t reasurer , and gover n ors of the Royal Hospital, which was read by the president, a nd presented to her Majesty with a statement of the proceedings of the governors to provide for the ...lt erection of the new hospital. Her Majesty th ; advanced to the spot where the stone was to laid. The president they handed to the Qe e til copies of the charters of King Edward the ActS founding and endowing the hospital, of the ot of Parliament providing for the m anagen le ur , of the hospital and authorising the P ..he chase of a new site, and a list of W A hand ed governors of the hospital. The treasurer W ee d to the Queen the coins, and her Majesty P l , 4 , ch , them, with the documents, in a glass vessel, wn i3 l ry with the assistance of the architect, Mr. It o , Curry, her Majesty deposited beneath the 13 ' 0 , The architect then handed th© trowel to the (2n e • ; who proceeded to lay the stone, being assisted ge . the use of the line and plummet by the builder, or'o, Perry and Mr. Cleland, the clerk of the ge e Her Majesty gave the stone the customary rtbo taps, and then, amidst the fire of cannon a nd ot a flourish of trumpets, the stone was declared tbee laid. His grace the Archbishop of Canterbetribles. offered up an appropriate prayer, asking the _och ing of the Almighty upon their work, after 1 th e the Old Hundreth was sung by the who le vast company. dietiee' His Grace having pronounced the be ne the military bands performed a grand mar ch,. a o u ritico which her Majesty was conducted by the all° of the hospital to her carriage. ors The whole .of the ceremony did no t 13 " than half-an-hour. t °lhe lips The attendance of the public throug hout ee tef of route, from Buckingham Palace to throughout was immense, and cheered the royal PO O"' occupied open carriages both going and returu in the most enthusiastic manner. i a SALE OF A BIBLE.—A co py o f Elio ' S ' ll i 1' t Bible, a work which no living man can read, wa s 6°.( ,, 1 3‘ va auction in this city, yesterday, for the estraordivarY -,_'loic of $1,130, the highest price ever paid fer . n this country.— New York Tribune. ,-, ~ Tea 15 'RE TEA DUTY IS REDUCED —llorniman's r ig . `" 4 0 sold &l. per pound Cheaper. This interesting fact will , W il ,:sa fully known, even further increase the deniand fo"),-04 Choice, long-approved Teas. They are not sold loose, only in Packets, signed "Ilerfafttan," London. a priut.4 book WESTMINSTER. SHAMMING FITS.--Mary Follett, a stout, fair haired woman, of dissipated appearance, was charged under the following circumstances. Police-constable James, 290 B, said he was on duty in College-street, Chelsea, last evening, when he was attracted by a crowd of persons. On going to the spot he found the defendant sitting on a step, surrounded by a number of persons who were at tending upon her. Mr. Arnold—What was the matter with her ? Constable—She was in a fit, at least so it was supposed, and the people were rubbing her hands and bathing her with vinegar and water. She ap peared quite insensible, and while this was going on a medical gentleman came up, and he kindly said he would look to ber. lle took hold of her hand, and when he had done so and examined her, he said that she was in no fit but was shamming, and directly he said this she jumped and swore at him, and began abusing him. I told her if that was the sort of fit she was in she had better go away, but she refused, and turning round pulled off one of her shoes and threw it at me. She then became so violent that I was obliged to hold her down upon the ground. She was drunk, and her language all the way to the station was as bad as I ever heard in my life. ?Jr. Arnold (to defendant)—What have you to say to this ? Defendant—Nothing. Mr. Arnold—Your conduct is as disgraceful as can well be conceived. You are committed to the House of-Correction for 7 days. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WEST SOMERSET MINERAL. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the City Terminus Hotel ; Mr. Robinson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting was to consider an application from the directors of the Ebbw Vale Company, who had a lease of the line, for a release of that agreement, and to ac cept, in substitution, an agreement for the remain der of the term of years from the Ebbw Vale Iron and Steel Company (Limited). The Ebbw Vale Company had reduced its liabilities on shares from £5O to £35 per share. Ile considered the security of the West Somerset Company was not in any degree lessened. In fact, he thought the security was as good as 3 per Cent. Consols. A doubt had been thrown upon the validity of the agree ment with the Ebbw Vale Company. The direc tors would take the opinion of Mr. Lloyd, and, if necessary, the company would go to Parliament for power to confirm the same. He moved a resolution releasing the Ebbw Vale Company from the agree ment, and substituting a similar one from the Ebbw Vale Iron and Steel Company. Mr. QUILTER, in seconding the motion, said he had a very large interest in the West Somerset Mineral Company ; aud, taking all things into con sideration, a satisfactory arrangement had been conic to with the directors of the two companies re ferred to. The resolution was carried and the meeting separated. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in the House of Lords, hi Lord Re desdale's Committee, their lordships passed the Cork and Macroom (Direct) Railway Bills, with amendments, and the Waterford . and Kilkenny Railway Bill, without amendments. In the House of Commons, in Mr. Dodson's Committtee, the fol lowing Bills were passed :—Glastonbury and Street Tramway, the Clonmel, Lismore, and Dungarvan Railway, the Wolverhampton and Walsall Rail way, the North British Railway (General Powers), and the Midland and London and North-Western Railway Companies Bills. In the group upon Metropolitan Gas Bills, it was; announced that the parties would not proceed with the (No. 2) Impe rial Gas Bill. In Groups G and H, the Maryport District and Harbour, and the Maryport Improve ment and Harbour Bills were proceeded with, and the other bills in the group were adjourned. In Group No. 1, the committee commenced the consi deration of the East London Railway Bill, which was proceeded with. The Great Eastern Railway. the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood-road Rail way, the London and Blackwall Railway, the Bishop's Stortford, Diinmow, and Braintree Rail way, and the Metropolitan Railway Bills were pro ceeded with and adjourned. BREWERS AND RETAILER OF BEER.—In the year ending with September, 1867, there were in the Uhited Kingdom 96,421 licensed victuallers. In England the num ber was 68,395 ; and there were in England 46,510 persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, and 3,21 L persons licensed to sell beer not drunk on the premises. In the London collection there were 4,990 licensed vic tuallers, 2,644 beorshop-keepers, and 99 persons licensed to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises. A large num ber of licensed victuallers and retailers of beer brew their own beer; and in the year ending with September, 1867, 37,110 persons in the United Kingdom paid for licenses as common brewers, the duty amounting in the whole to £376,061. As in 1866, so in 1867, two brew ers paid licence duty for brewing more than 600,000 barrels, paying be tween them more than £lB,OOO fur license duty. Three others more than £5,000 each, brewing between 400,000 and 500,000 barrels. 4:r - . . 1 / 4. 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