The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-28 00:00:00

TEE EARTHQUAKE IN,IRELASD.' Concerning the earthquake in Ireland a Dublin eerie. spondent telegraphs :—" Sir William Wilde states in a Dublin paper to-day that on Friday he observed en extraordinary sky phenomenon at Moitura, Lough Corrib, county Mayo, accompanied by a loud rumbling noise in the ground as of several carriages rolling down an avenue. The sound grew louder as it passed under his feet from north to south, but there was no earth shaldng. Some Cork journals now express strong doubt' as to the statements from the neighbourhood of Mallow." Writing last night, our correspondent says : " The story of the shock of earthquake, on Saturday, at Newton, seems to rest on the testimony of several respectable inhabitants. Whilst Mr. Bourne was hunting on - foot with a pack of beagles, he and his party felt the ground shaking violently under their feet.' Peals of near thunder were heard at the same moment. The vibration lasted about five seconds. Captain and Mrs. Perry, of Clyda Villa, near Mallow, heard a low rum bling noise whilst talking in their parlour, and saw several articles in the room shifting. At the same moment their children ran in to say that the garden was shaking. The people in the neighbourhood believe that the effects were produced by an earthquake. The day was remark ably sultry." THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The follo;ving is an abstract of the weekly return by the Registrar-General of births and deaths in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom. In the week that ended on Saturday, October 24, 4,251 births and 3,169 deaths were registered in London and in 13 other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 26 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000 in London, 28 in Edinburgh, and 22 in Dublin ; 19 in Bristol, 21 in Birmingham, 30 in Liverpool, 32 in Manchester, 38 in Salford, 25 in Sheffield, 28 in Bradford, 29 in Leeds, 28 in Hull, 25 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 31 in Glasgow. The rate hiVienna was 26 per 1,000 during the week ending the 17th instant, and in Berlin 34 per 1,000 during the seven days ending the 22nd instant. In London the births of 1,012 boys and 1,022 girls, in all 2,034 children, were registered iu the week. In the correspond ing weeks of ten years, 1858-67, the average number, cor rected for increase of population, is 2,160. The deaths regis tered in London during the week were 1,421. It was the 43rd week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of popula tion, 1,40. The deaths in the present return exceed by 81 the estimated amount. 105 deaths occurred from scarlatina. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'627in. The barometrical reading decreased from 29 . 881 n. on Thursday, October 22, to 29.14 in. on Saturday, October 24. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 42'6 deg., which is 6'3 deg. below the average of the same week in fifty years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day tempera. ture was 59'6 deg., on Saturday, October 24. The lowest night temperature was 29'3 deg., on Tuesday, October 20. The entire range of temperature in the week was, there fore, 30'3 deg. TILE DOWAGER, DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND. The death is announced of one of the most widely-known and most widely-popular members of the aristocracy, the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland. She died at one o'clock on Tuesday morning, at Stafford House, St. James's. Her Grace who had recently completed the 62nd year of her age, was the third daughter of George, sixth Earl. of Carlisle, K.G., &c., by Lady t:eorgiana Dorothy Cavendish, eldest daughter:of William !ifth Duke of Devonshire, and was boin on the 21st of May, 1806. In 1823, at the age of 17, shortly after her presentation at the Court of George IV., she married Earl Gower, eldest son of the Marquis of Stafford, by his marriage with the Countess of Sutherland, a peeress in her own right, and the heiress, or rather the owner of the largest landed pro perty to the north of the Tweed. Earl Gower's father was afterwards created Duke of Sutherland ; and in 1833 the husband of the lady just deceased succeeded to the ducal title and its magnificent estates in Scotland and Stafford shire, to which he afterwards added by purchase the noble estate of Cliefden, in Buckinghamshire. From a very early period her Grace became an intimate and personal friend of her Majesty, who chose her as her Mistress of the Robes soon after her accession. This post her Grace occupied under all the Liberal Administrations which have been in power since that time down to the death of her husband in 1861. It is not only, says the Times, as a leader of the world of taste and 'fashion, but also as a philanthropist, that her name will be long remembered, for many a project for relief of distress among the poorer classes of themetropolis and the country at large, and more especially among her own sex, has been initiated at meetings held under her auspices at Stafford House. Few, indeed, will have forgotten the meeting held there in 1853, and the manifesto signed and issued thence by English ladies, addressed to their American sisters, in deprecation of American slavery. Constantly about the person of her Majesty in the most confidential and exalted relation in which a lady can well stand to Royalty, her Grace was admitted by her sovereign to a friendship so close and personal that on the death of the Prince Consort she was the one guest at Windsor Castle in whose company the Queen spent the first weeks of her sorrow and seclu sion. By her late husband the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland became the mother of the present duke, and also of ten other children. Her second son is an officer of the Life Guards ; her third son represents the county of Sutherland. Of her daughters, one is Duchess of Argyll, another is married to the eldest son of the Duke of Leinster, and will one day, therefore, wear the coronet of a duchess ; and a third, Lady Con stance, is married to Earl Grosvenor, the heir of the wealthy marquisate of Westminster. Shortly before her death the Duchess had the pleasure of seeing her graxiddaughter, Lady Edith Campbell, affianced to Lord Percy, the heir of the Duke of Northumberland. LAW AND POLICE. FORGE= AND EMBEZZLE2IENT.—Two young men, Thomas Henry and John Bennett, have been committed for trial by the Lord Mayor, the former on a charge of embezzling and stealing several valuable securities, namely, bankers' cheques, for the payment of about £BOO, and with forging an endorsement to a cheque for £35 Os. 10d. with intent to defraud; the latter on a charge of feloniously receiving the cheques with a guilty knowledge. A systematic scheme of fraud was exposed in the evidence. ME ALLEGED FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAVILLE HOUSE FIEE.—The charge of having made a fraudulent claim upon the gas-light and coke com pany arising out of the fire at Saville House, Leicester. square, has come before the magistrate at Marlborough. street for the last time. Mr. I\2orris, the accused (who, through Mr. Lewis, his attorney, denied having been accessory in any way to sending in the fraudulent claim), was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. POISONING.—A horrible tragedy in low life has just taken place in Lincolnshire, near Boston. Richard Biggadike, an agricultural labourer, aged 30, with a wife and three children, lived in a hut, with only one bedroom. Notwithstanding that. he had two lodgers, one a labourer, named Proctor, aged 30, and the other a fisherman, and all slept in the one room, the two beds which accommodated them being only eighteen inches apart. It is not surprising that an improper intimacy sprung up between Mrs. Biggadike and Proctor ; and the husband becoming jealous and troublesome, they seem to have agreed upon murdering him. He was suddenly taken ill one night after tea, and died in twelve hours, as it was proved at the inquest, of arsenical poisoning. Indeed, Professor Taylor said he had never met with so clear a case. The woman was taken into custody, and made a statement to the effect that she saw Proctor put a white powder into deceased's tea, and, after he was ill, into the medicine sent him by the doctor ; upon which Proctor was apprehended. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against both, and they were committed for trial. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.---Mr. Commissioner Kerr has just sentenced a young man to five years' penal servi tude and forty stripes with a " cat " for an aggravated assault upon an old lady. TELEanArmc SY:3TE3I it FRANCE,—..Le Gqtaois gives us some curious revelations as regards the working of the telegraph in France. An editor of a French paper receives a telegram conveying the an nouncement of an interesting event. The editor publishes the • news at his own risk. Despatches are received by a clerk who, after having reproduced them, or printed them by means of the Angles apparatus, bands these strips of paper to a postman, who takes them to the office. There they are inspected and their fate decided —that is, whether they be sent direct to the MinisVze do Plnt6rieur, or whether they be allowed to scads the person to whom they are addressed. • Supposing —amid this is not the case —that all despatches are returned to their original destination, the process of inspection con- stantly necessitates a delay of twenty-four, thirty, and even forty hours. Two facts are obvious, the first being the violation of the professed secrecy of a telegraphic office, and secondly, that the public cannot depend on the tolegra_Plult .0_124,m§ of 44444iitting irvir.;/taa . Amu, MISCELLANEOUS IVETVS. LORD DERBY. Whatever opinions the nation at large may have of Lord Derby's political convictions, he has its whole sympathy when he is attacked by his dreadful enemy, the gout. The picture of the chivalrous earl debating in the House of Lords while undergoing great physi cal pain was a noble but distressing one. In private life it is to be hoped that his energy may defy the disease for many years. He has partly recovered from his late attack, and, although the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Knowsley is said to be indefinitely postponed, in con sequence of the earl's delicate health, everyone will be glad to hear of it when it takes place. 'TURN RIM OUT." Here is an almost incredible tale. We give it on the authority of a Conservative journal which would hardly be likely to exaggerate the facts. A meeting of the supporters of Messrs. Newdegate and Bromley has been held at Rugby. Dr. Temple, the head master of the school, sought to ascend the platform. his opponents, knowing full well that it would be useless to measure swords with him in argument, hit upon thebrilliant idea of bundling him out of the room. His ejection was, shame to say, accomplished by people who are described, like so many of the police court ruffians, as " respectably dressed." The rev. doctor will now understand the force of Lytton's objection to a well-dressed mob. Mr. Newdegate used his influence, and the doctor was allowed to return, but not to speak. A Liberal contemporary describes the roughs as farmers, and states that the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler bawled in the doctor's ear that his presence there was worse than a mistaki —it was a crime. ANOTTrgIt CONTRADICTION. The " last thing out " in election fictions has been a statement in the Times that Mr. O'Malley's com mittee had gone to the expense of publishing an enlarged reproduction of "Ye Jollie Thieves" cartoon, in which Mr. Gladstone as King Henry and Mr. John Bright as Falstaff are represented as arranging the next purse-taking expedition. Mr. A. B. Talbot writes on behalf of Mr. O'Malley's committeefor theFinsbury election to say that no such expense has been incurred, and that the committee would not feel itself justified in using the subscriptions towards the expenses of the contest for such a purpose. Probably the com mittee will find sufficient employment for the money, without indulging in artistic extravagances. An enlarged copy of the cartoon has been posted in dis tricts where professional instincts will appreciate the subject. This adornment of the walls of obscure thoroughfares is perhaps due to private benevolence. MOBBING ROYALTY. The writer in the Moniteur who discovered that St. Leonards-on-Sea was a royal residence where the Queen was now staying, and where the Crown Princess of Prussia had spent the greater part of her childhood, will be surprised to learn that the inhabi tants of the place are at the present time so little in the habit of treating the presence of royalty with ordinary composure, that the Crown Princess is mobbed in a disgraceful manner. The same dis tinction awaits her Royal Highness which is conferred upon the pickpocket on his way to the police-station, and when she walks out with the little ones she attracts as much notice as if she were exhibiting a "happy family." The English snob is übiquitous. At home and abroad he dodges the footsteps of the great. Now that the Royal Family consent to sit for their photographs, and the public have an opportunity of staring at them in family groups, the originals might surely be spared this annoyance. THE " COUNTESS OF DERIVENTWATER." It is to be hoped that we shall soon hear the last of the " Lady Amelia Radcliffe" who is endeavourin t 3 assert her claim to the estates and title of Der wentwater by " squatting" in the Queen's highways ; or at any rate that she will leave the road and use some other mode of obtaining the paternal estates. With an amazing want of promptitude, the authorities have at last decided to remove her, and summonses have been served upon her to answer charges of setting up the " structure " and lighting fires on the highway. What is difficult for lookers-on to under stand is, the way in which her cause is espoused by the dwellers in the neighbourhood. True, her story is romantic ; but it is so manifestly absurd. She admits that she has at present no papers that can establish her claim, but says she once had ; that she forwarded them to Lord Palmerston, and that he stole them. Many a charge has been brought against the noble lord, but none so palpably false and ground less as this. OXFORD. The Rev. Drummond P. Chase, some time Principal of St. Mary Hall, writes to the Standard on the subject of Mr2Coleridge's bill, and heads his letter " The De-Christianising of. the Colleges of Oxford." He maintains that the effect of the bill would be to make it possible for the members of any college, head and fellows alike, to have no belief in common. Thirty-five years ago the effect of the bill would have been harmless ; now the principles of the electors to fellowships would make it dangerous. The reverend gentleman does not think it an unreasonable demand that our universities should be open to all British citizens, irrespective of their religious or non-religious sentiments, but those who arc admitted to power and influence in a Christian institution can surely say whether or no they accept the Apostles' Creed. The writer does not fight thebattle of the Church of England alone, but appeals to all Christians. He does not even fight for the exclusive possession of the endowments. His neighbours might draw from the pure Oxford stream, but should not be allowed to muddy the source. He regrets Sir Roundell Palmer is silent upon the subject. The Standard is full of letters upon the Oxford Confessional. The undergraduates write to question the statement made the other day by " M. A." as to the frivolous character of the men who go to Dr. Pusey for absolution. "A Head Master " and " A Fellow" have letters backing up "M. k." The most interesting is one from a 8.A., who, though a mus cular and studious man himself, confesses to Dr. Pusey. He declares that the article headed " Young Oxford," which appeared two years ago, was written by a man who had been hoaxed, and that any nonsense about the effeminacy of Ritualists is both silly and slanderous. The attri buting of sinister motives to Dr. Pusey is condemned by an indignant protest. Dr. Pusey says nothing. The man who has battled with more hostility and prejudice than perhaps anyone living, and who has turned so many foes into friends, can afford to treat his slanderers with contempt. WHO WOULD BE A BISHOP P Charles Walker (we presume the Rev. Charles Walker, of St. Michael's, Brighton), careful that the aged Bishop of Chichester should not rust through lack of work, has been writing to him upon the subject of what he calls the " scandal of evening communions," and asks his lordship for support in case he institute proceedings against the Rev. Edmund Clay, of St. Margaret's Chapel. He tells the Bishop that he shall reserve the right of pub lishing his lordship's reply. This impatient gentle man only gives the Bishop a week for his answer, and then, not receiving one, he sends his letter to the Daily News. Here is a fine opening for a flood o f letters, m ore or l ess i rreverent, more or less irrelevant. ENGLISH FINANCING. Altogether, English merchants and capitalists are giving their country a good name. It is little wonder that one of the witnesses at the "Doulton trial," at Brussels, expressed the opinion that the English were " eccentric in money matters." What can be said, for instance, to the failure of Overend, Gurney, and Co., the revelations concerning railway management which followed, the fall of some of our safest bankers, the stories told about innumerable little banks and enterprises, and more recently the investigation in the matter of the Royal Bank of Liverpool, together with a few other finance companies which we could name ? It may safely be predicted that, going at this rate, England will soon be in the proud position of the most commercially immoral country in the world. Unfortunately, too many of our public men are, if not criminally guilty, mixed up with and concerned in these unfortunate enterprises. This, .of course, may be to their own m i s f or t u ne. The," affa i re Doulton," for instance—though the member for Lambeth may be, as he says he is, "more sinned against than sinning "—comes, unfortunately, after so many other revelations. Mr. Albert Grant, too, who is not most inexplicably) very popular amongst the Credit Foncier shareholders, has had a finger in that unfortunate pie, the Belgian Public Works scheme. Some reflection was thrown on him at the trial at Brussels. Smarting under it, Mr. Grant has written to Mr. Doulton, and got from him a certificate that the reflection was unwarranted. Mr. Grant adds : " I am conscious of never having done a single act in connection with the company but for its advantage. I have not benefited by my con nection with it by a single shilling, and if the hearsay evidence given had been put to the crucial test of cr oss - examination and the laws of E ng li s h jurispru dence, it would have been seen on what utterly worthless and false bases the allegations rested." THE STRAW PLAITERS OF BEDFORDSHIRE. There is great distress amongst the straw plaiters of Bedfordshire. Small bonnets have sent straw "out of fashion," and the unfortunate makers of straw plait have no work to do. Maybe, the next freak of Le Pellet will put the Dunstable plaiters as hard at work as ever. Meanwhile the condition of these at present unfortunate creatures is worth attention. The Daily News has been making some inquiries, and presents the results of these to its readers. The story is by no means pleasant reading. It is a revelation of early work, lasting ignorance, ending in debasing immo rality. The work is confined almost exclusively to fez and children, The elitgati&Nhiehshildrea 11-1 E SUN, LONDON, W F DNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1 r 68. Late bean employea, ana Inc conuations or tneir em ployment generally, were little known to the public until the labours of the Children's Employment Com mission disclosed the painful fact that in Bedfordshire the evils of child-labour were being perpetrated in their worst and least excusable form. "To such an extent had the practice been carried, that there were not wanting persons to declare that the occur rence a a period of distress, such as the present, which should have the effect of reducing the demand for child-labour, would ultimately, for that very reason, be found productive of good moral and social results." The children are taught to plait in " plait-schools "—where they learn little, if anything, else. At three years old, in some cases, children are set to work ; the general rule is four-and-a-half. The school-rooms are close, small, and unhealthy. In some places the rooms are so closely filled that in winter the fires cannot be lighted. To remedy this, and protect themselves from cold, the children have small pots of earthen ware or tin, containing bits of wood or coal, which they keep in their laps while at work. When young the children learn to plait; while growing older they are set to plait; their whole mind is developed on plaiting. What wonder, then, that those who go into Bedfordshire are—like Mr. Charles Knight and the Rev. John Cleig—astonished at the early immo rality and the extent of it. It is to be hoped that great vigilance will be exercised if these plaiters go to work again, to prevent the continuance of this monstrous system. atrocities laid to the charge of the raraguayans really have been committed. Mr. Washburn, the American Minister at Paraguay, has addressed an energetic no' e to Lopez. This is supposed to refer to the violation of the United States Legation at Asuncion, when forty persons who had sought the protection of the American flag were forcibly taken away. _ Much excitement has been caused at Rio by an order from Viscount Itaborahy, the Prime Minister, to stop all despatches in the Custom House until further notice. It is supposed that information has been given to the Government from Manchester that certain exporting houses were in the habit of defrauding the Customs by packing their goods falsely, the method adopted being the old one of packing valuable articles in the centre of a bale, outwardly enveloped in merchandise of an ordinary character and liable to low duties. proud of their three successive Queens, the grand mother, the mother, and Isabella herself. Her mother also looked after the main chance, and is said to be oue of the richest women in Europe, her wealth having been chiefly made in the Cuban slave trade. As, however, the Popes have honoured and rewarded these Queens, the faithful may be content to accept them as patterns of piety and virtue ; but it is possible that even the' Pope may allow he erred when he gave the Golden Rose to Isabella, instead of to the Empress Eugenie, an act which astonished and disgusted all Europe.—Anglo-American Times. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republiccni, Oct. 10.) Our report last week left the money market at New York in the midst of the excitement and confusion pro duced by the withdrawal of large amounts of currency, in the interest of those who wished to break the market for gold and stocks. As we then stated, the causes of the stringency were too manifest to make it possible that their effects could bo anything but temporary. Indeed, so ap parent was the machinery by which it was brought about, that the effect at the time was; much less than would have been supposed. There was nothing that deserves to be called a panic ; and while a certain amount of stocks had to be sacrificed to meet engagements holders manifested no disposition to do anything more, confident that things could get no worse and must soon be better. Consequently the decline was strictly limited, and a strong reaction took place even before the money that had been locked up was re turned to the banks, as it was, in great blocks, on Satur day afternoon, one banking firm in the Erie interest de positing between four and five millions. Money has not yet dropped back to its old rates, but it is easy at 5 to 7 per cent. on call, and the tendency is towards 5 per cent. as a fair average for the present. Prime paper is dis counted easily at 8 per cent. The facts all over the country remain substantially the same. Rather less money is going West, rather more is going South after cotton. The Quarter Day nuisance is over and passed for this time, and business can now go on for three months before being strangled again. At Boston the bank statement was remarkably close to that of a fortnight ago, showing much less change than might be expected at this season. "Minute money" can be had at 5 per cent. on Govern ment collaterals. Discounts are made for large deposi tors at 61, for customers generally at 7, and for out side parties at 7to 71. At Chicago, the money market was rather tight up to Saturday evening; but, since Mon day, loanable funds have been in better supply, at the old rates. Eastern exchange is only noticeably active, sales between banks being made at $2 to 2.50 off per $l,OOO. At Cincinnati the acts of the market aro very similar. The latest San Francisco advices show an increased activity, owing to employment of large sums in moving the crops, with Atlantic bills quoted as before. Gold has manifested very little activity during the week, occasionally dropping a fraction below 140, but returning faithfully to that figure before night. On Thursday, how ever, it kept below that figure, opening at 139 k, and clos ing at 1391 to 139 i. The shipments have been compara tively light, though reaching the total since January 1 of $66,268,633 against $41,938,012 for the same period of 1867, $54,167,927 in 1866, and $23,029,538 in 1865. Cash gold for delivery was particularly scarce up to Saturday, but is freer now. It is not generally apprehended that the disbursements for November interest will reduce the price of gold. Governments suffered rather the most from the "corner" of last week, avid were off fully one par cent ; but on Friday there was a sharp recoil ; the decline created a large investment demand, and before the close of Satur day old prices had been made good, and those bears who, on Thursday, sold short to "help on a good work," and give an impulse to the downward tendency of th e market, have since had the pleasure of Battling at a smart loss. If anything can be certain in the stock market, it is that the bonds will steadily improve from this time for ward in comparison with railways and miscellaneous stocks. At Now York the import entries for the week amount to $6,733,633 against $4,025,402, for the same week last year; the export clearances of domestic produce to 82,676,708, against $3,330,163; the export of specie to $283,123, against $297,429. The customs for the week have been $2,408,129. The gold values of the import entries of fo reign merchandise at New York since January Ist are $195,929,665, against 8204,650,701 for the same period of 1867; the currency value of the exports of domestic pre duce and miscellaneous geode, $122,155,468, against $137,055,226; the exports of specie of all descriptions $66,268,633 ; the deliveries of California gold and silver $31,659,067. The imports at New York for the last two weeks amount to nearly two millions and three-quarters of dollars in gold over those of the same period of last year, which certainly does not look much like a falling off in our customs receipts. The exports continue small, though the shipments of cotton direct from the Southern ports, and of wheat from California, are on the increase. The advance in freights has a decided influence in prevent ing produce from going forward, in the present unsettled condition of the produce markets. The stock market, recovering very early from the effects of the "corner," has d iveloped a strong upward ten dency, with a rapid advance in some old acquaintances, though recently anything but favourites of the market. Pacific Mail Steamship Company, a month ago was at 102, and a week ago at 1111, closes at 127 k. The advance has been duo to the prevalence and acceptance of reports of a settlement with the Webb opposition. So many. similar rumours had been already discredited, that the reiterated statements for the last fortnight of an equitable adjustment have been received with great suspicion. There is, however, no longer any reason to doubt that a substantial agreement has been reached by the high contending parties, which, whether it proves for the ad vantage of the public, will fully gratify the appreciation of the stock by its holders. Nothing official has been published as to the terms of adjustment, bet they will unquestionably be such as to relieve the companies from their exhausting competition. Last year the main facts of the mail company's financial statement were as follows: receipts, $7,639,708; expenses, repairs, and im provements, $4,996,194; profits, $2,643,514 equal to 13.22 per cent. on a capital of $20,000,000. Surplus cash means on hand, $7,250,000; liabilities, $1,263,823. This year it will bo a different story. Their China business is known to have lost them a great deal of money, and the Webb California opposition has kept every nerve strained on that line. They have made no dividends yet during the year. The election of officers occurs next month, and tho new arrangements will probably be completed at that time. There haie been heavy dealings iu New York Central and Fort Wayne railroads at higher figures ; Cen tral selling up to 1301, but closing lower, and Fort Wayne selling as high, ex dividend, as it did a week ago, di vided on. A great deal of ill feeling has been ex cited }against the Erie road by the participation of its managers in producing the late "corner," one of its directors being a leading member of the firm which locked up $4,000,C00, just as this concern locked up $8,000,000 at the time of the great "railroad war." Loud threats are made of a combination not to bring freight over this road, while, more sensible still, is the determi nation of the English and many American holders of the stock to contest the early closing of the transfer books, with a view to the election which comes off next week. If anything can get this stock out of the hands of gam blers and the road out of the hands of thieves it will be a great blessing to the country. Milwaukee and St. Paul, both common and preferred, have made another strong push for par, and close at 981. Cleveland and Pittsburg has gone above 88. Reading still rises in favour, helped by shrewd manipulation, but depending mainly on its gigantic coal tonnage, averaging for the five weeks past 105,182 tons a week, against 77,080 in 1867. To ledo and Wabash has improved under a capital show ing of receipts for September. Western Union Telegraph touched 38 during the week, and Mariposa California pre ferred has steadily gone under speculative encouragement to 181. Those who want to buy in can. Border State Bonds suffered considerably in the monetary squeeze, but recovered with the rest of the market. The debt of Mis souri has boon nominally decreased five millions during the week by the surrender of this amount of bonds hold by the Missouri Pacific, Railroad. North Carolinas are now quoted with the 15 per cont. averages of interest, to July, 1868, taken up and funded. Express shares are stronger. The New York Tribune says:—" The meeting of the associated companies was held on Friday last in this city, but nothing was done to change the present arrange ment, with the exception that the Merchants' Union is to discontinue a number of its offices, and give up some of its warehouses, doing a portion of their business through the other companies. The Adams Company expected to have had their percentage of receipts increased, but did not suc ceed in getting it. The consolidation of the American Merchants' Union is still in abeyance." Coincident with the New York corner in stocks, Chicago has been enjoying a corn-er in corn, as the local journals delight to put it, which quite eclipses the famous stir in wheat of a few weeks ago. A great number of failures have taken place, and the mourners may be seen at every cross ing of the street. As the Chicago Post dramatically ex presses it:—" Yesterday afternoon, when the court house bell commenced striking 4 o'clock, corn was worth on our streets $1 12 ; when the last peal was sounded, the same grain was dull at 91 cents." Coal has taken another stride during the week. The mining for the year has been under the average owing to labour difficulties, and the supply is in consequence defective. The Philadelphia and Read ing Railroad has advanced its charges for transportation by an average of fifteen cents a ton over those of last year. Coal is the very last article in which we can have patience with a rise in price. its dearness causes far more suffering through the winter in our cities than the dear ness of broad. It is the one commodity in respect to which, logically or not, we sympathize with the consumer, as against the producer, on account of the misery which re sults from its scarcity. (From the Wall-street Journal.) NEW YORK, Friday Evening, Oct. 9. Americ is iu iiluitQcl xectqcsty tlt 6 to 6i 011t0 below the price of gold. Mexican Dollars are quoted at 1024 to 103 in gold. Mining stocks are very heavy, sand business continues on a limited scale. The only exception is Mariposa, which is active, and has considerably al vanced. Petroleum stocks are generally active. Uni'ed States is steady at $2.15. Bennehoff Run has been sold at 25 cents, and Rynd Farm at 23 cents. Much money has been made in buying Home and Sherman and Barnsdall at merely nominal rates, and there aro many low priced stocks still to be picked up, which will pay many hundreds per cent. to the purchasers. THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES. (Secretary M'Culloch's Monthly Statements.) The following is the official statement of tho public debt of the United• States on the Ist day of Oct., 1868: DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. 5 per Cent. Bonds 5221,588,400 00 6 per Cent. Bonds of 1881 283.677,200 00 6 per Cent. 5-20 Bunds 1,594,888,600 00 Total 52,100,154,300 00 DEBr BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Throe-year Compound Interest Notes 5,251,930.00 Three per Cent Certificates 65,230,000 00 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent 13,000,000 00 Total 583,481,930 00 . ➢LATtiRED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. Three-year Seven-thirty Notes, due Aug. 1, 1867, June and July 15, 1868 53,537,000 00 Compound Interest Notes matured June 10, July 15, Aug. 15, Oct. 15, and Dec. 15, 1867, and May 15, and Aug. 1, 1868 6,322,070 00 Bonds of Texas Indemnity 256,000 00 Treasury Notes, Acts July 17, 1861, and prior thereto Bonds of April 15, 1842, Jan. 28, 1817, and March 31, 1848 Treasury Notes, March 3, 1863 Temporary Loan Certificates of Indebtedness 13,000 00 Total 512,440,213 64 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. United States Notes 5356,021,073 00 Fractional Currency Gold Certificates of Deposit Total Grand Total 52,605,238,560 81 Six per Cent. Lawful Money—Bonds is sued to Pacific Railroad Company 39,634,000 00 Total debt $2,644,901,560 81 AMOUNT IN TREASURY Coin 596,891,817 10 Curroncy 13,365,991 76 Total Amount of debt, less cash in Trea5ury...52,534,613,718 95 The foregoing is a correct statement of the Public Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the Department on the Ist of October, 1868. Hung M'CULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury, The increase of coin in the Treasury since September Ist is nearly $9,250,000, independent of the payment of interest on the 10-40's and of sales of coin by Mr. Van Dyck, amounting to about $2,333,000. This statement is compared with that of the previous month, and shows the following : INCREASE. 5-20 Bonds 53,662,550 00 Fractional currency 3 per Cent. Certificates Total DECREASE. 6 per cent. compound interest notes 54,054,900 00 Bonds of 18t7 and 1848 5 per cent. Treasury Notes llO,OOO 00 Gold certificates 7-30 Treasury Notes --- Total 510,493,670 00 Deduct the increase of $7,818,945 80 and the decrease of the public debt is $2,674,724 20 ; to this add the in crease of cash in the Treasury ($2,615,869 88), and the total is $5,290,594 80. The bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad Companies during the month amounted to $4,320,000. The net decrease of the debt during the month, including the bouts issued to the railroad com panies, was $970,594. The warrants issued by the Department during Septem ber, 1868, for Government expenditure, were in round numbers as follows : Civil, miscellaneous, and foreign inter course Interest on the public debt 9,671,475 03 War Department Navy Department 2,276,762 74 Interior, Pension, and Indian Departments 5,410,005 27 Total $30,027,731 95 .. . . The Secretary thinks that the disbursements of the present month will be lighter than the past, and that the close thereof will show a further decrease. We annex the statements for August and September, 1868: DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. Au Set. Five per cent. bonds $221,588,400 00 $221,588,400 00 Six per ct bds '67-'6B Six per ct bds of 'Bl Six per ct 5-20 bds 283,677,300 00 283,677,300 00 1,583,106,100 00 1,591,226,050 00 Total 52,088,371,800 00 $2,095,491,755 00 DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. 3-year Compound Interest Notes 3-year Seven-Thir- 21,604,890 00 10,595,110 00 ties 3 per Cent. Certifi cates 50,000,000 00 62,205,000 00 Navy Pension Fund 13,000,000 00 13,000,000 00 Total MATURED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. Matured debt not presented for pay ment 518,099,175 44 $12,635,213 64 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. U.S. notes Fractional currency 31,867,818 37 31,802,218 37 Gold certificates Total Grand total 52,601,373,756 81 $2,607,942,285 01 6 per ct.lawful money bonds issued to Pa cific Railroad Co $32,210,000 00 $35,314,000 00 Total debt AMOUNT IN TREASURY. Coin on hand Currency on hand .„ 26,644,358 23 15,071,070 77 TotalcashinTreasury $110,054,276 14 $107,641,971 98 Amount of debt less cash in Trea5ury...82,523,534,480 00 $2,535,614,313 00 HUGH 11(LICULLOCIT, Secretary of the Treasury. NEW YORK RATES OF EXCHANGE, Oct. 9, 1868. Sixty Days. Three Days. London Bankers London, Prime Commercial lOB —lOBl Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 351-351 Frankfort, 031 4Ol-401. Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.221-5.181 Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss CLOSING PRICES. PUBLIC FUNDS. Sixes, 1868, registered • to Sixes, 1868, coupon to Sixes, 1881, coupon ll3 to 113/ U.S. Os. Pacific Railroad — to Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon, • new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon Ten-forties, coupon lO5/ to 105/ Seven-thirties, 2d series — to Seven-thirties, 3d series — to Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 1091:to 109* RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. N. Y. Central l2Bl Erie • 49 Hudson Reading Mich. South. &N. I B4 Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 'B7f North-West North-West Preferred 89 Canton 49 Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo 102/ I _ ._ Fort Wayne Pacific Mail 126 Atlantic Mail Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph Mariposa Preferred 19. Ohio and Mississippi 294 Boston Water Power l5 Cumberland Bankers and Brokers lOBl M & St. Paul M & St. Paul Preferred 94 kIORTGAGES. _ RAILWAY IN N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 95/ N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 92 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est 93 N. Y. Central Cs, Sub'n 92 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876 102 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 124 N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 l2l Erie Ist Mort, Ex 104 k Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879_100 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 95 Erie 78, 4th Mort, 1880 88 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 88 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist 31,'77 9ll Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69-100/ Hud. R. 78, 3d M, '75 101 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 102/ Mich. C. Ist M, 'B2 114/ Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 114/ Mich. So., 7 p. c. 2d M 93; N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B 98 Micb.S.&N.l.S.F'd 7 p.c. lol 111. Cen. 7 p. c,j'7o 116/ Alton & T. H. lst Isf Alton & T. H. 2d pfd Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc Bl Han.& St.J . Land War ts 108 Han. & St. J. Con 95 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 112 Chi. & N. West, S. F 96/ Chi. & N. W. Con Cony 95 Chi. & N. W. Ex'n B BB Ist 11.1 9l Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex 9ll Gt. Western 2d M '93 BO Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M 100 Gal. & Chic. Ext 101 Gal. & Chic. 2d M 95 Chi. & R. I. Ist M 100 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7's 94i Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 101 N.J. Central Ist M 101 N. J. Central 2d M 1021 Pitts. Ft.W., &Ch.lstM 105 f Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch.2dM 9B Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 3d M 92 Cleve. & Pitts. 2d M 92 Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc 9l Chic. & Alton, S.F.lstM 100 Mil. & St. Paul Ist M 931 Mil. & St. Paul 2d M 9O Marietta & Cin. Ist M 9ll Morris & Essex Ist M 100 Morris & Essex 2d M B7 Joliet & Chic. Ist 51 103 Chi. & Gt. East'n Ist M 761 N. Y. & N. H. Gs 9l Dubuque &S.City,lstM 92 Peninsula Ist M B9 Ohio & Miss. Ist M 951 Ohio & Miss. Con B6 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D B4 Atlantic & G. W. Ist M 79 Express Stocks are lower. We quote : Adams 501 to 51 American .................. 46 to 46k Merchants' Union, 35 per cent.— 221 to 23 United States .. 46/ to 47 Wells, Fat go, and Co. ... 29f to 30 Latest prices of Silver Mining Stocks, by telegram from San Francisco, dated Oct. 7, 1868: Gould and Curry ~. to per foot Savage 2 *) 103 .9 11 ar4 ) 94 7 4i If f 1 , , II) 1I I 15 3 7) Ophir 1111• ••• .... 8.0 01. • .11 Hale and Narcross ... ... ~. ... 960 ,I Crown Point 880 71 Yellow Jacket 1,550 77 Belcher 150 ,1 Alpha ... .„ ... ... "'... 1,080 1 7 Kentuck 272 ft Bullion 17 ,t Overman 86 71 Empire Mill ... ... ... ... ... 105 ~ Imperial 111 pr s hare Confidence ... ... ... ... —• 40 ;,Amader Exchequer .., ... ... ... . Quartz Hill ... "' Lady Byron ... Sierra Nevada... •r 17 ~. (From Messrs. Satterthunite,'s Circular.) London, Oct. 21. Tho decline in the premium on gold in New York, reportod in our last, has continued with little interruption during th e week, and there has been a corresponding rise in London Amarican Securities currently dealt i on the Stock Exchange. United States 5-20's, which were one time 73 to I, ex Ist November coupon close 721 to s o , the 1865 issue leave oT 71i tog ex coup.. and the 0-4 Sonds 70 to Illinois Central Shares have improved to 96-1 to 07; the monthly returns of this company ev iac m : steady prosperity, the receipts from laud sales for ""; month of September being the large sum of 400,000 &is., Fries, on the other hand, on numerous sales, have de clined to 31k to +, and leave off weak. Virginia Sig p ot , Conti.. have experienced a rise of 2 dols., and aro las" quoted 34 to 36, after touching 38. There have been s° ni d : nearly ali transactions in Massachusetts Five per Cent. Dollar 900 (principal and interest payable in gold), and inquirics3drgi springing up about C en t ra l an d U n i on P a cific Be n which are also gold bonds. THE INCREASE OF SCARLATINA. The increase of scarlatina in the metropolis and some of the other large towns is causing some anxiety. The disease is not confined to the slums and back streets, but has most unceremoniously entered the well-aired rooms of the upper classes. Dr. Matthew Corner, the medical. officer of health for Mile-end Old Town, writing to the Times, gives his idea of the reason for this. He says the disease is very often taken at public schools. " During the past week," he says, " I have investigated the circumstances of twelve fatal cases of scarlatina, taken indiscriminately from the returns of the Registrar-General, and all were easily and clearly traced to have become infected, directly or indirectly, at some public or private school. The cause of this danger consists in allowing children to return to school before the relics of the disease and consequent power of infection are completely removed; this condition probably remains longer in scarlatina than any other disease of the same class." Another reason, however, for it is to be found in the remnant of old drains, which are still to be found in many of our houses. In one case two families, occupying at different times the same house, were constantly affected by scarlatina and similar diseases. By Dr. Corner's advice, the foundation of the house was examined, and an old, defective, and obstructed brick drain was discovered communicating with tho privy, and running imme• diately under the floor of the house, the surrounding earth being saturated with the stagnant contents of the drain. This evil at least may be easily and readily remedied. A MUSICIAN'S DESCENDANTS It will be remembered that the woman :Bishop, who was sent to prison the other day for fraud, proved, to the astonishment of the public, to be the daughter-in-law of the late Sir Henry Bishop. An appeal was instantly made for charity on behttlf of her children, and this has met with a ready response. Subscriptions to the amount of £l7 were received at the commencement of the week by Mr. W. Francis, deputy clerk of the peace, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, and that gentleman makes a further appeal for a moderate sum to place the girls in a fair way of providing for themselves. An offer has already been made of a musical performance, and as the pro fessors of music are ever ready with their help to each other, it is to be hoped that its chief ornaments may assist. Meanwhile, the appeal should fairly catch all those who have derived pleasure from the works of such a true musician as the composer of " Guy Mannering." Artists surely have a claim on their posterity as long as their works live. B UnGLARIES. The Times contains some detailc; of a late attempt by three burglars to break into a, house in Victoria street, Westminster. In this new street there are lofty houses, let off in chambers. One gentleman living in an upper storey is often visited by tramps and vagabonds, who make their way upstairs, pro bably, like Mr. Micawber, looking out for something to "turn up." The policy refuse to interfere, unless it is sworn there is an intention to commit a felony. Three thieves were lately drinking in a neighbouring tavern, and a bystander acquainted with their dialect overheard a plan for breaking into this house. He communicated it to the porter, and the porter sent to Scotland-yard. Scotland-yard sent him to Westminster, and Westminster refused to send out men to protect private property. At last the urgency of the porter prevailed upon that unjust judge, the inspector, to send down a single man. The police on the beat did not seem very willing to assist him, and so he procured the assistance of a neighbour, and arms. With this force they managed to secure the burglars, but they owed small thanks to the 'Arlie°. FOREIGN NOTES THE SUCCESSION TO THE BELGIAN THEONH All hope of the recovery of the Duke of Brabant, heir to the crown of Belgium, has long been abandoned, and since the recent relapse it is feared that the question of time will not long remain doubtful. The Libertg says that Count van Straaten, Grand Marshal of the Belgian Court, has been sent on a confidential mission to the Em peror Francis Joseph, at Godollo, to take counsel respecting the choice of the future heir to the Belgian throne. SPAIN. The Spanish Minister of Finance is desirous of contract ing a loan of £20,000,000. This is indeed a formidable undertaking for a country with a revenue below twenty-six millions sterling, and with funds quoted at 32 or 33. The treasury is in no very flourishing condition, and the revenue is weakened by the abolition of the octroi and other duties. Moreover, there are large obligations to meet. But Figuerola, the Finance Minister, is able and conscien tious ; he has concluded that a smaller loan will not answer the purpose, and so universal is the belief in his honesty that a beneficial effect on public confidence has already been produced. If, the Times correspondent says, Spain is willing to go hand in hand with her rulers, there can be no doubt as to her ability to pay her way. She has hitherto been a very lightly taxed nation. The collectors' duty was never a very difficult one. The new manifesto of the Provisional Government is calculated to dissipate the uncertainty which prevailed as to the freedom of creed and worship. The first manifesto was very hazy on this, as on other points. The utmost that could be deduced from it was that religion would be tolerated, not that it would be free. This ambiguous decision caused, we are told, much dissatisfaction in Spain. But the Government now definitely announces that the fullest freedom of religion shall be granted. There is, moreover, every reason to believe that religious liberty is %lready practically established in Spain. The meeting of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery, held recently at Madrid, was one of the largest, most enthusiastic, and unanimous gatherings ever held in that capital. There were about 5,000 persons present, all belonging to the middle classes. The proceedings laited four hours, the speeches being varied by the reciting of poems by ladies. Senor Olozaga presided. Whilst the necessity of emancipation was acknowledged by all, the practical difficulties were not overlooked, and frequent reference was made to the experience of England. Two Cuban estate-holders spoke, both advocating the abolition of slavery. It is announced that Don Henri of Bourbon has arrived at Lisbon. He is about to ask permission to enter Spain on the ground that he was unjustly exiled by the Govern ment of Isabella. THE BATTLE OF ALCOLEA. The following touching incident of the battle of Alcolea is related by the Daily Hews correspondent, who heard the story from a young soldier who was in Serrano's army : "This young man was in one of the advanced battalions which were earliest engaged, and for some minutes his regiment and one of the royalist army were exchanging shots at a very short distance, so short, indeed, that they could easily discern the countenances of titeir antagonists. Soon after the firing commenced, so soon indeed that the smoke had not yet obscured their vision, the soldier on his left-band file, a young man like himself, noticed that he was being covered by the rifle of one of the enemy, and looking at his foe imme diately perceived that it was his own brother. For a moment he seemed petrified with horror at the idea that he might be slain under such circumstances, and then, throwing up his arms, he exc!aimed in Spanish, 0, Frank, do not fire r The Royalist was naturally astonished at hearing his name thus shouted out in the middle of battle, but he was not slow to recognise his brother ; and the two lads, for getting all about Queen or revolution, rushed into each other's arms and embracad between the lines of the hostile armie3. But, unfortunately, a bullet intended for some one ese passed through the head of the Royalist, and he was saved from the curse of fratricide only to expire in his bra ther's arms." PERSECUTION OF TIIE JEWS. Ju 3tice is to be accorded to the Jews who suffer( d from the recent disturbances at Galatz. They are to be recompensed for their losses, and the persons who inflicted them will be tried forthwith. Of all the towns of Roumania, Galatz is most frequently the scene of these outrages. A large number of Greeks who live at this place are supposed to be in some degree answerable for these occurrences. SOUTH AMERICA. Tim vail 110 W be _little _goat that_ . some of j_l9l TRADE WITH CHINA. The adoption of the new route to South-west Chir a by way of Rangoon will be attended by more than one benefit. It will not only open commercial intercourse with two hundred millions of people who are practically cut off from European trade, but it is necessary for the consolida tion of our Indian Empire. France has planted her flag in Cochin China, and is rapidly working up the Cambodia River. If we neglect the opportunity, she will gain com mand of this new district before us. THE EPISCOPAL TRIENNIAL CO!' FEN- TION. This Convention assembled in Trinity Church, New York on the 7th inst. The bishops number 42. The clerical and lay delegates number nearly one hut) d red and fifty. A C ommittee of Arrangements was in attendance to receive the bishops and de puties. The clergy generally, the lay members of boards of missions and other church institutions, and the vestry of Trinity Church, were admitted to seats in the nave behind the deputies. The north side was open to the public. The singing was exe cuted by a full choir of thirty clergymen. The sermon was delivered by Bishop Lee, of Delaware. At the close of the regular religious services the secretaries and standing committees were appointed by Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, and presiding officers, when the Convention adjourned to meet at Trinity Chapel, in Twenty-fifth-street, on Thurs day morning, Oct. 8. The following are the names of the members of the Convention : HOUSE OF BISHOPS, Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D.D., of Kentucky, presiding Bishop. Charles Petit M'llvaine, D.D., D.C.L., of Ohio. Jackson Kemper, D.D., LL.D., of Wisconsin. Samuel Allen M;Coskry, D.D., D.C.L., of Michigan. William Robinson, Whittingham, D.D., LLD., of Mary land. Alfred Lee, D.D., of Delaware. John Johns, D.D., of Virginia. Manton Eastburn, D.D., of Massachusetts. Carlton Chasg, D.D., of Now Hampshire. George Upfold, D.D., LL.D., of Indiana. William Mercer Green, D.D., of Mississippi. John Williams, D.D., of Connecticut. Henry John Whitehouse, D.D., of Illinois. Thomas Fred. Davis, D.D., of South Carolina. Thomas Atkinson, D.D., of North Carolina. Wm. Ingraham Kip, D.D., of California. Henry Washington Lee, D.D., of lowa. Horatio Potter, D.D., D.0.L., of Now York. Thomas March Clark, D.D., of Rhode Island. William Henry Odenhoimer, D.D., of New Jersey. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., of Ohio. Alexander Gregg, D.D., of Texas. Henry Benjamin Whipple, D.D., of Minnesota. Henry Champlin Lay, D.D., of the Southwest. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, 'D.D., of Indiana. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., of Pennsylvania. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D., of Alabama. Thomas Hubbard Vail, D.D., of Kansas. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, D.D., of Western New York Charles Todd Quintard, D.D., of Tennessee. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., of Nebraska. John Barrett Kerfoot, D.D., of Pittsburg. George Maxwell Randall, D.D., of Colorado. Joseph Peer Bell Wilmer, D.D., of Louisiana. George D. Cummings, D,D., of Kentucky. William Edmund Armitage, D.D., of Wisconsin. Henry Adams Neely, D.D., of Maine. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, D.D., of Montana. John Freeman Young, D.D., of Florida. John W. Beckwith, D.D., of Georgia. Francis M. Whittle, D.D., of Virginia. W. H. A. Blase], D.D., cf Vermont. The clerical and lay deputies are foux of each State. Among the laity are Horatio Seymour, of New York ; Richard H. Dana, jun., and Benjamin R. Curtis, of Massachusetts. Bishop Lee was severe on the Ritualists, whore he advised to go over to theßoman Catholic C hurch, where they would find Ritualiim to perfection. A petition was presented from the newly-organized diocese of Nebraska asking for admission to the church. Dr. Littlejohn, of New York, spoke in favour of the petition, which was referred to an ap propriation committee. A motion was made and referred, to change the title of the Convention to that of Council. Several memorials to amend the fifth article of the constitution of 1789, in relation to the establishment of new dioceses, were referred to the committee on canons. A sharp debate oc curred towards the clo3e of the day's session on the subject of printing 1,500 copies of the sermon of Bishop Lee, of Delaware, which commented severely on Ritualism. A motion to lay the subject on the table was negatived and the printing ordered. SPAIN. The Central Junta at Madrid has dissolved itself, public security being now firmly established ; as have also many of the principal Juntas. Among the reforons announced by the Junta are abolition of arbitrary arrest in violation of the privacy of domicile ; withdrawal from male religious commu nities of the privilege of acquiring and possessing property ; and an amnesty for offences against the press laws. The leaders of the chief political par ties with a degree of forbear ance promises well. The desire the will of the people in good faith.in Spainand moderation is t A y are r actingwhich o At carry a ar breakfast ut given to Marshal Serrano, Admiral Topete, and Senor Olozaga, at Gua dalajara, the form of Government to be adopted was freely discussed. Senor Olozaga and his friends were of opinion that a monarchy was a necessity for Spain. For a Republic, it was neces sary the people shduld receive a preparatory educa tion, and he believed that freedom would be se cured under a Representative Government based upon universal suffrage. Admiral Topete ex pressed a similar opinion, but would support a Republic if that form of Government were esta blished by the Cortes. Marshal Serrano said the Provisional Government would respect the national wishes. Senor Moras, a Democrat, said the De mocrats would support a Republic as their beau ideal, but they would respect a Monarchical Government if such were voted by the nation. The rank and file of the Democrats are more pro nounced in favour of a Republic, but no desire is manifested to dispute the final decision of the country. The Gaulois says that General Prim has declared that he never dreamt of the crown, and if it were offered him he should refuse it. Letters received ie. Paris from Madrid say that the only two real candidates for the throne are the King of Portugal and the Duke de Mont pensier. Some further decrees are issued, one of which orders the immediate suppression of all mon asteries, convents, co lleges, congregations, a n d o th er religious establishments of both sexes, founded since the 29th July, 1837. All the property, movable and immovable, of these establishments is to become the property of the State. No compensation is to be granted to monks and nuns, but such as return to a secular life may claim the restoration of any money contributed by them. The convents established before 1837 are to be reduced by one- h alf, and are forbidden to receive novices. The reports from Cuba are still contradictory; and as they come through New York, where, it is said, there is an earnest desire for annexation, they are not considered reliable. Mr. Seward is urged to open negotiations for the purchase of the island, which he appears in no hurry to do, remembering the reception his formar purchase met with. In America it is thought the Provisional Government will want money, and will be willing to accept a price for Cuba. The Junta has proposed that all the children of slave women born within the dominions of Spain after Sept. 17 last shall be free. The ex-Queen was expected and has probably arrived at Brighton. Her baggage was brought over by the Count and Countess Gir genti. Her ex-Majesty has been so far wise in her generation that she is prepared for the catas trophe, having for years been investing in property in a 4uglAnd and America, The Opularda are not THE COIMELL UNI VERSII Y. Goldwin Smith proceeds immediately to Anle rica , to take his seat u s a P ro f essor i n th e Cornell ti l3 ': versity. Over two th ousan d app li ca tions for a d mission have been receiv e d by M r . Cornell g er t the publication of his letter stating that students a the Cornell University wou ld b e a bl e to suPP (3/t themselves by manual labou r . It is stated that some of these appli can t s , if th ey possess sufa cie : t elementary training t o ena bl e th em t o enter t lowest class, can be furnished with oecapat i°ll „ ;. -. part of the time, pro v id e d th e y are mechann-ot Others can be employed on the college far° 3 9l 3 e d. some time must elap se b e f ore a ll can be admit ted The university was inaugurated on the Bth ins ta i l e Mr. Cornell hims e lf d e li ver i ng an a dd r ess o n "t charter and seals being presented by Lieuter l l a Governor Woodford, who administered to White the oath of office, handing an oaken c° sket, — a d bound with steel, containing the keys and the br ° re seal of the university.. Among the speakers viete, Professor Agassiz and G. W. Curtis. This in n . D resting university stands at the head of Carly Lake, about three- quar t ers o f a m il e f r om the of Ithaca, on a long, sloping ridge, whic h c :iies mands a grand viewof the townandlake. Ithac in a deep valley i n th e m id st o f t h e c hoice ' ci ",d regions of central and western New York, W in o. by abrupt hills n o t excee di ng 40 0 f eet. The hil h i s y ings are just comp l e t e d , an d workmen are now "01.. upon others, but Profe ssor A gass i z was to d e . mence a course of lectures. The Tribune thos o , scribes the building :—" Th e s t ruc t u res are 1 100 one named Cascadilla Hall is 180 feet long , feet wide, and four stories high, capable of al e a, modating 300 students, leavi ng 10 parlours with " 4 g. rooms attached ; also including a parlour 5 0 b i to . The other building is 165 f ee t by 50, and four 0 0 ries high, containing in the t wo w i ngs rooms ` students, and there are recitatio n and lecture r c° sB . libraries and cabinets, with a l a b ora t or y iu the b. 3 03i , ment. Another building of the same size for s . l be lar uses is in process of construction, and tiag, ready early in the winter. Still another btl' i rj . oo 120 feet long, with two wings in addition, ea c " Bo cl feet long, containing laboratories for profess°r° students, general lecture room for chemistrh: o o boratory for physics and lecture room, and 3 a nd for veterinary surgery, besides an engine room workshops, is soon to be completed. A Cen i D s, building is soon to be comme n ced in the fe d to about 200 feet long and 60 broad, plan ° ev il accommodate libraries and cabinets, a g e „„el , lecture room ; and in this is to be the , d. The plan embraces more than a dozen other to e. ings for vario us u ses , t o b e erec t e d i n the filv dD e- Attached to the University are 300 acr es of Pr° t be tive land, in a high state of cultivation. 1 -/P °ll ,. c reel line of the buildings I ha ve name d are two g c l o g through which run good si ze d s t reams , each 113,,v,i10f not less than 400 feet fall in the cours3 of 3 7, 1 , 0 3 giving a great variety of beautiful views of s een and cascades, with a delightful mingling of P . no fields and evergreen forests. Perhaps there fiet,f part of our country which presents a greater Ta` cit i of romantic scenery in close connection wi tli tioD e and pastoral life. So great ar e these attraci, by that an illustrated volu me h as b een publish e ' r ip , Spence Spencer, of Ithaca, giving detailed des ea tions of the various points of interest. r° l ) ,ri• speaking, the Cornell U n i vers ity i s the State of cultural College, organized agr e e a bly to the • ° : re y a Congress, by which large donatiOns of 13 7 Des made ; but, in addition, Mr. Erza Cornel l tha n given land and money amounting to not less d to X 600,000, so that his name has been aPPl ie , ta te the institution. The funds belonging to the being nearly as much, and by means of I ‘ - ' -r. th ree nell's management, being increased perhaps t ° . v i D g times the grand total, they w ill suffice fora nvi l tore to the people an education they cou ld not °- else get. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last aegis°. 1 1 "/ Amsterdam Short ..• 11 181 •" 12 I Do - 4 0 Rotterdam — ... 12 0 ••• 1 ... - Antwerp - ••• 20 40 25 35 Brussels ainburgh Paris Ditto ••• Mraseilles • . . . • . 11 12 , _O , 5 :: : i i .1 1 . 8 8 0 1) Trieste Frankfort-on-the-Main -- •• Petersburg II 11 75 ••• 3 2 5 3 321 ••• 9 ~61 ••• 6 ' Copenhagen ... 9 20 6 6 4° Berlin • i OO Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 474 ••• 27 Leghorn • ... 27 40 ... 2 7 .4 Genoa Milan — ... 27 40 •" 2/ 5 0 1•11,)les --.;. 27 40 ••• 27 5 0 ... 27 40 ... 7 Palermo 6O 27 40 ••• 21 27 40 ... 5Fi Messina ••• 52f •'' b 2l Lisbon ••• Oporto _ ... 52f ••• Rio Janeiro — - New York .... ••• /' „robdreso General Barnside is making rapid r o lig in building his new road f r om Indiang i e tey' Vincennes, Indiana, 111 miles, which o° g11) joi nt as it will be in a short time, comes under ti le d 1Y charge of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati, cud fayette Compauy, the Columbus, Chicago CO' diana Central Company, and the Pittsburg o ' die cinnati and St. Louis Company, as Pg,,, t 4 t through connection with these East and ” c,n a lease equivalent to (and so gu ar- n d ° ll.l ' $199,500, or 7 per cent. upon the first a„ver, t) mortgage of $1,700,000 on the road, aouqo-0,0011;; per cent. upon the common stock of s,. l ; ',.'d of 13 „ - c i The General has placed more than one- 0 " a , A- a in n ow i; mortgage bonds (40 years to run) will soon offer the remainder in New Providence. , BAUMGARTNER—On the S t t h h i g nst., at arr eenr 'fl e ' ° ; . : f l' Cs N oit e nm wry, the wife of Colonel Baumgartn er ' '' allllit • 0 0 CAMPBELL-4 O of n the 25th i .sth inst., at Ceirnhill , lu' g r • -• w ife f If GATES—On the 26th inst., at 43, Be Ig rave- road, the of r. C. Gates, of a daughter. Mairiages. i sir JORNSTON—SCORESBY—On the 23d • et , 4t jeab3l.6l°'lsq of William Johnston, of Kirk-hill, to Georgians, vil the Rev. William Scoresby, D.D.:Ito don, CArahe'ait SPERA.TI —Bmcx—On the 24th inst., at Crolizavdgel da IA A. Sperati, Esq., of Highbury-park, tog , vine only daughter of Thomas Birch, Bsq ,°` 1 Maida-vale. Deaths. .„ orY, i)eti' BARSTOW—On the 24th inst, at Garrow Ill",, , 1 3, nei ~colot enant-Colonel George Barstow, ILA., ag e- 4 LAURlE—Onic e ' e , cl-t II the 28th ult., at Bombay, Lieuteinenb JohnJ. Laurie, aged 43. STACEY —On the 25th inst , at Northuinnenall e, Regent's-park, John Stacey,. 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