The Sun. — London, England, 1868-06-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT THE P•O'BLIC JCJRNALS, What will the Lords do, asks the Tintes, with Mr. Glad 'stone's Suspensory Bill? It has passed through com mittee in the House of Commons, and in the course of this week, or early in next, it will come before the Upper House. What will their lordships do ? The leading journal finds no difficulty in the question what they ought to do (for they ought to accept it) but itcannot be sanguine that they will do it. Mr. Hardy has deelarei hb hoped and believed the Suspensory Bill would not reach the stage of success contemplated by Mr. Gladstone, and we may assume that the Government will use all their influence in the Upper House to procure its rejec tion. When it is remembered that the practical leader of the Ministry in the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor—is devoted to the maintenance in its integrity of the Irish Establishment, and the "inspiring genius " below the gangway took the earliest opportunity of proclaiming his opposition to all schemes for dealing with it, it can hardly be hoped that there will be many deserters from the Ministerial supporters to the side of isdom and prudence. It is still more unfortunate that the most Liberal of the bishops have announced beforehand their hostility to the bill, though we cannot but feel that the essential distinction between the English and the Irish Churches—that the one is , and the other is not the Church of the people—must become so apparent on reflection that it may induce some members of the episcopal bench to abandon their first hasty conclusions. But, if the bill is to be carried, wo must trust to the good sense of that large section of the House of Lords which is free from ecclesiastical prepossessions or the trammels of (party. To them we appeal. What would be the position of the House if the bill were rejected? The Lords would appear before that tribunal to which an appeal,is to be so soon made, not merely as the antagonists of the popular House, but also as the champions of privi lege against justice. This is the sum of the whole matter, recognised more and more clearly every day. The Irish Establishment is the application of the domain of the many to the advantage of a few. We ought rather to say to the supposed advantage of the few, for the healthy current of their lives is poisoned by a gift, the possession of which is an outrage on the feebleness of the mass excluded from participation in it. It is sad there should be any danger that the House of Lords will pledge itself to maintain such-a system, denounced, as it has been, by statesmen of every generation, and thus at once put itself at issue with a vast mass of its countrymen hitherto unen franchised. The Post declares it to be very satisfactory to know that the regulations for the constitution and guidance of the new War Office " Department of Control " will be sub mitted for the approval of the House of Commons before being authorised and published ; but the answer given Dy Sir John Pakington to the Marquis of Hartington, on Friday last, although it conveyed that information, appeared to justify the impression which had undoubtedly prevailed that the Secretary of State for War had not considered himself either pledged or bound to lay the statement asked for before Parliament. An uneasy feel ing„ too, prevailed that all was not as it should be in the original draft of the proposed regulations. It would have been the height of official folly for a Minister to have en deavoured to start a new and highly important depart ment on regulations unapproved of by Parliament ; and Sir John Pakington has done wisely in yielding to a mani festly prevailing desire for an investigation of them pre liminary to publication. The Hess/d, thinks the Liverpool breakfast must lo ..se. keen a queer sort of affair. The English people are not given to eating I heir ham and eggs in public. Breakfasts such as that which was dignified by the presence of the member for Birmingham are usually associated with Exeter Hall and the May meetings. There is something strange and incongruous in the spectacle of five or six hundred people assembled to discuss politics over their tea and toast; and the chief incidents of the scene were equally anomalous. We arc not accustomed to hear English statesmen chant ing their own praises in public. Mr. Bright's fervid eulogium upon himself is happily quite exceptional. It is only fair to say that the honourable gentleman was, to some extent, kept in countenance by the marvellous ex hibition of Mr. Robertson Gladstone. Our Liberal statesmen are somewhat unfortunate in their brothers. On one occasion Lord John Russell's candidature for the City of London was seriously imperilled by the reckless zeal of a devoted but wrong-headed relative. Mr. Jacob Bright's pathetic denunciation of his brother's revilers exposed the latter to some cruel raillery. And now we have the Opposition leader—a personage conspicuously solemn and " proper "—compromised by the well-meant but damaging advocacy of a relative whose forte appears to be silliness tempered by blasphemy. The after-breakfast speech of Mr. Robertson Gladstone was nothing less than a catastrophe for his bro ther under his present circumstances. It is under stood that although South Lancashire has Muted with tolerable distinctness that the Liberal leader had better look elsewhere for his scat in the new Parliament, the right honourable gentleman is resolved upon renewing his suit, and hopes, by a little diplomacy, and by playing his cards very carefully, to tura the scale in his favour. But is this sort of thing possible when one is so fear fully weighted with a bretber like Mr. Robertson Gladstone, who, with the best intentions in the world, goes about bespattering one with the praise which is damning, not because it is so faint, but because it is so uncommonly hot, strong, and full-flavoured ? Mr. Bright did a rather risky thing when he ventured the aspiration that "He in whose hands are the thoughts of men " might " dispose the hearts of the constituencies " in favour of Mr. Gladstone, and against the Conservative party. But Mr. Robertson Gladstone fairly puts rum to the blush with the neat and appropriate metaphor liken ing his brother to the Redeemer. This was too much even for the Liberals of Liverpool, and it can hardly im prove Mr. Gladstone's chances for South Lancashire. The Daily News, referring to the " confidential ae viser" who raises money, and pays the debt of the betting lord (as long as there is any property to mortgage, expresses a fear that some of our railway companies are shewing too much inclination to put themselves into the hands of this same clever, inventive, ever-ready, but most costly gentleman. We all know how invaluable is the service which a man of judgment, financial ability, con science, and firmness may render to a company which he is called in to assist in its embarrassments. Prudence will bid such a man to have nothing to do with affairs in which he cannot act with perfect freedom ; he will re quire some kind of assurance that when the cause of the disease is declared the patient will not shrink from the remedy because it is sharp ; and these conditions being conceded, he will point out how the company may recover its position with the least inconvenience or delay. A less scientific or less conscientious adviser will proceed dif ferently. The ,confidential adviser will pretend to take the symptoms for the disease itself ; he will be satisfied if he gets rid of them even at the expense of the sufferer's constitution ; and while displaying a fussy activity for the patient's recovery he will indulge the very weakness which has undermined his health. In a lower degree the policy thus condemned is being illustrated in the recent action of some of our railway companies respecting-the issue of debenture stock. All persons moderately conversant with railway affairs agree, we believe, that the existence of a debenture loan debt, in more than a small proportion to its share capital, is a source of danger to a company, and that, other'things being equal, its conversion into debenture stock is desirable. But even gold may be bought too dear, and it is be re membered that debenture loan debts have existed for many years, without being considered dangerous ; that they have become so through the general discredit which has fallen upon railway management ; and that the reme dial action called for should be something better than the barbarous practice of bidding for money at any price in the market, irrespective of the permanent loss entailed on the shareholders. The more rational and moderate partisans of Congress in this country regret the failure of the impeachment, on the ground that it will perpetuate or prolong the peculiar distribution or separation of constitutional powers which is characteristic of the American system. It will, they say, help to maintain the President's inclependence of Congress, and prevent the gradual app rox im a ti on to the English system which they consider detirabh —the concentration of power in the hands of ;the Legislature and th e establishment of its corftro. over the Executive. There is much truth (the Stanciara admits) in this anticipation ; there is also some exaggera• tion. Impeachment is a weapon that can only be employed under peculiar circumstances ; and even if Mr. Johnson had been deposed for resi s t ance to the uncous . titdtiona . policy of a congressional majority, his successors might under ordinary conditions, assert their indeP en done as s uccessfully as General Jacks on did . It is incousisteritwei4 the fundamental principles of the Executive Government • of America— the direct election of the P res i dent by the people (for it is really though not technically direct)—that it should become the dependant of Congress, and change its policy in deference to a vote of the representative body. The President is not, like a constitutional King independent of party, and, because irresponsible, bound tc be guided by responsible advisers ; nor is he, like a con stitutional Minister, the servant of the Legislature. He derives his commission directly from the people, represents a popular conviction and a public choice, and can neither be expected to carry out a policy of which he disapproves. nor to resign at the bidding of an authority nowise superior to his own. We do not think, then, that the success of the impeachment would have established, or could ever establish, parliamentary government in America. The Telegraph, commenting on the death of the Earl Shrewsbury , ay s : The Lord Shrewsbury who has JuT passed away was " a respectabl e man ." In our pi s', times it is difficult to achieve gr ea tne s s, and it was Lord Shrewsbury's misfortune, not his fault, that the continental war had ceased when he entered the navy, and that but for " the untoward accident," other wise the " glorious event " of Navarino, he might never have secu a shot fired in anger. Ten years after that battle—in 1837—he went on half-pay, and never served again. Thus, there was nothing in . his wa r lik e ex p er i ences t o recall the deeds of his illustrious ancestors. But whose fault was that? Not Lord Shrewsbury's, we suppose. During the tw en ty years of hi s serv i ce at sea, Europe, exhausted after the great . war, had sunk to rest ; and the chief Continental Powers were so mindful of their sacrifices and perils in the past, that with one accord they conspired to tread out all insurrections, and to keep the peace by helping each other to hang and imprison refractory civilians. What, there fore, was 1g tfn a n English naval captain to do? THE MURDER OF A TRAPTLLING SALESMAN. At the police-office, Wellington, near Shrewsbury, two meni•inamed George Harries and Richard Hart, have been brought up in custody, charged with the murder of Barnatt Zusman, on the 15th of November, 1867. The particulars of this remarkable crime, with which the prisoners are after so great a lapse of time charged, are briefly as follows :—On the 15th of November, in last year, Barnatt Zusman, a travelling salesman, in the service of Mr. Coh en ,watch mannfacturer, Birmingham, left the Rose and Crown Inn, Ironbridge, where he had been staying for some days, with the avowed intention of goifig to Dawley and Horsehay. He left at ten o'clock in the morning, and took with him a case containing watches and jewellery of the estimated value of £420. He ordered dinner, but did not return to it, and not being heard of for some days after, his employer came to the conclusion that he had absconded with the property, and a notice to that effect was inserted lit the Paliee Gazette. About a fortnight after his disappearance a gentleman was shooting, when his dog found the body of Zusman buried in the mud. An inquest was held, and from the evidence then adduced it seemed that the deceased had been murdered. The box that the deceased had with him was folind empty near the scene of the murder. At the coroner's inquiry no evidence was given to justify the arrest of any one, but a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons un known " was returned. The affair was placed in the hands cf Superintendent Baxter, of Church Smelton, who has been watching the parties he suspected for some time. The circle narrowed, till Baxter's attention was fixed upon a young man named Harries, who lived at Daw ley and followed the occupatidn of a chain manufacturer. Harries is a person of respectable connections, and, till recently, occupied a good position in the listrict, his father, who died a little rctora than two years ago, having left him property worth £4,000 and a business which brought him about £4OO a year. The young man, however, got into bad society, and contracted a close intimacy,with a gang of well-known poachers who infest the neighbourhood, and at the time of the murder —though be still kept on the works—bad succeeded in Jriving away nearly all the business his father had com manded. According to his own evidence, given at the adjourned inquest on the 4th of December, Harries had lealings with the murdered man, and had seen and spoken to him on the the morning of his death. He had, he stated, bought a watch from him for £27 125., paying in small sums on account, and promising payment of the balance by instalments. It was ascertained by the police that Harries had, on the following day, gone over to Shrewsbury, and there pawned the watch for £B. A few days after the inquest, and nearly a month after the , murder, the police obtained a warrant to search Harries's house, but they found nothing that tended to connect him with the crime, and their suspicions were apparently with drawn. On Wednesday week Superintendent Baxter received certain information which took him over to Dawley again, and in the course of last week he obtained . evidence which led Lim, at a late hour on Friday night, to arrest George Harries without waiting for a formal war rant. Of the precise character of the evidence in the possession of the police information is, for obvious reasons, at present withheld, but it is understood to be very con elusive. The arrest of the other prisoner has taken the public by surprise, as his name has not been previously mentioned in connection with the murder ; but he is well known in the Dawley district as an incorrigible poacher, ind as such has been several times convicted. No evidence vas taken by the magistrates, and upon the application of Superintendent Baxter the prisoners were remanded. A solicitor appeared on behalf of Harries, and asked that he night be admitted to bail, but the request was refused. 3art was undefended. LAW AND POLICE. - s ANOTHER QUESTION AS TO CHARITY LEGACIES.—In the Lord Chancellor's court the case of Brook v. Badley was determined. The question raised was whether certain darts of the property of one C. E. Pargeter were pure personalty, so as to be applicable to the trusts of her will, which directed that all her personal propel ty " applicable for the purposes of rnortmain " Should he applied by her trustees for charitable pur poses. The property in question consisted of a legacy of £3,000 under the will of Dr. Withering, which was payable at the death of his wife out of his property generally. Mrs. Withering was still living; consequently this legacy had not been paid, and had been purchased by Miss Pargeter from the legatees. The Master of the * Rolls had held that the legacy was charged by Dr. Wither. pig's will upon real estate, and consequently was such an interest in lands as could not be bequeathed to a charity. From this decision the charities interested in the matter 'appealed. In a long and lucid judgment the Lord rhaneellor held that the decision of the Master of the Rolls was right, and therefore dismissed the appeal, but without costs. A SALMON FISHERY CASE.—The Court of Queen's 7f3ench have been occupied for a considerable period in aearing the appeal of Mr. Holford, M.P., against the decision of the Salmon Fisheries Commissioners as to his right to maintain "putchers " for the taking of salmon at Arlingham, on the Severn. Amongst other things it seemed that there was a deed as far back as 1610, men `..ioning the fisheries of the manor for salmon, and evidence was given before the commissioners that for forty-five years putchers had been used. On this Mr. Holford set up a prescriptivp right which the commissioners overruled. b no th e r question was as to a st o p- ne t mo ored to a< oat, which it was thought was contrary to the statute of Henry VI. The Lord Chief Justice gave judg ment for the respondents, as at all events they had no evidence that "putchers" had been used from time imme orial. The case was one for the commissioners to deter- Ta p ine. With regard to the nets, the learned judge also 4:ondemned the use of them, as they interfered with both isbing and navigation. ACTION Fon Loss OF GOODS.—In the Court of Exche quer the case of Hargreaves v. the Lancashire and York ,hire Railway Company was heard. It was an action for non-delivery of seven bales of cotton on request. The cotton had been sent by the defendants' line to a customer 0 the plaintiffs, who, being dissatisfied with the quality, rent it back. The plaintiff's servants inquired at the 'find- Persfield station as to its arrival, and were told that it had hot been received. This, it appears, was not the case; and in the evening a fire took place and the cotton was consumed. The company contended that as the plaintiff had not sent Por the cotton within a reasonably early period their re sponsibilities as carriers had ended, and if they were sued as warehousemen, then they were not liable for loss by fire. The plaintiff urged that inasmuch as the defendants bad denied that the goods had arrived at Huddersfield, and thereby bad misled him, their responsibility as carriers re mained. The Lord Chief Baron said that though the de fendants might not be liable as warehousemen, the reverse would perhaps be the case if they were looked upon as bailees. On the other hand, the plaintiff would not be entitled to the full value of the goods. He therefore sug gested an :arrangement between the parties, and this 'ourse was agreed to. SERIOUS • CHARGE AGAINST A BANKRUPT.—At the Guild hall Mr. Benjamin Benjamin, a merchant, trading under ;he firm of Benjamin Brothers, at 339, Hackney-road, and 61, Basingball-street, surrendered before Alderman Owden to the charge that he, being a trader who had been duly adjudged bankrupt, unlawfully, with intent to de fraud his creditors, did, within three months next 3efore the filing of his petition, pawn certain of his goods —to wit, forty - two gross of Turkish towels and other goods, which had been obtained on credit and remained unpaid for, contrary to the statute, The proceedings were taken against him ifnder the Bank ruptcy Act of 1861, and the charges against him were that within three months of his bankruptcy he obtained goods to the amount of £25,000, that within sixty days of his bankruptcy he concealed and made away with a large quantity of those goods, and also that he made false entries in his books. The accused was remanded, and bail refused. THE ATTEMPTED WIFE-MURDER IN SUFFOLK.- David Underwood, a man charged with a murderous assault upon his wife at Fornham, near Bury St. Edmunds, has been declared insane by Dr. Macnab, medical officer of the Suffolk county gaol. Underwood has accordingly been removed to a lunatic asylum under an order from a county magi3trate. REMARK ALLE ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. A young woman named Smith, about 23 years of age, was walking by the river side at Staines, reading a book, when she became suddenly giddy and insensible, and iu this state fell into the Thames. She had no recollection of the fall. She was first observed floating down with the stream by a boy named Hancock - , and he at once raised an alarm. She was seen to be struggling in the water, and had sunk twice, when Mr. a übbins, of Church-street, Staines, threw off his coat and hoots, plunged into the water, and succeeded in rescuing her. Lord Elcho has been entertained by a Glasgow working-class audience, by a body styling itself "The txccutive Committee representing the working classes of Great Britain and Ireland," who presented an address of " thanks and gratitude for the great interest and sympathy exhibited by him on all occasions where the social con dition of the industrial millions of his countrymen is in volved," and more especially for the " aid and co•opera tion rendered by his lordship in obtaining the amendment of the law affecting contracts of service between masters and servants." The claim of this body to speak on behalf of the working classes generally is disputed. A t - OLUNTARr EDUCATION RATE, At the village of Pelsall, in Werwicladtire, the eludZn Df a meeting announced that they- (the 'villagers) had the question of national education. The paddlers had gone in at the works with which 'he was connected, and they had consented to allow lid. in the pound to be de heed from their wages as an education rate. Tickets would be given to them, which they could take to the managers of any school they might choose to send their zhildren to ; and on the managers presenting these tickets it the office, the firm would pay the children's school fees. The single men, as well as the married ones, had agreed to the deduction. The members of 'the firm took no credit to themselves for the arrangement. They knew that the two things they had most to fear in their men were vice and ignorance ; that ignorant men were generally unreasonable and unreasoning workmen; and that it would be better for them to have educated men about them. DWELLING-HOUSES FOR "GENTLEIIO37 OF THE 'TIMES." A fine mansion is being erected at Bearwood, in Berk attire, for Mr. Walter, of the Times, from the designs of Professor Kerr. The building being finished externally, or nearly so, Mr. Walter a day or two back entertained at dinner the whole of the workmen who are engaged upon it, some 880 in number. He expressed with emphasis the hope that the home there being formed would never become the seat of merely selfish enjoyment, but would be and loftg remain a centre of kindly hospitality and social sympathy. It was from the perusal of Mr. Kerr's book, " The Gentle man's House," he had been led to seek that gentleman's assistance. The Builder says the house is of considerable size and great -commodiousness, and includes a central picture gallery, round which the other apartments are dirpcsed, the windows of the chamber-story opening above its roof. When we mention that the picture gallery is 70 feet by 24 fee; the dining-room 40 feet by 24 feet, and the drawing-rooms 96 feet by 26 feet, the scale of the house will be understood. The style adopted is a free version of that of the sixteenth century, the materials being red trick, of peduliarly good colour, and Mansfield stone. At Ascot, on the road to Bearwood, a gabled house been built for Mr. Delano, under the direction of the same archi tect. WIFE MURDER AT BAGBHOT. A terrible murder is reported from Bagshot. It ap pears that a man of the name of Edward Hammond, who is about forty years of age, had some altercation with his wife on Tuesday evening, he being in a state of in toxication at the time. He went to a public-house in the vicinity, and, returning home to his cot tage at midnight, more words ensued. He again went out, and she followed him, but in consequence of what her husband said to her the woman went away to her cot tage. He would not accompany her, but went to his brother's house, about 200 yards off, where he remained all night. OnWednesday morning, at half-past four, the woman got up and went to the house of her brother-in-law to call her husband, so that he should not he too late for his work, and more angry words *took place, the man ultimately knocking the woman down, and kicking her several times violently in the stomach, and other wise brutally ill-treating her. The unfortunate woman was far advanced in pregnancy, and the effect of the violence was to bring on premature labour, and she died the same evening. Shortly before her death the deceased made an important statement to Dr. Kongh, of Bagshot, who attended her, but it will not be made public until at the . inquest. The woman has left four young children. The man has, of course, been taken into cus tody, and will be brought before the local bench on the charge of murder. The case has created great sensation, as the woman was a thrifty, well-disposed person, of qtdet and unassuming manners. Mackerel have been so plentiful at Bridport, in Dorset shire, that they have been sold thirteen a penny. Mr. Candlish will move on Friday that a humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct that a statue of Oliver Cromwell be placed iu her Palace at Westminster. Glowing accounts appear in the Irish provincial papers of the prospects of the harvest. The potato crop is cona. derably in advance of last year. The corn crops are most promising, and cover a larger acreage than in 1867. The death is announced of Herr F. Pfeiffer, Professor of German Literature in the University of Vienna, and well known as a leading German philologist. The deceased, who was a native of Switzerland, was only 53 years of age. Mr. Schteiber, M.P. for Cheltenham, bas announced the* in consequence of the B►ibery Bill not being proceeded with this session his connection with the borough must cease at the end of the present Parliament. It is understood that Mr. Greensll, a Conservative, who hes represented Warrington for twenty-one years, be orposed at the next election by Mr. Peter Rylands, a Liberal, who may be classed among the followers of Mr. Bright. The F.:astern Morning News states flat at a meeting of the_ tommil tee of the Hull Conservative Lseociation, Mr. Alder man 11. J. Atkinson, J.P., was unanimously chosen to be recommended for adoption by the Conservative party dt th i b next g'noral election. We have no doubt Mr. Atkinson will prove a most popular candidate. At the second annual meeting of the Curates' Augmenta tion Fund, to be held at Willis's Rooms on Wednesday, the 24th inst., at 3 p.m., the Archbishop of 'York in the chair, we are informed that the Council will make grants of not less than £25 fur the current year to all curates of 15 years, standing who may be eligible. The Council hope to raise the amount of these annual grants year by year until they reach £lOO, as contemplated by the promoters of the fund. The Birmingham Constitutional Association held a meet ing on Wednesday evening, and adopted the following re solutions:— "That the activity of the Democratic party calls for organised opposition on the part of those who hold constitutional opinions, and that such an organisation is provided in the Birmingham Constitutional Association. "That this meeting pledges itself to use its best endeavours to secure for Birmingham at the next election one or more representatives•holding constitutional principles." Mr. Toulmin, of Preston, denies that it is the intention of the Liberal party to start a second candidate for North Lancashire in corjunction with the Marquis of Hartington. He says that while resolved to secure the re-election of the . noble marquis, the Liberal party are equally resolved not to oppose the return of Colonel Wilson-Patten, in whom they recognise an able, attentive, and high-minded representative. RELEASE OF FENIAN PRISONERS. -TWO men, named Gahan and Magrath, who had been confined fur some months past in Kilmainham Prison under the Lord Lieutenant's warrant, were on Thursday released from custody on et tering into their recognisances to leave the United Kingdom on being discharged from custody. Dublin Evening Mail. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A DYER.—A few days ago a man, aged 25, named J. Shaw, whilst carrying some dyeing material within the works of Mr. J. Botterill, Kirkstall•road, Leeds, fell into one of the vats containing hot liquid, and was scalded in a frightful manner. The poor man was extricated from his alarming position as soon as possible, and was conveyed to the infirmary, suffering agonies the most excruciating. He is not expected to survive. FATAL STREET A CCIDENT. —An extraordinary accident occurred in High-street, Sheffield, on Friday morning. About ten o'clock, when the stxeet was full of people, a large corner-stone fell from the top of the house occupied by Mr. Brookes, confectioner. One woman was struck down dead, and six other persons were very much injured. They were removed to the General Dispensary, and it is stated that one of them has since died. The stone overhung about fifteen inches, nine inches only resting on the wall. A SUNDAY TEETOTAL PLEDGE.—The Most Rev. Dr. Leahy, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel, is endea vouring, with inflexible determination, to put down the sale of intoxicating liquors in his diocese on Sundays, and has gone far, by his persevering vigilance, to anticipate the effects of intended legislation. During his visitation at Newport, county of Tipperary, he alluded to the subject in pointed te;-ins, complainint of the conduct of those who bad not kept their pledge not to buy or sell intoxicating drimks on the Sabbath-day. Ile called upon those who had violated their promise to hold up their hands, awl many hands wt re raised in the body of the chapel. The transgressors, who.niani f,sted great penit.:lier, were desired to meet in the evening at the house of the parish priest, and were warned that,la , was determined to deny Christian burial to any person whowouid a 11 intoxicating drink on the Sabbath-day. A rot u,n was publish:Al yesterday morning of the numbei of county and borough prisons in England and Wales in whidilt religious instruction is afforded to prisoners of different denotninatiow, specifying them and the cost to each. The number of prisoners in each prison, and the denomina tions to which they belong, tire also stated. The returns were sent in from 120 prisons and gaols, in the whole of which it aacars that religious instruction in acccrdance with the doctrines of the Church of England is provided at the public expense. In the majority of those, .Roman Catholic prisoners are permitted to be visited by priests of the same persuasion, whose services are, however, ffor the most part, rendered gratuitously. In only 13 cases s‘ .e sti pends allowed to the Roman Catholic clergy ; but at Spelling a sort of compromise seems to have been effected—secq class railway fares being there allowed to the RomanOethkq triest.who travels front.Boooll. POMAN AFFAIRS. (From the Roman Correspondent of the Westminster tiazette) ROME, May 30. The Infanta of Spain and her husband, Count Girgenti, arrived here on Saturday, and were received by the Pope in audience on Monday, and yesterday they held a grand reception of the Corps Diplomatique at the Palazzo di Spagna. Some have thought it was through French intrigue that the preference was not given to the Palazzo Farnese ; but the actual arrangement can hardly be con sidered otherwise than as more honourable, still completing the recognition by Spain of its devotion to the dynasty of Francis 11., which, however, was already significant enough in according the hand of the Princess to the dispossessed Prince, after refusing it to the heir-apparent of the usurped crown of Italy. The King of Naples gave a State soiree in their honour on Tuesday, and the Count of Trapani has issued invitations for one next Monday, at which he will announce the ap proaching marriage of his daughter with the Count of Caserta. Of the religious celebrations of this week the principal has, perhaps, been the fete of St. Philip Neri, which is of obligation here. The Pope attended its celebration at the Chiesa Nuova with what is called his semi-pubblico cortege, consisting of the carriages of his court, preceded by the Prelate Cross-bearer mounted on a white mule. In the carriage with the Pope were two cardinals of tJae last creation— Borromeo and Monaco. Count and Countess Girgenti wei e also present at the Mass, which was sung by Cardinal Hohenlohe. The In fanta, who assisted for the first time at a Roman function, was most enthusiastic in her interest in it. The Pope gave the Oratorians on the occasion a magnificent altar cross, in Byzantine style of orjevrerie, containing a fragment of the True Cross. There was a presentation, limited in numbers, in the Sacristy after the Mass. While the Holy Father was unvesting, and the people thronging round to get near him as usual, " a little vulgar boy" crept between the legs of the stalwart Swiss Guards, his ragged habiliments anything but improved by the process, and, pushing gently past the noble crowd, made his way up to kiss his foot. En couraged by the indulgent smile with which the Holy Father condoned his familiarity, the little fellow, with much native grace and deli cacy of manner, took his hand and put it to his lips, and then stood gazing at him as if he did not know how to give up the advantageous position he had gained. It was touching to see the hand which may be raised to give effect to the mightiest bann or benediction lying within the clasp of the small unwashed fingers of earth's meanest little one, while he, her greatest, forbid it not. The discussions on the payment of the con tribution due from Victor Emmanuel's Go vernment to the Pontifical debt continues at the French Embassy. On the Italian side are Pasolini, Mari, and Martinengo, and on the other, M. de Sartiges, and the agents of French finance, deputed for the occasion. Italy imagines that the embarrassment she can inflict on the Papal exchequer by the attempt at repudiating her obligations, may seriously cripple the action of the Roman Go vernment, and prove a much pleasanter mode of warfare, and one more suited to her charac ter than that of dragging her badly paid, de moralized, and unwilling forces again to the encounter of the ardent defenders of the Pope. She accordingly displays a tone of impertinence, only less surprising than the bad faith it is taken up to defend. If she is as fraudulent in her intentions as in her pro fessions, however, there will be -no escape from giving her a lesson of honesty at the point of the sword and the bayonet, which dislodged her from her cover behind the brushwood of Mentana, and will not be slow to drive her from the less tenable cover of her flimsy pre texts for escaping her debts. It was with France, however, her engagements were made, and as France is the agent of the negotiation, it is she who has to drink the cup of sauciness Italy pours out so plentifully. It argues an immense accession of Christian patience, or a lamentable pitch of national degradation, that she has accepted the measure dispensed hitherto, and that at the hands of a mush room creation of her own. Those who have watched the struggle are aghast at the long suffering of France. An occupation of the usurped provinces as a pledge for enforcing the observance of the Convention seems Co be the weakest measure she can adopt in de fence of her dignity and self-respect ; but Italy snaps her fingers at the threat, and shelters herself behind the fancied protection of the other European Powers jealous 9f France. The revolutionary committees of Florence and other Italian centres are, however, very busy, making the most of the chance. Menotti Garibaldi is at Terni, stimulating the excite mentparty, and Dio e popolo is;the to predicate the the o f cry the theyadvanced raise downfall of the present dynasty, and the final triumph of revolution in democracy. The idea has been no slower in working among en thusiastic spirits on our own side. Every order for change of barrack, necessitated by hygienic or disciplinary considerations, is hoped to imply a preparation for support of the French movement in such a direction. And though what I see of the tameness of Napoleonic policy in this affair leads me to believe the day is yet distant for any such energetic measure, I found the men composing the first and second companies of the second battalion of Zouaves, who were ordered off on Wednesday to Monte Fiascone to replace the men of the Roman Legion, recalled thence to form the camp, so fully possessed with the joyful belief that it was only a stage on the way to Orvieto, that they would not listen to a doubt on the subject. Mgr. Stonor's dinner, one of the neat and recherche repasts by which one little spot in the Via Condotti makes good its claim to form an oasis in the desert of Roman cookery, went off very successfully on the Queen's birth day. Some twenty or thirty English-speaking Zouaves were present, as also Lord Beaumont, who seemed as if he would 'Jake his place very naturally at a Zouave mess-table. The usual loyal toasts were duly honoured by the com pany. In proposing her Majesty's health, Mgr. Stonor said : " To-day is an anniversary full of lively home associations—our Q ue en's birthday—a day which kindles th e l o y a lty of every British subject. Catholic s o f England have never failed to pay their allegiance to the throne. Our Royal family lives in the hearts and affec tions of our people, and no more prominent example of this has ever been given than the late enthusiastic reception of the Prince and Princess of Wales in Catholic Ireland. A few days more and our countrymen at home will be feting another joyous reception—the return of the Duke of Edinburgh, for whom the sympathy and interest of all classes has lately been so sincerely engaged. This is not the age of loyalty. Treason and contempt for dynastic rights are at the present day rampant in Europe ; and some of.the principal thrones are occupied by men who can show no title to them but usurpation. This is not the case in , England, and never will be, for the reigning house has ever been dear to our forefathers, and holds its roots deep in the traditions and feelings of the people. I propose the health of the Queen, wishing her long life and liappi ness, and I join with her's the name of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, hoping that both may follow the bright example she has set them." In giving the Pope's health, Mgr. Stonor said : " I do not suppose such a company as this has ever met together before. We have, sitting round the table, members from all parts of the British dominions—English, Irish, Scotch, Canadians, and from the English-speaking continent of North America. What is stranger still, you are all here as soldiers, not now fight ing for your Queen and country, ready as you would be if need were, but wearing a foreign uniform, engaged in defending the rights of a foreign Sovereign. But then it is because he is also the Sovereign Pontiff of your reli gion, and to defend his throne and his rights is a sacred, as well as a chivalrous duty. There is no cause more holy and noble than his. There is no Sovereign more worthy of your support than Pius IX., who for twenty years has bravely withstood every attempt against the rights he received with his crown, and who, owing to your courage, has lately gained so great a victory over the Revolution. I propose the health of the Holy Father, wishing him many long years yet of life and happiness, and hoping that by the brave sup port of his army, which is exciting at this moment the admiration of the whole world, he may obtain a final victory over his ene mies." Major Lewis, who was also of the party, in returning thanks on behalf of the Zouaves, passed a well-merited tribute on the exertions of their hospitable host, in promoting the well being and comfort of the corps, left yes terday for the United States, charged with a mission relative to the enrolment and trans mission of the American volunteers. The offer of a thousand which has been accepted, might, it is said, be easily doubled or tripled ; two thousand more from Holland would but too gladly receive the order to start for Rome. Offers of men, arms, and money pour in daily from every part of the Christian world. These are either received or noted for future accep tation as prudence may suggest in each case, and by an economy and forethought worthy of imitation, the limited means of the Roman Government are laid out to an advantage which may be compared to the distribution of the five small loaves in the wilderness, in giving them a value many times. their actual amount. There is no relaxation in adopting every means of preparation within reach, and as an instance I may mention that many companies of the Line are already provided with breech-loaders-- their old guns converted here, and the men are well exercised daily in their use. It was a vigorous idea, too, to train the little army to the exigencies of military service, by giving it an experience of camp life. This it is definitely arranged to carry out after the celebration of Corpus Christi. M. de Maliget, General Kanz ler's secretary, has for some time past been en gaged on a journey of inspection of other European camps, for the purpose of assisting the enterprize by experience thus gained. On Monday the triduo in honour of the Japanese martyr of the Dominican Order suc-, ceeded that for those of Gorcum at the Minerva. The illuminated paintings surmounting the door inside and out, and that over the high altar, were changed to suit the occasion. The band in the Piazza, supplied by the various regiments in town, continues every evening. The 22nd of May, B. Rita di Cascia, was the festa of the guild of pizziearnoli (the cheese mongers of Rome), the trade receiving its chief supplies from the neighbourhood of Cascia. After the High Mass the guild distributes a number of dowries to young girls of good character. The churches are strewn with rosebuds on the occasion, in memory of a legend connected with the life of B. Rita, which represents the rose-bushes flowering in mid-winter on some occasion in her honour. The feast of St. Gregory VII. is celebrated with special solemnity at S. Lorenzo fuor' le nura, where he lived in religion before he was called to the Pontifical throne. It was he who instituted. the Peter's Pence in France, as appears by the following passage in one of his letters :—" Dicendium est autem omnibus Gallis et per veram obedientium praecipuen dum ut unaquceque domus saltem unum denarium annuatim solvant B. Petro si eum recognoscunt Patrem et pastorem suum mare antiquo." This great saint still lies buried in a humble chapel of the Cathedral of Salerno, where he died. Pius IX. had had it in contemplation during the late reign to have translated it to Rome and laid it in St. Peter's in the midst of his noble predecessors and successors. THE CATHOLICS AND 2HE COMING ELECTIONS. The Catholics of England owe Ireland a debt of gratitude, for without Ireland's de termination and her power to enforce justice, English Catholics might have been still un emancipated. In the coming struggle be ' tween Ireland and the old spirit of Protestant ascendancy—and it cannot be doubted that the old beldame of bigotry will die hard —for Eng lish Catholics to keep aloof in supercilious indifference or out of a perverse party spirit would not only be an ungenerous ingratitude, but a suicidal folly. To separate ourselves from the hopes and fears, the interests and labours of the Catholic people of Ireland, would be to condemn ourselves to political sterility. It would be a denial of one of the most essential principles of Catholicism—a principle that underlies the whole Catholic system, and g ives strength and c on fid ence i n the day of battle—the principle of unity. W e are one. The Catholics of Ireland, and Eng land are linked together by the strongest of bonds and the deepest of sympathies ;. and at whose bidding is this bond to be severed, this sympathy to be repudiated ? If there be a mong us a n y who advocate i n th e coming elections the abandonment of Catholic inte rests in Ireland, who would postp one out of indifference, timidity as to the results of the battle, or to party feeling, an act of justice already for the good name of England too long delayed, such men ar e t ra i tors, or cowards, or both. The Catholic vote in many an English borough is able, in a closely con tested election, to turn the balance. If we throw our weight into the scale of Pro testant ascendancy in Ireland, we shill be less brotherly to our fellow Catholics than the N o nconformists of England, and surely less religious. For it is out of no worldly or poli tical spirit that the Wesleyans and English Dissenters oppose the Church Establishments of England and Ireland. They abhor the Erastianism of the Established Church in Eng land. They regard it as a defilement of the purity of religion. The Royal Supremacy, as set forth again of late by Mr. Disraeli, is not a thing for Catholics to be so much in love with as to betray, for its preservation in England, the interests of Catholicism in Ireland. The independency of the Nonconformists is a less unclean thing in our eyes than the Royal Supremacy. We have suffered less, England has suffered less by it, than by the fatal prin ciple introduced by the Tudor religion. In the work of disestablishing, first the Irish, then the Anglican Church, we can, though without sharing their principles, join hands with the earnest and religious dissenters of England. By so doing, we should be in far less danger of contamination than by supporting the "No Popery " party and Mr. Disraeli in the maintenance of the Royal Supremacy in Eng land and in Ireland. We do not f or an instant deny that many will have to overcome a just repugnance at restoring the Liberal party to power ; some will have to sacrifice personal and party pre dilections—some to postpone lesser or tempo rary advantages in obedience to the dictates of justice and for the furtherance of the Highest interests of religion. In every good cause, however, sacrifices must be made ; in every struggle losses must be sustained, but such sacrifices will bring their own reward. At any rate, we cannot stop to count the cost ; it is no longer optional for us to leave this work a!one without being untrue to ourselves and to our principles. There have always been amongst us a few who, in every great onward movement, have cried : Hold. It was the case with Catholic emancipation, with the establish ment of the hierarchy, and so it is now when, owing to a sudden supervention of juster ideas in the mind of the people of England, an op portunity is offered of delivering Ireland from the domination of an heretical Establishment. We will not stop now to inquire into the mo tives of those amongst us who thrust them selves between Ireland and her deliverance ; we have elsewhere treated of the absurdest of these motives, the notion that in so doing Catholics were acting in obedience to the Syl labus. In the approaching elections we trust that no false application of Conservative principles will induce any Catholics to thwart by their vote the first step towards completely emanci pating in these kingdoms the State from the long thraldom of a malignant heresy, and of opening a free path for the progress and de velopment of the Catholic Church in England and Ireland.— Westin inster Gazette. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. —The Secretary of the Interior has submitted to the President the report of the Government Commissioners on the additional section of 20 mil. s of the Union Pacific Railroad, recently forwarded to the Department, stating that the road is ready for present service, and recommending the issue of bonds and patents to the company on account of said section, agree able to law. The President has accepted the re port and recommendations, and directed the Secre tary of the Treasury to carry them into effect. The company has reduced the passenger and freight rates 25 per cent. west from Omaha. This will greatly increase the business of the road, and result in a general benefit. The road is now in operation for over 500 miles, and nearly 600 miles in all are completed. The construction is still going on ra pidly, and great progress will be made during the summer months. The Cheyenne Leader says that twenty-five car loads of railroad iron arrived from Omaha a day or two ago, and also that the company expect to average about fifty cars per day, from the first of. May. Each car carries ninety bars, weighing six hundred pounds to the bar, making 54,0001b5., or twenty-seven tons to each load ; 1,080 tons per day, or for say 200 working days, a total amount of 216,000 tons. In addition to this, they have a sufficient amount on hand to lay one hundred and fifty miles of track, which is about .one-half the distance which will be built during the summer and fall. There is some work to be done in all this. The organization of the South Pacific Railroad Company—the purchasers of the South West Pacific Railroad of Missouri—was completed at their office i❑ New York, on May 19. Francis B. Hayes, of Boston, is elected President ; General Clinton, B. Fiske, of St. Louis, Vice-President, and W. L. Halsey, of New York, Treasurer. The road is to be extended forthwith.—Wall-Street Journal. THE ROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO.— Another link has been added to the chain of rail roads that is steadily lengthening . from Chicago toward Santa Fe, in New Mexico. This link adds twenty-five miles to the Kansas division of the Pacific Railroad—(which, by the way, is an inde pendent road, wholly disconnected from the Pacific Road proper, and ought to be known by some name more distinctive and involving less confusion in the popular mind than the unmeaning name of " Eastern Division." It is not a division of the Pacific Rail road at all. Santa Fe being at present a principal objective point, why not style it, what iu reality it is, the Chicago and Sane Fe Railroad ?) The road is now finished to the boundary line between Kansas and Colorado, at which point the route deflects towards the South-west, and pursues a nearly di rect course to Santa Fe, which is distant from the present terminal pointless than four hundred miles Chicago and Santa Fe are expected to shake hands by rail rather before Chicago and San Francisco will enjoy that felicity.—Chicago Times. The Union - Pacific Railroad Company, E.D., are substituting coal for wood on all their engines run ning on the first division of the road, extending from the State line to Junction City. The coal in use is brought from Knob Noster, Mo. It can be 'delivered at the State line for four dollars a ton. The coal from the Stranger was tried, but would not answer the purpose. West of Junction wood, al though costing seven and seven ani a half dollars a cord, is cheaper than coal. The supply of wood at these figures, although the country seetni almost desititute of fuel as one rides through it, is abun dant for all present needs—nearly a year's supply i❑ a lvance being on hand.—Colorado Herald. A meeting held at New Haven, Thursday, May 21, condemned strongly the proposed consolidation of the New York and New Haven and Thrtforl and New Haven railroads as the creation of a mo nopoly. President Bishop of the former roa I thought it needless to oppose it, as the two roads never could agree on anything. The purchasers of the South-west Pacific Rail road of Missouri have just organized the South Pacific Railroad Company, with Francis B. Hayes, of Boston, for president, and will push the road to the 35th parallel without delay. IMPORTANT RAILROAD SUIT.—We learn that a very important suit was decided yesterday in the Court of Chancery, at Hamilton, Canada, in which the Erie and Niagara Railway was plaintiff, and the Great Western Railway of Canada was defend ant, when the plaintiff was successful. Last Fall the Great Western Railway closed the Erie and Niagara Road, and this action was brought to re quire the company to re-open it. A judgment was rendered yesterday morning, ordering the Great Western to open the road immediately, and make connections according to the spirit of their agree ment, to run all the year round, and give Mr. W. Thomson, of Queenstown, Canada, formerly of this city, his proper place as Joint Comptroller of the road, and in case the company do not do this, its contract to be rescinded. Damages were also awarded the plaintiff for the past delinquencies of the defendant.— Bufialo Courier, May 6th. From the combined report of the New Jersey railways for 1867, it appears that during the year 1867 there were carried to and fro upon the Central Railway of New Jersey 28,488,523 passengers. Of these 1,204,130 were carried the entire distance traversed by the road. The whole number of miles run by passenger trains during the year was 500,369. The total number of accidents reported on all the roads is 122. Of these thirty-four hap pened to passengers, thirty-four to servants of the companies, and fifty-four to persons who were neither employed on the roads nor travelling in the trains. These last were either lying or walking on the track, or attempting to cross it, in the way of a passing train. The earnings of leading Western railroads for the first quarter of the present year are in excess of those of 1867. Dupee, Beck, and Sayles's (Bos ton) circular gives the figures of the six named be low. It will be understood that the two columns of figures represent the gross earnings per mile for the quarter of the roads mentioned, comparing the present year with last year : Earnings per mile per Road. Quarter. 1867. 1868. Michigan Central 53,379 11,419 Michigan Southern Illinois Central • , Chicago and North Western Chicago and Rock Island 1,924 2,053 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago - - - -- - - The present mileage of these roads is : Michigan Central, 285 miles; Michigan Southern, 524 ; Central, 708 ; Chicago and North-Western, 1,152; Chicago and Rock Island, 452 ; Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago, 468 miles. The capital stock, funded debt and cost per mile (as represented in stock and funded debt) of these roads are as follows: Cap. Funded Cost stock. dcbt, per mile. Michigan Oen. It. It $8,070,6613 87,268,989 $53,823 Michigan 4.-7outlieru IL IL 10,646,290 9,638,640 37,566 Illinois Ocutra! 11. 23,393,3t10 10,514,500 47,933 Chicago & North-w'u 11.1L28,021,621 16,251,000 38,431 Chicago anal It. 1. It. It. 9,100,000 8,960,090 37,964 Pit ti., PL W., and Chic. It 11,500,000 12,568,500 1;1,428 —Wall-Street Journal lIOLLOWAY's OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—llopes and Fears. —Whatever be the ailment let no one despair of meeting with a cure till these searching and purifying remedies have been fairly tried. A vast variety of chronic com plaints, which had baffled the most learned prescriptions, have readily been relieved by the conjoint action of Hol loway's curative agents. They act primarily in discharg ing all deleterious dregs from the blood, and, secondarily, in rectifying disordered conditions of the secretionscaused by unknown or unavoidable impurities existing in the tat or in the f(,),i, or resulting from late hours or dissipated habits. Cutaneous diseases, so frequently afd.eting the scrofulous, consumptive, and feeble, yield with surprising apidity to the steady use of Holloway's medicaments. TI , AR IN PARAGUAY. The Royal Mail steamer Shannon, with the mails from the Brazils, the seat of war in Paraguay, r , n I the River Plate, Las arrived. Nothing whatever has taken place which could be construed as favour able to the Allies. Since the evacuation of Curu paity by the Paraguayans it seems the Allies have done nothing to hinder their active foe from forti fying himself at his new lines of defence at the Tebicuari, nor have they been able to cut aff his comifiunication with the Chaco. The three days' bombardment of liumaita, followed by the assault , reported from Rio by last mail, turns out to have only been a bombardment of three hours," and, according to the Anylo-Brazilian Times the assault has been postponed sine (lie. The Buenos Ayres Standard says —" Ther e is something so staggering in the fact that 50,00 0 men, all well armed and accoutred, should be afraid to attack 3,000, should waste precious time in re connoitring empty ditches and deserted outposts , that for some tiine back we have believed the Marquis Caxias must have some private motive for delaying the attack on Humaita; and after much in quiry and study on our part we believe we have at last arrived at the difficulty, and discovered the secret motives which have led to these procastinating tactics. The Allied Commander has found out, either bY the statements of deserters or otherwise, that the whole of flumaita is mined from north to south, from east to west, and the instant that the Allied army storms the garrison and drives the para. guayans across the river, the victorious legions will be blown up to the clouds, and officers and soldiers sent by the thousand to kingdom-come! SD awful a catastrophe as the blowing up of 35,000 men, it is to be hoped, for the sake of humanity, will be avoided. The Brazilian sappers will be tried to their utmost to aid the MarquisdeCaxias in this dilemma. LOreZ has left Idumaita for the Allies to seize, and the Brazilian Commander very properly has declined to take the place—it would be contrary to all rules of military science if the- noble marquis adopted any other course ; but the new tactics of the enemy are far more perplexing for the Allied Commander than is generally supposed. The war has now assumed a new phase ; and whilst the public of Buenos Ayres believe that Lopez is con centrating on the river banks preparing to dispute with the Allies the pass of the river Tebicuari, the whole force of the enemy is encamping round Villa Rica, one of the large central towns of ParagueYt evidently for the purpose of drawing the Allies still further from their base, which Is the river. Jt is in vain, therefore, now to attempt to offer any opinion as to the duration of the war. The sub jugation of a country is a far more difficult task than the defeat of an army. The great mistake of the Allies was in allowing Lopez and his army to escape from Humaita ; it has changed the w hole nature of the campaign, and rendered the rea lise- 0 tion cf the Triple Allianc e more remo t e th an ever." From om the above we perceive that peace is not yet so. near as could be wished by all interested in these countries, and Brazil has to raise more money and to liberate more slaves to carry on this war, with s very problematic result. The main feature of th e news is the attempt to impeach the Presiden t of the Argentine Confederation, General Mitre, for high crimes against the Constitution, an d tine of the principal lawyers are retained fo r that purpose. It is also reported, that as th e Presidential election seems to turn in favour of General Urquiza, the Province of Buenos Ayres will take steps to separate itself from the Con" federation. " None who preserve any interest la the future of this country can view with indiffer ence the melancholy turn which political affairs have taken in Buenos Ayres. The Impeachment of President Mitre by Congress is a far less dishearten' ing event than the murmur of secession which 1 . 3 heard even in the most influential circles. ' l ' l6 treason, and nothing short of overt-treason, to talk of the secession of Buenos Ayres, a Province th e wealthiest, the most important, and the mos t populous in the Republic, which is the head and front of the Argentine Confederation, and utv tional dissolution must inevitably follow if the seeeo - party of Buenos Ayres are able to c art,' the day." The consequence of all these disturbing causes undermining the commerce and internal peace of these provinces, allows plenty of room and, gives plenty of oppo r tu n ity f or th e ma l con tents 01 the provinces to commit all sorts of depredations ea the peaceable settlers, and the wild Indians of th e Pampas are not slow to follow suit. By this ma ll we hear that nearly 2,000 Indians have in the shor t space of a fortnight attacked the white settleme nt of Frayle Muerto and the Department of I 1 Cuarto not less than five times, carrying off as immense amount of cattle, horses, and sheep, and taking also near 200 white persons into captivity' It is to be hoped that the newly-elected Pre''' . dent, whoever he may be, will immediately declare peace with Paraguay - withdraw from the alliance with Brazil, and enable the Government to re-esta; blish order in the revolted pr ovinces. Nationa l Bonds have suffered greatly, and were last quote d 42f for accou ut, which this time last year befo g all these alleged advantages of th e a lli e d arm y al navy had been achieved stood 58k. At Monte' video trade was in the same suffering condition' The banks had not yet resumed specie paymen t ' and gold had risen to 15 per cent for account pre ra ' The departure of her Majesty's Minister, I‘ lf. Lettsom, was generally felt as a great loss to tha t place. From Rio there is very little news. Ex change on England had again fallen to 18, and 1 was positively announced that the United States Government was determined to put a stop to th e Paraguayan war, and also that the Brazilian GO; vernment would carry on the war "coute qui collie. 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Marriages. CORY—NICHOLSON--On the 4th inst, at St. Sie t h ",, e o l- Shepherd's-bush, William Henry C o ry, Esq., of of crescent, Notting-hill, to Emily Mary, elder daughte r p. Charles Nicholson, Esq., of Blomtield Villas, SbePl it ' r bush. LAKE—BRABAZON—On the 4th inst., at Christ Cha,r3ciiiii Bray, county Wicklow, Arthur Lak e , Esq., late O L P' of 62d ReginiAit, to Helena Frances, second daug,htertue the late Major N. C. Brabazon, of Leemount , in county of Cork. Deaths. JOHNSTONE -- On the sth inst., at 3, Glocester-place , burgh, W. B. Johnstone, Esq., R.S.A. POTTER— . • a the 3d inst., at Brighton, Henry G l3ssf°l4 Potter, F.Et.C.S., F.L.S., Sco., aged 58. Ig, TALBOT—on the 4th inst., at the Marquis of Lotbii"l4 Netvl•attle Abbey, Dalkeith, the Earl Shrewsbuli 3 Talbot. n pr, WHIELDON 0 a the 3d inst., at Middleton House, R o b Henry T. Turner \Vhieldon, Esq., aged 43. 13 , WARD—On tho 4th inst., at St. Leonard's-at -Soft, ',40, Ward, F.R.S., F.L.S., of The Ferns, Clap ho aged 77. London : Printod and Published by WiLLI.A.If ' of No. 112, Straud, Printer, at Tii SUN WIC°. 0 strand, in the Precinct of the 68 voy, in the Coaiv Aliddlosex.—Monday, June 8, 1868. R.Q. Prize co 'nze Xte It is Pu Sold it the Age Obsar vi ban's LL I%tuT O l vA it N( t I° ld or Cale Weei P°l-4 :18 fr ,_ Ro/ Miss NING J ELLY and Joi ..Yrnnaf R . a nd Mr Pri v y 14Priotzetli Tti( SPEC: CA Charlie" ante of ( i ng Seri, L ET, int 11(111e. E Vourite ] C ° o lnba of the himseif li od, an( the ATa anPerinl IRE) itADA Pio n, 1. 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