The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-14 00:00:00

EPISCOPAL CHARITY.

Cardinal Mathieu, Bishop of Besancon, in dis-
tributing the prizes to tho pupils of the College St. Francis
Xavier eaid :—" Let God arise, let his enemies be scat-
tered, and let all those who hate him fly before the face
of the Lord. As to those daring men who would fix our
regards on earth and prevent us from looking
towards Heaven, we bid them an eternal farewelL
Far from us that impious band ; let it go to
Hell;—it, which has made a compact with the evil
one and his demons. We are the children of light. It is
not for us to walk in darimees, or to be defiled by the im-
purities of the age."
On this discourse, the Avner National remarks that the
Cardinal of Besancon receives a salary of 2,4401. for
preaching the religion of pesos.

The Chancellor of the Exchoquer aclmowledges
the receipt of half notes to the amount of 1.5/. on
account of unpaid income tax.
The Prince of Wales is to be gazetted to the
colonelcy of the Rifle Brigade.
Lieutenant-General Sir G. Bell, K.C.8., will
be wetted from the 32nd Foot to the First
Royale.
rd Frederick Paulet will be appointed colonel
of the 32nd Foot.

Ilia Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Colonel Clifton, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Clanricarde, &c., are among the English visitors
recently arrived at Homburg.

Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, commanding
the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, has been placed in
command of the infantry brigade at the Curragh until
further orders.

Tho Bight Hon, Benjamin Disraeli and Mrs.
Disraeli returned to Rughenden Manor yesterday even-
ing, from visiting Lord and Lady Chesbans, at Latimer,
Bucks.

The Rev. George Charles Bell, M.A., has been
elected head master of Cluiat's Hospital.

Mr. Longfellow has been recently staying at the
Peacock Inn, at Rowsley, which is in the heart of some
of the most romantic of Derbyshire scenery.
The Committee of the Union of German Volun-
teer Riflemen does not appear to have reached the end of
its troubles. Having received a refusal from Leipsie
(Saxony), it applied to the city of Nuremberg (Bavaria),
which has also declined the honour of giving, in 1871,
the fourth file of the National Shooting Matches.
A letter from Lucerne states that Queen Vic-
toria occupies her time in making excursions on the lake
and in the gorges of the Bougloch, which the Queen
reaches by way of Brien& The steamer Winkerried has
been placed at her Majesty's service by the municipal
council.

X. Boning, the lame of the Gait& has received
the Deemery authoriaation from H. Victor Hugo for the
performance of Buy Mss.
A drama, by M. Paul Maurice, founded on
George Sand's " Guile," is said to be in preparation for
the reopening of the Theatre St. Martin,
Count von Munster', an influential conservative
member in the parliament of the North-German Confide-
Mica, has puhliehed a pamphlet in which he advocates •
rakes cd the ocededwation. He asks that the title of

King, or emperor, of Germany should be conferred by
the stake and princes of the amhderation on the Sing
of Petunia, and than the sovereigns and primes of the
date. and the mayors of the three Haaeeatie towns should
form a chamber of themselves.

Di&m OP TIN DIAN OP RirON.—The Very
Rev. Dr. Goods, Dean of Ripon,. was found dead in bed
at the Deamarz yesterday morning. No
.eigne of illness
hadbrTiosakr Dean 11=ythe dean having attended a
rospelmstiai the for the Propen of the
on Monday, a meeting of the Ripon Cathedral Re-
storation Committee on Tuesday, and. Divine service in
the cathedral on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Goode this
morning left him in bed, as she thought, sleeping; an
boor and a half after she had got up, a servant went into
his bedroom and found that he was dead in bed. The
deceased was appointed Dean of Ripon in 1860, at which
time he was restor of Bt. Margarstrs Lothbury London.
He anteceded the Very Rev. Dr. Gamier at Ripon on
that rev. velem= being appointed to the deanery of
Livonia.Th • decesead was 813 years old. The cause of
the
death of the deceased is believed to be din's* of the
heart. _ _

111iONNI1801 MANSION ON CHIIRCH AND STATE.—
In • Neter to. the Dahl New the Bev. F. D. Bourke
sale;—"BiNpOing with intense horror the erdedestical
triany viola mayia.ain—wkichl in—upon
us under this was Ebarty, alio with
extreme dine the exhinse are creating
• roadies in favour of it. Believing • onion at church
and date to be implied in the redolence a/ Mak, and to be
Deameary biz the paddles at moral freedom, I see equal
demos in the dimpedlion al canines t• make the
dad powerhl sod denslnsesing dad, and of
datum= be ash thodeelde-dieletare in the eltarah.
re= Mil tS against one

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