The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

THE NEW FRENCH WAN.

l'he Doily NI u.A regards this loan simply in the light of
a large speculative transaction. The great credit esta-
blishments have operated largely, and have employed
their resources very freely. As to the success which has
attended the loan, the probability is that the vote of the
Corps Legislatif reimbursing a considerable portion of the
obligations incurred by the Mexican loan, stimulated
rather than restrained the speculative investor. It is,
however, not to be wondered at that, at a
time of extreme commercial depression and finan-
cial collapse, of uneasiness and uncertainty, people
who have learnt to put little faith in companies, and to
associate high interest with bad security should prefer to
lend their savings to the state, that is or ought to be under
a government founded on universal suffrage, to them.
selves. But to argu?from the success of the new loan
to public confidence in the government which has issued
it, one must forget that the money is to be spent on ag-
gressive armaments, and that the lives and properties of
the lenders are at the mercy of the borrower's caprice.

It is reported that Lord Erne is to have the
ribbon of St. Patrick vacant by the decease of the Marquis
of Downehire.

His Grace the Duke of Portland has given
2,0001. to the National Protestant Union, in token of his
approval of the action of its committee on the Irish
church question.
The Rev. J. C. M. Bellew preached his farewell
sermon on Sunday morning at Bedford Chapel, St.
(leorge's, Bloomsbury, to the incumbency of which the
Rev. H. Christopherson has been appointed.

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THE IRIMI CHURCH COMMISSION.—We (Record)
are informed that there is no probability of a speedy de-
livery of the report of the Irish Church Commissioners.
It will probably be delayed until the meeting of the new
parliament, or at all events till the elections are over.
We think this is bad policy.
THE CHURCH CONGRESS OF 1868.—The execu-
tive committee of the proposed congress of the present
year, which will be held at Dublin, have issued the pro-
gramme of proceedings se finally amended. On Tuesday,
29th of tember, at 10 a.m., there will be morning
prayer in St. trick's Cathedral, with a sermon by the
Very Rev. Dr. Magee, Dean of Cork. Immediately after-
wards the first meeting of the congress will be held, when
papers will be reed by the Rev. Dr. Kay, of Lincoln Col-
lege, Oxford, the Rev. Professor Plumptre, of King's Col-
lege, Loudon, the Rev. R. Gregory, of Lambeth, and the
Rev. Charles Rice, on the following subjects :—Our re-
ligious societies ; how their economical and efficient work-
ing may best be promoted. Hindrances at home and
abroad to the progress of missions, and how these may
be overcome. Relative functions of Church and State in
national education. On Wednesday, September 30,
papen will be read by the Dean of Cashel, the Rev.
Alexander Irwin, the Rev. F. W. Farrar, and the Rev.
Edward Jackson, on "Church Work in Ireland," and
"How the Church may best secure and retain the attach-
ment of her younger members." On Thursday, October
1, the Dean of Chester, Mr. Gambier Parry, Archdeacon
Gilson, and the Rev. Dr. Reeves will read papers on the
following subjects :—Authorised and systematic lay
agcy, male and female ; the American and Cana-
dian Churches, their organisation and practical working;
Convocation and Diocesan Synods in England and Ire-
land. On Friday, October 2, the Dean of Norwich, Sir
Joseph Napier, Professor Jellett, and the Archdeacon
of Dublin will read papers on the following subjects :
How the efficiency of our church service may be increased;
the influence of the increased investigation of physical
science on the religious views of those engaged in such
inquiries, and on theology in general ; the church and the
Mgliterature of the day ; biblical illustration—i.e.,
ible as illustrated by modern science and travel.
sit/those who havepromised to takepart in the dimes-
the various papers are—Mr. A. J. Beredord Hope,
M.P., the Earl Nelson, the Attorney-General for
the Archdeacon of Taunton, the Dean of Ely, theHlronel.aga
Bev. W. C. Plunket, the Rev. Canon Hugh M'Neile., the
Dean of Ferns, the Rev. George Williams, of Cambridge,
the Rev. Dr. Hannay the Rev. Erskine Clarke, Dr.-F.
Churchill, the Rev. ,G. Scott, the Rev. J. C. It*, and
the Rev. H. B. Trealwas, of Oxford.
CAPTAIN GROSVENOR, M.P., ON THE LODGER
FRANCIUM—The following letter from the Hon. Captain
Grosvenor, M.P. for Westminster, is published by a con-
temporary, being dated Moor Park, Rickmanrworth,
August 16, and addressed to Mr. H. Armistead, Ron.
Secretary of the association mentioned:—" Some days ago
I received a letter from the St. Ann's Electoral Associa-
tion, Westminster, having reference to a point of law
whereby the lodger in certain caass becomes answerable
through his pioosiy for the debts of his landlord. I
answered that letter, but, from your second, I conclude
that mine has not come to hand. With regard to the
point upon which you ask my opinion, I have to my that
lam not at all surprised that the lodgers of St. Ann's or
any other pariah should complain of a state of law which
=them to evident hardship and injustice, and that
cordially join them in their aorta for ita alteration.
I may my that I- think this moment very happily chosen
for the ventilation of a subject in which lodgers are
dally interested, intereeted, because it must open their eyes to the
fact that they will be unariee, as well as unpatriotic, if, as
the coming election, they neglect to avail them-
selves to the fullest extent of those political privileges
which the zed and, perseverance of others have placed
within their grasp.'
FUNERAL OF MR. J. D. Coos.—The remain.
of the later Mr. J. D. Cook, of The Albany, London, editor
of the &turdsy Review, were interred in the burial-
ground to the Parish church of Tintagel, on the
north coast of Cornwall, on Saturday. The Rev. R. B.
Kinsman, vicar, officiated. The body arrived at the
Launceston railway station by the 10 o'clock train, ac.
oompanied by the relatives and some friends of the de-
ceased, and was conveyed in • hearse to Tintagel, about
18 miles didant, followed by the friends in a mourning
coach. The funeral was very largely attended, person, of
an grade Doming =moo to toddy to the worth of
the departed. The deemed gentleman has for some years
past been a liberal benefactor to the neighbourhood, and
in the spring of 1867 built a beautiful mansion at Tre-
yam, af wruch the wants of the needy of the district had
but to be made known to be relieved.—lnatorit Illerviray
Erin.