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The Weather—Sun Office, May 14, 1864.

THERMOMETER.
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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1864.

The Conservatives aro certainly determined to
lose no opportunity. Wherever a chance presents
itself they are sure to step in and exert every effort
for the furtherance of their cause. A meeting was
held at Maidstone, on Thursday, for the purpose of
selecting a member to represent East Kent, in
place of Sir E. FILMER, who•will retire from the
House at the close of this Parliament, The meet-
ing was very numerously attended, and seemed to
furnish the opportunity of making a rallying
ground of the party. In this particular the Libe-
rals might learn an important lesson. How much
wiser it is to preconcert measures, and arrange
matters beforehand than to rush in a hurry at the
approach of an election, and very often to pre-
sent the absurd spectacle of two or more candi-
dates professing the same principles opposed to
each other. This want of unanimity has proved
fatal to many a prospect, and lost the victory
to many a so-called Reformer. Mr. HUSSEY spoke
with great decision and promptitude. He seemed
fully aware of the subterfuges to which the crafty
resort to damage a party, and he exposed their
fallacies in many particulars. He began by
alluding to the great failure of the " model re-
public" of which we have all heard so much. Mr.
BRIGHT would have been flattered to hoar the
analysis which he gave of its course, its decadence,
in popular estimation, and its manifest inade-
pacy. There is a great deal of truth in the
observations of Mr. HUSSEY in this particular, for
it is certain that the recent events in America
have tended to disenchant the minds of many con-
cerning the efficacy of republican institutions.
They did very well so long as things went
smoothly, but when danger and difficulty arose
the edifice crumbled away, and the struc-
ture was shaken to the foundations. In
one respect this is not to be regretted,
for it may be of service in preventing
false estimates and discovering sham professions.
There are many soi disant Liberals at borne who
were very much dismayed and disappointed when
the Government of Lord DERBY undertook to pro-
pose a Reform Bill. They were all right when
there was no chance of converting their opponents ;
they could abuse them to their heart's content, and
appeal to the sympathies of the people they wished
to enfranchise. But when the ignorant and mis-
guided individuals took their cry from them it was
a sad event. Like the civil war in America, it
tested the sincerity of their professions, and put
their zeal to the proof. Mr. HUSSEY ably described
the ingenuity which had been formerly displayed

in making it out that the Conservatives were
against all progress. Nothing is more unfair than
to go on in this way, and assert all sorts of damag-
ing reports, without waiting to prove any. It is of
no avail at present, since the Opposition have had
the sense to free themselves by a mighty cifort from
much of the cumbrous and worn oat gear of old
days of exclusiveness and prejudice. More re-
mains to be done in this particular ; but the stric-
tures on their defalcations do not come with a very
good grace from those who gave them no encou-
ragement when they essayed to tread the path of
progress, and who also grew so jealous of any
rivalry in their domains that they put a precipitate
end to the undertaking. Mr. HUSSEY also alluded
to the new dodge that has been invented, namely,
to declare that
.it is no use to be trying for changes,
because there is " not a pin to choose between one
party or another, or whether you vote for the Govern-
ment of Lord PAL3IERSTON or of the Earl of DERBY."
The best answer to give to this adroit asseveration
is that the eagerness and excitement of these level-
lers of distinctive barriers to retain office is quite as
fiery as if all the old divisions of party were re-
newed with redoubled power. If there is no dif-
ference between the two Governments it might as
well be proved by experience, and it would be only
fair to let both sides have a turn. Mr HART DYKE,
the proposed candidate, made a brief but an effec-
tive speech. He spoke with great earnestness on
the good chances that awaited the Conservative
party, and of the great services they rendered the
country even in opposition. Earl RUSSELL was
under the influence of his evil star when he made
his celebrated speech at Blairgowrie. It will be
long before he hears the last of his " rest and be
thankful " policy. In every possible place, at every
available opportunity allusion has been made to it,
and at this Maidstone meeting it was again brought
forward. Mr. DYKE described the position of the
Foreign Minister as the "rest, not of the weary,
but of those who dare not proceed." Tnis is true
in a great measure, and certainly it would be a pity
if Ministers who do so little should be wearied.
Mr DYKE also made some smart hits against the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. That right bon.
gentleman has certainly no sinecure in the place
which he fills, for every marksman seems to aim at
him. Perhaps it is from the old idea of dislike to
renegades, and also it may be from the self-suffi-
ciency which is sometimes displayed by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in his explanation of esti-
mates and announcement of plans. In his dealings
with the farmers this session, Mr. DYKE said that
Mr. GLADSTONE had acted as if they asked him
for a sovereign, and he had given them a very bad
half-crown. The brief estimate which the new candi.

date gave of his opinions appeared to afford uni-
versal satisfaction ; and as forewarned is forearmed,
there is no doubt that when the occasion arises he
will be returned to the House, there to put his
professions to the proof, and to convert his theories
into practice. Lord HOLMESDALE gave some very
good advice to his friends under the guise of a
narrative. He related the story told by Mr.
KINGSLEY of a tribe of Indians, who prayed to
the evil spirit, but not to the good one ; and the

reason was that the good spirit was too fat and
lazy, while the evil spirit was a brisk little fellow,
always running up and down the world. The
moral that was deduced from this was that the
,4 Conservative party in West Kent had been some-
times too much like the good spirit, rather fat and

lazy, they did not ran up and down enough, or take
the means they ought for the purpose of defeating
Many others besides those to
the Itidical party.''
wliom it was addressed may take the lesson to
heart which is afforded by these superstitions tribes.
It is now too much the way of the world to hang
back, and fancy all is secure, until some desperate
struggle
has all at once to be encountered. " Time
works wonders," is an old saying ; and the adage is
certainly verified so far as the Conservative
triumphs and prospects are concerned. Constitu-
encies that send forth members to swell it© ranks

do not now have to fear that they are only adding
to the lists of a dreary Opposition. Very different
is the position now assumed by the party, and there

is no (,ne so presumptuous as to deny it has every
chance of a summons to power before very long.
At all events it cannot be said that they have
alienated friends by ridiculous rivalry, or been
found wanting iu the requisite energy when time
and opportunity gave them a chance of succees, or a
prospect of furthering the interests of their party.

We have repeatedly shown in former leading
articles that the reform of legal education for the
bar, as hitherto attempted, has proved a failure.
That there has been something radically vicious in
the present system, the result would appear to
prove. And the present new system, which came
into operation this last Hilary Term, is worse than
the former one in this respect, although better in
another, as we shall presently show, it is averse,
inasmuch as a student can now be called to the bar
by passing a year in a conveyancer's or pleader's
chambers, and so escape the year's attendance at
lectures which has for the last twelve years been
compulsory upon all students who did not choose to
submit to an examination. As we have on former
occasions pointed out, in Trinity Term, 1852, just
twelve years ago, five Readerships were established,
and these Readers have at stated times delivered
lectures upon the following subjects ;-Ist, Legal and
Constituticnal History; 2d, Civil Law and Inter.
national Jurisprudence ; 3d, Equity ; 4th, Convey.
ancing ; sth, Common Law. Attendance upon any
two of these courses, as we have often pointed out,
has always freed the student from all further
vexation and annoyance. He might have
slipt through the periods when he was com-
pelled to appear in the presence of the lecturer.
Ignorant as he went in, ignorant he might have
come out. This, with the old dinner test and the
payment of a very heavy fee, a considerable por-
tion of which is no doubt charged to him for the
stamp, would—since Trinity Term, 1852, up to
Hilary Term, 1864 (when some fresh regulations
were introduced which we are now about to com-
ment upon)—have admitted the so-called student to
the practice of his profession. And now, as regards
students entering in after Hilary Term, 1864, they
may even escape the year's attendance at lectures
if they will consent to pass a year in a convey
ancer's or pleader's chambers. The fact is, that
the little improvement that was made twelve years
ago in the education of students for the Bar was
rather a concession wrung from the elder members
of the profession by public opinion than an evi-
dence of intention upon their own part to take the
subject up in earnest as a result of their own deli-
berate conviction. Many of the elder gentlemen
of the Bench believe that things were batter, as
they had for so long a time existed prior to Trinity
Term, 1852. The common opinion and belief
is that no practitioner will always be able
to retain the confidence of the attorneys
who is destitute of the requisite technical
skill. Success at the bar, it is generally said, is the
best test of competence, and this success no one can
hope to attain who is not versed in the niceties of
legal practice. This being the view of the seniors,
it is but natural that the students should model
their opinions upon the opinions of those whose
practice, and emoluments, and honours they wish
in their turn to obtain. They do not ask what
form of education is needed to make them en-
lightened lawyers, not only competent to deal with
points of practice, but to appreciate the great prin-
ciples upon which law is founded. For their par-

pose it is quite unnecessary that any reform should
take place in the law of England, and it is quite
superfluous that they should have a knowledge of
any branch of the law save the one with which they
are more immediately concerned in the daily
routine of their business. What does it signify to
an equity draughtsman or to a conveyancer that
such a system as the civil law ever existed among

mankind, or that constitutional law is synonymous

Thie

with the just government of the country.
vicious view, for vicious it most undoubtedly is, as
we hope to show in a very few words, is fos-
tered and encouraged by the patronage of the
attorneys; of these gentlemen, however, it
would be most unjust to complain. It is not only

excusable, but it is natural and inevitable, that they

should select for employment just those barristers
who are supposed to be most clever in the practice
of their peculiar departments. If they honestly
and fairly select their counsel upon these grounds,
they have discharged their duty to their clients and
to the public. To be sure, in their own department
of the profession, they subject all candidates for
admission to a most stringent and rigorous exami-
nation, not only prior to admission, but they now
subject all articled clerks to intermediate examina-
tion, and also to a preliminary examination pre-
viously to a young man being articled. The present
system adopted with reference to the Bar is, on the
contrary, a most vicious one, for practically it
amounts to an absolute denial of legal education in
any liberal sense to the members of the superior
branch of the profession. If the Bar would retain
their superiority, which is now rather nominal than
real, it can only be by raising their standard of
qualification. Again, if we would have a race of
more enlightened lawyers than at present, we can

only attain this result by training the students in

higher branches of legal knowledge, and what
is more by taking care that they have attained a
certain degree of proficiency before they are ad-
mitted to practise at all. The more the discourage-
ment of the seniors, the more the patronage of the
attorneys. The more the absorbing interest of after
practice may pull in the other direction, the more
careful should we be to instill a few more liberal
elements into the minds of the students while yet

time and leisure serve to such end. The acorn
sown may grow into an oak, bat oak never yet grew
where acorn was not sown. The great ground,
then, upon which the necessity for a liberal legal
education for the bar should be rested, is not that
under the present system we have failed to find
eminent practitioners, bat that for the future we
require more exclusive views, a more intimate know•
ledge of first principles, a greater familiarity with
other systems of law from the men to whom we
have to entrust the defence of our properties or
lives. Under the present system we may get on
as people 30 or 40 years ago did very well, when it
took a whole day to get to Bath and Bristol, in-
stead of at present only a f©w hours. But the ques-

tion is whether we don't do better now. Most
undoubtedly we do, and so pari ratione we
may improve the education of our bar students,
After all, as we have on several previous occasions
remarked, why should the Bar be an exception to
the ordinary rule of profesiions. Attorneys are
examined, physicians are examined, so are surgeons,
clergymen are examined, so are the Engineers and
Artillery, and even the youths who present them-
selves as candidates for employment in the public
offices can only be appointed after a most severe
competitive examination. Why should Barristers
constitute the sole exception to a rule which would

seem to be dictated by the most ordinary inspiration

of common sense. In their case there is also an
especial reason which would seem to necessitate the
establishment of a sufficient examination, No doubt,
in the case of the ordinary Barrister who intends to
follow his profession as a serious calling, if he break

down as a practitioner, there is an end of him. He

has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.

We are; however, probably understating the case

when we say that there is something like 60 per
cent. of nominal Barristers who never intended
from the first to follow the profession as a means
of livelihood, and of these probably 40 per
cent. who are constantly on the watch for
situations which can only be given to
Barristers of a certain standing. How, if these
gentlemen are never examined on admission, and,
if in their case the test of employment and success is
never applied, we should like to know what gua-
rantee we have of their competence at ail. It would
be a great mistake to overdo this, and to frighten
away the candidates for admission to the Bar with
too formidable a programme. We pointed out in a
leading article a few weeks ago that the present exa-
mination, which is merely optional, goes too tar in
many respects. All we ask for is that degree of
knowledge which eny young man of ordinary capa-
city, who had devoted two or three hours a day for
three years of his life to the study of law, with the
proper collateralat attained.
an ed.
The
might fairly be supposed
to have
question of an examination
reading,
of a superior character for more ambitious students,
and the rewards which might be appropriate in
such cases, should be considered quite apart from
the minimum of knowledge required of all. With
the example of our Universities before their eyes,
the heads of our legal professioa can scarcely go
wrong upon that point. On all these grounds, then,
we do trust the heads of the legal profession will be
induced to reconsider the present system; and no
time could be more appropriate than the present.
When new rules and regulations have been proposed
relative to the mode of admitting students for the
purpose of keeping terms for the Bar, let the absurd
and idle test of attendance upon a few lectures, or
else passing a year in a barrister's, conveyancer's)
orpleader's chambers, be abolished as utterly out of
place, and unworthy of the liberal and enlightened
age in which we live; and, in lieu of it, let every
gentleman who may present himself as a candidate
for the Bar be subjected to a serious examination.

Health of His Holiness the Pope,

(From the Correspondent of the Times.)
ROME, May 8.
The Pope has had another attack, and that un-
expectedly. On Sunday last he administered the
Sacrament of Confirmation to a brother of the ex-
Sing of Naples, and, while preparing to make
him an address, he was observed gradually to be-
come weaker and weaker, and at last to sink so
far as to rest his head on a table close at hand.
Recovering shortly after, he withdrew, and sent
for his medical attendant, who found that his
Holiness was suffering from a rather strong fever
and an increased irritation of the wound in his leg.
The fever continued for several days. Though the
Pope recovered rapidly from the attack which he
had a month or two since, it must not be forgotten
by those who aro preparing for the future that he
is menaced continually by indisposition, and that
at any moment the chair of St. Peter may be va-
cant. Of late his Holiness has exerted himself
much more than is prudent, consistently with a
due regard to health, and causes enough of agita-
tion exist, Heaven knows, to try the enfeebled
frame of an old man between 70 and 80.

17NIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE,

CAMBRIDGE, Mar 13.1

At a meeting of the senate in the Arts School this day
the scheme of examinations for the ordinary B.A. degree,
which was referred to a syndicate last term and has been
amended by them, was discussed. The amended scheme
provides three examinations, two of them, chiefly in classics
and mathematics as heretofore, at the end of the first and
second years respectively, and a final examination in the
third year in one of the following subjects at the option of
the candidate—either in certain specified departments of
theology, moral science, law, or natural science, or in
mechanism and practical science.

Mr. LATHAM, in reply to questions from Professor LIVE-
ING, explained that " practical science" was meant to in-
clude applications of steam and kindred subjects, and would
be mote particularly defined hereafter, and that candidates
for .honours in all the tr•poses would have to pass the same
previous examination in mathematics.

Mr. BLORE wished the clause exempting students pro-
ceeding to the B.A. degree jure natalium from the second
examination to be put separately. The propriety of exempt-

. -
ing such persons from the previous examination had been
called in question, and the principle that they required less
education than other classes ought not to be taken for
granted. lie should like all classes alike required to reside
nine terms, and pass the same examinations.

Mr. LATHAM replied that the new scheme at any rate
provided that that class were grounded in elementary mathe-
matics, which was not the case with the present regulations.
Mr. J. C. W. ELLis said that many tutors felt a great
objections to this scheme, because pollraen were allowed to
graduate 6 months sooner than honour men of their own
standing. The scheme proposed was cumbrous, that two
Terms were not enough for preparing for the last examina-
tion, and that a much greater inducement to industry would
be given to pollmon if they were not separated so distinctly
from honour men. He suggested that a pass class should be
attached to each honour trips, and if this were done the
chance of obtaining honours would be an encouragement to
reading.

Mr. T. B, WILKINSON ridiculed tho examination in thee
logy in comparison with that required for the Dublin testi
monium.

Mr, L. STEPHEN objected to the means adopted by Uni•
versity to suppress idleness. The system of worrying
students by a succession of examinations in petty subjects
did not tend to make them industrious, for those who had
sense merely passed in the way that gave them least trouble.
The University already put a premium on going out in the
poll, and the new scheme added a further premium by
awarding for a modicum of science learnt in two terms. He
should vote against the scheme as a continuance of the old
system. _ _ _

Mr. R. BURN supported the view of Mr. Ellis and Mr,
Stephen.

Dr. P. H. LATHAtf objected to allowing medical students
to pass the previous examination at an earlier period than
others, and thought it desirable that none but graduates in
arts should proceed to medical degrees.
Dr. DROSIER replied that medical students could not be
registered until they had passed this examination, and that
if they came up well prepared in classics and mathematics
there was no reason for keeling them back; beside the
clause was only permissive.
Mr HAYS approved the scheme on the whole, but thought
those who went in for theology were too heavily weighted,
as they had to pass an extra professorial examination. They
could hardly get a decent knowledge of these subjects in the
time allowed, and he should prefer a return to the old sys-
tem of 10 terms residenco.

The Conference
(According to an Epigram in the Herald).

Pray, what can this great Conference do ?
Why sure, adjourn a day or two,
And can the Conference do no more ?
Oh yes I adjourn three days or four.

SANITARY EFFECTS OF SEWING MACHINES.--
Tht one great feature that distinguishes the machine
from the oil needle is the exhilaration experienced in
working the former compared with the depressing effect
produced by toiling with the latter, and the value of this
for the other. In the per-
difference is shown by the vastly improved health of those
who have substituted the olio
formance of the ordinary dsaiestic sewing of the household
this difference may not be so observable, but when women
have to earn their bread by sewing it is at once apparent.
The contracted chest of the old seamstress, the pallid
ocfolothuer,manacdhitnhee,w.vie,ahkicehn, while it moderately exercises theed eyes, are all avoided by the use
arms and opens and expands the chest, also exercises the
muscles of the legs in working the treddles—thus restoring
the balance of exercise between the upper and lower extri-
mities, which was lost in the old sewing process. For this
reason, we may look upon the sowing machine as instru •
mental in abolishing a vast amount of mortality in a very
large class of workers.—Zondon Review.

LADIES' WAISTS IN ADIERICA.—The unnatural
length and ridiculous smallness of their waists bailie
description. A waist that could be spanned is an English
metaphorical expression u'sed in a novel, but it is an Ame-
rican fact; and so alarming does it appear to an English-
man, that my first sentiment on viewing the phenomenon
was one of pity for the unfortunate being, who might pos-
sibly break off in the middle, like flowers from the stalk,
before the evening concluded. Not less extraordinary is
the size of the ladies' arms. I saw many which were
scarcely thicker than moderate sized walking sticks. Yet
strange to say, when, these ladies pass the age of 40, they
frequently attain an enormous size. The whole economy
of their structure is then reversed, their waists and arms
becoming the thickest parts of their body. Here is a sub-
ject worthy the consideration of the ethnologist.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LBEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF HELL
GOLAND—DANISH ACCOUNT.
COPENHAGEN, MAY 11, 2.65 P.M.
On the 91 inst. the Danish squadron engaged 2
Austrian frigates and 3 Prussian gunboats.
After an engagement lasting 2 hours and a half
the enemy was compelled to seek refuge in the
harbour of Heligoland.
The Austrian frigate Schwarzenberg sustained

serious injury.
Oar loss was 14 killed, and 64 wounded.

MADRID, MA y 13,

Tho Epoca of to-day says :—" The reception at
Aranjuez to-morrow, the anniversary of the King's
birth-day will be numerously attended, and will be
a protest of monarchial sentiments against the
speeches made at the Progressist banquet."

LEIPSIC, MAY 13,

The Ojczajzna of to-day announces that 10 Poles
have recently been hanged, and 5 shot in the Go-
vernment of Angustowo by order of General
Balaklanof.

THE CIRCASSIAN IMMIGRATION.
CONSTANTIN OPLE, MAY 4.
The Circassian refugees continue in a deplorable
condition along the seaboard. The number of them
that have swarmed into Trebizonde has seriously
augmented; and the zeal and fidelity of the re•
sources of Dr. Barozzi, who has been there for some
time past on behalf of the Board of Health, are
taxed beyond endurance. There are as many as
60,000 destitute Cireassians at the present moment
in Trebizonde, and this mass of wretchedness is
continually increasing. At Samsoun there are now
about 10,000 of them seeking shelter and food, and
the town feels the burden heavily.
The Ottoman Government appear to bo taking
every possible means to encounter and mitigate
the evil. The late manager of this special matter
of the Circassian immigration, Yaver Effendi, has
been susperseded, and a special commission has been
appointed to organise Circassian colonisation in the
Turkish provinces. This commission, under the
Presidency of Teyfik Bey, formerly mustechar of
police, took its departure for Trebizonde on Monday
last in the Eseri-Djedid. Two of the members of
the Commission are military Pashas, who are in.
strueted to select 2,000 picked men from amongst
these immigrants, and convert them into a special
Circassian Legion for the Turkish service. Within
the last few days the Admiralty has despatched to
Trebizonde a number of large sailing boats and
several steamers, in order to withdraw the refugees
from the various points which they now overcrowd,
and transport them to more eligible places. A
number of them will, it is said, be sent to Cyprus ;
several other places are also mentioned, and even
eo far away as Tripoli in Barbary.
Broken remnant of a gallant people, whose long
and heroic struggle against the cohorts of Russia,
has earned for them an imperishable name—no one
can contemplate their present position without
keen sympathy and sorrow, and every commenda-
tion is due to the Turkish Government for the zeal-
ous and opportune manner in which they are
stretching out to them a saving hand in their deep
misery.

PRANCE.

Arrival of Lord Brougham in Paris.

Lord Brougham has arrived in Paris from Cannes
on his way to England, and appears, we rejoice to
say, in excellent health. His mind preserves its
full activity, and his Lordship has been devoting a
portion of his leisure in the South to preparing an
introduction to a collection of the speeches of the
great Lord Plunket, now about to be published by
David Plunket, Eiq., his grandson, a rising bar-
rister at the Irish bar. A critical examination by
his Lordship of such a career as that of Lord Plun-
ket, celebrated alike as a legal advocate arid a par-
liamentary orator, cannot fail to prove of the highest
interest. It is worthy of remark that Lord Erskine
in 1816 acted in a similar manner with respect to a
collection of Fox's speeches. He wrote for the
work an introductory notice of remarkable ability,
which will always be esteemed for its eloquence of
language and justice of appreciation.

BOURSE, May 13.—The market has been rather
more buoyant, and the business done shows an
improvement. Threes, for the Account, are now
at 66f. 70c. Mobilier have advanced to 1,170 fr.
Railway Market quite, but firm. The market con-
tinued firm to the close, and left off as follows :

41 per Cents. 93 05
Do. end
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 80
Credit Mobilier 1168 75
Do. end month 1171 25
Bank Shares 3355
Credit Foncior 1260
Roman
RAILI

Italian Loan 6B 75
Do. end month 6B 90
New ditto —
Do. end month —
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Rome Debt
Deferred
rAYB.
Cash.
890
985 983 75
885 886 25
877 50 ~
647 50 .. 650 --
496 25 ..
461 25 .. 463 75
366 25 .. 366 25
405 407 50
530 535
485 .. 490
572 50 .. 570
.. 272 50

Account.

Orleans
Northern ....
Lyons and Mediterranean
New ditto ......
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa..
Ditto to Barcelona

THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.

PLYMOUTH, May 13.
Five of the ships belonging to the Channel
squadron, which left the downs at 7on Thursday
morning, arrived in Plymouth Sound at 5 o'clock
this afternoon. The Edgar, 71, Captain G. T. P.
Hornby, flag of Rear-Admiral Decree, C. 8., took
her station westward of the centre of the Admiralty
anchorage, and there exchanged salutes with the
Royal Adelaide, 26, flag of Port Admiral Sir C. H.
Fremantle, K.C.8., the second in command; the
Black Prince, 41, Captain F. B. Wainwright,
passed the flag. and anchored well to the eastward.
She was followed by the Warrior, 40, Captain the
Hoe. A. Cochrane ; Defence,l6, Captain Augustus
Phillimore ; and the Prince Consort, 35, Captain
George 0. Willes, C.B. The ammunition and shell
were discharged immediately from the iron ships
Warrior and Defenee, and they will probably be
docked to-morrow (Saturday) the Warrior in No.
1 Deck at Keyham, and the Defence at Davenport.
The Black Prince will be placed in the Prince's
Dock at Devon port, in which she was repaired last
October, and the Prince Consort will be placed in
No. 2 Dock at Keyham, from which the Ocean, 35
(although, in an incomplete state), will be removed
for this purpose. The officers of the squadron do
not expect to stay longer than eight or ten days at
Plymouth. The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26,
Captain Roehford Maguire, left Plymouth yester-
day (Friday) for Portland.

RUMOURED INTENTION OF THE POPE TO CON•
STITUTE EDINBURGH AN ARCHBISHOPRIC.—We
have heard it rumoured that the Pope does not intend to
act upon the apostolation by the clergy of the eastern dis-
trict of Scotland, consequent on the death of Bishop Gillis;
but that, passing over the names sent up to him, he intends
to appoint the Right Rev. Monsignore Talbot (brother, we
believe, of Lord Talbot de Malahide) in the room of Bishop
Gillis, and to constitute Edinburgh a primacy for Scotland
by making him Archbishop of Edinburgh. There is some
talk, too, of the time having come for the re-establishment
of a Scottish hierarchy, and so securing the clergy of their
benefices, by taking from the Romish Church in Scotland
its missionary character. If ever the Holy See does take
such a step, we may be sure that a bishop will be appointed
in Dundee, another in Aberdeen, and very likely a third in
Inverness.—,Dundfo Acfrer. fifer.

Garibaldi's Departure from England.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMEg.

Sir,—l notice in your impression of to-day that
at a general meeting of the Working Men'a Gari-
baldi Committee it was reported that Mr. Glad-
stone had, in their opinion, exonerated himself
from any participation in inducing General Gari-
baldi to leave England, but from what they had
been enabled to glean, and from their own personal
observations, they entertained the firm belief that
Signor Negretti was the pritue mover in the in-
trigue which caused the General's premature de-
parture, and that he acted in the interest of the
Italian Government.

Insinuations of this character having been made
to Mr. Negretti before the General's departure, he
informed him of such being the fact, and in reply
received a letter, a copy of which, together with
its translation, I now forward, trusting it will
satisfy those gentlemen who have made these
accusations, and prevent further remarks of the
same character.

I may mention that my partner being abroad
with his family prevents him from personally com-
municating with you ; but as I know the charges
to be most unjust, and having the means at hand to
refute them in General Garibaldi's own letter, I
think it best to do so at once, and not allow the
matter to remain uncontradicted for at least two
weeks, which must necessarily elapse before I can
communicate with Mr. Negretti and receive a reply.
I trust you will insert this communication, and
oblige yours, &c., J. IV. ZAMBRA.
1, Hatton-garden, May 12.

(Verbatim Copy.)

London, April 22.

My dear Negretti,—Knowing that you are ac-
cused of having induced me to leave England, you
can assure the public that I do not depart insti-
gated by you, but because I must leave this noble
country until a favourable opportunity allows me to
return to it to fulfil a duty so delightful to my
heart by visiting that generous people who were
kind enough to invite me.
With gratitude yours,

G. GARIBALDI.

[So that, from his own letter, it is perfectly ma-
nifest that General Garibaldi's state of health had
nothing whatever to do with the fact of his hurried
departure.—ED. S.

The "Spectator's" Tribute to Dr, Newman,

Referring briefly to the extraordinary serial now
publishing weekly at the Messrs. Longman's (en.
titled Apologia pro Vita Suci ; being a reply to a
pamphlet entitled" What, then, Does Dr. Newman
Mean ?" by John Henry Newman, D.D. Parts L,
11., 111., IV.), the Spectator of to-day says :—" We
shall be obliged to review this remarkable book on
its completion, and need only say now that it bids
fair to give us an interior view of one of the greatest
minds and greatest natures ever completely sub-
jected to the influence of reactionary thought. We
anticipate that even Mr. Kingsley will feel when it
is completed that he has grievously wronged a man
utterly unintelligible to him, but as incapable of
falsehood or of the advocacy of falsehood as the
sincerest Protestant.

THE CONFERENCE.

4-

For the information of the Prussian people,
Count von Bismarck has published the following
as the exact terms of the resolution come to by the
Conference sitting at London :

(Translation.)

"There will be a suspension of hostilities by sea
and land for the space of a month from the 12th of
May.
"On the same day Denmark will raise the
blockade.

"Prussia and Austria bind themselves, during
suspension of hostilities, not to hinder commerce,
communications, or the regular course of adminis-
tration in the portions of Jutland occupied by their
armies : not to levy war contributions, but, on the
contrary, to pay for whatever may be furnished to
the German troops, who will simply continue to
occupy their present strategical positions.
"The belligerent parties agree to preserve their
respective military positions by sea and land, and
interdict each other from reinforcing those positions
pending the duration of the cessation of hostilities.

" Official notification hereof will Fe made by
,heir respective Governments to the commanders of
,he belligerent forces by sea and land."

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF GREEK
(OX FORD) BILL.
HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MAY 13.

Moved, " That the house do now resolve itself into a corn,
mittee ;" objected to. An amendment moved; objected to,
And the previous question moved. On question—Contents,
25; Non-ecntents, 55.
CONTENTS.
LORD. _ EARLS. LORDS.

Westbury (Lord Ducie Dartrey (Lord Cre-
Chancellor Granville raorno
ARCHBISHOP, Saint Germaine Foley (Teller) .
York Zetland
Monson

—.—
DUKES. VISCOUNT. Ponsonby (E, Bess-
Devonshire Sydney borough (Teller)
Somerset LORDS. Seymour (E. St.
MARQUIS. Camoys Maur)
Norman by Clandeboye (Lord Suffield
EARLS. Dufferin and Clan- Sundridge (Duke of
Cathcart deboye) Argyll
Clarendon Deere Wodehouse
Do Grey Lyttalton
NON-CONTENTS.
ARCHBISHOPS, EARLS. LORDS.
Canterbury Stanhope Charlemont (E.
Armagh VISCOUNTS. Charlemont)
DUKE. Clancarty (E. Churston
Grafton Clancarty Colchester
MARQUISES. De Vesci Colville of Culross
Bath liawarden [Teller]
Bristol Hutchinson (E. Cranwortia
EARLS. Donoughmore) Dunsany
Airlie Sidmuuth Egerton
Amherst Strathallan Heytesbury
Carnarvon BISHOPS. Monteagle of Bran-
Derby Cork don
Devon Down °version°
Doncaster (D, Buc- °awry Polwarth
(detach and Oxford Redesdale [Teller]
Queensberry) Rochester Rollo
Effingham St. David's Silchester (E.
Eileaborough
_LORDS. Longford)
Grey Belper Stratheden
Hardwick° Boyle (E. Cork Taunton
Minto and Orrery) Wensleydale
Nelson Brodriek (V. Wentworth (V.
Romney Midleton) °Ahem)
Shrewsbury Chelmsford Wynford

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Architects, at 8.
Tuesday—Horticultural, at 3, ' Ferns,' Mr. Moore; Sta-
tistical, at 8, ' Mortality of Eurasians,' Mr Tait; ' Statistics
of Roman Catholics in England,' Mr Lumley; Anthropo•
logical, at 8, Bone-cave, Kirkhead,' Mr Roberts ;
Human Remains from Peterborough,' Messrs Roberts
and Blake; Syphilis in the New World,' Mr. Bollaert ;
'Syphilis in a Monkey,' Dr Fairbauk ; Royal Institution
at 3, Animal Life,' Professor Marshall. Wadnesday—
Society of Literature, at 4; ; Society of Arts, at 8. Thurs-
day—Royal institution, at 3, Music, 1600-1750.' Pro-
fessor Hullah ; Numismatic, at 7 ; Chemical, at 8, Chloro-
phosphate of Nitrogen,' Dr Gladstone ; Constitution of
Wood Spirit,' Mr Dancer; ' Apparatus for Gas Analysis,'
Drs Williamson and Russell ; ' Atomic Weights of Metals,'
Dr Williamson. Friday—Philological, at 8, Anniversary;
Royal Institution, at 8, Day and Night in the Moon,' Mr
Nasmyth. Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3, ' Falling
Stars,' Mr A. Herschel.—Athenceum.

GAFFER HE/CAM'S HOME.—The low building had
the look of having once been a mill. There was a rotten
wart of wood upon its forehead that seemed to indicate
where the sails had been, but the whole was very indis-
tinctly seen in the obscurity of the night. The boy lifted
the latch of the door, and they passed at once into a low
circular room, where a man stood before a red fire, looking
down into it, and a girl sat engaged in needlework. The
fire was in a rusty brazier. not fitted to the hearth ; and a
common lamp, shaped like a hyacinth root, smoked and
flared in the neck of a stone bottle on the table. There
was a wooden bunk or berth in a corner, and in another
corner a wooden stair leading above—so clumsy and
steep that it was little better than a ladder. Two or three
old sculls and oars stood against the wall, and against an.
other part of the wall was a small dresser, making a spare
show of the commonest articles of crockery and cooking-
vessels. The roof of the room was not plastered, but was
formed of the flooring of the room above. This, being
very old, knotted, seamed, and beamed, gave a lowering
aspect to the chamber; and roof, and walls, and floor, alike
abounding in old smears of flour, red-lead (or some such
stain which it had probably acquired in warehousing), and
damp, alike had a look of decomposition,--Charles _Dickens's
" Our Mutual Friend,"