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London, England, 1869-01-15

THE EARTHQUAKE EPIDEMIC.

1868 will long be remembered as the year of the great
earthquake visitation. Such widespread devastation,
such a number of shocks in so many different places, are
wholly without parallel. From the great catastrophe in
Peru to the slight perturbation in England, a disaster of
some kind bas assailed almost every part of the
earth's surface. A curious incident has happened
in Denmark, the last country attacked. A
celebrated cliff, the " Queen's Seat," has just fallen
bodily into the Baltic from a shock of earthquake. The
rock, about four hundred feet high, was an object of great
interest to tourists from the magnificent view to be had
from it. On a clear day, Itugen and the coast of Pome-
rania could be plainly seen. Everything has disappeared
em....ept some masses of chalk, which form a sort of island
mar the shore.
London, England, 1869-01-15

SPAIN.

MALBID, Jan. 14.

The candidature of Prince Amadeus is violently
attacked by the press. The Nocedades, formerly
the organ of the Progressist party, pronounces in
favour of the Duke de Montpensier.

A large meeting of Republicans was held this
afternoon for the avowed purpose of definitely set-
tling the candidates to the Cortes.

Public tranquillity prevails i❑ the capital and the

provinces.
London, England, 1869-01-15

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

THE IRISH nOMAN ARCIIDISHOPS AND THE
GOVERNMENT.

Cardinal Cullen and Archbishop Leahy have
written to the National Society at Dublin with
respect to the Irish policy of the Government. The
Cardinal says that Roman Catholics cannot rest
content with anything short of perfect religious
equality; " and as the Catholic bishops have resolved
that no State pensions or other endowments shall be
accepted by them, which would deprive the Church
of that liberty which is dearer to them than life, it
necessarily follows that no measure save the total
disestablishment of the State Church can be accept-
able to us, as no other measure will introduce
that religious equality which we desire."
The land question, he believes has a chance
of settlement " from the wisdom and justice which
guide such men as Mr. Gladstone and Mr.
Bright," from the desire of the English people to
undo previous injustice to Ireland, and from the
influence which the Irish Liberals will 'have. On
the education question Cardinal Cullen says : " This
Catholic country cannot rest content with any but the
denominational system of education. Protestant edu-
cation we leave to Protestants. A system excluding
the influence of divine faith can be accepted only by
those who have no religion to lose." Archbishop Leahy
takes very much the same ground. The country has
decided for justice to Ireland. 'The time is come for
legislation. "No half measures will do. No un-
worthy compromise will be accepted, as I believe none
such will be proposed for the acceptance of the Irish
people by the great statesman now at the head of
affairs. The Church question must be settled on
the basis of perfect equality, and settled for good,
so that no after question may remain concerning even
a shred of the ascendancy of any one religion over
another. The mind of the nation is already made
up on the question of justice to the tenant without
injustice to the landlord. Then education, high and
low, ought to be free—ought to be Christian, for
Catholics ought to be Catholic. If the Church and
the land questions vitally affect the legal and mate-
rial status of Catholics, the education question as
regards the future of Catholicity in Ireland must be
considered by any one having the smallest degree of
foresight as the question of questions." In other
words, the nationalists expect Mr. Gladstone not only
to disestablish the Irish Church, not only to give
tenant right, but to abolish the system of education
which was built up with so much labour by the late
Protestant and Roman Archbishops Whately and
Murray.
London, England, 1869-01-15

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London, England, 1869-01-15

DIRECTORS IN THE DOCK 4

There is at least a possibility that we may shortly
have another spectacle of directors in the dock.
While the Overend and Gurney case is still unsettled,
the shareholders in the Royal Bank of Liverpool,
having another call impending over them, are con-
sulting as to whether they will not prosecute the
fraudulent directors who paid large dividends out of
capital, and announced handsome profits when there
were heavy losses. The directors in question were,
of course, highly respected, and gave away large
sums in charity—we presume on the old mediceval
principle, that God would condone a robbery if a
tithe of the proceeds were given to the Church.
London, England, 1869-01-15

CnUncH nrsonm.

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A week after date the Times publishes a letter from
Lord Ebury, apparently in reply to that from "A.
Berkshire Incumbent," praying the bishops to take
counsel together with the view to ascertain the effects
of the late judgment, and to carry out its injunctions.
Lord Ebury, writing on January 7, complains that
English Churchmen are halting between two opinions
as
,to the mode in which the Church should be
governed. The central point of our Church con-
stitution he holds to be " that nothing can be
changed affecting
the whole body of it either
in doctrine or in discipline, in these realms,
without the consent of Queen, Lords, and Commons."
He adds : " Now, this may be a very bad polity, it
may be wrong in principle, it may be very distateful
to borne excellent men, and objectionable in its
operation; but in the name of all that is honest
and straightforward, if we think so, let us say so,
and not go dodging- about with consecrations on
the high seas, and Pan-Anglican Synods collected
for the purpose of giving a go-by to the law,
and trying to persuade people that it is not what it
is, or that somehow the really insuperable diffi-
culties may be overcome by such miserable chicane."
If we dislike our form of Church government, there
are two kinds either of which we can adopt. There
is the purely hierarchical Roman form, and there is
the form prevailing in the Protestant Episcopal
Churches of the United States and Canada, where
the prelates constitute all Upper House ; and
there is a Lower one, consisting of about an equal
number of clergy and laity. Neither of these, if
endued with full powers of legislation, could be
Established Churches in the sense in which our own
is. The first would be the British branch of the
Established Church of Rome ; the latter a Free
Church, like any other religious body. Are we pre-
pared for either of these ? Lord Ebury holds that the
first would never be accepted by the people, and that
the secondwould deprive us of the many large advant-
ages which we possess under the present system. He
concludes by warning Churchmen " not to go
London, England, 1869-01-15

THE PREVENTION OF CRIME.

The discussion on the police and the repression of
crime, is spreading from the rooms of the various
associations which discuss social science to the more
practical but decidely less logical Vestries and Town
Councils. While the debate was confined to discus-
sion societies, one was hardlyprepared for action. But
now that the matter is being generally taken up
it is not too much to hope that "something will be
done." The suggestion as to the commitment of
" known criminals," who, as engaged in nothing else,
may be reasonably supposed to be living by crime,
does not meet with general approval. A memorial
to the Home Office has been adopted at the Mary-
lebone Vestry, and although the proposal was allowed
to stand, many of the speakers objected to it, and
the Star echoes their objection.

MR. MUNDELLA, M.P., ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
Mr. Mundella, whose defeat of Mr. Roebuck at
Sheffield caused so much stir, spoke again on technical
education at Nottingham on -Wednesday. The occa-
sion was that of distribution of prizes to the local
school of art. He pointed out that in consequence
of that school the class of work—lace, carpets, and
nearly everything had been more artistic.
Designs were no longer made up of pomegranates
and baskets of impossible fruit, but were
neat and beautiful. The improvements, too, in the
taste of the working classes was very marked ; as
those who compared the kind of ornament most li!;ed
some years ago and now would admit. "Amongst those
who have attended the school," continued Mr. Mun-
della, " I find thirty-three joiners, twenty-eight lace
draughtsmen, twenty-seven machinists, nine lace-
makers, eighteen lace manufacturers, to say nothing
of the stonemasons, brickmalcers, &c. Well, it is
gratifying to find out of that number that twenty-
seven machinists have learned to make their draw-
ings. Does not this prove that the working people
appreciate technical education ? I believe if the
Government gives more liberally than it has hitherto
done—supplemented by local aid—we shall have in a
few years as many persons receiving instruction in
science as we have at this moment in art."
London, England, 1869-01-15

LUXURIANT WHISKERS AND
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Thirteen stamps.--Mr. Fox, Chemist, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
London, England, 1869-01-15

OUR RELATIONS WITH ROME.

We have no ambassador at Rome, nor has the Pope any
direct representative in England. Mr. Odo Russell
manages all our business at the Papal Court, but though
he is really an ambassador he is not accredited as such.
His real duties have been for years at Rome, but he is
nominally attached to the English embassy at Florence.
Why not, asks the Telegraph, abandon this sham, make
Odo Russell our charge d'affaires at Rome, and resume
diplomatic relations with the Pontifical Government? "The
Papal Court has, we believe, no objection whatever toaccre-
diting a Nuncio to the Court of St. James's, and thus re-
suming international relations which are important simply
because the (been has under her sway so many millions
of Roinan Catholics. But, we understand, a recent offer
to that effect was refused, because the British Government
still objects to the appointment of an ecclesiastic as the
representative of the Pope." This is simply acting upon
the old traditional absurdities. What should we say, asks
the Telegraph, if the American people dictated that no
titled envoy should be tolerated at Washington? This is
not the first time a chance of useful negotiation has been
thrown away.
London, England, 1869-01-15

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powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects tho
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1869-01-15

CHANCERY DELAYS.

A solicitor writes to the Times complaining of the
increasing evil of Chancery delays in the chambers of
the chief clerks. The clerks are, he affirms, very
efficient men, and work unceasingly, but affairs,
nevertheless, are apt to come to a dead lock.
The solicitor gives three samples. In one case
a small sum is paid into court to be dis-
tributed among the claimants, but nearly
three months have to elapse before a simple
debtor and creditor account can be examined.
In the next instance, the accounts in a charity case
were left in October 1868, and are not yet half com-
pleted. In the third, a document is wanted before
the case can be proceeded with in court. The junior
clerk drew it up in March, but the chief clerk has
not yet had time to settle it. The remedy for all
this is to have more chief clerks, uho, it is evident,
are greatly needed.
London, England, 1869-01-15

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London, England, 1869-01-15

LATEST INTELL LGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE CONFERENCE.
VIENNA, Jan. 15.

It is stated that England, France, Austria, Italy,
and Prussia have invited the Greek Government not
to insist upon a mere question of form, and thereby
prevent the peaceful arrangement of the pending
question. In this invitation Russia as yet has not
joined, and negociatious on the subject are there-
fore being carried on with the Russian Cabinet.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 15.

The Royal Mail steamship Russia, from New
York, arrived here at 3 a.m. to-day, with 70 cabin
passengers and 860,000 in specie. She landed 136
sacks of mails, and proceeded immediately for Liver-
pool. All well.

SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 15.

The North German Lloyd steamer Berlin, from
Baltimore on the 24 inst., arrived here this morning
with 17 passengers for this port and Bremen, and a
large cargo, including 1,717 bales of cotton and 300
hogsheads of tobacco. No specie.
The Berlin experienced variable winds through-
out her passage.

THE WAR IN BRAZIL. 11
Rio DE JANEIRO, IJec. 24.

Telegrams from Paraguay, dated 12th -inst. an-
nounce that the allies made a flank movement on
Villeta, and twice routed the Paraguayans. The
allies occupying Villeta. A ugustura is also re-
ported to have been abandoned by the Paraguayans.

CO NINIE RCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Exchange on London, 18 sovereigns, 13 gold.

Bonds, 60 prem. Coffee, good first, 7,400 reis ;
sales, 70,000 bags ; exports since the departure of
last mail—Channel, 13,064 bags ; North Europe,

12,052 ; Lisbon, for orders, 3,000 ; Mediterranean
8,162 ; United States, 40,479 ; other parts, 2,031.
Wood, 44. Coals, 18. Salt, 800. Freight, Chan-
nel, 455. ; United States, 455.
London, England, 1869-01-15

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

The Liberte partly confirms the intelligence that a serious
rupture between Austria and Prussia may occur if Count
Beust be retained as the Austrian Chancellor. It has
received information from Vienna to the effect that Count
Beust will soon " retire." His removal from power will,
however, will be due rather to the increasing influence of
Count Andrassy, the Hungarian Minister, than to the
demands of Prussia. It would be strange indeed if
Francis Joseph consented to re-model his Ministry at the
dictation of. a foreign Power, but the wisdom of removing
a statesman like Count Beust upon any consideration
remains to be seen. It was but recently declared that
Count Andrassy and his rival had been reconciled.
It is not a little amusing to find the Prussian journals,
in the paper war with their Austrian contemporaries,
repeatedly exhorting the Hungarians to, persevere in their

enaeavours to obtain a nee i,:fn 0? grrvernment. -Axe
fact is, that the constitution of the Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy is far more liberal than that of the Prussian.
The Berlin papers say that the Hungarians have no influ-
ence on foreign affairs. The truth is, that whilst a Prus-
sian elector has not the smallest influence on the foreign
policy :of his country, the Chancellor of the Austrian
Empire is responsible to the delegates chosen from the
Parliaments of Vienna and Pesth, and thus the electors
of all the provinces exercise a very positive influence on
the general policy of the Government.

SPAIN.

Three ladies of high rank have presented to Marshal
Serrano a petition, signed by 15,000 Spanish women, pro-
testing against religious liberty and religious toleration.
This document was drawn up in no measured terms ; in
fact, the Spanish ladies seem to have resolved to give the
Provisional Government "a piece of their mind." The
men in power were upbraided for the impious and sacri-
legious line of policy they have hitherto followed, were
Jared to persevere in such a course at their peril, and warned
that they were bound to maintain the Roman Catholic
faith in its integrity and purity. The Times correspon-
dent attributes this open defiance to the tardiness with
vhich the revolution has been accomplished, or rather to
the indefinite postponement of its accomplishment. The
Provisional Government began with religious liberty, but
did not finish it. They expelled the Jesuits and shut up
the convents, but they left the rest for the Cortes. The
Spanish ladies now come forward and demand, not
implore, that the whole question shall be left to the Cortes.
They have got over their dread of an assembly elected by
universal suffrage ; it is by no means certain that the
issue will be against them, and they therefore insist that
the nation should wholly decide what it is called upon to
decide in part.
London, England, 1869-01-15

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
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London, England, 1869-01-15

AUSTRIA AND PRIISSrA.

The Liberte partly confirms the intelligence that a serious
rupture between Austria and Prussia may occur if Count
Beast be retained as the Austrian Chancellor. It hci
received information from Vienna to the effect that Count
Beust will soon " retire." His removal from power will,
however, will be due rather to the increasing influence of
Count Andrassy, the Hungarian Minister, than to the
demands of Prussia. It would be strange indeed if
Francis Joseph consented to re-model his Ministry at the
dictation of a foreign Power, but the wisdom of removing
a statesman like Count Beust upon any consideration
remains to he seen. It was but recently declared that
Count Andrassy and his rival had been reconciled.
It is not a little amusing to find the Prussian journals,
in the paper war with their Austrian contemporaries,
repeatedly exhorting the klunmrians to,perqcvere in their

enaeavours to obtain a tree I.l—m or government. lnn
fact is, that the constitution of the Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy is far more liberal than that of the Prussian.
The Berlin papers say that the Hungarians have no influ-
ence on foreign affairs. The truth is, that whilst a Prus-
sian elector has not the smallest influence on the foreign
policy ;of his country, the Chancellor of the Austrian
Empire is responsible to the delegates chosen from the
Parliaments of Vienna and Pesth, and thus the electors
of all the provinces exercise a very positive influence on
the general policy of the Government.
London, England, 1869-01-15

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-

road.
Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to thosoi
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
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CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
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London, England, 1869-01-15

IRISH CRIME•

The Freeman of Dublin rings a man on the
recently published statistics which shew Ireland to be
comparatively free from crime. Our contemporary
seems rather disgusted with those " solitary cases" of
murder, but is reassured by discovering that " two or
three murders a week are the usual thing in England.
Yet no Englishman asks for extraordinary powers of
repression." But murder must (so to speak) be
weighed as well 'as counted. 'Tis not so much the
number, as the peculiar facts connected with
each one, which has so alarmed the country.
It does not take a very discriminating mind
to see the difference • from a national point
of view between a man murdering his comrade or
wife in a fit of drunken fury and an Irishman shooting
a (may be) tyrannical landlord with something like
the idea that he is only doing his duty. This idea,
by-the-by, is impliedly taught in several of thg
" national " newspapers, which hold that where CO
law does not punish an injustice the person wronged.
may revenge himself. Bacon came to Very much
the same conclusion, but he adds that the revenge
must also be such as the law cannot deal with, or it
becomes that " kind of wild justice" which it is the
duty of the State most diligently to repress.
These outrages have an influence on the prosperity of
the country. A. significant proof that a different
value is set upon landed property according to the
i
character of the county n which it is situate was
afforded a day or two back in the Dublin Landed
Estates Court. An estate in the town and county
of Tipperary was offered for sale, but no bidder
could be found for it. A large property in the county
of Tyrone was afterwards sold for over twenty-five
years' purchase.
London, England, 1869-01-15

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London, England, 1869-01-15

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London, England, 1869-01-15

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THJILO EDIT ON

NOTICE.

The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was
published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING.

DOWNING STREET, JAN.I4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Wel-
lington Cairns, Esq., to be Lieutenant Governor of tLe
Island of Saint Christopher and of the Island of Nevis.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 13.
John Fletcher Rees, Esq., has this day been promoted
to the rank of Retired Commander in her Majesty's Fleet,
under 1:,•r Majesty's Order in Council of 2tith June, 1867.
MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, JAN.I2.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
FredeEck John Bruce to be Page of Honour to her Ma-
jesty, vice the Honourable Speuccr Fredetic'zJecelya, n—
s;Lrliod.

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... 25 3.) 25 4U
25 35 25 40
Ilarnburgn ......... ... 13 101. ... 13 10}
Paris
Ditto

-- ... 5 40
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120
... 1.201
Vienna — ... 12 22 ... 12 30
Trieste — ... 112 221 ... 12 30
Petersburg
Copenhagen.. .
~ 9 2u ... 9 24
Berlin
... 6 26i ... 6 27
Madrid..
Cadi7 — ... 48 ... 481
Leghorn
Milan — ... 27 5 ... 27 121
Genoa — ... 27 5 ... 27 121
Naples
Palermo 1 ... 27 5 ... 27 121
Messina
Lisbon — ... 52 ... 521,
Oporto — ... 52 ... 521
Rio Janeiro — •.• -- ..• New York - ••., —
London, England, 1869-01-15

IRISH CRIME.

The Freeman of Dublin rings a 'wean on the
recently published statistics which shew Ireland to be
comparatively free from crime. Our contemporary
seems rather disgusted with those "solitary cases " of
murder, but is reassured by discovering that "two or
three murders a week are the usual thing in England.
Yet no Englishman asks for extraordinary powers of
repression." But murder must (so to speak) be
weighed as well as counted. 'Tis not so much the
number, as the peculiar facts connected with
each one, which has so alarmed the country.
It does not take a very discriminating mind
to see the difference from a national point
of view between a man murdering his comrade or
wife in a fit of drunken fury and an Irishman shooting
a (may be) tyrannical landlord with something like
the idea that he is only doing his duty. • This idea,
by-the-by, is impliedly taught in several of th 9
" national " newspapers, which hold that where tie,
law does not punish an injustice the person wronged
may revenge himself. Bacon came to very much
the same conclusion, but he adds that the revenge
must also be such as the law cannot deal with, or it
becomes that " kind of wild justice " which it is the
duty of the State most diligently to repress.
These outrages have an influence on the prosperity of
the country. A significant proof that a different
value is set upon landed property according to the
character of the county in which it is situate was
oflered for sale, but no bidder
i
afforded a clay or two back in the Dublin Landed
Estates Court. An estate. in the town and county
of Tipperary was
could be found for t. A large property in the county
of Tyrone was afterwards sold for over twenty-five
years' purchase.
London, England, 1869-01-15

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road Islington N.

Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,951 patients since it was
established at Bing's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon.
Sec., - Smith. Esa. Gro. REID, Sec.
London, England, 1869-01-15

THE CHURCH IN NATAL.

Mr. Green, the Dean of Maritzburg, is about to return
to the diocesefrom which he has been long absent, and
before doing so wishes to establish a guild, of which
the Hey. E. N. Chaplin, rector of Chilton, Berks, is
to be the warden. The principal rules of the society
are as follows :—" The members shall engage (1)
to intercede for the Church in Natal at their daily
prayers, and especially when present at the celebra-
tion of the Blessed Sacrament." (2) "To contri-
bute according to their means in money monthly.
One penny per month will be received as a
sufficient contribution when given in the love of
Christ."
London, England, 1869-01-15

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

'Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JA PAN, NORTH ND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japar..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROICE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

INDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868.
By order of the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencies in India. •
Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
11. Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras
Medical Department.
12. Briggs, F. W., Rev., Afadras Establishment.
17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native
Infantry.
20. Coust, 11. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran
Battalion.
21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native infantry.
26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In-
fantry.
33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
42. Dillas, R., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi-
ment.
48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras
Native nfantry.
52. Fanning, D. A., Colonel, Ist Madras Light Cavalry.
63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot.
65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In-
Infantry.
69. Hawes, J. C., Brevet-Maior, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
7;. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment.
79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In-
fantry.
83. Keighly, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In-
fantry.
85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 88th Madras Native Infantry.
128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
134 A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and
Miners.
142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partment.
1508. Stothert, B. Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry.
154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment.
165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
170. Wright, W. Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Miners.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the further period of six mouths from
this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased. . _ _

T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-15

GIBRALTAR.

Admiral Grey writes to the Times in answer to
Sir Edward Belcher, on the Gibraltar question. He
admits that Gibraltar is strong by land and sea, but
he repeats his former statement that it does not
possess a good harbour in time of peace. With
respect to Ceuta he considers it as healthy as
Gibraltar, and it would be well worth while to con-
struct a harbour there. Ile would throw out a break-
water similar to that at Portland. As far as he is
concerned, the
.Admiral would willingly drop the
subject, concluding with his former suggestion, that
Ceuta should be delivered to us for the formation of
a breakwater ten years prior to the delivery of
Gibraltar, and this would be the best bargain for
England.

FOREIGN NOTES.,

OUR RELATIONS WITH ROHE.

We have no ambassador at Rome, nor has the Pope any
direct representative in England. Mr. Odo Russell
manages all our business at the Papal Court, but though
he is really an ambassador he is not accredited as such.
His real duties have been for years at Rome, but he is
nominally attached to the English embassy at Florence.
Why not, asks the Telegraph, abandon this sham, make
Ur. Odo Russell our charg6 d'affaires at Rome, and resume
diplomatic relations with the Pontifical Government? "The
Papal Court has, we believe, no objection whatever to accre-
diting a Nuncio to the Court of St. James's, and thus re-
suming international relations which are important simply
because the Queen has under her sway so many millions
of Roman Catholics. But, we understand, a recent offer
to that effect was refused, because the British Government
still objects to the appointment of an ecclesiastic as the
representative of the Pope." This is simply acting upon
the old traditional absurdities. What should we say, asks
the Telegraph, if the American people dictated that no
titled envoy should be tolerated at Washington ? This is
not the first time a chance of useful negotiation has been
thrown away.
London, England, 1869-01-15

3/lABK LANE.

In Mark-lane to-day the market is very fiat. The prices
are as yet without quotable change, but less would have to
be taken to effect sales.
SMITHFIELD AND LEADESIIALL.
The dead moat trade is rather heavy, and prices aro
slightly lower.

tinder the imtnediate patronage of Col. Gallway,
director of the Royal Engineer establishment, the
first of a series of theatrical entertainments, con-
certs, readings, &c., was given in the lecture theatre,
4mpton barracks, last evening. This place was
crowded.

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re-
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied iu casks and cases for home use or exports.
tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co.,
Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand,.London W.Q.—[Ad.
vertisenient
London, England, 1869-01-15

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Fleet-street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave-
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with Price List.
London, England, 1869-01-15

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the Agents in the principal ft WEIR in England: or wholesale
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London, England, 1869-01-15

SPAIN.

MALRID, Jan. 14.

The candidature of prince Amadeus is violently
attacked by the press. The Nocedades, formerly
the organ of the Progressist party, pronounces in
favour of the Duke de Montpensier.
A large meeting of Republicans was held this
afternoon for the avowed purpose of definitely set-
tling the candidates to the Cortes.

Public tranquillity prevails in the capital and the

provinces.
London, England, 1869-01-15

THE RITUAL JUDGMENT.

It has been asserted in more than one paper that
the judgment in the suit of Martin v. Mackonoehie
was not unanimous, that Lord 'Westbury and
Sir William Erie were opposed to it, Sir J.
Colvile was neutral, while only Lord Cairns, Lord
Chelmsford, and the Archbishop of York were
favourable to it. Canon Trevor doubted the truth
of this statement, and wrote to the Archbishop of
York to know if it were well founded. The follow-
ing is the Archbishops reply :—" I suppose your
question refers to a letter of Dr. Littledale's in the
Daily News, quoting an averment of the mode in
which the judgment of the Privy Council in the
Mackonochie case was arrived at. The whole story
is an invention, with no ground of truth. More
you will not expect me to say.
If I said less you
might, perhaps, infer assent from my reserve."
gauntletTh The Rev.
f R eOrlre. jd E. Bennett has thrown down the
Crown to take up. He has issued a
declaration, to which he invites signatures, and in
in all cases ecclesiastical and
which hedeclares that while yielding to non e in devoted
loyalty to her Majesty the Queen, and the Crown
realms,cof
lvilthesusepreine, he as
is
nevertheless constrained, by
prior obedience to the Catholic Church of Christ,
to repudiate the authority of the Court of the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which has
lately pronounced a judgment in regard to the rites
and ceremonies of the Church." The rev. gentleman
states fully the grounds on which this repudiation is
based, and proceeds: "In consequence, therefore,
and in fulfilment of these premises, we, the under-
signed priests and deacons of the English Church,
feel ourselves bound to continue as heretofore
in our several churches those rites, ceremonies,
and usages of the Primitive Church which have
been condemned by a court purely secular and con-
trary to the English constitution. And this we do
accordingto our Divine Lord's precept, which, while
it enjoins us to obey Cmsar in the things of 0-tsar,
clearly enjoins to obey God in the things that are
God's." This is a very serious step, and must, if
persisted in, bring. about a collision between Mr.
Bennett and his co-signatarieson the one hand, and
the Crown on the other, which can have no other
result than their deprivation. In that case no one
could be surprised if this section of Churchmen
seceded to Rome.
London, England, 1869-01-15

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square W.
President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have boon relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-15

ROME.

More than one Paris journal affirms that the mission
of General Della Rocca to Rome produced an unfavourable
impression, and that it diminished the prospect of a pardon
for Ajani and Luggi. It was rumoured at Rome that the
Pope had expressed himself very bitterly at the
last consistory, declaiming against " brigands demand-
ing pardon for their accomplices." It is now
believed that a singular expedient will be adopted to bring
about a commutation of the capital sentence. According
to the Papal law the punishment of insurrection is death,
but for conspiracy the galleys is the highest penalty.
Ajani and Tuzzi were found guilty of the greater offence;
the Sacrum Consultum has determined that they have
committed only the lesser, and thus the dignity and the
independence of the Papal Government will be upheld.
Another difficulty arising out of the unhappy Garibal-
dian invasion threatens to cause further trouble. The
Papal Government has demanded that four Romans who
have escaped to Italy be given up on a charge of murder,
according to the Extradition Treaty. These four men
were implicated in the conflict at Ajani's shop ; they saw
a Zouave leave his comrades, and, fearing that he was
about to obtain reinforcements, they stopped him. A fight
ensued, and the Zouave was killed. The Italian Minister
of Justice holds that this offence was of a political
character, and does not, therefore, come under the terms
of an extradition crime. He has refused to give UP the
men
London, England, 1869-01-15

ROME.

More than one Paris journal affirms that the mission
of General Della Rocca to Rome produced an unfavourable
impression, and that it diminished the prospect of a pardon
for Ajani and Luggi. It was rumoured at Rome that the
Pope had expressed himself very bitterly at the
last consistory, declaiming against " brigands demand-
ing pardon for their accomplices." It is now
believed that a singular expedient will be adopted to bring
about a commutation of the capital sentence. According
to the Papal law the punishment of insurrection is death,
but for conspiracy the galleys is the highest penalty.
Ajani and Tuzzi were found guilty of the greater offence;
the Sacrum Consultum has determined that they have
committed only the lesser, and thus the dignity and the
independence of the Papal Government will be upheld.
Another difficulty arising out of the unhappy Garibal-
dian invasion threatens to cause further trouble. The
Papal Government has demanded that four Romans who
have escaped to Italy be given up on a charge of murder,
according to the Extradition Treaty. These four men
were implicated in the conflict at Ajani's shop ; they saw
a Zouave leave his comrades, and, fearing that he was
about to obtain reinforcements, they stopped him. A fight
ensued, and the Zouave was killed. The Italian Minister
of Justice holds that this offence was of a political
character, and does not, therefore, come under the terms
of an extradition crime. He has refused to give up the
men
London, England, 1869-01-15

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the Shareholders on their Capital in this Company to the Mat
December last, will be Paid on Monday, the let day of February
next, by Warrants, which will he forwarded to each Proprietor
on that day; also, that the Books of the Company for the transfer
of Shares will be Closed from Tuesday, the 19th January, until
Thursday, the 4th February.
FRANCIS STEPHENS, Secretary.

13th January, 1869.
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HEAD OFFICES:
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Total Annual Revenue exceeds £Boo,loo
Accumulated Funds in hand £1,300,000
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Life and Annuity Funds....
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Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership.
BONUSES among the largest ever declared by any Company.
Profits divided every five years.
All new Life Insurances now effected will become entitled
to an Increased Share of the Profits.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Premiums in 1867 U 60,553.

REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this first took place the increase
of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office,
as shown by Government Returns.
Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses.
JOHN H. MeLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

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CilUrten nr.ronm.

A week after date the Times publishes a letter from
Lord Ebury, apparently in reply to that from " A
Berkshire Incumbent," praying the bishops to take
counsel together with the view to ascertain the effects
of the late judgment, and to carry out its injunctions.
Lord Ebury, writing on January 7, complains that
English Churchmen are halting between two opinions
as to the mode in which the Church should be
governed. The central point of our Church con-
stitution he holds to be " that nothing can be
changed affecting the whole body of it either
in doctrine or in discipline, in these realms,
without the consent of Queen, Lords, and Commons."
lle adds : " Now, this may be a very bad polity, it
may be wrong in principle, it maybe very distateful
to some excellent men, and objectionable in its
operation; but in the name of all that is honest
and straightforward, if we think so, let us say so,
and not go dolging about with consecrations on
the high seas, and Pan-Anglican Synods collected
for the purpose of giving a go-by to the law,
and trying to persuade people that it is not what it
is, or that somehow the really insuperable diffi-
culties may be overcome by such miserable chicane."
If we dislike our form of Church government, there
are two kinds either of which we can adopt. There
is the purely hierarchical Boman form, and there is
the form prevailing in the Protestant Episcopal
Churches of the United Stites and Canada, where
the prelates constitute an Upper house ; and
there is a Lower one, consisting of about an equal
number of clergy and laity. Neither of these, if
endued with full powers of legislation, could be
Established Churches in the sense in which our own
is. The first would be the British branch of the
Established Church of Rome ; the latter a Free
Church, like any other religious body. Are we pre-
pared for either of these Lord Ebury holds that the
first would never be accepted by the people, and that
the secondwould deprive us of the many large advant-
ages which we possess under the present system. He
concludes by warning Churchmen " not to go