The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-05 00:00:00

ThE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 18(7.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Times.)
BOMBAY, Oct. 14.

Nature evidently forgot all about special corre-
spondents when she made it impossible for one man
to be in two places at once. No sooner am I ar-
rived in Bombay than I find the advance brigade of
the expeditionary force on the point of starting for
Massowah, and as I watch the transports steaming
out of harbour, amid the most untropically energetic
cap-waving and cheering of a swarm of blue-jackets
the Octavia, feel a twinge of envy at the thought
that it may possibly fall to the lot of some luckier
correspondent to record deeds of prowess done
by the Brigade on Abyssinian ground. Besides,
everything Abyssinian seems just now so vividly
associated in the British mind with all that is roman-
tic and terrible—impenetrable forests, pathless pre-
cipices, hyenas, lions, and cut_throat tribes—that I
quite despair of writing anything about the expedi-
tion that will not disappoint your readers from
matter-of-fact Bombay, where the very utmost I
could offer them, in the way of horrors, is a small
snake or jackal. It is like having to write a sensa-
tion novel without being allowed one murder or
suicide. However, on the other hand, only a small
portion of the expeditionary force has left Bombay.
The main body and the Commander-in-Chief will
probably not get away for another six weeks, so I
think it best not to sacrifice—for the present, at
any rate—the obvious advantages of being at head-
quarters, and console myself with the reflection that
even were I the historian of the fortunate warriors
who are to enjoy the first sight of Abyssinia, I
might have nothing more romantic or terrible to
describe for your readers than the ravages of mos-
quitoes and the masterly debarcation of mules.
There has been a notion here that the advance bri-
gade were to push on into the interior of Abyssinia,
either to make a dash, if occasion offered, at the
prisoners, or in the hope of terrifying Theodore by
their actual presence into a surrender, and thus at
the last moment avert the necessity of moving the
main body at all. But they are really to act only
as a pioneer force on a large scale, to select a good
landing-place, build sheds and barracks, establish a
depot, and make all other arrangements for the re-
ception and accommodaion of the main force. After
this, if it be found unnecessary or undesirable to re-
main at Massowah, and there await the arrival of
the Commander-in-Chief. Bombay still professes
to hope the Commander-in-Chief may never reach
Abyssinia ; that at the eleventh hour Theodore, see-
ing that England is really in earnest, may " cave
in," or the prisoners be somehow released. But I
trust it is not uncharitable (since mortals are mas-
ters only of their will and not of their inclinations)
to say that the lips have decidedly more to do with
this profession than the heart. The expedition is as
popular here as it is unpopular at home, and there is
the most amusing contrast between the gloomy, de-
sponding tone in which the dangers and difficulties
of a march through Abyssinia are harped upon and
bemoaned by the English public, and the easy, off-
hand style in which they are disposed of by the
public in India. It would be less surprising if this
couleur-de-rose view were confined to Bombay,
which is to have nearly all the glory and excitement
of the expedition without the expense. A cheap ex-
cursion to Hades itself would be welcomed as an
agreeable variation from the monotony of an Anglo-
Indian soldier's life, who, like the Irishman, soon
" gets mouldy from want of a bating." Yesterday
a sergeant told me he hoped it was true that the
Abyssinians were fond of fighting, for that "we
sadly wanted something to liven us." But the rest of
India is equally sanguine. The Friend of India, one
of the leading Anglo-Indian papers, considers that
" the difficulties are trifling enough, and become less
so as our information enlarges ;" and a wild scheme
worthy of Colney-hatch, for sending 200 volunteers
into the heart of Abyssinia (one patriot actually
offering to embark £2,000 in the speculation) has
been discussed by a portion of the pressin all sober-
ness and gravity.

However, this sanguine spirit of heroism is harm-
less enough, and even matter for congratulation,
since it has not been allowed to affect the scale on
which the preparations for the expedition are being
made, or to diminish the labour and precautions
necessary to insure success. We may talk of sending
200 heroes into Abyssinia to eclipse Thermopylae,
and recall the golden age of chivalry, but as a matter
of fact we are taking as large and well equipped a
force as the gloomiest prophet in England could wish.
The entire force leaving India is to consist of over
12,000 effectives. Of these 4,000 will be Europeans
—four regiments of infantry (Ist battalion 4th Foot,
the 26th, 33d, and 45th), two squadrons of cavalry
(3d Dragoon Guards), five batteries of artillery
(C-E, R.H.A.; G-14, R.A.; 3-21, R.A.; 5-21, R.A.;
and 5-25, R.A.). The remainder will consist of na-
tives, as follows :—lnfantry, 9 regiments-2d (Gre-
nadiers), sth (Light Infantry), Bth, 10th, 18th, 25th
Light Infantry, Ist Belooch Battalion, and one
(Punjab) from Bengal; cavalry, four regiments (3d
Light Cavalry, 10th ditto, 12th ditto, and 3d Scinde
Horse; six companies of Sappers, and the 23d (Pun-
jab) Pioneers, and No. 1 company of Native Artil-
lery. One of the above-mentioned batteries will
have Armstrong guns, with elephant carriage for
the mountains; two mountain trains will go from
India, and guns and equipment for two more will
be sent out from England. The British infantry will
have the Snider rifle, the artillery and cavalry the
Snider carbine. The Native Infantry will have the
new pattern smooth bore musket, except the Belooch
Battalion, which will have the Enfield. Ammunition
will be taken in boxes, suited to mule carriage, to
the amount of 500 rounds per man for infantry,
and 200 for cavalry.

As the chief difficulty against which the army
will have to contend will probably be that of trans-
port over precipitous mountains and through narrow
defiles, the one great object which is being steadily
kept in view throughout the preparations, and to
which all others are made subordinate, is light
equipment, of a kind always, if necessary, a,lapt-
able to mule carriage. Thus the howitzers in the
mountain train battery, throwing a 121 b. shell 800
yards, do not weigh more than 2001 b., a load just
within the capacity of a stout mule. The 5f inch
mortars, throwing a 241 b. shell 800 yards, weigh
only 1501 b. A portable pontoon train is being
prepared expressly for mule carriage, which can be
taken in sections by five mules. Another kind
(Blanchard's infantry pontoon) is going, which can
be taken in short lengths by two mules. Cow-hides
capable of being inflated will also be used for cross-
ing rivers.

Iu addition to the army of 12,000 fighting men
there will be at least 8,000 followers. This is the
number at present allowed, but I confess I scarcely
myself see how it can be kept down to this, if it be
true (as 1 learn on good authority) that vigorous
efforts are being made to muster some 35,000 animals
altogether at Masgowah. The failure at Bhootan was
in great measure attributed to the paucity of mule.,
teers, there being only one to every three mules. Now,
24,000 mules are being collected (from India, Bagdad,
Egypt, Spain, and Syria) for the Abyssian expedi-
tion, and the 8,000 followers cannot, most certainly,
be all of them muleteers. Then there will be ponies,
bullocks, a few camels (from Aden), and 40 ele-
phants (from Calcutta). How far the camels and
elephants will be able to go remains to be proved.
The accounts of travellers through Abyssinia are so
conflicting that any statement advanced by one is
sure to be contradicted by some other. If heavier
beasts prove useless, the mules will have a hard
t of it.

I should be sorry wantonly to harrow the
British taxpayer's feeling, but it may perhaps
be as well to mention a fact or two that may
help to prepare him for the little Abyssinian
account in store for him. The expenditure of the
Commissariat Department for food in Bombay itself
alone, not counting money spent in other parts of
this Presidency or elsewhere, and exclusive of trans-
port, purchase of animals, medical stores, &c., is
estimated at £lOO,OOO a month, and the expedition
is not to advance into Abyssinia until it has seven
months' food actually collected, and a three months'
reserve guaranteed ready as soon as wanted. Heavy
as this is, the cost of transport is proportionately
heavy. I cannot estimate the total amount, for I
don't yet know how many transports it will be neces-
sary to engage. Besides Government, although it

hires the great majority, has purchased a few (as
the more economical course), and this rather com-
plicates the calculation. But, to take only one very
significant item, the advance brigade, which does
not constitute one-eighth of the entire force, took
up five sailing vessels (aggregate tonnage 4,915)
and six steamers (5,068 tons). The sailing vessels
get on an average £1 per ton a month, the steamers
£2 Bs. (Government also supplying coal), and all
transports are guaranteed six months' employ. Thus
to move the advance brigade from Bombay to Mas-
sowah involved an outlay of over £lOO,OOO, Govern-
ment having, of course, the use of the transports for
what remains of the six months. I have beard the
total cost of the expedition roughly estimated by
one who is in a position to make a good guess at
from five to six millions ; but I have not myself yet
seen materials enough for a judgment whether this
amount is anywhere near the mark. _

As might he expected the formidable dimensions
of the force have provoked considerable criticism,
but if an expedition into Abyssinia must be made,
success should be as certain as military science can
render it ; and this can only be effected in an un-
known hostile territory by proceeding in the forma-
tion of a base line, on which are established depots
of provisions, and military posts of sufficient.
strength to maintain communications. A strong
post will also be wanted near enough to the tract
occupied by Theodore, to form a base from which
operations can be carried on against him. These
precautions cannot be taken without plenty of men,
and I have even heard (though not on the best
authority) that Sir Robert Napier would like to have
4,000 more. He would not have much trouble in
getting them, so far as the men themselves are con-
cerned. The other day, when the Ist regiment to
sail, the 10th Native infantry, required a few men
to complete their number, so many volunteers came
forward from two regiments in garrison with them,
that the 10th could have doubled its strength in an
hour. The army is in capital temper and spirits, and
has complete confidence in its chief. Indeed, it is to
this confidence, entertained in military circles all
overlndia, that may be, in some measure, attributed
those sanguine theories about the expedition to which
I have before referred. The favourable report of
Colonel Merewether, Bombay's philosopher and
guide in this affair, may, too, have something to do
with them, and also the notion that the effeminate
Englishmen who live at home at ease take fright at
conditions of climate which it is the proud privi-
lege of the Anglo-Indian veteran to despise. The
confidence felt in Sir Robert Napier is due quite as
much to his reputation for a kind heart as to his
reputation for a strong will, and cool, clear head.
It is felt that in this expedition a General is wanted
who will not, a la Napoleon, be ready to sacrifice
his men to the chance of turning up, for his own
profit and glory, a trump card. Besides, as your
readers will see by the subjoined extract from the
Bombay Army List, the Commander -in-Chief has
gone through quite enough arduous and successful
service to justify a considerable amount of confi-
dence in him :

" Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Napier, K.C.8.,
Royal Engineers, served throughout the Sutlej cam-
paign of 1845-46, Chief Engineer at Moodkee (horse
killed) and at Ferozeshah (severely wounded, horse
killed) ; Brigade Major of Engineers at Sobraon,
and in the subsequent advance on Lahore (medal
and clasps and Brevet Major). Appointed, 1846,
chief engineer to conduct the siege of the hill fort of
Kangra, and received the special thanks of Govern-
ment for his service in the transport of the siege
train to that place. Chief Engineer during part of
the siege of Mooltan, 1849 (severely wounded) ;
Commanding Engineer Right wing of the Army of
the Punjab at the battle of Goojerat, and in Sir
Walter Gilbert's pursuit of the Sikh Army (medal,
clasp, and Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel). Com-
manded a column which defeated the liussunzie
tribe on the Black Mountain in Hazara, 1852.
Present with the expedition against the Boree
Afreeders, 1852-53, received special thanks of Go-
vernment. Chief of Sir J. Outram's Staff, 1857 ;
present in the several actionsleading to the first relief
of Lucknow, Mungul war, Alumbagh, andCharbagh;
commanded the troops in the rescue of the siege
train which had been surrounded and cut off in the
suburbs ; the sortie for the capture of Philip's
Garden Battery ; and other separate operations
(severely wounded). Present as Chief of the
Staff in the later operations at the Alumbagh. Bri-
gadier and Chief Engineer at the siege of Lucknow,
1858, K.C.B. Commanded a brigade at the cap-
ture of Gwalior, defeated Tantia Topee at Joura,
Alipoor, and captured 25 guns. When in command
of the Gwalior Division, bombarded and reduced
the Fort of Powrie ; after five days' close pursuit,
surprised and defeated, with a squadron of the 14th
Dragoons, Ferozeshah's force at Ranode. Com-
manded in 1860 the 2d Division of the China Ex-
peditionary Army ; in the action of Sinho. Present
at Tanko (Division in reserve) ; with his division
and the whole of the artillery, in conjunction with
the French division of General Collineau, directed
the operations ending in the storm of the North
Takee Fort, advance on and occupation of Pekin."
It certainly was not for want of tight packing
that so many transports were required for the Ad-
vance Brigade. I went over three of them, and the
mules were as closely stowed away together between
decks as sardines, on the principle, apparently, that
if rough weather came on, and the vessel pitched or
rolled, they might stand their ground, and defy the
motion in one solid mass. The horses were treated
with a little more ceremony, being separated from
each other by rough extempore railings. As for the
men, unless they slept on or under the animals, or,
like the mules, standing all together for mutual
support in a row, I cannot conjecture how they
disposed of themselves. Happily the native sol-
dier (there Were no European regiments in the
Advance Brigade, it being considered undesirable
to expose European constitutions more than can be
helped to the climate of Massowah) is a patient,
much-enduring animal, always ready to take his
food or sleep when he can get it, but wonderfully
resigned when he is obliged to go without it,
and as great an economist of weight and space
as Sir Charles Napier himself, although his
travelling toilette does not usually take the form of
a toothbrush and clean shirt. Imagine an Eng-
lishman obliged, in addition to the other miseries
of life on board ship, having to live for ten days or
so on parched corn. This is what probably more
than half of the native soldiers who go to Abyssinia
will do without a murmur. Omnipotent and capri-
cious caste, though it allows them to eat and sleep,
will not allow them to cook when on the " black
water," so they are given rations of parched grain,
with a little sugar and ghee to flavour it and water
to wash it down. Of the followers, or non-com-
batants, who, being mostly of a lower caste than
the soldiers, are less troubled with scruples of this
kind, the great majority will as soon cook on board
ship as anywhere else. The heat between decks
towards night was something awful, although in the
hope of mitigating it large ventilating shafts were
run down from above, and holes knocked in the
deck, with a proper military preference of the com-
fort of the mules to the pockets of the shipowners.
It seemed to me as if no animal could exist there
for an hour; but a few natives, who might just as
easily have been on deck, were lolling about, every
man his own Turkish bath, as if one of the greatest
pleasures in life was unlimited perspiration. The
last mail brought us intelligence that ten mules
belonging to the pioneer force had died from the
heat on the way to Aden, but that there had been
no casualties among the me❑ or horses. The un-
eventful h'story of the Aby,sinian Expedition is,
so far, briefly this :—On the IGth of last month the
pioneer force, consisting of 40 men of the 3d Native
Light Cavalry, about 100 men of the 21st Native
Infantry, and a company of Sappers and Miners,
left Bombay, and in ten days reached Aden, with
no other incident worth chronicling than the
tragedy recorded above. Ihe force was accompanied
by Col. Merewether, C. 8., Col. Phayre, Col. Wil-
kins, RE., and other officers. It was followed three
or four days ago by the advance brigade, consist-
ing of the remainder of the 3d Light Cavalry, the
10th Native Infantry, two companies of Sappers

and Miners, one company of native artillery, a
Land Transport Corps, a Marine battalion—in all
nearly three thousand men---including non-com-
batants. The next detachment is t sail from Kur-

rachee, about the end of this month. It is to con-
sist of the 33d Regiment (Europeans), the 27th
Native Infantry (Belooches), and G 14 Royal Ar-
tillery—in all about 1,650 fighting men and nearly
1,200 followers. It is hoped that the rest of the
force—the main body—will be able to leave with the
Commander-in-Chief towards the end of November,
or early in December. Bombay, having undertaken
the responsibility of the expedition, provides by far
the largest portion of the force. Bengal contributes
only two regiments of Light Cavalry (10th and
12th), one regiment (23d) of Pioneers, three com-
panies of sappers, one battery (S 25, Royal Artil-
lery), and one regiment (which regiment is not yet
decided) of Native Infantry. The Madras army,
which, if gallantry and efficiency in foreign service
had been the chief considerations, should have played
a very prominent part in such an expedition as the
Abyssinian, contributes only three companies of
Sappers—G and II from Bangalore and K from
Secunderabad. But political considerations had
their usual weight, and whatever she may be in
the field, Madras in council is no match for Calcutta.
However, Madras may have at least this source of
consolation, that though she does contribute but
little to the Abyssinian campaign, that little is of
sterling stuff. By universal admission there are no
finer troops in India than the Madras Sappers, and
they are admirably officered. Officers are being
asked for from all three Presidencies, and now and
then it is by no means easy to get them. A few
facts have transpired which form a curious com-
mentary upon the virtues of the irregular system.
If Madras had contributed,as was at first expected,
a brigade, the Commander-in-Chief, was going
very largely to increase the number of officers sup-
plied under that system to each regiment, and Sir
Robert Napier has had to telegraph to Madras—
the last Presidency in which the system came into
operation—for subalterns under seven years' ser-
vice, and, according to report, he cannot get them.

(From an Occasional Correspondent.)
ADEN, Oct. 19.

The transports containing the Advanced Brigade
of the Abyssinian Field Force arrived here on the
16 th inst., of Ger a beautiful passage, without casualty,
from Bombay. The troops are :-3d Bombay Light
Cavalry, 10th Bombay Native Infantry, three com-
panies Bombay Native Sapper; and one battery
(mule) Mountain Train.

The vessels leave this afternoon for Abyssinia,
convoyed by the Bombay Government steamer Sir
Bartle Frere. The steamship Norna arrived on
the night of the 16th with despatches from Colonel
Merewether up to the 13th inst. He directs the
ships to fill with as much water as possible and pro-
ceed at once.

The following is a description of the country :
The place chosen for debarkation is Ansley Bay,
20 miles south of Massowah, lat. 15 15 N., long.
39 45 W. ; the bay faces towards the north. An-
chorage good in deep water. It is approached from
the south coast without any unusual difficulty, all
the impediments being visible. The land is a sandy
plain, with patches of brushwood, but no forest.
It abounds with both large and small game. Drink-
able water is not to be found within 16 miles of the
coast, but at that distance a good and abundant
supply was discovered in one of the deep ravines
which intersect the country at right angles to the
coast line. All the troops that can be spared will
be at once marched up to this high land, but large
working parties will be required to land stores,
make piers, &c. A number of Chinese carpenters
accompany this brigade to put up commissariat
sheds, which have been made in Bombay, ready to
be at once fitted. The water for these working
parties will have to be supplied from the ships.
Colonel Merewether's party were busily employed
in making a pier to land troops and stores. Before
reaching a depth of 9ft. (the rise and fall is 4ft.)
at lowest tides it will be 100 yards in length. Some
coolies bad been sent from Aden to carry on the
work. It had been hot there, but is now getting
cooler. Thermometer on shore over 100 deg. dur-
ing day, 72 deg. at night. About 12 o'clock noon a
delicious sea breeze set in, which lasted until mid-
night. Rain is expected there this month. it is an-
ticipated that supplies will be procurable, cattle
being easily obtained. The troops of the advanced
brigade are to make three piers for the main por-
tion of the force, one for landing stores, with a
dwbld line of tramway for this purpose ; two miles
of tramway, with waggons, have been despatched
already—two piers are also to be made for landing
troops, with a depth of four feet of water at lowest
tides.

AUSTRIAN LIBERALS AND THE

CONCORDAT.

Josephism is not extinct in Austria. There was
an unpleasant tone in the Emperor of Austria's
letter to the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna which
reminds one not a little of the traditional language
of Austrian statecraft. The advice and the warn-
ing of the bishops was not only kindly meant and
spoken in season, but their exposition of the re-
ligious dangers which threatened society in Austria
showed a profound knowledge of the critical state
of the country and the peculiar weakness and tem-
ptations of the times. The reply of the Emperor
was a confession of weakness on his part, and an
encouragement to the very evils which the bishops
brought under his notice. The bishops declared
that the Concordat which restored the rights and
the liberties of the Catholic Church was attacked
because it was a public and national recognition
of religion ; that its enemies were the enemies of
morality and faith; that in the abrogation of the
Concordat they sought the destruction of the
sacred and indissoluble character of marriage, and
the instalment of a godless in the place of a Chris-
tian education in the national schools. The Em-
peror's letter to the bishops and his answer to the
audacious address of the municipality of Vienna
have given a signal triumph to the enemies of the
Church, and imparted to the irreligious movement
an audacity and strength which it did not hitherto
so openly display.
The press, which in Vienna is mostly in the
hands of Jews or unbelievers, the majority in the
Reichsrath, the noisy politicians, the- professional
agitators, the municipal councils, a large body of
the schoolmasters—those, in a word, who now lead
in Austria and dictate terms to the Emperor—are
but a small fraction of the people, and do not at
all represent their real wishes and interests. But
their influence is great and their example con-
tagious, especially in an age and country in which
depth of conviction and independence of thought
are not common qualities.

The Austrians are au easygoing people, prone
to self-indulgence, slothful in temper, and un-
spiritual in character, and even many of their good
qualities make them reluctant to come into collie
sion with these who are deceiving and betraying
them. The old evils of Josephism, moreover, have
left a taint on the minds of the middle classes ; the
upper classes are worldly and luxurious, their
energies too often misspent in the pursuit of plea-
sure ; whilst the great body of professional men
form that section of Austrian society which is ac-
tively hostile to religion. The consequence of this
state of things was for a long time manifest only
in obstinate resistance to all attempts at religious
revival even on the part of a not inconsiderable
section of the priesthood ; passive opposition by the
officials and by some of the elder clergy to the Con-
cordat; and in that slothful indifference to religion
which too often emptied the churches of Vienna,
or filled them only with hasty or indevout congre-
gations. The occasion was only wanting with a
sufficient sting in it for a large section of the ruling
and influential classes to convert an habitual in-
sensibility to religious principles into an active and
bitter hostility against religion.
The Concordat which the Emperor Francis
Joseph, after the terrors of the Revolution of 1848,
entered into with the Holy See, by restoring the
rights and liberties of the Church in Austria, gave
an impetus to religion, the active revival of which
is now the occasion for that manifestation of hos-
tility against the Church, which, with the exception
of revolutionary Italy, is greater among the Austrian
Liberals than in any other people in Europe. The
Concordat is to the Liberals of Austria what the
Temporal Power is to the Party of Action in Italy.
It is A point of attack and, at the flame time, it is

pretended that this attack is not directed against
the sanctity of religion and the Catholic faith, but
only against the limitation of such civil rights as
that of a godless education and of civil marriage.
This representation is a transparent subterfuge ;
and the bishops of Austria, with a determined
hand, have publicly torn this subterfuge to shreds.
The Liberals hoped by not attacking in so many
words the Christian religion, but something which
they were never weary of asserting and re-asserting
had nothing in reality to do with religion, they
might have gradually induced a not over-fervent or
active people to have acquiesced in the destruction
of the Concordat, who never would have consented
to, or even remained passive under, a less cunningly
contrived attack upon religion. Their plan has
been ruthlessly exposed by the bishops ; the people
have been undeceived; hence the rage of the
Austrian Liberals. The twenty-five bishops, after
having remonstrated in vain against the encourage-
ment given to the irreligious party, have gone back
to their several dioceses, to expose to the Catholics
of Austria the real nature of the attack upon re-
ligion and social order concealed under the flimsy
pretext of a revision of the Concordat. The clergy
from the pulpit call upon their congregations:to
oppose in every way the insidious attacks of the
irreligious Liberals, who so grossly misrepresent
the wishes and interests of the people. The Minis-
ter of the Interior, indeed, has been so alarmed, as
in one instance to call upon a bishop to endeavour
to moderate the zeal of his clergy. The apathy of
Austrian Catholicism, made alive to a sense of
danger by the zeal of the bishops, seems at last on
the point of being fairly roused. It is not an hour
too soon, for the danger is imminent. The Liberals
are in the possession of the press, form a large ma-
jority in the Lower Chamber of the Reichsrath, and
have a Ministry with Count Beust at their head.
In the Lower Chamber a bill modifying the existing
marriage laws, and permitting civil marriage, has
already been passed by a large majority. It was
opposed by only one of the Ministers. The next
step will be the introduction of a Godless system
of education in the national schools.

Liberalism in Austria aims at revolutionizing
society in the kingdom of the Emperor Francis
Joseph, as it is doing in unhappy Italy. A society
such as' it desires to constitute could not exist, as
the Austrian bishops tell the Emperor, " where men
bend the knee at the name of Jesus. Hence this
modern heathenism is no less an enemy of Chris-
tianity than ancient heathenism."

Whose counsels is the Emperor henceforth to
follow—those of the bishops or the intrigues and
intimidating threats of the Liberals'? If Austria
succumbs to Liberalism it will be a defeat infinitely
more enduring and disastrous to the welfare of the
country than the defeat which she suffered at the
hands of Prussia last year.— Westminster Gazette.

THE BISHOP OF ORLEANS" ADDRESS
.TO
M. RATTAZZI.

(Concluded.)
Here is another question. You spoke of giving
freedom to the Church by the freedom of Italy,
and what have you done ? You have put your
hands upon the possessions of the Church, just in
the way a ruined man would proceed to pay his
debts by taking to himself his friend's or his
brother's fortune. What an example, what gua-
rantee for the liberties of the Church !

It was said, again, that the interests of the tem-
poral power of Rome had nothing in common with
the duties and interests of the Church. How, then,
could the Sovereign Pontiff feel himself at ease in
the midst of such an assembly as he so lately
convoked, or able to call a Council, as he has an-
nounced, and in these august assemblies the reli-
gious interests of all the Catholic nations must be
freely discussed and examined; it is not, you see,
of the King of Rome, or the Court of Rome, or of
the city of Rome, but of the Universal Church ?
Unless his entire freedom was established, how
could his greatest work go on if he were not at
liberty to assemble, when and how he chose, his
bishops around him to deliberate on great religious
questions?

It was said, again, that owing to the liberty and
freedom of action so widely spread now, the Holy
Pontiff could inhabit any city he might choose, and
that no one could have the right of preventing his
correspondence with his bishops, or put any hin-
drance to the accomplishment of his sacred mi-
nistry.

Now, if we do but question ever so little the facts
which have been accomplished in Europe the last
ten years, we shall see first, in Germany a fierce
war—in Spain constant revolutionary action—
France ever on the brink of war the United
cSotautldesthin e
Popeci v war.find an independent Tell me
spot at peace if if you can, where
Rome were taken from him ? Would it be in
Vienna, or at Munich, or at Paris, at New York, or
Madrid ? Well, indeed, have facts for the last ten
years belied your promises and your hopes, and
fully confirmed our alarms and forebodings.
Neither is it true to say that Italy is made one,
nor that the temporal power is of little consequence
to the Church ; nor is it true that the Romans are
more unhappy than others, nor that Italy is, or ever
can be, the faithful ally of France. On the con-
trary, it is clearly proved that the Romans love the
Pope and do not love you. It is clearly proved
that the Church has need of Rome, and that it is
to the interest of the world that the spiritual
independence of the Pope should be maintained.
Italian revolutionists, I know, do not trouble
themselves about this. What they want is to see
the Papacy exiled, fugitive, wandering through the
world ; but then, this is precisely what the true
Italian—the noble spirited, the real patriot, all,
indeed, who are upright, sensible, and honest, dread
as the greatest calamity that could befall their
country.
Why do not you put yourself resolutely at the
head of this true patriotism of Italy—of that pa-
triotism which the illustrious Balbo understood so
well when he wrote what follows?—" There exist
men who pretend to be Liberals and stand up for
progress, yet are mad to overthrow this kingdom
of the Church, so eminently democratic in its origin
—whose history, from beginning to end, is nothing
but progress—so munificent and prolific in its power
—where everything is democratic, even to its
electors and those whom it elects. And who is there
who does not know that it was the power of the
Church alone in the Middle Ages that stood up for
the people and their rights ? Those Italians who
call themselves at times Catholic Christians, and yet
avowed enemies of the temporal power of the Pope,
are as inconsequent as they are egotistic. They
forget that this power holds a most intimate con-
nection with Christianity—its unity, its power, its
civilization ; in a word, with its government and its
existence on earth. Poor fools ! devoid of instinct
for what is to come—without any real knowledge
of the situation, the experience, or the sufferings
of Italy—deaf to her history and blind to her mis-
sion—and if, unfortunately, they obtain a hearing,
we shall have to assist at the ruin of our most noble
hopes." (" Cesare Balbo, Pensieri sulla storia
d'ltalia." Pp. 578-9. Firenze, 1858.)
These are the sentiments of one of Italy's purest
and most disinterested patriots. And who is there
living who does not know that M. de Rossi consi-
dered the Papacy as the highest moral greatness
in Italy and in the world ?
The Emperor of the French, when candidate for
the Presidency of the Republic, expressed the same
sentiments, and the votes of France responded to
the same sounds. Ilis Ministers have repeated
them again and again, since the Italian war, be-
fore the Chambers, with the most solemn engage-
ments never to deliver Rome up to the Revolution.
M. Billault exclaimed, before the Corps L6gis-
latif, "To abandon Rome would be to erase from
one's memory the policy of France for ages past.
No ; it is impossible." Remember, these are not
mere casual words, lost in the small talk of the
columns of the Moniteur. A statue has just been
erected to M. Billault. Let me ask what is this
statue, greeted by M. Rouher, but the monument
of his official deeds stamped in bronze ? And can
you imagine that this can remain a lasting homage
lavished on weakness and falsehood? M. Rouher
himself last year, in his memorable speech to M.
Thiers, declared the temporal and spiritual sove-
reignty at Rome co-existent, parallel; and woes-

sary, and did not the Corps Legislatif itself declare,
by a solemn declaration, the necessity of the tem-
poral power of the Pope ? And do you know what
binds the Emperor still more firmly to abide by his
words ? It is this. He made this engagement
before his own people, and he would not allow the
intermeddling of any foreign Power, and this is
proved by official documents. He said openly to
the world, "Do not trouble yourselves about the
Pope (Jest reponds) ; I will take that upon myself."
Thus, the most sacred things, the faith of trea-
ties, the dignity and the solemn oath of France, the
peace of the world, the independence of the Church,
are to be given up to the vilest purposes ! Not only
our own most precious interests, the security of
our souls, and the independence of our consciences,
we Frenchmen, but the two hundred thousand
Catholics upon the globe—these are what you are
ready to give up in spite of your own King's sig-
nature attached to a treaty ; these, I say, you are
ready to give up to revolutionary despotism.
Do you imagine that France has lost her word,
her faith, her honour, and that she will allow you
to dishonour her by sitting quietly by while you
encourage, by your silence, so much infamy? Do
you think she will let you make a pendant to
the fall of Maximilian in the fall of Pius IX. ?
Dethrone the Pope ; and, after you have thrown
this prey before the passions of the Revolution,
will they be satisfied? No, no. You yourself
will be the next morsel that they will devour.
I will not speak further of the distress of souls
on all sides ; but I will ask you, will you not have
to give account of your work in Italy, and have you
nothing to fear from the just indignation of the
Catholic world for the present condition of Italy,
and nothing from the execration and disaffection
which is coming on ? Besides, do not believe that
'the consequences of this great crime are merely
religious. The Roman question is the European
question. The very infidels begin to look about
them and to see how true were our predictions.
And to this we may add the great social question,
which is ready to burst out at all the issues it finds
unguarded. There a lightning flashes bright and
clear enough to open the eyes of the blind.
At the meeting of the Lausanne the words Provi-
dence and Gospel were branded and declared out of
date I On the same occasion the collective posses-
sion of lands was discussed, and war was declared
between master and workman. At Geneva, to a
man every one came to make a protest against
monarchies in general, against religion and liberty
of conscience, and there and then cries were loud
for the closing of churches and barracks. "If you
say that citizens are free, princes are de trop."
And after the example of M. Sainte Beuve's sub-
lime code of new morality, they proclaimed there
was no other " mode of establishing principle'
than by an universal revolution, a permanent
organization of European socialism in order to
establish this universal Republic—a Confederation
of the different European Republics." This is the
paramount idea which possesses Garibaldi, and
for the crowning effect of the meeting, he,
Garibaldi, was " hailed as a Christ," when,
immediately touched and moved by the blas-
phemy, he threw himself into the arms of his
" forerunner," Sainte Beuve (one of the disciples
of the school of Renan) and declared "the Papacy a
pestilence, and a plague spot. He demanded there
and then, instead of the Catholic religion, a
religion without ceremonies and without priests,
and instead of the rule of sovereigns, the universal
fraternity of the people."
Let it be well remembered—lmpiety, Republi-
canism, Socialism, have coalesced. Garibaldi de-
clares war against the Pope as a blind to hide his
aim taken against all monarchy. So now Kings
are warned that the personal enemy of Pius IX.
shakes hands with all their personal enemies.
It was certain, and now it is clear, Garibaldi is
but one of the mouthpieces of an infernal machine
of twenty cannons, each directed against a throne.
Behold, then, the situation in which you stand,
and no artfulness or address—no compromise, no
apathy, can change or mask it out.
Never was duty more clearly marked than yours,
and that of the King Victor Emmanuel, of whom
you arc the official adviser. You are in one of
those situations which decide for ever on the hon-
our of a man. Everyone in Europe has heard of
your Garibaldi and his reception at Geneva, and
his principles are now openly known. This man
has but one passion—the overthrow of the Pope
and giving hands to Mazzini. You must choose,
sir, between the tiara and the red shirt—between
the Gospel and the religion of Garibaldi—between
frightful demagogues and honest citizens—between
the regular, measured, and glorious progress of
Europe, and the wild overthrow dreamed of by
those who would drive you to Rome. Which will
you choose ?
I have but one short word to add. Either your
Government has or has not the power to arrest the
enterprizes of a subaltern self-elected chief of rebel
bands. You ought to do with him, when he
threatens the Pope, just what you would do if your
King were menaced. And there are two means of
opposing this action. The one nobly, by certain,
definite, and efficacious and strenuous measures
the other waveringly, by deceitful appearances,
hypocritically and not really.
And what I charge you, in the name of re-
ligion and the Gospel—in the name of conscience
and honour, of principle and justice—shall I not
obtain it from you, as a man of honour, of loyalty,
of intelligence, of boldness as a statesman, that
you should stand up in the Chamber and promise,
in the name of that King whom Garibaldi ranges
among the despots to be dethroned—" France and
England may rely on our word. We have no in-
tention ourselves, nor will we permit a hand to be
raised against the Pope. Never, never." Civilized
Europe expects this word from you. Revolution
expects another. Choose !
There is not an honest mind in Europe that does
not see that Garibaldi and the Revolution cannot
stir a foot if Italy does not allow them, and Italy
can do nothing if France does not allow her. All
the grotesque speeches of Geneva would die away
driven by the mountain winds of Switzerland's free
air, and the words of that man, who abuses
with strange impunity the language he uses, would
have no weight, were it not for the death-like
silence which reigns around him.
Receive my devoted and respectful homage.
►j. FELIX, Bishop of Orleans.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

THE SAVAGE MINING COMPANY OF VIRGINIA
CITY, NA.—We have received the report of the
President of this Company, from which we condense
the following :—lt shows the gross product during
the year of the enormous sum of $3,000,000 in
bullion, and dividends to the amount of $1,400 per
foot. In the twelve months the mine has returned
a clear profit of $1,120,000 in specie to its owners,
leaving a balance of $149,201 in the Treasury. The
gross product of the mine up to the 10th of July
last, was $6,515,378. The dividends for the past
year have been equal to an interest of 10 per cent.
on a par value of $14,000 per foot or share of the
mine. Litigation has cost the company during the
year $lOO,OOO, but no more trouble is apprehended
from this source. There have been extracted
from the mine during the year 70,721 tons of
ore of all classes. Of this and 1,574 tons on hand
July Ist, 1866, there have been reduced 69,430
tons. These yielded $2,914,161 37, being at the
rate of $ll 97 per ton, and there remain on hand at
the mine and mill 2,865 tons to be carried over to
next year. The total cost of production, including
litigation, taxes, purchases of land, &c., has been
$559,581 52, $7 91 per ton, and the total cost of
reduction has been $974,333 23, or $l4 04 per ton,
which gives as the cost of mining and milling per
ton $2l 95. The cost of production, excluding
taxes, legal expenses, &c., was $6 66 per ton. The
reserves of ore "in sight" have by careful calcula-
tion been estimated at 100,000 tons.
The following items are from the Wall-street
Journal :

The Memphis and Ohio Railroad, from Memphis
to Clarksville, 130 miles, has been leased to the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company (James Guthrie, owner,)
for a term of ten years, with a provision looking to ultimate
091160iidati911. The iraundiato 9000,94 fur thin waif

the threatened seizure of the road by Governor Brownlow
for delinquency in meeting the interest on bonds for
which the State is responsible.
The grading of the line of the Boston, Hartford,
and Erie Railroad, between East Thomson and Mechanics-
ville, is completed, and the cars can soon be run to that
point, and probably will soon run to Putnam, eitker on the
Norwich and Winchester Road, or on a track to be com-
pleted by the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Company.
The Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company,
lowa and Minnesota division, had only seven miles of
track to lay on September 30th to complete the line, 222
miles, from M‘Gregor to St. Paul. The line will be open
for traffic on October 15th, when freight and passengers
can pass without change of cars, from Now York to 31in-
neapolis, St. Paul and St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contracts have been taken at St. Louis and
Memphis for building the long-projected railroad between
those points, and work is to be commenced immediately
by the construction of a levee about 25 miles above Mem
phis, for which the present low stage of water presents a
favourable opportunity.
THE WHITEHALL AND PLATTSBURGH RAILROAD.

—Ground for this road was broken at Plattsburgh on
October Ist amid great enthusiasm. A largo concourse of
citizens were present, and spirited addresses were made by
Hon. John A. Griswold, of Troy ; Hons. T. Hoyle and N.
Lapham, Senator Platt, and others.

The St. John (N. B.) Telegraph reports that
contracts have been concluded for the construction of the
whole 88 miles of the International Railroad between St.
John and tho Maine boundary. About 600 men are em-
ployed on this portion of the line.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company are
straightening their line between the Relay House and
Baltimore, so as to avoid that long double curve that winds
around by the brickyards, near the Spring Gardens, and
turning northward again crosses Gwynn's Falls, at the
Carrollton viaduct. The distance gained by this opera-
tion will be nearly two miles, and the time gained as well,
by shorter distance as straighter line, will be soma thirty
minutes. Tho road is nearly completed, and will be in
working order in November, when the time between Bal-
timore and Washington will be reduced to sixty minutes.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company have
projected the extension of their branch from Harper's
Ferry to Winchester down the Shenandoah Valley, cross-
ing the Virginia Central a few miles east of Staunton, and
terminating at Salem on the Virginia and Tennessee Rail-
road. It will open up a region of country to which access
is now possible only by most fatiguing staging, for the
stages of this section are fearfully and wonderfully made.
It will also open a market to the crops of the valley, and
the yield of the Valley of the Shenandoah, even under
the ancient style of farming in use there, is remarkable.
A movement has been started at Detroit with a
view to connect the Detroit and Milwaukee and the
Southern Railroad depots with the Central and Grand
Trunk depots by means of a track along the river front.
The Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad has been
leased to the Illinois Central Company.

The following were on October 2d elected direc-
tors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company on the part of
the stockholders for the ensuing year :—T. C. Durant,
New York; C. S. Bushnell, Connecticut ; John J. Cisco,
New York ; H. S. M'Comb, Delaware ; Oliver Ames, Mas-
sachusetts; John Duff, Massachusetts; Josiah Bardwell,
Massachusetts; Sidney Dillon, New York; William 11.
Macy, New York ; John F. Tracy, Illinois ; E. Cook,
Iowa; John B. Alley, Massachusetts; Wm. F. Gliddon,
Massachusetts ; F. Gordon Dexter, Massachusetts ; Ben-
jamin E. Bates, Massachusetts. The remaining five direc-
tors on the part of the Government are appointed by the
President of the United States.

The election of directors of the Erie Railroad
Company, on October 8, resulted in the following choice;—
Josiah Bardwell, Boston ; John S. Eldridge, Boston, Pre-
sident of the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad; Ebon
D. Jordan, Boston ; Henry Thompson, Boston; James S.
Whitney, Boston; J. C. Bancroft Davis, New York;
Alexander S. Dives, New York ; James Fisk, jun., New
York; Jay Gould, Now York; George M. Gions, New
York ; Frederick A. Lane, New York ; William B. Skid-
more, :New York; Frank Work, New York; William
Evans, London ; Dudley S. Gregory, Jersey City ; Homer
Ramsdell, Newburgh ; and Levi Underwood, Vermont.
[Of the old direction.] The directors have elected
Mr. John S. Eldridge President, and re-elected Mr.
A. S. Dives, Vice-President. Since the election
Mr. Levi Underwood has resigned under an ar-
rangement with Mr. Daniel Drew, and the latter
has been chosen to fill the vacancy, and to be the
Treasurer of the Company. The following is the unsuc-
cessful ticket :—Robert H. Berdell (late President), Alex-
ander S. Dives, Samuel Marsh, John Arnot, Ambrose B.
Murray, 11. L. Pierson, Daniel Drow, William B. Skidmore,
Dudley S. Gregory, William Evans, J. 0. Bancroft Davis,
D. A. Cushman, Thomas W. Gale, Isaac F. Phelps, and J.
F. D. Lanier.

The stockholders of the Woodstock Railroad to
White River Junction, thirteen miles, have instructed the
directors to put the road under contract and proceed with
its construction as rapidly as possible. Two hundred and
thirteen thousand dollars of the stock has been sub-
scribed, Ilosea Doton appointed engineer, and the surveys
are now in progress.

The New York, Housatonic, and Northern Rail-
road has secured a loan of $1,000,000 from Lovell Hol-
brook and Francis A. Palmer, of New York, and its con-
struction, which has been suspended for several months,
will be immediately resumed. All the property of the
road is pledged as security for the loan.
NEW RAILROAD PROJECTS.—NEW YORK, Oct.
17.—A meeting of citizens of Now York took place this
evening at the Cooper Institute, for the purpose of taking
action in regard to the contemplated improvements in the
means and cost of intercommunication through all parts of
the Union by the establishment of a system of railways,
constructed and managed with special reference to a re-
duction of cost in transportation and freight. Mr. Peter
Cooper, Judge Daly, and other influential citizens, wore
present. Mr. Freeman Clark, of Rochester, presided, and
Mr. S. P. Densmore acted as secretary. Letters approv-
ing the proposed project were read from Secretary
Seward, Governor Fenton, A. Gans, President of the
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. Afterwards resolutions
were adopted favouring the objects of the meeting, when
the meeting adjourned.—Baltimore Commercial.

Among the names of persons of Providence,
Rhode island, taxed for $50,000 or more, aro Crawford
Allen for $455,600; John Carter Brown, $1,757,100;
Mary R. Burnside, $lOO,OOO ; Alex. Duncan, wife, and
children, $1,165,200 ; Robert H. Ives, $1,414,000 ; Earl
P. Mason, $587,000 ; Byron Sprague, heirs, and wife,
$177,600; Jonah Steer°, $502,000; and Marshall Woods
and wife, $740,000.

The Hon. Henry W. Williams, of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, the Republican candidate for Judge of the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court, was a graduate of Amherst
College in 1837.

The Springfield Republican says :--" Ex-Gover-
nor Gregory, having instigated a suit against Hiram
Aikins, of Montpelier, for libel, the latter retorts on him
that an indictment by a grand jury does not always break
a man down, as the ex-Governor ought to know, for he
was once under arrest for bigamy in Massachusetts, held
to bail, and his case carried before the grand jury."'

Simon A. Howe, son of the late Elias Howe, jun.,
will conduct the factory for sewing machines at Bridgeport,
Connecticut.

If the Springfield Republican is correct, and the
following true, it is strange :—" John J. Conklin, the de-
faulting cashier of the National Bark at New Milford, was
arrested at Poughkeepsie, Now York, on the Bth October,
but the bank refused to prosecute, and unless the United
States authorities interfere he will be released. Conklin's
personal property will secure the depositors from loss, and
the directors of the bank are said to be willing to restore
him to his position, although its capital is impaired 15 per
cent. by his rascality."

Sir G. Bowen will succeed Sir George Grey as
Governor of New Zealand.

A few days ago, at Berlin, an American clown,
called the Man-fly, was going through his part before 2,000
persons, when he took out a pistol, put it to his mouth,
discharged it, and fell dead.

Berezowski, who made the attempt upon the Em-
peror of Russia's life at Paris, and wag sentenced to penal
servitude for life, is on his way with other convicts to the
French penal settlement of Saigon.
General Butler has signified, in a letter to a friend,
his refusal to become a candidate for the next Presidency.
We think that the General has no cause to bo distressed
by the pressure or importunity likely to be brought to bear,
and the prospect he surrenders ought not to givo him more
cause for distress.

General Beauregard has applied for the restora-
tion of his estate, and the President and General Grant are
said to favour his application.

The San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press
gives an amusing account, which it heads "Politics,
Hand-organs, and Orphans," which is illustrated in a late
number of Frank Leslie. It appears that Michael Hayes
had arranged with William S. Higgins that if Haight was
successful in the recent election that Higgins should carry
a hand-organ along Montgomery-street, San Francisco,
from Jackson to market, playing a tune before erich of the
principal hotels, and collecting contributions in Savoyade
style, the proceeds to be equally divided between the Pro-
tebtant and Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums. If Gorham
was elected, Hayes was to be the performer. The winner
appeared to take an equal part in the performance, indeed
in the end we believe Mr. Hayes' task proved the most ar-
duous. Higgins ground away at his organ, and Hayes
made the collections, which were so bountifully given by
the citizens, who had assembled in thousands to see the
sport, that the winner staggered under the weight of silver
accumulated in his tin box. None had an opportunity of
judging of the merits of Mr. Higgins's organ, as the sound
was drowned in the uproar of the people, which proved
lucky for the performer, as he had not informed himself of
the manner of changing the tune, the same old thing being
repeated from one end of the street to the other. The or-
plamo appear tv have benefited most by this " lark," ae the

regular performances were supplemented by an irregular
proceeding got up ou the spur of the moment, by which six
waggons were filled with provisions and goods of all kinds
and despatched with the money to the two asylums.
A man named Hoffman murdered a woman from
whom he had been divorced, in a church on Sunday, 13th
Oct., at Canton, Ohio. The congregation were at worship
when the ruffian advanced to Mrs. Just, who was about to
kiss him, in compliance with his demand, when he stabbed
her with a knife, inflicting eleven wounds, believed to be
fatal. He was removed to gaol, where he lies in extreme
peril of being lynched.

Perhaps the most appropriate of all spots was
selected by Rocky Moore, of New York, and George Rooko,
of Providence, for a prize fight, in which they engaged on
the 2d of October, for 51,000 aside. That spot was ono of
the Isle of Shoals, named Smutty Nose Island, on which
Moore stood triumphant after 25 rounds, lasting one hour
and four minutes.

Judge Fisher and Mr. Bradley, late counsel for
Surratt, have been reconciled ; but the matter must still go
before the Bench, and out of the four jut7gcs it is believed
that three at least will sustain the action of Judge Fisher in
suspending Mr. Bradley from practising in the Criminal
Court.

Ex-Governor 11. V. Johnson, of Georgia, consi-
ders the Cotton Tax to be unconstitutional, and is about to
test the question in the Cuurts.

Bishop Thompson left San Francisco Oct. 9 for
Nicaragua in the steamer America.

The Maryland Republican State Convention as-
sembled at Baltimore on the 11th October, and made the
following nominations :—For Governor, Judge Hugh Len-
nox Bond ; Attorney-General, Hon. 11. 11. Goldsborough;
Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Wm. L. W. Seabrook, Esq. ;
Comptroller, Frederick Schley, Esq., of Frederick County ;
Commissioner of Labour and Agriculture, Captain Jones, of
St. Mary's county.

The seat vacated by General Hayes, for the
Second District of Ohio, will be filled, it is believed, by a
Democrat, Mi. Cary.

Mr. William H. Brady has publicly announced
that he is authorised to receive subscriptions for Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln.

General Lersundi will be appointed Captain-
General of Cuba, and he is to leave very shortly to take
possession of his post.

M. A. de Stamis wrote an article reflecting on
General Zappi, of the Pontifical army, in the La Rue, in
terms of abuse so strong that Count de C-, a relative
of the General, called him to account, when the parties
met last Saturday, at Vincennes, with rapiers, and the
Count was very seriously wounded.

General Imboden has applied to the United
States Court at Richmond for a mandamus to compel the
registrars to record his name as a voter. le served with
distinction in the Confederate Army, and is by law ex-
cluded from the register, but he claims under a full pardon
from the President to be reinstated in his right to vote.
He announces his intention to carry the case, which will
be tried on this question, to the highest tribunal in case of
defeat.• The lion. Ben. F. Wade's term in the Senate
expires on the 4th March, 1869. It is thought that his
successor will be George H. Pendleton.

Bills of indictment for treason and treasonable
conspiracy have been found by the grand juries in Dublin
against Gen. Octave Louis Fad°la, Gen. Wm. Halpin, Gen.
William Nagle, Col. John Warren, Augustine E. Costello,
William C. Nugent, Patrick Nugent, Daniel Lee, Denis
O'Connor, Robert Kelly, Thomas Frewham, Frederick
Fitzgibbon, Patrick Kane, John Rooney, Michael Fitz-
gerald, Michael J. Greene, William Sheehan, John Harley,
Laurence Doyle, Arthur Dowling, Jeremiah Murray,
James Lawless, John Cade, Patrick. Cogan, Michael
Walsh, Patrick Toche, J. Fitzsimons, and Andrew*
Leonard.

Mr. Scallan is employed as solicitor for two
American colonels, and Mr. John Lawless for General
Fariola.

Among the departures ty the North German
Lloyd's steamship _Deutschland, from Southampton to Now
York, on Tuesday evening, were the Hon. Elisha and Mrs.
Dyer and two sons. Mr. Howard Bullingbroke, Mr. F. and
Mrs. Prime, Mr. Thomas Scott and family, Mr. R. Slark
and family, Mr. James L. Glentworth, Mr. J. Adams and
family, Mr. W. IL Webb (builder of the Dunderberg, re-
cently purchased by the French Government), Baron
d'Eschwege, Baron de Dessa], the Right Rev. Bishop of
Alton, Mrs. Hamilton Gleutworth, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Godberry, Miss Mathilda Weguelin, and eight Sisters of
Mercy.

The Court of Arches on Tuesday heard the
charge against the Rev. A. 11. Maclionochie for ritualistic
practises at St. Albans, Holborn. The constitution of the
Court was objected to by Mr. James for the defendant, on
the supposed partisanship either of Dr. Travers Twiss or
Dr. Robertson, whom Sir,R. Phillmore, formerly a counsel
in the case, appointed to act for him, on being elevated to
the post of Dean of Arches. Both parties would prefer
him to try the case. It has been adjourned for a fort-
night, and it is understood a prohibition will in the
mean time be applied for in the Queen's Bench.

Treasurer Spinner, in his report to the Secretary
of the Treasury, says that the sensation statements relative
to abstractions or over-issues of coupons, bonds, and other
securities, are without foundaticn in fact; but what about
the duplicate 7-30's ? Mr. Spinner is probably now pain-
fully aware that the reports which have been so fiecly
circulated about bogus bonds, have some foundation.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
T. N. Molloy as Consul at St. John, Newfoundland, for
the United States of America.

Kossuth's second son has been elected member of
the Lower House of the Diet for Klauseuburg by a large
majority.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCHESTER—Noy. 2.

This market was fairly supplied with wheat to-day,
and the business done was more brisk, and generally at is
per qr advance on last week's prices. Barley was in good
supply, and prices is dearer for malting sorts. Beans
and peas were unaltered.

Wheat, white 74a 80s Beans, A1azagan.,...,408 429
red. Eris 72s Middle and 5ma11...14s 488
Barley ... • 42s 4's Peas, white 38s 429
Oati ..... —8 8 grey ...30 12d

CIIELMSFORD—Nor. 1.

There was a good show of wheat on sale to-day, and
a fair amouct of business took place in all kinds at the
quotations of last week. Burley, except the best samples,
at a reduction of is on late rates. Oats and peas firm in
demand. Beans the turn cheaper.
Wliedt, old white....e6s 7Ts Peas, Partridge - 43s 453
new . 68s 79s I White ..36s 40.!

old red. Ws 6m3 ._ _____ .... ......__
B,iling .. ...... 388 428
new. t6B 72s Dun ..408 420
Barley.... 26s 3:A ditto, new....--s --4
Chevalier t,B 53s Beans, Tick, old ......428 478
Grinding* 268 32s new. ...39s 935
Malt 663 74s Harrow iicks.42s 9.65,.,

Chevalier 68s 7o
Oats ... 2os 26s

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Mazagan . 393 448

ABERDEEN—Nov. 1.

There was a dull business done to-day, with a thin
attendance. Flour in demand, and is Gd higher.

White wheat 58s Od to 63s Od/
Red wheat 50s Od to sss Odc 621 b ? bushel.
Potato oats 22865 s 06dd ttoo 30s 30s
00ddi. 40/6
Common oats
Bore 1
bushel. 531 b
35s 6d to 36s 6d ( V bushel.
Barley 35s Gd to 36s Gd j
Oatmeal 20s 6d to 21s 6d 11 boll of 28016
Flour, fine 48s Od to 50s Od j{'. sack of 2803)
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