The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1868.

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nised: Ind dismembered, the population of the South
degru led and disaffected ; gold is at 142, and
the d lebt is steadily increasing. The old
gur.ran.tees of civil liberties are being over-
turiled and thrust aside, free discussion in
the Legislature has become a thing of the
past, and the old, cherished Constitution of the
States 120. f; become a shadow. In face of such a
position of affairs, since GRANT has proved himself
unworth y of confidence, the moderate men of all
parties L :light do worse than re-elect the',PREsmENT,
who has proved himself, whatever his failings, to be
firm, cos stitutional, and disinterested.

When the brief autumn Session terminated, per-
haps so me were sanguine enough to expect that, by
the time, Parliament reassembled, Fenianism would
be pretty -well done for, if not extinguished ; but, if
so, their e. Tectations have been deceived. The last
news front Ireland is anything but satisfactory.
The rioting in Cork has been so serious that the
Riot Act has been read, and we learn, by ac-
counts from Cork, that the attacks on the police
have continued for a long time ; indeed for nine
hours the mob assailed them with stones, and the
constabulary were obliged to charge them with drawn
swords and fixed bayonets, altogether forming a
scene of the greatest confusion. Many of the
rioters were wounded, and one died in the hospital
yesterday morning. It shows the pertinacity of
the conspirators, that, notwithstanding all that was
done by the authorities, they attacked the house of
a gentleman in the night, and three men demanded
arms, and obtained a gun. It is surprising that
this state of things should continue after the
lapse of so much time, but the most strin-
gent measures will evidently have to be
enforced in order that the disaffection may bo
put down effectually. All that leniency and
moderation could do were tried last year, and
we are very glad that they were, although it is now
plainly shown that a contrary course would have
been the wisest and the safest to adopt. Still it
cannot now be said that the Executive resorted to
violent measures of repression without having given
more merciful legislation a fair chance ; and the
foolhardihood and chief iniquity of Fenianism are
thereby most freely exposed to all but the wilfully
perverted and prejudiced on the subject. At any
rate, we must all feel now that it will not do to
tamper with the matter any longer, and it would
be much better for certain politicians to think more
how to put down Fenianism than to inquire too
particularly into its causes. One thing should be par-
ticularly understood before Parliament renews its
discussion ; and that is, that there should be no com-
promise in the matter. It is beneath the dignity
of this country to dwell upon the cause of this
conspiracy until it has been put down at once and
for ever. In this Mr. BRIGHT and others are
much to blame, and a great responsibility
rests upon them. In point of fact, the session
which commences to-morrow will. not be a fitting
one in which to treat of the affairs of Ireland.
All that justice demands, and all that reason can
sanction, should be done to put a period to any acts
that press hardly upon the community, or that may
be felt to be annoying ; but legislation on the topic
is out of the question, unless this vile conspiracy is
ranked among the things that were. Still less can
t be thought of when the insidious evil has made

its way among us, and interfered with the peace of
our population. It does not require much thought

to come to this decision, we should imagine.
The wrongs of Ireland are very much exaggerated
at 211 times ; but, come what may, we are not to be

threatened 'into compliance with demands that put
otherwise are just ones. We would impress upon
all public men who speak on this topic to cast poli-
tical prejudices aside, an(l to look at the question
on the broad grounds of principle. Is it right to
allow the spirit of discontent to gain ground among
us, and then to stop to argue or daily with it ? And
if such a course be wrong and impolitic, by all means
let us put a stop to the evil that is known to exist
before we begin to talk of other improvements.

The accounts which we receive of the reception
given to the Duke of EDINBURGH by our colonists
in the Southern Seas are full of interest and grati-
fication. No doubt his Royal Highness himself
found the exuberance of colonial loyalty somewhat
physically fatiguing, however much ho might be
flattered by the cordiality and splendour of his
welcome. The Australians were indefatigable in
their exertions; their enthusiasm knew no ebb, and
the excitement which prevailed when the Galatea
was first expected remained unabated up to the
departure of the last mail. Even the Chinese,
unimpressible as they are supposed to be,
joined in the general welcome, and presented an
address, couched in all the flowery language of the
East, declaring that the sweet rain fell in the
PRINCE'S track, the earth yielded her golden trea-
sures to him, and the sight of his countenance was
like the sun bursting forth from clouds. Our Eng-

lish sailor Prince must have been not a little amused
at these hyperbolic compliments, though the good-
will which they expressed was no doubt very agree-
able to him. Melbourne has exerted itself be-
yond all other cities in giving the PRINCE a
truly Imperial reception, and has fully sustained
the golden reputation of the colony. We have
already heard of the magnificence of the trowel
with which the Duke laid the first stone of the new
Melbourne Town Ilall. The little instrument
was so dazzling that the PRINCE handled it with
evident care, to the amusement of the rough
lookers-on. A banquet to 500 guests, in the style
of Guildhall, succeeded, and a grand public ball
and regatta, a farmers' show, besides endless lesser
entertainments, have kept the Royal visitor ac-

tively engaged during his whole stay. He will cer-
tainly bring back with him a pleasing impression
of Australasian loyalty, liberality, and hospitality.

COGERS' HALL.—I bad up to this night been
guilty of grave injustice to this venerable society. To my
darkened understanding "Coger" had been "Codger," and
I had taken a grave and complimentary title for a stroke
of facetious and corrupt slang. " What ? Origin
of the name Codger, Old Codger, sir!"
said the landlord, aghast, during our preliminary
visit of inquiry. " Call it 'Coger' (making Lis mouth like
a cart-wheel)—call it 'Coger,' if you please, for it comes
from cogitate, and signifies Thoughtful Men.' The Cogers,
sir, have always been calm and deliberative politicians. The
great John Wilkes was a Coger, sir"(this in a convincing tone,
as if further testimony to calmness would be absurd); " and
there's first-rate speeches here—young barristers from
the Temple, and a great many literary men, writers
in the newspapers, and gentlemen who take an interest
in public affairs. You've perhaps heard of Ser
geant Thrust—a Coger, sir, in his youth ;so was the
late Lord Macgregor and the present Judge 0 wlett ;
and though the speaking varies, of course, you may
allus count upon hearing some that's first-class, and if
you wouldn't mind rernemizering that it's Coger, not
Codger, and means Thoughtful Men,' I'm sure the gen-
tlemen would be happy to see you, and perhaps to hear
you speak. There is no charge for admission,
and visitors may come in without being introduced.
It's just a public room with a society meeting in it,
and every one present is permitted to take part in the
evening's di-eussion ; but if a member wishes to speak, of
course he takes preeedeaca over a strang'r. The niches,
as you call em, sir, aro alcoves for the Grand and
Vice-Grand to sit in ; and these two Grads are,
with the secretary, elected every 14th June, be-
tween ten and eleven at night, by show of hands among
the members. This has been the way, sir, ever since 1755,
when %Ir. Daniel Mason founded the society, and it has
prospered wonderfully and done a deal of good. Those
portraits are of gentlemen who used to speak lere. That
dingy one with the dim eyes was a great speaker."—
Dickens's "Add the Year Round."

cOaIIE3FONDENOE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY, Feb. 11.

The Government has caused the expose des motifs of the
Army Law to be distributed among the members of the
Corps L4gislatif. As you are aware, 100,000 men of the
class of 1867 are called up to replenish the forces of land
and sea. The document in question contains one curious
paragraph, confessedly inserted " to dissipate the ground-
less anxieties and the imaginary fears" which the law has
created. I fear it will not remove the ugly fact that these
100,000 young men would, under the old law, have been
free at the end of seven years, but under:the new will be
compelled to serve nine. M. Girardin insists that com-
pulsory servitude in an army is essentially white slavery.
The Press debates continue. The Paris papers discuss
little else. The point now in suspense is how low the
Government will consent to reduce the tax on the journals.
For the press offences it is rumoured that a special tribunal
will- be formed, with seven judges chosen by lot. At
present this is rumour only. M. Derryer was prevented
speaking on this subject by a sul .1 indisposition.
Apropos of the imprisonmer, F. Peyrat, the Phare
de la Loire writes :--" The sy ...hies of independent
journali.en will attend the chief editor of the Avenir Na-
Cowl in the prison whither he goes to study the liberties
by which we are overwhelmed." You do differently in
England ; but I see that some of your magistrates have
sent a man to prison for a month for picking up a dead
pheasant. A month for picking up a dead pheasant over-
looked by a shooting party in England : a month for an
adjective in France. So the world wags. Vandalism on
one side of the Channel, and feudalism on the other.
A translation has just been published in the Paris
journals of the celebrated decree of Maximilian, dated
2nd of October, 1865, against guerillas, and under which
Salazar and Ortega were executed. Whatever may have
been the circumstances in these particular instances,
the reasons set forth for the proclamation are of a kind to
justify it. It began by declaring that the Emperor had
spared no means to consolidate the public peace, and had
made the utmost efforts of clemency to induce his oppo-
nents to give up a useless contest. It then proceeded to
shew that those still in arms had not the slightest pretext
for so continui4g, since Juarez had left the kingdom.
Their only action must be vandalism, and it would place
the judges under the necessity to act with rigour ; and so
on. This will be enough to shew that the unfortunate
Emperor at that time really believed that the time had
come when rigour was a lawful necessity to reduce the
empire to peace.

The political gossips profess to know that there are
grounds of disagreement between M. de Bismarck and
King William. The latter is more Conservative than his
Minister, and appears to think that the Count is moving
too fast, conceding too much. Hence the retirement for a
while. That Bismarck actually tendered his resignation
is rumoured, but not credited. It is said that the Count
feels it necessary, to emulate Beust in Austria.
The Belgian Chamber of Deputies is still discussing the
army organisation bill. A large number of the usual sup-
porters of the Ministry contend stoutly for voluntary in-
stead of compulsory enlistments. The Left and a good
part of the Right would have an army of volunteers like
that of Switzerland. The Minister of War, General
Renard, contends that a volunteer army is dearer than a
permanent one. In 1830, said he, the Belgian Volunteers
made war in the streets and secured national independence,
but in 1831 they were no match for Le Dutch in the open
field, and the country was saved only by the intervention
of the French. The Ministers are by no means confident,
and it seems likely that concessions will be made to public
opinion. There is really no reason for the Belgian frog
to try to blow itself out to the dimensions of a French ox.

The papers publish President Johnson's speech on the
reception of the Prussian Minister, M. de Geroltz. The
point of it was that universal instruction in Germany had
been the basis of national unity and aggrandisement.
Napoleon 111. makes the greatness of the nation depend
on the number of men under arms : the President on the:
number educated. Which is right ?

The shares of the Isthmus of Suez Company shew an
improvement. The advance of the works shewn in the
monthly reports strengthen the belief in the ultimate
success of the undertaking.
The excavations at Naples to disentomb the bodies of
those who were involved in the landslip proceed slowly.
The workmen are overcome by the emanations from the
dead toles ; it is feared there are at least forty.
The Avenir National announces the death, in London,
of Francois Taffey, a political exile of the Sees
Empire.

Letters have been received from Zulla dating down to
January 25. The Times correspondent states that the
chiefs are afraid to ally themselves with us on account og,
having proclaimed that as soon as the captives are released
we shall quit the country. If any reverse should occur to
our forces the chiefs would be ready to unite against us.
Everything shews the loss we have suffered through delay
in starting the. expedition. It is now clear that our troops
had no means for coming up with Theodore and of attack-
ing him, as has been suggested, in the flank before he Could
reach Magdala. By the sacrifice of his artillery he could
reach Magdala within five days from the 3rd Dec. At that
time not a British soldier had reached Senaf6, which is
340 miles from Magdala. The Times correspondent justi-
fies the largeness of the force, on the ground that it is
necessary to fortify positions, and keep open communica-
tions along 400 miles. In one of the tribes, the Daubali, of
the Koomayloo Pass, the taking of life is the sole proof of
manhood and the sole passport to marriage.

It has created surprise that the Emperor of China
:lould select an American as his ambassador to Western
Europe. The appointment in itself shewed that Chinese
policy had undergone a remarkable change. It was pro-
bably given to Mr. Burlinghame as the representative of
the peaceful policy which the Americans have always
pursued towards the Celestial; and which they of course
prefer to our policy of force. China appears to be fairlyi
Dpened to foreigners. A correspondent writes :—" Game'
laws are unknown, and trespass not resented, so every ono
is going up-country, shooting, during the Christmas and;
New-Year holidays, leaving their goods and chattels nuclei
the guns of her Majesty's ship Pearl."

The Siecle publishes a letter from a member of Via
Japanese national party to Count de Monthlane, which
'skews that the resignation of the Tycoon was by no means
voluntary sacrifice to the cause of national unity. Our
s,dvices just received also shew that the late Tycoon was
striving to monopolise the benefits of foreign commerce,
in which the powerful Princes of Satsuma, Chosin, and
ather coast pros inces wished to participate. According to
the letter in the Siecle, the national party are prepared for
the liberal treatment of foreigners.

Strong rumours are flying about town that Lord Derby
either has actually intimated his intention of at once re-
signing office, or that he is immediately about to do so.
The gossips at the clubs are busy with the reconstruction
3f the Conservative Cabinet. One conjecture is that the
Duke of Richmond will become Prime Minister !
another that Lord Stanley will at once be called to the
Upper Hope, as his father was in 1844, and that he
will then formally take the leadership of the Cabinet.
A. third impression is that Mr. Disraeli would not quietly
acqui ;see in seeing a man twenty years his junior promoted
Dyer his head, but that he would prefer to take the Pre-
miership, remaining at present in the House of Common".
All these are, of course, mere surmises, arising from the
general belief that Lord Derby does not intend long tqr
retain his place as head of the Ministry..

At Stoke•upon-Treat Mr. Melly has addressed several
crowded and enthusiastic meetings. He is opposed to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposal to give en-
larged representation to Scotland by increasing the num-
ber of the House instead of taking from the
rotten boroughs of England. He is an advocato
of the ballot, and an opponent of the principles of the
representation of minorities. Mr. Melly has announced
his adhesion to Mr. Bright's plan of dealing with Ireland,
and to the Manchester compulsory system of education,
and said he would give two-thirds of the inhabitants of a
locality power to prohibit the opening of a new licensed
house in that locality. He advocated a reform of the
bankruptcy laws, and would not release a bankrupt from
the power of his creditors, they acting together, until he
had paid 10s. in the pound. He was willing to give legal
protection to the funds of trades unions against frauds by
servants. He would abolish the present game laws, and
substitute a stringent trespass law, which would, he
believed, more effectually stop professional poaching than
the present game laws, and he would throw open the uni-
versities to Dissenters.

The National Reform Union have held a numerously-
attended conference at the Town Hall, Manchester. Mr.
George Wilson presided, and among the speakers were
the two members for the city, and Mr. R. N. Philips,
M.P. It was decided to "put forth renewed efforts"
to obtain the ballot, triennial Parliaments, the re-
peal of the ratepaying clauses of the new Reform
Act, the abolition of the representation of minori-
ties, the assimilation of the county to the borouel fran-
chise, and " a just and equitable re-distribution of seats
in proportion to population and property." A lady
who was announced as Miss Wilson made an effort to in-
duce the Union to add female suffrage to their programme.
Mr. Jacob Bright—who has, naturally enough, formed nir
mean estimate of the political judgment of the sex to which
Mra. Lily Maxwell belongs—supported the proposition ;
but unfortunately the word " male" occurs in the first,
P.vticle of the congitution of the Union, and the chairman
doctored that they bad no power to strike it out,

AUSTRALIA.

Tho following items of Australian intelligence are from
the BeMourne Argus of December 27 :

The Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the goldfields is
tccoultable for the past month having been one of less
than ordinary activity in the mines. Some good
fields have nevertheless been chronicled. It appears that
luarlz-reefing operations have extended as far north as
kturrumbidgee, and that a very valuable reef is at
?resent being worked in that locality. A new reef, said
present very promising indications, has also been dis-
;overed near Beechworth. A new rush has broken out
it Bulgandra, forty miles from Albury, where some
very pretty quartz specimens have been found ; and it is
dated that the fresh ground also affords shallow alluvial
;inking. A magnificent nugget, weighing about 1300 z.,
was recently sold at Alaryborough ; but the lucky finders
withheld all particulars concerning it. In the Castlemaine
listrict the finding of a nugget, almost of pure gold,
weighing 770 z., has also to be recorded. The newly-
liscovered Duke of Edinburgh Reef, at AVlvor, has been
turning out splendid stone. Some of the reefs in Bow-
man's Forest, Ovens district, also promise and turn out
exceedingly rich. There is in this neighbourhood a perfect
amphitheatre of some miles of auriferous qrtartzose ranges,
which have scarcely yet been tested.
The recently discovered auriferous ground in Queens.
umd, though it has not yet realised the sanguine expecta-
tions formed concerning it, appears to be turning out
moderately well, and doubtless more favourable accounts
dill will come to hand ere long.

An attempt, which it is hoped will result in success, is
oeing made to open up a direct trade from Melbourne to
Japan. This is the commencement of a trade which may
possibly grow to very large dimensions, and prove of the
utmost value, not only to the shipping interest of the port
)f Melbourne, but to the principal producing and manu-
facturing industries of the colony.
Breadstuffs have risen very much:within the last month,
partly on account of the favourable prices obtained for
Australian wheat and flour in England, but principally
because of the partial failure of the crops in South
Australia and this colony. England must not calculate
Dri receiving so much wheat and flour from Australia during
the next twelvemonth as she did in the year about to ex-
pire ; but if prices keep up, we may still be able to send a
few thousand tons.

A very highly complimentary address has been presented
oy the- married ladies of Queensland to Lady Bowen on
the occasion of her approaching departure for New Zea-
land, Sir George Bowe' having been appointed to the
governorship of that colony. Sir George and Lady Bowen
have been resident in Queensland for eight years, and har
been active in all good works.
Professcir Halford has been continuing his experiments
on snake bites, to investigate the cellular formations in
the blood which he has discovered to result from them,
and to test the efficacy of Shires' antidote. He has
published a list of his experiments on seventeen dogs
which were bitten by tiger snakes. Of these, twelve were
, at 'the expiration of a minute treated with the antidote,
and the others were left without any. The net result—
that of those so treated only two recovered, while one
recovered of the seven to which the antidote was not
applied—is not very reassuring as to the efficacy of the
composition.

The miners out on strike in the Ashton-under-Lyne dis-
aict have had a meeting in consequence of the announce-
ment that the coal proprietors of the district would re-
duce the wages of the miners twopence in the shilling,
work the men ten hours daily, and refuse employment to
union men. It was resolved to accept the reduction ; but
the meeting firmly resolved not to concede the other points
mentioned.

Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster, in addressing a. meeting at Warrington,
insisted upon primary education as a desideratum which
could not be dispensed with. Going on to notice the
Abyssinian war, he said he thought the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would find the finances of the country a little
behindhand, and would have to ask the House of Commons
to take into its earnest consideration the best means of
restoring equilibrium in the national finances.

There is a whisper abroad to the effect that Ministers
intend to lay the Army and Navy Estimates on the—table
:orthwith, and that the Budget will be fixed for an early
-lay, in order that when the indispensable business of the
session is disposed of, and parties get quarrelling over the
Scotch and Irish Reform Bills, Government may be able
to close the session without their being passed, and thus
have an excuse for deferring the general election for
smother year. The Opposition will scarcely be willing to
accede to this, for they are beginning to tire of being over-
borne by a minority.
Mr. Samuel Plimsoll has just completed in the Times a
series of letters on the iron trade. To him it is clear that
the Belgian ironmasters get, on a very moderate calcula-
tion, rather more than double the work out of a ton of raw
fuel, coal, or slack than we do in the blast furnace. The
same results are true also of the subsidiary processes of
roasting, heating the blast, and making steam. His point
that by our present process of blasting we not only waste
our material, but spoil the atmosphere as well. Mr. Plim-
soll is so convinced of the evils of this system that he offers
£5OO, in a series of prizes, to the puddlers who shall most
auickly, and with the least consumption of material, " get
a tun of bloom under the hammer from the pig."

Mr. C. Minton Campbell, the Conservative candidate
for Stoke, has issued his address. He states that he comes
forward as a local man, and that his " politics are Con-
servative, with a great desire to promote improvements in
the working of our institutions," and adds : " I shall alvtays
do all in my power to aid in the removal of all proved
abuses, and to redress grievances affecting the great
body of the people. lam not prepared to give any
pledges as to particular measures, but should I be returned
as your member, my earnest attention and support shall
be given to every measure which I may deem likely to
improve the social condition of the working classes, and to
confer the greatest amount of benefit upon the country at
large." There is undoubtedly a strong Liberal element in
the Staffordshire Potteries, but the Conservatives believe
that Mr. Campbell, as a gentleman well known and highly
respected, stands a good chance of filling the seat of Mr.
Beresford Hope.
The Times in its Money Article raises the cry that by the
restrictions of the Inland Revenue the manufacture of
transparent soap is being driven from the country. In the
preparation of this article a considerable quantity of rec-
tified spirits must be used, but as the duty on such spirits
is very high, and as the soap cannot be made without it,
no operationsiftatever can be undertaken, since it is im-
possible to compete•with the continental maker, who has
his spirits free of duty. 'To remedy the difficulty it has.
been proposed to prepare the soap in a free manufactory
until it is in the stage necessary for the introduction of the
spirits, and then remove it into a bonded warehouse,
where, under the supervision of the revenue
Afters, the spirits could be added and the
manufacture completed. Several applications have
been made to the Government departments which might
act in the matter, but as yet without effect. Supposing
these representations to be correct, it would appear that a
valuable branch of business is to be driven from the country
;imply because the revenue officers are unable or unwilling
ko devise such measures as may be deemed necessary to
enable those interested in it to carry it on.
" C. T. M.," of Morley's Hotel, writes in answer to the
tueries made by the correspondents of the newspapers.
There has been, says the writer, no insanity whatever in
Mr. Speke's family. The only money in his possession was
about RM. With respect to the house of his sister in
Queen-square, it is, in "C. T. M.'s" opinion, most im-
probable that, knowing his sister was in Gloucestershire,
he should have gone to the house ; and as to the sug-
gestion:that he might have gone into the garden adjacent
to Birdcage-walk, the gate is always locked night and
day during the absence of the family, and evidently has
not been opened for a considerable time. Inquiries
have already been made at the house by the police,
and the replies are perfectly satisfactory. With
regard to the suggestion that Mr. Speke has been
found, it is stated that his family " are entirely without
further information than what has already been made
public, and this sad and wearing suspense is pressing with
great severity upon his parents, who have already lost two
sons by violent deaths—one in India, and the other more
recently, as is well known." The question is again asked,
however, whether there is any cause for the disappearance,
such as " disappointment in love ;" and whether Mr.
Speke was missed some time ago, and turned up some
weeks after in Paris.
The law of aliens furnishes a peg on which " HiAtoricus"
hangs a letter of more than three columns long in the
Times. He presents a summary of the doctrines laid down
by the best authorities as to the rights and duties of
nations towards one another according to the recognised
system of international law. The point to which he calls
particular attention is that of criminal jurisdiction over
.diens. He presses this qu-sticu on the serious considera-
tion of our statesmen. Mr. Harccurt• believes that, sub-
ject to proper limitations and conditions, the real solution
will be found in the concurrent admission and establish-
ment of three principles-1. A general right of expatria-
tion. 2. A universal criminal jurisdiction over all persons
within a State, whether subjects or aliens, alike, for
offences, wheresoever committed, against that State, and,
perhaps, against its subjects. 3. A liberal and extended
practice of extradition. The obstacles to the settlement
of these questions exist, in the writer's opinion, not so
much in any difficulties of law or considerations of policy,
but rather in the combined influence of pride and ignorance
-rating upon popular prejudice. It is the true and
wholesome business of public discussion to enlighten that
ignorance And to mitigate that prid?4• • -

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HER MAJESTY:

OSBORNE, Feb. 11.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Louise and Princess Bea-
trice.

Her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied
by Princess Christian.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales,with Prince Albert Victor, Prince George,
and the Princess Louise, arrived at Marlborough
House yesterday from Sandringham.

The Duchess of Inverness entertained a select
party at dinner yesterday evening at Kensington Palace.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricardo
arrived at their residence in Stratton-street, on Monday
evening, from Portumna Castle, Galway.

The Earl and Countess of Cawdor and Lady
Mauriel Campbell have arrived at their residence in South
Audley-street, from Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire.

GARIBALMAN HOSPITALS IN ROME.

A correspondent of the Standard writes from
Rome, under date the Bth inst., as follows :
Garibaldi has just published the following letter
to the Deputy Barili, which I transcribe according
to his request, and which will show your readers
the lengths the revolutionary party is prepared to
go in its calumnies of the Roman Government :
" My dear Barili,—As I believe any reclamations
addressed to the present Government as to the
treatment of our wounded in Rome will be useless,
I beg you to publish the following brief lines, which
I hope to see reproduced by every journal of the
Peninsula.

" Our wounded at Rome are dying'the victims
of the most ignoble treatment, of the inquisitorial
practices of the priests and perhaps . . . (the
blank is left to be filled up by horrors h discretion).
" Are not such persons capable of any degree of
crime (scelerat izza).
" Whether the wounded enter the hospitals with
grave or slight wounds, they die. Such are the de-
tails which I hold from several respectable persons,
who draw, moreover, the most deplorable picture
of the privations and brutal insults which have been
inflicted on our unhappy brothers in arms in the
capital of the Jesuitic world. t--Yours,

" GARIBALDI."
The facts on which this marvellous document is
based are these—that out of 175 wounded prisoners
taken at Mentana and Monte Tarioli, about 50 are
dead in the two hospitals of Sant' Onofrio and
Sant' Agata. The ratio is almost identical with
that of the Zouave deaths from wounds received in
the same and other engagements, and this, although
the wounds received from the Chassepot were in
general very severe. About three-fourths of the
wounded Garibaldians have been discharged free and
perfectly cured to their own homes ; among others,-
Majors Guglielmi, Stalla, and Ronco, Rosetti, and
Cairoli ; and it is to their testimony I would fear-
lessly appeal against the absurd calumnies of Gari-
baldi—calumnies which I am quite certain neither
of his sons would venture to endorse.

When, on the morning after Mentana, it was re-
ported that Ricciotti Garibaldi was among the
wounded, every effort was made to find him in order
that all care and attention should be given him. At
Nerola the wounded were attended to by the
Zouave surgeons, and those gravely so were sent to
the Garibaldian ambulance at Scandriglia, among
them Capriano, a Roman emigre officer, as I can
myself bear witness,having crossed the Piazza under
the fire of the Garibaldian fort, to the private house
where he lay to re-assure him, as he was in a foolish
state of alarm, that if the Zouaves stormed the
castle the wounded Garibaldians would be mas-
sacred. The first care of M. de Charette was to
place a sentinel at his:door to prevent any disturb-
ance, which, in his wounded state, might have
been dangerous, and the chaplains of the Zouaves
went up to his house, and those of the other
wounded, to afford all the assistance in their power.
At Mentana our cares were most impartially divided
between the wounded of both parties. During the
night after the battle we devoted ourselves to
gathering the unfortunate men, without respect of
party, from the fields and woods around our head-
quarters, the sisters of charity and volunteers of the
ambulance, among whom I was, never leaving the
field of battle even for the necessary repose, and
doing all our resources enabled us for the relief alike
of fricnd and enemy. It is too disgraceful on
the part of those for whose adherents we in many
cases risked our lives to spread so baseless a

calumny.
Mgr. Stonor has received numerous letters from
the late prisoners and their families, expressing
their gratitude for the kind treatment they have

received. Among these Giovanni Cairoli and seve-
ral of his friends may be cited, and their testimony,
which has also been publicly given in the press, the
Riforma especially, should outweigh the groundless
reports of the persons interested in calumniating
the Papal Government.

Dr. Wayne, Dr. Small, M.D., Dr. Topham, M.D.,
as well as the Earls of Clarendon, Mount Edg-
cumbe, Hinchinbroke, Lords Hyde, Beaumont, and
the English and American consuls, have all visited
the hospitals, and have been all witnesses of the
kindness of the authorities. I was at Sant' Onofrio
only three days since. There were only 19 remain-
ing, almost all of whom will be in a condition to
travel in a few weeks, and some of whom have since
been discharged. One young boy of 19, named
Gregori, was receiving his dinner when I entered
with a party of English friends. We were not a
little surprised at the bullying and insolent tone he
assumed towards the sisters in charge, complaining -
of the food, which was precisely the same as that
given to the Zouaves, and which consisted of roast
chicken and rice soup. This promising young
patriot, while we were there, threw his dish full of
dinner into the middle of the room, with a volley
of abuse which no English hospital authorities
would have tolerated for an instant. The goof and
patient nun in attendance merely said, " Poor boy,
he is very cross to-day. His wound hurts him, and
the Signori must excuse him."
Menotti Garibaldi's guide, a native of Terni, a
subject of the Pope, is one of those still remaining.
Ile is nearly well, and will be discharged as soon as
his wound is healed. The amputations have in most
cases failed, it is true, but the same unhappy result
has taken place at St. Spirito, where only one seri-
ous amputation has succeeded. This is attributable
solely to the climate, which is most unfavourable to
surgery, and the season, which has been a violent
alternation of sirocco and north wind of the most
bitter kind, and there have been few days since the
4th of October I have not spent in the hospitals,
and I therefore feel qualified to give a direct and
explicit denial to the statements contained in the
above letter.
The Pere Gorlacbe, the, Abbot Casarette, of
Subrara, Mgr. Stonor, Dr. O'Connor of the Ame-
rican College, and the entire English and foreign
medical staff in Rome, whether civil or military, as
well as the innumerable visitors of all countries
who have been invited to inspect the Garibaldian
hospitals, are the best possible guarantees that no
cruelty or insult was practised or thought of. As
an extern of the hospitals, and in constant commu-
nication with their authorities, I venture to add ns
own, both in Rome and on the fields of battle of
Nerola and Mentana.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE FROM CRIEFF.--•
Great excitement was caused in Orieff on Sunday morning
by the disappearance of Mr. Brown, the manager of the 09
works. It would appear that he had boon complaining,
and was under medical treatment for some time back, and
hence the anxiety of his friends. it is said that he left hiS
lodgings somewhere about six o'clock in the morning by
means of the window, and, considering his state of health,
the alarm was given so soon as the discovery was mad'
Scouring parties left in various directions, buf no trace of
him was found, and the search was renewed on 3riondall
but no intelligence was received.
EDUCATION OF YOUNG WOMEN.—Lord Taunton,
as chairman of the committee for arranging for the Oxford
local examination at the Taunton centre, has forwarded
memorial on behalf of the committee to the Oxford dela-
' gacy, setting forth the advantages that would accrue if tilh
f
examinations were extended to girls—a concession
has been already made by the sister university, and With
sotisfactory results.