The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1868.

member of one of those City companies who hold
estates in Ireland, has more to say about Irish
affairs, especially as regards the Land Tenure, but
we are glad to find that he does not overlook the
necessity for "an equitable settlement for the
assessment of the poor rates." Mr. TWELLS
considers the foreign policy of the Conservative
Government entitles them to support, while he,
like the others, promises to give much of his atten-
tion to fiscal, financial, and commercial measures.
So far, then, as the City is concerned the Con-
servatives are in full force, while on the Surrey side
of the metropolis they are quite as active. Mr.
CoorE, as we know, is bestirring himself in the
Tower Hamlets, while Mr. MORGAN HOWARD seems
likely to prove a formidable opponent to Alderman
LAWRENCE in Lambeth. Last night both gentle-
men held meetings, and addressed their supporters at
some length. On local questions both promised fairly
and were not very different in their views. The
improvement of the dwellings of the working classes,
the extension of education, the opening of museums,
the Sunday liquor traffic, and similar topics occupy
a very prominent place in speeches on the hustings,
but they are very apt to be forgotten by the can-
didates when once the magic M.P. is appended to
their names. Yet they affect much more closely
the welfare of thousands whom they represent than
many more exciting political questions. We hope

that the new Parliament will be a little more active
in these respects, and that the new members and
new constituencies will combine to keep their hust-
ings' pledges a little more faithfully in mind.

General PEEL has returned to the charge, and
has show n in a very unmistakeable manner the
erroneous conclusions at which Mr. CHILDERS
arrived in his recent speech at Pontefract. As
the General forcibly puts it, the comparison which
the members of the late Liberal Government have
made between the military expenditure of the two
Administrations is unreasonable and unwise, be -
cause the present Government are " only develop-
ing the changes inherited from them," and supply-
ing their deficiencies ; and that a review of the
military expenditure from 1860 to six years after-
wards will not redound to the credit of the
Government by which it was conducted.
It will be remembered that Mr. CHIL-
DERS declared in his speech that the Libe-
ral Government steadily reduced the army by
sixteen thousand men during the last four years of
their administration, but General PEEL puts a very
different construction upon the fact that was :con-
veyed by the meaning of the hon. member. " Yes,"
he exclaims, and if " Lord DERBY'S Government
had not increased the pay of the men they would
have had the opportunity of boasting that they had
reduced twenty thousand men in one year, and for
the very same reason that they could not get them."
Then, again, the fortifications which ought to have
been finished, and the armaments provided for in
the Estimates of 1866 were banded over to Lord
DERBY'S Government in a most unfinished state ;
and thus the public may see that when Mr. GLAD-
' STONE and his satellites boast of their economy
and the low rate of the expenditure, the point was
gained by falling short of the promises made and
leaving the defences of the country in a most hap-
hazard state. In six years the Whig Govern-
ment spent over twelve millions in guns
and warlike material, but with so little
success, that in March, 1866, they had
scarcely anything to show for it. Twelve breech-
loaders only, and the small arms in store were de-
creasing because no pattern was decided upon, and
no new rifle was made for years. Very truly does
General PEEL deny that in Lord RUSSELL'S Govern-
ment and that of Lord PALMERSTON there was a
reduction of general expenditure at the same time
that new arms were introduced and new ideas de-
veloped. "Now," says he, " that is just what was
not done." New ideas were not developed
any more thAn new arms were forth-
coming, and the reduction of the expendi-
ture was entirely owing to the suspension in
providing for them as has been shown by the table
of " audited accounts." General PEEL'S statement
is deserving of attention, and those who are not
too prejudieLd to see plain truths when put before
them will admit that he has the best of the argu-
ment, and his opponents arc cast entirely into the
shade. A more unfair attack than this which Mr.
GLADSTONE has led upon the expenditure of the
present Government has never been made, and for
the sake of fair play we hope that the electors
throughout the_country will show their sense of its
character.

The Queen, in her last passage through Paris,
left 5,000 francs to the servants of the British
Embassy.

The elections which excite most interest at pre-
sent are those in which the contests are between
different sections of the same party. In the county
of Cork there are four Liberal candidates in the
field—namely, Mr. Smith Barry, Mr. Boyle, Mr.
Power, and Mr. M'Cartby Downing, each possess-
ing considerable influence with various classes of
the electors. The first two named are put forward
as the " official " candidates. The last two, or
rather, perhaps, the first and the last, are the more
popular. A meeting of Mr. Downing's supporters
was held on Sunday in Mallow, and was attended,
it is stated, by 2,000 persons. Mr. William
Creagh, J.P., occupied the chair. Mr. Downing
addressed the assembly at some length, and in the
course of his speech said 500 electors of the West
Riding had pledged themselves not only to support
him, but to ride their own horses to the poll with-
out any expense to him. He gave a full statement
of his views, declaring that, although the Church
question predominates this moment beyond other
important questions, the land question was the
question of questions for the Irish people. He was
prepared to join with the great Liberal party in
England in disestablishing and diiendowing the
Irish Church, and he would do so in no spirit of
hostility to the Protestant clergy, of whom he
spoke in respectful terms. He believed, however,
that " there never will be peace, contentment, nor
prosperity in this land until the industry and happi-
ness of the tiller of the soil are fully and justly
protected." He avowed his intention to support
the claims for a denominational system of educa-
tion. He replied to objections against his candida-
ture, stated that his return was certain, and gave
the following sketch of what his course of action
will be if returned : —" Acting on the principles of
independence as I always understood them, I will
gladly avail of the opportunity of placing in power
the man who is pledged to redress the grievances
under which we have so long laboured, who con-
demns the cruel policy of England towards this
country, and who promises to make reparation for
those evil deeds. I will not become a slavish
follower :of Mr. Gladstone, and should he attain
power I will watch his conduct with a jealous eye.
Once the Church question is settled, I will await
the measure of justice which he will offer to the
tenantry of Ireland. If it is ample and based upon
equitable principles, I will support him. (Cheers.)
Should it fall short of these qualities, I will to the
best of my ability expose its defects, and act ag,in
on the policy of independence ; for while I admire
the position which Mr. Gladstone has taken, and
while he will carry the discndowmeut of the
Church, an important question remains—namely,
the appropriation of the surplus revenue ; and
when I consider Mr. Gladstone's financial dealings
with Ireland, of which she has deep cause to com-
plain, I feel that it may require the strength of
an united independent Irish party to obtain the
application of that surplus to local purposes not
now provided for out of the Exchequer, such as
PaYnaentt-of poor-rates and county cess."

COAREETONDENCA FROM Mate

Mom OUR OWN coniusranzrr)
PARIS, TUESDAY, Septemiali
The events in Spain continue almost exclusively to
occupy public attention here. Though a Spanish matured.
tion is one of the most ordinary events, and though alnost
serious outbreak has been expected for some time past,
the news of the pronunciamento at Cadiz has caused the
greatest excitement. This very largely arises from the
uncertainty as to the course which will be taken by
France, many thinking that the danger of the Emperor's
meddling with the affairs of the Peninsula is considerable.
The fear, however, can hardly be well founded. Of all the
" ideas" that ever provoked the French Emperor to an
appeal to arms, the idea of sending French troops to the
assistance of Queen Isabella would be most absurd and
ruinous. It would strengthen the insurrection itself by
animating the Spanish people against a foreign invader;
it would weaken the position of the Queen, if that can be
made any wnrse ; and it would be met by the most serious
discontent in France. The notion of paying for an army
to support Queen Isabella is never likely to be popular
here. Spanish affairs must decide themselves ; strict
neutrality is likely to be the order of the day here.

The interference with the private meeting at Nimes
is not an example which the Government seem disposed to
construe into a precedent. Several democrats, including
MM. Emmanuel Arago and Duclere, formerly Minister
of Finance under the Republic, resolved to make
the experiment and hold a private meeting with the
view of taking legal proceedings if the Government inter-
fered. They accordingly assembled in a private house to
the number of 200, but met with no interruption what-
ever. The Government felt bound, perhaps, to sustain its
agents in the case of the Nimes affair, but though their
conduct was justified at the trial, the authorities do not
seem disposed to repeat it. We may therefore conclude
that the intervention at Nimes was an event altogether
extraordinary, and that in future the law of lrivate
meetings will be respected.
The note which was published at the Bourse a few dal%
ago, in the name of the Ministers Moustier, Pinard, and
Magne, is now declared to be an invention. It wai
got up for market purposes.
An accident on the line of railway between Bordeaux
and Arcachon is announced. Nobody was killed, but a
large number of passengers sustained contusions and
fractures.

After his three victories in the Var, the Nievre, and the
Moselle, M. Pinard thought he had earned a holiday, and
was about to start for an estate possessed by his wife in
the Autun district. The news of the revolution has,
however, prevented his departure.
A strange attempt at murder is reported from Lyons.
A retired tradesman has a small office in one part of the
town for bill-discounting. He called there two or three
nights back, and was unlocking the door of the inner
room, when he was struck insensible by a stranger
concealed in the passage. He was then pushed
into the room by his hidden assailant, and stabbed
several times. The noise alarmed the tenant of the floor
above, who proceeded to the spot, but the murderer
managed to escape, leaving behind a hat, a handkerchief, and
an umbrella. The extraordinary part of the story is, that M.
Tardien insists that ,no attempt was made to murder him,
and that the injuries he sustained were caused by his
falling downstairs in the dark. The police refuse to
believe him, holding the umbrella and hat to be conclu-
sive proofs. .

The Imperial Family at Bayonne are quietly enjoying
themselves, quite unmoved by the trouble which has
broken out southwards.

The ambiguous speech of the King of Prussia at Kiel
has been followed by others of decidedly peaceful charac-
ter, and the Bourse at Paris is reassured for the
time. In other respects King William's progress
through the Elbe Duchies presents little that
is remarkable. As a tour of inspection through
a newly-acquired province, it is, however, interesting
to note the manner in which the inhabitants received
their new sovereign. Of course there was no fear of his
being publicly insulted, but disaffection can be evinced by
absence and silence as well as by open demonstration.
But the King was well received, and the Daily News cor-
respondent says, with justice, that there is reason to believe
the ovations and demonstrations of loyalty were genuine,
and proceeded at least from the head, if not from the heart.
The Schleswig-Holsteiners might probably prefer the rule
of their native dukes, and they cannot entertain any
exalted admiration of the style in which they were
" annexed." But they are Germans, and can understand
that in these troublesome times they are better off as
members of a great military Power than as a petty
State.

The Monitcur says. the speech of the King of Prussia at
Hamburg testifies to his full confidence in the maintenance
of peace.

The opening of the Peace Congress at Berne has been
accompanied by every indication of oratorical war. The
earlier proceedings have been occupied by the question of
standing armies, which the Congress has, of course, con-
demned without reserve. But the programme is not restricted
to subjects arisingout of the danger of war or the advisability
of peace. The Congress has already decided to discuss the
suppression of all official recognition of religions, the abolition
of Concordats, and religious teaching in schools supported
by the State. The condemnation of standing armies will
probably be accompanied by a saving clause in favour of
standing organisations for the overthrow of Governments,
and there can be little doubt that the interests of peace
will be again promoted by the moral support of all the
revolutionary projects of Europe.
The news that the Wagshum Gobazye has at length
triumphed over all competitors and has seated himself upon
the throne of Abyssinia is not unexpected. He was the
strongest and perhaps the most able of the contending
parties, and it is well that such a dangerous dignity should
be secured by the potentate best able to support it.
Gobazye has long intrigued for the sovereignty of Abys-
sinia. He and Prince ICassai, the ally of the English. aro
on good terms.

The Brazilian Government has addressed to all the
Governments of Europe a note announcing that the regu-
lations relative to passports have been made much less
stringent. Henceforth Brazilian subjects and foreigners
wbo have a fixed residence in Brazil will not require a
passport in order to leave the country. Foreigners not
having a residence will not be able to leave the country
without a passport, but the conditions on which it may be
obtained have been greatly simplified.

A private letter from Japan confirms the news already
received as to the persecution of the native Christians by
the Mikado. Our correspondent, under date "Shanghai,
July 30, 1868," writes as follows : "When I was at Naga-
saki 2,000 native Christians were awaiting execution in
the country, and a few days after I left a steamer was sent
out with 150 Christians on board, to be drowned in the
sea.",

Mr. Disraeli's baronets will soon be past counting. It
has been his good fortune to reward not only his political
elupporters, but public men whom any Government would
have rewarded. The last accession to the ranks
of the minor nobility is Mr. Charles Mills, who
for forty-six years has taken part in the home
administration of India. He now retires from
the India Council, and it is probable that he will be suc-
ceeded either by Sir F. Halliday, who was Lieutenant-
Governor of Bengal under Lords Dalhousie and Canning,
or by Sir H. Harrington, one of ,the Knights of the Star
of India. The vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr.
Eastwick will be filled by Sir Robert Montgomery,
until recently Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.
Sir Robert entered the service of the East India
Company forty-one years ago, and his earlier employments
were in the offices of magistrate and collector. During
the mutiny he was Judicial Commissioner in the Punjab,
and his services were of the highest importance throughout
that critical period.

A few days ago the Pall Mall Gazette made an attack
upon Mr. Odger, the working men's candidate for Chelsea,
which was quite unworthy of a journal " written by
gentlemen for gentlemen." The article said : "We know
not what good Odger has ever done that he should be asked
to select a borough for himself, or what evil Chelsea has ever
done that it should become the unfortunate object of his
choice. According to his own view, his qualifications, besides
that of ringleader of a mob, simply are that he is an advocate
for all the points of the Charter; that as he never had any
education he knows the value of it ; and that his father
was a miner, and his mother mad." Professor Fawcett
wrote to complain of an article " so personal and so cruel,"
and at the same time gave a very high character of the
victim of the assault. This letter has not been inserted,
and so Mr. Fawcett has sent it to the Daily Hews. Mr.
Mill has also written to Mr. Odger, wishing him success,
and sending a subscription to his election expenses. It
ist
a grievous thing to see attacks of this kind made upor,
any man, and when they are made by journals professedty
impartial, what must we not expect from those which m -e
avowedly partisan ?

It appears that bigotry is not confined to Orangem.
and Ultramontanes. The Jews, who were supposed to h 3
the most tolerant religionists in the world, having learnt
the lesson in the stern school of experience, are now proving
that bigotry is not the peculiar property of one or two
sects, but is an element common to humanity. The
Jewish Chronicle calls upon the Hebrew electors of the
Tower Hamlets to refrain from voting for Mr. Samuda,
because he is an "apostate Jew "—i.e., a Christian. The
Hebrew electors of that borough must be in a state of per-
plexity. On the one hand they have a Liberal candidate
who is an " apostate ;" on the other, a Conservative candi-
date who will support an " apostate " Premier. Perhaps
M 1914 lutst Politiagabitkr.

LATEST INTELL EGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE INSURRECTION IN SPAIN,

PARIS, Sept. 22.

A proclamation to the Catalans declares that
" the dynasty, deaf to advice, trerts the nation as
an enemy, and pauses not on its path of immorality
and hypocrisy. The nation shed its blood in wars
to secure the liberty now trampled under foot.
The nation was flying to arms, for it can no longer
endure such scandal and infamy. The struggle
will be short, because all classes have been injured
and offended."

The proclamation appeals to the army to join the
people. "It is time for the nation to assume the
sovereignty, and to proclaim universal suffrage, and
the assembling of a Constituent Corte3." It con-
cludes thus, "We serve the cause of no person or
family, property and domestic rights shall be re-
spected. Viva the sovereign nation. Vira a Con-
stituent Cortes." Dated from the " Camp of
Liberty."

Malaga has pronounced and also Santona, the
strongest fortress in Spain.
The Queen at midnight yesterday left by train
for Madrid,- but returned to San Sebastian, the
Castile Railway being interrupted.
There was great agitation at Madrid.

Sept. 23.
The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol-

lowing news from Spain :
Tranquillity continues at Madrid.
Admiral Estrada de Guiral has accepted the post
of Minister of Marine.

The reports from the provinces are confused and
contradictory.

MADRID, Sept. 19.
The following official proclamations have been
issued by the Government :
The Queen, in concert with the council of
Ministers, has ordered that the district under my
command shall be declared in a state of siege.
In consequence of that order I, Don Eusebio de
Calonge Fenolles, Lieutenant-General of the Na-
tional Army, and Captain-General of New Castille,
do order as follows :

1. This capital and the district of New Castille is
declared in a state of siege.

2. Crimes of sedition and revolt which shall be-
come known to the authorities shall be judged by
the ordinary military council, and be punished ac-
cording to the disciplinary military code. This
also applies to accomplices and abbettors of these
offences.

3. Besides the crimes specified in the above ar-
ticle, arson, theft, larceny, disobedience, and insults
to the authorities will also be punished by the
Council of War.

4. Those persons who shall cause damage to pro-
perty, destroy the telegraphic wires, or the railway
lines, and also all persons spreading alarms, will be
judged and punished as disturbers of public order,
in conformity with the disciplinary regulation of
the army.

5. The civil and judicial authorities will con-
tinue to act in all those matters appertaining to
their offices which are not comprised in the dis-
positions laid down by the present proclamation
without prejudice to their power of bringing
under my notice and submitting to my
.decision
whatever they may deem necessary.

en bloc.

Inhabitants of New Castille ! This military dis-
trict having been declared in a state of siege, in
undertaking the command confided to me by the
Queen, it is my first duty to address myself to the
peaceable and honest inhabitants to demand of them
that support which public authority requires for
the proper execution of the laws. If I obtain that
support, the task confided to me will be a safe one,
and my satisfaction in thoroughly executing it will
be great, since, if men of calm sense are repelled
there are no criminal desires which cannot obtain
the upper hand i❑ thee days, when ambition is so
unrestrained; and where it seeks to gain
its ends by means as unique as they are un-
worthy. The preventive measures which the Go-
vernment of the Queen has been forced to adopt by
the unexampled and indescribable facts in this sad
era of distressing discords will be employed by me
to secure your tranquility and your property.
Keep the rebels at a distance, do not mix your-
selves up with them, leave them in such a state of
isolation as shall point them out to justice, do not
impede the protective action of the public forces if
the sad necessity should arise, and do not fear that
the protection of the authorities will fail you, nor
will their vigilance in any way disquiet you. It is
only intended to employ the wholesome rigour of
the law against conspirators and revolutionists, and
this is demanded by public necessity.

(Signed) EUSEBIO DE CALONAGE,
Captain-General of the Province of Madrid.

The Government of the Province of Madrid.

The Governor of the Province of Madrid to the in-
habitants of the province :

By a royal order, dated yesterday, her Majesty
the Queen, in concert with her Council of Minis-
ters, has declared all the provinces of the monarchy
in a state of siege. In virtue, therefore, of this
royal resolution, whereby her Majesty has desired
more thoroughly to secure public tranquillity against
the attacks of ..the revolutionists, I to-day discon-
tinue to exercise all those political functions which
the law in similar cases transfer to the military
authorities.

In acquainting you with this fact I shall not
cease to exhort you that in the new situation created
by ;the Queen you shall continue to give similar
proof of wisdom, sympathy, and fidelity as in
past times, and for which I express my
liveliest gratitude. Trust in the thought that
the Government watches :over your well-
being and eagerly seeks a solution for your troubles.
Await tranquilly its decisions. Do not allow your-
selves to be seduced by the suggestions of evil
minded persons, and do not for one instant depart
from that path of duty in which you have so long
continued.

It will be a striking folly on your part to lose by
a stupid mistake the respect of which your conduct
has made you so worthy, and which is appreciated
by the Government of the Queen and by all the
authorities ; and, on the other hani, to lay your-
selves and your families open to the innumerable
evils which would be the result of a necessary
and a just repression of rebellion.
Your Governor hopes that he will have no cause
to complain of this, and that you will be in the
future as in the past, docile to the voice of autho-
rity and eager to execute its orders.

IGNACIO BERRIZ.

Madrid, 19th Septa 1868.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Sept. 23.

The Czar is expected to arrive at Potsdam at 9
a.m. on Sunday, and intends, it is stated, to pro-
need to Will" NW by express train on Monday night.

HUNGARY.

PESTH, Sept. 22, Evening.

The, -Empress-Queen Elizabeth, and her daughter
Ar chduchers Gisella, have arrived at Goedoelloe,
in,thaTesth-Comitat, on their way to Cracow.
TO Lower House agreed yesterday to the motion

of M. Deak to accept the Government budget

The members of the Hungarian Delegation have
received notice to assemble at Pesth on the 13th of
November next.

BOMBAY MAIL.

MESSINA, Sept. 22.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Poonah passed through the Straits of Messina at
10.30 a.m. to-day en route for Marseilles.

power to the magistrates to deal summarily wit,,
cases of embezzlement when a plea of guilty was
made by a party charged. He should exercise the
power the Legislature had conferred upon him by
sentencing the prisoner to six months' imprison-
ment with hard labour.

THE Pooß LITTLE VAGRANT.—Emma Clark,
aged 10 years, was brought before Paget, on re-
mand, charged with vagrancy. The wretched child
was taken into custody by James Harvey, a police-
constable, No. 157 K, while she was running along-
side an omnibus in the Commercial-road. She was
throwing somersaults and tumbling among the boys,
and the passengers were encouraging the degrading
exhibition by flinging half-pence to her. She threw
away some of them when she was taken into custody,
and three half-pence was found upon her. Mr.
Benson condemned in forcible terms the encourage-
ment given by the foolish omnibus passengers to
vagrancy, and said it was shocking to hear that
a girl bad unsexed herself by tumbling and
throwing somersaults in a public road. He also
condemned the mother of the girl who had sent out
the child and a boy, her son, to commit acts of
vagrancy. Mr. Paget now endorsed every word
his colleague had said on this case, and said he
wished it were possible to punish omnibus passen-
gers who were absurd enough to throw halfpence to
the young vagrants tumbling in our public roads.
It was a great nuisance, and was attended with
2 danger.

The boy, in defence, said the policeman took me
because he knew I had been taken up before.

Mr. Paget—The policeman properly interfered.
He should have taken all the boy tumblers.
The Policeman—l could hardly hold her—she
nearly slipped through my fingers.
The mother of the girl said her son gave his sister
money to bring home to her.
Mr. Paget—How old is this girl?
The Mother—Not ten yet.

Mr. Paget said he should give effect to the de-
termination of his colleague, and take her daughter
away from her. The mother was quite unfitted to
have the care of the child whom she had demora-
lised. He ordered that the child should be sent to
an industrial school in Sloane-street, Chelsea, and
detained there till she was 16 years of age.
The Mother—l want to take her home.

Mr. Paget—You shall not have her again.

,
Cirtulat

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 21.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
drove out.

_...
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli had the honour of
dining with her Majesty and the Royal Family.

' Sic transit! The last progeny of the noble
Foscari has, according to the Gazzetta di Venezia,
been presented by Victor Emmanuel with the sum
of 500 lire. There have also been hopes held out
to him that he may have a chance of obtaining the
desired appointment of porter in the whilom
palace
of his family, which is now to be changed into a
commercial school. This palace, on the Grand
Canal, is known as one of the most magnificent
in Venice. The Austrians had used it as a bar-
rack.

An awkward, though perhaps not quite unde-
served, accident happened lately to the semi-
official North German Gazette. It gravely an-
nounced from London that in his perplexity upon
whom to bestow the Governor-Generalship Of
India, the Premier had at last chosen " the Lord
Mayor," and that this appointment had caused no
inconsiderable stir in London. It is obvious that
a sagacious editor or printer must have supple-
mented Lord Mayo's name with an r, inspired by
that unfailing faith in the potentate of the Mansion
House which still lives in the hearts of our foreign
brethren. Nor was the provincial press behindhand
in commenting on this recognition of the merits
of " the highest functionary chosen by his fel-
lows."

In consequence of the great movement of grain
last year from Austria and Hungary to Western
Europe a great stimulus was given to the general
commerce of the Austrian Empire. Thus the
value of the imports into Austria in 1867 was set
down at £30,042,595, as comparedwith £23,307,331
in 1866, showing on increase of £6,735,264. The
value of the exports from Austria in 1867 was
£42,045,224, as compared with £37,120,806 in
1866, showing an increase of £4,924,418 last year.
The general commercial movement of the Austrian
Empire thus amounted last year to £72,087,819,
as compared with £60,428,137 in 1866, showing
an increase last year of £11,659,682. The pro-
gress indicated by these figures continued during
the first half of 1868. Thanks to 'the exceptionally
good crop obtained in Hungary in 1867, and to
the comparative dearth which prevailed in Western
Europe, the exports of cereals amounted last year
to 21,185,425 centners, against 8,834,532 centners
in 1866.
The Sicle pretends to have made the discovery
that the Pope is a Freemason— the member of a
Sicilian lodge. This nzauvaise plaisanterie is quite
in keeping with the vulgarity of the low Radical
print that perpetrates it.
The Pontifical War Department has received,
from Catholic committees offerings, consisting 0-
12 guns and 120 cases of ammunition. A deputa
tion of ladies from Holland has arrived at Rome,
to present to his Holiness a stand of colours for the
Papal army.
AN UNCLAIMED BEQUEST TO THE CITY DEBTORS.
—CaptainaWilliam John Williams, in his evidene°
before the Royal Commissioners appointed to a'
quire into the state of the corporation of Loncloat,
in November, 1858 (question 2438), stated theo
there were many bequests in the City of odoa
of very ancient date, left for the benefit of Prieac);
ners, which might be recovered by inquiry.
mentions one case as left for distribution by
t
authorities of Christ's Hospital, where there ie a
unclaimed bequest of 10s. 6d. for preaching a se;
mon to the City debtors on Easter-day. 123
" has not been inquired for," he states, " forhardly
years, and the officers of Christ's Hospital har
know what to do with the money.”—(;jig yress.eor
The Count de Girgenti left Paris on Sunday tof
Spain, to take the command of the reginieet,3o
Pavia Hussars, to the command of which he 11
some time back appointed by Queen Isabella.
the
THE NEW STREET THROUGH THE CITY.---111,;„d
course of a few days the block of houses otentw:o;
along the Poultry from the western side of the Ids suet
house will be removed for the purposes of the new 6 on
which is to run from that point to Blackfriars-bridgeeso
the north side of Cannon-street the ground has or
110'..
been cleared, and in Earl-street, Blackfriars, a large
ber of houses have been removed, leaving an 1111905,10-
interrupted space between the bridge and the large
ible
ing in course of erection for the British and ForeignPr,,,
Society. All the block of buildings known as Dock 01
commons has been removed. The houses ill t'
t- wit
street will be built on a large scale, and as it will beicrev,
by the Thames Embankment, forming a direct route
es
of
the Mansion-house and the Bank' to the new Sous tot
Parliament, it is expected to be one of the most inna°r
ester thoroughfares in London. C 1
A SHEFFIELD MANUFACTURER SHOT.-- „
'w
morning Mr. Slater, of the firm of Slater, Brunt, 811:
Borussia Steel Works, Shoreham-street, as shot ,c,.'
ld
partner, Mr. Brunt, in the office, whore a dispute red
seem to have arisen between them. Mr. Brunt 'sl.a;
pistol loaded with shot at Mr. Slater, at three or fouri_oct
distance. The pistol was aimed obliquely, or entered
must have been fatal. As it was most of the shots dea is
the wall behind Mr. Slater, but he was badly NO° lri,
the hand, cheek, and forehead. Immediately afters
tips
Mr. Brunt gave himself up to the police. For sc)l„ps eS
past he has been suffering from cerebral and nerv:l
citeraent, arising, it is said, from over
at
to life;
ness. A short time ago ho made An attempt nu %dist*
up to this time he was a preacher among the geW,adeed,
He is stated to be a man of very temperate habits."
a teetotaller. a Ar°
ilsiao
FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.—Yesterday morn te
broke out in the sulphur works occupied by gr• rty to e
Roberts, Sandhill-lane, near Liverpool, and proPeo were
considerable amount was destroyed before then iorttie
extinguished. This is the third time a similo'
has befallen these txlifs.