The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-27 00:00:00

'DR ACTICA I. GEOLOGY.--- King's College,
London.—Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will give a COURSE
of LECTURES on GEOLOGY, having especial reference to the
application of the Science to ENGINEERING, MINING, ARCHITEC-
TURE. and AGRICULTURE. The Lectures will commence on
WEDNESDAY, April 22, at Nine a.m. They will be continued
on each sueceeditig Friday and Wednesday at the same hour.
Fee, ZI Ils. 6d.

R
W.
J ELF, D.D., Principal.
.

THE UNITED LAND COMPANY
(Limited).
Co-operating with the Conservative Land Society, enrol-
led under 6 and 7 Will. IV., cap. 32, as "The Conger-
vative Benefit Building Society."
Offices-33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C.
Incorporated under the Companies' Acts, 1862 and 1867,
whereby the liability of each shareholder is limited to

the amount of his shares.
Capital, £250,000, in 50,000 shares of £5 each, with poner
to increase. First issue 'limited to £lOO,OOO.-
Deposit, £1 per Share on appllcatioia, aud,tr *Mot-
t-neut. No further Call to exceed £1 por Share, and an
interval-of throe months to elapse between each Call. In-
terest on Calls paid in advance to be at the rate of 5 por
cent. per annum.

DinEcrotts.
Viscount Renelagh.
The Hon. Robert Bourke.
Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart., M.P.
Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P.
Colonel Myrick.
J. C. ()ebb°ld, Esq., M.P.
C. E. Newcomen, Esq.
N. Winstanley, Esq.
N. Strode, Esq.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.

Tho London and Westminster Bank (Temple-bar
Branch), Strand, W.C.
Messrs. Hordes, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-
street, S.W.

AUDITORS.
To be elected by the Company at the first General
Meeting.

Tho United Land Company (Limited) has been formed
as an adjunct to the Conservative Land Society (enrolled
under 6 and 7 Will. IV., cap. 32, as " The Conservative
Benefit Building Society,") for the purpose of extending,
with a fixed capital, the operations in Laud and Building
heretofore cerried on under the " Friendly Societies Acts."
The Conservative Benefit Building Society will continue
to carry on the business authorised by its certified rules,
and will be are important element in the supply of capital
to the United Land Company (Limited), whose operations
will comprise :
1. The purchase of Freehold and Leasehold Property
of every description, and the sale thereof, either in the
gross or in detail.
2. The purchase, enfranchise►nent, and sale of Copy-
hold Estates in any part of the United Kingdom.
3. The subdivision of Estates into Lots, and the leasing
or sale of them, affording to buyers of land or houses, by
the machinery of the Company, the facility and acco►umo-
dation of payment by easy instalments, monthly, quar-
terly, half-yearly, or yearly.
4. The creation and sale of Ground Rents.
5. The carrying on the business of a General Land and
Building Company, in all its branches and departments.
The Company, in its management, will have the advan-
tage of the long experience acquired by the Executive of
the Conservative Benefit Building Society.
The success that has attended other companies which
are now associated with similar societies, combining the
two systems, and having double powers and resources, has
been long fully manifested; and it may, therefore, be rea-
sonably expected that the United Lands Conipany
(Limited), associated with the established reptation and
resources of the Conservative Benefit Building Society,
will be enabled to show remunerative returns equal to
those of any other companies.
Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may
be had from the Bankers, and the Secretary, at the new
and spacious offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand,
Benefit Lon o ,BluVan,
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No. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.O.
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Sezretary.

PRICE.... ....... 4d
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111 E IVAR 1 V PARAGUAY.

It is now more than a fortnight since the pas-
sage of the llutnaita by the Brazilian ironelads has
been heralded to the world as the greatest nautical
feat of any navy in the worl 1, but the advantages
it brought to the Allies are as yet not mentioned.
The mails just arrived via Bordeaux only prove
that the Brazilians, with the gigantic forces at their
disposal, are as yet unable either to gain a sub-
stantial victory over Marshal Lopez and his gallant
army or to conquer Paraguay. Three of the iron-
dads which have passed Ilutnaita sailed without
any molestation to Asuncion, where the fort of
Tacumbu stopped their progress, and to show their
presence bombarded the city for two hours, without
giving to the innocent inhabitants any warning, as
is customary in civilised warfare. The Government
Palace, the Arsenal, and Custom-house being si-
tuated quite close to the river, have suffered
most; but of this we only have Brazilian accounts,
as they did not think it proper to land. Although
the Brazilians have now part of their navy above
and below llumaita, Marshal Lopez is still in
communication with hiecapital, and the new forts
erected on the Chaco side are said to do a great
deal of mischief to the allied fleet. kopei is not
yet vanquished ; his army has taken a most com-
manding position right ih front of the adVanced
lines of :his enemies. The fiercest cannonading
during all the war took place on the 1.1 of March,
the result of which was not known at Buenos
Ayres when th.e steamer left, but was known later
by tab-graph ~in Montevideo;_ and a decided
defeat of the Allied forces as well as the loss
of one of their ironclads was reported. On
the 2d of March, before daylight, the Paraguayans
attacked, in open canoes, two ironclads at anchor
opposite llumaita, which they boarded successfully,
and after killing most of the officers and men on
board, and destroying the machinery, were forced to
leave by the fire of four vessels which came to the
rescue. Such daring feats show that Lopez must
still have plenty of men and ammunition, and that
his people are ready to sacrifice everything to free
their country from the invader. It,is believed that
Lopez and his people would make a second Moscow
of every town in the country before submitting to

the Brazilian rule: If we look at the events in-the
Argentine Confederation and Uruguay, we find that
the people begin to understand the true policy of
Brazil, and that Paraguay the only Government true
to American principles, having almost sacrificed
its existence to maintain them, as friends and allies,
they will come forward iu the hour of need. In the
Confederation the mistrust of the people against their
own Government had reached a climax, and General
Urquiza is called on to Ina his followers into the
field against Brazil and General Mitre. At Monte-
video the assassination of General Flores, the tool
of Brazil and the author of this war, was only the
beginning of a series of barbarities brought about
by the different political chieftains to change if pos-
sible the policy of the present Government, and to
bring one true to the interests of the country, which
of course is against the aggressive policy of Brazil.
General Battle, a friend of Flores, was elected Pre-
sident at Montevideo, and established for a week
or so, but just as the steamer left on the 14th of
March, Montevideo underwent another revolution,
and General Suarez, whose bloody deeds at Pay-
sandu may yet be remembered, is said to be at the
head of the movement. Another version is, that-a
leading general of the Blanco party had entered the
city and ousted President General Battle, whose
Ministers had immediately resigned, and the new
Government had declared in favour -of Paraguay.
We have no doubt that the next steamer will bring
us some stirring news, and that the war iu Para-
guay may be decided 'by Uruguay and the Argen-
tine Confederation breaking off their unnatural
alliance with Brazil.

On Thursday evening the Rev. Dr. Littledalo
lectured on "Innovations" at the Assembly Rooms, Great
George-street, Liverpool, in connection with the English
Church Uniun. Tho lecturer said they must distinguish
between innovations, and amongst other things gave
authorities for the antiquity of the " ElevAtion of the
Host," turning to the east, the division of the sexes in
church, and the mixed chalice. He next came to the three
questions of incense, vestments, and lights, all of which
ho claimed were used by the ancient church, and
therefore should be adopted now. He claimed that the
Reformation was an innovation, and then said:—" A
church which could produce iu its highest lay and cle-
rical ranks such a set of miscreants as the leading Eng-

lish and Scottish Kiformers—(hisses, and cries of "Oh
oh !)—must have been in aperfoctly rotten state, as rotten
as France was when the righteous judgment of the Great
Revolution fell upon it. But though we cannot help
acknowledging that a great deal was then swept away
which was intolerable, and that many a dead head fell
deservedly beneath the guillotine, we do not in.ike heroes
and martyrs of Robespierre, Danton, Marat, St. Just,
Couthon, and the like, nor do we pity them when the axe
they whetted for their feo }al tyrants fell on them in
turn. Yet they merit quite as much admiration
and respect as Cranmer, Ridley, Latimer, Hooper,
and the others who happened to have the ill-
luck to be worsted in a struggle wherein they meant
to serve their adversaries as they were served them-
selves." This sentence provoked a chorus of disapproba-
tion. Several persons in the gallery who had previously
muttered " Oh, oh's" loudly cried "Shame !" and ono gen-
tleman in the front of the body rose to his feet, and
shaking his open hand at the lecturer cried " Shame upon
you, shame, shame." When remonstrated with, this gen-
tleman, whose demeanour was very respectful ou the whole
and who was evidentlyovercome by fooling, said "It's too
much ; it's disgraceful," while another gentleman, also in
the body, rose and angrily exclaimed, "And such senti-
ments from a clergyman of the Church of England." Those
sentiments were loudly applauded in the gallery,
and the
uproar lasted for some time. The lecturer then proceeded
The history of the Reformation was now being cleared
from the misrepresentation of partisans, and every fresh
find established the wickedness perpetrated by the re-
formers. After citing instances, he roferred to what he
called innovations made at the Reformation for which
credit might be taken—the circulation of the BiL)le, the
restoration of the cup to the laity in the Holy Communion,
and the establishment of the service in English. But not-
withstanding these, he contended that the state of religion
in England, and he cited Ridley, Latimer, and Hooper in
proof—was lower after the Reformation than before
Several questions were put, and the meeting became so
noisy and unruly that it was brought to an abrupt ter-
mination.

On the 7th inst. a telegram from Bremen to New
York stated that the tide of emigration for the present
spring for the United States has commenced with in-
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-EIREW-V-EZSUS VAIVDERBILT.

People are getting tired of the Kee Railway War,
but they are bound to follow the fight to the end.
The Drew party have reduced their fares and freights
on the Eric Road, and compelled the New Yolk
Central to follow suit, and they carry passengers
between Albany and New York, a distance of 114
miles, at half a dollar, to damage the Hudson River
and parkin Railway. At Albany Vanderbilt has
came 1 the day, defeating the bill to legalize the
acts of the Erie directors, who have now to trust to
the New Jersey Legislature for protection. The
Board
.of Tra a:t of Chicago and other WestLra
towns, and the Chamber of Coeeneree of New
York, protest against a monopoly, which they con-
sider will paralyze trade, and therefore throw their
influence against Vauderbilt. But the Erie direc-
tors are still fugitives, not a very creditable posi-
tion, and one who atteiraite„l to visit New York in
secret on the 30th Mareli was arrested, and auother
who had made his way to Albany was also
captured. A th:r..l director, it is sail, has
carried W 2,000,000 of the cemp thy's money to
Akron, Ohio, to be used establishing t!ie broad
gauge connection between the Atlantic and. Great
Western Railway aril the Michigan Southern. Mr.
Drew asserts his object to be to use the road for
the benefit of the merchants of, New York, an I he
endeavours to secure their aid., But it is the bus;-
ncss of the directors to manage the property in the
interest of the shareholders, a fact Mr. Drew seems
wholly to have overlooked. The independent
papers denounce both sides, declaring the fight to
be a disgrace to the community. The New York
Journal of Commerce says :—" It is evident to us
that Mr. Drew manipulated the concerns of the
Erie road for years to put money in his own pocket,
regardless entirely of the interests of the regular
stockholders or of the prosperity of the several locali-
ties a better management might have done so
much to promote. It is our conviction that he has
played fast and loose with the finances of that;
corporation -for a long time, with the sole pur-
pose of furthering his private speculations 'and
putting money in his own pocket. On the other
hand, we have no more respect for the style of
management generally adopted by his principal op,.
ponent. Commodore Vanderbilt's general methods
are unscrupulous and overbearing. The Nation
considers it difficult to,state " without indignation
what an amount of depravity leas b-eelbs*,esttaigate
by these quarrels, but still more difficult to under-
stand or even conceive the dense moral apathy, in-
difference, nay, the ghastly relish even, with which
Sc much wickedness is generally regarded:" The
Round Table supports Vanderbilt and decries Drew,
whose " aim is to keep down the price of Erie stock,
because he and his friends are under contract to
return to the company 513,000 -shares which they
had borrowed and sold ; to accomplish their ends
they have almOst produced a money. panic, the dis-
astrous results of which no one could fail to see.
They have broken their trust, disobeyed the law,
violated the injunctions of the court, awl are at
present fugitives from the State." The New 3 ork:
Citizen, ou the other hand, goes in for hearty abuse
of Commodore Vanderbilt. Drew, it says, will
win, because he spends five dollars more readily
than Vanderbilt spends five cents ; not a ba
reason, certainly, nor is the second, if true—
" Vanderbilt is so -widely, deeply, and deservedly
detested by every decent
.man in the community,
that any'fair pretext to hit him a heavy clip over
the head, both will be, and ought to be, gladly
seized and male useful to the uttermost by every
legislative gentleman within striking distance.'
Of all our olious money-kings—vulgar, domineer-
ing, rapacious, unscrupulous, and merciless—Van-
derbilt,, so far as we have had any meaus,of judging,
is by far the most revolting and detestable speci-
men." At the same time it is satisfied that Drew
is a " scallywag," whatever that may be, but as
Vanderbilt is a greater " seallywag,"ave are, says
the Citizen, " brew men 117 to the handle."
Mr. Jay Gould, the Erie director, caught in
New York State, was brought before Judge Barrett
on a writ of habeas corpus, and his counsel de-
. nouncel the measure of Judge Barnard, one of the
bench, in the Vanderbilt .interest; in regard to the
arrest of his client, as scandalous and oppressive.
The action of the New York Judiciary iu the mater
is considered in the highest degree improper. In
the Supreme Court of New York certain questions
were discussed by counsel, and witnesses were
called, among whom was a prominent lawyer named
Haskin. His examination by his learned brother,
Mr. Brady, eventually descended into the lowest
personal wrangle. The war has been transferred to
Albany, and from the courts of j astice this demoraliz-
r inn. contest has entered the Legislature: The bill intro-
ie
duce,d to legalize the immense issue of new shares and
rejected in the House was at once carried' up in a
new form into the Senate, when it gave rise to fierce
personal* deuur.ciations. A false report was spread
is Wall-street that it had passe 1. Erie stock in-
stantly fell from 7b to 7 t 4, anti the fright has since
prevented its full recovery. The following state-
ment was given by the Erie Directorate the Senate
Committee as to the amount of the common stock
of the company :
Issued under thc—
Original certiffrtte
Act of May 4, 1861 25,000
Act of A,Til 11, 1866
Conversions of 4th mortgage bonds
Conversions of sth mortgage bonds
Conversions of Buffalo branch bonds 13,600
Conversions of Long Dock bonds
Act of May 4, 1864, authorising au increase of
55,000,000 2,200,000
Hypothecated with Mr. Drew 5,000,000
Issued under Buffalo, Bradford, and Pitts-
burgh conversions. 1,891,000
Issued in February and March, 1863 10,000,000

Total common stock 531,265,300
Touching these precious individuals who have
created all this sensation, the Springfield Repub-
lican says :—" Vanderbilt's pile' is put at 40
millions, Drew's at 20. One is 73 years old, the
other 71. If we were as old and as rich as either
wouldn't we be at peace with all men and women,
and be trying to make our peace with Providence ?"
—Anglo-American 7 Imes.