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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1868.

More progress has been made in Mr. GL AD-
STONE'S tiresome business, and yesterday the II ouse
of Commons received the answer to the addre as on
the Irish Church which had been presented t o her
MAJESTY. On the whole it was as satisfactc pry as
could have been expected under the circurnsitances
of the case. Lord ROYSTON, Controller of the
Household, brought up the answer, ivhich was
framed in as gracious a style as could 'nave been
desired. ller MAJESTY intimated her wish that her
interests in the temporalities of the Irish Church
might not stand in the way of the consideration of
Parli.ament in regard to any measure relating to them,
and relying on the judgment of Parliament she com-
mits her interests to their hands. This answer
called forth loud cheers from the Opposition, and
hence one most vexatious source of strife and con-
fusion has been happily removed. In all reason it
would have been greatly to be deprecated that any
debate of an angry character or any close-run
division should take place on the subject of the
Royal interests in the affair, and the Government
have acted with great discretion in the advice they
have tendered to her MAJESTY. It had been sug-
gested before that a good deal of altercation would
probably arise on this score, and hence the
peaceable settlement of it is the more to be wel-
comed. Not only those who were inclined to make
the most of things from motives of political jealousy,
but some who were anxious on the subject had pre-
mised the Address would form a knotty point. A
great deal of misunderstanding may often take
place upon very slight grounds, and the difficulty
that has arisen on this question of the Irish Church
has certainly been made the most of. Some excuse
may be made in the fact that the whole matter is
one of unusual occurrence, and therefore experience
was not able to guide the doubtful and aid the
timorous, Another thing may also be said : the
practical working of the Constitution is very little
understood by many who nevertheless continue to
talk very glibly about it. To these causes we must
attribute the surprise that was occasioned by the
simple announcement of Lord ROYSTON yesterday,
and it may be expected that after this experience
people will be wiser for the future. It is difficult
to suppose that a statesman of Mr. DISRAELI'S
knowledge and experience should commit such a
blunder as to cause hesitation and create doubt on
the topic. At any rate, no possible blame can attach
itself to the Government for the reply to the Ad-
dress, and they have even gone further than they
might have been expected by the most exacting. In
this they have shown great judgment, and exhi.
bited a caution and a conciliation which we wish
we could see emulated by the Opposition. Mr.
GLADSTONE, doubtless believing himself animated
by the wisest motives, and anxious to connect his
name with a great work of national reform, will not
swerve a hairsbreadth from the course he has
marked out for himself. When the Royal answer
had been read the right hon. gentleman intimated
no further action on his part. Having heard the
" gracious answer" to the address of the House, he
gave notice that to-day he would move for leave to
bring in a bill to prevent " for a limited time any
more appointments to the Church in Ireland, and
to restrain for the same period, in certain respects,
the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners."
In order that the bill may be in print as soon as possible

Mr. GLADSTONE further intimated that he would
move to that effect at any time to-day that might

be convenient.

There is, certainly, nothing unexpected in this,
because the right hon. gentleman has been talking
of the proposition ever since he introduced the
fertile theme of discussion and controversy ; but
the chief thing to regret is the time that will be
lost thereby. There are important questions put
aside altogether, or at best attended to in a hurried
and improper manner, while day after day the
same arguments are used on one side and refuted
on the other. And all to what avail ? That the
new Parliament may find itself fettered
by the proceedings of its predecessor, and
committed to a line of policy it may not approve
of. Enough had been done iu all conscience when
the opinion of the House was taken on the 3d of
April. But no ; Mr. GLADSTONE must have more
than this, and hence all this never-ending business
of introducing bills and establishing precedents. It
is much to be regretted that such should be the case;
but so it is, and the consequences must be taken,
whatever they are. It is not likely that the Go-
vernment will allow the bill to be introduced to-
day to pass without any opposition being made to
it, or at least some protest being made, and beyond
this there is its transmission through the
Upper House to be taken into account, so that
we can see at a glance the hinJrances that are in
the way. At any rate we are very glad that the
matter of the Address should be so satisfactorily
settled, and the circumstance of their giving such
wise and salutary counsel will undoubtedly
strengthen the position of the Ministry, and show
the house and the country that their views are
strictly in accordance with the principles of the
Constitution, and that they are resolved at all
hazards to conform to what is demanded of them.
Such will be the verdict pronounced by the public
on the subject.

Although much has been accomplished of late
years in reforming the administration of our poor-
laws, so far as the metropolis is concerned, there is
still a great deal to be done towards ameliorating
the condition of provincial paupers. From time to
time cases have been brought to light which have
startled the public by the systematic indifference
and neglect they have displayed. The absolute lack
of cleanliness and decency in many of the wards
removed even the old-established conviction that,
whatever were the shortcomings of such institu-
tions, they were at least clean and orderly. The
want of classification which, until very recently,
has been the crying evil of all workhouses, is
experienced in full force in most of the country
workhouses, while there is an absence of that check
insensibly placed upon neglect and mismanagement
by the pressure of surrounding opinion. The
efficient administration of the poor laws is without
doubt a very difficult matter, and, however anxious
our modern legislators may be to fulfil their duties
in the most conscientious and public-spirited
manner, they are forced to confess the onerous
nature of the task. Last evening in the House of
Lords the question was raised by the Earl of CAR-
NARVON, who brought forward a case of dispute be-
tween the Poor Law Board and the Guildford
Board of Guardians. The Guildford Board, it
seems, had appointed a police constable as their
relieving officer, an appointment to which there was
no objection in itself, only the constable acted on a
peculiar principle. Ile inquired into every case
before granting relief, and when he considered that
the applicant was a professional tramp or vagrant
he refused any relief. Vagrants form undoubtedly
one of the most difficult and unsatisfactory classes
with which officials have to deal ; at the same

visit.

/time it is illegal to withhold all assistance from
intth 'ln if they should require it. The case itself is
Il'P:it of pressing moment, but it serves to typify the
, anomalies of our system. The Poor Law Board

gives certain directions which a Board of Guar-
dians refuses to act upon, and consequently the
Poor Law Board has no resource but to act against
the subordinate officer. In this instance it is the
officer who is in fault, but in many cases the Board
of Guardians may give him opposite directions, so
that he finds it impossible to obey both. A police-
constable may possibly be a better judge of the
character of vagrants than either the local guardians
or the authorities of the Poor Law Board, but the
want of order and obedience is painfully mani-
fest. The discussion of this matter elicited
several speeches on Poor-law relief in' ge-
neral, and several noble lords expressed
their conviction that a complete investigation into
the whole system was needed. Lord ItEDESDALE
and the Earl of KIMBERLEY were both very appre-
hensive of too charitable a construction being put
upon the poor law, and declared that if such were
the case most dangerous evils would result. The
noble lords do not seem to consider cases like those
of TIMOTHY DALY or RICHARD GIBSON, or the horri-
ble revelations of Farnham, to be dangerous evils.
The grievances of the ratepayers are, in their eyes,
of much more moment than the sufferings of the sick
paupers. But they seem to forget that many of these
sufferers have been ratepayers themselves for years,
and as such have some claim on the parochial funds.
Vagrants and tramps, and even more stationary
able-bodied paupers, deserve short measure and
strict discipline; but no forethought or self-denial,
or sobriety or industry, can guarantee a working
man or woman against being driven to the work-
house in sickness or old age. It is very well for the
Earl of KIMBERLEY to talk about the duty of laying
by such a provision as will keep them from being
a burden to the State ; but in our complex and
over-crowded society, with the fluctuations of trade,
the high price of the barest necessaries of life, and,
above all, the uncertainties of health and life among
the toiling classes, the greatest prudence must some-
times fail.

LATEST INTELL LGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TUKKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 12.

The Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark ar-
rived here on Saturday, from Athens, on a short

The Sultan went in state yesterday to the Porte
to pay the usual visit on the occasion of the Turkish
new year, and to inaugurate the new Council of
State.

His Majesty delivered a speech, confirming the
announced reforms, and the establishment of per-
fect equality between his subjects.

GERMANY.

VIENNA, May 13.

The New Free Press of to-day says :—" The
Chancellor of the Empire has sent a reply to a note
of Lord Stanley respecting the execution of the
treaty of Commerce with Austria, assuring the
English Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that
he will exercise all his influence to see the stipula-
tions fully carried out."

AMERICA.

(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAFII.)

THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT

JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, May 12.

The Senate Court agreed to-day to postpone the
final vote upon the impeachment of President
Johnson until Saturday. The Court then adjourned
until that day.

FRAI
BOURSE, May 12.—Thi
closed as follows :

TOE.
.ee o'clock.—The market

41 per Cent.
End of month
3 per Cent
End of month 69 35
Credit Mobilier 252 50
End of month 252 50
Credit Foncier _1467 50
End of month._

Bank Shares
Italian Loan —
End of month —
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes 371
Home Debt
Deferred —

RAILWA"

Orleans
Northern ...........
Lyons and Mediterranean....
Southern..
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman..

Cash
86P
1196 f
910
578 f
557;
4'21
• 566 f
• 375
• 70
• 88
... 43

STATE OF TRADE.

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MANCHESTER, May 12.—We have had a very flat
market and even a further decline in
prices
has
failed to-day, -dta'
to induce business. Spinners of
again
shipping yarns have in some cases reduced their
quotations by about id. per lb., but there is irre-
mguiglahrtitybeinnatinhie, which aresdrespect, and favourite
dearrites opir
evenings
fully as
dearer than last week. The market for this class of
yAatr
about
n t generallyid. p er
lhasb.
lowerbee n
thveryan
spinnersquiet an darienwaciltliivneg.
ltioe acceptved w 3 someu idh
aoffers e
dh have
a l
e been made,
badues,inaensds.it
hbiele-
spinners, however, refuse the further concession,
are equally
ually firm in declining
has
stillt beenotame.
purchase.
Inbu yers
home-tradenr
yarns themarket
Prices are drooping, but even a decline has failed
to secure purchases. Quotations arefully .id . per
lb. down as compared with last Friday, and the de-
cline is a great deal more marked •
as compared with
last Tuesday. In cloth we have much the same de-
pression and inactivity which was reported last
Tuesday, and buyers have continued to hold aloof,
or have made offers only at greatly reduced rates. As
a rule holders of cloth and manufacturers have not
been disposed to meet these low-priced offers, not-
withstanding the pressure of stocks. The quotations
of all descriptions of cloth, however, have weakened
since last Tuesday, and the rates offered show a still
further decline to-day. The day closes upon a very
flat market, with scarcely any business practicable.
The India advices are not yet of a character to en-
courage business. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. re-
port of this day's cloth market :—" Continued de-
pression has characterised our market since last
Tuesday, and though the offers made at daily re-
duced rates have led to but little business, we find
prices materially weaker. To-day there is even less
disposition to operate, and transactions are of a
most limited extent."
CARDIFF, 11th.—There is a tolerably good de-
mand for steam coal, and shipments at the docks are
being steadily carried on, principally on foreign ac-
count, and if present anticipations are realised there
will be a gradual increase in requirements from
some of the foreign markets. The exports for the
month just ended show an increase of 39,326 tons
over the corresponding period of last year. For
house qualities there is an increased demand, West
of England and Irish houses preparing to lay in
stocks. The increased export of iron to the United
States and British colonies have caused the hands
at one or two of the establishments to be better em-
ployed. The plates are rather easier in price.

EXPIRING LAWS.—The annual list of temporary
laws has been laid before Parliament. There aro several
which will expire at the end of next session, and three at
a much earlier date—tho Alkali Works Act ou July 1
1868; the Act of 1866 relating to the authentication of
documents in proceeding under extradition treaties, which
expire on September 1, 1868; and the Militia Pay Act,
which also expires on September 1. These Acts will,
doubtless, be renewed. The llabeas Corpus Suspension
Act was renewed until Lady-day, 1869, so that the pre-
sent Parliament need not concern itself about it.

VORRESPONDENOE FROM PARIS.

(PROM OUR Oft CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY, May 12.

The great debate on Free Trade has not been lively thus
fit. There were but two speeches delivered yesterday,
or rather read, for both M. Kolb Bernard and M. de
Tillancourt resorted to pen and ink. Both addresses
were on the same side, i.e., antagonistic to free trade in
general and the Anglo-French Treaty in particular. M.
Bernard drew a most gloomy picture of the state of trade
and industry in France. He declared that owing to thelow•
ness of prices, the suspension of labour, and the depreciation
of capital, there had been a diminution in the resources of
the manufacturer to the extent of 25 per cent. In the
district of which Roubaix is the centre the loss is esti-
mated at 8 millions sterling. M. Bernard then pointed
to the 48 millions sterling lying idle in the Bank as another
proof of the paralysis of trade. At the same time that
this calamity has fallen upon us we find, said M. Bernard,
that the cost of government and the costof the necessaries
of life have largely increased. 'There is a scarcity of food, and
though it may be argued that free trade in corn hasrendered
this scarcity less felt, it must be remembered that, being
bound up with other countries as we now are, we are made
to share in their distress. The consequence of the dan-
gerous theory of free trade is the annihilation of every
branch of industry in a country which cannot support
foreign competition. M. Bernard then went on to answer
the argument that free trade converted all the nations into
one common republic, by arguing that the first duty of a
nation was to maintain its independence. Free trade had
reduced the profits of the manufacturers by importing
foreign manufactures, and had increased the price of
food by exporting wheat, &c. Free trade had, he
declared, in spite of its claim to destroy monopoly,
rendered it impossible for any but large manufactories to
exist. He then described the condition of the iron trade
and the cotton trade. He said that at Roubaix alone
sixty-seven establishments had been closed since 1861, but
as he went on to say that thirty-four of them had been
closed since last year, it is clear that something else than
free trade has been the cause of this misfortune. He then
referred to the stagnation which prevailed at Havre, Nantes,
and other centres of the shippinginterest. He contrasted the
position of France with that of England,and declared that the
latter country had benefited by the commercialtreatyat the
expense of the former, a result which was only in direct
accordance with Mr. Gladstone's prophecy eight yearsago.
Such a result was inevitable, for in England manufactures
were everything, agriculture nothing; and how therefore
could France,which was so largely an agricultural country,
contend against the manufacturing energy of England ?
He concluded by declaring that his programme was peace
abroad and conservative progress at home. He u. g d
that as France was prosperous under the old rigime, that
regime ought to be rostored, and that this was the only
means of calming the country.

M. de Tillancourt's written speech was shorter, though
much to the same purpose. His chief point was, that at
the commencement of MG nearly five million quintals of
wheat were exported, which some months later had to be
repurchased from abroad at a higher price by almost four
millions sterling than they had been sold for. He declared
that French agriculture was in a most precarious state.
It was expected that, M. Thiers would have spoken to-day,
but I hear this afternoon that he will not speak before
to-morrow.

M. Michel Chevalier has written a letter to the Journat
des Debuts in order to explain away his share in the unfor-
tunate CrMit Mobilier. He states that he was not one of
the managing committee, and that his good faith is shewn
by the fact that h€ and his friends still hold a large number
of shares in the concern. There is no doubt at all
about M. Chevalier's bond fides ; at the same time
it cannot be denied that his official connection with
the concern inspired confidence in the minds of a large
number of persons who would not otherwise have felt it.
He was a director, and was paid for being so, and it is there-
fore rather an'aggraration of the grievance that he should
not have acted. The very fact that he had a large hold-
ing only served to mislead people still further.
The Archbishopcf Algeria has landed at Marseilles, and
is on his way to Paris. It is believed that he is coming
to see the Emperor respecting his quarrel with. Marshal
Macmahon, the governor. The marshal, by the way,
seems to be unpopular in Algeria just now. There has
been a formidable disturbance in the capital, at which
there were cries raised for his removal.
The Epoque, a paper which was started by M. Clement
Duvernois, who seceded from the Liberte because of its
anti-imperialism, states that great activity has prevailed
lately at the arsenal of Bourges. General Bazaine hat
been sent there on a special mission from the Emperor.
A great number of general officers are constantly passing
between Paris and Bourges. As the latter town is in the
centre of France, and not on the frontier, I do not see
that much importance. is to he attached to this activity.
There has been a grave quarrel between M. Pic and M.
Vitu, editors of the semi-official Etendard. The first
claims £3,600 as the price of his resignation. The matter
;s to come before the law courts.

The Figaro has a bit of English news for French
readers, which will be new also to you. Having been
asked by its subscribers what ii the meaning of the
" Esq." after English names, the Figaro says that it is
the title assumed by Englishmen who think " Sir " too
plain and commonplace.

There is no doubt that the commercial treaty between
the Zollverein and Austria will be adopted, and that
Mecklenburg will then enter the Zollverein. The Customs
Parliament has not too much time for getting through its
work. It has to rise on the 27th in order to make way for
the Federal Parliament. These assemblages are really
becoming quite bewildering. First, there is the
Prussian Parliament, which decides the affairs of the
country alone ; then the Federal Parliament, which deals
with matters belonging to the whole North German
Confederation ; then the Customs or Zollverein Parlia-
ment, which considers those commercial matters that
concern the whole of Germany, excluding Austria, which
technically does not belong to Germany, having been
thrust out by the Treaty of Prague. At the present time
there are twenty States in the North German Confedera-
tion, with an area and population varying from the
137,066 English square miles and the 22,769,436
inhabitants of Prussia to the 106 square miles
and the 98,575 inhabitants of Bremen. The
total area of the Confederation is 160,624 square miles,
and the population 27,978,651. South Germany consists
of only six States—Bavaria, Wiirtemberg, Baden, Hesse-
Darmstadt, Reuss-Greiz, and Lichtenstein—the first with
29,347 square miles and 4,657,367 inhabitants, and the last
with 61 square miles and 7,153 inhabitants. In fact, the
reigning prince of Lichtenstein rules a territory no larger
than many an English parish, and no more subjects than
may be found in many an English agricultural town. The
area of South Germany is 45,951, and of all Germany,
North and South, 206,575 square miles, and the popula-
-8,606,948 and 36,585,599 respectively. This is about a
million and a half fewer inhabitants than France
possesses.

The Austrian Chamber of Deputies has just made a
step in the right direction by voting a law to permit the
free exercise of the profession of advocate. Hitherto the
right to plead before the courts of justice has depended
solely upon the discretionary power of Ministers. Herr
Giskra, one of the most notable advocates in Austria, made
a speech on the subject, in which he said that he was six-
teen years endeavouring to obtain the necessary permission.
Henceforth every doctor of law, aft& four years' study and
an examination, will be permitted to plead. This is a
change which the rest of Germany will envy, and, no
doubt, will speedily effect. Nothing more remarkable has
been seen in our generation than the thoroughness with
which Austria is carrying eat her Liberal programme, and
the rapidity with which she is advancing to the front rank
of Liberal and constitutional States.

The Sultan of Turkey presided in person on Sunday at
the solemn opening of the Council of State which is
destined to form the nucleus of a representative Govern.
ment. Although Turkey has now representative institu-
tions, and Christians are allowed to take part in the
administration, that portion of the Sultan's subjects are
still very far from being properly represented. Thus,
according to a Moscow paper, while there is one delegate
for every 38G Mussulman inhabitants, there is only one for
every 30,575 Christians. It is satisfactory to find, how-
ever, that the Sultan said that the time was come for
Turkey to abandon its old traditions and draw closer to
Western Europe by adopting more liberal institutions.

As some of our contemporaries have been misled by a
recent telegram into a strange geographical and political
blunder, it may be as well to state that the " Sultan "
whose death was reported at Gibraltar lately, and which
event it was said would probably give rise to an insurrec-
tion, is not, as our contemporaries supposed, the Sultan of
Turkey, but the Sultan of Morocco. the " Prince of Be,
lievers " and " Vicegerent of God upon Earth," as
he is called by his subjects. I)•is rule extends
over the four territories of Fez, 11-lorocco, Suse, and
Tafilleet. Tunis is in quite another case. It has been sub-
ject to both Turkey and Algeria, but has thrown off the
yoke of both, and the Bey, who now rules the country, is
virtually independent, although he still sends a- yearly
tribute to Constantinople.
The Liberals of Belfast are advocating the claims of that
great and growing constituency to a third member. It
contains 160,000 inhabitants, and the Liberal party con-
tend that nothing could be more unjust than to give a
Conservative colleague to Mr, Bright at Birmingham and
a Conservative member to the City of London, on the
representation of minorities' principle, and to refill• a
Tam' Colleague to the Tory ulembcrOgy Pvki4t,

711 E ENDOWMENT OP ROMAN CATHO-
LICS IN THE COLONIES.

(From the Trinidad Star of the West.)

We are requested to publish the following despatches,
from the Grenada Chronicle of March 7th, 1868 :
" To Sam. Mitchell, Esq., Colonial Secretary, &o.

" The Lieutenant-Governor has the honour to transmit
to your Honourable House copy of a despatch from the
Secretary of State, in answer to a memorial addressed to
his Grace, from the Roman Catholic clergy of the island,
relative to the omission of the Legislature to make any
provision for them.

0 The Lieutenant-Governor begs to invite the consi-
deration of your Honourable House on this important
subject. " ROBT. M. MUNDY.
" Government Office, 3d March, 1868."
"Downing-street, Bth October, 1867.
" Sir—l have received your despatch (431) of 19th
Augist, with a copy of a despatch from the Adminis-
trator of Grenade, forwarding a memorial addressed to
me by the Roman Catholic clergy in Grenada, relativo to
the omission of the Colonial Legislature to make any pro-
vision for them.

" I observe that the salaries and allowance of the Pro-
testant Establishment aro equivalent to £2,220 per annum,
and it cannot be denied that the Roman Catholic popula-
tion is not equally dealt with by the appropriation of this
sum in a great measure out of the funds levied upon the
population at large, to the support of the Protestant
Churches, whilst no provision is made for the clergy of the
Roman Catholic Church; which comprises a considerable
majority of the population.

"It would give much satisfaction to her Majesty's
Government if you could lead the Legislature of Grenada
to take the subject under their consideration.—l have, &c.
(Signed) " BUCKINGHAM AND CIIANDOS.
"Governor Walker, C. 8., ecc."

AN ECCLESIASTICAL MAX.—Many of the
churchwardens of the Archdeaconry of Exeter were
hoaxed at the recent visitation of the Archdeacon (Free-
man) by a paper of questions sent to them, and which
they wore required to fill up in making their presentments.
They were accompanied by extracts from Dr. F. G. Lee's
"Directorium Anglicanum," in the compilation of which
Archdeacon Freeman assisted. The following were some
of the questions :—" Have you at the expense of the parish
provided an amice, a chasuble, an alb, a stole, a masupip,
a zucchetto, and boretta ?" "Are these vestments white—
according to a recent recommendation of the archdeacon
or coloured ?" "Is the communion-table removed, and an
altar of stone substituted for it ?" "Is there an incenso-
pot ?" " Does your priest know when to join his fingers,
when to stick his elbows into his sides, when to bow,
when to turn north, south, east, west ?" " Does he burn
incense at the proper time ?" "If so, how does it smell ?"
"Does he wash his fingers in the ablutions, as directed,,
and then swallow them ?" " Does he wash the corporal ?'
The case of Bryant v. Foot, which has been
pending in the courts for about five years, and which in-
volves the right of the clergy to marriage fees, was de-
cided in the Exchequer Chamber on Saturday. Tho de-
fendant was the rector of Horton, in Buckinghamshire,
and he claimed a fee of 10s. for the rector and 3s. for the
clerk of the parish upon any marriage solemnized in the
church. The plaintiff claimed a return of the fees he had
paid. The case was argued some time since in the Court
of Queen's Bench, when the majority of that court (Mr.
Justice Blackburn dissenting) gave judgment in favour of
the plaintiff. The defendant appealed against that judg-
ment, and the matter was argued some time since in this
court, when time was taken for consideration. The Chief
Baron now delivered the judgment of the court. It ap-
peared, he said, that from 1801 to 1854 these fees had been
paid, and the question was whether the court should hold
that the claim by prescription could be sustained ;. the
majority of the Court of Queen's Bench had determined
that it could not, and the majority of this court was of
opinion that the judgment of that court should be
affirmed. In order to show that a claim to such a fee was
legal, it must be shown to have existed from the time of
legal memory (Richard I). The payment must have been
made from time immemorial, and it must have been the
same fee in amount. It was impossible to suppose such a
fee as 13s. could have been paid upon a marriage in a
small parish in the time of Richard I. It was proof to re-
but the conclusion that the payment had been made from
time immemorial. The judgment of the Queen's Bench
would, therefore, be affirmed. Mr. Justice Keating
dissented, and read a very long judgment explaining his
views.

The natives on the Western side of India will
soon be modifying their opinion of the integrity of the
British character. The incidents connected with the fall
of the Bank of Bombay gave them a shock, and now a
strange story is brought by the mail of another breach of
trust. According to this statement a Iliudoo placed a
sum of money intended for educational purposes in the
hands of the cathedral trustees. Instead of applying it
to education they diverted it "for repairing and orna-
menting the fabric of the cathedral." They have all, it
appears, virtually admit'ed the "grave error they have
committed." Are our countrymen in Bombay beginning
to think,'with soma "competition-wallahs" and officers
in her Majesty's service, that any sort of treatment is
good enough for people with dusky skins2—Pall dull
Gazette.

Whether the Prince and Princess of Wales liked
Ireland so well as to desire to reside there occasionally
the public has no means of judging, says the Pall Mall
Gazette, but the Irish people have baen encouraged by
their visit to hope that the Queen will allow a Royal palace
to be built in Borne part of their beautiful country. Seven
years ago Archbishop Whately wrote—" A residence of
the Sovereign for two or three months annually would do
more to make Ireland peaceable and loyal than all the
bullying and all the coaxing that have been alternately
tried." Irishmen who best know their own countrymen
still hold that opinion, and there is this to_ be said for the
experiment which they recommend—that no one could
object to it as being either " subversive " or extravagant.
It would be the easiest and the cheapest method of pacify-
ing a people ever adopted, and the Empress of Austria
seems to have tried it with some success in Hungary.
That the House of Commons would cheerfully co-operate
with her Majesty in the desire to establish a Royal resi-
dence in Ireland can scarcely be doubted. On Friday
night Sir Cohnan O'Loghlen will bring forward a motion
in the House designed to express this disposition on the
part of members of all shades of opinion. To associate
the name of the Queen with such a purpose is to bring
the influence of her Majesty to byar upon the present
crisis in a manner which does no dishonour to her exalted
position or to her past life, and therefore is well worthy
the attentive consideration of the Prime Minister.
A correspondent of the Evenement Illustre, who
was admitted some days back to an audience of the Popo,
gives in a letter from Rome to that journal some interest-
ing details about the Holy Father. He. says:—" The
Pope is pretty tall and stout, without being obese. The
furniture of his private room is a square table, with two
chairs, and an armchair for himself. The room is very
small, with a low ceiling, no curtains, and the walls
covered with paper of the cheapest sort. Those of the
grand official saloons are covered with silk. His bedroom
has yellow curtains, no carpet, and a brick floor, with a
little bedstead of iron without curtains. He is very neat
in his person ; his hands, which are half covered with
white mittens, are particularly attended to. He rises at
six o'clock, shaves himself, and says his Mass in a little
private chapel ; and then hears another. At eight.
o'clock he takes a small cup of chocolate, and at half-past
eight receives his Ministers. Cardinal Antonelli comes
every day to the Vatican, and when prevented from doing
so the Under-Secretary of State, Monsignor Marini,
takes his place. The other days of the week the
other functionaries in their turn transanct business
with him. At half-past ten o'clock the Ministers With-
draw. The audiences then begin and are not over till
one. At two o'clock the Pope dines in his private apart-
ment. His repast is of the most modest kind, and it always
ends with a sweetmeat of which all Italians are fond.
From half-past two to throe he takes his siesta, at
three he reads his Breviary, and at half-past five
goes out for a drive in a carriage with four
horses, accompanied only by two young priests. If the
weather permits he alights and walks in the most retired
parts of the city ; nevertheless, he is followed by upwards
of two thousand persons, who walk after him in silence.
When it rains his Holiness proceeds to the galleries of
the Vatican when the visitors have retired. He is a great
lover of antiquities, as proved by researches and resto-
rations he is continually snaking. On his return home,
at six o'clock, the audiences recommence and last till ten
at night, when he retires to sup. He goes to bed at eleven,
and the next day goes through the same routine. Though
advanced in years, he sings very well, and, what is quite
unknown even to many Romans, plays well on the violon-
cello. When I was received with my companion, the
chamberlain plucked me by the sleeve to make me kneel.
The Pope, perceiving the movement, spared us the genu-
flexion, and made us approach the table at which ho was
sitting. 'So, then,' his Holiness said, you are two jour-
nalists, friends, going together to Naples ?' Ile spoke
about Naples, and asked us how wo liked Rome, adding
that people found themselves very free during their stay.
He then took two photographic likenesses of himself, one
for each of us, and, with a sly smile, said, ' I am going to
write something for the journalists,' and, in a firm hand,
traced these words :
" Diligite veritatem, filiam Dei ;'
after which he held out his hand to us. His affability is
extreme. He speaks French with as much accent as
Rossini, and the impression he produced on me was that
of a pleasant and tranquil old man who appears to be but
little occupied with external matters."

It is to be presumed that the steeplechase course
in the Bois de Boulogne is not of a very severe character,
for on Thursday M. de Vesin made and won a bet that he
would ride over it fairly from end to end without touching
his horse's bridal. The well-trained animal accordingly
jumped the hedges, ditches, rails, brook, and banquette
irlandaise without making a single mistake. It tried to bolt
at the last turn,
.but its rider -easily managed_ to keep it
traight "stick.''

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TMS DAl'.

TITANIES.

SANGUINARY AFFAIR.- —Stephen Jennings, of
-No. 20, High-street, Poplar, labourer, aged 20
years, John Sandiing, 25, of No. 10, Cotton-street,
Poplar, labourer; and Mary Jane Swails, 25, of
No. 5, Goodliffe-street, Poplar, a woman of loose
character, were brought before Mr. Benson charged
with violently assaulting James Finney, police-
constable, No. 71 K; Henry Peters, 183 K ; and
James Pike, No. 314 K ; in the execution of their
duty.
The head of the prisoner Swans was bandaged.
She has received a most severe wound from the
police-constable Finney, who is himself confined to
his room. He has received a severe blow from
his own truncheon, taken away from him in the
course of a drunken and disgraceful brawl in which
the prisoners took part, and it is feared that he is
labouring under concussion of the brain.
Mr. Matthew Brownfield, surgeon, of the East
India _Dock, said he was called upon to attend Fin-
ney at half-past two o'clock this morning. There
was a lacerated wound on the back of the head.
The constable was confused and stupid from the
effects of the blow, and he feared there was con-
cussion of the brain. The prisoner Swails had also
been wounded. There waa a wound 2} inches
long ou the forehead, and she had lost a good deal of
blood. It was a fair blow, and no doubt inflicted
with a policeman's staff.
Peters, a police constable, 183 K, saw the two
male prisoners fighting in the High-street, Poplar,
this morning. Finney was there previously, and
he advised the prisoners to go home. They would
not, and each accused the other of knocking him
about. Jennings struck Finney on the face.
He and Finney took Jennings into custody,
and led him off towards the station-house.
The woman Swails then came up, and
seized Finney by the back part of the neck and
held on him like a leech. Several others assisted
her, and Finney, who was ill-used, drew his staff
from the leather case behind him. After some
scuffling the staff was taken from Finney by some
one, who struck him atremendous blow on the back
of the head which felled him to the ground, where
he laid prostrate for ten minutes.
In answer to Mr. Benson, the constable said that
Sandling assisted him in securing the other pri-
soners after the blow was struck which disabled
Finney. He believed in the affray the woman was
struck on the head by Finney with his truncheon.

Jennings, who was injured, said he did strike
Finney after he was struck on the head by him.
Mr. Benson remanded Jennings and Swails for a
week, and said that any injuries they received was
caused by their violence and disorderly conduct.
He discharged Saudling, and warned him not to
indulge in any more drunkenness and disorder. It
was entirely through Jennings and Sand Hug getting
drunk and fighting that three persons had met
with injuries, and one officer was disabled. This
was the result of the horrible vice of drunkenness.

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, May 12.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Chris-
tian and Princess Beatrice, walked in the grounds
yesterday.
Prince Le.)pold also went out.
Princess Louise drove out.
Prince and Princess Christian dined with her
Majesty in the evening.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, May 12.
Her Majesty and suite left Windsor Castle this
morning at half-past 10, and arrived here at half-
past 11 o'clock.

S 7. THO.ILIS'S HOSPITAL.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE-THIS PAY.

Her Majesty having consented to lay the founda-
tion stone of St. Thomas's Hospital, the President,
Governors, and Treasurer, set about making pre.
parations in order to receive her Majesty with be-
coming honour. For some weeks hundreds of men
have been engaged in the erection of a gigantic
covered " pavilion," beneath which the ceremony
might be performed with all the pomp and magnil-
ficance such an unusual event required. The SP.'
of the new hospital at Stangate consists in part of
land reclaimed from the bed of the river by the
erection of the South Thames Embankment, and ex-
tends from Westminster-bridge to Lambeth Palace,
and already the brickwork of the foundation has been

completed at a cost of £40,000. The principal at-
traction of the hospital will be in the centre of the
building, opening into New Palace-road, and 8.
handsome Hight of steps will conduct to a spacious
hall, above which will be the chapel. The tempo-
rary pavilion erected for the ceremony contained
sitting accommodation for upwards of 3,000 per-
sons, and consisted of about 20 rows of chairs,
rising one above the other, so as to afford an unin-
terrupted view of the proceedings to all who had
received the requisite ticket of admission. It was
lined with scarlet and white cloth, the floor
being covered with crimson drugget, and large
banks of exotics were placed around. The principal
object, however, that at once attracted the
attention was the splendid canopy above the
dais, which was formed of light blue velvet, lined
with crimson silk, and ornamented with a profusion
of gold cord tassels and deep fringe. The front was
further ornamented with the letters V. R., sur-
rounded by a crown, and at either side the royal
standard was fixed to tall Venetian flag masts.
Around the large building hundreds of flags of
other nations were fixed in front of each cluster
where:the royal initials were placed, and a few feet
from the chair of state beneath the canopy was
the centre pier of the north side of the chapel, the
" receiver " being a huge block of Portland stone, in
which was the cavity for the reception of the coins of
the realm, the plans, &c., over which was suspended
a large block of polished granite, the stone which
it was her Majesty's pleasure to lay. On it was
deeply cut the following inscription :—" This stone
was laid by her most gracious Majesty Queen Vie"
toria, on the 13th of May, 1868." The company
began to arrive shortly after nine o'clock, and were
received by the Governors of the Hospital, and con-
ducted to the seats provided for them. Her Ma-
jesty's Ministers and their ladies occupied a gallery
on the left of the dais. The members of the
Cabinet were attired in the Windsor uni-
form, and the members of the House of
Peers and Commons were adequately provided for.
At 11 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli arrived, and
immediately he made his appearance he was received
with vehement cheering. Mr. Tite conducted the
right hon. gentleman to the nearest gallery on her
Majesty's left, but it appeared that some uncer-
tainty existed as to where the right hon. gentleman
was to sit. After some minutes' conversation with
the officials, the Premier and his lady were con-
ducted to the seats where the members of the Cabi-
net were sitting, and here a difficulty again seemed
to arise, for Sir Stafford Northcor.e had to
vacate his seat in order to accommodate his
leader, the Secretary for India contenting
himself for some time with a sitting in
the gangway. At a quarter past eleven the
military were called to " attention," and every
person arriving after that was regarded with the
utmost interest by the brilliant company at this
time assembled iu the building. The scene was
now one of the most animated description and of
the utmost magnificence. The Archbishop of Can-
terbury now arrived, and was accommodated with
a chair in the centre of the pavilion, midway be-
tween the throne and the sheers, to which the
huge lump of granite was suspended.
At 25 minutes to 12 the military band, stationed
outside the grand entrance, commenced the grand
anthem of Old England, and amidst its strains her
Majesty entered the ;pavilion in company with Sir
John Musgrove, the president of the Hospital,
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess
Louise, and Princess Beatrice. Her Majesty hail-
ing ascended the dais the National Anthem Ice's
snug by the choir, the whole of the company taking
up the strain in a subdued but effective manner'
Her Majesty wore a dress of black
her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
a dress of lavender silk, white lace shaw, and bon'
net, the:Royal Princesses also being attired in the
most elegant morning costume. The Prince of
Wales, Prince Christian, and the Duke of Caul-
bridge were iu full military uniform, each wearing
the jewels of the illustrious orders of which they
are knights.
Her Majesty was attended by the Mistress of the
Robes, the Master of the Horse, the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-Chamberlain, the
Lord and Lady in Waiting, &c.
Her Majesty then received a short address from
the president, treasurer, and governors of the Royal
Hospital, which was read by the president, and
presented to her Majesty with a statement of the
proceedings of the governors to provide for the
erection of the new hospital. Her Majesty then
'
advanced to the spot where the stone was to 13e
laid. The president them handed to the Clue'o
Sic
t
copies of the charters of King Edward the S
Ai
founding and endowing the hospital, of the
of Parliament providing for the managereerirt,
of the hospital and authorising the 1311
the
chase of a new site, and a list of
governors of the hospital. The treasurer haoteuea
to the Queen the coins, and her Majesty Pl4c
them, with the documents, in a glass vessel, willeb,
Senn
with the assistance of the architect, Mr. geie.
Curry, her Majesty deposited beneath the stop
The architect then handed the trowel to the Queen,
a in
who proceeded to lay the stone, being assist'
the use of the line and plummet by the builder
rl
Perry and Mr. Cleland, the clerk of the w°,oo
d the
taps, Majesty gave the stone the customary t"
taps, and then, amidst the fire of cannon an troll
flourish of trumpets, the stone was declared t'
laid. His grace the Archbishop of CanterburYte7s,
bi
offered up an appropriate prayer, asking the blab
ing of the Almighty upon their work, after
the Old Hundreth was sung by the whole of
vast company. dietioe,
His Grace haVing pronounced the bene •og
the military bands performed a grand marcuht,bdourirtliea
which her Majesty was conducted by the a
of the hospital to her carriage. snore
The whole of the ceremony did not last
thanTh half-an-hour. the lina
e attendance of the public throughout
ate,
of route, from Buckingham Palace.
l pn.toSrtta;:g,:ho
was immense, and cheered the royal
occupied open carriages both going and r'Atirnillg'
in the most enthusiastic manner.

Indian
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fully known, oven furthor increase the demand for u%
Choice, long-approved Teas. They are nog sold
only in Packets, signed "Ifortaritatz,". Loudon.