The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-26 00:00:00

INDIA.

The Times of India contains the following items of in.
,elligence to the Ist September :

It is announced, on undoubted authority, that the Indian
navy is to be revived.
The select committee of the Legislative Council of India
appointed to consider the new Divorce Act propose that
jurisdiction shall be given under it, not only to the high
courts, but to the principal civil courts in the Mofussil,
and that the courts shall have the power to sit with closed
doors.
A Fine Arts Exhibition is to be opened at Simla on the
21st September.
Sumbulpore has come under British administration ;
the Rajah, who was unable to maintain authority over his
subjects, has voluntarily resigned his independence.
It is proposed to wind up the Bombay Coast and River
Steam Navigation Company.
The Bank of Bombay Commission have resumed their
inquiries. Yesterday Premchund Poychund was further
examined, and it was intimated that he would be again
called for examination.
The sudden outbreak of hostilities on the frontier has as
suddenly been followed by complete quietude, the presence
of an enemy not being visible. But the massing of a very
large force would point to contemplated operations for the
purpose of chastising the tribes which have done violence
on our border.

A military correspondent contributes an article to the
Times on Prussian army manoeuvres in 1868. In most of

the military divisions the customary autumn manoeuvres
have been executed or are going on, but without any grand
gathering of troops. Baying witnessed the manoeuvres
during three days, the writer speaks in terms of high
approval of the manner in which they were con-
ducted, and points out the advantages of the prac-
tice of each officer carrying with him, and frequently

consulting, a map of the country through which the
march is effected. At the close of the work of the twenty
four hours it is the custom of the general in command to

call the mounted officers together, and to comment in
pointed and measured terms on the manner in which
their duties have been performed. An excellent

system also prevails, of placing fresh officers in
command of the two opposed detachments from day
to day ; thus each superior officer present gains
experience of command, and the presiding general attains
that knowledge of their abilities which aids him in working
the system of promotion by selection, or rather by weeding
out, on which the efficiency of the Prussian service so much
depends. The appearance of the troops is described as
being far from smart, but each man always seems to be
" doing all he knows," and doing it well. The greatest
concord prevails. between the three arms of the service.
The uniform youth of the men in the ranks is supposed to
account for the earnestness displayed in their work by the
Prussian soldiers.

Referring to the opinions of Prussian politicians on the
Russian question, the Berlin correspondent of the Times
remarks that they are by no means sure of war, but, on
the contrary, are convinced that the Emperor of France
has not yet made up his mind to stake his throne on the
issue of a battle or two. Yet, as he has permitted the
more warlike among his political friends, at home and
abroad, to take steps which may probably bring on such a
result, they think they are justified in watching his
activity at various points, and keeping contingencies in
view. They have a fertile antagonist, and try to meet his
ingenuity with adequate vigilance.
The application of the law on the tobacco manufactories
is the source of much anxiety amongst the local authori-
ties in Italy. The correspondent of the Post notes that
something very like a riot occurred at Milan a few days
ago. While the men and the women working in a large
establishment were entering the building, they were
arrested by a large number of those who had been dis-
missed on account of the reforms lately introduced. They
dispersed on the authorities interfering, but met again
shortly afterwards in the public gardens, threatening that
they would not depart unless reassured of their previous
appointments. Measures were immediately taken to pre-
vent similar inconveniences from recurring, and a great
I part of the female rioters have been readmitted into the
I manufactory.

The funeral of Filippo Cordova, the eloquent member
of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, was conducted with
all the honours befitting his station and fame, in the chapel
of the Misericordia. The Florence correspondent of the
Daily News thus describes the ceremony : "The
pall was borne by the chief dignitaries of the State, by
the representatives of the supreme tribunals, and of
the Florence municipality ; all the members of the
Cabinet, excepting the Minister of War, who is
now absent from Florence, followed mournfully the
corpse of one who had been himself a member of the
Administration ; every Sicilian of note in the capital
helped to swell the procession, for every Sicilian was
proud of the genius, the learning, the eloquence of his
accomplished countryman ; the National Guaids were
under arms, the muffled drums rolled forth their ominous
notes ; nothing was wanting of the pride and pomp and
circumstance, telling that the man who had fought his
last fight in the battle of life bore amongst his fellow-men
the reputation of a vigorous, high-hearted, successful
combatant."
The banishment of Bishop Popiel has produced a great
sensation in Catholic Poland, and is likely to widen the
breach which already exists between the Russian Govern-
ment and Rome. The dispute arose in consequence
of an attempt to form a Synod in St. Petersburg with •
the object of entirely supplanting the authority of the
Pope. Bishop Popiel and other Catholic dignitaries
were invited to this Synod, but most of them refused
to come, and the Bishop, as the most refractory, was
summoned to appear before the authorities at Warsaw.
He was received by Muchanoff, the director of the
department of Religion, who gave him twelve hours to
reconsider his decision. The Bishop passed the time in
payer, and finally declared to Muchanoff that he
could not in conscience comply with the demand of the
Government, Upon this, sentence of banishment was at
once passed upon him, and he is now on his way to a
distant part of Russia.
Of the 563 watches stolen from the Victoria Rah-
way station, Manchester, a month since, 87 have been re-
covered by the police. The seven prisoners apprehended on
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