, 1870-07-12
lFRoM oCR OWN CORRESPONDENT


railways on rural scenery. The smoke from
locomotives kills the roycs, and ueutralises, b,
it's sulpbnrous stencil, the perfume OF tls
acacia and jasmine. He therefore beep .ths
Corps LegiRlat1f not to sanction the conatrue
ton OF any more railways. Another fnrccul
TACT that smokers form tho great majority oi
railway ssnvellers, and. therefore, it il 1idicu.
]ous, that being the rule, that they should bs
treated al An exception. In other words, be
proposes that the Chamber should pass a law
onacting that henceforth there should be a re.
served carriage in every train for non-smokers,
whilst al the rest OF the train should be free
TO tue votaTies Of tho weed.
This year travellers in Belgium contrast the
Custom House examination Of une's baggage
in that little kingdom with protectionist riEors
in France. While tile French examine every.
thing strictly, Belgium cannot utterly 70.
1mquiBh her right Of examination in return
but articles from which she deriyesmuch Of hel
customs revcnue-caeks Of vino and hogs
heads OF brnndy-a1e not things which travel.
lerB usually conceal about Their persons OF il
their calret-bngs, and, IL you open your port
manteau, i Hi1l only be to close it sgain immed.
lately. The refusal at the frontier stations tc
II enough in Belgium the visitor,
However, and seems absurd. About gold and
silver there IL no difficulty. BY m interna.
tional convention, those metals, coined after q
certain date, are internationally taken by
France, Belgium, Italy, and Switxerl2nd-
wonderful relief to the traveller from the Ia.
bel OF coins which existed forty years ago.
King leopold needs his Wits. The alliance oi
tho G}tramontaues and Radicals suthced to
change the character OF the. Chamber, but it
cannot supply strong. ministry. The King il
deac1lbed as looking in wretched hoalth, and
ho is known, when at Lis best, to be far from
strong. Tho heir presumptiTo to the throne
is the infant son Of the popula, Count Of
Flanders.
The Carlists in Spain have learned ono thinp
il their loug retirement. They dany that it il
their desire to see the Iuquisition restored.
The 1nqnisition has beon condemned by very
sincere Roman Catholics in Spain. and II con.
stituses anything bnt good party cry. The
mischief it worked in tho matefial condition OF
tho firoauit4 IL not rnrgoss-.. Llurentu, uGe
u its Secretaries, states that 81, ,912 perishel
IN the flames; l7,053 were burnt in efisy,
Esnt to the galleys and imprisonment; to which
may be added Aore than 100, 600 families who
emlgr1ted to escape tho tribunal The Inaui-
s,slou Has the activo instrument Of the ruin Of
Spain; it caused the expulsion Of the indus
trlous 3loors, and SOC, 900 jews left tho coun-
~. In 12O years, Spain had loBt threo mill
IONS OF lts most onterprisinR inhabitants. So
that the CarlistR wou1d have uphill work be-
Tore them il they sought to reinstate the In
quistion, il only in name.
Austrian Liberals wero warned by the eI-
ample OF Belgium against combining their
agitation to tho capital The priests have
made desperate exenlons to obtain majority
III tho new Reichsrath, and it was nt first
thought not at all impossible that they rou1d
succeed 10 Lower Austria, the TyTol, Corin-
thia, and DhlmAtia, but thoy seeu1 to be dis
tanned. 1t would, indeed, bo subject OF sin
cere regret amongst tue best friends OF the
Empire II the liberal and progressive lcgisla-
ton OF the last two or thr reo sears waro sud
deny checked. Bills for tho extension Of tie
suffrage, and providing still further for n1-
floEkl education, arc being prepared; but
wete the new Houzo very clerical these pro-
1ects would bo frustrated. II it Is true that
splE has taken place in Fienua between tho
Journalists and the Iouug Lberals-the Inter
taEoring conciliatoty policy toward the M
tioEalitiee-the priests will 1edoublo their ef-
3ort3- Tho Diets do not meet until tho Goth
Of re1t month, aud the Reicharath il not con-
roksd until September. The end Of the rear
will be reached, it il thought, by the t;me tho
delegations arc elected, and the budget passed.
The active canvass which the Pope has per-
aonally made in favor of the proclamation Of
his infallibi1ty must be taken into account in
judging Of tho proceedings Of the Ecumenical
Council. He has IN immense advantage in
th.t respect. For months His Holiness has
selzed every opportunity Of showing tho in
dignation he feels toward those who do not
accept bis views Of an undecided question
and, practically, supposed spiritual advantngcs
hays been made to depend upon agreement
with him as to his individual freedom from
crro:. From tho Catholic standpoint this is
tremendous gain for tho infa1libilists- Had
His Holiness been neutral and simply waited for
the deliverance OF the council under tho guild
ance TO which it appeals-the position Of par
ties would probably at this moment have been
reversed. Meanwhile it ia curious to note
how tue particular Catholics in England who
are mdeayoring to persuade tho high church,
men there to rally round the Primaey Of Home,
Ieguliate the dogma Of the personal infalli-
bllitJ OF the Pope, and lend countonancc to
the predictions that that II the council on
dorseH tho dogma, the Roman Church will be
dislntegrated, and m united church arise from
the ruinr- The Liberal Catholic party in Ger
@a. @an! ne dbeatlng as to their Plans, and PeEo
workers aeem disposed o'DI to assume as0u
aimilar attitude to that Of the Jan-
senista of Franco in the seventeenth century.
1heu purpose is not ut least voluntarily to
quit their church, but while remaining in it,
make no eecret OF their repudiation OF some
of it's doctrines and practices. The question
~, how far they will be permitted to hold this
middle course with impunity. AS to the
speeches in the council, one correspondent
E1ites: 80
t6AuA! AlSCH Nl414-liudlI}
ual1fd1l have been speaking their minds IN SOL
T1an i.nn c9IStnre Mi!n FengeanGGindeed. the
nemselyss foP fea1,ess tn1o1
he duration Of the conncfl. fhers
must be something in the ssr Of 3 perfectly free
country, adorned With Republican institutions.
'nas 4 1 expands ne moral - well aa the physical
a. eren ~ sth5., asaE, enVuSa "
~ for ther nensnence IIfs ed ea an1 Wa Sinn
reIIs and viii nat ,esr ~ rnagnin their 1,herT3ea
MO the hands even Of the on1Y man in tho Worli
hey are bound 10 venerate more than the Prcsl-
lent Of the United States. Whats brave example
hesc he nfe!ates thait Ifom ac5oss the hernggond
'NnT ~ ~ saelr I..' eoneHsaes u lae oo country:
NE ,, 1talian Farliament Is described rs
,pecanS @ iaGgand by Us long discusalons, re-
atlnB p!snctPany 10 nnanclai qneatons. Inc
@ ses5oa a. toGcnes a! 3ss term anu re government
Soulo 4 10 onngen: u was Thought, to send to
ne @ nek1 M session the project Of the st, Goth.
~ ald hsllEag, Which VIII fgre At the head OF
ne pfoiiSon Th " oa slenisteo HIS: 70 me fafna
,oaast no IN ~ 5aes,,6n o. sms TalWay 1s I'M
t aoa ,uo supsay yhh mn1ea They WI nave
he p constr1,ct}on of the ina M is is 0Isu M 1aaa
10 10, eou9 fo1tsfHa ,n,'1;ona III, he, ID no1 aess
bsroo IN stata .'o,. 1rb;ci, .oi .,.o "una 1ot
~ haiancad :. Gnnncos nAa n?s
,ass ps s.,tei III E-snea u,a ;nr;te5 md ,,,aas
~ rn.rs aro IN IAN IN tba rs;;rs1 wv snd ~ ~
nsea AlI concarnad sbatapaT ~ +hn;y ie.in1sv an
~ aocrat ast;sfsctinn sr-aa IN acnn;tt;yya