, 1875-08-18

Henry of the Netherlands has forwarded
2,000f.
THE SUGAR CONVENTIONS.
PARIS, July 90.
Suhjoined is an extract from the report Of
HI. Teissereno de Bort, an ex-Minister, Report
or of the Committee charged with the exami-
nation of the Sugar Bill, which was adopted
by the Assembly to-day. 1t extends, as will
be seen, the present system till the 1st of
March next, with a special clause relative to
the employment of the saocharometer =
"The system OF Conventions instituted in
1864 comes to an end on the 3lst of July.
It is necessary that a Parliamentary decision
should fix the system to which the sugar in
dustry will be subjected from the lst of August
Till the time when fresh legislation will be Or
ganized. and as the Belgian and Dutch Gov
ernments declare that the arrangements settled
at Brussels cannot be applied to their subjects
before the lst of March, 1876, it seems ration
al to adopt that date as the term of the tempo.
rary system about to be instituted. The Gov
eminent, therefore, asks you to extend till the
1st of March, 1876, the present sugar system.
1t also asks you to confirm by a special clause
the practice Of sacchar0metric control now
adopted by the experts to detect frauds Of
C%0lOuring and it gives reciprocally to the REIN
or and the importer the same option Of de-
manding an examination whenever the effeo-
tive richness of q sugar Is not in relation to
its colour. Your Committee has unanimously
recognized the necessity of the expedient pro-
posed. 1t is in a sense The necessary conse-
quence of analogous decisions taken by the
other countries exporting sugar. 1t becomes
more inevitable than ever now that The Assem-.
bly has decided on adjourning for several
months. Clause 1.-The excise of refnerirs
prescribed by the law of the 2Ist of March,
1874, shall not be put in operation till the LIST
of March, 1876. Clause 2.-The present SUI
gar system, as regulated by the laws of the 7th
of May, 1864, 9Th of July, 1871, 22nd of Jan
uarJ, 1872, 3Oth Of December, 1913, and by
the Convention of the 9th of November, 1864,
with the notifications made therein, is extend
ed I'LL the lst of March, 1876. Clause 3.-In
any case where the colour Of sugars appears not
to correspond to their effective richness, the
Revenue shall call for q legal examination, and
the experts to class it definitely shall resort to
the sacGharometrio process. The refner or
importer, on the other hand, shall have the
option of declaring the class to which the
sugars belong, according to their effective rich
ness, whenever that richness does not oorres-
pond with the colour"
THE POPE.
PARIS, July 80.
Iu a letter addressed to NJ. Dupanloup, COM
plimenting him on the passing of the Universe
ty Bill, the Pope says:-
Though it is contrary to the eternal laws Of
justice and to sound reason to place the true
aud the false on the same level, to allow to
both the same Observation-Disclosures, as the mi
guilty of the times has made right, which by its
nature belongs only to truth, attributed to error,
%. that the latter is allowed the power, wrongly
labelled. with the name of liberty to creep in
and spread at Its will its lying theories of edu-
cation, we acknowledge that your conduct has
been equally wise and opportune in seeking to
extract the antidote from the very poison
which civil society has imbibed and bears in its
hosom. If the laws allow the first conner to
put forward the dreams ofhis ~distempered mind
% dogmas OF science. there is certainly no
reason why, truth should not be accorded the
same liberty"
: goes On TO speak Of principles subverting
not only religion bat human society being
prSpsgated even. from PROFESSIONAL chairs.
BAVARIA. -.
MUNICH, July 30.
Dean Holm. oe WurEburg. Who wss susnendad