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THE PACIFIC
GommtrtialAO6ertiset
SATURDAY. JUNE 5.
Foreign Intelligence.
Per Ship Marianne Nottebohm."

LoyDox. May 5.-Tbe Times fully indorscs Mr..
Gladst0ue's letter, and says it would be melan-
choly If the fEst great attempt TO complete indie
pendence should result in social anarchy, though
there il nothing at present to justify such fears.
Grave evils exist in some American Institutions,
which must be remedied if progress is to be kept
up
The Standard severely ~criticises the letter from
Gladstone on the centennial celebration Of the
Battle Of Lexington, and remarks that the habit
Of tuadying TO Americans Is a discredIt 10 English
public men, and generaliZes the result Of the ex-
pertinent in the United States as corruption Of
public life, extinction Of public spirit, oppression
Of the minority, disgust Of honorable men with
politics and transfer Of the Government into the
hands Of corrupt, unscrupulous and Ignorant
men.
The Daily Macs announces that the Earl Of
Pembroke will resign the Under Secretaryship Of
War and will be succeeded by Lord Cadogan.
The British Government intends to send the
irigate Vai0rOuS to survey Bafin's Bay and the
North Atlantic.
BRUSSELS, May An the Chamber of Repre-
sentatiyes to-day VI. Aspermont Linden, Minister
Of Foreign Affairs, read the reply of the Belgian
Government 10 the German note Of February 18th.
IL denies that Belgium had declined to consider
Germany's demands. The question Of fulfilling
the obligation TO prevent subjects from disturbing
neighbOring countries, applies not alone to Bel
GUM, bat 20 all States which regard il as their
duty TO watch over peace. When the Belgian
Government is apprised Of the steps taken in
Germany and other countries to remedy the def
ciencies IN the Penal laws, it will examine its own
on the customs, traditions and liberty Of Belgium,
with the sincerest desire to cooperate in the
maintenance Of friendly relations. Belgium is
governed to fulfill the duties of a neutral State
and cultivate the friendship of Germany.
Mr.. Aspermont said the investigation Of Ouch
esne is now in progress. He closed with an
appeal to the patriotism OF all parties.
Wv--.- NT,- T,I0o Del. e
the United States District Court, in charging the
Grand Jury to-day, said that the Civil Rights
bill in its criminal aspect, which was the only
shape IN which it could come before the Grand
Jury, was unconstitutional and void.
RoNE, May 5-A. M.-The Pope continues i'll,
and his condition has undergone no improvement
since yesterday.
NEw York, May 4.-The Brooklyn Eagle fur
nishes the following copy of Mrs. TiltOn's letter
BROOKLYN, May 3.-Judge Nelson II ask the
privilege from you for a few words in my own be-
half. 1 feel very deeply the injustice of my posi-
ton in the law and before the Court now sitting;
and while l have understood and expected from
the beginning that Mr.. Evarts is the principal in
the matter, vet since your last decision | have
been so sensible of the power OF my enemies that
my soul cries out before you and the gentlemen of
the jury that they beware how by a divided YER
dict they consign TO my children a false and ire
trIevable stain upon their mother. For five years
past / have been the victim Of circumstances most
cruel and unfortunate. struggling from time to
time only for a place to live honorably and truth
fully. Released for some months from the will
by whose power, unconsciously, | eliminated my
self, again and again i declare solemnly before
you, without fear of man and with faith in God,
that | am innocent of the crime charged against
me. would like to tell my whole sad story, truth
fully to acknowledge the frequent falsehoods
wrung from me by compulsion, though at the
same time unwilling TO reveal the secrets of my
married life which only the vital Importance of
my position makes necessary. j assume the en-
tire responsibility of this request, unknown to
friends or counsel of either side, and await your
HonOr's favorable decision. With great respect,
ELIZABETH X. TILToS.
JUDGE NELSON'S REPLY.
Following is Judge Nelson's reply:
Mrs. TiH0n Il am directed by Chief Judge
Nelson to return your letter, as it cannot be read
in Court. Also to state that in civil cases counsel
have the right to refrain from calling a particular
witness, however competent, and that neither
Court nor client can interfere with the exercise of
that right. The Judge also instructs me to say
that the question whether you could be a witness
stands on quite another ground from that consid-
cred when your husband was called and sworn.
He was a competent witness to testify in bis be-
half against a third person 1.-THE defendant), and
while the policy Of the law was to some extent
involved, there was no express statute in the way;
but the statute of May 10th, 1867, expressly de-
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against her husband. Yours, very respectfully,
GEo. w. KNAEBUL, Clerk City Court.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The Southern Republi-
can Senators who are here say that if Judge Pier
repent, as Attorney General, shall choose a Con-
S~;eFSatiye course there will not be a Southern Re
The Senator's maintain 1tl6f that there o tsG Be IL no 1919 Sue
cessful party policy towards the South except that
which was SO long followed by the late Attorney
General, and they claim to have information that
Pierrepont will pursue a different course, and that
his earlier Democratic training will not permit
him to follow too closely in the footsteps of Mr..
Williams. For these reasons these Senators take
a respondent view of the Southern political out
lock. Meanwhile Detective Porter is no longer
employed by the Department of Justice.
LONDON, May 3.-The Unita CatoEca of Rome
comments in bitter terms on the installation of
the Prince of Wales as head of lhe Order of
MlasOns in Great Britain, and declares that this
act Identifies the Anglican policy of Protestant
ism with Masonry.
BERNE, May 3.-The representatives of the
States belonging to the Postal Union ratified the
treaty to-day. France signed subject to the con-
sent Of the Assembly.
SUPPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, May DIR. Falk, Minister of Public
instruction, introduced a bill in the Lower House
of the Prussian Diet to-day, providing for the
of religious orders in Prussia. The
bill relates to the administration of the property
OF tue SdtnOAC OnutCh' anu PdSoeu ls lnlIu
in that Chamber to-day. The bin pro-
yides that all religious orders shall be excluded
from Prussia, existing establishments are forbid
den 70 receive new members, and their present
organizations must be discontinued within six
after the passage of this bill. a partial
exception is made in favor of religious bodies en-
gagged in the work Of education, which may pro-
their existence for a limited number Of years,
and those whose object is the care of the sick may
continue their organization; but are liable to dis
at any moment. The associations thus
continuing are to be subject to the supervision of
Government officials. The property Of Converts
8 not to be conkscated, but will be temporarily
administered by the State.
NEW ORLEANS, April SO.-Mr. c. Clarke of