New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-20
GENERAL NOTES.

Mr. c.. O. Trevelyan, NJ. T., recently ex'
planned to Ms coust uonts at Hawiek his reasons i"r
taxing flee in Mr. GadstOne's Ministry. He SAID That
there was no sign late Cabinet had taken TO
heart the lesson which, the general election, the
country meant give them. on the contrary thero
was tone OF evIty and almost Of recke-suess IN some
of their recent utterances which was positively alarm
ing 10 those who refcc ed they were the chosen
leader, Of enc OF great parties IN the State Dr.
Treveyau said that his theory Of political lie for ten
years past nad always been to trust those Ministers
whom one prOfesspd trust To play the role OF FOL
Inwer rather than a erie IN matters whca
affected general pOiIcy OF tn q vernmentand 10 o,
vote zeal and time 20 special question, which required
somebody watc1 them. BIT ar present MS good Ief
had Interested himself wer. past rhe stage in winch
trr v required the and labor Of pfivst" member
The Declaration on Catholic Reform re-
,v ooted nv the House Of b SHOPS OF the Proestsnt
Episcopal Church is to be translated into Lan ana me
modern continental Ian guages for distribution 10 Europe
IT, repeats the definition reform gwen by the Lambeth
Conference Of 1873 and contends that is based upon
two indisputable FIRST. that the Boz an Church.
by the DEGREES of the Council OF Trent me
dogma of the Immaculate Conception and the
decree of the inialnDhty OF the Pope,
mas in posed upon its members dogmas which have no
warrant in Holy Scrptur in the ancient creeds. and
which are radically false To corrupt aud dene the
faith second the assumption 81 universal Eds
copae Oy Bishop OF Rome has deprived OF ITS OngF
nal independence The Episcopal order IN the Ladn
corporate existence of national churches. The
Bishops affirm that the primitive rule Of the
Catholic Church imposes upon the Episcopates OF
all national churches holding the primitive aith and
order not right only but the duty also OF protecting
all those who nave been deprived of chat faith and
order Furthermore the Bishops put on record thelr
conviction that organization Of reformed churches
with which they may hope to have communion they
should follow the teachings OF the CaDOns ga dnu
wen conservation cannot be had by nree bis ops o the
| Episcopal
ferred Oy three Bishops or nalOnai chuIches. Tue
declaration practically accepts the validity the conse.
Grafton OF the Old Catholic Bish ps IN Germany and
switzerland. aud upholds me proyisonai s,PervsiSn
mission IN France -
One of the most interesting communications
In the current The Medical Record is paper
by Dr. David Webster amblyopia, or impairment Of
vison cause by excessive use OF alcohol and tobacco.
Twenty cases drawn from the recordbook OF DR.. c.
Acnew are fully described and the following usons
are reached: /. Amblyopa from poisoning by alcohol
alone or by alcohol and tobacco combined is
not uncommon. 2. Amb,yopia from poisoning
by to1accO alone does occur, but In this country
somewhat rarely. g. Cases OF amblyopia from abuse
of tobacco and alcohol will usually improve,
perhaps TO limited extent, simple abstinence from
the poisons causing the disease. f. They will improve
much more rapidly under treatment by hypodermic IN.
iections OF strychnia. this drug having specific stmu
ating influence the nervous portion of the visual
apparatus OF the twenty reported The vision
improved while under treatment, IN all tue cases
cept two, in which 1t remained uncnan led. In seven
cases OF "a per cent The vision rose from vart
Gus degrees OF impair ment 10 the normal standard, IN
one case going w fro counting fingers at twelve and
fifteen feet each In nearly all the cases the
impairment OF sznt had been gradual although IN one
case had been u>bcred IN suddenly after prolonged
the To glare the wafer In this case,
however, sight continued to deerlOrate gradually
first of the In all the cases there
decay OF vision in both 10 nine
cases or in ne ry per cent the OF impairment
was exactly the in both The greatest differ
enee OF vision in the eyes of patient
where eye had vision 2OsO and the other 20OO.