The New York Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1868, Page 4

4 a EUROPE The Pontificate of Pius the Ninth in Politic! and Hierarchical Review. Papa! Bull for the General Council and the Relations to Aus- tria and Mexico, British Church Policy, Electoral Rowdyism, Royalty and Theatricals. Italy---Her Financial Difficul- ties, Taxes and Harvest. By steamsiip at this port we have the following Waluable and very important correspondence, in gpeoial detail of our cable telegrams, to the 27th of June, ROME. Pius [X.—!is Election and Reign—The Twenty- five Years’ Rule of Saint Peter—Pio Nono as roaches the Eventful Period—An Exiled Pope and His Work, } Roms, June 20, 1868, On the isch inst. Pius IX, accomplished the twenty- Seoond year of lis Pontificate. Gregory XVI. died On the ist of June, 1846, at the age of nearly eighty- two years, 2 on the 14th of June following the con- Olave met’ the Quirinal, It appeared at first as uf tho choice,o: the cardinals would fall upon Cardinal Lambruse})ini, but the aspect of affairs changed dur- iNg the nigit between the 15th and 16th, and on the eveping of ‘le 16th Cardinal Mastai-Verretti was @lected to ie Pontifical Chair, The same evening the new Pope, invested with the Pontifical orna- ments, 1 ed in the Paulina chapel of the Quirinal y is termed the first obedience, or salut of the cardinals, in which their eminences s'il! maintain something of their fraternal! relationship towards their late brother, The sec bedience or act of subjection, includ- ing th of Lis Holiness’ feet, took place on the 17th ins!., ii the Sixtine chapel of the Vatican, previous ( |e grand ceremony of the Pope's exalta- tion upon the ultar of St. Peter, Pius IX. has now, therefor upon the twent rd year of his reign. re are but four others out of the long roll of two hundred and fifty-eight Popes who have reached 0 extended a -term; these are St. Peter, Adrian I.. in the time of Charlemagne; Pius VI. and Pius Vil. St. Peter alone is supposed to have directed the aiYairs of the Church during twenty- five years us VL, Who completed twenty-four years, approached the nearest to the great apostle. Plus IX., now seVenty-six years old, has, therefore, but two years more to reach the term which all be- fore him have hitherto fallen short of. Putting aside aslight swelling in the legs which becomes trouble- * some atintervals, his Holiness enjoys the best health, He has latterly gone though the most fatiguing ser- Vioes of the Church ritual, himself performing tne office of the principal oficiating priest. From time to time also he takes walks on foot in various quar- ters of Rome. To all appearance the Holy Father might live for another ten years. A strong supersti- tion prevails in Rome, and has prevailed from a very anoient date that no Pope will ever reach St, Peter's term of twenty-five years. It is related that in the eleventh century Pope Alexander II. questioned Pierre Damien, a very learned doctor, on this sub: ject. “Why,” said his Holiness, ‘has no Pope, even when elected, while still young and robust, ever gat upon the (hrone of St. Peter twenty-five entire years?” To this Pierre Damien gravely replied, “that the Pope being like the sun it was good that he should be eclipsed pretty often in order to attrac t the eyes of the world.” The popular belief has since tuen been embalmed in bad Latin verses, which I give for the benedt of your learned reader: Sint licet assumpti juvenes ad pontificatum, Petri annos potult hemo videre tamen. There ts, however, one strange exception to the rule in the person of Benolt XIII, of Luna, a Spaniard, elected by the cardinaisin 194, after the return of the Popes from Avignon to Rome. This was the most indomitable chief of the famous west- ern schism, which divided the Church in his time. When he withdrew.to Peniscoia, in Spain, abandoned Uy all his partisans, ‘once very n he tinued, with the two cardinals, who mn t con ji 1 bulls with wre Vigor than this Pope in reduced circumstances. Poor Benoit X11i. canomzed saints up to the of his death, which occurred tn 1424, after he had Worn the tiara during thirty years. This, however, is # tete- 1, and is, of course, taken into no ac- ed College. Pius 1X. has seen eighty-four cardinals pass away during his reign. Some'of these have been thorns in the side of Lis Holiness from their resistance to the reactionary policy of the wholly sw: couneils of the Sac Pope has tb alas, the fuir promise of liberality tigh afforded in the first few years of his pontif Rowe for (he last ffteen years has impotently striven to arrest tue whole current of modern thought, and her pretensions become thore extravagant in propor- tion to her utter lack Of means or authority to sup- port thein. The Bull Couvoking a General Council—Cen- sure of the Austrian Legislation—Presid: Juarez, of Mexico, Communication—Ec. clesinstical Fetes and Royal Rejoicingr— Napoleon Faithful-The Summer Season— Cash from Italy. rodox « oth count by Roms, June 23, 1868, A necret consistory was held yesterday morning at the Vatican. His Holiness delivered two allocutions, fn the first of which he proposed to the assembled Cardinals ‘ie publication of the Pontifical Bull con- voking al! Catholic prelates toa general council of the Church, to be heid in Rome on the sth of Decem- ber, 1868. Their eminences having given their ap- probatory placet, the Bull will be forwarded to the bishops and placarded in Rome on the 29th inst.— the festival of St. Peter, Inthe second allocution, which will probably appear this evening in the official journal, his Holiness reviewed very severely the new laws affecting ecclesias- tical affair: in Austria, demonstrating their hostility to the rights of the Church and the funcomental principles of religion, aad announcing that the ‘au‘hors, promulgators and patrons of such laws had incurred the penalty of ecclesiastical censure. The list of appointments to twenty-one vacant Episcopal sees is headed by that of Cardinal Reisach to the See of Sabina, vacant by the death of Cardinal D'Andrea, The Mexican sees of Guadalajara, Yuca- tan, Antequera, Querétaro, Durango and Sonora have been provided with bishops, in consequence of the Pope having lately received a communication from President Juarez authorizing his Holiness to @ppoint prelates to the vacant sees in Mexico, the republican government intending to act up to the rinciple of a free Church tn a free State. Although yy no means approving of the application of this Cavour doctrine the Pope has iost no time in profit. ing by it. ‘e have hal a week of festivities and congratula- tions, speech making, oMctal promotions, illumina- tions and the other usual demonstrations whi annually commemorate the recurrences of Poy exaltation to the Pontificate on the 17th inst, and his coronation on the 21st. The royal family Rte 4 foreign and state ministers, all the dignitaries of the , civil, military and ecclesiastic, besides Dumont, the French ; Comander-in-Chief, with the Rav gg of = a gd \'4 ships at Civita Vecchia, their hom the French General m3 honor of his Holiness at Civita Vecchia, during glass in hand, he toas' ‘The venerable ‘whom the Emperor and ce Would never " ‘The only two expressions quoted from the Pope's i a3 i SSR st oR hag Sayre ba ot riganiage, that not @ of peace. Hardly Garibaldian from the intrgeiravag 4 of bat that bad Em cid, like the owe. f the temaph the sword tn. ‘and the trowel & f Cardinal who oe his on We which since in Pe NEW Ohurch had produced a reaction in all honest hearta, stirring tem upto amore zealous support aud de- fence of religion, eis His Holiness continues to enjoy g66d health, but some change for the summer med necessary by his medical men, x ‘ot Castie Gandolfo, where the Pope's. er residence is situated, 1s ot oI ry wholesome, Prince Chigt has offered ono the use of his palace, in the purer simamphare of Ariccla, i The Duke of Parma, who has just left Rome, will return early next month for the celebration of his | marHage With the sister of the King of Naples. Tue French Ambassador, Count de Sarmiges, has taken the villa Falconieri, near Frascati, for the three Summer months; and as the residence is in rather @ solitary situation his Excellency, besides arming his household, has installed four soldiers of the Antibes legion in the villa, which és also guarded against the attacks of brigands by the continual surveillance of a party of gen- darmes. ‘fo carry off lus Exceilency to the moun- tains wouid be a very daring and probably # very re- munerative exploit On the part of these roving ma- rauders. The safety of those districts is, however, most likely ensured for the preseut by the occupation of the camp of Hannibal by the Antibes legion, the bat- tation of Swiss riflemen and detachments of dra. goons and artillery, which troops marched out of Kome this morning before daybreak to pass a few weeks under canvass on the lolty summit of Monte Cavo, it is apprehended that desertions from the camp will be frequent, for there were twenty-two deserters last week alone from two companies of legionaries workiug at the camp, Instruction in the new rifle drill will not be possible for the troops, as the ten thousand Reming- tons ordered in England and Belgium have not yet arrived nor are expected immediately, the efforts of the French Ambassador and the French Commissary, M. Lhereux, have induced the Italian governmént to pay that of iis Holiness an instalment of 12,000,0c01, On the arrears to which I alluded in my last; but there is a difficulty in the realization of this flattering — prospect, owing to the Pope’s unwillingness to give a receipt for the money, a3 the Italian government re- quires, The Roman government wisiies to have the money paid to that of France, as heretofore, accord- ing to the conveution; but France would, no doubt, be glad to get rid of all this trouble and responsibility by inducing the Italian and Koman governments to treat direciiy with each other, On the mornin the 20th the French steam trans- Port came into Ctvita Vecchia harbor, and haying ty-cight men and eighty horses of age aad ambulance trains returaed ulon on the following day. ENGLAND. with them OM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. The Irish Church Suspensory Bill in the House of Lords—Policy of the Liberals—Return of the Abyssinian Army=—The Review at Wind- sor—English Rowdyism Corrupti Madame Rachel—Schueider’s London De- but—The Queen’s Breakfasi--Minister Reve erdy Johnson. Lonpon, June 24, 1868, The Suspensory bill of Mr. istone, in regard to the Irish Church, having passed the House of Com- mons, Will be debated in the House of Lords to-mor- Tow, and probably before this ieiter reaches you i fate will have been announced by a cable telegram. All parties agree that the Lords will reject the bill, although the vote will be closer than is expected, because the use of proxies is now abolished by the lords, and every man | Who wishes to vote must be in his place. The liberais are quite prepared to see the bill thrown out, and am at liberty to describe what their policy concern- ing it will be, having obtained my information from an authoritative source, The liberals expect to obtain a majority at the ap- proaching elections which will oust Mr. Disraeli and make Mr. Gladstone the Premier. Then the Irish Church bill will be again introduced, will again pass the House of Commons and will again go to the Lords. If there be any doubt of its passage, Mr. Glad- stone, as Premier, will have the power to create a sufficient number of new peers to pass the bill. But it ts not anticipated that there’ will be any necessity for this = The House of Lords will give way when the crisis comes, just as it did upon the Reform bill. Perhaps, asin the case of the Corn Law biils, the tory benches may. befempty when the bill passes the lords; but that makes no difference as to the result, and so the disestablishment of the Irish Charch may be regarded as un fait accompli. Let me add, as a singular phase of affairs in England, that the London Times declares that the lords will be despised if they refuse to pass the bill now. To such a pass las aristocracy come in England ! The advance of the Abyssinian army has reached Portsmouth and the men have been received with all the honors, They are rather disappointed to learn that they will receive no medals, will have no public reception and will only be allowed six months’ extra pay instead of twelve. Generals usually profit mosi by a campaign, however, and General Napier, who will soon arrive here, will probably be createa and given an estate equal to the title, The <( soldiers bring some strange stories about Theodorus, deny that he commitied cide and assert that he was shot in the arm, leg and body, but we all know what soldiers’ stortes’ are and nothing has transpired to tarnish the minute accuracy of the despatches of the HERALD correspondent, Who is now on his way to i.ondon, bringing Theodorus’ robe, saddle and other mementoes, I forwarded a hasty account of the volunteer re- view at Windsor by the last mail, and have only to add that the troops fully justifled the opinion ex- pressed in this correspondence of the inemMciency of the English volunteer for ne firing was very bad; the skirmishing wors the shamight a perfect sham, so far as the plan of bate was concerned; and when tie troops left for home a portion of them gol into a mess, blockaded the pontoon bridge, struggled, pushed, serambied, broke ranks and showed an utter Want of anyt e effective ary discipline riiament last aig! The matt pught up in fended and icho de : but there apologized for the are the a mitted 3 of the case, upon which any unpr Judiced person is more capable of forming an opinte than Lord kleho, who hunself commands a volun- wer regiment, The English are very fond of speaking about the rowdyisin at American meetings aud the corruption at Ameri elections; but there is an old proverb concerning those who live in glass houses which takes edect here. On Mouday there was a meeting held at the City Hall, under presidency of tl Lord Mayor, to express an opinion as to the disestab- lishment of the Irish Church. No speeches could be heard on account of the yelling and howling. There was a free fghton the platform, The Lord Mayor was doubled up, Sir William Rose was severely punched, Mr. Edward Beales was hustied about and other persons of more importance were hurt. Cer-: tainly | never saw sucha scene in America. Finally the police cleared the hall. While this row was occur- Ting in London an election commission Was sitting in YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. + ~—y sense and & Crowning proof of the imbecility of the Mevabrea administration—this fledgling dnancier now compels surprised admiration from his own party and reluctant respect from the opposition. How could #0 much have been expected | fom @ mere Mayor fof Florence, a futile court dignitary, a man who had never even poured forth his wisdom in the Chamber of Deputies, and, among 80 many confident theorists, alone made no loud profession of possessing a panacea to heal the gangrene that was eating away the nation’s vitals. ‘The secret of Count Digny’s suecess les in the fact of his being a remarkably positive, energetic and straightforward man—one Who when he has any un- pleasant truth to tell clothes it in no euphemistic drapery, who has not the art of some of his prede- cessors in conjuring up Unaginative couleur de rose never disguised the ugly inevitable which must await Italy's persistence in her former unprovident and thriftiess course. It was anew thing for the Chamber of Deputies to hear common sense on the topic of finance, to be told in plain language that a State could not spend nearly twice as much as its income without making giant strides towards bank- ruptey. From the very outset, in fact, the Minister of Finance has held this warning in terrorem over Parliament:—Pass iny measures or do something equivalent before June, 1868, or the national finances aust become hopelessly involved, We shall have no course open to us but to deciare the State insolvent in the face of Europe, Such haa been the constant burden of the ministerial deciarations. Cato was not more relenticssiy persistent in his cry of Delenda est Carthago than Cambray Digny has been in his exhortations to the Italian Parlia- ment to exterininate the national deficit, The radi- cal opposition at first affected to treat this as a manuyre to frighten the, House into at proval of the nuuisterial proposals, but Count Digny’s facts and figures were too irrefragable, too substantial, to be argued away. The Minister 1s certainly no orator, as Brutus was, and is not happy when he attempts rhetorical display. But however much he may der in exordium and peroration and thereby “i pabuluim for the wit of the watchful opposi- 10 equal for the force and lucidity with ats tte subject matter of his discourse, Nobouy to appreciate directness in coming to the poiut and sticking thereto, and this i another virtue that Count Digny possesses in an eminent degree. Gradually, therefore, tus authority and con- sideration in House have tnereased toa degree that none of his predecessors ever attained, The ember last forme mpact body roug thal the ministerial majority might be counted on one's ten fingers, has had to deplore many defections during the last ‘Vhis is plainly shown by the gradually increasing m Jorities obtained oy the governme:t in their various bills for modifying and extending taxation, The first blow to the homogeneity of the left was the forma- tion of what is here called the third party. ‘This con- sisis of inembers of the left and centre, principally the former, who take up an independent position. ley bind ‘themselves to no party, but vote for t measures they may consider best calculated to pro- mote ti ; consequently it is generally vertainty on whieh side of y their weight, vendents”? very skilful ssed respectful admiration for their p: ‘bjuration of party ties, and has not been in insinuating eulogy of the sound practical eter of their suggestions, however much he ide adopting them. By these tactics he s y voles on the grist tax bill and in all the quent measures which he has carried through : House. The importance of the third party is now greatiy diminisied, Composed individually of ambitious nuilities, they were only strong in unity at criiical moments; but the Ministry, being now pretty well secure without th have relaxed the ardor of their courtship, and the “trimmers”? therefore cut a poor figure. ne Italian Chamber of Deputies has now voted all the measures of taxation declared by the Minister to be tndispensably nm ty provide means for ex- tinguishing the deficit. The grist tax, the bills ex- tending the taxes upon registration and offictal docu- ments issued under the government stam, and, fnally, the bill mereasing the land and property taxes ‘h by one-tenth, have been adopted by jee e majorities, These various imposts will yield to the treasury a gross augmentation of revenue amount- ing to one hundred and seventy million francs. As the telegraph has long since informed your readers, the House insisted, notwithstanding the opposition of the Ministry, in rendering all coupons of the be lic debt liable to the property tax. Count D! made a hard fight to get foreign holders exempted, but without effect. The tax is to be deducted from the interest of the public debt, whether held by Italian subjects or by foreigners abroad. This mea- sure in effect reduces the italian five per cent to four and a half per cent. The Chamber displayed aston- ishing unanimity in their resolution ¢o tax the foreign creditors. Left. and right, conservatives, moderates and ultra radicals formed for the nonce one happy family, It 1s a ity that the same beauti- ful oblivion of party cannot be obtained upon some other occasions when weeks of precious time are squaudered in miserable personal squab- bles and unprofitable verbiage, during whic the most important ublic business ma no progress, The foreign money markets have up fo the present offered no remonstrance agaicst this measure of the Italian Parliament, al- though a similar proceeding on the part of Austria lately elicited a vigorous protest from the Paris Bourse. ‘The Italian rente experienced a heavy fall in the capitals of Kurope on receipt of the news from Florence, but has since more than recovered itself, and now stands everywhere at a higher point than it has reached for the last three years; but fine weather and tie prospect of splendid crops all over pe, togetiier with the lately revived hopes that a ranco-Prussian War may not Come off after all this year, have produced a Haoyancy and confidence in t pney Market which render it much less suscep- tibie to such & breach of faith as that just perpetrated by Italy than would be the case at a dull or threate ing period. Nevertheless, itaiian credit must neces sarily sutfer from this tirst step iM the path of repu- diation, and when italy comes before the world again a4 a borrower capitalists will hotd their purse Strings very tight and relax them only upon hard conditions. Increased taxation formed one part of the minis. terial plan; economy in the public service another. Having been saddled with the first the country is now awaiting fulfilment of the promises made re- garding the latter, Nor is Count Digny backward in performance he army has already been reduced to the lo wes sible peace footing and the govern- ment has even denied itself the faxury of two or turee new tron-clads for the navy—a rare and pratse- worthy abnegation considering the universal ruin- ous rage for armaments that now aflicts Europe, There is one army, or rather host, which Count Digny, however, will find considerable dimcuity in reduc- ing. This is the army of functionaries, whose ranks are to be thinned by his bill upon administrative re- organization. Anybody who has had any expert- euce of cosas de Italia “knows wnat a deeply rooted evil is that of placehunting. It ts not too much to Say that the State maintains at least twice as many employés as there ts any necessity for. They are re- movable at the caprice of a Minister or the heads of which he t triotic Sparir ch may + tu i yes the provinces and evidence on oatn reveals that votes have been bought for ten, five and two ie and even for a meal’s victuais. What have the English to say to truths like these? Madame Kachel has been fully committed for trial, Mr. Knox, the magistrate, refused to accept an ex- cuse of iliness for her non. gerne at court, and required her to find new more substantial bail. T have already sent you a sketch of this case, and the only new feature of it is that Mrs. Borradaile, the plaintiff, raists that Lord Ranelagh is the rson whom Madame Rachel introduced to aps her future husband, and that Lord Rane- lagh admits having met Drs, Borradaile at Madame Rachel's. Pastaes asking why Lord Ranelag! was there, although both parties Me him of any share in the alleged conspiracy. Very curiously, Lord Ranelagh gave a courtesan into custody yes- terday for annoying him, and the mrl now swears that she has loaned him money nnd has been to his house a This 18 3 ¥ strange country, this England. P Schneider has made her du theatre as the Grande Duct vnd her stocass 1s overwhelm On her dist night the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince an! Princess Louis of Hesse, the Duke of Cambrid Crown Prince of Denmark, the Prince of Teck e Comte and Comtesse de Faris, the Duc and Duche: D’Aumale, the Prince of Wurtemburg, the Duthess of Manchester, the Marchioness of Bath, Lord Londesborough and @ host of other titled per- Sonages were present. Instead of moderating her style for London Schneider is more lively than ever. ‘The prices have been to a guinea a seat, but still the theatre is crowded. The Queen has signified her return to London by a breakfast at Buckingham Palace, which has made her more rdiculohs than ever—first, because the breakfast was given at half-past four in the after- hoon, and second, because the gentlemen were com- manded to appear in morning trousers and swallow- tailed coats. The appointment of Mr. Reverdy Johnson is unt- versally popular in England. ITALY. The Minister of Finance=His Policy and Opponente—Catoiem in the Treasary—The at the St. James departinents and then put on haif pay, to be recalled to active service whenever required, of which there 4s little chance unless their friends again hold office. The average Italian moves heaven and earth to get a governiuent post as the empioyment that will best enable him to indulge his ineradicable propensit; to do nothing or next to nothing. In attacking abuse the Finance Minister will therefore have to struggle against an immense dead weight of obstruc- tion. Electors will bring strong influence to bear ‘upon their represeutatives. Moving pictures will be drawn of the destitute condition of those who fall under the pruning knife, and every department will demonstrate in the clearest povsible manner how tm- possible retrenchment is in their particular case. Another incasure of urgent necessity is an improved syatem of collecting the taxes. At present the State is not only greatly defrauded by the collectors, and sometimes by the collusion of collectors and tax pay- ers, but certain texea, D tne ane oe property tax, are dist:iouted so unfairly as to give to at ‘y aunt. Reform is urgently needed, if only & that » property tax is at it screars, Finally vhe Ministry ‘ keeping the public accounts. , tic. Parliament never “\c expendi until fotne threo uc, o*nemey bas J been spent, when of course au iu it is perfectly futile, should have mentioned an important reform that by 1a comes under the head of administrative ntaa- tion. This is the reduction of the juat ranch of the pnblic service. It is proj to es- tablish one final court of cassation for the whole kingdom tn place of the seven now existing, ‘The minor courts of appeal are also to be reduced in proportion, and considerable parings are to be made in the lower branches of the legal establish- ment, This bill will meet with the flercest opposi- tion from the deputies of those places threatened with the abolition of their law courta, Agita- tion has begun on the subject already. Naples, for instance, petitions that the final Court of Cassation shall be established in that city, and not at Florence, There is some question of cting the most urgent of the above measures for discussion in the House before the seasion breaks up for the summer holt. on. We are already in the third week of June, and {doubt if the elect of the nation will work in the heat beyond July, There will be little time 2 en. ¢| even one important measure between this and The projected reforms affect so mat tenactous in- Budget Deficit and New Taxes=—Will a | terests that the debates will be long A most proba- State Economy Followt=Place Hunting Spoile”—Parliamentary Recon. and the stractionHarvest Prospecte=The Brigandy’ Hunt—Crime in the Romagna=Diplomacy with Prussia=The National Railroads. Florence, June 21, 1868, ‘The timid aphorism that “'Pis not in mortals to Command success’’ evidently finds no favor with Man who so firmly holds young Italy's purse Count Cambray Digny prefers the bolder advice prof fered Qy an Italian poet to seize the golden lock adorning the treacherously smooth brow of Fortune, and thys make the fokle jade subservient to the power of wii. The nowus Romo whose best friends compassionately shrugged their shoulders when he Presumed to aspire to the Ministry of Finance, and whose political alvemaries irrefutatty demonstrated fle eppotntmens to ve an cntrege upon common ba in tone, the Uh ber of Depatien nif = io Sant o i@ bill upon en disqualification adopted by that House in 1867, but not contirmed by the Senate-in consequence of a dis» solution of Partiament. Any measure will be bene- ficial that will reduce the excessive number of em- Ployés sitting in the Chamber. These are, of cout ministerial pu and the national represent derives no credit from a large infusion of such & — When important bills have to be voted heads and secretaries @re from the Minister, and att body to support the government, gra Protas oe gate oA burden pictures of security and prosperity, and who has, int Digny | tax is by affixing mechanical tellers to the grindiug sppareins Of the mill, Which shall register the amount of flour or other material that las passed through the machine, somewhat on the same principle as the gasometer, which indicates tue amount con sumed by the pipes iu counection with it. No satis- factory answer has yet been given to the question of how the millers are to be prevented from tamperiug with the recording apparatus, or accidentally injur- ing itso that tt will not work. I have lately heard that a large oargo of handmilla, costing about twenty francs each, suitavie for grinding any cereals, is about to be imported from the United States, with a view to afford the means of evading the tax. It | would be unpossible for the government to aftix mechanicai tellers to all these and still more to keep up the tnmense stal that would be required as inspectors, In faci, with the grist tax as with ali others in Italy, collecuon is beset with dificulties. In no country does that famous “ignorant impatience of taxation’’ exist to a stronger extent, During the last seven years there have been acan- dalous facilities for evading payinent, and the busi- ness of collecting the taxes has been carried on In the tardiest and most irregular manner, Parliament may vole an accumulation of imposts, but that is not | sutiicient to piace the proceedg within the Treasury colfers, And dere the finance Minister may find his crucial diticulty, His plans are based upon the punts enticipated from the new taxes, supposing 1m to be fally and promptly paid up. [f not, what becomes ‘Oo! the fair fabric built upon these antictpa- tions’ ‘This question is one that may assume great | importance, especially in the southern provinces, | where the grist tax Is exceedingly uupopular and there is much disiress und diseonient. 5 General Pallavicini’s brigand hunt is not yet fin- ished, but it still proceeds regularly and success- fully. The work of extirpation is au arduous one, for brigandage i8 hydra-headed and takes a deal of killing. it is only recently that some bands have been destroyed or broken up which liad infested their respective localities for the last seven years. in those parts not yet reached by the General's urns brigand atrocities continue, and one reads daily in the Southern papers of unfortunate indi- viduals being kidnapped and held to ransom. If the ransom be not forthcoming they are barbarously mutilated and murdered. General Pailavicuni strikes at the root of the evil and is as severe upon the supporters and accomplices of these ruMans as with tae latter themselves, ‘AS a consequence the peasantry in many districts have at lengih heartily and vigorously assisted the troops in hunting tue brigands down. iHituerto they have been paralyzed 'y the most abject fear of the marauders, half a zen of whom, armed with muskets and pistols, ave frequently heid a whole village in awe. The investigation attendant upon the late murder of the public prosecutor at Ravenna has brought to light a terrible state of things in the Romagna, which would ear to be a perfect nest of robbers and assassins, re has been discovered no less than nine secret jes, all banded together to purens their trade of murder and robbery with as little risk as possible, ‘The Juries are intimidaied from doing their duty by threatening ietlers, the menaces in which are too ten carried into effect, so that criminals are fre- quently either not convicted at all or escape with slight punishment. The speech of the Minister of the Interior in reply to the question of Signor Finzi re- ting the murder of the public prosecutor gave all these and many other sombre details of the depior- able state of the Romagna and the insecurity of life and property in that province. Every young man in those parts carries either knife or pistol, and the general character of the inhabitants being passion- nd vindictive, fatal quarre's are of frequent oc- nee. The Romagna, too, has a spéciatite for its poisoners, Who dispose of their victuns by a dose of what they call the acquetta, or “little water,” this being, ay 1 am intormed, a’ wh. colorless ‘liquid, disttiled from some etable which produces the most deadly etfects., Death can be made sudden or lungering, according to the dose employed. While Kaveana has its mediwval braves and poisoners, Bologna has acquired ill fame by the discovery of a gigantic system of bank uote forgery in thai city. ‘The persons at present arrested as principal members of the gang include a deputy, a count and a physician, all being men holding the best position in society up to the moment of their arrest. Three hundred and twenty persons have already been arrested in Ravenna alone, and the government make the usual promises respecting the prompt punishment of the malefactors. No more fruitful cause of crime in Italy is the tardy administration of justice. Criminals are arrested and lodged in prison, but a year or more juently elapses before they are brought to trial. In this manner the prisons of Naples are full of people, some of them having been a year and @ half confined, whose trials have yet to come off. In this country the authorities have the power of arbitrary arrest, and there is no habeas corpus to protect the victim of mistake or oMcial spite. Several members of the Left very justly called attention to this state of things during the debate upon the Ravenna affair. Sicily continues to be a thorn in the side of the government, which is still obliged to maintain a@ large force of troops on the island. Here there are several sectsa—Bourbons, clericals, autono- mists and ultra Garibaldians—who literaily make war to the knife upon each other. The authorities have constantly before their eyes the dread of a second bloody rising of the priestly party and take precau- tions which it is hoped will prevent an outbreak. General Medi¢t will shortly leave for Palermo with the united fuhctions of prefect and commander-in chief, Thus invested with both civil and military powers, he will be able to act with all the greater promptitude in any emergency that may arise. Much diplomatic coquetting ts going on be'ween Prussia and Italy. There is no doubt that the great majority of Italians dislike France ey. and would joyfully hail the rupture of the Franco-italian alliance. But, unfortunately for their wishes, France 1s too near and Prussia too distant. France besides already holds Rome, and her first move would be, in case of war, to throw a large army into the Roman States and cut Italy in two, ssia has been trying to elicit some positive assurance from the Menabrea Cabinet as to the attitude of Italy in a Franco-Prus- sian war. It would be most advantageous to Prus- sia-if Italy would keep a considerable French army in play in the Roman States in the same way as she ore a large Austrian force in Venetia in 1866. But the Italian Cabinet, however much they may have allowed their wishes to peep through diplomatic reserve, have declared that in such a war lialy can only remain strictly neutral. Meanwhile Franco-Italian relations are aay thing but friendly. The Kmperor is greatly piqued at the persistent refusal of Italy to pay her quota of the Pontifical debt so long as French troops remain in Roman ter- ritory. Napoleon I1l. certainly has no intention of withdrawing his troops at present, and so the dead lock in the matter of the pontifical debt will con- tinue. If France herself pays Italy's share it will only be with the idea of extracting compensation from the latter at the first favorable opportunity, The intrigues between Florence and Berlin do not, of course, escape the cognizance of the Tuileries, and add, as may well be imagined, to the resentment of France at Italian ingratitude. Italians, however, rebut the charge of ingratitude by maintaining that France has paid herself for past services ‘ani tes alienated the affection of the ltalian people by su porting the temporal power. Italy and France will never again be hearty ailies, and the Emperor, if successiul against Prussia, might perhaps think little of destroying the Italy that he created. Italy, on the other hand, would gladly make French eimbarrass- Incnts a stepping stone to Rome. Italian railways are by no means in a flourishing condition at present. The report of their rations during the year 1867, just issued, shows a diminution of revenue as compared with 1866 of 3,643,000 francs notwithstanding that new lines to the extent of 151 Milles were opened in 1867. The diminution of tra mc is shared by all the Italian railway companies and amounts to thirteen per cent per mile as compared with 1866. The Southern railways scarcely pay the expense of working and the most flourishing are heavily in debt towards the government. In fact, the companies do not carry out their agreements with the government, the lines are not opened at the appoint times and some that, accor to con- tract, should be now working are not even com- menced, nor cannot be commenced under the present depressed condition of credit throughout the Penia- sula. Italy is deficient im railway communication to every country in Europe except Austria and Russia. Italian railways are in the pro tion of 200 miles to every million inhabitants. fn Deamark there are 207 miles to every million, in Holland 305, in Spain 324, in Sweden 350, in Prussia 368, in France 383, in Bel- gium 492, in Switzerland 530 and in Great Britain 747. The Prince and Princess of Piedmont, having com- pleted their weary festal tour, are now enjoying their honeymoon in a hy seclusion at the Royal Villa of Monza, near Milan. Prince Humbert will very robably visit Prussia in July tn order to return the Jrown I’rince’s visit to Italy. MELANCHOLY RESULT OF JEALOUSY. (From the St. Louts Times, Jaly 1.) One of the most distressing events that have oc- curred for some time, even in this metropolis of of crime, occurred yesterday morning. Mrs. Mary Lawier, a young and attractive married lady, com- mitted suicide by drowning herself, under the fol- lowing circumstances:— For some time past Mr. and Mrs. Lawler have been visited by a cousin of Mrs. Lawier,a young lady, yet unmarried. It has been the custom of Mr. Lawier after tea to escort the young la ome. The cou visits became more and more trequsnt, and still, as usual, Mr. Lawler re the gallant when departure arrived. The inst visit was evening. his cousin-in- home, tom. As he left the house his that she would probably not be in when he re- turned home, but he would find the key on the windowsill. Soon after the cou Mra. eenstiae 338575 aly PARIS FASHIONS. Politics in the Nomenclature of a New Bon- net‘ On the Road” to the Race Course= Toilets of the Lady Turfites—How Eugenie Dressed—The Blouse Style—Hints from Scare borough—Why Not New York Set the Fash- jon @—Gambling at Homburag—A Lady’s Losses, Reflections and Return of Lack= Napoleon in Camp—Kural Parties by the Empress—Spanish and Servian Notabilities. . Panis, June 26, 1565. Fashion having from time immemorial appro- priated to every new article the name of the man, aniial or event enjoying the honors of celebrity, we ought to have a cabinet council something this week; but I greatly tear the poor lady is nervous after the shock and does not know whether a Pinard necktie wouldn’t offend M, Rouher; or whether a Layaiette article would not be more timely. She knows so much of political dilemmas that, au- ticipating another coup a’état, she may take it into her head to have the new hérissé bonnets worn ag- gressively on the tips of ladies’ noses; but then, again, it all may end in a general dissolution, in which case we shall see the fair come out ‘“cha- otic.” ‘The only thing I can at ail compare to the latter state was the drive from the station of Fontainebleau last Sunday to the race course. Nothing so truly atrocious as the hired vehicles and wretched horses put thereto can be fancied out of Paris, The long dusty road is covered with heavy conveyances, any shape, and the coachmen have no idea of driving. When the poor be&sts stop because they cannot get on this is what their drivers call ‘leaving them unbridled sway.’ They do sway one right and left until seasickness ensues, and when, after two hours’ suffering, victims are told it is all over, the other martyrdom of exorbitant overcharge be- gins, These amateur jehus are subject to no regula- tion. Everything in the conveyance line is arbitrary at Fontainebleau. The man who wears a uniform collar or cap lays down the law. Iwas witness to an incident at the station which outdoes the common run of events. An owner objected to see his racer stand more than one hour and a halfin 2 narrow box just under the rays of atorrid sun, He was an- swered that the “administration” had the privilege of keeping it there for two hours if that was its pleasure. Considering all these drawbacks, therefore, I fear the Empresa will not succeed in her wish to see Pa- risians flock out to Fontalnebleau as they do to the other environs. The Duke of Hamilton’s Cristal won the 3,000f. prize. The second meeting, at which L hope not to be present, will take place on the 28th. Nearly all the lady “turfites’’ of the Pois were in the weighing enclosure, attired with the greatest simplicity. Comtesse Montgomery wore a plain white and Mac jane costume and two long black feathers curled round her invisible hat. The prevailing style was stripes, whether on muslin, lawn or piqué, but they are made like a blouse—that is, loose at the waist, where they are confined by a band and bow with ends behind. The petticoats of the same are flounced round. Many are made of drab linen, and trimmed with white work or white guipure. The Empresa had one on made of corah foulard, which is écru, or dark cream-colored bordering on fawn. It is a supple, glossy material. The other two foulards, made in these shades, are in great favor, and are called tussar and laintown. — A famous sportswoman, the Duchesse de Ferzen- sac, first adopted the blouse style, open'in front on one side like the Polonaise. She modified thus the costumes worn at Scarborough at the close of last season. I must here add that Scarborough always sets the French sporting fashions, This watering place is the scene on which British eccentricities are first produced, This is where horrid yellow linen bonnets were first dreamed of ; the thing was tried at Fontainebleau, but it did not take fortunate- ly. The Anglomania in Paris is so inveterate that everything adopted in London high life out on tour- ing, and that does not make a woman a posi- tive fright or an antediluvian curiosity, is sure to be grasped at for French modification the ensuing season. While recording this fact I wish to inquire why Parisian ladies should not have American fgshions in the same proportion. I think New York belles have rather smaller feet than London right honorables, who want so much to stand on. I think, also, that a New York lady has a stylish way of her own just as suggestive as the vericst Parisienne. I am not aware that American fabrics are a bit inferior, or rather that they could not be made superior, and hope to live to hear Europeans say, “Thisis American chic.” Women who can, it appears, do aimost everything out of the womanly line, from the dissecting of corpses to the teaching that their nerves are electric wires put in work by that general station—the brain. Women whose eyes consequently are electric shocks, who preach and leave nothing but women’s rights to men, ought to have genius enough to hold in the reins of female government over rational products. But it is so much grander to rate against men than study cuts of dresses; the care of buttons and babies is so lowering to the mtnd; women are born for better and higher destinies, 1 is all very well for shallow minded Frenchwomen who don’t know any better; but “the woman who feeis’’—but “the woman whose aspirations.” Well, yes; I have heard the tale over many times, but I do hold that New York ought to set the fashions. An English tatlor dresses the Empress; let us ponder on woman’s rights and turn the matter over if tt is, if it ought, or if it is not to be. A matter which we all know ts wicked is gambling at Homburg. Mile. Leonide Leblanc is continually at it. She last week lost all her gains, but they could not get into half such a nice, silken, white pocket anywhere and came back in. On the morning after her dis- aster she sat quietly down to some woolwork and began a course contemplation in «white worked muslin trimmed with mauve under Vaien- ciennes trim! Her eyes naturally turned from her work to her lace, then to her inward self, and the consequence was that she, all of a sudden, up, left her place and, disappeared. End of first tableau. Towards the close of the day she appeared in a lovely pale silk robe corded around the mm with cable, and the same round her waist, falling behind round elegant scarf ends. She looked re- signed, but not humbled; down as flat as founders on the roulette table came ten louis. Where had she got them from? Second tabieau over. Lo, and behold! the matter turns, and it stops, and asecond aftera total eclipse of golden arbs is no more perceptible in Leonide Leblanc’s pocket— im the course of fi¥e minutes she gathered in 48,000 francs. End of third and last tableau by this mail. Ishali probably give Mile. Leblanc in a few more before she leaves Homburg entirely. The male element in that pernicious place seem to vie with thetr tailors’ grooms tn point of dress. It is either tight and short coat, tight tro’ all shirt front, scarceiy a line of necktie, or itis the pl of Senegal all over—a capacious white coat, no vest, capacious trowsers that turn round in corkscrew folds, and, to crown ail, & ¥: roomy Panama hat. The Emperor is at Chalons with the camp, the Em- press at Fontainebleau. She has lately enjoyed one ortwo rural parties in the forest. The provision fourgons are c'osed carriages, which are sent on two hours before the court leaves the palace, and are supplied with every princely luxury for a meal in the open air. A tentis raised, flowers are hung, branches are cut, and in no time the military have fitted up an harbor around it. Luncheon is this pic- nic called, but it isa very comprehensive and clever menu, ia Which every delicacy had at the Tuileries is dished iy The littie Prince has much enjoyed Batty’s mena- serie, which is in the neighborhood. e styles 0 are very | this kind of vehicle. ber The Empress sits on the front bench, between the ae a een side, a Cay ony = she designates, and who n Ail her Tadies are placed There are three char-d- Duchess de Sesto have left Spain to where it is natural that eral The Duke and and are on 4 visit her’ Count de Goltz, the Prussian Ambassacor, is = licted with acancer im his tongue and will have BROOKLYN CITY. KINGS COUNTY SURROGATE'S COURT. Wills Admitted and Letters Granted. _ _ Before Surrogate Veeder. ‘The wil of Catherine Carter, lately deceased, of Brooklyn, Was admitted to probate in the Kings County Surrogate’s Court during the past week, Letters of administration were grant Ds states of the following named deceased p enahe Disarion Steiljes, Charles Zeller, William Pfetter, Peter C. Fa gan, Angeline ‘Trumbull, Louisa ¥, Menniger, Theodore logers and Barbara Volkomann, all of the city of Brookiyn. | PPR E po Letters of guardianship of Elizabeth M. A. p, roy and Emma W, Nostrand were ranted ‘to Mtare garetta J, Willett; of Charles S. Peters, Adelia E. and Daniel M, Peters were granted to Samuel E. Burtis, all of this city. THE RECENT HOMICIDE IN BROOKLYN, Coroner’s LInquest—Testimony of Witnesses, An mquest was heid yesterday afternoon upon the body of Francis Kerrigan by Coroner Slattery. {&# will be remembered that this man was killed on the afternoon of the fourth of July, at his residence, in Underhill avenue, near Warren street, in a drunken fight, It seems that Kerrigan, Joseph Lynch, the murderer, and Martin Dennison, who was also ar- rested on suspicton of being implicated in the sad affair, became involved in a quarrel, during which Lynch drew a pair of scissors and stabbed Kerrigan in the left side. The first witness called by the Coroner for the ia- vestigation was Mrs. Elizabeth Kerrigan, widow ef the deceased. She testified that the murder occurred between the hours of two and Uiree o'clock on the Fourth of July; that she heard the noise of parties quarreling, which was quickly followed by shouts of “Oh! Oh!” from her husband, two or thrée (mes re- peated; she went out into the yard to see what waa the matter and saw the prisouer standing over the deceased with a pair of scissors in lis hand; she asked him what be had done; Lynch replied that he had hurt him (Kerrigan) much; she then asked for the scissors, and as le hi m to her she saw blood on the shirt of her husba she tien ram to the landlord to tell him; she did not know that Dennison had anything to do with the deed, except that be was druuk and she asked tie policeman to lock him up; she also testilie ther hushed waa perfectly sober at the time he Andrew Gregory testified hill avenue, near Warren str errigan’s house; he was painting in front of lis house, Wuen he heard shouts of “On! oh!” lie looked around and saw Lynch making passes at Kerrigan; also that he saw Lynch had something in his haud, but wiiat it was he could not te! ¢ was when tle prisoner was making these passes at the deceased that he heard the cries of “Oh !’? he did not Dennison in the aifair at ali; that he saw no on the yard but Lynch, Kerrigan, Mrs. Kerrigan and the servaut gui. John Crumby testified that about t 0 of, he heard noises in the direction of b house; on going to Kerrigan’s house he deceased lying dead upon the soia; then and followed Lynch up the him, and 1 at once said that le deed and was satisiied to suiler for tt; he also Lesti- fied that Lynch said (hat be and Kerrigan e ou good terms, and that he had no reason to commit the crime ; Witness then walked dowa to Bergen, where, meeting oficer Donnelly, he gave Lynci an charge. Bridget Green, the servant of Kerrigan’s family, testified that she saw nothing of the trausaction, but early tn the day she had seen Kervigan put | out of the house ; after the deed was dol deceased in the yi was sure he had been stabbed by L Martin Dennison, wiio was urr picion that he was implicated in the affair, testified that in the forenoon of that day Lynch and Kerri gan had a fight in the kitchen, id witness endeay- ored to seperane them; Lynch seemed to be badly cut about the face; after being put out of the kitchen by Kerrigan, Lynch went up siairsto bed and what bap- pened subsequently he could not teil. ‘A. W. Shepard, M. D., sworn, says—I am a phy- sician and surgeon; reside at No. 126 Wilioughby street; made a post mortem examination of the body of Francis Kerrigan, July 5, at house of deceased, corner of Underhill avenue and Warren street; (ound the body in the usual state of vigor mortis; muscuiar development good—unusually so for one so ad vanced in years; observed two incised wounds, one on either side of the chest, about a half inch in length, evidently inflicted with a pomted instru. ment; the wound on the right side ex- tended through the integuinent and muscular tissue and terminated against the seventh rib, about five inches from the median line of the sternum; that upon the left side penetrated between the sixth and seventh ribs, chipping off a piece of the latter bone in its course, passed through the pleura and pericar- dium and entered the left ventricle of the heart, leaving an opening which tn the post-mortem dta- tended heart measured about two inches; the left pleural cavity was filled with clotted plood and its serum; valves and parenchyma of heart bring A alt the other organs normal in appearance. This is one of those rare but characteristic cases wherein no possibility exists of deata having been caused other than by the wound of the heart. The doctor’s testimony couciuded the evidence, which was then given to the jury, who retired and in a short time brought in the following verdict; That Francis Kerrigan came to his deat from a stab wound inflicted by Joseph Lynch with a pair of scis- sors on the 4th of July, 1868, When Lynch was asked what he had to say, if any- thing, he said ne had often beaten and bruised him and other boarders when drunk, and that Kerrigan had treated him so on the 4th of July; that trom nine o'clock on that day until after the deed had teen committed they were all beastly drunk; he (Lynch) ha‘ a pair of scissors in his room that forenoon, cat~ ting the hair ofa Jellow boarder, and he supposed that was the way he came to have them. Lynch is a native of ireland, aged thirty-six years, and is a laborer by occupation. After discharging Martin Deanison from custody the Coroner committed Lynch to the county jail to await the action of the Grand Jury. in Under. ee 5 he ad done whe ue BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. PROSTRATBD BY THE HgAT.—A Swede named Peter Thavelin was prostrated by the heat yesterday afternoon in a grocery store at the corner of Third avenue and Nineteenth street. He had been work- ing on Fourth avenue. His recovery is considered doubtful, Drowneép.—A boy named James H. Pugh, who resided at 40 Front street, fell from the dock oppo- site the Empire Stores yesterday afternoon and was drowned. His body was recovered shortly after the occurrence. Masonic CONSECRATION,—The Masonic Board of Relief of Williamsburg will this afternoon consecrate their plots in Cypress Hills Cemetery, and prepara- tions of an extensive character have been made for the purpose of rendering the occasion memorabie to the fraternity. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A Notorious Jat BREAKER.—Patrick Weich, a notorious jail breaker, attempted to escape yesterday afternoon while on his way to the Raymond street jail. About a year since he from the Kings ype Shey 4 by crawling through a sewer pipe a distance of four hundred feet, and since that 1 he has succeeded in keeping out of the sight of the police. He has, as alleged, committed several bu fecently and was committed to jail for this crime yesterday. He slipped the handcuif off in the prison wagon and when the door was ed at the fail he Jumped out and ran for several blocks at the top of his speed. He wag finally overtaken by the driver of the wagon and @ policeman and lodged tu jail. THE BOWERY EXPLOSION, To THE Eprtor OF THE HeRALD:— Having just recovered from injuries sustained at the explosion in the Bowery, I take the earliest op- portunity of drawing attention to that part of the evidence of Mr. Bean, the Superintendent of the Amoskeag Works, in which he states that on exam- ination of the Mg boiler he found the top part bulged between the staybolts, and gave it as his opinton that the vulging must have been done at th tume of the explosion. Having worked as a machb nist in the repair yard of the Metropolitan Fire Des artment, Lam able to prove that engine No. 1 was t the place indicated at least two years ag that on account of the ‘bulge’ the bolts had to be lengthened. J. M. cukRissE AMUSING ATTEMPT AT SUICIDR.—An ami freee ae 3 hn ath street RA os jon, in the way of ed suicide. a nen from ‘Atleghe tf wi 4-4 unk for sever Bieta at os nied sensibly conc! to live, and wisely resolved to drown hls snrowe himself at one and the from the st. Clair street bese io. the Aden any and a Having jade up his mind to reli friends tl y of so great @& he repaired to the centre of the red he fatal leap. He ned Oar ve Wi A on Yop of the the suspension Fy : ig a ii Bh i