The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1868, Page 4

4 EUROPE. Queen Isabella’s Appeals to Napoleon. Non-Intervention of France in Spanish Affairs. War or Peace, and Difficulties of Imperialism in France. THE ENGLISH FRANCHISE REGISTRATIONS, The Inman steamship City of Antwerp, Captain Mirchouse, from Liverpool the 16th and Queenstown the 17th of September, arrived at this port yesterday morning, bringing a mail report in detail of our cable telegrams dated to the day of sailing from Ireland. The King of Prussia’s speech in Kiel, was regard- ed in some quarters as proof of un impending war. The London Advertiser says tt is as bold a deflante ‘48 could be hurled at France. Count Bismarck was expected in England. Advices from London state that Mr. Gladstone has expressed nis willingness to consider the question of the ballot, Mr. Disraeli left London for Balmoral on a visit to Queen Victoria. The committee of shareholders of Overend, Gur- ney & Co., appointed to consider certain proceed- ings against the directors, announced that the pro- posed actions are expected for trial in November. Asubscription has been commenced by the Ro- man legitimists to present his Holiness with twelve Tour-pounder rifle cannon. The new Consistory will be held in Rome on the 27th inst, ‘The last section of the great line of rail from Paris to the Mediterranean, which is to connect the French frontier with italy, will be open to the public on the Sth of October from Nice to Mouaco. SPAIN. Queen Isabella Hears the Murmur—Her Appeal to Intervention of France. [Paris (Sept. Ugeuvnen correspondence of London Times.) The reported approaching interview between N: poleon (Il. of France and Isabella IL of Spain, which some papers have spoken of as certain, others as highly probable, and which the Constitutionnel re- cently pretty positively contradicted, is still upon the cards and not beyond the limits of possibility. The Queen is bent upon it ; the Emperor does not wish i; one would naturally suppose it easier for him to avoid it than for her to bring it about against his desire. Still, in such cases, it cannot be foreseen what incidents may supervene, what induence may be brought to bear, io achieve the least likely resuli. So much importance does Isabella attach to the ac- compilishinent of her wishes that you may be assured it was the chief object of ‘the Girgenti visit to Paris and Fontainebleau. Count Girgenti had taken his lesson before coming, and he urged certain objects upon the Emperor, until the latter, Weary of importunity, cut him short. “So long as her jesty is Queen of Spain,’? he sald, ‘‘she may rely upon receiving from me every consideration; but I cannot on any account intersere in the internal affairs of her kingdom,” These may not have been the exact words, but you may depemt that in sense and substance they are identical with what the Em- beror said. The Queen, however, ia still hopeful. siders the Emperor owes her a visit, as she went to see him at Biarritz, and she is making extensive preparations at St. Sebastian, in the hope that he will now return it, Should he ultimately be induced to do so she will probably go by sea to St. Sebastian, although not very fond of the water, from the little Biscayan ‘bathing place of Lequeitio, where she now is. Otherwise she may take the very rough and steep road from Lequeitio to Bilboa and thence move south, avoiding the proximity of the French frontier. Meanwhile, 1 hear that an officer of her household, Sedor Onate, was lately at Madrid sending up to St. Sebastian everything necessary to give a sumptuous and royal reception lo an imperial visitor. i need hardly teil zn the reason of all this anxiety. ‘The last Bour- mn sovereign of Spain feels the ship sinking, and desires to buoy it up by the prestige of a supposed good understanding and perhaps of a si with her powerful neighbor. The cony real peril has at last forced itself upon ations have already been made agaii avery large suns of money ha Engiand, the proceeds of sulés of property and of ntly discovered debts from the country to the Crown. Why, it may be said, not change a system which is felt to be leading to certain downfall aud irretrievable ruin’ Why does not the leopard get rid of his spois? Besides, it is too late, No act of con- trition Would now suffice to save. The dynasty is doomed and it is but a question of time. There is no reason to suppose that the French Emperor will be mduced to depart from the decision he lately announced to the Queen’s son-in-law. “He will not interfere in the internal affairs of Spain.’ We may readily believe that much. It would argue poorly for his Judgment if he did. He has not for- ‘otten the history of the first empire, or what he ately brought on himself by toterference in the in- ternat atfairs of Mexico. ‘The Spanish project of aillance hinges on the state of the Roman question @nd the prospect of war between France and Prus- 4f France will give her support to the Queen tn Gase of revolution, she will supply an army to hold the Papai Staves when France shall be at war. Such fre the ideas upon the fapts, It would be a very one-sided bargain to make with a government which an rely neither upon its generais nor upon tts sol- @iers, and which ts in nuinual struggle to ke down mutiny in the army aud insurrection in the country. General Dulce was, a8 you know, lately very ill at his place of banishment in the Canary Isiands, and in consequence of his fllness he received permission from his government to go wherever he pleased. It has been generally asserted and believed in Spain and among the Spanish refugees, now so numerous in Paris and eisewh that he would retura to Europe py the next Ket, which must be shortly due. In contradiction to the preval expectation, Thave reasea for believing that Dulce will not de- tach his lot from that of his companions tn exile. In baming these in a recent letter | omitied the uame of General Caballero de Roda. She con- jon of her Appenrance of the Armed Bands. A telegram from Madrid of the 14th of September reports (hat fresi armed bands Lave made their ap- pearance in Audaiusia, levying contributions frou the inhabitants, but paying regularly for their bread. wine and meat. The King of Naples, Francis 1. the Grand Cross of the Order of St the President of the Council an Slate wud Ploance in Madrid. FRANCE. has conferred The Prospect of War=Napolcow’s Foreign Ree lationsThe Enutente Cordiale with Eng. land—Queen Victoria Cooling OM, [Paris (Sept. 15) correspondence of London Times.) The French government papers have been donbiing their efforts to prove that war is out of tb question. Who isto go to war when everybody de- sires peace? A recent article of the France in’ tis sense attracts the more attention because that paper, ashort time before M. de la Gucronniere’s appoint- ment to Brussels, seemed very ardent against Prus. ria. The Journal de Paris rather i notes its assurances of durable and prolonged “War deferred,” it says, ‘‘at least for five or six months, and perhaps for a year or two.” In its usual slightly sardonic tone the Orleanist journal gives a giance at certain doubtful contingencies. It is of opinion that at this moment “the two poles of the situation for us are London and Ausiria, In case an immediate war with Prassia are we sure, in fault of the alliance of Engiand, to obtain, at least, her friendly neutrality? The manner in which the meen of England has just tra 1 France and ‘aris -v'hout seeing either the Emperor or the Bin press 3 not seem to indicate that our intercourse WU blond is at thismoment as cordial as tt has Deen ai some other times.” Lbelieve the Journal to be entirely in error in this inference, When ueen Victoria pasved through Paris on her way to witzerland sie «id so incognita, as a private per- gon. The Empress was aware that the Queen would be very happy to see her, wut could not undertake to return the visit. The Empress went to call at the Embassy, with some clewree of atate and sev . riages, and the visit attrac tention, and the Pa- risiaus wondered it had not been returned, Whether the rea! state of the case was not ciearly understood! in higher quarters [am tnable to but if the in cognito assumed by crowned heads when travelling for heaith or pleasure, with @ stall suite they desire to escape formality and ceremonial, is not wo proiect them tt becomes useless, On Queen Victoria's revurn through Paris it was perfectly understood that there was to be no visiting, and the Journal de + completely in error if it infers from that there is any failing oi in the cordial unc Cabinets and Court t that for representing the prese Austria, We aiready know that Austria's desire is ‘to see peace maintained, and that if war occurs she is bent upon keeping out of it. But her neutrality Glove would be of great advantage to France if it @utailod that oi Russia, Abd itis by such » fear en t treaty | was asserted, the Emperor had no other reso | conqueror of S% NEW Y tertained by Prussia that the rresse explains tne re- cent attempt made at Vienna by Baron Werther to mollify Beust with reapect to the Usedoi despatch, an attempt seemingly crowned with little success und which has not prevented Austria from aasuming @ resolutely neutral attiiude. M. de Beust seems to have Fao! it to be understood that Austria in future would take greater precautions. ‘The discovery that not only her defeat and expulsion from Germany, but the complete dissolution of the empire had been contemplated and planned by Prussia, was ample, indeed, to put her upon her guard, ‘Zhe Presse What ded the most was precisely this mentratity. Ie neonfifer brokeont hetweeen France and Prussia the object of Prussia would be to drag Russia into it on heraide, The neutrality of Austria may prevent Russia from acting. And, in fact, where and how could she act? If Austria were en- gaged in the north or west Bussis might make e diversion eastward, but it would be another thing to advance fm that direction when Austria was disengaged and could dispose of ail her forces. “It is not forgotten that in 1864 the neutrality of Austria was more disastrous to Russia than the Turkis! troops and the presence of Western armies on that side. A neutral Austria would also very probably mean, notwith- standing conventions, the neutrality of part of the Soath; at most there would only be the nerveless, useless tnterveution of Bavaria and, perhaps, of Wurtemberg. Telegrams from Paria of the 16th of September to London state the Moniteur, in its usual weekly bulletin, says that the state of affairs continues alto- gether quiet and peaceful. Most of the sovereigns ure at the present moment absent from their capi- tals, while the government strives to make ideas of moderation prevail in the various questions arising for their examination, ‘The Commissioners of the Bourse received the fol- lowing note to-day:—“The Ministers for Foreign Af- fairs, Interior and Finance are agreed in considering that the speech of the Ki of Prussia at Kiel, pub- lished by the journals this morning, referred solely to the events of 1866 and bad no application to pre- sent circumstances.” ‘The Etendard considers that the specch of King William does not imply any idea unfavorable to the maintenance of peace. The Patrie contains an article which interprets the King of Prussia’s speech at Kiel in a peaceful sense and says that public opinion will draw no prognostics of war from the allusion of King Wil- ham to the war in the Duchies. ‘The articie con- cludes as follows:—‘‘The peacetul promises of King William Will be applauded in Germany in the same manner as in France, Satisfaction has been felt at the solicitude with which the Hmperor, upon leaving Chalons, avoided furnishing a pretext for hostile comments.”? Napoteon ayed by the Ballot Box—Na- {From the London Tunes, Sept. 16.) ‘The result of the election for the Department of the Var is a victory forthe imperial government only in so fur that it relieves it from the trmmediate app: hension ofa defeat, There are not many instances, evenin the most violent periods of Parisian agita- tion, in which expectation has been wrought to a higher pitch; not many instances of better contested electoral field; not many instances of an encounter into which the hostile parties have brought more compact forces, ‘The weather seems to have been unfavorable to popular gatherings. On Sunday, it is stated, there was a perfect flood of ain from morning till night. Not more than 4,492 appeared at the poll on that day at ‘Youlon and 725 at Brignol es, The final decision was obtained on the following day, when it was as- certained that out of 35,267 voters no less than 30,930 had presented them: Of these 17,441 had given their suitrage to the government candi- date, M. Peyrue, and 12,889 had declared in favor of M. Dufaure, the candidate of the opposition. ‘There is nothing surprising in all this, although many thousands of persons in France and abroad were kept in breathless suspense about the issue of the contict. Uniess it be owing to an oversight, or to deliberate carelessness, or unfaithfulness of some of its functionaries, the French administration is very nearly sure of amore or less decisive majority tn any single election, and on this occasion, as every one is aware, the government has strained its power to the utmost. The defeat of the imperialist candidate in the Jura had spread something very like dismay tn the Emperor's Council. The Mints- ters had, as it were, staked their oficial existence on the second cast of the die to which the vacancy in the Var committed them. Their subordinates had been bidden to go in and win. A second dis- complture was a contingency of which they could not afford to calculate (he consequences. They must needs carry their man, and 4,552 of the citizens of the Department sank the scales at their behest. Very lite can be built on this success. Only a few weeks ago the expediency of dissolving the Legislative body and venturing on an appeal to the nation was made the subject of anxious deliberation in the Imperial Cabinet, when the opinion of those the best part of whose valor is discretion pre- vailed, and the Council broke up with the wise re- solution that “sufficient for the day was the evil thereof.” * * * Nottohave an opposition, not to deal with it on terms of fair confidence and mutual con- cession, has been the bane of the Emperor's system from beginning to end. Now that the persoual gov- ernment has lost its influence, now that his artificial majority is no better than a broken reed, the Empe- ror fancies he has nothing to fall back upon. He thinks that the opposition would come to no terms lated the of such a female pha- ane at the as of i constitution. }’ro- rly ol ey mi perha| become | Formiaable in their ater for ‘admittance; and from the Manchester report we publish this morning paring ry ‘ho lately aint ereallant a iy WI m 80 gallant a contest at the British Aasoctation. this lady's presence goes far to account for 80 ‘@ number of Fi and we bave some to know at whose instigation the claims were nted. Are there 5,000 Diancusstar who desir really wi by 0 yote Be the next election, stormy as it is nearly sure tobe? Has Misa Recker persuaded them to in- trust their names and pee: interest to her care, or have the liberal agents been prompia by an expec- tation that women would support Tights ol man? Whatever the cause, the claim on 80 extensive scale isa new phenomenon, and renders it evident that tlre question will at least be pressed until a tinal decision is obtained, ig not much encouragement to be derived at present from the manner in which such claims have been received by the revising barristers, at Lam- beth, when the first woman’s name Was called, the barrister contented himself with say! that he should take no notice of the claim. At Westminster @ similar decision was pronounced, but not without a reason being given. ‘The barrister recalled the tact that the subject was directly brought before tie late Parliament, Mr. Mill moved to insert the word “person” instead of ‘‘man’ throughout the act, ex- pressly in order to give women the franchise, and the amendment was rejected im order to maintain their ex¢iusion. There cannot, tlere- fore, be the slightest doubt a4 to the inten- tion of the legislature; and this, one would think, ought to be a decisive authority to a pub- lic officer in the position of a revi: barrister. He has to decide according to law, and, tn doubtful cases according to the known intention of the law. The agent for the women of Manchester certain!y deserves credit for his ingenuity, though in taking up the time of the court for two hours he may be thought rather too faithful a representative of his clients, He fairly confesses his inapility to show that women have voted for members of Parliament since the days of Henry VI., and the court must have been grateful to him for not ascending to a higher antiquity. He could show, however, that “the question had often been raised” as to the offices of overseer and sexton, What has the ofive of sexton to do with the privilege of voting for members of Parliamenty It might, doubtiess, be shown that agricultural laborers have ulled the ofiice of sexton, but it does not follow | that they are qualitied as voters, But it isin a duemma propounded by this gentleman that his ingenuity 19 inost apparent. ‘“ihere ig the word ‘an’ in the Reform act. What does it mean? It must have one of two meanings. It was either used n the sense of a man as distinguished from woman, or in the sense of mankind.” If it means mankind, of course it Includes women. But if it was used in the sense of man as distinguished from woman, “it surely imported the masculine gender.” It would be against Miss Becker's interest to deny men privilege of the nasculine gender, for Lord Romiily’s uct declares that ail terms importing the masculine wender shall be held to import the feminine also, Consequently, if the corm means men as distinguished | from women, ‘it follows that 1b means Women as dis- tlaguished from men, We remember noting betier than this in the way of arg since the days when we studied Aldrich, taught to unravel the soptiism about the Cretan being all called liars by a Cretan, and consequentiy speaking trath and lies in perpetual aliernation. * * © These decisions may, perhaps, imudicate the course which will be followed by the other regis- tration courts. But, whatever the barristers may decide, the question Wil be brought in November before the higher courts, and there can be littie doubt what the decision of the judges will be, Unless plainly compelled by the letter of the law, they would natu- raliy refuse to initiate so total ac C stitutional practice. The bi forcibly urges that where pre nothing but an express enactinent could be held to sanction a change; and this consideration is likely to carry still more weight with a superior court. But in this case as we have pointed out, the intentions of the Legislature are unmis- takable, and, in relying on the letter, the advocates of women are driven to the kind of quib- bles we have noticed. We may accordingly expect the court to decide that, under all circumstances, and on grounds of public policy, the term “man” or “person” in the new Reform act cannot be con- Strucd to mean “woman.” The ladies will, there- fore, be ultimately struck off the register, even if here and there placed on it by the barristers, and they must content themselves with exercising a purely domestic influence over the constitution of the first reformed Parliament. It is evident, how- ever, that there are those Ret them, as well as among their advocates, who will return to the charge; and the question will be in referred to the decision of Pariiament itself. Stranger things, we own, have happened than their gaining the day; and equally strange things have also happened without producing much _ eifect one way or the other. But whatever effect the Lett might have would, we believe, be ex- tremely injurious to the position of women, and would tnvolve no advantage whatever. We recom- mend one point to their observation at the forth- coming election. They will probably have sufficient without exacting an abdication of his fall powers, ‘nd apprehends that he has committed himseif too far on the path of absolutism to be able with safety to turn over @ new leaf. It 13 in this imposstbility, real or imaginary, to brook an honest legal opposi- tion that the great and only danger for the Emperor and his dynasty really consists. ad the election of the Var had the same result as that of the Jura, it left than in a declaration of war. That is tantamount to saying that, like an Eastern monarch, he would have hidden his defeat and death in the destruction and condagration of his royal palace. A war such as the Emperor of the French could now engage in would only be likely to rnin France without saving her sovereign. Vt is not by a warin which, whatever may be the issue, France would have s0 much to loose and so tittle to gain that the Emperor could hope to recover the suf- Trages of a multtiadej whichghad evinced so great a repug to any aggravation of military burdens, Whatever may be thought of the vaporing of such orators aM. Thiers and of such writers as M. de Girardin, the French nation at large looks forward to an outbreak of hostilities with visible misgiving. The French soldier would go forth on his errand with alacrity—who doubts it?—but it is the French people who “have vo pay the piper,” and the Emperor is eo well aware of the disposition of his people's mind in that respect that at the very moment that he alarms them with prepara- tons of which the world never saw the like, le also cajolés them with peacefal assurances which even ail their oracular vagueness and dreary me ony never seem to deprive of a certain interest. Whether it be sor warlike or sor peaceful purposes, i behooves the Emperor Napoleon to have the French nation with him, and he can hardly feel contident of the cheerful and spoutaneous support of the na- tion if he dare not appeal to its uncontrotied and un- biussed su ge, if he will not consult ita wishes with full intent (o give in to them, if he can brook no opposition, not even the opposition of M. Dufaure, M. Dufaure, a thoroughly honest man, a septuage- narian, a man not unwilling to take the oath o7 alle- giance to the sovereign and the constitution, a man who has been three times @ Minister, Who las served three different governments, and who cannot boast of the smallest bit of ribbon of the L n of Houor in his button hole. GERMANY. Prospects of War with France, The International Buttetin of Dresden, of Sep- tember 15, contains the following:—We can assert in the most positive manner that in expectation of a war with France, which tn the belief of Prussia will break out this autumn, or at furthest the beginning of next spring, the Minister of War at Berlin trans- mitted about a fortnight back to our staff a very de- tatied plan of the cainpaign, in which are pointed out with much clearness and precision the strategic points which the Twelfth corps, the Saxon, ought to occupy on the first signal. ‘The Yost of Berlin says:—U France pretends to divert us from anattainable hopes there isin this a case of war, but it will net be the act or fault of Ger- vy: War may issue from this very pretension to tus to French dictation. 1s general apprehen fict will take place Germans. xt year between Frauce wad - | of the evidence that an election is somewhat rough work, and whatever claims they have hitherto advanced, none of them, we believe, has as yet pretended to be on a level with men in physical strength. The fact is that physical strength has a good dea! to do with politics in innumerable ways, and for that rea- son alone women are not capable of holding their own in the rough cont of the world, If they attempted to do it they would sacrifice that dell- cacy, that gentleness and that submission which are now their most potert charms. They have at resent the privileges and the protection of the weak. et them undertake to defend themselves, and they must be content with the bare rights they can en- force. Instead of cerning. any additional rights, they would risk some of the rights they poss and they would mevitably lose the peculiar influ e which is now derived from their very subordination. We must frankly say that we should regret anything which could tend to distract the interests of wome from domestic life; and we are convinced that the great majority both of men and women are of the Same opinion. It isan old and true saying that a happy State can only be composed of happy fa lies, and by bending all their energies to make our familias happy, Women will exercise a far more powerful aa weil a8 & more beneficial imfluence on their country than could be exerted by even ual versal female suilrage. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Bavarian government is experimenting with the Gasling six chamber revolving cannon. he cavalry depot at Amersfoort, Holland, was re- cently destroyed oy fire, aud tu of the finest horses burned to death, An English amateur has attained the great speed of fifteen miles per hour with a velocipede, and in- tends to challenge a locomotive, Correspondence from Croatia and Slavonia men- tions that great numbers of horses are being pur- chased there by the Italian government, evidently for artillery purposes. ‘Thirty-five thousand one hundred and forty-six emigrants have left Hamburg for transatiantic ports between the montis of January and August of the present yeur. The type-setters and assistants of Marseilles were recently on a strike and no papers could be pub- lished Anring several days. In order to satisfy the subscribers the editors issued small bulletins, ‘The Grand Duke of Baden, having recovered from | his indisposition, made a trip recently from Mainaw to Friederichsha: in order to pay @ Visit to the King of Wuriermburg, who was stopping there. Liborio Romano, who played such an important part in thi polilan revolution of 1869-60, died re- cently in of the Florence hospitals, miserably poor. Commanications from Patras and 7 that the currant crop is severely dat tinued rains, and fears are entertain one-third of the produce Will be lost. At the fair of St. Michael, heid recentiy at Mar- seilies, France, acone was ‘exhivited, composed of 200,000 stiver flve franc pieces. ‘The height was six teen feet five inches, and the circumference at the base forty-five feet. The Court of Rome has despatched a Prince of the Churen to Vienna, charged with the presentation of a gift from Pius 1X, to the Princess Giselle, daughter peror of Austria, on the event of her first communion, nte mention zed by con- “l that about The King of Prussian ‘Tested as n Natiount, ‘The German journals, in announcing ww the King of Prussia Was to employ each day u . stated that, after a review was to aticnd Visit to Dresden 9th of Septemb: banquet tn the ane borg, and thea added undergo @ similar ¢ nt hallof the palace at M King William will have to In mony on this occasion, the au there exists a cup madeof a st skull, still adorned with the horns, and deep as an ancient Gothic vidrecome. ‘This vessel ts filed with champagne and every guest haa to empty it as adroitly as be can—a dificult wsk, however, which many a drinker has failed, The King of Saxony, while the take their wine, take notice of their addr raws up a re in an antique ates from the tirst days of the Saxon monarchy, ® most illustrious ‘rederick the Great Gernians, who are fond of e curious to know how the Wa Will extricate lumself from the diticulty, and whether the misfortune will occur to lin, as to imauy others, of spilling some of the names figure in it, end that of The among others, pleasantry at im rigis | the wits of revisi nding | vise. only to have ® pretext | * French government as | however, not inappropriately, doubly anxious for peave, because it hopes nothing | from ‘Bngland and cannot reckon on the alliance Of | No less than 5,760 women have claimer cont vn his glorious uniiorm., ENGLAND. The Franchise Registrations=W oma Rights and the Interests of Woman. {From the London Times, Sep The registravion courts bave been ¢ AB yur report yesterc the subtiest quit Among these is the que women tothe franchise, wich has already been raised In several important boroughs. Manchester, seems to take the lead in this move for abolishing the monopoly of men, Pio be placed Upon the register for that borough as resident house- holiers. It may occasion s¢ surprise that 90 large. @ number of women in jay claim to the household qualification, and it ts doubt ful whetuer either frieaas or foes comteu- ort of the trial | new French College at Constantinople was ned on the 7th inst, and the pupils numbered 280, Among them were the grandson of Faad Pacha and the two sons of Ethem Pacha, The success has eclipsed ail Lie ost senguine hope: General Moltke and his stat? ha’ their tour of tmepection to the garri: resses of Weetern Pruss' disaatisiied with the geu of large bodies of Lroops are orde: | ward towards the Rniue, | According to the Paris Figaro, the following royal | Dersonages were recently, at the same time, occupy: levue Hote Thun, an Switzerianc jou. Movements irom the west- Holland, the Duke of Chartres and » Duke of Guise, the Duke of Auinale, | Joinville and fatnily and tie Prince of | _ Great seandal was recentiy caused in St. Peters- burg cloping wiih a general's Hl | daughter, me he himself left a wit fuimuy. Th al the fugiti and | etersburg, and inquiry being iistya ared tat the gen | had been living for s Imost” publtely | the Bt ite the elopetaent with the general's aug areprisal by arms. ‘The following is a proy ‘amme of the subjects to be treated publicly at the stribution of prizes at the Seminary of Montauly France:—Pina 1X,, the Blected of the Lord; the Immaculate Virgin; New Stars in the # ns; Pius EX. and Modern Errors; ‘The Fisherman's Bark (chant); The World at the | Feet of Pius : St. Ps ‘s Pence; The Defenders of the Pontifical Throne; song of ‘Triumph (cantate), Altogether most edifying both to the scholars and to the audience, A promising roung student recently lost his life through carelessness in one of the hospitals of Paris, One of the patients died of a most infectious disease, and in the dissecting room special orders were given to the studet to tse all necessary precautions, ‘The young man in question had a slight eruption on the Hp, and during the operation happened to touch it with his hand. Perceiving the consequences he | queeuly retired to his room and died without utter. | ing one word of regret or telliag any one of his ta. L wdyerwencd, ° RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Progress of Christianity. the stums of Water street of their moral impurity and native wickedness is not producing satisfactory results, On the contrary, the whole thing has been found @ money making jod and a stupid blunder on the part of hogs pious people Who Would make prose- lytes among the denizens of there fetid districts, So far as any practical benefits have arisen from this holy crusade among the filth and foulness of a most disreputable part of the city, it is more than ikely the published reports of the proceedings at those farces and mockeries of religion called prayer- meetings which have been conducted there will have a demoralizing tendency among the youth of both sexes in our city and in the end lead to a subsidence of those sincere religious revivais which are caleu- lated to do much good. Since our last we have to report the dedication of thirteen Protestant churches:—On the island of Conanicut, off the coast of Rhode Island, @ small Baptist church of seven members was organized a year anda half ago. Now it has a membership of over forty, and the society has lately finished a house of worship near the centre of the island, which has just been dedicated. The building will accommodate 200 worshippers. In Newark, N. J., the Fairmount church has just eect an edifice modelled after the sanctuary of the it Baptist society of that city, but inferior in sla building was dedicated on the 9th inst, Bay houses of worship havo also been dedl- cated at Warwick, N. Y.; Bellevue, Mich., and Knox- ville and Davis Creek, Iowa. The Presbyterian church of Metropolis, Ill, during the last two years has increased its nembership from nineteen to thirty-one, Without aid from abroad sey have just built and paid for a house of worship, which was duly dedicated on the 6th inst. At Milton, Fla., a small Presbyterian church has been erected with the aid of friends from Mo- bile 208 others. The society las very recently or- In Hayes Valley, Cal., in August a small house of worship, begun by the Presbyterian society of that region last April and finished, was dedicated. On Easter Monday last the corner stone of the Bethlehem (German Lutheran) church in Richmond, Va., belonging to the Missouri Synod, was laid with imposing ceremonies, Since then the edifice has been completed and was recently consecrated, ‘It is time,” says the Lutheran, “that an English Luth- eran church should also be started in Kichmond, and we are happy to announce that one is about to be undertaken under the ministry of Rey. Mr. Neitfer, | @member of the Synod of Pennsylvania and late of our seminary in Philadelphia.” St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran church at New Baltimore, Ohio, was AOLECDEY dedicated last month, The formal dedication of the Reformed church in | Utica took place on the sth inst, Rev, Dr. Vermilye, of the Collegiate church in this city, preached an ap- propriate discourse, and the pastor, Rev, A. G. Ver- | Inilye, D, D., offered the prayer of dedication, ‘The new edifice has cost about $50,000, A- Reformed house of worship, buiit at Norris, LL, through the benevolence of a lady of Phila- aapue, was lately dedicated to the worship of God. A Methodist house of woi mouth in West Milton, W! Mr. Henry Burden, proprietor of the extensive iron works near ‘troy, N. Y., is erecting a fine church building for the use of a Presbyterian congregation at that place. The church, which will cost over $50,000, Is to be built, fin and furnished throughout at Mr. Burden’s exp when all is completed the whole property will’be transierred to the trustees of the church, ship was dedicated last City Missionary Work. To-day, at the Howard Mission, there will be Sun- day school services from two to three o'clock, to be followed by a meeting of the missionaries, who have been engaged in the Water street revivals, to report progress in the work. Meetings will be held at John Allen’s and Kit Burns’ at five P. M., and every day next week from twelve to one o'clock. Rev. Mr. Van Meter will speak of the work in which he 1s en- gaged at half-past ten o’clock A. M., in the Stanton street Baptist church, near the Bowery, and at half- past seven o’clock P. M. in the New England Con- [rape (Rey. Lyman Abbot's) church, Forty- fourth street, between Broadway and Sixth avenue, The Catholic Clergy of the Diocese of New York in Council. Asgsolemn synod of the Roman Cathotic clergy of the diocese of New York will be held in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday, September 29, Archbishop McCloskey will preside. According to the Arch- bishop’s letter of citation, the formal promulgation of the decrees of the council held at Baltimore in 1866 wiil form the chief business of the council. The We regret to report that the movement for cleansing | other. | ORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1868—TRIPLE SHMET. which we can best minister to the spiritual needa of the poor, the working classes, the freedmen, the of every grade, om the one hand, as weil as reach and forms of Vorermer hh unl wi wit enguge the de- eration, yor he me Comned. 2 secon x these rs, W! pertain specifically to \- tional action, there are many aper soaks connected with {he opératién of great voluntary Bee me the Church, which hold their At tae same {ma and 1h! ceedings of which will have a moulding influence on the Churen at large. In view, then, of these facts, which constitute s0 many reasons why we should make the approaching session of the General Conven- tion an occasion of spectal er to Almighty God, T affectionately request:—| ‘That the prayer for “the meetings of the Convention,” found among the occasional prayers, after the Litany, be used on all occasions of public worship, beginning with the sev- enteenth Sunday after Trinity (October 4), and be con- tinued during the session of the Convention. In addi- tion to the changes which the clergy will make, as directed by the rubric which follows the prayer, they will, on the first Sunday in October omy, substitute the words ‘soon to assemble” for “here assembled." Second—I also earnestiy request that this prayer, or its equivalent, may be used as a part of the family morning prayer of the several househoids in this diocese; and also that each communicant will make daliy prayer and supplication that the Holy Ghost who presided the councils of the blessed Aposties may preside over this Council; and that God would be pleased to “direct and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of His glory, that the good of His Church, the safety, honor and welfare of His people, all things may be so ordered and settled by their en- deavors, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety may be established among us for ail genera- uons,”” Never was there a time when we so needed the presence of the Divine Spirit in our council as now; never was greater interests at stake, or greater edfects, for weal or woe, likely to follow. Under such circumstances it is our bounden duty, a3 individuals, as families, a8 congregations and as a diocese, to seek God’s Png guidance and blessing. Remem- ber the gracious promise of the Lord Jesus, “If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven; and that other promise, “What- soever ye shall ask in My name, that willl do, that the Father may be glorified tn the Son.” _Commending you, beloved, to God, and to the riches of His covenant mercy in Christ Jesus, made ours by the applying grace and sealing power of the Holy Ghost, | remain your devoted servant, WILLIAM BACON STE Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. Taking the Veil at a Nunnery Within the Come munion of the Church of England It will be remembered that at the Wes! ference held recently in England, the opinion Was expr ed that the Church of England is gradually ceasing to be a Protestant Church, If the Rev. Mr. Jackson and his friends are in the habit of reading the Church papers, their convictions on this subject are likely to be strengthened. The accounts of a church celebration at Brighton, and of another at All Saints’ church, Lambeth, would have seemed in their proper p in the Zablet; but they were not so startling as the description given in the Church News of a young lady taking the veil at Feltham nunnery. ‘The postulant was dressed as a bride, and the “father superior’? cut oi her hair, having a towel spread over his kuees to rec- ceive it, ‘While the novice’s hymn, ‘Farewell, thou world of sorro' was being sung by the sisters, her long black hair was all cut off, the black Jong tresses failing on the ground around her.” Her dress was changed and she put on the Benedictine habit. She walked to the altar steps holding her lighted taper, and “while she was receiving the Sacrament the choir curtain fell, and neither she nor the other sisters were seen any more.” ‘the Feltham nuns, it appears, lead a life of strict seclu- sion, never going out and only seeing visitors through a grating. They recite the Benedictine of- fice and observe the Benedictine rules. And all this takes place under the superintendence of persons within the communion of the Church of England, The account concludes with the hope that the Pope will make the Ca crag 4 council at Rome “indeed Ecumenical by inviting the Anglican and Eastern bishops to attend.” Cruel Treatment of Christians in Japan. (From the Hiogo (Japan) News, July 23.) In our issue of the 4th of June last we spoke of the report of the intended slaughter of native Chris- Uans at Nagasaki, and then expressed our abhor- rence of the act and the necessity of immediate action by our Ministers to prevent the accomplish- ment of the infamous proceeding. Since that time we have heard nothing more about the matter until the arrival of the Osaka on Sunday last, when the following statement was made to a friend here In a private letter, which we are permitted to publish:— “The only news we have here is that the first batch of native Christians from the village at the head of promulgation of these decrees will put an end to picnics in connection with the Catholic churches of this diocese and oblige priests to greater uniformity in their vestments and robes. The scarcity of priests and the great question of Catholic education will, in all probability share the attention of the synod. It is expected that the very reverend and reverend clergy will bring their deliberations to a close on Thursday, October 1, Rupture Am tse Catholics In Chicago. We have given brief reports by telegraph of the troubles in the Catholic Church in Chicago, The cause of the diMcuity ts this:—Several months ago a number of the Catholic clergymen of Chicago, in- cluding Rev. Dr. Dunne, Kev. Father Roles, Dr. MeMulien and Dr. McGovern, united in a letter to the Pope complaining of mismanagement of the temporal affairs of the dhocese by Bishop Duggan, Since that time Bishop Duggan has been to Rome, where he was undoubtedly made acquainted with the contents of the letter of complaint. On the return of the Bishop he sent the following letter to Father Roles, pastor of the Cathedral of the Holy Name:— Thereby annov ce to you that your faculties shall nection with this diovese termi- zist inst. he nature of the document which you will re- ceive shall depend on t tate of your account and on yourown conduct and manner witle you remain in the city. My future action tn relation to you shall be deter- mined by the same. JAMES, Bishop of Chicago. CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 1868, A remonstrance signed by a very largo number of the members of the church was sent tothe Bishop but had no effect. Then a meeting was held at which speeches were made warmly censuring the Bishop, and resolutions passed :— Whereas, we learn with heartfelt sorrow that Rev. J, P. Roles has been removed from the pastoral charge of the Church of the Holy Name; and Whereas, during toe eight years of his administra- tion, he has relieved the chureh of a large debt which w pressed heavily on it, and during that time also added to, beatified and preserved it from decay, and made it an ornament to the diocese; and i Whereas, during his ministry in the parish the most harmonious feeling has existed between him- self and the parishioners, and the cause of virtue and religion been sustained aud promoted; and Whereas, we learned that the action of the Right Reverend Bishop has not been caused in conse- quence of any maladministration on the part of our pastor, nor in consequence of any fauit of tus, but because he and others have done what their con- sciences dictated, as tending towards the advance- ment of religion in our midst. In view of the fore- going. it is unanimously Kesvlved, That while we are ever ban to yield obedience to the authorities of the Church Bs tain it in all matters of discipline, yet we deem it a duty we owe to ourselves to remonstrate against yliat appears to us @ most arbitrary removal. Resolved, That in view of this removal and deter- mination to appeal to higher authority, we, his parishioners, pledge ourselves to sustain him in every etfort he may make to obtain redress, Resolved, That a subscription be now taken up for the purpose ot defraying the expenses which must necessarily be inearre: 1, That in removal of the Rev. J. P. f Cathollcity will sufe joss Which Will result in serious Injury and retard advance. | ment. a its vived, That the parishtoners of the Holy Name at this time to express sympathy and ° the removal of our beloved pustor, the raised by the committee as a testi- Monia! ‘o Father Roles at the meeting alone. The Triennial Episcopal Convention. ‘The (rental general Convention of the Protestant | Episcopal Church meets in Trinity church, in this city, O¢ The especial objects of the convocation | wiil be ined from the following circular, ts- sued by the Right . Bishop Steven, of the Dio- | cese of Ponnsyivania:— TO THE ¢ Y AND LAITY OF THE Droces® oF | PENNsy At BELOVED IN tHe Lorp—The General Convention | of the Protestant Episcopal Church tn the United | | States, which holds its session once in three years, | will meet tn the city of New York on the 7th of Oc- tober next. In (his great council of our church will gathered, for the first time since 1859, bishops, | clergy and laity from all of the United States. It | will comprise a larger number of bishops and a larger NuloLer of dioceses than any of our previous councils. The business which will be brought | before it is of the deepest importance to | | the well-being of the Church, now and here- after, ‘The erection of six or seven new dioceses and misstonary jurisdictions; the election, and, r- | hapa, consecration of several bisheps; the readjust. | ment of our code of canons to new phases of church growth and action; the various memorials touching vital points of faith, ritual and discipline, whieh will be presented; tho recasting of the whole foreign miasionary Work of the Church; the needed revision of the course of studies for candidates for Holy Orders, a8 prescribed by the House of Bishops; tlie devising of new and enlarged agencles of church education and church extenslon; the methods by the bay left this place on Saturday in the Sir Harry Parkes, destination unknown, “The Consul tells me that the Japanese say they are only to be separated from their families, the community here does not believe their statement, “Phe superior of the French church informs me that some of them will be pitched into the sea, others beheaded, and the rema'nder be sent to toil for life in some of the neighboring coal mines, and that all the other Christians are to be served in the same manner. He does not assertzthis as a fact of his own Knowledge, but gives it as the statement of the triends of the poor fellows who are undergoing this punishment, and is much more to be relied on than the statement made to the Consul by tue native omicials. “Phe Consuls have had a meeting and sent a joint note to the Governor on the subject, but as it only points out to him the heinousness of the offence im the eyes of Western nations | do not think tt will have much effect, particularly as it is urged that they are sent away to preserve the peace of tie countr * “But as they number only some three thousand souls ali told 1 cannot see how they can inieriere much with the goverament. “The fact is these officials are a most intolerent set, and the soouer Aidzu comes among us the bet- will be. “The French superior leavea here on the Costa ra to confer with the French Minisver."* Religious Notes. It is proposed that a great meeting of the World's Evangelical Alliance be held in this city. Certainly let New York have the benefit of one of these grand and influential Christian conferences, The Observer discusses the question, “Would an established Church help us* Don't talk about it, unless you want to kick up a regular religious plug- muss. It is proposed to revise the Episcopal Prayer Book. Ii has been discovered that there are Roma n- dang germs in it, A religious contemporary thinks that the reason pious people are so often made the had characters in novels is that 80 many set for the portrait. ‘The Illinois State Christian Convention, held un- der the aupices of the American Christian Commis- sion, will meet at Bloomington on tue 20th, 2ist and 2ud of October, A convention of returned foreign missionaries has been called tor the purpose of discussingythe roe of polygamy. Salt Lake City would be a good place to hold it in, The Freeman's Journal (Catholic) announces the arrival of a delegation of a new order of charity from Brittany, France, called the ‘“Littie Sisters of the Poor.” They have established themselves in De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn. ‘The Stave Convention of Young Men's Christian Associations at Worcester, Mass., Was quite success- ful. There were a large number of clergymen pres- ent, and the uniformity with which they bore testi- mony to the good results acitieved by the Christian Associations in the yd and the hearty earnestness with which they bade them God speed for the future, were among the interesting aud notable features of the guthering. A sirictly religious contemporary refers to the trial of the Key, Mr, Hubbard for Tyngism im Providence, KR. 1, in the following independent way:—We ob- serve in the indictment against the Rev. Mr, Hub. bard, Rhode tsiand, for the heinous offence of invit- ing Kev. Mr. Denison, a Baptist clergyman, to preach in his pulpit, that the presenters always use the 1s the preflx to the name of the accused, ing of the innocent Baptist minister, he is mentioned as “one Frederick Denison,” ¢ lavariabiy as “the said Denison.” than nine t jue to Denison,” winie the man on trial Is inv: with great care, ionored with the title of Leve ‘The indictinent reads as if the Rev. Mr. Dealson were the guilly party, or some notorious oifender hot worthy of veing named with the common civ.l- of Ife, Stich arrogance degrades those only who jay it, and jerits (ne revue of every gentleman and an ‘the Observer says the prospect of the reunion of the Presbyterian Church ts favorable. The follow. ing table gives the relative mombership of the Old School and Sew schoot Presbyterian and the Con- gregatioual denominations in’ the more Northern pla ¥ Doghuid is oultted, as theve are scarce vyterian churches in those States con- H d With tose two branches of the order; and the Soutwern +9 are untied, as Congregational- ism 18 yet very feeble the New Jerse Pennsytval Ohto. 7 Michigan, . 11,030 Indiana, 8.0L Minw wat... 1,89 1 seen from this table that Northwest, with the exception of Michigan, t School are much stronger than tue New Presbyterians, At the general convention of Universalists at Prov. dence last week arrangements were made for the centennial celebration of the establishment of the first Universalist church in the United States, by John Murray, m Gloucester, Mass, 1 It was voted to raise a committee of 3 2, roughout the he Old arrang nation to preach seneepeiate discourses on the Sunday in November, 1870, and that during that year a purse be raised for aoe fae 7 work of the convention. wo Contenary Fund. lt was also meeting of the General Convention in cester, TRANSSATLANTIO STEAMERS, ” oo eennaened a New YoRs, Sept. 24, ised, To THE Epiror OF THB HERALD:— The annexed slip from the Glasgow Herald shows what one company and one building yard on the Clyde is doing for transatlantic steam navigation. ‘This large fleet 1s not built for a British company, but for a German company, who cau lave no induce ment to go to the Clyde for their steamers other thaa the fact that they can procure the class of vessels which experience has demonstrated to be the beat for the trade on cheaper terms than they can build them for in the shipyards of Germany or the United States. When American citizens are permitted to do what this German company is doing we will re cover @ portion of the transatlantic trade which our present registry taws has thrown into the hands of foreigners. It will be observed that the fine ships of the North German Lloyd’s cost about $400,000, gold, and our prices must be brought to this stand- ard to enable our merchants and shipowners to Com- pete with German and British shipowners. If our shipbuilders and machinists can furnish equaty ood vessels for the price, the fault of letting the rade slip away from our control lies with our caple talists and merchants; but if the ship and engine builders are unable to supply the vessels at the Clyde rices, there is no course open to us short of grant- ing American registers to ships and steamers owned by American citizens, without discrimination as to the country where tne vessel is built. TRIAL TRIP OF THE STEAMSHIP RHEIN. (From the Glasgow Herald, Sept. 12.4 Yesterday the magniticent screw steamer, recent! launched trom the building yard of Messrs. Caird 4 Greenock, proceeded ov @ preliminary trip pre- vious to being handed over to her owners, the North German Lioyd’s Company. The Rhein is a vessel 105 tons, 339 feet in length, 40 feet beam and 35 i depth of hold, She is bropelied by engines of 600 liorse power, nominal, and is in every respect similar in arrangement to the numerous fleet of steamers built and engined by this eminent firm for the North German Lioyd’s Company, to py betwixt Bremen aud New York, Via Southampton, Yesterday speed of fourteen knots was attamed under easy ui. Mr. Overbeck, managing director, and whe xpressed his entire satis- She will be commanded by Captain Meyer, and is expected to leave for Bremen to-morrow, It is only ten months ago, we believe, since this vessel and the Westphalia (a sister steamer, which left the river last week) were con- tracted for by Messrs. Caird & Co, Another ship named Maine was receaey jJaunched, while a fourth, to be named Donau, now in course of construction, is to be launched and fitted out this year. During the past eleven years Messrs. Caird & Co. have built and engined for the North German Lloyd’s Company the following steamers, of an average tonnage of three thousand tons each, and at a cost, we believe, of about £55,000 each, viz.:—Bremen, New York, Hansa, America, Iermann, Deutschland, Union, Weser, Rhein and Maine—while, as already stated, the Donaw will be finisied this year. All these handsome steamers now ply between Bremen and New Yor! via Southampton. Besides these, Messrs. Caird Co. have likewise built for the Bremen and Baltimore line, owned by the same company, two ships, named Bremen and Baltimore, while other two of similar dimensions are now building in their yard at Gree! ock. This year Messrs. Catrd & Co. will have Jaunched seven vessels, the aggregate ton! ot which will not be far short of 22,000 tons. For the last three years the North German Lioyd’s Company have been paying their shareholders twenty per cent on the invested capital of £375,000, besides building the above magnificent fleet of vessels out of earnings. ‘The company began their line of trans- atlantic steamers in 185’ Their ships have per- formed some of the fastest passages across the Atlantic on record. The Commercial Navigation Company. To THE Epitor or THE HERALD:— Having read the various published statements of the President of this company setting forth the extraordinary advantages to the country wiitch he alleges will follow the establishment of a line of ocean steamersjon the plan he proposes, I naturally felt a desire to sce the models and learn the condi- tion on which such glowing estimates were based. T accordingly called at the company’s office in South street to-day and was favored with a sight of these wonderful efforts at naval architecture, the consum- mation of which is to be the production of ships that areto “beat. ail creation’? in speed and comforts which are, in fact, to raise such a glow of patriotio ardor tn the breast of every native citizen and indig- nation in that of every naturalized foreigner at t) wrongs he suffered in his own hated native country that they, one and all, will patronize no other tne, nor send their letters in any other ships, The averment of Mr. Baxter that the Post Office Department will delay the mails “two or thres- days’ in order to send them by his wonderful ships, “to be landed two or thre days tn advance of the foreign mail steamer lines sailing on the same day,* Jed me to expect a great scientific treat from my in- spection of the aforesaid models. How much such sanguine representations may weigh with capitalists or Fostinasic® General Ranc 1 um unabie to say. 1 do feel assur however, that by scientific and truly capable naval arenitests—men who have had op- portunities and experience—t al with suspicion. If charlatan aning who indulge tn such vague gen- Ves open to being classed in that category Now, for my own opinion a3 a scientific as well as practical investigator into the dificult questions in- voived in naval architecture, @ man’s opinions on these questions must be valued to some extent at least by the opportunities he has had for inquiry | build four of bis sty | sueli stutt, of the public will be jus t aad observation. A ‘rule of thumb’ desigver no donbt often produces good and tolerably fast ships; wut it is with him all guesswork, founded on precon: ceived ideas formed by comparisons with other models. The sciontife may possesa all th advantages, whatever they are worth, and is besides able to give “a reason for the faith that ts in him.” Within a few years I have visited many of the shipyards in this country and nearly all those oa the Thames, the Mersey and the Clyde, and have ex amined most of the models and drawings of noved ships of the English, French ana our own Paoiis lines of steamers. By the tight thus obtained and long years of study and observation I have arrived at the conclusion that there is great room for improvement in th modeis of ocean steamers, that the average time a present occupied in crossing the ocean by the fastest fleets of such vessels ay be reduced even more thaa Mr. Baxter estimates. I believe with the eminent Eng- lish naval architect, Mr. W. Scott Russell, that when the public “believe in it, almost any speed that capital may command and commerce support may be at- tamed with safety and certainty on the ocean,” I must, however, take leave to assert that neither the models proposed by Mr. Baxter nor the dimensions and other conditions stated will produce ships equal to even the second class foreign lines now monopo- lizing the transatlantic trade. The proposed sips are to be 325 feet long by 45.5 beam over all, and deep, and are oniy to draw 14 feet at “load line, and their draught to be but one foot less at the ead of their voyage than at the commencement. No one can attach a tugher value to light draughtas ameans to the attainment of high speed at an econo- mical rate than I do. It is, in fact, before alt others, save fine and prope drawn = itnea, the one thing needful. ut neither = hight draught nor fine lines can be had on those dimensions and proportions. To get both—aad they must both be combined in order to get economl- cal high speed—you_ must materially increase the length. To beat the fastest Cunarders and Freneh- men you must build sips of greater length in pro- portion to beam, These crack ships vary from 36910 near 400 feet In length. If we are to beat them ia vere competition on the great “highway of aa we build our ships at least 450 feet long, with beams about one-tenth thetr length, 80 as to get five lines as well as iight dranght from length rather than breadth, Furthermore, Mr. Baxter proposes ¢ of wood, Which adds, as ¢ pared with iron, one-third to the weight of bul other words, if an tron hull of given dim au weighs 1,200 tons, a similar one constructed of wood will Weigh 1,600 tons, equal strength being sought for. The wooden vessel will therefore be doomed all het lifetime to carry 400 tons of useless weight at the highest cost for the highest speed. This part of the subject everybody will understand and no scientiic problem is involved. 1 must be recognized as @ commercial fa and is the true starting-point for petition on the ocean. a The statement made by Mr. Baxter that the se proposed si three of tre ean be built ds in nine months is wort about as te jon that all Americans from pride ail foreigners from hatred of their native countries will patronize his ships, We, ad wellas all other peopie, like to go in the fastes*, safest and best found shtps, and patriotism dome weigh a feather in the scaie, Let ns hear no more led in regarding the projectors raking as mere scuemerd and chatlatan England, where SUCH Vast facilities exist ta their nume iH 1 well found building ys unde No builder in anc nds, wouldunds t turn out one such ship as the China or Ville de Varia, or any ship of that clase, under eigtvieca months, Uf Congress should reconsider this subject it is ‘a be hoped they will likewise cousider the tmporiance he government aid, tn whatever shape it 1, in the hunds or under the cont parties, who will not alien lc by spectous and Nigh-soundi Mf promises, is id n plans contradiet, av which will detor, if ¢ out, for m ears object so much desired—a_ really fui line of American steamers on the Europe route. The best plan, perhaps, would be. to leay deceive the contracé open for public competition. The reference made by the Postmaster General to the Attorney General ins volves only a report on the legal right of tie former to withhold the bonds called for; and it ism a be desired that the Postmaster General may be oud ments, to reuuest all the clergy of the denvut- | to be right iu its construction of the (aw, 4 “. ae |