The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1868, Page 4

4 EUROPE. The Atlantic mail steamship City of London, of the Inman line, Captain Brooks, from Liverpool the 4tb via Queenstown the Sth, arrived at this port yeater- day, with advices up to date. The London Glove of the 4th Inst. announces that Mr. Bellew, the popular reader, has, slong with hie wife, seceded from the Church of England to the Church of Rome § ° The Italian papers state that the English squadron commanded by Lord Clarence Paget recently cast anchor in Maddalena Roads, on the coast of Sar- inia, and that on the following day Lord Clarence Paget paid a visit to General Garibaldi, at Caprera, nd was rece:ved with much cordiality, Sir James Fergusson, the newly eppointed Gover. nor of South Australia, was entertained at a complt- mentary banquet on the evening of the 2d inst, in Willis’ Roomg, King street, St. James’, London, by a numberof hig personal and political friends and gen- uemen connected in various ways with that im- portant colony. During the afternoon of the 4th inst, the mortal re- mains of the Most Rev. Charies Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury, were placed by the side of his daughter, Caroline Georgiana Levett, who was buried in the churchyard of Addington parish, near Croydon, within a few days of twelve months ago. The funeral of the Primate of all England was re warkadle for fis plainness and simplicity. GREAT BRITAIN. FROM GUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. The English Earthquake—Carious Civic Cere- monies—The New Lord Mayor—Praying for the President—The New Parliament and Workingmen— Prospects of the Coming Elections—Kugland Ualting and Hesitating. a LONDON, Noy. 3, 1868. ‘The London journals have at length been forced to adit the accuracy of the information which I sent you last week im regard to the earthquake in Eng- land. They are gensrally about a week behind the HERALD. They now admit, however, that very sen- sible shocks were felt between ten and eleven o'clock last Friday night in Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Wight and the western and midland counties of England. The vibrations were strong enough to cause bed- steads to rock and crockery to rattle, and the waves seemed to come from north to south, You will remember thas similar phenomena were ob- served here afler the great earthquake at Lisbon a century ago, and undoubtedly these are the distant resulta of the tremendous shocks that have desolated South America. The immense tidal wave at New Zealand came also from the same cause. The London Times, after at first ignoring the earthquake altogether, now goes to the opposite extreme, and in a remarkable editorial, published yesterday, in- forms us that England ‘(may be a dormant volcano, as Vesuvius was sill after the Augustan age;” that we “stand right over one of the great fissures,” and that “the neighborhood of the internal fire con- tributes as muck to the mildness of our climate as the Gulf Stream.” The consequence of this sensa- tion article is that the Times, readers are suffering irom an earthquake panic, ag foolish as panics usually are and as unfounded. Last week a very curfous old ceremony was per- formed by the city authorities, By solemm procia- Inaton the tenants of a piece of ground called “The Moors” were ordered to come forth and do thelr ser- vice. Mr, Nelson, the City Solicitor, apy on behalf of these tenants and carefully cut up one faggot with @ hatchet and another With @ billiook. The tenants of a called ©The Forge’ were then summoned, and again the City Solicitor *ppeared, and this time counted six horseshoes and sixty-one nails in the presence of a magistrate, called the Queen’s Remem- . brancer, who gravely responded * number.” ‘These ceremonies seem very absurd; but if one of them were omitted the tenants and the city would lose their righss to the grounds once called “The Moor" and ‘The Forge,” but now of immense value, For example, there was an estate in Finsbury leased es ago to the city, at @ nominal rental, on & lease which could be perpetually re newed, The property brought in about £50,000 @ year. Recently the oMicers of the Corporation of London omitied to give the necessary notices of re newal until the day after they were due, By this in- formality the entire property went to the Ecclesi- astical Commission, and the city loses a large source of revenue. Absurd as the ceremonies may be, therefore, the authorities think tt better to out fag- gots and count mails once a year than part with any ore of their estates. During the week we have had two Ci igen dis- plays of old cusioms, First, there was the proces- sion of judges, ia their tremendous wigs and splendid robes, through Westminster Hall, The three new Judges appointed to try election cases under the new Bribery act attracted special attention, Second, tl newly elected Lord Mayor, attended by the civic a1 thoriiles, went te pay his respects to Lord Cairas, the Lord Chancellor, and, as all the parties were attired Im their wonderful official costumes, the scene had quite a feudal pomp. Speeches were made, of eourse, but were mos worth reporting. Tre Chancellor advised the Mayor to atiend to the duty of hospitality—almost tne only duty thas his lordship has to perform. If Mr. Allen, the ‘Lord Mayor who has just gone of efice, had attended to such advice he would have been re. elected; but he had the reputation of being a very mean man; he gave few dinners, bad wines and weak turtie-soup, and the whole city turned against him. Mr. Lawrence, the bages Mayor, comes to the office Iineatly, fer two of his ancestora have ooca- ied the chair, He says that he ts determined te keep up all the ancient state of the position, and ac cordingly all tae old pomp of Lord Mayor's Day— November 9—wi.l bw observed this year. Last year the State coaches, the men in armor and all the ether feudal paraphernalia were laid aside, and tae drove to Westminster quietiy and sensibly. Then the Times grandiioquently announced that the glory of the city had departed forever. The Times was wrong, a6 usual. This year there will be more glory than ever. ‘Ihe retiring Mayor was a conservative, bat gave up the old ridiculous customs, The present Mayor is a liberal, but revives them. “What @ mad word, my masters |" There was not word of news in the papers this moruing concerning the progress or resuit of the erican Presidential election, but yesterday all the als conceded that Grant Was sure to win, The Mali Gazette (iiberal) 8 alinost the only paper that has hi ub it lately for the democrats. It ts the fashion now among English journalists to pet America and tke Americans tn words, although I beileve thas this Is merely a cloak to cover up sue chicanery now in progress In ard to the Alavama claus, About the settiement of which you may ex- ct to hear some very important news shortly. There was @ funny instance of this petting im the Tunes @ day or two ago. A solemn leader was de- voted to & simple squabble between the English and American residents at Dresden, and the Buglish ‘Were soundly rated. It appears thas the Americans ajlended the English church there and subscribed more money than the Hritishers, Consequently the clergyinan introduced the name of the President of nited States after that of the Queen of Engiand prayer for those In authority. The first time tion occurred aa oid Englishman sud- claimed, “{ thought this was an English The result was an appeal to the Bishop of London, Who gav@ pertission for another more ex- clusively Enaish church to be opened, and she Atnericans were le(t almost alone in the old ehureh. However, some of them would go to the new edifice and would donate more liverally than the Englisn, when lot the new cier- gymen aiso prayed for tho President. Another row ensued, and the clergyman was bullied into withdrawing the name. So the matter stands, and now the Times inverferes and appeals to the Bishop of London, in the hope of soft-sawdering the Ameri- cans. Bubit seems to me that English prayers for Ainerican Presidents go for nothing. They didn’t resident Joluson, who is now past praying ‘ons help President Grant, who can lly without them. Let the Engliah as they used to do. He needs - use of their changing their Bs ily announced that Parliament will n tho llth ings ‘The elections will be pr 1 take place immediately atierwards, and will taxe bot @ very litle tine, as the candida’ are all up, the addresses = issued, e speeches delivered, tie new and old volers canvassed. The new Parliament wiil have time jor a short session before Christmas It wll be composed pretty much as the old Parliament ta, and I venture to predict that you will find no workingmen’s candidates in It—Lut one or two at best. Most of the “‘carpet-vaggers,” about whom 1 have already written you, have been compelled te Withdraw, either from Want of iriends or funds, Odger has been forced to back out in favor of Sir ary Hoare cause Mr. Hoare has a ‘Sir’ to his naine and Odger’s has not. The fib expect to sweep everything before them, and the Times eays U ihe only fear is lest their majority shall be too great. Novseuse! Look at the list of candidates published in tae papers. The conservatives are as weil drilled and disciplined os & regular army, never interfering with each other, never running three candidates for two seatg. Tho jiverals are scattered, divided, car- rying On @ guerilla Warfare, putting up five candi dates for the two places and wasting thelr strength everywhere. Of course they will have @ jority, but it will not bea very iarge one—probabiy Rot so Jarge as itis at present. There are grave doubw Whether it will be jargeenough to turn Disraeli out at once, The only way to get rid of him is by a db rect vote of want of confidence or an amendinens to the Queen’s speech, and as Mr. Giaistone has never dared to risk that with his present liberai majority of sixty it is not likely that he wil ve bolder with his majority reduced, ‘The jiveral organa are already beginning to be afraid of the prospect. ff the Disreait Ministry be not turned out at onc y Wi have tomay ia for some time to vrevare tue NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 117, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. nec estimates for the next » and cannot while they are at this work. !t looks lt had packed the cards go nice! can bardiy lose, ho matter which way me goes. ln epite ef the Premier’s cleverness, how- ever, American sympathy must be with the liberals, for Americans are ubanim in favor of the dises- tabliahment of the Irish Oh ‘and, besides, @ lib- eral adm! here and @ republican admin. istration at Was! 2 will work harmoniously together. gpongecn as come out in favor of the liberals and will carry many Dissenters with bim. iy But I fear, from many indications, that England baving gones long way towards dem: the Reform bill is now disposed to halt and tate be- fore going further. Speech of John Bright at Edinburg—Re- View of the India, Eastern and American Questions—Parliamentary Reform and the Irish Church. On the 3d inst. Mr. John Bright was received in the Music Hal! of Edinburg, and there formally pre- sented with the freedom of the city. Mr. W. Cham- bers, the Lord Provost, presided, and there were close on two thousand persons present, After the Lord Provost had-concluded hia speech, and the cer- tficate of burghership was placed in the hands of his guest, the distinguished visitor came forward on the platform. ¢ Mr. Bright was enthusiastically welcomed as he arose. He then commenced:—My Lord although [ have hada long experience and much ractice in pantie speaking, yet there are times I feel myself be over hed by the duty of the hour, and this 1s one of those occasiens. 1 don’t ex- rosa te os to say exactly what I think, or all hat I think; but Imay say with the most heartfelt sincerity that I am under dee aallan ion: to you and to the magistrates and the Town Council of Edin- bane for the honor you have done me, and to this audience for the kind reception which Ihave met witn this morning, 1 am one of those who have never believed that there is anyt very mysterious in the art or knowledge of politics; that with regard to what we call statesmanship—honest statesmanship—it is not au abstruse and dificult branch of knowledge, thas is when we come to consider a public question, we were able to strip it of all the things which do not really belong to it and get at the pith and kernel of the matter. I think that our intellects are so much on a par, and that as a whole we are so anx- fous to act honestly and rightly, that nearly on all occasions we should be able to come to an early and # wise agreement as to the course which the public should pursue. Now, in the course of my political lite there have been several great questions which have interested me and on each of which I have been astonished that 1 found myself at vari- ance with so mang of my countrymen, and [ have not been less delighted afterwards to find that, by and by, we aliseemed to agree; but, unfortunately, the agree- ment came, to acertain extent, too late, and the mts- fortunes which had been, perhaps, foretold, or wich were inevitable, ba 4 ned, and it was only after the fact that we were able to agree asto what ought to have been done. Now, there isa question in which I took a great interest some years ago, and in which any number of Scotchmen have taken a great interest for the last hundred years. It was one discussed in Parliament very much from 1853 to 1858. I refer to the government of 150,000,000 of people in India, especially the more comfortable and wealthier classes, and there are hardly any of their families who have not sent some metal out to make their fortunes in that distant country, In my opinion, the future of that great See still neglected by what we call statesmen, and its future is almost wholly un- provided for. 1 will not go further into that subject, but will step on to another CS in which we all take an interest, and which 161s painful to look upon, and that is the Eastern quesiion. When this country thought 1t necessary to go into deadly conflict with Russia—I shall not argue the question, I do ,not rofess to argue anything to-day, because this is not a place in which controvery is desirable, butif we look back to that time we must feel that the question was decided with much ignorance, prejudice and passion. Probably there is not one Man in @ thousand in Great Britain, England or | land who could stand at this table and give any cent, connected, rational, understandable narrative of the events that brought about that war, or the facts on which it could be justified. lalways said myself that no country Justice—and there are not many of them who are very particular—(laughver)— wonid send any man to jail for three months on evi- dence such as the people of England—I beg pardon of a gentieman in Glasgow who writes to me on the subject—on evidence such as that on which the people of Great Britain and Ireland went inte that unhappy struggle. (lear, hear.) The result was ‘thas 250,000 men died or were killed in that conflict, and that hundreds of millions of jure cre rated by the nations engaged were squandered; that the armaments all over Europe and this country have been maintained at a hi rate ever since; that we in this country have found our military armaments all increasing by £10,000,000— and £10,000,000 in twenty years comes to £200,000,000, besides the money spent on the war itself. i might refer to the war which for four years ra- vaged the States of America. Now, there, if we could have divested the question of things that did not belong to it we might all have agreed about it, whereas we all disagree, of our influential papers in London, some in Glasgow certainly, and probably in Edinburg, held opinions and advocated them that were different from mine—the rich and even the middle class to a great extent, seem to me to lose their heads on that question. facgh ter.) Now what an extraordinary thi itis pearly four years after it is over we, who had put Gown insurrection with the most relentless hand in India, we should immediately go in for a great insur- Feotion which has tended to up 8 free nation— aad, mind, 4 nation of kinsmen—and that we should in for an insurrection which was made against freest and cheapest government in the world, aad an ents en the Nag peel nage was a rpetual establishment oO! juman bondage. (oneers.) If we could have been pe: rauaded th: he Americans were not ai $ and tnosolent, that thoy were growing to so great a power that they might have had an opimon on the poittics of Europe, if we had not been assured that i¢ was better for us what that great ple stould be divided and have jarreis and diticuities on their continent—if all ese immoral considerations could have been strip} ee eceaan it really was, and left the pith and kernel before you, there 1 not an Eng- Uskinan, not s Scotchman, not s Chrissian man in tae whole world who would have said he — that iasurrection would succeed. And now at hoar— 1 am not sure it is not this very day on which we are met—there is going on over the whole of thege States ry contest like that which we are approaching, when the Executive government for the next four years will be determined by the vote of 35,000,000 of people. : Let ua hope—I hope—the resuit of that — verdicé may be to give continued power, and I hope where may come continued liom to that 54 which haa been in favor of freedom, and which di what was done to restore the union of that great country. (Cheera.) In your Observations, my Lord Provost, you refer to thie question of Paritamentary reform. I shall say Dut @ senience or two upon that, for perhaps it may necessary to refer to it at another meeting tn the course of the week. (Cheers.) Butif men had con- sidered that question in ite true nature we should ot have so long fought about it. There be here many penn hope there are—who are of the con- servative poiltical party in this country. (Hear.) I know many of them for whom I have and with whom | can discuss this iqoestion wie we est freedom, and sometimes, also, with advan- . But in a country like this, which has bad Par- liaments for 600 years; when we wi in poiat of fact, asi desert England, the mother of riaments; when we established them over the Jnited States of America, wheo we had spread them over Australia and then at the Cape of Good Hope, and when we advocated the establishment of pari ments and constitutional governments in all the States of Europe—when our opinion was asked it was surely a childish idea that we should govern in this country with five millions wholly shat out from the franchise. That was a fact so clear and so important that one would suppose that every man, whatever be called himself as @ party man, would have looked at it and said, “This cannot last as it 1s; ‘we had betier consider it fairly, aud we shall go in for some setttement which will be satisfactory to the nation.” The facts and arguments were such that they bore down all opposed to is; still the cry went on and on, and gathered strength tiil finally every- body listened to It, aad at last everybody ieee toif, At this moment we a ‘agreed tl there was @ necessity for a wide extension of the suffrage; we have now ous of the way a great obstacie to the consideration of other questions, and I hope we have got removed out of the way a great cause of bit- terness such as we shall never see ezain tn pubic vussion in this kingdom. (Cheers.) But now there ig one other question which I shail not for ® moment ume to e, thas 4 what is called question Ireland. of us, whatever be our opinion as to specitic remedies, we all feel there is @ certain Weakness In our government and in our United Kingdom, and that weakness is the condition tate of opinton in Ireland. Of this there can be no doubt It is not my opinion only, but is the opinion of the mergbers o! 6 present govern- iment and of their supporters, and of people of all re- ligions throughout the country. It is not confined to the Preabyterians of Scotiand, to the Protestants of England or the Catholics of Ireland. But ort thoughtful, honest and Christian man throughou the United Kingdom would be glad if he hi nell could be convinced that there was a mode by which Vat state of things ht be changed. (Cheers.) Five years hence or yearg hence what wiil is seom, this great question? People will look back Upon it = ‘as we look back now upon free trade, or Cheers.) We feel all aa, in fact, we are beginning to look back on the uuestion “ot reform. “Vo ure al thet reat ugly hobgoblim which frightened some fs no hovgoblin at but a very respect. able sort of cre ature. {Langhter and cheers.) So with Tegard to the Irish question. If we got fla of preja- dices and notions of Protestantism Popery, which really ha thing whatever to do with the question, and simply look at the pith and kernel of ib, divested of those things which are prejudices thrown around it, we shouid all agree that it is neces- sary to adopt and carcy out the practical policy which has been sanctioned in the Parliament whic! is now expiring, and which many persons are couf- dent tn believing will be sanctioned by the Pariia- ment which 1 about to be created, (Cheers. lam sorry to see some of our friends In Angtana tre insisting upon tt that if you do a certain thing im irelaud you faust therefore do it in hugland; tab the English act will follow inevitauly from the Irish act. Now, | venture to predict that within ten years, when anybody looks to What has been done in ire- land to take arguments aa to what suoud be done io Seotiand or Bueland, you will fad our frieuds 3 lawyers, “The Irish Chureh 1s not ing case.” (A laugh.) In of fact there speciat nected with ‘and, and you have ‘no right whatever to it was right in Ireland 16 will be so Langneee cheers.) And with another point in Ire land. uestion of the Irish land—that is a matter of great ulty, and which, no doubt, before long © people of the two loms will be asked care- fully to If the of Scotland were in rr. bands—almost ail of it—of proprietors of the Roman Catholic religion, if they were absentees and in s sense foreigners, if they gave to none of your ten- ants leases, if they never expended money in any permanent improvements on a farm, I would like to Ss te what would be te Lg of ae prevail amo sarc tural population Scotland, It would be that kind of content we call discontent, (Laughter and cheers.) And, indeed, you would have a state of Lt Scotiand whioh Would prove an incessant agita! until the imperial Parltament bad found some mode of remedying the grievances complained of, Lord Provost, you have mentioned a eosite $a SIRES ROW TOR SAK BROS interest, and that is the question of the freedom of the neers.) referred to that the other day in constituents af eak abe nuthin that our time had e: led it. There can be no doubt that through the whole of the United om, by the abolition of all the taxes on the press, there was set at once intensely everywhere a of education which, I believe, is more impo! t than almost all other processes of machinery for education throughout the (cheers)—and I believe a free press is just as neces- sary for political a8 freo air is for our natural ves. (Cheers.) The spaston. of education to which you have re- ferred is one which I suppose all men now—and [ nope all women—are turning their attention, (Cheers.) That is a question w ig rendered «im- cult because we won't take it oP of ttself. We have got some of us—I have not, but I have found a very gen number of people who have—a very stupid idea t it would end to h and give a child reading and writing and the ordinary—what shall { call it—machinery of knowledge, unless you can at the same time give him the religious opinions which we ourselves bold, and not only the religious opia- fons, for there is not so much difference in religious mcs but very often all the essential details which churches all over tae world have built w their different systema, (Cheers,) Now it will soon be put to the people of the United Kingdom whether this question can be solved by us as it has been solved oummere. Is t battle going on at this moment, ere is a great 01 and without exaggeration one may say that it is & battle with confused noise, although it is not a battle which the prophet desc: “with garments rolled in plood;" bu there is a confused noise throt hace the country, from John 0’Groat's to Land’s-end. over Great Britain and over Ireland men are discus- sing great questions—questions which are to affect the unity of the Ombre on8 OmD, condition, the con- dition of the posterity that are to follow us and to affect ail the narratives of the future historians of this kingdom. Well, I say, then, let us in this battle and in these discussions our part; let us avoid heat of passion a8 much a8 we can; let us strip trom all these questions that which does not belong to them; let us with all our might the pith and kernel of them, and let us honestly endeavor to find a true soltition for whatever dimiculties beset the pa- tion, UG plause.) Now I said this century is a cen- tury of changes, and depend upon it, changes that have been made igo we were children will be held as a lasting memorial of the age in which we live. The Parliamentary Programme. (From the London Morning Post, Nov. 4.] The old Parliament will be dissolved on Wednes- day, the 11th instant. The writs will be immediately issued; consequently the nominations and unopposed elections for English boroughs will take p! on Monday, the 16th. The contested borough elections may take place the day following; county elections will take place a few days later. The new Pariia- ment will assemble on Wednesday, the 9th of Decem- ber, when the form of swearing in members wiil be roceeded with. Public business will commence on londay, the 14th of December. It 19 understood that the Ministry have abandoned any idea of coutesting the re-election of the Speaker, ‘and on the address in answer to the Queen’s speech Opportunity will arise for the opposition to test the I strength oft their numbers by moving an amendment, This will lead to a debate, which will probably last tfll Friday, the 18th, on which day the vote decisive of the existence of ‘the Disraeli administration will be arrived at. On that ngcht the government will certainly be defeated by a large gah b In this event Mr. Disraeli, having in the meantime sought an interview with her Majesty, will on Mon- day, the 2ist of December, announce that her Ma- Jesty has been Tepes Pleased to accept the resig- nation of her Mintsters, and it will become Mr. Glad- stone's duty as leader to move the adjournment of the House for the Christmas recess, during which period ample time will be afforded for the formation of a liberal administration and the elaboration of the arrangements for the ensuing session. SPAIN. Cuba and the Provisioaal Government—Gen- eral Dulce’s Character—Conditional Suf- frage in Cuba and its Consequences—The Now Captain General of Porto Rico—The Proposed New Loan—Serenade to Minister Hale—The United States Squadron. Maprip, Nov. 1, 1868, The circular of Mr. de Ayala, Minister for the Colo- nies, which he has just addressed to the Captains General of Cuba%and Porto Rico, received a rather significant and what is oy many considered an un- favorable commentary from Ouba Itself. The intel- ligence that came Thursday, and which was so cautiously whispered about in oficial circles, that it need not reach the public ear, was not of a satis- factory character. It was known that disturbances of @ grave character, taking into consideration the pecullar situation of home affairs, had broken out at several points tn the Ever Faithful Island, and is was generally conceded here, although no details of the movement had reached the government, that tho outbreak was the development of a desire for independence on the part of a portion of Spanish sub- jects in Cuba. The intelligence was discussed at once in @ meeting of the Council of Minist ers, and it was unanimously conceded that some steps must be taken, and taken with the least possible delay, to inaugu- rate a new order of things in she Antiiles. It was felt that the present condition of affairs in Cuba was extremely critical, and every one was disposed to do something to bridge over the difficulties, and make the colonists as comfortable and happy in the enjoy- ment of their rights as might be until the Cortes as- sembled. At the same time the Ministers fully re- cognized the fact that the evils complained of by the colonists in the Antilles and elsewhere wero not of a character to be removed by the provisional government. They were too deeply rooted to be swept away by hastily proposed de- crees of the Minister for the Colonies. No power short of that possessed by the Constitutional Conven- tion, or Cortes, could remove the burdens under which the colonista suffer, and which have, doubt- less, caused the outbreak in Porto Rico and Cuba. But during the interim between this and the meeting of the Cortes things could not be allowed to go on from worse to worse, or perhaps the colonista might choose to repeat the “glorious and never to be for- gotten initiation of the revolution at @adiz," and in that case {8 was admitted nothing could preserve the island to Spain. It was decided that the presence of a new Captain General was Vi soe J de- manded in Cuba—a Captain General who was tn the contidence of the provisional government and who had participated in the recent events that had so completely changed the condition of affairs at home ag well a# in the colonies. The new official should aiso be a liberal and & person who enjoyed & Ligh degree of popularity at home and tn the colonies, General Duice, who was for @ time Captain General of Cuba, was selected as the man best qualified for the place, both from experience and merit, General Dulce is a man nearly sixty years of » who has held various important positions during his career, in all of which 16 is sald that he displayed abilities of @ high ordér. His administration of affairs in the island of Cubs while Captain General was satisfactory in the main to the home govern- ment, and not less satisfactory tothe Cubans He has @ good deal of determination and force when aro and he is, therefore, just the man to grapple with any diMculties that may arise which would demand prompt and decisive action. itis believed that his intment has been made with two or more ta in view. First, his per- fonal eee , liberal princtples and statesman. like would enable him to allay and remove ali agerat ing causes of discontent, and thereby put ou tho @vil day, which every ono sees 18 coming sooner or later, when the island will declare itself free and take mto ite own hands its destiny. If, however, his conciliatory adminis tration should fail to smooth our teaporary dim- cnities, and the people, becoming tired of the bonds they w should Topt Lo gain their independ- ence, 1 Generai’s soldierly qualides are then relied apon by the government to suppress every at tempt at insurrection and to keep the snug litte island firmly tied to the mother country. In order that he may carry out the latter part of the pro- mn in case necessity uires, @ division of oon men Will be at once sent to Cubs to strengthen e already respectable force of soldiers now on the isiand. A small 4 a of men-of-war will alao be sent out to watch the. course of evenis along the shores. General Dulce will sali about the loth of this month for his post, if his health, which has been exceedingly bad for the past two months, will per- mit hia departure. Just now be rarely leaves his house, and can only move with the aid of a coupie of nurses. Ue ia gradually growing stronger, 1t is said, andthe piysicians tnink that the air of Cuba will goon restore him to health, His wife, tt wil be re- membered, is a indy of Havana, possessing an im. mense jorwune amd @ilied whi many Clarming by from what! can learn the provisional government has not yet brought itself to the high give to the colonists the same rights that the people st home are to enjoy. It cannot divest ttuelf of idea that the colonists are mere dependents and cts of the old country, and it is he ey make @ great mistake; for tue peo) who are as intelligent, repped eer seif-government as the inhabitants of any portion of Spain, will mot be satisfed to have imposed upon em & different qualification for voting than that demended here, Yet I believe it is the intention of the government to demand a certain property qualification in Cuba, which is not desired Only those white or black, who pay Nor are the colonists w privileges and night romises them with such an afiluence of words in ig circular, Will they be satisfled to see a policy of decentralization extended and carried out in Spain, whereby each province and town is the guardian and controller of its own aifairs, only sur- rendering to the head government the man- agement of matters bel to the entire people, while thé colonists are teremain in a state of de- pendence and vassaiage? ‘They have had experi- ence enough in circumlocution, and they will ask that the same ts be granted the islands as are given the provinces at home, This demand wouid be per- fectly just and fair, and the leading democrats ac- knowledge its equity. Few know the terrible and exhaustive delays and embarrassments whiok even the Upoed itr d acts of the of the colonies en- coun! re they could gain the approval of the oe A etna en which they a invalid, wol al enterprises: great me- ment and value vo tho various localities of Cuba and Porto Rico, and which concerned only the people im- mediately about them, had to be (pokes by local authorities, and fnally by the Cir vernor, after ing through a tedious circumlocotion office, when ey Were sent to Madrid to sleep Se the Minister's bureau. Nothing could be done w! out the approval of this functionary, and he ever did anything. The eect of such a clog on en- terprises can dily imagined, and it is & that as much has been accomplished in those misgoverned islands as ela ange ark ts ve im mi (01 ie Oficial Gazette of james . The deep aud ening growis from Caba aud Porto Rico seem to have awakened the new Minister for the Oolonles and set him at work overhauling the dusty papers of his pre- decessor, among which he found quite a number, bearing old dates, yet unacted upon, Five of them he approves of and pubiishes in the Gazetle. They relate to public and private works in Cuba and Porto Kico for the improvement of the soil by irrigatioi &c. One of them bears date March 18, another Ap! and the balance June and July. Since those perioas they have been slumbering somewhere ofl. cial hands and never acted upon. All seem to be of importance to the persons immedi- ately interested, and none require- any aid from the government. Mere authorization to use the water of certain rivers was all that was desired, and this required only a dash of the pen, which has until now been witpheld. Can any oue wonder that the colonists became a little weary of tis sort of thing? Yet the government docs not think of changing the relations between the islands Madrid in any of these respects, nor will the power of the Captain General or Civil Governor be curtaued in tho least. The Captain Generals have more power in those isiands than the Queen of Spain enjoyed at home. This is a strong statement, but I am assured that it 1s perfectly true. Prominent liberals, wiule discussing the Ouban affair with me, have stated that it was the greatest absurdity and outrage to attempt tonger to govern the colonies as they have hitherto beea governed; that such an effort would properly result in the loss of ‘the dependencies, and that no one could fail to justify them in throwing off a@ yoke 80 intolerable and oppressive. The demo- cratic plan is to give the isiands their own legisia- tures, as is the English practice, and confine the Governor's powers to the most narrow limits, By thia means only do the democrats hop» to retain Cuba and Porto Rico. 1¢ is unfortunate that the provisional government is inclined to follow in the old track 60 much. It will resuit disastrously, it is feared, before a new path can be taken. The re tion of General Duice and his administration Cuba will be watched very anxiously by people at home who wish him every success, General Espinar has been appointed Captain Gen- eral of Porto Rico. He is an oilicer of good adminis- trative faculties and is said to be an excellent sol- dier. He has instructions similar to those of General Dulce. Seior Escario is named Intendente.de Haci- enda of Cuba. Nearly ail the civil officers of Cuba and Porto Rico will be turned out of their places and other persons sent from Madrid to fill their posi- tions, A large number of the latter have already been named. Plenty of reforms are promised, a3 sp will meet the customary fate of coming to nothing. The telegraph has already informed you of the determination of the government to ask for a loan of Ce aingd at eighty per cent, guaranteed by the public lands, property, 4c. Prebably about one-fourth of the sum wiil be taken up in Spain, the balance may go successfully abroad; but that is @ question that remains to be seitied, As 1 intro no capitalists in the United States care to take # por- tion of this loan it a to go into the det of the pians of the Minister of Finance, The American Minister, Hon. John P. Hale, was honored with @ serenade the other night from a number of officers who had enjoyed the protection of the Legation alver the failure of the insurrection in June, 1866. Most of them would have been shot had they been caught, and although the government knew their piace of retreat it ok no measures to compel Mr. Hale to give themup. A military band and a company of guitarists furnished capital music, Speeches were je, cheers given and a grand time enjoyed generaily by an immense crowd that follow- ed the music about. Among the speakers was Gene- ral Peirrad, @ distinguished oilicer, who was hunted | almost down by O’Donnell’s officers, but who finally found refuge for weeks in Mr. Hale’s residence. He is now one of the leading men of the vernment and, of course, is deeply grateful for Mr. 1ale’s hospitality and protection. A nephew of the wife of Mr. Perry, Secretary of Legation, was also the band protected by the American flag. The Barcelona Junta bas fi dissolved, after oMaining from the government all the concessions ft asked in favor of a protective law for their industry. The government bas now instructed toe Civil Governors throughout Spain to report at once the changes made by the juntas in the personnel of the civil service and tn the laws of the various vincea, in order that all errors, 4&0., may be cor- rected. They will have en to do to harmonize the action of the juntas with the law of the land. No decision has been reached as to tho appoint. ment of @ new minister to Washington. The present Minister thero will be recalled very soon and a new man sent out to fill his office, ie name of Mr. Roberta is still generaliy mentioned for the The gunboat Frolic, Commander D. B. Harmony, saued on Thursday last from Cadiz for Gibraltar. | All on board were well. Admiral F it has doubtless satied before this for the United St in the fi:gate Franklin, ie by the corvotte Canandaigua, Captain J. H. Strong. e squadron is now under command of Commodore Pennock, who flies his blue pennant on the Ticonderoga, Cap- tain Wyman, Both that vessel and the Swatara were a6 Gibraltar at the latest dates, A WORD ABOUT WACCKERS. To rus Eprtor oF THE HERALD:— In no branch of enterprise is ‘he enltgttened spirit of the age more clearly marked than in that of wrecking companies, established with a view of affording speedy and efficient aid to vessels in dis- tross, whether driven on the coast or in cases of collision, where one or both may founder. We are led to these remarks from the sad fate of the steamer Marmion, trading between this city and Savannah, which collided with the General Meade, when the former veasol sunk in afew minutes. Being close to Sandy Hook, the captain of the Marmion suc- ceeded im ronuin ia ship into twenty-two feet of water, whore she now lies. The cap- tain despatched his purser to the city for Assistance, and in fifteen minutes after his artival ‘was on bis way back to the scene of the disaster in the powerful wrecking steamer Lackawanna, be- longing to the New York Submarine Company. Two hours afer her arrival she was joined by the steamer Philip, the most powerful and best appointed wreck- ing swawer in the harbor, owned by tie same com- pany. ‘They went to work with promptitude and energy under the direction of the captain of the Marixion in the hope of saving both ship and cargo. ‘The extent of injary the vessel has sustained, com- dined with the effects of the weather, make |t some- What donbtful whether the ship will be saved. All the vainable portion of the cargo will be recovered and sent up to the aA Throagh the administrative talent of Captain Samuel, President of the Sabmarine Company, the Whole const from the Capes of the Delaware to Mon- tauk Point and beyond has been placed under acom- plete surveiiiance, which, With the aid of the tele- graph, places the office in New York en rapport with the wiole coast, The ample means at the disposal of the company both in steamefs and materia: have snccecded ip infusing new life and vigor into an un- dertaking hitherto monopolized by one company to tho detriment both of underwriters and owners of vessels, Competition is the only means to rouse and vitalize all such enterprises, and we hope to see that element ell more iy introduced, Srppen TuuNass OF Mi ELLOOG,—The cele brated prima donna, Miss Clara Louise Ketlogs, and troupe, were engaged to appear at Portland last Friday evening, opening the Mercantile Library course, but she having taken @ sudden cold on her he ig now at the Falmouth Hotel, ae- a most skilful homeopathic She will remain ia Portland antil the middie of tuls week,—/vston Journal, Nov. 16, hysicians in tue State. THE ARMY. The Annual Report of the Adjutant feneral. ‘Vhe Adjutant General of the army has bed annuat report to the Secretary of War, ‘he actual strengta of the regiments in the service o the 30th of September was 43,741 men, and these there were 4,340 men in the engineer, ordpnce and other epecial branches of the service. AD number of discharges have during the year on individual app! , and these, with ord! and @sualties, are rapidly diminishing the except cay: which are | the Indian d It Is that 4,500 men are to discharged bare New Year's by reason of the expiration of the term of enlistment. The number of degertions las was 2,700 leas than in the previous year, and tl number of deserters arrested was n: ‘a thousan| greater, nd the proportion of losses by desert strength ofthe army is considerably was carried on for all bi aan meareas, ches of he service until November 26, 1867, orders ‘Were issued to reduce all ite of try and artillery, except the tem light bette to. the na r fifty priv: and to reduce the recruiting service ail ren- dezvous, except four for ca’ for in- fantry. Letra for infantry and ery was soerenned April 3, 1868, except in cases of of soldiers desiring to enlist; and on the 24th of Julyj186s, in- structions were issued prohibiting ali enlis| re-enlistments, except as mi of ay men in either of these two branches. It is addi cruiting Capote have been reduced as mh as pos- sible and the schools of instruction havebeen sug- feneee No recruiting of eny kind cavalry on since the end of lastJuly, and there are only five stations for recruit {) this arm of the service. The regiments on the Ic coast have as far as possible, to avoid ex of trans- Rare beer supplied with rec: in jalifornia. The strength of all the coloredfegiments in the service is nearly up to the req standard, The Adjutant Gen Tenews the recomgendation which he made last year—namely, that listed for five instead of three years. commends that Congress authorize the e! boys over twelve years, a8 musicians, witithe con- sent of their parenta. They must now |p sixteen, and are too old to begin training, especiallgor drum- mers. To meet a contingency which he ts has of late several tines arisen, he recommenis that the President be empowered to drop from thefolls of the army any officer who deserts and cannot'> arrested for court martial within three months of de time of desertion. It is also recommended thalihe super- intendents of the national cemeteries be on ‘the footing of enlisted men. General Po says that at the date of his annual report tere were 203 volunteer officers in the service, alof whom but General Howard, head of the en’s Bu- Teau, have since been mustered out) At that date there were mustering and disbursiaj officers and Columbus, , Which at Albany, Philadelphia, have since been closed. Commutation maey to the amount of $87,770 has been refunded unger the act of February, 1867, and as one clause of act pre- vents the payment of some just claimsthat have been received at the department teince it pment the repeal of that proviso is recommend jearly ‘ell the legal claims for collecting, drilling orga- nizing volunteers have been paid, or areon file un- dergoing examination and verification, wth a view to payment. ‘The Adjutant General seaks of fraudulent claims that are from time totime pre- gent and recommends that laws be enajted limit- ing the time qithin which claims for|expenses incurred prior to muster into i a be presented. The Adjutant at some length on the gubject military prisons. He says that the present system pf punisli- ment in the army not only fails to reforg the men, but tends to degrade them, and that bj throwing hardened and desperate criminals into clge contact with ypung and thoughtless soldiers sipjects the latter contamination by both precep{ and ex- ample. He forcibly alludes to the evilj of guard house confinement, and holds that they ag the fruit- ful cause of desertion. He remarks that men who have been guilty of offences against thg civil law often enter the army to escape the penaty of their offen end at this time there i if 3 getting rid of these men; for tf =P, go ci again fe@ther, and charged from one regiment Lf another of the country under other names. After speaking with much feeling and judgment, on this subject of bate discipiine and punishment, the Adjttant Gene- ral declares again, as he did last year, #r military prisons. ‘These, he says, if properly managed, would Serve as reformatory institutions, and wohid rid the army of many vicious and insubordinate men; they ‘would materially diminish the need and expense of courts martia!, prevent the dscharge of many des- perate men in tue unseitied parts of the country, where they always become pests and ouflaws, and would ilitate the recognition of offenders against the civil law who have entered the ranks of the army. He proposes to build the first prison in New York har- bor, and if that is found to work well then he would have Congress provide for similar tostitutions on Ship Island, at one point on the Pacific coast and at one point in the Mississippi valley. The labor of con- victs and the stoppages of pay would, he thinks, nearly support each prison after its erection. He would have companies of discipline attached to each prison, into which, under proper regulations, all idle and worthiess men of the ciass who prefer being mm the guardhouse to doing duty snould be transferred, and would have these vagabonds severely dealt with. He sketches his plan in detail and gee that it be submitted to Vongress. The report cl ran < rt joses with tables showing the number and kK officers in the Adjutant General’s De- partment ‘The Quartermaster General’s Annaal Report. The annual report of the Quartermaster General has been submitted to the Secretary of War. The financial statement is a very favorable one. The balance of the appropriation to the credit of the de- igre undrawn Joly 1, 1867, was in round num. efS $19,000,000; the deficiency appropriation for the of 1867 Was $12,000,000; the amount appropriations on account various sales was 30,008,000 making a total sum eigen! to the requisitions of the Quartermaster Gen- eral of $37,000,000. The expenditures have been $36,500,000, leaving, with the balance of appropria- tions for 1868 and the appropriation for 1869 of $14,- 000,000, nearly $15,000,000 available for the fiscal year of 1869, The present umber of officers in the Quar- termaster’s corps has been found wholly insufficient to discharge its duties, and the ‘Master Gen- eral argues that true economy would lead to an in- crease,as the duties are such as require officers of ex- perience in the varied business of the department. The operations connected with the settlement of the Southern railroad accounts are treated of at length. The total debt of these roads for purchased and interest upon it is $8,500,000. The ayments to September 380, 1863, had amounted to ess than 000,000, Sixteen railroags have paid in fall, namely:—Peteraburg, Virginia, Cen- tral V! and easee, Mobile and Great Northern, Memphis and Charlesto: New Or- leans and Jackson, Tennessee and Great North- ern, Mississippi Central, Montgom and West Point; Rome, Wi and Atlantic; Richmond, Fredericksburg and mac; Georgia Rat!road and Banking Com; ; Southwestern, Macon and West- ern and Sou! Many have shown a dis- eee their debts faithfully, Some ve been obliged to be holding off in the hope of being reli ask for time, but others appear lieved by ngress or in some other way from the to which they have pledged their faith and given their bonds the United States. Nearly two thirds of the total amount un- paid is the debt of four roads in ee in and Chattanooga, Northwestern, Memphis, Ciarksville and Louisville; East Tennessee and Georgia. In the matter of general railroad trans- rtation, he says thatof the sum earned by the ific Railroad one-half is paid in cash and one- half credited on the bonds issued to them by government, Tran: ion over railroads other than the Pacific es has 90,000 tons of freight at @ cost of $289,221 and 40,000 litway transported from she 30th ‘of June, 16¢", 40 tlway m the 30th of June, 1867, the soth of September, 1868, about 20,777 tons of mu- nitions of war and 7,4 sons, at a cost of $1,070,655, The Union vision, for the same time, transported 15,570 tons of ht and 6,305 persons, at a cost of $531, The fi of transports, 1,000 strong at the close of the war, have beon sold or released, Twenty- seven government vessels of all Kinds have been in the service of the department for the whole or part of the , and thirty-nine vessels of all kinds have been chartered for greater or less time. The question of government stock, particularly the questiow of se- curing the best cavalry horses, is discussed at con- siderable length, and the opinion ia given that great economy and far better stock would bo secured by following the example of the great European nauot and establishing two stock farms, one in Texas and the other on the Western plains. The i min bod of oe now -) = bag Mend i as follows:—Horses, including office: oe 13,201; mules, 17,866; oxen, 211, He has sold 33! buildings during the year, and transferred 108 to the Freedmen’s Bureau. The most important and expensive operations in military buildings for the year have been on the Texas fron- ro ae an zee rod ae capa: ing a aipmen 8 1 . The large stock on hand at the those of the war has supplied ali the more important articles, and will con- tinue to supply them for several years. The sales of damaged articles and of stock liable to decay have = ‘ail the expenses of the care of stock on and and furnished all the new articles needed. No appropriation has been asked for clotnil since close of the war, and none will be nocd: this year, Several large depots have been closed and one at Jeffersonville, ind., will be discontin- ued at an early day. The appropriation ‘Of $150,000 for rep storehouse there been paid into the surplus fand in the Treasury and the project of building such ® storehouse al joned. The sales of sorpins and damaged clothing and equipments for the year have amounted to nearly $4,000,000, which has’ been passod to the credit of the appropria- von, One of the mont interesting portions of the report relates to the nattonal cemeteries. Great attention haa been pald to gathering and identifying the re- mains of #oldiers, The number of national cemete- ries is DOW seventy-two, and reports have aiso been received from 320 local, post or prival ands. The total number of graves is 316,235, of which the occu- pasts of 146,761 have been satisfactorily ktentified. The ainounts expended for sites, care, Wansportath aad all purposes connected with the work to June 30, 1503, Was $400,000, ‘The estimated expense for the next year is $500,000, While the amount seems large, it must be rembered that on of the numbers who died at the North, the work the whale 30, counting officers of the Hi ya that at it pay for je gays that under many contrac: been allowed which were made without aerbarte: of the department and even sitive orders. ‘The report closes by referring great evil of Indians With improved arms, and recom-. Menda that no arms be supplied to any Indian not » eltizen. Arrows will do for the cl Indians mong be governed by police measures, not by trea- THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. Planters Freeing and Arming Their Ne- grees to Fight Against Government— Sketch of the Rebel Doings in the East— The Timid Leaving fer Nasean. PUBRTO PRINCIPE, Oct. 30, 1868, The events which have been and are at present transpiring on this island induce me to give youa short and true report, well knowing that those which you receive via Havana are false and manufactured by and to suit the Captain General. The whole of the Oriental Department, which in- cludes the part of the island lying to the south of here, is in commotion. The revolutionary move ment commenced in Manzanillo is not, as may be supposed, merely an attempt to rob and plunder, but 1s one which meets with the entire approval of at least @ majority of those residing and having their interests here—a movement premeditated for many months with patriotic perseverance and by men ef abiiity. The leaders are men combining with high social position the highest talent, wealth and capa- city on the island. They have commenced by liber- ating the negroes on their own plantations, arming them and marching to the front, and at their call the whole department has answered by collecting what arms they could and joining the ranks of the liberators. Let us look at what has been done. Yara is said to have been the place where the firat encounter took place. This is not so, Manzanillo having that honor. At that place a party of some 200 Cubans, armed with Spencer and Bnfleld rifles, attacked and defeated the Spanish troops, driving them from their barracks, and, after obstinate fighting, capturing the Custom House, with some $36,000, arms and ammunition, with which they retired upon Yara. Government, hear- ing of the attack and results, sent all possible force to the district, witn orders to march inst the Cubans, showing no quarter. At Yara sharp skir- mishing was kept for some five hours, result- ing in the retirement of the Spanish troops, with the loss of ‘some twelve killed and twenty-eight wounda- ed. The other side lost heavily. The exact number it is impossible to obtain, At yamo, Holguin, Manati and the surrounding country as far as St. Jago there have been sharp encounters, with about like results, At Manati they appeared in foroe, and after a half hour's skirmish oocu- pied the place, but apon the appearance ‘of some 1,400 troops sent from Havana they burned the town and left forthe mountains. All the coun- try about St. Jago, Manzanillo, Santa Cruz, Bayamo, Aolguin and ,Las Tunas—in a word, one-fourth of the island—has joined in the movement. The gov- ernment does not hy vee the position or fate of the troops which they have sent out, as all communication and retreat has been cut off, none being allowed to pass certain roads unless known to be with the insurgents, as they arecalled. The real case ig that the troops are scarcely able to hold the little ground they occupy ‘and will soon have to fall into the enemy’s hands. Las Tunas is again be- steged; Gibara. the same, It would ve easy for the Cubans to capture them, but having no means of defending and hoiding them after capture, and be- ing ignorant of the tactics of regular warfare, prefer the guerilla mode—harassing the enemy at ever: point and finally worrying him to death. Until well equipped the Cubans will not be able to meet the troops in open field. The Central Department, through their agents, are in communication with the Oriental and only await the approach of those. already e! to join them in their operatoge. Large nambers of young men have left here already and many more are ready. ‘This being the largest city in this part it will doubtless be ited and fall within a few weeks. All are in fear here. Troops march aud countermarch as if to show thelr numbers. Cannon are placed in all exposed places. families are leaving for Nassau. Others would to the United States but are prevented by order of government, fearing lest the true state of affairs should become known. All letters to and from New York are opened and Poca te by telegraph are hashed up to auit the General. ‘his, Teach you. From present appearances t! succeed if hope, may he affair will arms, &c., can be had in time. Orders have been sent to Eu- and no doubt are on the way. Iness is entirely Ve: og no one caring to transactany. All are awaiting the results of the next few weeks. On Tuesday sugar was offered at tobe reals—a two-thirds advance—to be ground ia january. FREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE. Saying of the Corner Stone Yesterday. ‘The corner stone of the Free Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Seventy-fourth street, east of Fourth ave- nue, was laid yesterday afternoon with appropriate ceremonies by the Right Rev. Bishop Potter, of this diocese. Probably on account of the great distance of the locality from the “heart of the city,” where the great majority of Episcopalians dwell, as well as the great majority of every other denomination, or the sharpness of the weather, which was quite exces- sive in the unprotected waste of lots near which the church ts to be erected, there were but very few per- sons present during the ceremonies—not over 100 af ‘the utmoss, A number of the clergy, habited in black robes and white surplices, formed in procession line at No. 68 East Seventy-third street, and headed by the Bishop, who was accompanied by several boys also in white surplices. (two of whom bore silken banners with the name of the church inscribed upon them), proceeded to the lot, all of them chanting psalms while going their way. On reaching the corner stone—a plain block of freestone—the procession formed in a cir- ann ae Bishop in the ones eae, Ne sevice ath of “lay was gone thr with acco’ to the preerinee formula ‘ald down in the Book: of Common er, After the children had si an propriate hymn and the usual prayers told, the Bishop, with the mallet in his uplifted hand, laid the stone of the church, which ts ‘to be devoted to the service of Almighty God, eoner th to the princl- les of the Protestant Episcopal Church 4 the nited States of America, in its doctrines, ministry, liturgy, rites and usages.’ ‘The Rev. Doctor H. tow gh! of the Transfigura- tion church, then delivered the address. He compll- mented the rector of the church that is to be on his zeal and devotion to the propagation of religion, and said that tie occasion was not one for many words, bat ratier an occasion for thanksgiving and prayer. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was to be free im More senses than one. It was to be opened to all without re; to persons and there should be a per- fect equality among the coi tion, The corner stone, he said, would be so pl in the chancel as to be constautly visipie to who entered tho church and be a constant reminder of the solemnity of the day it was laid. ‘The reverend gentleman then ‘at some length prayed that the church would be one of purity and @ sure means of increasing the number of Christians, when Bishop Potter delivered @ short address expressive of the pleasure he experienced in ie, ating in the ceremonies and the hopes he of the church's future influence for good. An iron box containing copies of the Hol; ty § the Book of Common Pray sts Journal and Digest the General Convention of the Protestaat Episcopal Church for 1865, Journal of the Kighty-fourth Con- vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese for this year, the Church Almanac, the Par- ish List for 1864, the Fifty-seventh Annual Report of the Protestant Episcopal Tract Society for October 1360; the Naw YORK H#RALD, Times, Tribune an Post; the Church Monthly, Record and Churchman; sundry coing of the present year’s coinage, besides: the names of the Wardens, Vestry and Building Com- mittee, was then placed in a niche cut ia the stone and sealed up, afier which the ceremonies came to an end. ‘The Church of the Boy Sepu'chre will bo of the Gothic style of architecture, in biue stone, broken Ashiac bond, with free stone trimmings. It will seat from 600 to $00 persons, and will be completed inthe early portion oF next spring, The lot upon which tt is to@e erected coat $15,000 and the church itself Will cost $40,000, 1& is not Intended to aes complete the edifice before the congregation will ve adinitied, ag the steeple aod choir galleries will be constructed when the charch will have shown itself success, When itis finally completed, it is said, the land and buiiding Will have cost $100,009, Division or Texas.—The Houston Vrion saya that the quesyjon of dividing Texas into sure staves will be agitated on the reassembling of the cunven- tion in mber next. Tie bill faiied by a modes rate majority before, and It ts guid that several of the del who voted against division tuea wil ‘Voto La favor of it this time,