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4 EUROPE. The Chinese Treaty with Great Britain. More Agrarian Outrages in Ireland, CONDITION OF THE EASTERN QUESTION, End of the Cretan Insur- rection. The Cunard steamship Java, Captaim Scott, from Liverpool January 9 and Queenstown, January 10, and the Hamburg steamship Hamrmonia, Captan Meier, from Hamburg 6th and Havre Sth inst., arrived’ at this port yesterday, bringing our foreign exchanges and correspondence to the 9th, inclusive. ‘The principal news has been anticipated by the Atlantic cabie telegraph. ‘The London papers continued to discusss the re- cent so-called Agrarian outrages in Ireland, another of these being reported. A Meath landlord, Mr. Pierce, driving from the Quarter 8 essions at Trim on Tuesday might, was fired at when about a mile from bis own gate, Four slugs and « shot were lodged in one of his shoulders, M) Pierce's son and & tenant were with him in the gig, end itis believed that but for the presence of the tenant the rufians would have finished the work they had begun. Mr. Pierce had recently served notices of ejectment on two of his tenants. London was on the 7th entirely in possesston of the Tog, the darkest known this winter. Such a state is a complete calamity for the metropolis, preventing business and encouraging accidents and offences of all kinds while it lasts. The navigation of the Thames was altogether stopped. The Scotsman announces the death of Dr. Wovd- ford, her Majesty's Inspector of Schools for Scotland. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has taken Chiswick House for a term, intending to reside there from time to time during the reconstruction of San- dringham, which will probably occupy a period of eighteen months. It will be recollected that Cnis- wick House was the residence of the late Duchess Dowager of Sutherland for some time before her death. A Liverpool paper says:— Arumor is afloat that Mr. Gladstone bas found himself In difficulties ee Irish question and will have to modify his intentions with respect to disen- dowment. We give the xamor for what it may be Worth, but at the same ‘time noting that a liberal paper is responsible for it. It is said that rd Westbury will side with Lord Cairns in o| ig the secularization of Church property. Sir Roundeli Palmer should agree with them we shall ‘have three of the Lees lawyers of the age against the scheme. Sir Roundell Palmer's opirion may, some eyes, jose its value pecause he is a strong Church man, No such charge could be brought it Lord Westbury, who never lost an opportu- ty of jeering at the bishops and gees, & e COL- victions of Churchmen. Perhaps the ex-Charceilor sees in the proposed attack an offence against the daws of equity and the simplest principles of justice. A Paris telegram of the 7th gives the following items of news:— The Parrie of this evening states that .the French government does not intend to modify its policy with regard to Rome. The Hiendard also denies that any fresh negotiations have been opened on the Wubject of italyand Rome, According to the Alen- dara, there is no truth in the rumor that MM. Bene- detil and Bourrée and Baron de Tal. \d-Perigord ‘are about to be replaced in their posts at the Courts of Berlin, [eeepc and a+ oe Oe To-day tue cuse against the ‘managers oO “Socléte Immobilére” came before the Tribunal. ‘M. Sénart, counsel for the defence, asked that the trial should be adjourned, and was supported in his application uy, the Public Prosecutor, but the Tri- bunal re! to grant the required delay and ap- Pointed this day week for the regular commence- ‘Ment of the trial. The Patrie of the 6th eay8 that the Marquis de Monstier is in an alarming condition. Madrid dates of the 6th state that Selor Mortemar as been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Florence. Geveral Prim has issued a circular con- tradicting the prevalent rumor that the government intends to disarm the Volunteers of Liberty. He urges ‘Upon the Captains General to come to some under- standing with the civil authorities in order to reas- ure the public on this point. Telegrams received ‘from all parts of the Peninsula, Ceuta and the other Spanish possessions in Africa, state that complete tranquility prevails everywhere. A despatch of the 7th reports that the government is about to establish an army of observation in the Northern provinces, with the object of watching the frontier. General Milans del Bosch will be appointed commander-in-chief of this force. It is stated that the expenditure in the budget to be submitted to the Constitueat Cortes will not ex- ceed 1,700,900,000 re: ‘ . The Madrid Correspondencia of the stu declares that there is no necessity to send any more troops to Cuba. The Zpoca, on the contrary, velieves it to be urgent to send considerabie reinforcements thither. Gener Caballero de Rodas is about to reaume his post as Director of the Artillery. It was expected that the Ministers of Portugal would resign, in which case the Dake de Loulé would probably be calied to form @ new Cabinet. A despatch from Florence datea the 7th report that General Cadorna naddixed his headquarters Par.na and has issued a prociamation to the inhabl- tants of the provinces of Bologna, Parma and Reg- gio announcing the mission with which he is en- trusted. Ho says that if the disorders continue the responsibility of any repressive measures he may adopt will fall upon the instigators of und partici- pators in the disturbances. On the Sth inst the province of Reggio was more tranquil, but several districts of Parma and Bologna Were still agitated, and there were many riotous assemblages. No disturbance whatever has occurred up to the present either in the Neapolitan or Sici- Man provinces. Berlin dates of the 7th report that in that day’s sitting of the lower House cf the Diet the Minister of Finance brought in @ bill, as a supplement to the budget, wherein the Chamber is asked to approve the expenditure incurred previous to the regular adoption of the budge: as law of the land, All the telegrams which appeal on the Eastern question are iaentical with those which we have re- ceived over the Atlantic cable. The Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs wap being sharply ceasured by some of the English papers for the course he was pursuin’. A telegram from Pesth dated the 6th «ays that Herr Deak has consented, upon the invitation of the ‘| Central Electorai Committee, to come forward again as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies, The agiation for the ciections has commenced throughout the country. Im tae Hungarian German Stovak and Croatian electoral districts the party of M. Deak is in & great majority, while ia the Rouma- nian and Servian districts the opposition are the strongest. The majority of the Deak party in the Diet is assured. The Florence correspondent of the Débats says that although Garibaid! has consented to become a member of the Italian Parilament again, he wil) keep away from the sittings exactly as before. “He thoroughly understands,” adds the writer, “that the Chamber is not his place. Moreover, his beaith ts really very bad, and would condemn him to repose even if present circumstances did not compel it.’ The Florence correspondent of the Jit pendance Belge seems to consider Garibaldi’s retura to Parliament as an event of some import- shee, and hints that it will be so regarded in poli- tical circles. The general's letter had not then been pablithod, ‘The brig Hannibal, Captain Gyles, from Ceara, arrived at London on the sth, and reported that about a fertoight ago (December 25, the position not Jet ascertained), she spoke the bark Ocean Spray bound for New York. The crew of the ucean Spray halied that they nad on board wtirty-nine of the passengers and crew of the ill-fated steamer Hiber- Ria, From the scanty information obtained as yet, and in the absence of Captain Gyle’s report, it is pro- — NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Hobart Pacha Brings Charges Against the Kaowl— o News. \THENS, Dec. 31, 1868. ‘The Greek government having informed the Turk- tsk Admiral commanding the blockading squadron at Syra that the question whether the Enosis had infringed the law of nations waa one for the courts of law to decide, that officer thereupon brought & charge against the Enosis before the tribunal of Syra. The Athens journals declare that, the inten- tion of the Admiral being to prevent the departure Of the Enosis to Candia, he did not trouble himself much with regard to the precise nature of the legal pleas, ‘The insurgents tn Crete have since the blockade received supplies by sailing vessels. The pank has flatly refused to accede to the de- mand of the government for a new loan, Shonld this decision be altered it will be at the meeting of the shareholders, which 13 to take place about the middie of this month, The Greek government has been invited to send a representative to the Confereace to be held at Paris, [tis believed here, however, that the Greek Cabinet will not respond to this invitauon without previously receiving satisfaction:— Fir'si—For tue blockade of Syra before any decia- ration of war. Sccond—For the conduct of the Turkish Minister Photriadea tn leaving Athens before having either demanded or received his passports, according to adopted usage. A royal guard bas just been formed, whicn is to be commauded by a general of division. This measure of the government has been unanimously ined for two reasons; first, because the Tesources do not atinit of usciess expenditure, the present time, and, secondly, because the corps is viewed with jealousy asa privileged corps, and, while the troops d@’élite of other countries generally have distingu’ themselves in war, here the men have Seen no active service whatever, Moreover the for- mation of this force ia entirely-opposed to the feel ings of the Greeks, who prize equality more even liberty itself. it 1a much to be that the brigands infeat- ing the conntry have had the audacity to carry their depredatory excursions as far as the gates of the capital, Intelligence has just been received here that at ra, in the provice of Attica, the brigands have seized a diligence and carried away two or Soe ber i neeoaers in order to obain @ ransom for their delivery. The ‘appolneaent of M. Valoorites, Deputy of St. Yeap anal! mag Pe Gur japopulo, has no 3 was Eittie acquaimed with the admuinistra‘ion of the department he had undertaken about two months ago, and M. Valoo1 who succeeds him, is thought to be not much better qualified for the post than his predecessor. However, under present cir- cumstances, more taking into considera- tion the low ebb of the treasury, it would be difi- calt to find @ more capable person willing to accept the portfolio of the Minister of Finances. Gloomy Political Prospect in Greece. Under date of December 31 the correspondent of the London Times, writing from Athens, says that the aspect of political affairs is as gloomy as the prospect of financial for the year 1869. The manner in which the government and the people still view the rupture with Turkey offers no reasonable hope of re-establishing peace on & permanent .basis. But it is possible that the disastrous news that arrived yesterday from Crete may allay the vain boasting and {die threats of the press. Hitherto public opinion has rendered any solution of the Turkish difficulty hopeless without the decision of warlike superiority. There is more truth in the people and candor in the Page? than in the diplomatic commu- nications of the government. Greek Ministers, as our own blue books frequently attest, will whenever diploinatic etiquette forbids the direct reply that the statement 1s false, It is not, therefore, necessary to review the Biue Book of the Bulgares Ministry on the rupture. { have, deed, not had time to examme all its details. On applying at the national printing oilice I was tid there were no copies for sale, General publicity is an abomination unto Greek statesmen, and criticism is con- sidered an act of hostility authorizing a literary rupture, The press and the ogy ond inaintain that the Greeks have an inalienable right to aid every hostile movement of Christians against the Sultan’s government, No rule of international law can abrogate this national right. Thev, even go fur- ther and argue that the payment of a subvention from the hational treasury to the company that fits out armed blockade runners, the open recruiting of troops to invade Turkey by officers in the royal army, and the incessant decilamation that the Greeks will never rest untH they have realized the great idea and comaneren Constantinople, that all these things do not rd the Sultan a just casus bdeltt, The pretensions of Greece and Turkey are tr- reconcilabie. Turkey expects the six Powers who signed the treaty of Paris to remain neutral while it eniorces its rights according to the received inter- natonai law of Christian States, and Greece expects the three protecting Powers who founded the Hel- lenic Kingdom to cover it with thelr broad shield until they cau we out the Sultan by indirect nos- tkitiea, to dismeraber his empire and cede Crete, with ts 70,000 or 89,000 Greek Mussulmans, to King George. Warlike prepaartions are announced, but a begin- ning has not yet been made of collecting the means of ey at and of forming bg ey ag — sary for opening @ campaiga. e Creek army to be increased to 30,000 men. Additior batceries are to be added to the artillery and 1,000 lancers to the cavalry. Where the horses are to be iound appears not to trouble the mind of the Minister of War, though they do not exist in Gi and he cannot expect to purchase them in Turkey, under the e1r- cumstances, without singular liberality on the part of the Turkish government. The Course of Greece—Necessity of the Greek Government Retiring from the Position It Has Assumed, : The London Times of the 9th inst., in an editorial article on the meeting of the Conference, says:— We are not without hope that by this time the Greeks have become convinced that their recent policy has no chance of saccess. We do not, of course, expect them to believe that thelr conduct is acrime, but they can hardly fail to see that it has been a blunder. The ardor of their friends has cooled since the last generation, and they have mal w alienate the greater part of those who rewained true to them. Not the failure of their credit, the neglected cultivation and the insecurity of their country, por the notorious self-seeking and intrigues of their official class, could shake the faith of the old sympathizers so much as this act of kin- diing anew theflames of civil war. The Chamber which affects to vote four millions sterling for @ war 4a; Turkey has never been able to deliver Greece, or even Attica, from brigands; bat for some time past there has been less than the usual danger on the roads, or rather tracks of the country, for numbers of the most law- jess ruMans of the Kingdom snd of the Turkish bor- der have taken service as volunteers. It was from fear of these gentry, even more than of the Turkish or Egyptian soldiers, that the Christian families ieit Crete, and the account given by our Athens lent of the reception by their allies of the band which surrendered the other day shows what has been the effect af these expeditions. “The Ohristians fled before them as well as the Mussuimans,” and they were defeated and surrounded wighout finding the trace of an insurrection to support. it may be hoped ihe unfortunate island wiil now be allowed to if ever there was a district where religious war is to be deprecated it ts in Crete, where tne people of the two religions the same lan- guage and are, to a great extent, of the same race. me time since it Was reckoned that nearly two- thirds of the inhabitants of Crete were Christians, but the emigration the Hellenes have brought about has taken away this superiority in numbers, so that the very pretext for the invasion— namely, that Crete is a Christian island—no longer exists. Every consideration of pracence bids the Greek government retire from the position it has asgumed, and as the interference of the great Powers will spare it the humiliation of yielding to the Porte we may hope it wi! not lose the opportunity to enter on a new and wiser policy. Injury to British Commerce By the Expulsion of Greek Merchants From Constantinopie. ‘The Greek merchants in Constantinople recently addressed the English Minister, the tion, Henry Billiot, pointing out to him the harm that would accrue to British commerce in the Kast by any mea- sare of expulsion against the Greek merchants in ‘Turkey, such @# that proclaimed by the Turkish government. The English trade with Turkey goes principally rie Greex hands, and any such step as that indicat bag Oe gg gd pardize four millions of British capital. The ai sudor was requested to intercede sion of the tine limited for the departure of the Greek subjects; but the matter now remains with the Conference, pending Whose deliberations the proclamation of banishment 1s in abeyance. Reported Reason for Turkey Accepting the Conference. Paris correspondence London Telegraph, Jan. 7. ‘he Liverté devoves @ “sensational” paragraph 1, the Eastern question. It runs thus:— One of our Constantinople correspondents furnishes with fresh detaite upon the’ eftoumetaboas h have pre- geded and followed the acceptance of @ congress Turkey. ‘The asvent of the Turkish goverument was only when it saw that some serious oni aE en : of war being wanth sea byrorannens the 2 ceieas ba obtain an exien- | form Petropoulakes’ itulation. A tl oe ‘areon their way nome, borne on thelr shiel reece in good health at the ex) of the Even the Central Commie aus Bow give telling the world every Tuesday insurrection ia at the height of prosperity. Dis- receded disaster. Last week the nd. to be won ‘rom the Greek Mi Turks sent this patriot to Canea with his band of forty foliowers, and while there he boasted that he would revenge himself for the manner in which he had been decetved by the Greek government, for he was on his Lyf to Acarnania to resume his old profession. in my letier of the 17th inst. I mentioned that the Enosis had landed Leonidas eg with 600 men im the province of Mylopotamo Aide hendrea Sparsansy with only dye. days! pro: Nine hundre ve P visions, foreboded feurful famine’ to the districts they entered. ‘The dy: embers of an unsuc- cessfal revolt were not likely to be fanned into aflame by such a hungry expedition. The Ottoman troops prevented their oooupying any place where they could find eg the Christians fled before them as well ag Mussulmans, and they were driven from one position to another, prevented from getting into the recesses of Mount Ida, and chased alo! the ragged ridge of Aghio Vasili until th led in des, to the inaccessible stronghoids of Sphakia. The Sphakiots could give them no provisions, and the Ottoman troops surrounded them in what was once cailed the impregnable camp of Askypho, where, cut oif from the — they laid down their arms, ‘The Governor Gen of Orete thought he could have no better preachers of and no truer exponents of the real state of tl in the island than these Spartans; so he embarked them immediately on board a line- of-battle ship, and Hobart Pacha sent yesterday to ask where Mr, wishes his volunteers to be landed. The Prime Minister, not wishing them, un- der these altered circumstances, to parade the streets of Athens, is rather embarrassed to find a fit man- ata) disposing of this new class of emigrants from rete. : ENGLAND. | , The Chinese Treaty with Great Britain. {From the London Times. Jan. 8.) An announcement which has just been made pro- mises to be a new era in the relations of this country ‘With those States and nations which are not included in the comity of Christendom. It is said that Lord Clarendon and Mr. Burlingame poe io the basis of the future policy of her Mujesty’s gov- ernment in relation to China. The sti existing treaties are again dec! jinding; negotiations shall be conducted with the central government at Pekin, and not with provincial authorities; and thirdly, when any diiferences arise they shall be referred to the home government for piece These ele jateer a ue a i highest tance, For years country has been. pices tors at the Gourt of Pekin, and, as far as diplomatic a ments can insure the regular and methodical con: of business, China is in the same position with spect to us as any European State, There is a minister plenipotentiary, a secre- tary and a second secretary; there are attaches, a cuaplain and a doctor, and the whole apparatus of negotiation. Yet{ the instinct of consuls and merchants and naval oflicers Is to settle matters in the old high-handed way, just as if we knew nothing of the empire except one or two ports where we had forced our trade. * * * Even the assent of the British Minister at Pekin seems to be thought hardly necessary, it being taken for granted that he will see with pleasure the weal and prompt ness of his countrymen. Ifthe account of the new agreement be correct it will not be any longer in the power even of the British representative to set hos- tilities In action against the empire or any part of it. If any difference arise it shall first be laid by the Munister before the Pekin government; and if satis- faction be not obtained the Minister shall refer it home to her Majesty’s government. * * * * We are not of those who, in deference to either theory or sentiment, would lessen tie security of our fellow counirymen abroad in regious where they are pursuing their legitimate business, adding by thelr industry to the comforts of the English peopie and the wealth of the Engiigh State. Nor do we lose sigat of the reasonable argazaent that our rela- tions in foreign countrics must be regulated by the respective civilization of those countries. It may be allowed that a haif-crvilized people, unaccustomed to respect the righis of foreigners, or a government which, re less of morality with respect to its own subjects, is equaily willul towards strangers, cannot be placed in the same class as France or Prussia. But whatever may be the form whieh our relations with China may take, whatever the rigats we insist upon, and whatever the means we may think necessary for securing them, the regulations we have mentioned will be equaily aivantageous. All that they will provide ia that no act of hostility shall be comipitted against the Chinese empire until the imperial government has been appealed to for satisfaction, and, that satis- faction having been refused, the British goverument in London decides that the refusal justifies the me of force. It willbe said, perhaps, that such a regu- lation is very weil iu theory, but that China is at the other side of the world, our countrymen there are able to ill treatment which only a demonstration of force or the actual use of force nay be able to avert, and that from the nature of the case full authority ought to be left in the hands of those who represent her Majesty. This argyiment has a certain force, but it may be answered that no necessary freedom of action wouid be t away. Undoubtedly, unaer aay circumstances, a Dritish officer would have the rigut to protect British residents trom any popular attack or oatrage. This would rest ondhe broad ground of self-defeuce, and cannot be touched by any agreement respecting pro- cedure. It would hqd equally on the coast of France or any other civilized country. The question is whether, a wrong having been already committed or some cause of quarrel Laving arisen, war shail be made by the Minister or even oy aConsul. Now, it is evident that this is a gation of an- thority which should ve made ander the pros- sure of the most overwhelming necessity, since it entirely takes the decision out of the hands of goverument aud Parliament anil gives a distant ofi- cial the power of controlling and taxing the whole nation. A littie redection willéuow that the home government will soon be able tu direct Chinese mat- ters with the greatest ease. Very shortly we may hope to soe the telegraph extended to the most dis- tant parts of Asta, and thea a few hours will sufiico to bring the news of any dispute, and In a day or two the Minister and the ofiicers on the station will receive directions how to act. ‘ihe telegraph, imdeed, seems likely to give a fortunately fatal blow to the system of armed negotia- tion. The naval officer who ts always appearing before somebody's seaport to demand ratinaction about some matter wich people at home have uever heard of is the representative of a spirited, but not overwise nor always successful bearing towards foreign nations. His Sones ea will soon be gone. It will not take four months to communicate with China or the Western Se of the New World, and, though @ Chinese or 4 Mexican governor may be as provoking a8 heretofore, the Queen's servants, civil, military or naval, will have to wait for orders, instead of cl ing the offender on their own account, * * * #@ We must confess to a desire that China should be completely opened to European people, as countries are to Oninese. How far men have @ moral right to enter countries or how far this liberty should be made an indispensable element in the mutual relations of States are ques- tions which we need not discuss; but such a right might form @ very legitimate subject of negotiation with China, Here, however, otuer considerations enter; the Chinese very reasonabiy say that they are ey ready to admit Bugilshmen and other ners to travel and dwell in the interior of the empire, but that in that case the strangers must be salject to Chinese laws, ano a Chinese in England or Australia is subject to the laws of the country, But by treaty all Englishmen are subject and responsibie only to their own consuls, and this privilege they are not willing to give up. lience there does not seem any chance of an agreement, ¥ Englishmen do, in deliberately acquiesce their = tional position in order to be secure from the jw diction of the Chinese authorities, whom they very naturally suspect and fear. We inay hope that ina few years, as the empire t# permeated by Huropean commerce and ideas, its insliiu trusted that Englisimen wil! mit themselves to the imterior, in reilance on native police and native law. When this time arrives the adiiesion of foreigners to full rights of residence | will mot be long delayed. ‘The Manchester St. Alb: At Chatwood, in the Diocese of Manchester, there Wea church whose patron saint is Sc. an, where ritual of a pronounced character prevaiis. At the annual gathering of the inembers of the congrega- tion, held on Tuesday, the 6th inet., om the teble in the schooiroom there was & dispiay of chasubles, Gaimatics, copes, stoles, & f amber, maroon or white eatin, all pease broidered and otuer- Wise embe.lished. Cards were placed on these vest- ments, announcing that they were euch as were now legal and to be worn during the colebra- tion of holy communion fn the Church of England. ‘The display attracted great attention, and it was contidentiy circulated among the congregation that those particular vestments, and none other, were authorized to be worn by the recent decision of the Judicial Committee of ‘the Privy Council. {n the course of the evening the Rev. J, B, Sedgwick ad bis congregation at considerable length. great crisis In their nistory had ar- rived; but, whatever piight be the result ax far as he ‘was personally He believed that would be the resnit, though it it be purcliased at the sacrifice of him- self and bis dismissal from the diocese. ‘The Reform League nnd the Bullet. yw PP nn the pope i) January 7.) wes ineeting 0! form League held on . nesday agate, under the presidency of Mr. Kdmuud foliowing resolutions were moved:— First—“That the recent beving proved elections of attempt Were . is not a prinai league) is the moat direct and surest Fou for hose. sbuaea, it athe bo aay © seconded the p read @ copy of a memorial, whl Proposed be submitted to Parliament. In this document the occurred:—“If the vote be a trust, right to call his neighbor to account that trust; dates for whom they voted, that to keep alive the sense of the man to his neighbor for the vote the principle o! elibora: silently shape the conclusion, but a battle in which excited, interested, venal and belligerent partisans invoke public opinion to openly decide the contest, public opinion can only respond, and experience shows that ic generally does respond, by becomug organized, active, aagreasive, menacing, corrupting or intimidating, but that at every election 9 number of fair-minded, eably-disposed electors of both of the great politic in th quieuly, independently al to take part in treating, bribing or coerc! ne say one, or abstain altogether from approaching the poll, in order to protect themselves from annoyance, danger, retaliation aud personal thus repressing the maniy element in themselves and discouraging it in others. This enervat decency, this deplorable propriety, is felt to deprive o| voting of its most salutary. influences, and therefore your me- Morialist prays that steps be taken to enforce among electors recklessness of personal sacrifices anda manly spirit of fighting fearlessness, and that in a general election tae manly principle being honestly and universally acted upon by a demon- strative and determined population it may beseen to what extent national decoram and good feeling will be developed, and ti tained the comparative merits of voting by can be better judged. Your memorialist therefore rare that since voting openly is made compulsory, it should be made compulsory upon every one to vote—that the virtues of open vot be equally ex- ercised, and ita perils be im} shared, and that the Parllamentary theory of the vote Public trust be enforced by the establishment of in- ternecine responsibility.’ ‘The resolutions and the memorial were adopted by the meeting. » IRELAND. The Latest Agrarian Outrage. A correspondent of the Irish Times gives the fol- lowing particulars of the attack on Mr. Pierce:— Iregret having to record an atrocious attempt at assassination in this hitherto peaceable wes On Jast night about six o’clock, as Mr. Williain H. Pierce, of Cloneycowan, was returning home from Trim, where he had been in attendance at the Quarter Ses- sions, and when he was wituin @ short distance of his own house, about a mile and @ haif from Balivor, he passed two men on the road, who went one on each side of the gig in which he was driving. linmediately yy them two shots were fired at him in quick succession, one of them taking effect in his left arm, through which three siugs or bul- lets ed near the shoulder, not breaking the ne, however. His breast also was ogy by some of the shot. Mr. Pierce had with im in the gig at the time his nephew, @ boy about twelve years oid, who sat in the front seat with him, and a farmer named Andrew Keeife, one of Mr. Pierce’s tenants, who sat behind. The night was preity dark at the time, and the would-be murderers got ciear away. Mr. Pierce was brought into his own house and Dr. Nolan, of Athboy, wae sent for, and dressed the wounds, which are not of avery dangerous nature. Mr. Pierce had a very narrow escape. As the men before pera, on the road walked tn front of the horse the latter was at the time going at an easy pace. The Ballivor constabu- lary, under Constable U’Donnell, having been in- formed of the occurrence, proceeded at once to the place, where the resident magistrate (£. J. Banon, esq. D. L.), F. St. Clair Rathven and — Murphy, Hsys., sub-inspectors, were promptly in attendance to investigate the matter. No arrests have up to the present time been made. Ultramontanism in Ireland. The London Daily News calls aitentton to two re- markable facts in connection with freland. ‘The first is that uitramontanism is losing its hold on the Roman Catholic population “in the prospect of equal justice to all Churches.” The other is that irish orangeism 18 becoming democratic, and, except on the Churen question, is im accord with English radi- calism. The proof ofthe drst is found in the cir- cumatance that in many parts of Ireland tne lower clergy are in silent revolt towards their superiors. “The reason of the thing {s," says the Daily News, “not loss clear than the thing itseif. ’ The bishops promoted to their ices in th er and for the qualiications whlch we have e thelr mandates in geueral terms and know n Of them. They inaist, for example, thu: the sacraments shall be refused to any father of & family who allows his children to aitend the national school. ‘The priest of the parish has to enforce this order, His. in- core depends on the duee of the well-to-do farmer or trades- man whom he has to coerce by spiritual terrora, He has be- sides a kindly interest in the promising ind whose prospects in life depend on his getting the good education which he can recelve only in the taboved school, On theas grounds the arish priest hates the work that ts forced upon im. He ts as much Irishman as Roman and not Jes man than he 1 priest. But i( he disoveys orders. if he allows excuses, if he shows defect of zeal, he himself falls under aban. "He may be exiled to some dreary island parish oif the coast of Donegal, where there are hal/-n- spiritual sheep, and a score of two of real goats. He ti bs riorsin the Church. Let the Ko: ©: ps Aud priests, priests and lait hey are no longer called upoo to maintain # united sive front agaiast political Protestantism, and they ort adjusting thelr relations towards each other in pirit which will dispel nine-tentha of the bugbears whch now, with {nnocent or sinister intentions, nursed into istence.”” ° The rise of the Orange democracy is exemplified in the election of Mr. Johnston, member for Belfast, to the office ot Grand Master of his Lodge, and of the Rev. Dr. Drew to the post of Grand Chaplain, both gentiemen being champions of tenant-right in its extreme ‘orm. FRANCE. ‘The Press ProsecutionsSharp Letter from au Imperial Procurear on the Canse of His Resignation. ‘The Paris correspondent of the London Times, uf. der date of January 7, writes:— ‘The manager and printer of the Emancipation of Toulouse are not the only persona who have suffered by the Boney ror tustututed — that journal which I mentioned yesterday, @ Procureur [m- rial, or Crown Prosecutor, of Toulouse has sent in bis tion. Why he is gbliged to do so his own letters to the journal in question and to his im- mediate superior, the Procureur Général, will fully explain. To the #mancipation he says:— Sin—The Keeper of the Seals (Minister of Justice) has accepted my resignation a# Procureur Impérial of Toulouse. I am*tne victim of my leniency to- wards ihe press. My canse is your own, and | ask of you to make known to my fellow citizens the cir- cumstances that have led me to adopt tiat resolu- tion. The subjoined letter, which I address to the Procureur General, leaves no doubt on the subject: M, Li PRocURROR GExERAL—I have the honor to thank you for baring communieaied to me the freah reproaches dressed to me by the Keeper of the Seals, and T excuse the trouble I oceasion you ai this moment, it appears from the of the Keeper of the Senls, dated of Decomber: ty that in my address, pronounced on the 24th againat cinvipation, 1 desired to comtait you to the singular engagemont I am ‘anid 10 have taken to the indulgence of the Tribunal, Tnever uttered ® word of the kind, and this proves tome what in point of fact I already knew'—that the persons who are charged with watching me during the proceedings in the court and with repeating my ‘words have"been It] selected. You inform me, steon ti the Keeper of the Seals dos not think he can any longer t omy prosecator, on the ground of their being addresses ay pubilc too weak as regards the press. Now, to address a court under the supervision of a secrat ice and to adopt conclusions imposed beforehand by the Reeper of the Saale arg two things which, for my part, I'ean refore I rocureur Gene- fs 7 resignation as Procurenr in tho bands of the Keeper of the ‘The resignation I offer t# not @ voluntary act. It ts forced ‘upon me by the cnjust and offenst doh have been Invished 1 tt ttitude to- wards the press; au eK byeoted to atthis motoent for my desire to serve the Emperor with the moderation and dignity which the Keeper of the Seals brmeeit recommended to us in his circular of the 4th of June, I rewain respectfully yours, . SEGULER, Procureur Impérial. Grand Ball at the Talleries. ‘The Hrat ball for the present year at the Tulleries the night of the 4th inst. was exceedingly brilizant, ‘The arrivals began at nine, and upwards of 3,000 | orton were present. The splendid tollets of the jadies, the rich costumes of the marshals, ministers, ambassadors and high official personages, aud a great variety of foreign uniiurms produced a mag- nifieent coup Mart, At ten o’ciock their Majesties entered the Salle des Marechaux, accompanied by the Princesses Mathilde and Julia and Chartotte Bo- maparte, and attended by the dignitaries of the Court, The Empress wore a dress of exceedingly thin white silk, embroidered with flowers in silver and trimmed with lace to match, Aiguilieis of briliants were arranged on the shoulders, and her Majesty wore magnificent diamonds on the head and neck, After going through the rooms the hm- peror and Empress took their piace in the throne room, conversing with the goesta and seemed in high spirits, At haif-past eleven supper was an- nounced, and their Majesties proceeded to (he Gale- fle d’Apolion, accompanied by the ambassadorsund some over guests speciadiy favored. The tnperml ‘ withdrew ata quarter past twelve, but dano- | feo: | fag coutuued unt four én tho morning.” , - l : : : i ze z § Begeee fae : 54502 ries i i as the father and Ject of regard and respect’ on the ol distinction of class or opinion, during the which we have just thro to feel demand pardon’ : i <P) 3 ee te Hy) ‘4 Be oF: iF fH ; ES. i te 3 i iY # é i i AE l i if ; vouchsafed to entrust to my care, May your Excellency deign to rive a fresn proof of your well known g an ‘will ever call dowa upon you the ing of Heavens to any decision on jadiz, Will probably league, Marshal Prim, I hope— though I could not venture to affirm—that the prayer 80 earnestly expressed for mercy will be favorably heard; but | ground my fears on the character of the two marshals, To rise in arms against ment, though it be only a pi to resist by Een pea the bend of fon a ea: ut ying military: lown; to ned the blood of those who obeyed the orders of their chiefs, must be conside! acrime of deepest dye by men of such strict principles as Prim and Serrano, particulary in all that relates to military discipline, Had the worthy prelate todo with men of lax notions on those points—men who had ay nie Cad: ae Malaga ft See cere way as the Cadiz an Inst ht, indeed, be some chances of their compliance wit is prayer; but, as chey have been faultless themselves throughout thetr whole career, I fear that this very exception to frailty will make ‘them in- flexible in dealing with men whose great guilt is that they have not succeeded. Marshal Prim, in par- ticular, a very stern in soe ewes bape: ‘once see! yy at brought o1 Gerona, by ind order for having been found with a scrap of paper concealed in his cravat uddressed to the chief of a band of military insurgents, who but a few pase before had been his own associate in & ng. a ITALY. The Tax Riots in Upper Italy, {rom the London News, Jan. 7.) The disturbances in Italy, consequent upon the application of the new grinding tax, are nut yet at an end, and a royal decree was issued yesterday en- trusting to General Cadorna the duty of restoring order. In the Southern provinces Impost has met with no opposition, and the Correspondance Ttalienne mentions that in that ot Lecce, where it is customary to stop the mills on New Year's Day, they were kept at work to show that there Was no hostilit to the measure. Unfor- tunately the same U; Italy. a On pasa seas pper i ‘a ze, enza, ‘ma and Bologna disturbances took place, while at npeggine a really severe conflict occurred be- een the peasants and the troops, in which several ersous were wounded and others killed. The ‘lorence Nazione, denouncing the exultation with which the news of these distur! been re- ceived by @ Pledmontese paper, expresses the opt- nion that no tax could be mort equally distributed or leas oppressive aud inconvenient to the commu- nity. Opponents of the impost, nowever, cailit.a detestable one, and say that the Italian government would have done much better to reduce its military expenditure instead of taxing one of the first neves- #aries of ufe, the daily bread of the people. Mysterious Disappearance of a Viscount. We find in the Figaro the following:—ihe mys- terious disappearance of Viscount d’Archiac, Profes- sor of Paleoniology atthe Museum of Natural His- tory, coutinues unexplained, On the loth of De- cember he ieft his residence after having told the servant le would be back by dinner hour. He was shabbily dressed at the time and wore an ola office cap, With the object, perbaps, as much of avoiding recognition as of encouraging the idea that he was not guing to any distance. He carried under his aria. aDapkin containing letters aud papers which he threw into the letter box of the Legislative Body. ‘They were farewells to different friends, as well as to the Minister of Public Instruction, to the direc- tor of the museum, and to his notary, to whom he seut hislast inscructions, He informed them ail that he would not return, and he desired that his departure should be shroaded in as much inysvery as possible, The probability is beleved to be that he ook one of the trains which leave the St. Lazare terminus. A trace has been found as to jits move- ments, and there i hope that sure information as to his Woereabouls may Shortly be acquired.”’ ROME. The Pope and the Convicts Ajani and Luzzi, ‘The Pope was highly incensed at receiving the let ter from Victor Emanuel praying fer a commutation of the capital sentence recorded against Ajani and Luzzi. The men, it is believed, have been respited at tue intercession of the French government, but the Pope has not neglected the opporeunlty of re- buking Victor Emanuel. In his reply to the King’s letter “he expresses, first, his profound regret that the king should make such an appeal, which the Pope declares to be an intervention in the judici@ affairs of a neighboring State wholly without parallel, By showing Dimseli so much concerned for Ajani and Luzzi, condemned as traitors, the “King of Sardinia” avows that te rebellion got up by those men com- mandod his sympathy. The Popes have always beea prompt to exercise clemency, the most precious of their sovereign prerogatives; but they have acted from the dictates of their own hearts, not by the re- commendation or under the influence of others, and his Holiness will uever depart from the example of his ‘predecessors, Nor can he refrain from ex; u- lating with the King of Sardine for lending bimself to the designs of the revolution and even prejudic- ing his own authority by inverceding for two rebels, especially after obtaining 0 many coucessions from the Holy See. HORSE NOTES. Among the many who took advantage of the late fall of snow to give thelr horses a littie work “to sleighs”’ the following genticmen were conspicu- ous:— Ed. Wilkins was “breezing” a brown bobtail at a rapid rate along the Lane. Mr. Van Winkle was “hazing” along with his fine team. Mr. Meserole was behind Little Fred and mate, Mr. Wilcox drove his bobtails, sorrel and roan. They are cilppers. J. P. Son wasout with Kitty Wink and Flirt, and a fine appeatance they made. There are few teams & this country that can boat these mares a mile or WO. Mr. Lewis was driving the old veteran, Brown Dick, and the oid fellow showed considerable speed when called on. He was a successful horse on the turf some years ago, Mr, Leadbeater hasa chestrnt mare hy Bashaw that he calls Miller's Damael, She is very lsome and trots fast. she will be putin training in the spring, and hopes are entertained that she may at- tain the «peed of her old namesake of turf memory. Ike Philips drove his gray horse, Admiral §farra- gut, a horse of rare 4] and beauty. Mr. Parker was behind Ina old favorite, Pulaski. Ed. Crane had out his black horse. Lew Martin was sporting his sleck looking sorrel. Charley Kevere drove ashort-tailed pouy and a long-talied black; both good. r. Daniels was behind a white trotter. Mr. Stokes was out, with a bay horse of some spee Mr, Darrow was driving his sorrel. John Dye was behind @ very fine bay gelding. Mr. Gourdicr had out his giay trotter, and wi the snow Was very good showed great speed. Mr. Risiey’s pacer fashed up the road at a gait bys ag ne with his name—Lightning. Mr. Marshall and old Shark, the trotter, were = things coolly, Shark is a good sleigh horse, owever. Mr. Jones had a white horse and white sleigh. Wright Gillies drove bia splendid team to a double- Seat sieigh. i Jobu Harbeck, with his late purchase, a° Hambie- tonian mare, fairly flew past some of the fast ones, Jobn says he can “take” the road. J. B. Fellows was out pocerted with his unequalled four-in-hand, and they looked and trotted if cently, They kept up a three minute clip on the Lane ail the Way, snow or no snow. L. Phillips drove hia roan borse Dick Carhart, and Was going very fast. Mr. Humplirey was behind @ very stylish bay col pore N. Per yn drove a very fast bay horse. He calls hin Richmond, VERMONT STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION, At the annual soruas of the Vermont State Tem- peranee Society, held at Nortnfleld, January 14, the following redolutions were adopted unanimously :— Resolved, That the use of or traiic tn intoxicating liquor as a berernae ieny @isqualities a man for holding office tn A * Hesotved, That we pledge ourssives # use all our Influence, lnlly toprevent the elec: 0 the office of grand juror or Siate Attoroey who will not sternly enforce our temper- ance jaw. Kesolved, That with our atri temperance Inw the con- ‘. ja intoxtoating iiquors, where tinuanee of the Unlawfal trame the clear evidence of such taille exists, is charges upeo temperance men, Resolved, That we have read with Phy degree of natie- faction the recent publinned of the rm position tak by General Grant and Sebuyier Colfax, our President Noo Prewicent civet, In uiterly refusing to taste intoxion drinks ou various papile ‘and re(using to allow | wines upon their tavien. DISASTER AT SEA. Leas of the Stoamer Gulf City eff Cape Leok= out — Details of the Wreck — Twenty-one Sailors and One Passenger Jost—Thres Saved—Terrible Safferings of the Crew and Survivors—Agonizing Scenes ut the Wreck Condition ef the Men Saved. WILMINGTON, N. ©., Jan. 15, 1800, | ‘The survivors of the steamship Gulf City, which ‘was wrecked on the shoals off Cape Lookout om Monday last, are now tu this city, at the Seaman’s Home, receiving such treatment and attention as their injuries require. A visit to them elicited the following particulars of the terrible disaster which has brought sorrow and suffering to many bereaved friends and relatives :—On the 22d November last the Gulf City cleared from New York for Galveston, Texas, between which porta she plied, making a prosperous voyage. Her cargo dis- charged, she was again loaded, principally with cot- ton, and left Galveston on her return trip on the 1st instant, being Friday—a day about which satlors have grave superstitions as an unlucky one to brave the dangers of the deep. On the 7th Instant she reached Key West, where a supply of coal was ob- tained, and once more se put ont to thestormy sea, For several days nothing occurred to mar the plea- sure of the voyage, the wind belag favorable and the sea not unusually disturbed. On Monday, the 11th instant, however, a brisk gale set in, which by night assumed the terrific proportions of a regular “nor-wester.” The night was intensely dark, heavy clouds rolied across the face of the beavens, and the sea rau mountains high, By eignt o’clock the vessel was constantly shipping heavy seas, and nopwithstanding the unwearied ex- ertions of the crew and officers she became per- fectly uncontrollable, and the unfortunate mariners were unable to tell the direction in which she was drifting. At ten o'clock, however, their worst fears - were realized by a shock which plainly toid them the ship was on the shoa's, and which jarred evory tim- bere of the vessel. ine few hours she was dasied to ieces by the breakers, A wall of anguish went an ie ey yas who pissed poe vod e the broken and one by One they found wat grave. ‘The scene is said to have been beyond description—the shrieking of the wind, the of the waves, the crashing of broken timbers, the moans and prayers of the as with the tenacity of the drow dvstingel they held to the shattered pieces of the wreck. Many met death ere the waves claim them by being dashed dpon the wreck or struck by a cree iece of timber. A few were spared the instant death which was inevitable, and the doomed, men spent their last moments in offering pas to Him who rules the sea. About two o'clock ves- sel was @ complete wreck; and the three survivo! Patrick McCabe, of Jersey City, and Henry M dle and Anthony Thomas, of New York—t bers 4 ny with five others, were cliuging to a portion of deck resem! @ ratt, twelve fect long by abous eight wide. On slender dependence for were tossed by the waves for forty-eight hours, out to sea. Gradually they became exhausted: ith terrible suffering, benumbed by cold and fi with hunger, and one after another their five com- panions dropped Into the merciiexs cea, whieh goon’ would claim them among its victims. But happily: this awful fate was averted by the timely arriv; the steamship W. P. Clyde, which vessel picked up} the three -starved men and saved them as they, were on the very verge of a watery grave. When! carried oe the nes the apldly deglining were unable to speak and were rap! under the su‘fe1 of the last two di fivertt thing possible was done by the officers their preservation and comfort, = they are now happily on the way to recovery, The mate of the Clyde reports that the men were picked u} eh twelve miles northwest of Oa) soe ig and thas except the raft upon which they wero found was ho other trace of the wrecked vessel. fi ‘The Guif City was owned by a New Yor, firm, the, principal owner being Mr. James M: , aud was commanded by Captain James Stewart, of Connecti-| cut, where his family resides. The crew numbered. twenty-four, all of Whom were lost except the three saved by the steamship W. P. Clyde. One also shared the fate of the captain, ofoers un- fortunate sailors who were lost. Coatrivut for the relief of the tbree men are now being made the benevolent people of this city. Two of have families depeudent upon them for with whoa the utmost sympathy 1s evinced, THE DISASTER IN THE BAY OF SMYRNA. Additional Particulars of the Collision Be~ tween the Greek Steamers. {From the Levant: iletaid.} We have been favored with the following detailed narrative of this disaster, compiled from the report of one of the survivors:— The Galioub, though not one of the est, Was one of the finest of the Azizieh Company's vessels plying. between Alexandria aud Constantinople, Sue left the former pore ou her ysnal up voyage under the command of Captain Djezairh Mohammed, with a crew of eighty nds, eighty-five passen- gers, @ valuable general cargo and a large amount of specio in groups, on the afternoon of the 15th, ‘The weather being fine she made a rapid run round the coast of Syria, and shortly alter midnight of the 17th—some hours in advance of her usual timo—had reached the ‘ichesmé cyanunel, between Scio and the mainiand, which is nm by vessely bound in to Smyrna, The night was quite clear, with a very tiling breeze, ‘and no sea on. About one A . the Galioub had cleared the | en sage, and was rounding Cape Kara-bourne into the bay when the red light of a steamer was seen ahead, well off on the port bow. ‘The Galioub’s own lights were both burning ety at the time, and her red lamp must also have been seem by the approaching vessel. As the latter was well away the Galioub Kept oa, and the two ships rapidly, neared, when the stranger—which by this time was recognized as tie company’s steamer Sharkié— suddenly starboarded her helm and ran stem ou into the Galioub before the latter could avold the blow, She struck her a little fore ward of ers crushing «through the coal bunker. and into* the foremost boiler. Her short bowsprit also knocked over the faunel, and the fore- mast of the Galioub wag so shuken with the shock that it aiterwards went over. ‘The scene at this mo- ment may be better imagined than described. The foredeck ¢f the Galioub was crowded with - gers, aud several of these must ha’ t, while the screams of the ve the noise of escaping steam aud the confilcting outs of the oMcers and crews of the two veescls. As it was evident that the Galioub must go down her captain implored the commander of the Sharkie not CP Ry bat Lond jd, a ye hear or 4 afraid of be: jown too, for in @ couple ope after a apparel damage, ed ti The captain (é of the: latter vessel be! were at length lowered; but here to get into them was such as to on gp is reason to believe Ma! lives were sacrificed in the scramble. No’ was that the —— foremast fell, s' and smashing & ae it filed with a = passengers, among whom were the first, second and third emulish) neers. While these were straggling in water, nearly three-quarters of aa hour after the col- lision, the steamer jurched over and went down,’ sucking with her the ents of the boat and of those it had contain Another boat, which lain to o fow yards off, managed to fish up five them, including the first and second engineors, who came to the surface, but of the unhappy re- mainder who went down with the ship it is believed that mone were saved. The fifty or more thus lost included the captain and second oMeer, The conduct of the former was, as already said, admirable; he refased a piace in the Jast boat which left the ship, and went down with » roism that contrasted nobly with the cowardice of the commander of the Sharklé, who, uf he had re- mained by the sinking vessel, might bave saved every soul on board. As it was, the four boats landed near Kara-bourn® about daylight with the survivors, Who managed afterwards to reach Vouria and Smyrna destituie of everything and as best ghey could. ESCAPE OF A NOTORIOUS THIEF FROM THE STATE PRISON AT PROVIDENCE, fb « (Special Despatch to the Boston Herald.) A novogous jail bird named James Arnoid, gener- ally known as “Mick,” escaped from the State Prison in Providence, K. T., on the might of she 18th. He was in for erlury ta connection with the no- torious Jim Edgerton, on a sentence of two years and a haif, which commenced some four months since. HKeing engineer of the steam gener- ator, his position was such that the watchman of the prison couid keep his eyes on him al stantly, Lastevening the ke served Arnold, and having made @ tor feet came in sight agen, when Arnold The alarm be given, all hands were eres the search inside outside the walls, but nothing was discovered nor heard. Some little time after those outside made a detour in the vacant lot in the eof the prison walla and found a rope ladder spun yarn attached, by which ft had been tt over the wall. This indicates that help was from outside and the alarm was so . ae it gonterned aie not have time o Cy ot er. eape Was very quic) doubtless war tnderstocd “be with which Arnold hag been con laa one, though the we om is only a sort nant, neral-n-chief, Rdgerton still safe. No trace of the fugitive has been Dear oF A Horet, MaN,—Jonn the ra. Lieder eh cag bl Al . ragut Houses o Phiibrick House, tev. Ke died at