The New York Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1869, Page 4

4 EUROPE. Literary and Artistic Gossip of the British Capital, Taf EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S SPEECH, Preparations for the Ecumeni- cal Council. We give this morning, from the HERKALD’s special correspondents m several of the principal cities of Europe, a budget of correspondeuce of more than ordinary interest. From the London letter the iatest literary, dramatic and artistic gossip of the British capital may be obtained, and in our Paris communi- cation we are informed of the /urore which was created on the promulgation of the peror’s speech, aud how theParisian newspapers vied with each other in their efforts to have their papers first in the fleld with the full particulars of his Majesty’a address, ‘This calls to mind bygone times in New York, when the newspapers made such 9 fass about being first ont with the President's annual message. In Madrid the report of a movement looking towards an at- tempt to revive the empire’ in Mexico 1s detailed, Indeed, It might reasonably be thought that Spanish oMicers had enough to attend to at home without risking their necks in such enterprises as the one proposed; but, judging from the last report, it would geem otherwise. The Berlin and Rome correapon- dents give their quota towards the making up of an interesting chapter of European intelfigence, ENGLAND. Literary, Artistic aud Diimatic Gossip of the British Capitul. INDON, Jan. 23, 1869, ‘To the discomfiture of the weather prophets and aimanac makers winter has come suddenly upon us, and hard frosts, pipping winds, and double over- coats are now the rule in England. Up to this time we have had weather which might truly have been termed spring-like. November was like April and December like May, and the reports which reached us of sleigh riding and skating in New York seemed Uke fairy tales or sketches from Dr. Kane’s Arctic expedition. Now, however, if this sort of cold Weatuer continues, we sliall soon have skating in London. Sleigh riding will, I fear, be unpossible on account of the rains and fogs. As an iliustration of the enterprise of the English press it may be mentioned that one of the daily papers of this date has prominently among its literary news the announcement that Mr. Dion Bou- cicault is writing a handbook of the drama, tobe calied the “Master of the Revels." This announce- ment appeared in the New York HERALD about one Year ago. ‘he joke of it is that Mr. Boucicault was Writing the book then, but is not engaged upon it now, being too busy with the four new dramas which he ts preparing for the Princess’, Drury Lane and Queen’s theatres. Mr. E, A. Sothern is not going to America, after all, He was engaged for Booth’s new theatre upon terms unprecedentedly high; but after the arrange- ments were all made Mr. Booth’s agent introduced a further stipulation—viz., that Mr. Sothern should | only military changes made consist in the discon- GERMANY. Ceremony of Knightiug the Prince af Wales. Benin, Jan. 20, 1880. Yesterday afternoon, at ball-past two o'clock, & chapter of the Knights of the Order of the Black Eagle, was held in the Royal Patace to invest his Royal Highness the Prince of Walea with the in- signta of the Order. The investiture took place in the Ritter Saat (hall of the Knights), in the presence of the King, the royal Princess and the other Knights of the Order, all wearing the robes and attended by the ofticisis, pages and heralds, Hia Majesty having taken his piace upon the throne, Count Stillfried, the chief master of the ceremonies, was commanded to introduce the Prince of Wales. Thereapon, pre- ceded by the heralds and conducted by Count Still- fried, the Crown Prince of Prussia and Prince Adal- bert proceeded to the Branderburg chamber and there received the Prince of Wales and accompanied him to the steps of the throne. ‘The two Princes remained as sponsors by ‘the side of the new Kuight until the conciusion of the cere- mony. The King expressed to the Prince of Wales the pleasure he felt in receiving his Royal Highness: into the Order, and more especially on that day (18th of January), the anniversary of its foundation. ‘The Prince then tookgthe customary vow, and was invested with tae mantie by his sponsors, after Which, again approaching the throne, the Grand Master placed round his neck the knightly chain and bestowed the accolade,. As the King of Prussia placed round the neck of the Prince the cham,his Majesty said that he experienced great pleasure 1n thus bestowing upon the oe the same chain which his ulustrious father, the Prince Con- sort, had formerly worn. After the invesUture the King and the Knights of the Order, led by the pages, went to the chap- ter room of the Order, The Kuight and all the Court officials were Present at the ceremony, as well as the suites of the respective princes, and & special invitation had also been sent to Lord Loftus, the English Ambassador, who, together with the membem of the embussy, attended the investiture, FRANCE. ‘The Emperor’s Speech and the Parisian Press, Parts, Jan. 22, 1569. ‘The Emperor's speech atili continues to be the sub- Ject of comment, and, like a thermometer, the de- grees of approbation and disapproval vary ander the influence of outward pressure. The great pulse, which is the Bourse, has risen by twenty-eight centimes, so that it may be said the nation is enjoying six sous’ worth of satisfaction. ‘The middle classes seem secure that fresh liberaligm will be supported by order and authority. Dipilo- Matists believe in peace, and the army is sorry to entertain the same opinion. The manufacture of chassepots is, however, still progressing for the army in reserve, and that of smail field pieces also. The tunuation of experiments with the new fire-arms. The most absolute secrecy prevails among the officers concerning former experiments, and measures to ensure this secrecy are such that the different pieces of a war engine are constructed in different factories, and none of the men employed on them know whether the steel and iron in hand are for the army or naval batteries, for France or Algerta. Apropos, Marshal McMahon will leave Paris in a few days for Algiers, and the only reforms he has been able to bring vigorous effort on the part of the ald regime to ro- gain 363 postition, anid oaturally enough they are anaious to woed out all the men whe are unreliable and who might take thelr o over to the enemy. For tis rouson, perltaps, Prin is anxious to get dese fellows out of the country into Mexico; anywhere, um fact, where they cannot assist in Knocking over his ambitious plans. He therefore ot a a a rom all the promotions that those who Pama in ‘Spain on duty obtain, Nothing could be more tor promising; but General Prim ought Up ated that on one occasion he was-m Mexico at the head of an cepeaitonary corps; that he detected the am- bitious designs of ce, and that he withdrew the corps before a battle was i He saw after- wards the Emperor of France Maximilian on his troops leaving the tnfprtunate Emperor teh jTOOps, leavi ul eror to fatey-an ignominious death, cannot have for- gotten that it was the United States exercising its power that compelied that great conspirator it the liberties of ‘Dations—Napoleon—to with. draw his troops, the only su of Maximilian’s ns, 7h Uaad, Esakee ay coe heaitate to nd en, an opinion has no’ changed, tl it could not see the institutions xico interfered with by Powers with an- Sparen. at 6 - tun! penien re srereen people w ook upon 5) an attempt to overthrow the institations oo! Mexico with any more favor than they did upon the efforts of Napoleon. We do not care whether itis a Hapsburg or @ Bourbon that usurps the power in Mexico, supported by foreign bayonets, and I think General Prim and the Count de Girgentu will discover that fact if they persist in their wild scheme. The 200 or more officers will leave Madrid the latter part of the month, ahd General Toboado has promised to resent them to Napoleon, who kes great interest in the success of the movement as @ natural consequence, though it is not very likely that he will send any of his Chassepots over the sea to back up the youthful aspi- rant to @ Mexiaan throne, He has tried tha experiment once, and it 14 thought that for go shrewd aman it wiil be quite sufficient. You may be as- sured, however, that tndirectly he will ald the move- ment in every Way in Lis power, 80 long as he does not excite the remonstrances of the United States government, The young Count de Girgentiis the isabel Segunda, of Spal. ie is regular Bourbon, isabel Segunda, of Spain. He 13 a regul urbon, ag you may imagiue, else he would not put his head in a place where a better one has been lost. Only one of the race of Bourbons, which never learns or forgets anything, could be 30 infatuated and wild as to join in such a movement that promises so little success, Napoleon, who is on exceedingly intimate aud friendly terms with the ex-Queen of Spain, and who 1s laboring for her restora- tion to her throne, has Itue to lose and perhaps something to gain—as it would vindi- cate his favorite theory of the influence of the Latin race in the affairs of the world—ip supporting her son-in-law in hia insane scheme. It may turn out weil, and he would thereby tind @ Little consolation for the failuce of his grand plot a year or two It is not surprising, therefore, that the French Em- peror should sympathize with this proposed outrage on the Mexican people; but it is strange that the pro- visional government should have ‘thing to do with it, What will be the result if the United States snould step in and aid Mexico against this foretgn con- spiracyt Would Cuba be any safer if the United States should look with favor upon aid and assist- ‘ance being afforded the Cuban patriots in their fight against Spain? Supposing Mr. Johnson or General Grant should give unlimited leave of absence to our — officers to go over to Caba, when would the affyir inevitably end? General Prim and the pro- visional goverment ought to think of these things. What isiair for Mexico 1s fair for Cupa, and Spain should not set any bad example of tilibusterism just at this time. ‘The movement is being carried on so secretly here that it is dificult to get at all che details at once. I am gathering them up, little by lictle, and I ho} soon to be able to give you a list of the officers who are going with Toboado. The party will probably about for the future government of this colony are changes of attributions and nominations. Thus the present Secretary, M. Fare, will be succeeded by one of his own selection, only out of the three candidates neither suit the Marshal, aud the queation is atill pending. The words jn the French language remind me that statisticians have counted how many there were in the Emperor's speech, aud comefto the conclusion that he says @ good many less than was his wont a year or 80 ago. In 1867 hia speech contained 1,710 words, last year 1,343; and this season 1,012. It only proves the eloquence of Chasav] London re- open in New York next August instead of ext October. Mr. Sothern now declines to accept auy terms or dates, and the engagement is null and Votd. He is glaa of this opportunity to escape from bis transatiantic journey, because he is now supplied With several new comedies, in one of which, “Not Such a Fool as He Looks,” by H. J. Byron, he 1s said to have s part equal to Lora Dundreary. ‘The approaching exhibition of the Royal Academy of Artists and Sculpturs will be held m the new Bur- ington House, a splendid edifice erected on Pic- cadilly, next to the Albany and near the famous, or infamous, Burlington Arcade. There is ample room for the pictures in their new house, and none of ‘them will be hung above the eye line. The sculpture ‘Will be equally well accommodated. Mr. Charles Reade, the novelist, will soon com- Meuce @ new story in the Corniill Magazine. He is said to have agreed to write his autobiography, which wili be more mteresting than any novel. Mias Nellie Moore, one of the best of the young actresses of London, is lying at the point of death from typhoid fever. Sir William Jenner, her physi- Clan, announced to her friends yesterday that there ‘was no hope of her recovery, and she will probably be lost to us before these lines are printea. Miss Moore is the sister of Miss Louisa Moore, of the Nib- Jo's Garden company, who has been playing the dending female part in ‘After Dark.” Mr. Wiikie Collins has announced his decision ta write no more novels for the present, but to devote Dimself to dramatic compositions, for which he be- Jieves himself to have a special genius. Mr. Coilius ‘was always singular in bis opinions, He is engaged upon apiay with Mr. Pechter, which is to be pro- juced at the Adelphi theatre. Tennyson, the poet, has bestowed upon the widow of Moxon, bis late publisher, au gy life, but has withdrawn from her firm’the publish his works. gr. aui Mrs, Charies Matthews have received from an American manager an offer of £5,000 ster- Jing for a season of eight months in New York and other principal cities. The offer 1s still under con- eration, but will probably be declined. If it were joubled it would as probably be accepted, for Mr. Matthews {s anxious to revisit America. To-night Miss lone Burke reures from the Hay- market theatre and from professional life. She is about to be inarried to @ captain of the British Army—a gentieman of wealth, position and high sootal rank. Managers Puckstone and Webster, the leaders of the London managerial clique, have called a meeting | at the Haymarket theatre pn Saturday next to con- | sult as to the expediency of memortalizing the Lord | Chamberiain upon the law which directs that theatres abali closed on Ash Wednesday, while | the music halis and casinos remain open. {t 18 not stated whether the managers want thetr theattes to | be kept open or the music halls to be closed. But | certainly these theatrical celebrations of reitgious | vais are preposterous. Mmerican managers are now engaging the dancing and singing giris of London by the hu aud are | aying salaries whiclt fairly startle the British pro- | Reanionals. Cc. Ww. leare is here for Pike's Opera | House; Cassidy for Wood’s Museum, and Jolin 5. | Clarke for Booth’s theatre, and between them.we shail soon be without a dancer at oar theatres. But | they entirely overlook such “big things” as Halli | day's “King 0” Scots,” Vokes, tne corkscrew gym- naat, and others. Persons entitied vo bellef assert that they mere letters in Mr. Fechver’s handwriting declaring Sis intention to'go to New York next year. If this ‘be #0, he will be the best card e theatrical season. But, on the other hand, Mr. Fechter has just purchased, partially rebuilt and Bo eee i far- ished a house on Park road, which | very tnuch as ifjhe intented to in England. However, he withdraws from the Adelphi theatre temporarily | this evening. | The new drama by Mr. Watts Phillips to be shortly produced at the Queen's theatre, will be , called “Not Guilty.” | Mesars. Koucicault, Byron, Robertson and other | dramatists have made arrangements by which their Pieces will be played first in the United States, in order to re the American copyright. Under ex- isting jaws this would seem vo vitiate the English | copyright, but that pomt they are prepared to con- | test in the courts. } Mr. T. W. Robertson's new comedy, calied “iome,"' and produced a the Haymarket, ts not | a@ yery stro jay and 18 decidedly an adapta- | ton from the nel. A Writer in the Ties asserts that Robertson's other new comedy, “School,” at the Prince of Wales’ theatre, is merely 4 translation from the area These are very hard hits at bose who eulogize However, Mr. Robertson 18 backed by a club of lite- rary and who kili everybody’s eine comedi success. onal that Mr. J. M. the reader, who re- cently lett the Church man, to join the jolies, is naw Serer o become. &, barrister. Br, bellow, iy desired to turn actor, and consulted Macready, who had been his instructor in -elocution. | “Not' wit legs, sir, and that sir,” said Macready, after ail, Bellew’ figure is no w than For- fing hire te vertons members Serre story- Yates b “on0 wp be bat, of course, utterly antrue—I8 tn adie Americen. an annuity of £00 | the 7ernps a tremendous Kick as they were all | stitutions of an American Republic, with which it Mr. Robertson's “originality.” | men of scinttic attainme: except Byron’s, aud is, Consequently, sure | 9 ceived the whole address in { minutes; Ber- lin in one hour and nine minutes; Florence in one hour and og aes Brussels in forty-five min- utes; Vienna in one hour and fifty minutes; Rouen ad the = 8) twenty-seven minutes; that telegraphic transmission hat by two wires of the Li ‘d employed Lr London. There — was such @ rash on runt news presses as ear. Formerly it was Ssual foc the odors of tical Papers to go to the im printing est and as soon as the Emperor ent the throne room to deitver his speech, a copy thereof was distributed to each. ‘Things were conducted differently this year. All the editors went to the Ministére de I’lnterieur and as- M. ment, com! the Tuileries to the He arrived at 8 quar- ter past one and repented of it, for he was almost torn to pieces by the irrepressible editors, and soon was 8 of one of his copies, and felt ike the goddess Truth without ratment, terrible editors then rushed down the minis. terlal stairs—and are sombre—one over the other, each trying to pitch over faster than his rival, and there was a at the door, when all got huddled together as to who would squeeze out first. The paper France ahead of the Monitevr, plunged into a re; all the pa had a itne of flacres down the street pers running along the Place Beauveau, and a good Many editors got into the by ay if that wrong one had the best horse. Om olattered, in for any amount of pour Loire, and they did not stop till (hey got to their printing offices, where the composi- tors were all standing in shirt sleeves. ‘The speech Was then cut into as any pieces as there were para- graphs, aud distributed. In a few seconds this mosaic was revisea and put together; in dive Tumutes more out came the sheets, and as they lew fortit they were in alr, all wet, to the crowds of paper sellers in the printing yards, and there the scrambie recommenced, for the first Bumnbers sold on the Boulevards fetched ten sous, on the Exchange one france. The Fra was the first, as J guessed it would be; get ting down stairs, but it got up irate and appeared second first. The Monitew came down the Boule- vard Poissonnicre third, and the others quickly fol- lowed. At two o'clock Paris was inundated and the venders’ cries were varied. One woman shrieked “the Emperor's speech to the working classes,” and 1D nO time sue had sold @ Whole pile, Such chronic utterances as & discourse from the crown have, theretore, put ure whole capital in a fover for a day. SPAIN. ‘The Conspiracy Against Mexico — Napoleon and Spain Engaged in it. Mavato, Jan. 15, 1969, It ts very singular that the provisional govern- Tent should be so unwise, as this particular time, when it is straining every nerye to retain the Island of Cult, as to vigorously support @ movement which has for tts object the destruction of the political in- ongbht to muintain the most amteabie relations, But so it i It is at this very moment aiding wud encouraging the Mexican renegade, Gen- eral Toboado, in lis conviracy against Prest- den Jnarez and the life of the Mexicwa re- public, t ‘cannot lend or give money to this! ‘Hilthuster, but it can and has lent officers to go wo Mexico to organize and drill an army for the purpose of overturning Mexican institutious, If | am not greatly mistaken, and 1 am coufdent am not, Gen-! eral Prim, a% Minister of War, hos granted or has given assurances that he will grant unumited leaves to sep oMeers of the army as may desire to go to | Mexico to assist in a revolution thete, which is ex- | pected will result in the establishment of an Empire ‘with the Bourbon Count de Gergenti as Emperor. { | am assured that more than two hundred omeers of | fag. the scientific corps of the army--the artillery ana | engineera—bave been engaged by General Toboado, and all gre promised by General Prim they shall remain in the tine of promo. tion while absent. As General Tobondo has promised two grades = ins advance to every officer who will join him, he finds no dint. culty ia recruiting @§ many as he chooses, as the government a es of it 80 strongly. He bas al- readywecured two colonels, Who will serve as gen- erais, aud any quantity of officers of a lower grace. 1 may add, too, b- prthenead are selected from the nish army. ny! are and can devote them- selves to any branch of service. in & body of men in Mexico would s00n organize and train a re- ble arty, and they are vot to be lightly con- ered. General Toboado is not nnknown to the Mexicans, 96 he held a high position ander Maximilian and a! | one ttine was commanding the city of Vera Craz. Know little or nothing of his autecedents beyond Vhis, but I have doubt it will be quite any to, get all the requist ife im New York. Here be i4 only known as # distinguletiod Mexican general, and, ontatde of t mere ide Visitor to Bpein, Ihave are ‘that he was engaged with that artful er yt General Lopez de Santa Anna, at Hav in bie schemes against Mexico and the Coloimbian repate fies, when General Lersundi, Captan php a Tous wefind one of the of Spain, pigsting i, but tune alded nal ge recument, It choicest officers: that | ito those in authority to Interfere or not as they | sail in the French steamers via Havana, ROME. Preparations for tho Ecumenical Coancil— The March Consistory—Fox Hunting in the Campagna — Diplomatic and Social Gossip. Rome, Jan. 12, 1869. With the new year the preparatory proceedings of the Ecumenical Council have assumed an official form, and an official chronicle of them will be regu- larly published in the Civiltd Cattolica, the Jesuits’ bi-monthly review. The first number of that jour- nal for the present year contains a summary of the acts of the Holy See, in anticipation of the great event. Among the preparations announced and the nomi- nation of special committees are the following:—The directing congregation of eight cardinals consists of Palrezi, Reisach, Barnabo, Panebiauco, Bizzarri, Bilio, Cuterini and Capalti, with seven prelates, counsellors and @ secretary. The commissions are divided into ceremonial, polit tical, ori- ental churches and missions, regulars, dogmatic theology and ecclesiastical discipline. We are to have three new cardinals at the March Consistory—Monsignors Mérode, Chigi and Falcinell.. The latter will, of course, leave his post of Nuncio at Vienna, aud negotiations between M. Reust and the Court of Rome for the regulation of the Concordat will be rendered more practical by his departure. The veteran Portuguese ambassador, Marshal Duke of Saldanha, has returned to Lisbon to assume the post of Prime Minister. There will be a grand sale of his farniture and effects here, which are very splendid and quite new. He left Rome last night. There is no truth in the reported retirement of the Marquis de Banneville, although his Excellency suf- fers much from gout. On the contrary, the Embassy is aw grand complet, with Bix attachés, besides the usual number of secretaries, and the first grand re- ception at the Colonna Palace will take place as soon as M. e de Bannevilie, who is expected immedi- ately, arrives. Count Tiautmansdorf’ has returned with the Countess, so that some diplomatic entertainments will be given in addition to Baron Arnim’s weekly crowded receptions. (general Dumont returned to Civita Vecchia from France on the 9th, and has come to Rome to pay his renewed homage to the Pope. On the same steamer was a large consignment of Remi rifles and cartouches for the Pope's army. His Holi- ness continues to enjoy admiravle health, goes through the ceremonies of the season, of which the most recent was that of the Epiphany at the Minerva Church, without fatigue, and shows himself con- tinually abroad, not unfrequently taking a turn on ~s Pincian abe wane just now promenade, waic is very beautiful. The lovely weather we have enjoyed lately has prom sore a large number of equestrians to follow the fox win the Camy ; but, as it ise lerra incognita tor metgeg sy m, singular accidents frequently occur. ‘t week an Irish gentlemen, 3 Mr. Gorbooth, who had just dismounted vo tighten his girths, lost his horse down an old well or sand t, from which the poor animal 1d ricated dead broke his leg. If such disasters go on we shall have the Pope probibiting huntimg again. ome is very full of American families and travel- lers just now. Indeed, they are sufficiently numer- ous to lave a casino and give balis there. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The canton of Uri, in Switzerland, is about to erect # statue to Wilitam Tell in the town of Altorf. It is to be exeouted by M. imhori, a sculptor of Berne. Queen Isabelia has sent $100 to the Curé of St. Etienne du Mout for distribution among the peor of his parish, in remembrance of her late visit to the tomb of St. Genevieve. While the women in Spain are crying shame on the isional government for its religious to! he French people have collected $7,qp0 for the erec- Uon of a statue to Voltaire. Sixty Groek families have left Tarkey and settied dn Odessa in order to await the issue of the ing dimcuities, and one of the Greek houses in 4 has purchased 300 vessels sailing under the @ About fifty clergymen recently held a meeting in London and resoived that “this meeting deems it advisable to continue the use of altar lights, leaving may think fit.” and Figari-Hey to visit France, Engiand, Holland, ae and Prossia in order to steady the systems | aud implements of agriculture in use in the schools | Of husbandry in those countries and present reports On the abject. The new judicial organization prepared in the last legisiative session ot Wartembere was put into execution on the ist of February. The number of provincial courts was increased from four to eigh! and one will sitin the capital, which hitherto di } not possess any, The Paris Figaro is becoming vory Inquisitive re gpecting certain fine pictures ‘wld. to have disap- red from the Loavre and earenrer ‘ag decora- ions in various palaces and hotes—for matance, at the Pavilion Lonis XII1., occupiad by the Princess Matiide; the house of Count de Nieuwerkerke, rue baa and the hotel of the Prince de Moskows, An action for defamation beught against the Gironde by M. Chaudeborde, Agent de Change at Agen, has just been heard by tie tribunal im tint town. The court considered the sence proved and sentenced the gérant to a fine of 100f., to 4 damages to the plaintiff, to insert the it in all the journals of the department wad to all the Mr. Sanford, United States Miniter at the Court of Rrusvels, gave a grand dinner atthe Wire avenue ‘dale Toon aor, of January 14. banquet was entirely of Ameriean productions, and comprised es bes tz, frait, vegetables, cheess, all been sent from New ¥ Seaiiae aletin tet dr area nad com@anied by Amorican champagne, ‘The Viceroy of Egypt has deputed Colonel Machir | NEW YORK HXRALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1869.—TRIPLM SILEET. RELIGIOUS Progress of Religious Feeling. We continue to receive cheering reporis from all parts of the country of the progress of religious feel- ing. If it can keep pace with and head olf the pre- sent alarming étrides of crime the country will be benefited and the moral tone of society everywhere improved. There is ample field for the exercise or religious sentiment in overy part of the land, a8 well among the educated and reiined classes as among the illiterate and abandoned, Church Dedications. The Presbytery of South Carolina at its last meeting received a petition from the citizens of Wal-, halla, South Carolina, with fifty signatures, including Preabyterians, Lutherans, Baptista and Methodists, nesting the organization of a Presbyterian church in that place. A committee was appointed to re- spond to this petition, and last month a church of teen members was nas organized in Walhalla. In the town of West Virginia, the Pres. bytery of Virginia organized a church of twenty-six members on the 15th nit, ‘The Kirkpatrick Memorial church in Ringoes, N. J., was recently formed with fifty-two members. ‘Thirty German Presbyterians of Willow Creek, nr recently united in organizing a church in that ace. z A United Presbyterlan church of twenty-seven members was 01 ized lately at Stewart's Station, Westmoreland county, Pa, ‘An Episcopal parish, under the name of St, Thomas’ church, Brooklyn, was organized last month tn that city, and Rey. Alvah Gulon, who started the enter- prise a fewsmonths ago by holding services im @ room corner of Marcy ye and Van Buren street, three miles from Fuitoh ferry, was chosen rector, Baptist churches have been lately organized at De- troit, Michigan.; at Folsomville, Ind., with forty members, and at New Palestine, Ohio, with aincteca members. Congregational churches have been organized in Burlington, Kansas; Maiden Rock, Wis., and in Los Angelos, Cal. Revivals Throughout the Country. ‘The congregation of North Bergen (N. 4.) are favored with aseason of spiritual refreshing, now of severai weeks’ continuance, and more especially during and simce the Week of Prayer. Recently there was @ generous gathering of old and young at the parsonage to pay their accustomed annual visit to their minister (Rev. &. W. Billington) with substantial demonstrations of their liberal kindness. At Waukesha, Wis., the Week of Prayer was ob- served by a series of meetings held alternately in the Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist and Metho- dist churches. ‘They were well attended. The Rey. T. M. Hodgman, of Byron, N. Y., writes that meetings have continued in his church since the Week of Prayer. Profeasing Christians are quickened, revived, and, in some instances, re- vlaimed ; many sinners are convicted of sin, and some are rejoicing in the new birth. From twenty to thirty have been hopefully con- verted in the congregation of the North church, Chicago—the Rev. A. Eddy’s. There is aiso con- siderable interest in one or two other Presbyterian churches in that city. The Week of Prayer was followed in Harrisburg by two large union meetings of the Presbyterian churches, Old and New School, in which a delightful spirit of fraternal love was manitested. ‘At Canfield, Ohio, the Week of Prayer was observed, and the interest has augmented to the present time. On Sunday, January 24, thirty-fovr persons were received into the communion of the Presbyterian church (Old School) at Marietta, Pa. Many were from the Sabbath schools; heads of famiiies are included, and the work is going forward. Rev. J.T. Avery has held a successful series of m at Harmar, Ohio, and is now engaged in one in jetta, with Rev. Dr. Wick’s church. In Virgil, Cortland county, in this State, there has been @ powerful work of grace, and one is now ing on at Summer Hill, Cayuga county, and at Groen. and West Groton, in Tompkins county. In Groton more than 100 conversions are reckoned. In Washi wille, Orange county, Kev. O. Parker, the e has been conduoti successful union m between the two previously quarrelsome Presbyterian churches, ‘Ihe breach was healed and many have been converted. Rev. E, P. Hammond commenced & prot sories of meetings, after the Week of Prayer, in native town of Otisvilie, org, Among the Freewill Laoag! RB newipeaerna t., forty conversions are repo! iy among ine Methodists of Newbury, Vi.’ Kev. A. B. Karle for some weeks in Dr. Eddy’s The First Baptist church ved over sixty accessions. In Methodist co! lon, Brook- lyn, seventy persons have prof conversion, and over fifty in the Jane street Methogist church in this city. In Hackettstown, N. J., fifty have lately joined the Methodist church. Revivals are also reported among the Presbyterians in juca, Pa. (thirty-five additions last communion), and Lincoln Park church, at ag in oe Nag ag Cisnwiboiee end ingham, low: hopeful 0. Te- ted. The Methodists report other revivals in ristol N. Y., with seventy-five conversions; at Powers? Corners, Pa., with 220 conversions and 150 accessions; at Martinsville, — with seventy-five, conversions, and at Fairtield, Mich., with fifty-one accessions. "The Telescope of last week reports over 1,200 conversions among the charges supplied by the preachers of the United Brethren. We aiso hear of revivals at Lonacoming (in the mountains of Maryland), at Easton, Pa., and at Bridgeton, N. J. The church at West Point, Tippecanoe county, Ind., received twenty new members last month, fourteen of them heads of families. In Zionsville, ia the same State, nineteen have been added, fifteen of them by profession. The Rev. J. D. Potter, the New land evan- gelist, is meeting with a large degree of success in his labors tn Central lowa. He requires the Evan- gelical churches of each place he visits jo agree to act together, and to visit the families of the neigh- borhood as @ preliminary step; also, so far as it can be effected, the closing of all busmess places from eleven to ‘twelve, and after seven o’clock in the evening. This gives the business men a chance to attend the meetings, and givea additional force to the argument by which com- mittees of the churches seek to draw the ople of the country into the meetings. At uckingham, in Tama county, during the four days’ meeting there twenty family altars were jad and sixty persons professed converson. At Toledo, the county seat of the same county, the INTELLIGENCE, Court House was crowded and the work of is wonderfully developing. On the night of frst day of the meeting fifty or sixty were at the inquiry meeting. At both villages every family had visited twice, including all upon the roads from five to sven miles out of town. At Pittsficid, Mass., all the churches are revived and the Methodists count 150 converts, Dr. Todd’s church @ score or more and other churches a leas number, The work extends to the Maplewood Ln- stitute for young ladies. er the officers of the Following the Week of Presbyterian church in Red Wing, Minn., , in number, went out two and two from house to house, Portions holding conversation, reading or the ge! with prayer. ‘The feasibility of holding ® convention for confe- rence and prayer, in regard to a revival of a work of grace among the churches of Cincinnati, ts now belpg considered by a committee of Presbyterian ministers of that city, viz:—Kobertson, Hills, Mont- fort, Taylor and Lines nny revival in South Free; Me. At ‘Lhere is a great Lisbon, N. H., and vicinity, upwards of 100 are re- as the subjects of w revival. The village of Bethiehem is also the scene of unusual religious tn- ‘at the present time. terest Great religious excitement ‘prevails among the different denominations in Buffalo. Dr. and Mrs. Palmer, of New York city, preach nightly to crowded audiences at the Pearl street Methodist church. A Jarge number of converts have been made. Church Dedication. To-day the new church edifice of the congre- gation of “Our Lady of Mercy” (Catholic), of which Rev. Father Taffe ts pastor, in Debevois street, Brooklyn, will be dedicated to Divine worship, The dedicatory services will be performed by Right Rev. Bishop Loughlin, af the diocese of The buildimg in is of brick, Gothic be bd of architecture, and will seat comfortably about 2,000 Over the main altar is to be a persons. fine painting of ‘The Crucifixion,” on the Gospel side # painting of the “Blessed Virgin Mary,” while ‘on the Epistle side will be a picture of “St. Joseph.” ‘The new charch has been previousiy described in these columms, American Bible Soviety. ‘The stated meeting of the managers was heli at the Bible House on the 4th instant, Six new auxt. Maries were recognized, of which two are in Mis. sourt and oue in each of the States of South Carolina, lowa, Texas and California. Communications were received from Mr. Thomas M. Westrup, agent in Mexico, and Mr. Andrew M, Milne, Montevideo, showing the progress of the work in their fieids; from Kev. Dr. Jacoby, Kremen, with annual acoounts, showing the work done for the Bible cause during the year past; from O. A. Tien-tsin, with remarks on Chinese versions, eape- cially as to the proper terms for God and the Hol: ; from Rev. Isaac G. Bitas, Constantinople, wit! interesting incidents Bulgaria and elsewhere; Rev. Dr. Gutick, Honoluiu, 5. 1, with thanks for af t of fandsfor Bible work, and for resolution Hawaiian |i i to electrotype the Book of Psal; and also showing progrens of island; and from Rev. committee tor the dona- electroplates of the vowelled Testament Pasalme in Ai Granta of books were made number of societies. The books were in numer- The entire number of volumes ted Was 6,862, besides others to tne amount 532 22 ees) Diocese of Brooklyn. Right Rev. John Laughlin, bishop of the Diovese of Brooklyn, bas issued the following roguiations for Lent, which will be read at all the masses through- out the diocese to-day :— 1, All the week days of Lent, from Asu Wodnesday il Faster Sunday, are fast days of opt, On one meal, with che allowance of rt Eig ron in the evening. sons:—Yi pemans under th twenty-one the those whose dui are of @n ex- or laborious character, women in preg- Bancy or tafe; al who, through weak- eatin ithout great prejudice to their xercises, to commence at seven o'clock P, M., ve: Monday, at St. Paul's; on Tuesday, at St. Cuaries’, St. Mary's, Star of the Bea, St, Anthony's and St, Atine’s; on Wednesday, at tho Charch of the Assum; , St. Joseph's, Holy Trin- ity, Immaculate Conce; vi and - clation; on Thursday, at St. James’, St. Pever and St. Pauls, st, John’s, Bt, Bo St, and St, Nicholas’; on Friday, at St. Patrick's, Our Lady of Superior Court of Hartford county, Conn., lately. Tue Rey, Daniel Gibbs sues the Ecclesiastical Society of Gilead gor six months salary. It seems Mr. Gibbs was regularly settled over the Congregational church in Gilead im September, 1866.' From some cause, which is not stated, but which apparently in- volves no reproach to his moral or doctrinal character, in March, 1867, the society appealed to the Consociation of Tolland coun to Bemtes him. The Consoclation accordingiy issed him, giving only as a reason that it was expedient for the church that he be dismissed, Mr. Gibbs brings a sult tor six months’ salary from the date of his dismis- sion, alleging that he offered his resignation to take effect at the ond of that time, and that uader the circumstances the Consociation had no power to dis- him sooner, The jury failed to agree in this pecullar case. Itts dificult also for the ral public to understand its merits, The Court ts only to decide upon the jurisdiction of the Consociation, but there must be a world of ip where the eir- cumstances are known, and, doubtiess, the discus- sions on the subject io Gilead and its vicinity must te caper ae [Sagan virgata is in the right, a tri © this'is a great scan imaging to both church and pastor and exhibiting anything but Christian forbearance on either side. Celebration of Marringes in Catholic Churches, A circular letter has been issued by the Most Rey. Archbishop Spalding to the clergy upon the subject of the celebration of marriages in the churches of that faith, which will be read with interest, He ‘urges that the marriages be celebrated at the holy mass, a8 that usually takes place at an eariy hour, with much more decorum and solemnity, as well as with greater privacy and less parade. That, he says, will be in much botter taste and much more in con- formity with the spirit of the Catholic Church. ‘fo prevent abuses in the cont direction, he enjoins that whenever a marriage 1s take place without the holy mass and the oMciating clergyman bas rea- son to antictpate a large attendance of the curious, who will be likely to conduct themselves im the church of God with little more decorum than the: fares in an Met er Se A emtsd he on ah jnsist, a8 a preliminary condition to interposmg his ministry, that the attendance shall be confined to a limited number, to be admitted only by card of invt- tation. When both the contracting partiey are Catho- lics the marriage is always to be celebrated in the church, unless the restdenoe of the bride be at least three miles distant from the church. Sectarian Intolerance. Such a case of sectarian tutolerance as recently occurred ia Litchtield county, Conn., is seldom heard of in these days. A man belonging to the Cougrega- Vional church lost a child; bat as his church was some distance away he applied to the sexton of an Episcopal church close by to toll tue bell. The rec- tor, who had recently been installed over the church, forbade it. Some itlemen, deterraining it should be tolled, it to the church, and fin it locked, got in at a Window, when the rector ordered them out. They declined to go, and succeeded in having ~ bell ees oe ot pg ore of the clergyman contrary. In lace the rector erred in not riatiting the bell to be tolled at oem ia viagilanen on e intodbelr own hands, and forctbly entered a church over which they had no law(ul control, committed a worse'and more reprehensible error, Their conduct was in violation of law. . The Results of Revivals in Churches, It is said by those who do not velieve in revival preaching that they do not result in any good or add anything to the strength of the church. These agser- tions are often uncontradicted, and sometimes pass as true among those who ought to know better. In proof of this it is shown that as the result of preach- ing by Mr. Hammond, of Rochester, N. Y., six years ago, 163 persens united with one church. This is not counting #large number who have united with the same church since that time, who refer thelr con- version to that occasion. One hundred and fifty- three of the original 163, are either in good standing in the church to-day, or have taken a dismission to other chu or have died in hope. The remaining ten are marked ‘unknown,’ they having mostly removed from the city; but, with the exception of two or three, they were’ at last ac- couuts walking in an orderly, ©! an manner. ‘This is the record of a church was for nearly two years subsequent to Mr. Hammond’s labors virtualiy without a pastor. Of the 163 new recruits only ten missing at the end of six years, and those ten most of them doing well at last accounts, Costly Dresses Worn at Church. A Boston Puritanical print comments upon the practice of describing dresses worn at church in this city by some of our fashionable nobbish ladies. It says this ought to disgust them, but it 1 quite pro- babie that those who bave the bad taste to dress go extravagantly on such occasions are silly enough to be pleased with such notice. They array themselves to attract attention, and it is safe to assume that this notoriety gives them pleasure. While costly a wmade in good taste, are quite properly worn at bails and operas and receptions, it woula seem that for Sabbath attendance at church plainer garments would be more becommg. And on such occasions, if at no other time, lg ought to re- member that they are mortal, and that fellow mor- tuis are suffering from wants which less extrava- gance would enable them to supply. Our Boston contemporary honestly adds:— We are not sure that New York is alone in this matter. A stranger in Boston, it in quite likely, could readily tell where our rich and fashionable people attend divine service by a single glance of the congregations as they emerge from the several churches at the close of service, Interesting Catholic Ceremony—The Recep. tion of a Sister Into the Order of Visien- tion, {From a St. Louis paper, Jan. 27.) ‘The chapel of the Visitation Convent, situated on Casa avenue, between Twenty-first and Twenty- second streets, was this morning the scene of a very solemn and interesting religious ceremony-the re- ception of a sister tnto the Order of the Visitation. ‘The ceremony is properly entitled the making of one’s vows or religious profession, and may be de- scribed in a few words. The person desiring admis- ston to the order is received into the house and for three months is called a postuldnt; at the end of that time she becomes a novice, and it is on this occasion that the ceremony calléa “taking the veil takes place, Im one year afterwards the novice makes ber vows and is henceforward a member of the order. ‘The ceremony of this morning was the last or final one, the taking of the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, or, in other words, the re- nouneing of the world with all its follies and amuse- ments, the renouncing of all one possesses and the adoption of @ life of celibacy. Being an event the most important in one’s life, it ia always conducted in the most impressive manner, ‘The ay id ped me eee jn morning was Miss ppleby, a mece of Mr. John ©, Ivory, and_henceforward to be known in religion Mal lady has snothe: g F ii HH He i ee the chapel, and, ceasing, that most interesting col- loquy between the celebraut and the novice com. menced, As many of our readers have never eihur heard or seen it we give tt in full:— Novice—! ask, for the love of God our Saviour, to be received to the holy profession in the congregar tion of our Lady of the Visitation, to be exercised ail my lite in the divine service by obedieace, po- verty an le CELEBRANT-—Hlave you firmly established in your heart and without any constraint, having your own free will to keep the vows of obedience, poverty and chastity, for Jesus Christ our Lord? For, my dear ‘pooh of bot sister, your worldly ents are preserved and here is the veil of the congregation; them are proposed. to the end that you may choose aud take which you may Novick—t have voluntarily divested mysolf of worldly attire, never, by God's assistance, to take it We have turned away from vanity, we have withdrawn our aifections from it; never more will we return to it, CEL resolved to con- KBRANT—Have you then firmly secrate yourself to God and to live always in this c t Ne or have resolved upon it In my hear, javick—-| because it is very good and very advantageous for de. CeLesrant—It is true that it will be very for you to be tn this state; and, persevering thus, you shall receive a blessing from the Lord and mercy from God your Saviour; for such is the generation of them that seek Him, of them that seek the lace of the God of Jacob.—Ps. xxtil, Novick—O, Lord God! strengthen me at this hour, to the end that I may do that which I see may be done by Thy grace, Behold, 0, my God! [ come to Thee because thou hast called me. Receive me es to Thy, word, and let not my hope be Hore the cholr answers, singing, Deus misereatur tus eb benadioat Udi, &c, ‘ Celebrant, standin,g recites Satvam suc anctlam twam, Domineé, &., aad then reads a short prayer in Latin CELEBRANT—You have heard, mother, the carnest titions of this our sister; has she and reiterated the consent of the community? ‘The BuPERIORESS (to the celebrant)—Yes, by the grace of God, our sisters wish them the happiness of living and dying in her society; and, theretore, that they now make the sacred vows as required for that purpose. OBLEBRANT—If such, then, be your will, my dear daughter, come to God, your Creator, and en- Jightened, and you shall not be confounded; sacrifice to him the sacrifice of justice, and Lope in Him aud He will show you what is right. Here follows the blessing of the vell, with the prayer, Caput omnaum fidelium, &c. i ‘The novice pronounces her vows:— O ye heavens, hear what [ utter, and tet the earth give ear to the words of my mouth. To Thee, Jesus, ty Saviour, my heart speaketh, dust and ashes as { am. O God, I make to Thee the vows of livu in perpetual obedience, poverty and chastity, accord- ing to the rule of Bt. Al tine and the constitution of St. Francis de Sales for the congregation of our Lady of the Visitation, for the observance of which lL offer and consecrate to Thy Divine Majesty, to the sacred Virgin Mary, Thy Mother and our Lady, and to the said congregation, my person and my life. Receive me, O Eternal Father, into the arms of pa- ternal bounty, that 1 may constantly bear the yoke and burden of Thy holy service, and that I may aban- don myself forever ‘and without, reserve to Thy divine ‘love, to wich I again will dedicate and con- secrate my being. © most glorious, most holy, most sweet Virgin Mary ! I beseech thee, through the love and through the deatt.of thy Son, to receive me into the bosom of thy maternal! protection. I choose Jesus, my Lord’ and my God, as the only object of my love; I choose ee} holy and aio mother pe y ode pei od this congregation for my perpet jon. ory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, As tt was in tue beginning, ts now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The choir then sings the following psalm:—H#r- audeat te Dominus in die visitationis, &6. Celebrafit prays:—Desende, quesumus Domine, &c., after which he puts the cross on the neck of the novice, saying:— “Recetve, my dear daughter, the cross of our Lord: Jesus Christ, a3 a most amiable chain and & moss secure rampart on your breast against all the snares of your enemy, so that being crucified to the world! you may, under the yoke of trae obedience and im the company of all the saints, triumph forever witty the same Lord Jesus Christ, who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth,” &o. : Here the celebrant offers another prayer, Respice quesumus Domine, &c. Here one of the attending nuns removes the white veil from the head of the novice and repiaces tt with’ the black veil. After which the celebrant, placing his on her head, says:— “*Thia veil shall shade you from the sight of men and shail serve as@ sacred sign that Jesus Christ is the object of your love.” i we aa ses the prayer, Famulam tuam Domt- Ce CRLERKANT“Sister, you are dead to the world and to yourself, to live no more but to God.’ Choir sings, Beat mortui qut tn domino mortun ur, ‘The choir also sings Homo natus de muliere, &0. ‘Then the psalm De Profundis, &c., Gloria Patria, &e. Celebrant prays—Incline, Domine, aurem tuam, &c. He next, sprinkles her with Holy water, aay: in ou hone Bp arise from ated candle, he says:—*Ad- the just as the resplendent jorease your progress He then puts a crucifix into her hand, saytt when Jesus Chris who, i your if shall apbeer, when wi is your al then shall you ith iim pet ie for: bid that you shot Glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, Choir sings—‘Absit mihi gloriari,” &c. Celelbrant B wig Sette qui pro nobis,” 40. He then sings, “ daughter and God be with you. Remain in your abode for God has favored you.’ ' Solemn high mass concluded the ceremonies. Father Dunn was celebrant, Rev. P. O'Rielly, dea-. con, Rev. Henry Muers, sub-deacon, and Rev. Wim.) Walsh, master of ceremonies, The altar was deco+ raea, Ring its bi a ge a the music of, ir, assisted by organ and several harps, wos beautiful in the extreme. The chapel was tilled with visitors, many of them friends of the prof . Among the visitors we noticed Rev. Fathers Mulholland and Hayes, besides representatives of all the Ei hb Dapers tp the city. An abundant and el it lunch was aftere wards spread Bd good sisters for their guests, aud about noon the ceremonies were over. Religious Notes. Rev. S. J. Carr, pastor of the Pine street Baptist church, of Milford, died suddenly on Monday last,! and his wife and four children are confined to their, beds with throat and lung diseases, Mr. Carr ha@ been settled over the church but afew moatha. Hai was about fifty years of age. { Over 2,000 persons in England have during the past year left the established church for the Church of Rome, Among these are two peers, nineteen clergy+ men, and seven or Soe esivecety E pratcsies. al It 18 told of Billy Hibbard, the ofist, that om when roll was cailed in the Conference, ‘his name was read “William.” He rose at once and paying, that his name was not William, it wan pug “Bat, Brother Hubbard," pleaded Bishop Ashbury, “Billy 18 a little boy's name ‘es, bishop what the quick reply, “ and I was a littie boy wi futher gave it to me.” The Church of the Good Shepherd, built hahion Hd the Uberality of Mrs. Colonel Samuel Colt, off Hartiord, Conn., was dedicated lately. Four and sixty cle nm were t. The butidingd esa ornament Hartford, cost Rev. Wendell Prime, son of Rev. Dr. [ren Prime, of the New York , has received @ call from the Union Presbyterian church of New- —_ He has not yet signified his acceptance of the ‘The ion of Dr. Bellows’ chu of city, have @ large hall (for ‘nd term of one year, for the purpose church where pews will be free and no money collec tions taken, Pon tectiihehe THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH. From the Phil Press, Fob. Does Ihe 0] ition to A Me come from the people who furnial ‘the m to build er mice Sat ome eee vael think not. ‘The ttst lines coustenotoa front Philos deiphia were those of Magnetic be es Com. to Wasi & number of years pald twelve per cent per anna! pee its capital stock, which waa —} ght per cent per annum upon the actual line. ines from New York to Boston were butt by Mr. F. 0.3. Smith. Enough of stock was sub-, soribed by the people to build the lines, paring ae Jeast 100 cent prefit on the construction. > lines well upon these inflated capitals until the manage in to stock! ra begat issue additional to cover their and they have’ done this thing anti) th original = stock-, holders are swam, 7 the inflated capital. The directors have, their operations, become, millionaires, It is this class of fortunate to who now have such @ lively interest for individ rights. We hear of no complaints or wien. ‘the postal reform from the 11 Riurhapetinc a pt per sare and worked to