The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1869, Page 6

ne “ENGLAND. The Great O’Sul a Fizzle—The Movement to Get Rid of Bright. Lonpon, May 16, 1809. The Pritish government bas found great relief this week from the unexpected resignation of the Mayor of Cork, on the day the bill to abolish him by solemn act of Parliament was brought upin the House of Commons, The case of the refractory Mayor was, indeed, full of annoyances of a far more serious character than # superficial observer would suppose. His seditious language, 80 boldly uttered and backed by the prominence of his oMcial position, could not be suifered to pass unnoticed without establishing a dangerous precedent, But how was the offender to be reached? Holding an elective oMice, he could not be removed by the government, and his offence was not such as would have rendered a criminal prose- cution likely to succeed, It was, therefore, for the administration to choose between inaction and a proceeding unusual, extreme and of questionable constitutionality—a bill of pains and penalties di- rected against an Individual, and calling to mind the worst days of British tyranny and oppression. The advisers of her Majesty decided upon the latter course, but it was “one surrounded by dificul- tes, Their action against the Mayor must have been taken from unsworn and, consequently, unreliabie testimony; for the House of Com- mons has not the power to administer an oath, and despite the hatred of Irishmen that ani- mates the majority of English aristocrats, it was by no means ‘certain that the exceptional legislation proposed by Mr. Gladstone would have been success- ful. Had it prevailed without any material oppost- tion there still remained the awkward fact that the British government felt the necessity of putting forta its whole strength in the extreme measure of @ bill of pains and penalties against a single biatant demagogue, who tn an after dinner speech had cast deviance in the teeth of the Britishauthorities, This exhibition of weakness and temerity was the more to be deplored since it occurred at the moment the whole British nation was declaring its readiness to plunge into war with a powertul people rather than Make acknowledgment and reparation for the cruel injuries inflicted upon the United States during the Southern rebellion, ‘The resignation of the offending Mayor was there- fore a most welcome relief to the British govern- ment, but was at the same time a most lamentable squeictier for O’sullivan. When the crown of mar- tyrdom was within his reach he withdrew his hand and dectined to grasp it. The frothy Irishman had it in his power to descend in history as one of the remarkable characters of the age. He had suc- ceeded in terrify: ‘3 the British government. The hated union which Fenianism has in vain struggled to destroy seemed ready to break in him. He stood single-handed against the Queen, the Cabinet and the imperial Parliament, and with a fair prospect of coming out best in the conflict. He Was a modern Daniel in the British lion’s den, and ali the roaring beasts were muzzled. Even if they had prevaiied against him, his fame and fortune were secure, and be might have made his choice between the first presidency of the Irish republic and emigration to New York, where, after a hurried process through the Courts of Naturalization, he would have easily eclipsed the stars of the O’Briens and O’Gormans of the American Dublin. All this promising and brilliant future O'Sullivan has de- stroyed by his funky resignation, and it ts not to be wondered at that the citizens of Cork, who were beginning to view him tn the lignt of a hero, are now so incensed against him as to render it prudent for him to retire for a time to Weisbaden to wash himself clean of his political treachery, There are, however, some curious stories afloat as to the means by which this resignation of the Mayor Was brought about. Some say that the genial Maguire aud a number of “fine young Irish gentle- men” who are on the best of terms with the Glad- stone administration took O’Sullivan under their special charge on his arrivalatthe Euston Square Hotei, and after a liberf! dinner, conducted on the traly Hibernian principie of whiskey before meais, Whiskey with all the courses and whiskey after meals, contrived first to steal the brief which O’Sul- livan had prepared for use on his appearance at the bar of the House as 18 OWD counsel, and afterwards to obtain his signature to the formal resignation of his office. The story goes that O'Sullivan retired to bed in his boots, hat and overcoat, which he had tbe on preparatory to starting for Westininster, and that when he awoke inthe morning, afier bis case had been disposed of and Parliament had adjourned for the Whitsuntide Teeess, he was ignorant whether he was mayor or martyr and unavie to teil whether he was in the City Hali of Cork or the Tower of London. Another version 1s that the Briush administration, in its profound reverence for ‘vested rights,” had resolved to remunerate the Mayor for his pecuniary losses on a scale as magnificent as that which pre- Vails in the Irish Church bill, and that O'Sullivan, overcome by the liverality of the ministers, in an outburst of genuine Irish generosity, tendered his resignation aud helped them out of a most awkward dilemma. But whatever may be the correct ex- planation of the inglorious termination of this affair, O'Sullivan 1s finally disposed of. His sun has gone down, not in a blaze of glory, and the moral of the story 18 that @ government can scarcely be con- sidered powerlul abroad when it 18 80 weak et home as to tremble before an O'Sullivan, and to find {t ne- ceasary to employ extraordinary measures and to invoke ail we powers of its Parliament to crush out & single blatant demagogue. An intense excitement was created in political circles on Tharsday by the unexpected raid of Lord Jehn Russell upon the Gladstone administration, and yet such @ movement on tlie part of such @ man was by no means surprising to those who have watched his political career and and hispersonal character. Lord Russell is overbearing, envious and tricky, and in his seventy-seventh year he has lost none of the qualities that distinguisbea him during his more active life, He cannot make up his mind to stand aloof from power and to devote his remaming days to the g of bh country without an ambitious thought. He has jong been jealous of the _— ma. Jorities enjoyed by Gladstone in the House of Com- Mons, and feels as if his own reputation as a libepal and reformer were now under an eclipse, It is therefore qnite undersiandable that he should gladly seize upo an Opportunity to endeavor to detract something from the fame of the present Premier, and his questions as to the intended ministerial olicy wa regard to the Irish Jand question need not ave excited surprise, had they been dictated only by personal feeling. But they are susceptible of an- other interpretation. Nothing is more certain than that the liberal whtgs are determined to get rid of John Bright, and his recent indiscreet hin the House, when he suffered himself to Be ®adgered Into the statement tirat he had a land policy for Ire- Jand and chat it wasin conformity with his pre- vious avowais on the stump, has seriously embar- rassed his associates inthe ministry and disposed them to hasten his departure from their midst. He is to be driven, if poss:bie, into retirement, and it is believed that Lord John Russell's attack upon the administration will have the effect to irritate him lato withdrawal, in order that he may have his hands and tongue free to do and talk as he ples ‘The truth is that Bright has a plan for land reforn in Ireland, and he is at the present moment busily employed in working it up into a bill to be presented to Parliament either as a ministerial or independent measure. Jt is based upon the principle of the Rus- sian law and contemplates making the sale of land held in large quanutics by non-resident owners compulsory at prices to be fixed by the government. The purchase is to be made by government, the money being borrowed on bonds bearing four or five per cent interest, and the peasant buys of the gov- ernment. He payg at the rate of five or six per cent interest on the pYice of his purchase, and in forty- five years the land becomes absolutely his own, the one pet ut difference between the interest paid and received by the goverument forming the sink- ing fund for the purchase. The proposition is not likely to meet with favor from Mr. Giadstone’s asso- ciates, and hence @ change in the adminisération as at present composed may be anticipated before long. It will then be se@h that the combination between Gladstone ami Staniey, aiready foreshadowed in the UUsRALD, is more than mere newspaper gossip, eces oefore The British Army~Appointments and Promo- tioneRank and FileWhere the Recruits Come from and What They Are—In Rela. tion to the Oficers—Its Present Condition, Lonpon, May 15, 1869, In my last letter I gave your readers an exact ac- count of the way in which army appointments and army promotions are made in England, The picture may be considered by some as too highly colored; nevertheless I can assure you that it is a simple copy of the original, and that not a single dash of paint more than was required to convey a representation Of existing rules, customs and reguiations was em- Ployed in the picture I sent you. To what I wrote on the 12th of this month must be added one —that appointments and promotions by Purchase do not exist in the following corps, vi: the engineers, artillery, marmes and Indtan army, Incluing the three cavairy and nine infantry corps Of British troops that were formerly in the service of the Kost India Company, bat are now attached to the royal ariny. In ail these regiments interest alone can obt a commission for a young man, and it is by seniority only that he is promoted; he cannot, as in th real buIK Of our army, obtain advancement by purchasing over the heads of bis sentora, Ana how, to redeem my promise about the rank mimisstoued oMeers and privates of the English army. 1 will begin with the latter, Our army, a8 you know, is recruited by voluntary enjistments, Aga rule--a rule almost without ex. ception—the great middie class will not enter the service. The commissioned ranks are too high—too Wealthy, too aristocratie—for them; the non-com. missioned, or rather the private soldiers’ ranks, are far too low. War, our shopkeepers, artisans, and others of the Glass of Which cousists the great morai—and uote | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. Mttle of the physical—strength of the nation, will not serve in our army; and, curious enough, this feeling 1s virtually encouraged by the auchorities, ‘Their wish 1a that the oMcer who commands and the Soldier who ts commanded should be separated by an almost impassible gulf, by a chasm which can hardly be and seldom ts bridged over, This is the reason why we have in England to go to the lowest of the low orders in order to recruit for the army. For Ireland and Scotland it was a few years ago ditfer- ent. In those countries we had large fields open to us from which we might pick the flower of the agri- cultural laborers. In one district of the Highlands of Scotland a relation of mine enlisted m 18120 hundred men in one week, every one of whom was. six feet high or more, and stout in proportion, But the district tn which he enlisted those men is now a howling widerness, The Duke of Sutherland wanted it for a deer forest, and Little by little the whole large population were ejected from their holdings aud induced to emigrate, Where are they now? Some in Canada, more tn the United States, gathering up in those lands strength for their new homes and preaching @ hatred vowards those who forced them to leave the country where their forefathers had lived for centuries, Even so late as twenty years ago we were able to get every year at least a few hundred Highlanders as recraits for our army; now we don’t get adozen, It is the same in Ireland. The men that we used to enlist in that country have been, or at least their families have been, forced to emigrate. On your side of the Atlantic there are some 50,000 or 60,000 Irishmeh who are trained soldiers; who would, had they been properly governed in their own land, have been In our ranks; but who now hate the very namg of England. Ten years ago recruiting in Ireland— that is, among the stout-hearted, stout-limbed pea- Santry in the country—was easy; now it 18 an impos- sibility. The men we require We have to accept of, and be thankful, from the loafers of the large towns; from the laborers who are too lazy to work; Irom the artisans who are too drunken to get on; from the roughs who are too ruMaulike to fiad employ- ment in civil life. In a word, nothing can be worse than the material of which the British army is now composed; and although strict discipime and a cer- tain amount of increased comforts tend to civilize and to reform the men after they are enlisted, the feeling they have towards their superiors is anything but good, and would not be improved were a war to break out. How can it be otherwise? What have our private soldiers to look forward to? ‘Lhe pro- portion of enlisted men who rise to be officers is less than one per cent, ana those who do so rise are perhaps worse off than they.were before. To promote a man from sergeant major to be an ensign is, no doubt, a very great boon; but of what use is ic, then, without money? As I poinsed out in my last letter, he can get no higher rank. One by one all his companion ensigns Who can command the price of a lieuten- ancy must supersede him. He generally hangs on for a few years, and In time, after he has been passed over again and again, gets a lieutenancy, which he holds for a time and then sells out, cursing a system which allows only those who have money to rise in the army. In France about a third of the general oificers, half of the colonels and majors and two- thirds of the captains and subalterns have risen from the ranks. In Engiand there are two field omicers, a dozen captains and perhaps four times that number of subalterns throughout the whole army who have dong so. Thus it is that, whether on or off duty, the dices and soldiers have nothing whatever in common, and that, as a rie, the spirit of the men among the rank ahd dle of the army 18 anything but good. The chief evil, in my opinion, 13 that the army 1s not looked upon as a prolessiou. It is, in fact, so Tar as the officers are concerned, a pleasant pastime for the sons of wealthy men, who seek to pass away the time between leaving school or college and en- tering upon the more serious duties of life. Of course there are exceptions to this rule. Some few young men ({ am not speaking of those who go to india, or of those who enter the artillery, the engi- neers or the marines, for these are mostly poor men, who do take to soldiering as they would to any other profession) enter the army, and hope to rise in it, But their ambition is quickly crushed ous of them. They begin, like their companions, to look upon the seryjce as a mere excuse for idung away their time, Thé enormous demands upon their purses Whenever promotion reaches wlem, the expensive habits they have contracted, and tne taste for luxury they have learned as regimental oiticers, generally enervate them and unfit them for anyiuing like active life. And so they sell out, making way for others who will pass through the same ordeal. This it is that causes anything lke pro(essional zea! to be so iliooked upon by the ofilcers of our army. They take pride in their horses, their cricket, their driving, the age: ent races and race meetings throughout the kingdom, and in every Kind of sport and amuse- ment; but notin thew men, their duty or their pro- fession. They are gentiemen,* but not soldiers; Manly fellows, but not officers; good riders, but bad commanders; the most athletic body of educated men perhaps in the world, but the worst oillcers in any civilized country, and caring far less than any other class I have ever heard or read of, for the work they are paid to do. There is in this country, @nd I believe it exists also on your side of the AUantic, a homely proverb that ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating.” This holds good with our army as regards all past, and will do the same in all future wars. We have hever entered upon a campaign—rarely even in India—without being ina complete muddle at the outset. Our army is brave, for personal courage is nota quality often found wanting among either Angio-Saxous or Celts, wnether born in New York, the United States, or in the cathedral town of York, England, in Missouri or Middiesex, in Cath- ness or California. But we are not—we never are—prepared for war. We have to learn our busl- ness When we ought to be practising it, and the con- sequences are that we inevitably make a mess of our work at first. Our army is a showy force, admirable in time of peace, but next to useless in time of war. And if ever we have to meet an intelligent, active enemy, we shall learn to our cost that we ought to have spent our leisure in getting a Knowledge of our duties instead of leaving 1t until we are called upon toact. What would be said of a medical man who, when called upon to attend a patient, had to com- mence reading up medicine,or o1 alawyer who, when cailed into court, had to study his law books before he could act for his cilent? The English army, ex- pensive as it is, costing, a3 1 told you in my tast let ter bat one, man for man, nearly 700 per cent more than the French army does, 18 as badly prepared for sérvice as the doctor who knows nothing of medicine 1s for the sick room or the lawyer who has never studied law is for the court. : So much, then, for the quality of our troops. As regards the quantity—the number which could be sent on service at an hour’s notace—we are indeed badly off. What with the chronic state of bad feel- ing in ireland towards the Knglish government; the <pomerous colonial possessions we have ail over the world; the immense force of English troops, in addi- tion to the native army, required in India, 1 do not believe—and I am fully borne out by what I hear from military men in high appointments—we could send forth from England an army of more than 6,000 or 7,000 men, if our yery existence as a nation depended upon our doing so. We could not do so for the best of all reasons, namely; that we have not the men, and we don’t know where to get them. In short we are, So far as our army is concerned, utterly unprepared for an offensive war. What we should doin our defence, in the event of being attacked, | will write about in my next, and then go on to the defensive state of Engiand and Lrelaod agaiust any foreign enemy. GERMANY. New Taxes to Be Imposed=stamp Duties Doings in Theatres—The Gr: Dachess Ex- citement*The Bourse. FRANKFORT, May 9, 1869, The blessings of Cesarism become more apparent everyweek. A lot of new taxes have been subinitted tothe North German Reichstag, one more oppres- sive to trade than the other. There shail be a tax of fifteen thalers per 100 pounds on petroieam, and an- other on gas. A tax shall be laill on beer, which already pays @ heavy octrot. All stamp revenues shall pass from the various States to the exchequer of the North German Confederacy, which will prove ruinous to the finances of Hamburg, as this city loses thereby @n income of more than 1,000,000 tha- lers., Still worse than all ts the tax to be levied on all exchange transactions. JGrokers’ billa must be stamped, and notes of sale for bonds and shares as well. This might be excused and can be enforced; but another tax, over which government has no control, can only be levied by espionage, and must lead to endless vexations. It is proposed that all foreign bonds ana shares held tn the Northern confederacy shall pay a stamp of one per mille if presented before the end of September, and one per cent if presented at a later day. Besides all new bonds coming in the country shall pay henceforth one per cent stamp duty, lottery loans two percent. Of course nobody will bring by his own free will his bonds to the stamp office, where no- tice will be taken of the amount, and submit the owner in addition to a heavy income tax, and the same cannot be collected without the interference of spies; but with regard to new bonds it is a different thing. They cannot be negotiated without a stamp, and as this increases their price transactions will ve removed to the cheaper market, as nobody will buy here, for instance, an American bond for eighty. eight which he may get at Amsterdam or Munich or ywhere without the reach of Prussia at eighty. ‘The whole plan is @ miserable {mite French Cresarism, which levies a similar tax at 95 still this could be doue more feasibly, as there is no other exchange in France but Paris, Whas i most to be lamented is that ali this pressure is iaid on the people to keep up am immense army, waich can only be required for aggression. Prussia has now remonstrated with Bavaria, Wurtembuarg and Baden to bring their armies on the same expen- sive footing a8 her own, but public opinion will ‘The consequences are that, war or no | never allow them to consent to this, ‘They want such taxes as they pay for the maintenance of their schools aad wolversities and for the payment of their | debt, and cannot afford the luxury of a large stand- | log army tnéime of perfect peace. Should Prussia | insist her treaties with the Southern States will be | auch compromised, AS strife must be between men, and aa there isa | perfect lull in politics, we have now here a storm about theacricals, A new vaudeville theatre is in Consiruction aud Will be opeued in the autumn. This has raised the jealousy of the directors of our city pe they recen Produced Miss Rabe, from St. Petersburg » Who copied the mimic of the famous Mrs. Schneider, a8 Geroistein, This proved attractive to our young men, but was highly censured by all friends of dra- maticart. The directors were accused [0 their halls at the cost of public morality. ‘Chey tried to Silence these clamors by introducing a foreign comic actor, and made bad yet worse by it. Mr. Knaake, from Vienna, was applauded some years ago, When his comic and gestures had the attraction of novelty; but now tuey appear coarse, and the directors are blamed for cor- rupsing good taste. The result will probably ve that the admunisiration will resign, as they are not paid for their trouble, and that the performances Must be-suspended for want of managers. In over Tespects things have greatly improved, house pro- perly has regamed lis former high price, and ane number of pew Bousen are going to be built— nobody would have ex; ter the catas- trophe of 1566. si = Our Bourse continues animated, particularly for Austrian railway shares, American are in good de- mand, and the floating is totally absorbed. The prices remain firm; ll, they cannot rise so long as gold remains at @ premium of thirty-three percent, The bad reports about the two Pacitic railways have sent down the bonds of the Central, which are dealt in here at seventy-two. Attuat low figure some purchasers have come forward. Rock Isiand and St. Louis bonds maintain their prices and are sold freely, as nothing detrimental to their credit has transpired. There is now also a market here for your city bonds, such ag_San Francisco, St. Louis and Chicago, In spite of the numerous loans recently issued money remains a drug, and may be got to any amount at three and half per cent interest. The Berlin Press on Prussian Policy. The North German Correspondent of Berlin, of May 15, mentions that it was one of the provisions of the treaty of Prague that the movable property of the various States composing the former German confederacy contained in the federal fortresses should be verified and the value fixed by a commis: sion of liquidation, These forwesses include Lux- emburg, Mayence, Rastadt, Ulm and Landau. The claims of Austria and Holland were examined by & commission in — Frankfort in the year 1867, and dis} of by the payment of asum agreed on by the parties inter- ested, A new commission of liquidation has now met in Munich to settle the claims of the other Northern and Southern States to the movable ate pertys of the German confederacy, Some ill-in- ormed South German newspapers make the erro- neous announcement that this commission 1s a s0- called German military commission such as existed in the time of the old confederacy, and which was an assembly of experts and military authorities to de. liberate on everything referring to the federal army. ‘This is quite incorrect, and, in any case, Prussia has |) never dreamt of proposing the re-establishment of aay such commission, desirous as she is uf avoid- jog anything like interference with the military af- fairs of the South, and wishing to give no handle to the supposition that she seeks to encroach on the sovereignty of the Southern States, These States even founded in October Jast a fortress commission, in which also Prussia is unrepresented, although this commission has m its hands the control and administration of the federal movable property, in which Prussla has @ share. SPAIN. The Policy of Delay—Prospective Carlist Ris- ings—Carlist Adherents in the Cortes—The Debates on the Constitution. MADRID, May 19, 1869. Eight months have now clapsed since the break- ing out of the revolution—eight months of anarchy, during which the imbecile aud ambitious men now at the head of the government have kept the nation in a state of suspense, disputing among themselves, unable to come to any decision, and giving time to every other party to combine and form their plans. ‘The result is what might have been expected, There is little doubt that we are on the eve of a civil war, The danger is immiuent. A Carlist rising in the provinces was fixed for the middle of March, but the heads of the purty considering this movement premature, there seems now little doubt that it will brecg out towards the end of the present month, It is indeed more than probable that the Carlists will succumb, if the troops are faithful. But faithful to whom? In any case the prospect of the misery and bloodshed whici must necessarily eusue is truly appalling. ‘ Afriend of mine, just returned from Bayonne, where Isabeliisis and Carlists most do congregate, informs me that each party 1s distinguished vy a badge, those of Isabel wearing a white lily and those of Don Garios a vioiet in their buttonholes, in allusion to ir luture queen, the Princess Mar- guerite, of Parma. Were the so-called Carlos Vil, @ man of capacity or even a brave soldier his progress might be fair enough; but even his iriends aud parusans have no higher praise for bin than thac he is a well educated aud weil meaning young man. The government affects to sneer at the idea of a Cariist movement, and General Prim has repeatedly spoken with contempt in the Cortes both of Isavel- lists and Carlists, of their reunions and intentions, assuring Lis party of the cordial friendsiup of France, and on one occasion expiaiming, with a cer- tain degree of naivete, that the appearance of these conspirators on the frontier was not the fault of the French government; ‘for,’ said he, “when we were conspiring aud they prevented us trom entering by eh road, we always found other ways of coming 0.” n one occasion a sharp war of words took place between General Kein and the old Carlist Ochoa, ‘The latter defended the rights of Carlos VIL, as he termed him, This polite irony in addressing tne Minister of War wus very eifective. His sneers at the results of the revolution of September might have excited a cooler head than Kein’s. ‘fie Minis- ter of Fomento, in reply to bis speech, observed that many of those who hud lived in the palace and had received favors and honors from tue Queen, who owed her ruin to their bad counsels, had now turned their backs upon her and ranged themselves on the side of Don Carlos, Ochoa repued that not only had the former partisans of Don Carios returned to him, but that many of the Queen’s constant partisans, who had received favorapie honors trom her, had gone over to him also. “But what arguinent is this’? he exciaimed. “Who are the revolution- ists? Those who have been loaded with favors, honors and titles by the Queen, and who have re- pald her by driving ner from the throne.” But the excitement rose to its height when he observed, in continuation, that in the aifair of San Carlos de Ka- pita, tae Carlist rising which took place several years ago under General Ortega, that unfortunate omicer, before being led out to execution, had de- clared that eleven generals in the Queen's service were comproznised iu that affajr as well ashe. The anger of Prim may be imagined, He fiercely de- nied that such words had been uttered by Ortega. Hisses, groans and appiause proceeded from the tribunes, and It Was some tune before order could ve restored. it was on the same day that one Don Diaz Quin- tero, a deputy hitherto unknown to fame, pro- nounced “se memorable words:—“1 belong to no religion. 1a noteven an atheist, because | have nothing to do with religions, not even tu deny them, ‘Chey are al] subversive of morality. Isay with Don Carlos in S@hilier, ‘My ideas are not of tits age. 1 should have lived at & more advanced period.’ ” Meanwhile the debates upon the constitution, which 18 now being discussed in the Cortes articié by article, make slow progress, and should they coi tinue at the same rate itis to be teared that months must pass beiore the project can be finally settled, 112 articles having to be discussed. As yet those which have been treated are of comparatively small importance. Those concerning capital punisiment, the question of individual rights, of liverty of wor- ship, &c., will no doubt occupy much time, and Smany are'of opinion that tue debaves say be pro- longed throughout the whole summer. Many of tue newspapers speak with enthusiasm of the brilliant oratory which 18 datly to be Weard in the Cortes, de- claring the speakers to be superior to tho greatest orators, ancient or modern, The most remarkable have been those of Sefior Canovas de Castilla, of Cas- telar, of the Chanoine Monteroia and of ane Bishop of Jaen. In the limits of a letter it is impossible to give even a resumé of these brilliant speeches. Canovas de Castilla true ora tor—profound, moderate and eloquei in the best sense of the word, Castelar speaks like one pos- sessed. His eloquence Is overpowering. Listening to his torrent of words, to his brilliant paradoxes, to his reckless assertions, to his abuse of everything sa- cred, his hearers remain ag it were startled, hardi able to define whether their feelings are most of ade miration or reprobation. it nly When the fire has died out and his jisteners have had ume to reflect upon the sense of his words that they discover that these brilliant fireworks have left nothiug behind them but dry and unprofitable wood. Monteroia, the Chanoine, who undertook to answer the flery young orator, reduced all bis arguments one vy one vo nothingness. Ramors of @ ministerial crisis have been rife lately, but it Is probable that for the present the M isters Widi not increase the diMculties of we post tion by any open disunion, ROME, Departure of Visitors—Dulness—Tho Thentros and What ts Being Done in Them—The Health of the Pope, Rome, May 17, 1969, Dut few strangers now remain in the kternai City, And not only the hotels, pensiones and private houses in general, all seem to nave come to and. Stull In every Way, but stagnation seems to reign complete as to news, Dulness filis thé air, and yet we have six theatres open—the Politeama Romano, where they are giving little buifo operas, not very badly sung, at five o’clock in the afternoon; the Mausoleo d’Augusto, where there is a dramatic com- pang—a pretty good one—nise a day theatre, at five o'clock im the afternoon, ‘Then we have the famous gioco det patione—(game of ball) at the Speristerio, got up Jast summer at the Quattro Fontane, iust by the Palazzo barverin. ‘This game ts very diMcult, The players are pa:4, end well paid; the great dexterity consists in re- ceiving the ball and not letting it drop. The sort of machine which throws 1t makes it go to an immenae height. For evening theatres we have a bad operas com- pany at the Argentina, where on écorche Rossini’s “Moses” and Verdi's “Traviata,” giving it the name or “Violetta.” At the Capranica is also a dramatic company, very middling, and two small theatres called Metastasio and Valletto, where, ifyou are fond of Pulcinella and incomprehensible (to us strangers) Neapolitan dialect and gestures, you may go twice in the same day, there being two represenlions, one at seven and the other at nine. 1 am complaining of Rome, and I see that the Hon, Riccardi (as they call the italian members of Par- Hament), in treating the Komun debt question, said on the 9th:—“Gentiemen, to Rome we do not go, because in Rome one ‘ts better off than anywhere elsenow, Here we suffer and we pay; there they enjoy themseives; from all parts of the world gold rains upon them,” &c. Therelore it seems I ought nut to complain, The Italian crisis, by the by, has been very interest- ing to all here; those in favor of that country (the Italianissime) feared for the result; those against that pane ap were delighted; but the new min- istry is formed at last, and the interest ceases. Menabrea has been abie, after all, to recoustitute his Tiny with Danguett, Ferraris, Bargoni and Mordini I see that the Italian Pape such as UOpintone Nazionale and the Gazetta di Milano, insist that the Holy Father 1s seriously ill, Fortungtely nothing can be further from it at present, On the 10th he went to Castle Gandolfo to spend the aay. I hap- pened to be at the depot and saw the pontifical train start. Pius IX. seemed not only weil, but in the best of spirits, Then yesterday again I met him walking. He had got out of his carriage at the Porta del Populo and from there ke walked down the Corso as far as the Piazza Colonna—quite a smart walk for apy one—and he goes very last. TURKEY. The Frontier Dificultice—The Investigations of the Mixed Commission—Russian Intrigue at Work Among the Kroomlees—Street Railroads, CONSTANTINOPLE, May 15, 1869. The main items of news which reach us this week are from the northeast, From Mouch, in Anatolia. we hear that the mixed commission sent there to investigate the differences between the Persian and ‘Turkish frontier authorities, and also to inquire into several acts of sacrilege committed by the roving Kurds on some Armenian co*vents and churches in the town and neighborhood of Mouch, had suc- ceeded in finding the stolen property; but so far we are not told in whose possession the things were nor what measures nave been taken to trace the actual perpetrators of the outrages committed. Nearer the coast, in the vicinity of Trebizond, there are the districts of Surméne and Kroom, inhabited by about 5,000 men—Kroomiees they are called. About three centuries ago, at the time of the con- quest, the forefathers of these Kroomlees were, by the invading race of Mussulmans, forced to embrace thé faith of Islamism. In most cases, however, where large vodies of men have been obliged to change their religion, either through interest or fear, the outward ceremonies are the only forms changed, but not the real iaith; so, in this case also, Demetrios or Constantine was altered to Mustapha or Anmed, the mosque ‘was Irequented in lieu of the church, aud the people assembled to their devotions at the soleran call of the Muezins, instead of the merry ring of tne bells, but at heart they retained, and, whea the hot zeal of the conqueror cooled dowa, gradually resumed tveir old ways, customs and superstitions, and, though Mussulmans in appearance and form, in- wardiy they held fast, trom foree of habit, if not from: convicuion, to they original faith, Up to a very re- cent period these Kroomiees, as Mussulman subjects of the Porte, furnished ww the Turkish army their yearly contingent of conscripts, instead of paying, as all Caristians do, the tax called Bedelee, which exempts them from service. ‘Lhe ground to work upon and the materials to meddle with were too gvod not to fx the attention of Russian intrigue, and we now hear that these Kroomiees, many of Whom possess Kussian passporis, have throwa oif the mask and declared themselves Christians of the Greek Church. To vuis decision they, of course, as Christians, add that of refusing to furnish conscripts to the army, but they go further and also refuse to pay the Bedelee tax. ‘rhe action add interference of foreign consuls, for good or evil, as it may best suit the interest of their Tespectiye governments, is as usual not wanting in Uhis instance, and through them their chiefs here appear disposed to interfere in the matter, more particularly the Russians, who plead for we con- verts to their faith. The forte, of course, sucks to its rights, and is decided on acting thereon. It not refuse to recognize the rignt of the Kroomlees vo become Christians if they wish it, and is even willing to allow them to enugrate to Kussia if they feel so Inclined; but from those who remain it insists on having either conscripts or Bedelce, the latter in preference, perhaps, to the former, a3 men are pien- Uful and money scarce. So iar these people refuse to bear arms, to pay the Bedelee or to decamp to Russta—a piece of obstinacy rather too exacting and certainly too dangerous to be permitted. A project on the tapis is the laying down of tram- Ways in Stamboul and tn the suburb of Galata. The projectseems to meet the views and the approval of te Turkish Board, and, as tt will not require a very great outiay of capital aud provides means of com- munication in the interior of this town, which is very necessary, It has a good chance of succeeding, and may ultimately prove a proitable undertaking. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Count Von Beust, tue Austrian Premier, will be present at the opening of the Suez Canal. The cloth weavers of Bédarieux, France, are out on strike and demand an increase of wages. Twelve acres of the Regont’s Park, in London, are to be prepared and fenced in as a cricket ground, Annexation to Prussia has caused the taxation to be increased by one-third in the Grand Duchy of Hesse since 1506. The new King of Siqm is busily reorganizing his army, and has appointed a French oiicer as his commander-in-chiet. A fire recently broke out in the village of Vaux, France, destroying all the houses excepting those of the Mayor and the priest, The Queen of Madagascar and several of her ministers were recently publiciy baptized in the English missionary church. Prince Humbert has been presented with the insig- nia of the Order of the Goiden Fleece by the Austrian Minister Resident at Floreace, Serious strikes and consequent disturbances have occurred in the port of Esojerg, in Denmark, among the Danish and Swedish tal The city of Tortosa in Spain, with only 25,000 in- habitants, contains property belonging to the Roman Catholic Church valued at 46,000,000 reais, A magnificent hospital for lepers is to be endowed at Rome by the Marquis of Bute as a thank offering for his conversion to the Roman Catholle Church, Queen Victoria intends visiting Switzerland again this year, and will also proceed to Sicily and Greece. ‘The trip wil be provably via Genoa and Palermo by steamer. ‘The young Prince Milano of Servia, accompanied by the Ministers of War and Finance, has com- menced a journey of inspection throughout the Prin- cipality. A wealthy London merchant is bearing all the ex- penses of the “Marriage Keform Association,” in order to legitimize his children by a marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Great Britain imports more wheat from Russia than from the United States, Me February last the importations from Kussian ports amounted to £469,009, OF $2,546,495, Fears are entertained that the Belgian city of Charlerot is ually sinking, and application has been made the authorities to prevent further mining within the precincts, in the year 1866 the number of letters which passed through the t offices of Austria amounted to in 1867 it was 10,640,169, boing an in of over 123,600,000 in one year alone. A priest in a church of Madrid, having ended his sermon with the words, “Death to the Protestants and heretics who voted the law on liberty of con- science,” was arrested by special order irom the Minister of Justice. ‘The movement at the port of Suez for 1868 Is rep- resented by the arrival of 435 vessels, gauging 211 tons and carrying 33,347 passengers. di nce over 1567 is 65 craft, of 77,281 tons, and with 7,638 passengers. The number of emigrant passengers who left Havre during the monti of April was 6,688; out of whom 6,230 were for New York, 20 fot San Fran- cisco, 2 for Montreal, 285 for the States of Kio de la Piata and 1 for Lima. MM. Aubert, Marie-Martin and Chaveau, for a length of time writers on the Constitutionnel, of Pr have sent letters to that journal to that in consequence of its r¢ opinion ent change of politi they cease to form a part of eet The German papers mention a proposed marriage between Prince Tenest, eldest son of the ex-King of Hanover, and the Princesa Thyra, third daughter of the King of Denmark. The Prince is in his twenty- fourth and the Princess in her sixteenth year. Six have been committed for trial on charges arising out of the late fatal riot near Tralee, Ireland. The three wounded men are included in the number; but the committal ia little better than a formatity in O'Hara's case, as his death is expected, Sefior Tassara, the lately appointed Spanish Minis ter at the Court of St. James, has been bidden not to nt his credentials, but at once to return. The reason of this recall is said to be his imprudence in taiking, both at Bayonne and Paris, and in London itself, of the probability of a restoration of the Pri of Asturias, Senor lassara was ori rado, but he had been, or seemed to have been, won over to the views of the unionist fay Ro the Smeets sistactas Cane aie on joan mission ong ave div iy invo the scheme of am Iberian Union. THE.NAVAL ACADEMY. Excursion of the Board of Visitors to the Farm of Mr. Albert—A Pleasant. Day in the Country—Mrs. Porter’s Party. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 1, 1869, The examinations having finished yesterday, in anticipation of @ lull while awaiting the ball on Friday next, Mr. William J. Atbert, of Baltimore, one of the Board of Visitors, extended an invitation to his colleagues and a few guests to visit his farm to-day at Sparrow Point, at the mouth of the Patapsco river. To convey the Party the United States steam tender Phlox, Benja- min G, Perry, master, and Second Assistant Engi- neer John Bostwick, engineer in charge, was placed at the disposition of Mr. Albert, At eleven o'clock this morning the party went aboard, and the tender left her dock steaming out of the Severn river into the broad expanse of the Chesapeake bay. On the right lay the beautiful grounds of the Academy, and on the left the remains of old Fort Madison and the green hills skirting the hore. In the stream at anchor or moored to the dock were the double-turreted monitors Tonawanda, the Savannah and Macedonian, with their frowning guns pointing through the portholes, the Constitu- tion, Santee, Marion and Dale, As the tender started on her course the Academy Band, Professor Schaaf, which accompanied the party, from the for- ward part of the hurricane deck enlivened the occa- sion with music, ‘The persons present were Commodore Goldsbo- rough, Captain Harrison, wife and daughter Lilien; Captain Parrott, Chief Engineer Williamson, an Miss Price, of Richmond, Va; Chief Engineer Charies Loring, ex-Governor Hi wley, of Connecticut; Judge Hu , Of Alabama; Mr. Wadsworth, of Kentucky; Dr. McKim, of New York, brother-in-law to Mr. Albert; midshipmen Charies P. Perkins and ‘Theoderic Porter and your correspondent, After entering the bay a light breeze ‘’prung up, which was gratefully enjoyed after experienciag the Oppressive temperature of the shore. The tender took her course up tie beautiful sheet of water, rounding points and passing numerous vessels out- ward and inward bound, Shortly after one o’ciock the tender reached the wharf at Sparrow’s Point, when the entire -27<;, walking along & causeway sever) Sanared yards in length. nroreeses sewne main fand. Un shore there was @ carriage in readiness to carry the ladies to the house. The rest of the party, together with the band, made the distance, nearly a mile, on foot, It was owing to an over- sight on the part of the person entrusted with the management that there were not carriages sufficient for ail. Reachtng the house, a fine large brick building, the party resorted to the usual instrumen- talities of cooling oif, and in a few minutes were enjoying a pleasant recreation under the trees on the ‘D. lawn, There is much of historic interest connected with the Sparrow Point Farm, as Mr. Albert calls lus place. Within ita limits, which embrace 600 acres of fine land, the first port of entry of Baltimore county was opened in 1697. Humphey’s cove, known also to history, 18 on the place. Several miles distant is the battle ground of North Point. ‘The house 1s well located on a dry, level spot, af- fording a delightful view of the bay and the passing vessels. From the cupola of the dwelling an ex- cellent view was had, ranging in all directions, The bay of Baltimore spreads-out in broad view, aud the smoke and spires of the city were quite visible. Towards other points of the compass a fine prospect was had, opening to the eye beautiful valleys and and groves, and off in the dum distance the dark line of the Eastern Shore. The party upon their arrival were met at the man- sion by Mrs, Albert and Mrs. and Miss Goldsborough. ‘These ladies had arrived from Baltimore by carriage, @ distance of fourteen miles, and were now busily oc- cupying themselves in entertaining their distin- guished guests. At three o’ciock the party sat down to an_ elegant lunch, embrac- ing all the delicacies of the season, ‘The alternoon passed rapidly and delightfully. At half-past five o’clock the tender was on her way back to Annapolis, where the party arrived at dusk. The company now broke up, with many thanks to Mr, Albert tor his delightful entertainment. The Board of Visitors have chosen ex-Governor Hawley, of Connecticut, to write the report to be pgp tn to the secretary of the Navy in relation to he examinations, and Judge Humphrey, of Ala- bama, will deliver the address on the asion of the presentation of the diplomas to the graduating class on Friday next. Yesterday the Board visited the Academy photographic establishment, under the control of Mr, N. 5. Bowdish, of Richileld Springs, N. Y., and an excellent picture was taken of the group. During the practical exercises a number of views were also taken, as is the annual practice. ‘The party given by Mrs. Admiral Porter to-night has turned out to be an elegant affair, notwithstand- img the heat and threatening clouds, On the grounds outside the Admural’s residence a large pa- vilion was erected, in which refreshments were spread out in great abundance. Dancing commenced at ten o'clock and supper at midnight. All of the Board of Visitors and a number of officers and civilians, with the ladies of their families, were pre- sent. The first class boat club Decatur and second class Nautilus have been devoting all their time since the completion of the examination to practising for the race which will come od, if the weather permits, before the ball. THE OLD NORTH DUTCH COURCH. To Tue Epiror or THE HERALD:— Isaw a notice in your columns a fow days since of the centennial celebration of this church. I was hot present on the occasion, but I think that while its friends listened with delight and just ptide tothe glowing rehearsal of all its glory, by the learned doctor who delivered the “memorial,” they must have been astonished, grieved and mortified when they heard bim proceed to pronounce sentence of death by stating that the consistory (with whom reats the government of the church) have decided to condemn it to the axe and the hammer of the spoiler, and that in a very short time. Mortifying to the last degree it must be to every true-heated Dutch- man to hear sacrilege cried from every quarter, and to have heard strangers, Methodists and Episcopalians, passing out pronounce it “shameful,” ‘‘disgraceful,’’ saying, “If we Methodists can keep John street and the Episcopalians two churches down town, can’t you keep one?’ Why ts this? The reason given by the consistory—as stated by the reverend genuemaa in the aforesaid memoriai—is that the church costs too mu cn in proportion to its usefuiness. We should like to be informed if Twenty-ninth street, which is the richest of the collegiate churches, is self-sus- taining? How long would she stana if it were not for the fund of the church? And yet we do not hear of any proposition to tear her down, It was stated that the annual expeuse of the North church is $12,000, How much of that expense is caused by the noon mesting 18 best known to the consistory, and although that meeting may have been very beneficial to other denominations, and even to other Dutch churones, i$ has advanced the growth of the North very little, and, Werefore, it is not far that its expense should be made ito tell to her injury. They further say, “that tney have tried w aid the churci by placing one minister over her, so that she might have tue advantage of all his tine and labor, and that the ex- periment has faiied—the church has not grown." ‘To that we answer that it is but a little more than a year since he was placed there, and because in that mixed neighborhood he has not already filed the butiding from floor to ceiling they call it a “failure,” pronounce the church dead, give ler a grand fune- ral, and in the course of a few weeks will meet to divide the property. Itts shrewdly guessed in some quarters that the ola lady has lived rather long already for the con- venience of the expectant heirs, and that some of the butlding committee may do a good private jov in the parting and ong tue new buildings, and therefore this haste to ry her, even though not quite sure of her death. an worldlings would not this be cailed ‘sharp? What shall we say of it, then, when perpetrated by a Chris- tan (?) corporation? Why, we educate and send out our missionaries at great expense where they must lose much time in acquiring another language, and then if they obtain four or five converts in as many years the church thinks it pays. Yet the North church has scarcely held a communion for the last dozen years without an ad- dition to her mi ip, aud at her last com- munion she received nine. I$ not this growth? Ag much cannot aiways be said for the upper churches. We are forgecting that the heatuen are at our door, No, the old charch is not dead. The changes of time have lop} off some ot her iy branches; but she Is stul sotnd at heart, and if it were not for the Toviahs, Gershoms and Sanballaws, who con- stantly send letters to Keep in fear the hearts of the people—who say, “Whi the use of undertaking thing; We are continually threatened wita bei torn down”’—she might e @ green om nage. i am informed® that 7 aourishing Young Men's br Association —under- taken by tits church was killed off by this very. threat. congregation give cheerfully of their ability, Within the few months there has been over sixty dollars collected from them for for- eign missions, in addition to a spectal collection of over $100 to the same by some time since—over sixty doll tor the Bible Society and over fifty dollars paseren® Bible reader in the Tenanas of d this there have been the regular weekly collections for the poor. Such collections would be considered generous in rich country con- ations; they ought, therefore, to be estimated at weir proper worth When taken in a poor neighbor- hood. Is ail this to be thrown over? “No,” say the consistory, ‘‘we will build @ chapel in the rear, which will answer all Vag oye building wiil cost almos' much as the annual expense. Why not, then, let the old one stand, especially as you drive out and scatter the old workers, and it is no worse to let $80,000 stand in stone and mortar down. town than to build up §310,000 in Forty-cighth street? We have heard it said that ono service in German on Sunday would materially add to the growu of the church, a8 the population in the vicinity con- sists largely of that nationality, and they make of the languange the only objection to the ‘Oh! Stewards of the Collegiate Church, remember that you will soon be called vo give an account of REFORMZD PRISBYTER'AN SYNOD (0. 8.). Sixth and Last Day. Newnura, N. Y., June 2, 1869, ‘The Synod met at nine o'clock, aud omitted the calling of the roll. Rey. JaMES WALLACE said that the impression had gone abroad that the lecturing agents on national re- form had been engaged in singing hymns at public meetings. He said it was not so—he and the others sald they never dia, SEORST SOCIETIES DENOUNCED. Rey, T. P. STEVENSON moved resolutions on secret orders. They were unanimously adopted as fol- lows:— Resolved, That this Synod views with deep concern the re- yiving growth and induence of the secret orders in the Vuited States. Resolved, That we condemn these associations because their eifect ts to establish spurious and artitictal social reia- tions among men and a new code of duties founded upom these relations; because the secrecy they practice and enjoin 4s consistent with the candor becoming the Chri Acter; and because they virtually ‘assume Ligion distinct from the religion.of Jesus, On these grounds we renew our traditional testimony that those who enter these associations are unworthy of Chria- tian fellowshi Resolved, of an earnest and widespread opposition to the seoret or ‘nat we welcome with great satisfaction the rise ders, and we trust ft shall iucrease and prevail tll society be Selirare Da a dangers and purified from the corruptions which they occasion. esolved, That Rev. J. M. McDonald, D. D.; Rev. R. B. Cameron, D. D.; Reva. A. C. Todd, C. D. Trumbuil and‘, 8 ‘Taria be appointed a committee to lay these resolutions be- fore the National Couvention to weet in Cliicago on the Bib " OPERATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Rey. A. M. MILLIGAN, chairman, read the report of the Board of Edueation. The Board has bought the college building at Northwood, Ohio, and :zasea ine Seminary for ten years, Tne fund obtained by the delove‘-sa to Europe is now ali expended, The school, now under the control of Professor Crow, who was appointed by the Board, is in a flourishing condition, The progress of the colored students is unequalled. Quarles, @ most promising young man, that he might graduate, ig now 8 student in Westminster College and will be a senior next month. The Board recommends that congregations be urged to pledge the support of one colored student each. Three lady teachers in the Washington mis- sion supportone. Others are supported tn a siml- lar way. Three are wholly supported by the Board; others paruaily. Last year only $600 was contri- buted by the congregatil and only twenty-seven of these took up collections, The Board urges the prosecution of the work of edu- cating colored students and _ the liberad support of the school under its care, and asks an ap- roprtation of $2,000, Ifnot granted, what can tho Board do with the students whose expectations have been excited ? ‘The report was discussed briefly and adopted. WASHINGTON MISSION. The Synod resumed the consideration of the report on the Freedmen’s mission. Professor Sloane quoted the language of a member of the Synod, who said that the Washington mission “should be ventilated,’? with which he agreed, Rev, S. Bowden said that originally he had urged liberal contributions and was hearty in the support of the mission, but now we don’t know what is going on. The people don’t know much about the need of a mintsver at Wash- ington, He thought that the superintendent should now give the Synod full information as to the state of the mission. Rev. J. M. JOHNSTON, the superintendent, in re- sponse to this call, proceeded to make a statement or his operations in connection with the mission and to defend his action in several cases complained ot. He cowplaimed that the mission had been ““for- gotten in the public prayers.” Besides his ordinary he did much outside work. In Washington, he said, there were many very poor colored persons. In other cities of the North poverty was generally the result of vice; but it was not so umong the freed- men at,Washington. For these poor there were none to care, either in pecuniary or spiritual mat- ters. ‘Lite “no man careth for their souls.” The work of the mission was almost entirely among these poor people. ‘The ministers among them of their own color are obliged to engage in secular avocations to keep te wolf away from their door, and have little ume to look after the poor. One minister received only five dollars a mont In answer to questions by members of the Synod Mr. JOHNSTON stated that the average attendance at the day schools was 150; in the Sabbatn school, 125, ‘The section of the report under consideration—viz,. on the Washington missiou—was adopted by a fuil vote, After discussion of the item to transfer the mission at Indianapolis to the care of the Presbytery of illinois it was voted so to transfer tl, and the whole report on missions was finally adopted, STATE OF RELIGION. The report of the Committee on Presbyterial Re- ports was taken up for final passage. Tuis report makes distribution of the ansettied ministers and licentiates among the several presbyteries. One item speaks in very strong language in describing the low state of religion in the Various prostyterios, and the little progress made. Rev. Mr. AkMouR said the most ohare state of things brought to the notice of the Synod was that spoken of in these presbyterial reports—the lack of reviving influences in the churches and the little progress that has been made in the work of Christ. Is it so that we can make no Bs ned May we not look for an out- pouring of the Spirit? Should we not use extraor+ dinary means for a revival, or reformation? Rev, Dr. SPROULE regarded the language of the report as being much too gloomy and as not being borne out by the facts. There was a better state of religion in the Church than was indicated in this paper, hers H. P. McCLurkrn, the writer of the Me get said he wouid have made it still darker were it not for the | e of the presbyterial reports, We need a true revival all over the Ghurch. It was bg need needed in the Theological Semiuary. fessor SLOANE disliked to hear this constant croaking about a low state of jion and the need of revival. .The same things been said from i to year as far back as he could remember or ad read. The phrase had become nee at hee and did not mean much. He was tired earing these Jeremiads. There was, he felt confident, a better state of feeling and more evidences of the pre- sence Of the Spirit tian these eompiaints indicated, A young wor once asked jan Beecher what could be done to have & reviv: The old man re- tion “Go home and revive yourself.” Let pastors ere take this sentiment home with them. Professor SLOANE mo’ to amend the report by striking out the words, “There is not the same ear- nest demand for laborers a3 in former years.” He did not want the students im the Theological Semi nary to hear that, as ue did not believe it w be trae. the amendment prevatied, aad the report as thus amended was adopted. The Committee on Foreign Correspondence re- ported a@ letter to the Synod of Ireland. it was adopted and ordered to be transmitted, A lengthy report on the diflerent benevolent schemes of the Church was read and disposed of It makes large appropriations to all We scucmes. COVENANTING. The report on covenanting was taken up and dis- cussed. The report, not being satisiactory wo the Synod, Was recommitted and the committee con- tinued, Wiih Instructions to report at the next meet ing. En motion, the draft of a covenant bond, prepared many years ago by Dr. mm, Dr. Alex. Mc Dr. Symington and others, was referred to the com- mittee. MONMOUTH COLLROR. The paper on Monmouth College was taken up and Amended so as simply to appoint a committee to com fer with the trustees in reference to the proposed co- operation. J, M. aud ©, Trumbull are the committee, CASE OF REY. J. STOTT. That part of the report of Illinois Presbytery re- ferring to the case of Kev. J. Stott was taken up, ‘This report informs the Synod that, in‘ disregard of its previous act, by which he was suspended from the exercise of his ministerial office, Mr. Stott con- tinues to preach and administer the ordinances. Rev. z ay moved that the Synod's act of fasion ¥ ‘The Mopgrator ruled this motion out of order, om the ground that the statement made by the Presby- tery affords no reason why the Synod should rescind its action. From this decision of the Moderator Mr. Willson appealed. | The decision was sustained almost unanimousiy. Thus the previous suspension janged. act of remains unchi OLOSING BXBRCISES. A hearty vote of thanks was returned to the fami. lies of Newburg who lave entertained members of the Synod during 1ts session he} Iso to the ratl- pe Bay had furnished half fare ckets to the members. The Synod then finally adjourned by prayer, sing- Ing the 134d Psaim, and the benedictiony pronounced by the Moderator. SvIcion oF A Nernnw or Tae Late Governor MARCY.—Tne Batavia (N, Y.) Advocate chronicies @ gad case of suicide, which occurred at Kast Pein broke, Genesee county, a few days since. = Mr. Jede- , W. Gould, of Batavia, com- diah Gould, father of miitted suicite by hanging himsolf by the neck with, @ small cord in his at his residence at Bast Pembroke, Mr. was one of tne old resi Pembroke, and was aged sixty. four Jeane He was ‘a pephow of the late Governor W. L. Ma Gould's mother being a sister of Goveracr Maney. Some firteen years ago Mr. Gould met with a loss by the burning of the East Pembroke mills, of Which he was 4 part owner. ‘This, toyetner ‘with tll health, affect d his mind, and at times since then he has shown symptoms of insanity, whieh has calarly manifested itself in lus anxiety for he would come to want in hia old age. For the last eight months his fam ‘A, ‘e constantly watched him, and at least once bet he ‘was found by his wife in the act of hanging himself, sora ot a Pg hots ep 000 01 tinggi fn the National Bank of Genesee to bl Seba, ite stated by friends that Mr Gould was fast failing 1 health, and could not have lived many weeks longets had he not raised bis haud agaist bis gwao Ie