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EUROP ENGLAND. The Alabama Claims Correspondence—The Mysteries of Diplomacy. Lonpon, June 5, 1869, ‘The Alabama question has received new interest within the past week through the official publication of the correspondence and conversations that passed between the ministers of the two countries while the negotiations for a settlement of the international complications were pending. The English journals {rom their standpoint regard this remarkable docu- ment as confirmatory of the alleged desire of the British government to make extraordinary conces- sions to the United States for the purpose of remov- ing the diMculties arising out of England’s hostile position during the rebellion, and they affect to dis- cover in it fresh evidence of the bad taith of America in all the propositions that have been hitherto made for a settiement. In the first of these views at least Lord Clarendon concurs, and his remarks last evening in the House of Lords were calculated to convey the impression that the rejected treaty was in fact the production of the American government and conceded every point that had been tnsisted upon at Washington up to the time of the signing of the convention, There will be few readers of this correspondence on the other side of the Atlantic, however, who will fat! to find in itample justification of the action of the Senate, ff, indeed, any were needed, in refusing to raufy the treaty to which it led, The whole spirit of the negotiation is exposed in the letter of Lord Stanley to Mr, Thornton, dated October 21, 1868, and numbered fourteen in the ofm- cial documents. At this time Reverdy Johnson had arrived in England as the representative of the American government, and had made the first of those remarkable speeches, which were then hatied by the English press as model addresses, but which are now sneered at as meaningless twaddle, The negotiations that had been pending between Lord Stanley and Mr. Adams fora settlement of the Alabama controversy had been broken off, but were al once renewed, and Lord Staniey lets us tnto the secret of the cause of their discontinuance and of the manner in which it ‘Was hoped to bring tuem to a successful termina- tion. The stumbling block had been that very claim of the United states government which ls now treated by the English pres3 as a new demand, dis- covered since the rejection of the Clarendon-John- son treaty, and raised by Sumner in order to defeat the settiement of the pending difficulties. Lord Stanley, alter detailing the conversation between hiuself and Mr. Johnson in regard to the question of the Alabama claims, writes to the British Minister @t Washington as follows:—‘“In this conversation little was said as to the point on which the former negotiauons broke off—namely, the claim made by the United States government to raise before the arbi- ter the question af the alleged premature recognition by her Majesty's government af the Confederates as belligerents:”” and he informs Mr. Thornton of the reason why this impor- tant item was so readily disposed of. “I stated to ‘Mr. Reverdy Jounson,” says the British Minister, “that we could not on this p@int depart from the po- #ition which we had taken up, but I saw no impos- sibility im so framing the reference as that, by mu- tual consent, either tacit or express, the dificult; might be avoided."’ It is seldom that English di- plomacy is clothed in language so plain as this, It ears but one interpretation. The claim of the United States that England must answer not alone for the damage done to the property of American citizens by the depredations of tue Anglo-Confede- rate pirates, but also tor the mjury inflicted upon the United States through the premature re- NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. ‘ation tp that year, anless the seeking it held Pied Office of State Which readerat elle Lord Carnarvon, while not al her opposed to the object of the bill, nile nat sen exercise of caution in @ matter that involved a change in the character and constitution of the House of is, and might have the effect of impairing their useful- Ress as 2 co-ordinate branch of the Legislature. As to the amendment shadowed forth by Lord Cairns, he doubted whether, instead of limiting the number of life peerages, it would not increase them. Lord Penzance appreciated this warning, but added that there was a genes opimion that the House of Lords should not only represent realized pro rty, but the active intelligence of the country, ried oficial capacity and distinguished service in any ofthe great public departments of state. He thought, therefore, 1t would be a positive benefit to introduce some members who were dissociated from the possession of land, and whose decisions could be pointed to as those of persons who were not land- owners. He doubted, however, whether the admis- sion of one life peer in a year would meet the ead sought to be attained, though care should be taken not to confer life peerages upon persons who had served the Ministers and not the State, by requir- ing that they shoud only be awarded for dtstin- guished public services, Some remarks having also been made by the Duke of Cleveland the House went into committee, when Lord Stanhope moved, as an amendment to the first clause, that one life peerage might be created in a year without qualification and a second for distin- guished services. To this Lord Russell, who has charge of the bill, objected, but mtimated his readi- ness to alter the preambic by accepting the amend- ment of Lord Cairns, After some turther discussion, in which the Marquis of Salisbury and otyers took art, Lord Granville remarked that i their jordships sent aown to the Commons a bili for the creation of one ilfe peer in a year, accompanied by a number of petty restrictions and Umuitations, they wouid cover themselves with much and not altogether undeserved riutcule. Ultimately Lord Russcil con- sented to alter the clause by providing that two peers only should be created annually, instead of four, as proposed by the bul, and that the total num~- ber of such peers in existence at any one period should not exceed twenty-eight. Lord Stanhope thereupon withdrew his proposal, and the bul was amended in the sense indicated by Lord Russetl. ‘The bill then passed through committee, and, at half-past eigut o’clock, their lordsinps adjourned, FRANCE. More About the Elections—Discomfiture of Thiers~Jules Favre and His Defeat—The City Vote—Past and Present Election Fig- ures=Minister Wasbburne at the Tuileries. Paris, May 31, 1869, I devoted the whole of my last letter to the great election just closed. It would be unfair to your general readers to repeat the dose to the same ex- tent, yet as a faithful chronicler I cannot omit to say a few more words on the absorbing topic of the day. 1 never saw Paris, high and low, so completely ne- wildered as it is since the results of the recent struggle are made clearly known. The overthrow of Orleanists, legitimists and republicans in a lump ; the demolition of Thiers, the downfall of Jules Favre. the repudiation of Emile Ollivier at Paris. These are all stunning events, but nothing compared to the fact that revolutionists and socialists are elected in their place. How bitter must be the reflection of Thiers, the most brilliant statesman of France, to find himself at seventy-two years of age thrust aside for an unknown, briefiess lawyer at the Paris bar, yclept Gambetta. Just to think, that in all France Thiers only got some thirty-seven votes. What a punishment for the brilliant but mischievous man. Itwas Thiers, by nis intrigues and history of the revolution, who upset Charles X. It was Thiers, by his opposition and history of Napoleon L., Who overthrew poor Louis Philippe. It is Thiers, cognition of Southern belligerency, had been the point on which the negotiations for a settlement between the two countries had broken off, and this obstacie must be first removed bdelore they could be removed. How does Lord Stanley prepose to meet the diMculty? “We, the Ministry of Eugland,” ne says, “cannot depart from the position we have taken up; We cannot risk the Joss of popularity that must inevitably follow such a backing down oo our part; but by a tacit under- standing between ourselves we can so frame the reference that the difficulty may be avoided.” in other words, we can by mutual consent and a tacit understanding so frame the reference as to deceive and bhoodwink ourseveral people; we by persuading Englishmen that no reiereuce of the right of Eng- land to concede belligerent rights to the Southern rebels 1s intended; you by proving to Americans that England's premature recognition of Southern belligerency is one of the pomts referred. A great deal has been said about tue tricky and undignified character of American diplomacy; but it 1s ques- tonable whether even Mr. Seward’s official history can afford a more striking instance of Machiavelian- ism than Lord Stanley has tuus put on record against himse:t. it may be urged that the convention framed by Lord stanley aud Reverdy Johnson upon the basis of (us convenient tacit understanding was not the One that was eveuthaily placed velore and rejected by the American Senate. but it must be remem- bered that the subsequent treaty drawn by Lord Clarendon, and sygued by him and Mr. Julinson, was, &s the former says, a8 cio-ely as possible a copy oi taniey-Johvson convention. However this may 2, it appears that the English Minister was shrewd enough to make the “tacit understanding” lean more to his own side of the question than to that of the American Minister, for aiter the last treaty had been executed and forwarded to Washington, and while it was yet pending in the Senate, we find Mr. Johnson, in a furry of exc , Tushing off to the british Foreign Office on and exhorting Lord Clarendon to consent to an additional article, Which should in plain terms cover the “tacit unaer- standing” point by providing that * sof the government of the United States a the gov- ernment of Her Britannic Majesty,” instead of ‘all claims of cit sof the Uniied states,” should be the matiers reierred to the arbicer. Just here occurs an Incident which at least places the conduct of those who were engaged in t ne- gouatiuns ina very curious light. Tt appears that by his incessant and able attacks on the Emperor, who has done more than all eise to impair his pres- tige at Paris. But, verily, he has sown the wind and reaped the whirlwind. All France turns its back on him. What amoral! If he gets into the new As- sembty he must crawl in by favor of the revolution- ists, who despise him, but want to use him. Hemay assail the Emperor with his usual vigor and elo- quence, butit is only his own prejudice and animosi- ty he utters, for no longer can he boast of speaking the opmion of France or Paria, It will be curious to see what course he will take now. All the harm {wish bim is that he may finish his career before the revolutionises get into power, for he would be one of the first to go to the guillutine. As for Jules Favre, his indignation and disgust must equal that of Thiers. He is the ablest mau at the head of the republican party of France, and, no doubt, was waiting impatiently for the day when Napoleon IIT. would long out of his way and let him be christened the Second President of the third re pablic of France. To his horror he finds himseif dropped at Paris and ignored everywhere else. A socialist, like Bancel, is pee over his head, What course will he take now, for his illusion must be ter- ribly shaken ? As for the Emperor, he has far etter reason to be Satisfied than the most brilliant of his opponents. Ue has carried the country by a vote which doubles that of the opposition. The lower classes of Paris have voted against him, but they have also voted against the Orieantsts, legitimists and republicans. Itis curious to note the figures of the different elections for the Assembly In Paris since that date. Pour years after the revolution of 1848, and while its horrors were still remembered, Paris gave 132,000 vores for the government candidates and 86,000 against. At the second election, in 1857, Paria voted 111,000 for the government and 101,000 against. In 1863, fifteeen years after the revolution, Paris voted 85,000 for the government and 149,000 against. In iné¥, when all about the slaughters of 1848 Is forgot- en, the Parisians vote 66,000 for governmeat and 000 against. Happily, Paris is no longer France. Happily, @ man governs her who allows Paris to Vote as it pleases, but suffers not a minute of disor. er. “Vote asyou please, throw somersauits, ride velocipedes, amuse yourselves, my children,” says the Emperor biandly; ‘but no more barricades, no more throat-cutting, while I am in the Tuileries.” Lord Clarendon remarked to Mr. Johnson that his proposal would tntroduce an entirely new feature into the convention, and he coula only suppose that tue object. was to favor the introduction of some ciaim by the government of the United States for 1 Jury sustained on account of the policy pursued ber Maje ment, In his letter to Mr. Thornton, dated Maren 22, 1569, Lord Clarendon goes on to state how this remark was received by the American Minister:— Reverdy Johnaon did not object to this interpretation mendment,” writes Lord Claryndon, “but snd that if to compensation on account of the ition by the British governwent of the belligerent rights of the Confeae- brought forward by the government of the United States the British government might, on ite part, bring for- ward claims to compensation for damages done to British subjects by American blockades, which, If the Confecerates were not belligerents, were illegally enforced against them.” lt will certainly appear singular that the Ameri- can Minister should have deemed it to be within the line of his auty to endeavor to obtain the consent of the English Minister to hie proposition by reminding him that it might be the means of opening the doors Jor counter demands to an enormous amount on the part of £ngiand against the United States, It ts well known that both the British and American re- presentatives were eager for a settlement of this question, but Mr. Johnson, in anxiety for the success of his work, appears to have been singu- larly regardiess as to which nation should suffer most in the squaring up of accounts. Throughout the whole transaction there appeats bo have been a lamentable lack of direct honesty of purpose. Mr. Thornton, a# appears from his de- patch to Lord Stanley of November 30, 1868, ob- serves that he “gathered from Mr. Seward” that the administration at Washington would not object toa sovereign or head of a State pane. hamed as umpire between the two countries; but that diMculty was in the Seuate, which body ‘would probably object to such an arrangement. Say smothing about it in ‘he treaty, bowever; leave the ion open by one of Lord Stgniey’s “tacit anderstandin; and ail might be well. “leven believe,” writes a ‘Lhornton in confidence to his chief, that if the com- mission were actually installed here before the pre- sent administration should leave office, the Presid might be induced to instruct the United States missioners to consent to the choice of the King of Prussia as umpire, should he be proposed by the English Commissioners.’ In view of these secret advices itis not to be wondered at that Lord ¢ Jon. in his eagerness to push matters to a con’ sion, should have pressed Thornton to prompt ac- tion in Washington. If the enclosed draft of the con- vention ‘epted by Mr. Seward, he writes to bis envoy on ber 24, 1868, “Mr. Johnson might be authorized by telegraph to sign it, in which case it might be returned to Washington so as to admit of its being laid before the Senate by the middie of January and pronounced upon by that body before the rising of the Congress on the 4th of March.” It was probabiy the change of administration on the 4th of March, rather than the rising of Con- ress, Which rendered the completion of the treaty pefore that date so desirable. These facts appear to jomaty Senator Sumner’s allusion to the indecent aste which characterized tne discharge of such Geticate and important duties, and certainly they Will tend to make the American people rather ré- joice than regret that the treaty was rejected by the Senate, and the settlement of the international dit- ferences left in the hands of an administration en- Joylng the confidence aud respect of the nation. Mr, of bi: ‘The Life Peerages Bill. On the 4th inst, the House of Lords, at its sitting, | ‘Was engaged in the consideration in committee of the Life Peerages bill. The following is a brief sum- mary of the proceedings ; i. Preliminary to the consideration of the subject a short discussion was raised by Lord Care ene observed that, as the object of the measure was simply to admit to seats tn their lordships’ house persons of high attainment and great experience in Reve affairs, Who were not Willing vo undertake the urden of an hereditary peerage, nded to Propose the amendments of the pream’ ny rectting ‘the Wensleydale peerage, to strike out the enumera tion of classes, an to piace a limit on the number of life peerages to be This he would do by pro. ad created in any one year. viding that only one should be created in @ year, Vat after its creation there sliouid be no second cre- | ihey perfectly understand each other, as is proved by Paris eo against Napoleon en masse; bat not a shout, not a blow, not an arrest. I have been car- ried away too far again by this extraordinary elec- tion and have left myself very little space to taik of anything else. Our new Minister, Mr, Washburne, made his début at court on Sunday, the 23d inst. ‘The Emperor treated him with marked attenidon. Two of the imperial carriages, with outriders in front and rear, brought hi: to court and carried him home. The Minister made a feltcitous address, and the Emperor responded with his usual tact. After the formalities were over N: eon entered into an animated con- versation with the Minister, and talked a great deal of the United States, He made numerous inquiries about the Pacific Ratlroad, and said he regarded the achievement as one of the remarkable events of the century. After leaving the Emperor Mr, Washburne, according to usage, was ited to the Hmpress. Her grace and affabiitty greatly captivated tue ex- member from Illinois; and no wonder, for the Em- press is quite amiable without making an effort. General Dix leaves on the 6th of June for home; but more of him i my next. The English Press on the French Elections. The London Economist of the Sth comments as fol- lows upon the French elections anc their result:— Looking at the French elections as we should look at the English elections, by the light of the majority they return to either party, we may be right in thinking that the difference vetween the present House and the last is not very material. So long as the Emperor has an absolute majority it may seem to matter littie whether the opposition numbers twenty or 4 hundred members. Although the great towns have aeciared against the empire, the buik of the population se be taken to be well satisfied with its continuance. As we look down the list of mem- bers elected, we no sooner 1 Paris behind us than we come upon one offic ame after another, The effect this produces upon the eye is certainly decisive; but if we proceed to analyze it by the light of certain facta which do not appear on the surface the whole question bears a differentaspect. It is not enough to say roughly that the opposition numbers only #0 many votes in the whole Chamber, and that the rest adhere to the government. We may say this in England, though we are sometimes told that the Scoten and Irish vote ought not to outweigh that of the English counties. jut the reason why the same measure cannot be applied to France is that the French vote is not representative, It is shown by the Parisian correspondent of the Times (Who must not be confounded with its Paris corres. pondent) that while in the Chamber there may be 260 supporters of the government to 100 members of the opposition, the number of votes given for the official candidates is Only 4,000,000, inst — 3,200,000 given to the opposition. Thas in the Chamber the government is in & majority of five to two—in the country it has only @ majority of five to four, Our readers will ask With surprise how there can be such a difference. The secret lies in the sxili with which the French government manipulates the constituencies. A glance atthe returns shows us that the elections of France are not lated by what we may call the natural, or at least the hered- itary, divisions of counties and boroughs, but by the arbitrary divisions of departments and circum: scriptions. Paris, for instance, does not return so many members as a city, but it comprises #o many circumseriptions in the Department of the Seine, Fach of the Departments of France is divided, ac. cording to its population, into a certain number of circumseriptions, and each circumscription returns | one member. Now it reata entirely with the govern- | ment to decide what shall be the limits of each cir- | cumseription, Shortly before each general election an imperial decree is isened altering and defining tuese limite on @ principle which seems arbitrary, | bat which no doubt rests on the experience of every maire and preget, Thus there was @ » | eral election in November, 1867, and in the | preceding it the circumseriptions were fix | by a decree, There was another general | election in October, 1863, and it was preluded A a change of circumscriptions in December, 1862, need hardly enlarge on the advantage which ti yower of packing the electoral bodies gives to the government. But the way in which that power is exercised cannot fail to affect the results of the young, We find, for example, that in 1862 the towns of Lilie, ux aud Strasbourg were portioned ont into three qirommecrsptions, the requisite number of voters in each e ed scription beiug made w epoerng, he nae plese in the Retshborhood. low thia works in the case of Lille is shown us by a let- ter in the Times of last Satarday, The town of Laile itself gave M. Thiers a masonite. of more than two to one over his official ant But as the government had saddled the town of Lille with various outlying villages, one five, another vine, another fourteen and another twenty miies from Lille itself, the government candidate came in with @ majority of 13,000 votes. “The further the vita or village town is from Lille,” says the writer of letter, “the greater 18 the majority im favor of Rotours, the government candidate. In Habourdin, five miles from Lille, the majority for M, des Rotours: is equal to M. Thiers’ majority m the town itself. Pont-’-Mareg is about nine miles from Litle—majority for Rotours, 14 to 1; La Bassée, fourteen miles from Litle—majority, 19 to 1; Mervitl'e, twenty miles from Lille—majerity, 50 to 1.” We must bear in mind too, that the rural population amounts to about seventy per cent of the whole population of France, and that the peasants are afraid to vote except as the priest or the maire tellsthem. Some of them are 80 lonorant that “they believe they are committing an offence tf they do not bring back to the ballot the very ticket sent them by the maitre,” and they call the‘oiticlal ticket “le bon Dulletin.” We are told that “the French peasant does not dare even not fo vote, and this explains the curious fact that very often, the husband is absent from the country, or at work, his wife comes with the ticket, offering to vote in his stead, convinced that bringing back the ticket Is the only means of keeptng out of harm’s way.” With such materiale to work upon, and such powers of working, the only wonder Is that the Imperial government cannot command unanimi- ty in the Chamber instead of condescending to put up with a majority of five to two. But if these facts increase the dificulties of the opposition they make its success more striking. In computing these successes, we may leave Paris, Lyons and Marsetlies out of the question, for such constituencies could not be swamped by the most skilful manipulation without an tmmense ex- tension of the departmental area. But Parts only return nine members, and the other two cities about the same number between them. The rest of the opposition comes from places which are not large enough to defy the imperial decrees based on statis. tics furnished by the Préfet. If Lille, which is the fifth town in the empire, could be swamped by the surrounding vilages we should have thought the line must drawn there, and 7 no town of less thi 150,000 inhabitants could hope to be honestly represented. Nantes, we are told, in M. Provest-Paradol’s speech, “has escaped by a sort of miracle that manauvre which weakens the action of centres by the too docile votes of the rural districts.” But that oversight can hardly have been repeated. The mere number of voters shows us that in all other places the govern- ment has put forth its full strength; that its under- hand policy has been successful; that it Nas been able to rely on the peasant population either to af- fect the town vote or to return officiai candidates in the country; and that in spite of all this ifs majority has been reduced, and its moral supremacy more seriously shaken. GERMANY The Protestant Congress at Worme—The Apos- tolical Letter and a Strong Protest Against It~-Unanimous Declaration—Reading in the Market Place—Singing of Luther’s Hymn. BERLIN, June 3, 1869, The important movement on the part of German Protestantism, intended as a demonstration against the pretensionsot the Romish Church,has resulted in a general conference at Worms, the particulars of which we furnish you with at the risk of communicating most of that with which you are already acquainted, The number of delegates to this conference, hailing from all parts of Germany, 13 estimated at 900, and more than 20,000 strangers crowded the streets of that little city on the 31st ul, Even Aus- tria and France were represented by delegates. The opening prayer of the Rev. Mr. Briegleb closed with the words, ‘Lord, give the German people a Ger- man chureh !’ Professor Bluntschit (born in Zurich, but of the Heidelberg University) was chosen prest- dent; and after a welcome to the guests by Dr. Schro- der the point at issue was at once entered upon by Professor Dr. Schenkel, who dwelt strongly upon the fact that Rome did not acknowledge the Augsburg Confession of Faith, the true pillar of religious peace, her efforts being directed to spread- ing dissension throughout Germany. Such attempts must be strenuously opposed, and it behooved the Protestant body to organize and combine in order to give a genuine German answer to Papal arro- [ine consisting in @ renewal of the protest of their forefathers. Other speakers followed, among them Professor F. N. Holizendorff and Reverend Lisco, of this city; Zittel and Schellenberg, from Heidelberg; Manohot, from Bremen, &c., &c. The proceed were conducted throughout in the most harmonious and energetic manner, and the following declaration, as emanating from the Con- ference of German Protestants, was submitted to the meeting and carried unanimously :— 1. We, Protestants at present assembled in Worms, feel the consclentious necessity—while fully acknowledging the right of belief of our Catholic fellow Christians, with whom we wish to live in peace, but also in the full ecnaciousness of the religious, moral, political and social blessings of the Reformation which we enjoy—to protest public! solemnly neninst the imputation contained in Apostolical Letter of September 18, 18%, calling upon us to return to the fold of the Roman Catholic Church. Always wiliing to unite with our Catholic fellow Chris- tians upon the busts. of pure evangeliam, we do protest to-day, as determinedly as Luther did in Worms and our forefathers did in Speyer, 250 years ago, hierarchical and priestly tutelage and against oppression of conscience, es Antagoniatic to State and civilization expressed in the Papal E « of December 8, 184, and the Syilabus annexed very epee’ cially with respect to the noxious principles ney thereto. &. We extend here, at the foot of the Luther monument, a brother hand to our Catholfe fellow eltizens and co-Chriatians on the common basis of Christian spirit, German sentiment and modern culture. But we expect them to unite with us In the protection of our highest national and spiritual privileges in opposition to our common enemy, the enemy of ri Peace, national unity and free development of etvilization. 4. We declare as the main cause of the religious divisions which we so much inment, hierarchteal errors, especially the spirit and the acts of the order of Jesuits, which conducts = life and death combat against ntlam, suppresses all ritual liberty, falsifies modern civilization and dominates er the Road Catholle Church. Only by decisively repel- ling hierarchical pretensions, which, since the year 1815, have been renewed and constant'y on the increase, only by a re- turn to pure evangelical faith and acknowldgement of the triumphs of civilization, can divided Christendom recover And secure permanently peace and prosperity. S. Finally, we declare all efforts within: the Protestant Chnreb tending to establish hierarchical power of the clergy and an exclusive dominion of dogmas as m denial of the t and stepping stones only to Rome. Con- apineness and indifference on the part of many Protestants have furnished a main support to the reactionary Chureh party, and constitute also the principal impediment in the most powerfal German State against national and Charch Figilant and combine together in°a strong” Dulwatk againet vi rin ® strong bulw: ns aiftendencles menacing spiritual and conscteations free dom. This declaration was read a second time at the public market place, and still greater solemnity was imparted to the proceedings by the vast assembly joining in the Luther hymn. More than 300 per- sons sat down to a sumptuous banqnet in the even- ing, at which many toasts were proposed. The pre- vailing sentiment was that of German unity and nationality, and such was the enthusiasm on the occasion that most of the speakers seemed to have entirely forgotten the distance yet to be accom- ie in order to obtain the much coveted atherland, FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A bill porporting to merease the tax on brandy thirty-three and a third per cent has been rejected by the Prussian Reichstag. The Emperor of Russia has invite’ Napoleon to Visit St. Petersburg during the Universal Exhibition to be held there in the course of next year, Durmg the procession of the Corpas Christi re- cently in Vienna the Emperess of Austria lost a dia- mond vained at $2,600, and all search for it has been uations, Many important fatiurea of commercial houses have recently occurred in Constantinople and yrna, and a mercantile crisis is feared throughout tern Europe. The health of the young Qneen of Portugal is so impaired that she cannot undertake the trip to Italy advised by her medical attendants. It is feared that her recovery is hopeless. The vegetarians of Germany have jast held their first Congress at Werdshausen. They have a jour- nal to support their cause, which already numbers upwards of 1,000 subscribers, The railroad carriage factories in France have re. centiy received orders to supply *ixty thousand wooden seats, each provided with four strong cords, and thus to be suspended from the roofs of the freight cars. Itie quite evident that they are ta- tended to ‘acilitate the hasty transport of large bodies of troops. The recent insult offered to the French Secretary of Legation at Pekin was caused by his inad - tently pusnt the ype of Prince Kung's brother, who slapped his face on the impulse of the moment. The foreign ministers joined in demand- ing an apology on the part of the Chinese govern- ment within three days. The following is a copy of one of the placards re- ey, posted in Hanover:—“Dear fellow citizens, the King of Prussia ia coming among us. Let us pg de M4 = ror} = if he has vanquished 0 dom by force he has not conquered -o hearin “these vite pe simuttaneousiy posted ih , a packet of twelve Count Bismarck. s hha erat The Gaulois of Paris, of May 29, publie Mazzini recently visited Paris, walked trongh the streets and sat in front of some prominent cafes, When going on the steamer at Boulogne, bound for England, he sent the Prefect of Police’ a messa; telling him of the circumstance. Considering ‘he humber of sentences issued against him by French courts this tale 18 very good If true, ‘The first and second compantes of the Fift; battalion of the National Guard of the Sein dressed @ to General Melitnet declaring that, as they were not thought suMicientiy trustworthy to keep guard baa voting urns at the last election, ond have ad- but were repli fA detachment of the Guard of =, refuse to go on Sasa some signal reparation is made to them for that unqualifiabie proceeding. The address signatures. 7 oe CUBA. Movements of General Jordan’s Filibustere— The Spaniards Twice Thrashed—Safe Ar- rival im the Patriot's Camp—Prospects of the Revolution. SANTIAGO DE CuBA, May 28, 1869. With unlimited joy I announce to you that the ex- Pedition to the Bay of Nipe disembarked safely on the const of Mayani, and the cargo is now iu the possession of the liberating armies. Scarcely was the landing effected by the gallant men who com- posed the expedition, when they gave proot of their courage by resisting the attack of 200 Spanish troops of the garrison of Mayani, who were driven off with @ logs of three chiefs and twenty soldiers killed, be- sides sixty-two wounded, of whom twenty-five were seriously 80. It was a severe lesson for the enemy. Reinforced, however, the latter attempted another attack, but were compelled to retire with still greater loss than before. The successful landing of this and several other expeditions, the spirit of enthusiasm which prevails among the patriots, and the discouragement of the Spanish government, which feels that the prestige of its authority is daily diminishing, keep the governors and their iniquitous foliowers in tute of constant dissatisfaction and il! humor, a Irequentiy they give vent to their feelings with insults and outrages, rom. b walot noteven the Spanish residents are ex- empted. In order to counteract as much as possiple the effect produced by the landing of the expedition in the Bay of Nipe, the Spanish authorities have pub- lished @ false despatch of an action at Maizani, but the version of th» affair is so auipialy, ar that it was nnbelieved even by the most jorant Spaniaras. The fact is that after the two encounters already referred to the whole expedition jotnea the patriot forces, under the command of General Donato del Marmol, and they immediately leit the district of Mayanl, so Sat when more troops were despatched against them taey were no longer to be found. Ican give you the most positive assurance that the precious oreo of the expedition is in the session of the liberating armies, with the exception of four or five smail cases contai clothing aud cartridges, which were left benind and hidden, owing to the scarcity of beasts of burden for their transportation, and were subsequently discovered by the Spantards. We were exceedingly amused here with the mes- si published in the Courrier des Etats Unis, of the sth inst., and in which General Dulce announced to Seiior Roberts the end of the insurrection. He Is bold indeed when he makes the assertion, knowing that his troops cannot move without being cut to pieces, The object of the announcement is well known, as indicated 1n the paper referred to, JAMAICA. Arrival of the Iron-Clad Defence=The Immi- gration Law—Ritualism in the Island—Re- ligious EccentricitiesDeath of a Dutch Na= val Captain. Krnoston, June 2, 1869, The large iron-clad war steamer Defence arrived here on Sunday last from England, and will sail for Havana direct two hours after the arrival of the packet due to-morrow, which, a3 we hear, will bring important despatches from the government. The Commodore has hoisted his proad pennant on the Defence, and will proceed on her to Havana. She isascrew, armor plated, of 3,720 tons, 600 horse power and carries eighteen guus. Her Majesty’s ship Eclipse was unexpectedly de- Spatched on the 28th to Grand Caymans. On her return she will proceed to Santiago de Cuba and Ragged Island, carrying important despatches for Captain McCrae, of her Majeaty’s ship Favorite. The Legislative Council held a sitting on the 27th ult. The amendment of the Immigration law was under consideration. 1t proposes, in so far as may be, to ameliorate the condition of coolies, to provide for the settlement of differences which may arise be- tween them and the planters, and to prevent in fu- ture the possibility of a coolie being unable to pro- cure by his earnings a sufficiency of wholesome and suttavle food to maintam himself in health and strength. Another session was held yesterday. The only point of interest, however, was the presenta- tion of a petition from the parish of Westmoreland against disestablishment of the Church, ‘The question of subsidizing, or granting what was formerly known as the “colonial allowance’ to white troops serving in Jamaica, is mooted. The Guardian ge ear cane it, owing to the bad condition of the colo! finances and the unper- ative necessity for certain internal improvements, ‘The newspapers are taken up with discussions on ritualism, the city of Kingston is greatly divided between the two parties in the Church, namely, those who piace no importance on the ceremonial of the English serviee and those who consider as as- Sentials altars, crosses, colored vestments, &c. Some of the discussions on the subject have been very intemperate, but as they are carried on mostly by beardiess youths, with more impudence than brains, they have excited only amusement, An old miser, named Peter Henry, & native of Aber- deenshire, Scotland, lately died here, aged ninety-two years, and worth $90,000, ali of which he had accu- mulated in and through the most sordid economy. Many anecdotes are told of him, which would do credit to Dancer, Hopkins and others of the avari- cious fraternity. His wealth, by the terms of his Will, goes, in the Malo, to a person who has been for many years in neeay circumstances, and had re- cently kept Peter Henry’s accouuts and attended to his affairs. Ten cases of swords were landed here last week from the schooner Electric, from Nassau. This has created considerable talk in te ciy, particulary among the creoles, Some say they are sent here be- cause Sir James Walker, the Governor of Bahamas, Will not aliow the islands under his cotroi to be depots for military stores, while others argue that they are for the ase of the Cuban | gy in Kings- ton, who are momentarily looking for the American blockade runner, the Saivador, from Cuba. A revival of religion has again broken out among the ne; at Allman town. One man exhibits himseil asa meognet With @ horse's tail; others see visions and predict coming judgments upon the earth in general, and Jamaica in particular. The Royal Mail St Packet Company and the English government have at length come to their senses regarding the advantages of Jamaica over St. ‘Thomas as a Ing station for the West India mail steamers. ‘The transatlantic ships will now run from South- ampton to Kingston to coal up, then proceed to Aspinwall, whence they will return here en route for England. The coaling population are overjoyed at the prospect of increased labor, as some £9,000 are annually expended in the coating of steamers, which service is chiefly ss by women at the rate of seventy tons per hour. There will also be a jucrease in the arrival of coliiers, owing to the additional labor required in discharging coai here. While the gig of the Dutch war steamer Soembing was proceeding to Port Royal yes! evening, with the captain aod four of the crew, she oa; ata point known as the “Devil's Backbone.” A boat with four puncheons of biscuit in her saw the accident as it occurred, but could not render any assistance, The fact was afterwards reported to & ply freight canoe which was coming to Kingston, ana it proceeded at once to the spot and succeeded in rescuing Captain Phaf and two of the men in an ‘hausted and almost dying state. The others were . When the accident was re) at vort Royal the steam launch was immediately sent out to render assistance. She returned with the cap- tain and men who were saved. Diligent search was made for the bodies of those lost, but without suc- cess. Soon after his arrival the captain died ot ex- haustion, A SPANISH-CUBAN HEATED TERM IN KEW ORLEANS. A Wholesale Challenge. From the New Orleans Times, June 12.) The [otewing answer or challenge has been pub- lished in the Cates es, (ia Libertad) of nis city, to the account of Spanish-Cuban duel sent to the New York Oronica:— In the last number of the Cronica a card is pub- lished, without signature, which lies absolutely in regard to the card of definance puolished by Sefor Pepe Liuila, and as to the action taken by Cubans in thie business, The gentiemen that then accepted ave not repented of so doing on any occasion, and are disposed to tear of the mask behind which has been given @ false notice, whose insolence merits castigation. We belleve it our duty to state to the writer of the card to the Cronica that we are read; to prove that he 16 an insolent imposter, and that if he wishes to know the trutn we are ge to demon- strate 18 personally in any way in which he may choose, and otherwise hoid ourselves responsivle to answer the insuils that the writer offers to the Cu- bans of New Orleans, Faiting so to do we brand him asa coward, ‘June 5, 186% P. Sabdio, Union street, No, 120. Frederico Gil Marrero, Love street, between Spain and Poet, Jose Vinet, Hagatelie street, No. 370." An Acceptance. {From the New Orieans Times, June LF Having translated from the Livertad and published the card of #everal Cuban residents in reference to York Cronica‘’s account of the Cuban-Span- zh contrary torule to gentieman whose er should also be signers of the communication and challenge which appeared yesterday in the organ of the Cuban insurrect Libertad:— ‘The undersigned, though not the author of the published in the New York Cronica, to which bove i but th in du bility of the provoc: Frederico Gil jarrero and Jose Vinet (the social posi- tuon of P, Sabio making his challenge unacceptable), Should Messrs. Gil Marrero and Jose Vinet find in the above the expected answer to their communica. tion they can call daily, from twelve M. to wree » M., from seven vo ten P. M., atthe Bismark coffee house, Where the undermgned will be willing to aad them Whatever satisfaction they mar re quire M. MARTINEZ, “church in himse! THE SWEDENDORGIANS IN COUNCIL, Second Day of Fiftieth Annual Conven- Against the Ambition of the Clergy—Hints at a Swedenborgian Episcopacy—Speech of Professor Theophilus Parsons, of Cambridge. ‘The Convention reassemblea at ten o’elock yester- day morning, the Rev. Thomas Worcester, ot Boston, in the chair; Rev. Joseph Pettee, of Abington, Mass., officiating in the pulpit at prayer. After roli call the secretary, Mr. Thomas Hitchcock, proceeded to read the journal of the first day’s proceedings, and it was approved as read. Mr. MILO G. WILLIAMS, of Ohio, Chairman of the Auditing Committee on the treasurer's accounts, re- ported the same correct and recommended its ap- proval, which was adopted, The report of the Executive Committee was taken up, and its recommendation was carried, to adopt the motion of Rev. Mr. Hinckley, made last year, to amend the constitution, by adding to section seven- teen the following:— And they (the Committee on Ecclesiastical Affairs) shall annually revise the list of ministers, and report to the Con- vention what changes or additions ought to be made therein The next recommendation of the Executive Com- mittee was upon a motion offered by the Rev. Mr. Hayden in 1868, as follows:— ‘That the Executive Committee be requested to consider the priety of go altering our constitution as to provide for the election, annually, of ® corresponding secretary of the Con- The Executive Committee reported that they have been unable to see the necessity for making such provision. Mr. ANDREWS was not satisfled with this report, and spoke feelingly of the necessity of a corre- sponding secretary, since the Committee on Foreign Correspondence was inefficient. But, notwithstand- ing his appeal, the Convention voved to sustain the rej ort of the Executive Committee. he next matter discussed was the report of the same committee, that it is inexpedient to adopt the proposition vf Mr. Mann, made at the Convention in 1865, as follows:— Whereas the time of the sessions of the General Convention is too much occupied by the consideration of topics brought before it in a state of immaturity; therefore, for the purpose of expediting the transaction of business, Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed, to con- frability of and the best plan for a thoroughly system of standing committees, by whose operation every subject may be digested and matured before its presen- tabion to the general body. solved, That all interested in this subject are hereby ro- quested to forward to this committee any suggestions that may be of use to them, esolved, That this committee are instructed to report at the next meeting of the General Convention. Mr. MANN defended his action and the proposed committee and urged its acceptance; but the recom- mendation of the Executive Committee that itis m- peaienisis, &c., was made the action of the Conven- Aon. The committee haa also reported that it was Inex- pedient to Bare to the following proposition of Mr. Andréws, le last year:— x Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to co- operate with the General Conference of the New Church in Great Britain and other bodies of the Church not represented by the General Conference and this Convention, to arrange for a general assembly of New Churchmen fro1 parts of the worid, to be held June 19, 1870, to celebrate the centenary of the New Church. There appeared to be some difference of opinion as to the proper time when the centenary oecurs; but, after some conversation the recommendation of the committee was adopted. Professor THEOPHILUS Parsons, of Cambridge, called attention to a misprint in the financial report of the Pablication House, which was at once recog- nized and ordered to be corrected. Mr. THoMas Hitcucock, the report of the Com- mittee on Ecclesiastics nen in order, said that the committee had made no detinite report on any sub- ject referred to 1t, except the order of Divine ser- vices during the Convention, and he moved that the committee be discharged trom the consideration of all subjects referred to it previous to this Conven- tion, and the movers of resolutions thus referred have leave to introduce the same anew. Mr. JAMES, Of Ohio, stated this resolution would interfere too much with the labors of the committee, but any friend of a measure now in committee may move that it be discharged from considering that particular subject or that it report forthwith. Mr. PERRY, of Massachusetts, believed the resolu- tion proposed unwarrantable action, and Mr. Hiteh- cock withdrew. it by leave of the House, and re- minded the House that in 1868 he had introduced the Jollowihg, which were referred to this committee and not acted on by it:— Resolved, That the Committee on Ecclesiastical Affairs be requested to examine the following subjects and report there- on to the next Convention :— 1. The propriety of using the terms “parish” to designate mary organizations, for Church uses, of receivers ot the venly doctrines ; and “diocese” to designate tha territory ‘occupied by associations, 2, The propriety of making, in New Church organizations, a distinction a8 to privileges and duties between those per- sons who come to the Holy Supper and those who do not. 3, The propriety of employing persons not ministers nor studying for the ministry to and lecture upon the doc- trines of the New Churci He wished to bring the first of these subjects agath before the Convention and he would ask how he could do it, as it is in committee. The Cuair (J. Y. Scammon, of Ohicago), ruled that this Convention is not @ continuation of that of last Send but a new body, and the proposition sought to offered by Mr. Hitchcock may be presented as an original motion. Mr. Hitcncock thereupon offered a preamble and resolution. Whereas the fundamental principle of this Convention {s that no persons are to be regarded as {ts members but those who voluntarily count themselves auch, an i ‘Whereas the terms “parish” and “diocese,” in their usual and accepted senses include all the persons of a particular Faith residing tn 4 certain geographical district, therefore Resolved, That the Convention disapproves of designatin: the primaty organizations of New Churchmen connected with ft by the name of “parish” and associations of such or- ganizations by the name "diocese." Resolved, That the following be made a standing resolu- tion:—The ‘term “society,” as used in the constitution and transactions of this Convention, shall be held to Include any primary organtzation of New Churchmen, by whatever naine it be design*ted, provided the members of sich organizations nified their adhesion to it in some clearly detined Rev. Mr, HINCKLEY raised a point of order that it was new business and the order of the day was the gg of committees, The point of order was over- ruied, Rev. Dr. AGER Moved that the preamble and re- solutions be referred to the Committee on Ecclestas- tical Affairs. The vote was quite even, but was de- cided to be in the negative. ‘The question recurring on the adoption of the resolutions, Mr. HiTcHcock explained his intention to be to’ discourage the names of parishes and dioceses to be recognized in the Convention and to disapprove of their use, but at the same time to grant the communicants of such Poe the same rights as others. He ex- plaimed that of old the word “parish” was a geo- graphical designation. but that in this country it means only the professors of the same faith within certain limits; that this Is opposed to the funda- mental system of the Church of New Jerusalem, which recognizes membership only by some voiun- Ir. J. Y. SCAMMON had some more important ob- jections to the use of the words “parish” and “diocese.” Words, in this sense, are things, and creep into the Church as rituaiusm crept into the Episcopal Church, makiug it but a monarchical colony of Great Britain in this country. The New Charch isa church of freedom; they have no ten- pom hd governed by bishops or archbishops, as the ant Episcopal. The Church is based on voluntary ization, and the terms of ‘society’? and “associations” are expressive of American ideas, and he objected to the use of any other terms. They had “parish” and ‘diocese’ already creeping into the Church in Missouri and [liinois, and some of the ministry begin to have jiturgies of their own. if @ majority assents to these terms he would acquiesce. If the use of “ dd and “diocese” be authorized without a dis unct definition of the power conferred, minis- ters will gradually exercise greater rr and pre- rogatives, and something akin to the episcopal sya- tem may crop out of it. They were ail brethren, and no One should assume that he knows more than the rest. He was in favor of the resolution, Rev. THoMas P. RODMAN, of Philadelphia, dis- claimed on behalf of the ministry ail ambitious de- signs, but was in favor of some sort of an episcopal system, not in the sense of an English bishop, which Was merely the Latin word episcopus, but as the English transiation of the word—overseer, superin- tendent—not as the Moravian ops, only to ordain ministers, but to keep general watch over minis ters, He did not care for nam ut Wanted a prac- tleal working system for the visible Church; he would have a bishop over him, whether cailed care- taker, overseer or superintendent, Mr. Isatant T, WILLIAMS, of New York, was willing to accept any term in harmony with the facta, But the question arises—le the New Church a visible or invisible Church? If it be visible, composed of men, women and children, why should the officiating minis- ter at this church not have supervision of young churches organizing, and have them under his spir- itnai care? If it be an invisible Church, if New Jerusalem was the inspiration of God, then this is a moiety in which every individual was @ if for the propagation of the doc- trine—collegium de propaganda fide—(Cries “Speak aa le hat ts that?")—A*college for the propa- gation of the faith. As such it needed neither priests nor any other distinguishing religious Veachers. If it was a visible Church, there was no objection to cail the primary organizations parishes, jarger districts dioceses ana their principal minis: ters bishops, Mr. Wa. C. Cnvncnt, of the army and Navy Jour. nal, vo bring the matter to a close, offered the follow: Ing a8 & substitute for Mr. Hitchcock's preamble and resolution:— Resolved, That this General Convention does not reeognt the terms nd diocese aa having any application to the organizations of the New Church, as at present constituted, and that they are not included in ‘the term “other collective podies of the Chureh,” ae used in the constitution of this Rev. Dr. AGER obtained the floor and gave way to Mr. Scainmon, who moved to rise for the recess, which, after worship, was taken at noon, Afternoon Session. Business was resumed after re two o'clock P, M., Vice President Mr. J. Young Scam- mon, of Chicago, in the chair, Secre Hiteh- cock read the journal of the morning's seasion and it voted correct. Rev. J. ©. Adux. of Brooklyn, resumed the Moor, at haif-past < i e i } z i a Ha Hf] i ing he proposed to offer:— Resolved, That this Convention does not deem it connected with it, melee tether’ con. order and of the Ohurch. He proceeded to speak he was interrupted by formed that he could n¢ resolution was not before conversation I as to the which the resolution could come before when Mr. Ager offered It as an amend: substitute, which the Chair declared out of in which ruling Prof. Theophilus Parso! Mr. Hitchcock would ap) from the decision the Chair, but the appeal was withdrawn, and Ager proceeded to say that this question had beea before the New York Association and a vote should be had upon tt. They had in New York various ie in New England they + t eegete ce oeeg,thF EE wile deer He ptized. not even a profession of faith is required. The ques- tion is how far these people, not in full membership with the Church, can be brought in and made use- ful. Tnis is agreat problem for the New Churoh— not yet solved, They must learn a ga deal qt from expertence, and te hoped that all local organ- izations should be left entirely free to work out this problem in whatever form they chose. He would leave them entire freedom, and if a vote of disap- proval be passed it would take away this freedoin, Another point he stated to be that the Church is built upon the theory that every local organization is to have charge of the things that pervain to itself, If the Convention begin to dictate to orapprove, or disapprove and interfere with, iocal organ:zatione, there woald be no limit to such interference here- alter, It was trespassing on dang rous grounds He did not like the word ‘‘parish,” it had unwelcome associations, and in Brooklyn they had not adopted it. But he thought it would be wrong to exclude a delegate because he had a name that is not liked; and so it is with local organizations. They must have freedom, and ue would give it the most possible latitude. He did not argue for a ministerial premogadiye, but for a repab- lican form of government. Some twenty or thirty years ago an effort was made by the General Con- Vention to compel ali local organizations to assume one form; this action was retraced as unwise and leading to bad results, and now it was attempted to renew it. Professor THEOPHILUS Parsons, of Cambridge, said that the question 1s, Which of the three propo- sitions before the house is best? After replying to some arguments, he sald that it had been alleged that it was republican that the smaller organizaiions constituting greater should be free. We lived in a republic, but if the State of New York should change her constitution and cail Governor Hoffman “king” and the Senators ‘dords’? and “earls,” and they would apply at Washington for ratification, what would be said? No! And New York might protest that she was a republic; but words are facts in this regard. The Projessor then entered into an explanation of the meaning of the word “paris,” as being essentially the same thing “gociety” of those who for religious purposes associate together. “Diocese” means ‘province.’’ When Constantine introdaced Christiantty, ang for more than a hundred years, the diocesan wa8 thi [cachet governor, and as the Christians were the est supports of the imperial power the bishops were made governors. Hence the origin of the re- ligtous significance of the word diocese. However, even if these words Were meaningless, it would be best to let them alone. But they have too much meaning. The real question that underlies this thing is not “parish,” not ‘diocese; it 1s the idea of a priesthood—a priesthood removed from common humanity by their holiness. In the early ages of Christianity, pure and reasonably clear from error, the idea of a priest and even the Word was utterly unknown. Presbyter 13 Greek aud means an old man, and was applied by the fomans to old soldiers; and when early Christians spoke of pres- byters they meant their old men. Elder is precisely the same word, nothing else, All church listortans concur that it was not til after the second ceatury that the notion from the Jewish Church was re- vived in the Christan of a priesthood—a thing un- known to the Apostles and to tie Ciristian genera- tions before. The Hebrew priesi’s function was to offer sacrifices. Not only in tue Christian Church, but all through Paganism, the er arrogated to themselves the power offer sac. ritices to the Deity. Thus grew up the domination of the priesthood. So it 1s among the Buddhisis, So it was in Rome even before Christianity, and the Emperor took unto aimself che utle of Pontier Maxis, the High Priest, and the Pope now, when addressed by his tile tn Latin, 1s also cailed “ontiver Macimnus. How was this power exercised? He told of the strife of Pope Syivester with King Joha, with the French kings, &c. A delegate requested Prof. Parsons to state what Swedenborg teaches avout the priesthood, which the speaker promised todo, He compare. the ad- nussion to the iinistry w:th the admission to the proiession of the law, ana said both were analogous, only the functions of the ministry as the adminis- trator of the spiritual law is higher than the other as the administrator of tue civil law. Swedenborg was a Lutheran and accustomed to the use of words in their Lutieran meaning. And what did Luther’ There was nothing he worked more strenuously for than to break down that monster the priesthood. The idea of the priest- hood is retained in the Episcopal Church, and be- tween that and the Lutheran idea there 1s direct antagonism. He liked the word “minister,” servant, and “pastor,” shepherd, but the others mentioned he would oppose as covering the idea of a priestnood, as words around which these associations cling and cannot be separated. He proceeded to detine ety- mologically the words ‘soqiety” aud “association,’? and declared these words good enough. Those wlio speak of “parisu” and “diocese” sur up the embers of adead past. He would not have the skeleton of the dead brought up and clothed with their own flesh and blood. Words are said to be but breath, but they come with power, and if chey had not power, they would not have been chosen. They would open the gates of the corruption of old which made Curisten- dom a Babylon, and he hoped they would not be adopted, Rev, FRANK SEWALL, of Ohto—Mr. James, of the same State, having obtained tue floor, but yielded — Said that the proposition before the house was to dis- Approve the use of certain terms aud to excommu- nicate those societies that have adopted them. He Would speak of things and not of words merely, and he then went on to defend tbe use and the modern meaning of the words “diocese” and “parish.” There was prejudice or predisposition against these names. The difference is that a society proceeds out of the individual associating others with him- self; the parish 1s a designated limited field of the Church, the latter extending as a whole over the world. Mr. JAMES would ask whether two parishes and two dioceses can occupy the same territory. Mr. SEWaLL reterred to experience for lils answer in the affirmative, as ib lines in this city inter- sect each other, and there are Methodist, Episcopa- lan and other parishes. Mr. JAMES could understand how the same dis- trict may be a Methodist, yo and a Catho- lic parish; but can there be two parishes of the New Jerusalem Church within the same limits? Mr. SEWALL answered in the negative, and closed by hoping that wr. Ager’s substitute would be adopted. Rev. James P. STUART. of St. Louis, referred to the constitution of the New Church Association within the “diocese” of Missouri, and said that as they use the word “county” without a “count” to rule over it, neither are they brought tn contamination with the Catholic Church by using the words “church,’? “heaven,” “hell,” “intermediate state,” &c. He himself had been organizing “parishes,” and he read from the constitutions of some of them. To a ques- tion by @ delegate whether members of 4 parish are entitled to a representation in tne Convention, the speaker answered “No; only full members of the Church caw be so, as the others are not counted in the apportionment of representation.” Some question arose in regard to the org wnization of the parish of Wilmington, Ill, and the chair (Mr. Scammon) made @ statement, which Rev, Mr. Hib- bard, of Chicago, declared to be a mistake. The chair made some further remarks, and he pa Iitely told by @ delegate that he was out of as, If he wanted to speak, he should vacate the chi ‘This intermezzo led to the declaration by the chair that the society at Wilmington had members who ed, during which tt waa said that the society it to govern itself ak if it were a club in the admission and exclusion of members. Mr. Stuart ciaimed that, for the growth of the Church, a more liberal and less exclusive organization ts ne- cessary, and hence he tavored the parochial system, He asked whether they were in a convent of God's new Church or in an assembly of Spiritualists or Unitarians, that such onteries against the bug- bear of the priesthood are heard. Professor PARSONS answered that they were in God's new Chorch, and because he would have It remain 80 he 07 the opening of that wouid let in desol: and, as vo the word * ciub,"? he said it came from the German geluedde, means an oath—those who bound themselves by oath to acommon purpose—and he for one preferred the word “club” to “diocese.” (Laughter.) Mr. WILLIAM ©. Cavrcn withdrew his substitute with the consent of Rev. J, C. Ager and of the house. ‘The latter gentieman then moved his amendment aa @ substitute for the original resolutions of Mr. Hitch- cock, and on motion of Mr. James, of Ohio, the whole subject was laid upon the table to be taken Up Again this morning, and the Conventton, at five o'clock P. M., adjourned till ten A. M. to-day. SUICIDE BY INHALING CHLOROFORM. About six o'clock yesterday morning Gustave Mercy, a German, fifty-nine ty of age, was found lying dead on the floor m the rear basement of premises No. 277 Broome street, under circamstances which indicated that he had committed suicide. ‘Near the body jay @ vial which had contained chio- roform, and across his mouth and nose lay a quan- tity of cotton which had been saturated with chio- roform, Deceased had been intemperate in his Ei ae had ex bed had become irksome to him. He had been & fectioner in the old country, where he had left his wife; but after arriving in this country he drank to excess, became extremely reduced tn matances and had no permanent employment, The case belt clear the jury rendered a verdict in accordance ing facts. The inquest was keld by Core