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EUROPE. Count Beust’s Reply to Prince Ho- henlohe’s Circular, THE GENERAL CATHOLIC COUNCIL Religious Reforms in the Rus- sian Empire. The North German Lioyd steamshiv Vaion, Cap tain Dreyer, from Bremen the 24th uit., via South- ampton the 27th ult., arrived at this port yesterday. She brings details of our cable telegrams up to date, ‘The workmen of Faris have drawn up a petition, which already bears 50,000 signatures, claiming for Paris the same municipal liberties a8 those enjoyed by other French cities, The Pnmate of Hungary and the Archbishop of Salzburg will botn be raised to the rank of Cardinal. The Neue Freie Cresse of Vienna mentions that the Viceroy of Egypt has concluded a loan of 60,000,000 francs, with the firm of Messrs, Oppentieim, of Paris, the proceeds of which are for the purpose of compilet- ing the projected armaments in Egypt. The Communal Council of Vienna will give an oMclal reception to the members of the congress of German journalists and offer them a splendid ban- quet. A letter from Rome states that the Bishop of St. Podlten, who is satd to be entrusted with iunportant communications by the Court of Vieuna, has had hia second audience of the Holy Father, Iu presence of Cardinal Antonelli, Count Trautsmansdorff, the Austrian Ambassador to tne Holy See, ts still tn Vienna, and frequently confers with the Cuancellor and Foreiga Minister, Count Beust, The Russian government has already intimated to the Holy See, through Signor Faicinelli, the Papal Nuncio at the Court of Vienna, that tt cannot permit the Russian and Polish Catholic bisbops to take part 4n the deliberattons of the Ecumenicat Council. The Bishop of St. Polven, Dr. Fessicr, who has been appointed secretary of the Ecumenical Council, has proceeded to Rome, in order to take part in the pre- minary work which Is being prepared for the Council. The Archbishop of Prague, (Cardinal Prince Schwarzenberg, has issaed a pastoral letter con demning the agitation against the Council, and maintaining that ft is intended to promote the tnte- rests of civilization. It is reported tn Constantinople that the Grand Vizier will represent the Sultan at the ceremonies of the openiug of the Suez Canal, and that he will recetve the tlustrious guests ta the name of his mas- ter. Under these circumstances tne Viceroy will be obliged to occupy a second rank, and consequently be somewhat humiliated, Some iew of the en gineers intended for the work ing of tee Roumelian Railway have already arrived in Constantinople, and many preliminartes are being carried on. Daoud Pacha is succeeding further west with his negotiattons, ‘The Suitaa has also authorized the Saker expedi- tion, and given Str Samuel his military rank and power, showing Une interest he feels in explorations of such importance. It ts thought that the Turkish government will send a Turkish staif olticer to ac- company the expedition and gather all the nseful information and experience that such an andertak- ing affords. The Congress of directors of railways traversing Germany and Austria, or terminating in those coun- tries, held iis first sitting at Vienna last week. To give an idea of the importance of these companies a0 Austrian journal points oat that they possesa seventy-seven lines, the total leagth of which is about 30,000 kijometres (18,750 miles), and the whole cost 2,500,000,000 florins, ($1,250,000.000). Their rolling stock is composed of 6,000 locomotives, and More than 200,000 carriages, transporting annually 200,900,000 of individuals, and 1,500 tons of goods. ‘A deputation of Spantards from Saragossa recently waited upou the Spanish Ambassador in Paris, and foformed him that the state of Spain was no longer endurabie, aud that the Inhabitants of Arragon were Getermined to raise the flag of tie Prince of Asturias ander a liberal regency. Information received from Trieste states that the consular reports received by the naval authorities on the opening of the Suez Cana) will be submitted to a commiltee, consisting of seven m(mbers, for the purpose of making proposals fer turuing this new road of cor uication to account. The deputation of the Exchange has recommended to the attention of the committee the establishment of a direct sub- ventioned imboat navigation between Trieste end Bom! the construction.of the Predil Ratiway, @ reduction of the rallway tariff for mercantile goods, proper arrangements inthe Suez Vanal poris, reduction of tho canal tolls on coals, cotton, &c., formation of an Austro-Aslatic society of commer witha banking company at Bombay, Suez facto- ries, stations for war vessels, organization of con- gulates, the appointment of corresponding mem- vers, &c. ROME. ction of St. Peter's—The Object of the Council—The Pope’a Recent Bereave- ment—Another Political Execution. Rome, July 17, 1309, Yesterday his Holiness went at five P. M. into the Charch of St. Peter’s to pay the visit of inspection, which I announced in my last letter, to the locality Gestined for the Couneli hall, and to confer la apos- tolic biessing upon ine men and materials detailed for the execution of the pian. As this may be con- sidered the starting polut towards the realtzation of this great undertaking, at any rate io a material point of view, i shall commence next week a sertes of letters, in which I propose to comprise, as they develop themseives, all the most luteresiing features of an occurrence so uncommon in our days. It was reported lately, among the many fables tn circulation respecting the Councti, and the avidity of diplomatists to get sufficiently behind the scenes to beable to send some premature gossip home to their respective governments, that the French Am- bassador here, having pressed his Holiness to explain to the French government the precise principal Object of the Ecumenical Council, Pius IX. re- piled that tt was “Sic parvis componere mag- na’ merely an ecclesiastical parliament for the ntation, discussion and possible passing of a reform bill, rendered necessary by the intract- sbdle nature of the syllabus, which his Holiness reluctantly acknowledged to have been “a delnaton and a snare,’’ and: was therefore desirous for the assembied bishops of Christendom to amend accord. ing to the requiremenia of the age. I do not credit any such rumor, however well founded may be ita pretensions, nor do I expect to find Pio Nono in the Doaition of a reformer of the Church at the conclu- ‘sion of his career, as he was a reformer of the Stave @t the beginning. I am equally incredulous at cur- rent.cenorts of the alarm produced atthe Vatican ~ = wig. ecclesiastical circles at the tone lavely Kitimed by the French bishops, and | am convinced on the contrary that the Episcopal body in general, when convoked, will be found suficientiy well Grilled to make no a ae whatever to propost- x ¥, from the headquarters of the ureh. 1 am enabled to inform your readers upon the very weenee ab oe there is po truth in the report over Europe by telegram that Mr. Odo Russell had been appointed British Minister @t Madrid, That diplomatist will continue to act as unaccredited Ohargé d’Afalres at the Cours of Rome during the ensuing Council, after which he will probably receive the promotion ‘Which he 80 amply deserves for his eminent services ‘and constant tact in avery delicate position. Count roim will soon cease to represent Prussia and the North German Confederacy at the Holy See, as he is Uicoly to get appoi to the Paris embassy, ren- @ered vacant py the death of Count Uoltz. it Trautemanedord, the Austrian Ambassador, Rome on Monday, and the Spanish Envoy, Signor who left Rome for the convocation of the ‘Cortes, is ex back in an accredited form, con- swith reorganized condition of the Span Sevorasent under Marshal Serrano’s regency. Geath of who fi been much distressed by the sudden his elder brother, Count Gabriel Mastal, on Tuesday inst at Sinigaglia, at che ad- of ninety, minus two mouths. The old ‘was of such @ vigorous constitution that probably have lived several years ae ieee he not unfortunately fallen down accident inficting upon him a conauasion jn and a fractured thigh, injuries too bim to recover from. His Holincas was ely informed of the disaster, and, a8 hia ved for some houre alter, ue segs Mga- iL Q' Lapt to him without dolay as bearer of bia apostolic benedichion, tn arkculo mortis. On Wed- neésday, the 14th, the morniug after Count Gabriel's death, his Holiness visited the Holy Staircase, said to be that of Pontius Pilate, near (he Church of St John Lateran, and went through the fatiguing enance of asccnding on his knees, rocsling prayers, 0 insure for his brother's soul th clal indal- gences wich are eavacd by such aa act of bumitia- tion on the part of supreme pontifts, and which are applicable to aay of the faithful’ detunct. The seniority of the Mastai-Forrotit jamily now devolves upon Count Gaetano Mastal, aged eighty-four, ‘Another capital execution, arising out of the revo- Intionary events of 1867, took place on Wednesday morning at tie village of Rocca di Papa, fifteen miles from Rome, on ihe Alban hill. The man gull. Jotined, oaly twenty-four years old, was accused of having belonged to the republican sect, of having shot a townsivan Who refused to plant a iri-colorod fag on the steepie and stabbed a licuteuant of Zou. aves. RUSSIA. The Skoptsy Sect=Whv Compose Its Princi« pal Mowbers—Religious Keiorma ‘Turough- out the Empire. Sv. Paterssuno, July 14, 1869. In a previous letter, not wishing to delay apy loager my report of the famous Plotitaine trial, I for once departed from my general rule of not commu- nicating to you any facts from mere newspaper tn- formation, bat walting etther for oMctal or for pri- vate authentic sources—and have repented tt, The sentence which I communicated to you proved Inex- act; as for the rest of the account you may depend on its correctness. I now transcribe the sentence for you, with somo addreviatious, trom the govera- ment paper or Moniteur (Pravitels!vennoy Viestmik). The principal prisoner, Maksim Plotitzine, merchant of the first guild and honorary cittzen of the town of Morshunsk, convicted of *‘belonging to tue Castrate sect, affording protection to members of the same sect and actively propagating tts doctrmos,”’ is sen- tenced to the “deprtvation of ail the rights and privt- leges belouging to wis condition, to be stripped of three medais aud the Order of st. Anna, banished to some distant part of Siberia, and thore comuitted to the strictest surveillaace of the loval civil authori- tes,"? though got deprived of personal uverty. ‘Ihe sauie sentence, under the same heads of accusation, wit the exception of tne strippiug of honorabie signs of distinction, for the want of any such, 13 passe On tue Olker prisoners to We number of twenty se both men and women, exc'usively be- longing to the peasant and lower merchant classes; but, Cousidering that some of the prisouers are of a high oid age aud must have entered the sect a very loog Rio perhaps half a century—ago, there wa clause enjotning the court to solicit the pardon of Such prisoners, The moneys found in the possession of Plotitzine are to be transferred, according to tue law in such 8, tO LIS heirs-at- As for the mnissing moneys, nogsearch Or Lavestlzatio’ ts to be Institated apout thea, Tuas wuat formed the chief and, indeed, che only motive of tue accusation ls leit quite out of view by the courv’s ultimate de- cision, and the poor peopie severely punished for a fact of which mauy thousands are knowa to be guilty, nor ever hayé a public accusation directed avatnst them. In Petersburg alone hundreds of Skopizy openly walk the stree:s and freely attend to their trades or professions, witnout dreatuing of con- cealment, aoa t 13 notorious that the mouey changeis are Castrates, almost every mother's son oi them, On the whole, it cannot be sald that this trial ons ieit any very favorable itupression on the public mind, ‘The first foundation of the extensive and tmpor- tant Church retorms, ot which | spoke to you iu my previous letter as being contemplated and partly initiated, has been laid at iength by a law issued on the 26th of May (7tn of June). ‘ais law, entitled “Of the opening to the children of the orthodox clergy of Ways tuwards earning their livehhood m all Dranches of civil and itlitary action," is the be- ginuing of a complete revolution ui the whole sva tem. Henceforth the Russian orthodox clergy is no longer # caste, Henceforth no person will belong “uy Lirth”’ to Lhe “clergy,” aud uuder this denom- nation will be comprised exclusively the persons on acuve Church service. Clergymen’s families wil! no longer be “attached to churcties” in order to secare taut hap ead of oijciating priests, as whole were formerly “attacued’’ to manufactures, In Ulat there should be no want of work peo- ple, The bishops’ priue:pal care wul no louger be to provide for crowds of uelpless beings, fasicned on the Church for sustenance as the seris were fastened on tie landholders, Which order of things gave rise to actually moustrous abuses. Not the least among these was the couversion of tue Church into a monopoly for tho setting up in iife of “born clergymen," in consequence of the absolute ne- cessily of providing for crowds of uuman beings, with ao pata open to them bur that of the Churen. This anomaly gradually reached such ‘dimensions that Church places were avowedly considered and given away a3 dowries of priests’ daugulers waere there was no son to tnuerit them. This one talse and irreguiar starting point, tn course of time aud things, naturally gave rise to a waole worid of un- Wholesome, iudecorous and blamabie practices, which tnreatened to desecrate the holy ground of the nationai Church, In consequeace oi the neces- sity of proviuing for people born in the clergy and fastened tacreto men of other classes were shut out from aU access to tae altar; and jo | in the name of tue oriodox Cuurch there grew up, quietly and un- observediy, an order of things directly cohdemned by her siavates, for the Sixth Heuwenical Councit act- ually excommuuicates taose who would make birth u condition of priesthood. Nuw all these anoma- lies, all (hese abuses, are radically done away with and become things of the past. The text of thenew law, which abollsnes & pernicious system of Levit- ism in the most sacred oi Our national tnstituttons, is plain and short, a8 belooves the text of a simple, but energetic and leportant measure, which opens anew and vast horizon to a whole ciass unl now arudcially pent up in a close atmosphere of obsoleta and absurd routive; which lets in a dood of air and light where it 18 most wanted, and, by freeiug the Church from forced proletariat, Talses its dignity and places it tu freé mutual iniercourse with all otuer classes Of society. ENGLAND. ¢ a vil Opinions of the Preay on tho Irish Charch Bill, {From the London Times.} The House of Commons yesterday (\'riday) after- noon might have been called the Tempie of Mar- mony. [{ @ harsh note was heard at aii amtd the reciprocal congratulations of liberals and conserva- tives, Provestania aud Catholics, it served no other purpose than to recall the esaeatiat concord which was the motive of the whole. Not for mauy years bas there been such a sweet interchange of good feeling. Perhaps tt was feit that many things aad been sald and done in the course of the session which required some apol before atonement could be complete. Doubtless it was thought that in she hour of victory—of a victory both siles can claim and both repudiate—it was becoming to be generous. Whatever the reason, the fact is certain that members vied with each other in expression of mutual respect. Mr. Gladstone set an admirabie example by praising the ability and -the jacity of the House of Lords, and regretting that he had ever ventured to describe the peers as being “up in @ bal- loon,” though, indeed, he protested that he never meant to say Lg hee more than that they were of necessity but imperfectly informed of the ties be- tween members of the Commong and their con- stituencies, Sir Roundell Palmer bestowed well deserved commendations on Mr. Gladstone for having preierred to accept a moderate settlement of the bill rather than to use the pg an obedient majority behind him had agen ito his hands. Sir Frederic Heygate and Mr. Le- froy delivered themselves of some valedictory remarks upon the establishment they had loved aud deiended, cuaracterized by excelleat feeling towards thelr opponents; and the incomiltable Mr. Charley, ‘he representative of Orange democracy, somewhat amused the House by his respectful compliments to tue statesman whom it Lad been bis especial musiou to overthrow. ron the London Morning Star.) The Irish Church bill awatts Lae royal assent. Its reception in the House of Commons, as finally amended in pursuance of the Cairns-Granvilie com- promise, was cordial and all but unanimous, Indeed, when we come to look at the concession more closely, the Lords have had less of their own way than at first appeared. They demanded on Lord Carnarvon’s clause about £810,000, on the curates’ clause £450, more, and on the glebe houses £150,000, 1! their total claim wag £1,410,000, The added five per cent on the annnifies will only ‘ive them £260,000, which, for ple who have asked or something like six times that sum, is not so very much after all And this, let us add, depends apon three-fourths of each diocese ing to commute, Now, the opinion of very well informed people is that this proportion wi ot commute; and, ff this opinion be sound, then the concession really is a concession Of pothing—a most cousolatory conclu. sion. The |iberals in the House of Commons had worked this out to their own satisfaction, so that ail went well, There were the usual stories of dissen- sion in the Cabinet whispered in the lobbies; bat anybody who knew anything about the mattef was aware that everything that was doue bad been unauimously approved. {From the London Fxaminer,} The fight is‘over; the terina of compromise are agreed on; and nothing is left for opposing Lords and Commons to do but to wind up the Dusiness of the session, and get them every man unto his own home. This important announcement was received with expressions of satisfaction by the best men of all parties, who feit themselves relieved from a load of anxiety and care. Surprise and dismay filled the breasts of those who had hoped to the last that the Peers would rasily risk the stability of their legisla- tive power and authority tn defence of an estabiish- ment which ali Christendom regarded as indefensi- ble. But tue Archbisuop of Canterbury, in the name of the Church, without hesitation, gave’ his sanction to the compromise, and no one of any importance yentured to opy its ratification, Thus onda a controversy which in Parliament hag lasted for six and thirty years. The Cnurch Temporalitica bill, Introduced by Lord Derby when Secratary for Ireland in 1833, struck ten Irish bishops from the roll of peers, and the present bili, in which he has now reluctantly acquiesced, removes from tho House of Lords the remaining tweive. 1808, carried by I Russell, gave the trish lafid- lords twenty-five cent of the tithes, aud Mr, Gladstgae's bill, Whigh Volore many ders Wil Ye 9g- rolled among the statutes, makes them & s of the remaining aeventy-five per cont. For the rest, to use the words of the Prunate, thetr irends havo made for them as good & bargain as could have beon expected. All life interest are preserved and cap talized, and the disendowed Church wat go on us way With a very handsome tmubcum, It remains for Parliawent wisely to appropriate the large sure joer as itacerucs to purposes of social and usec- rian improvement (From the nondor Saturday Review.) ‘The Irish Church bill has really passed. Alter 80 much tlerce discussion, aller so many perils, it Las now {crepe become law, and this great success is aot atioyed either by an access of cours batter ness or by the immincnce of @ ceystttutional Nict or by a good bill being made @ bad bit, A com- promise has been edected, but 1013 not a compromise Which in any way goes to the principles of the bill. Bngland has made a great sacrtice to Ireland, and has made if In the only way in which a sacrifice can do good, by nexing tt boldly, generously and witn- out bi tation. The government hag succeasfully Imposed on the House of Lords th Tess of the House of Commons as to the glebe h the Ulster globes and the ecclesiastical tax, and has vindtoated the principle of religious equality. This was essen- tial, for otherwise the bul would bave been spoiled. But the general result ia in every way Bal tory. Disestabiisnment is completo, and disendowment ia compicte, excepting that where there was a point, not of principie, but of detall, fairly open to doubt, Lie leaning Nas been, ad tt oughé bo bave been, tn (avor of the disendowed Church, AUSTRIA, Baron Beust’s Auswer te Prince Hohen- leho’s Circular Regarding the Ecumeutcal Council. A goverament which, like the Austro-Hungarian, has adopted the Geedoin of all religious donomina- tions within the liberally constituted civil society as its leading principle, would, in our views, not ad- eve to the consequences of that principle if it were to oppose @ system of preventive and restrictive measures to an affair which, such as the convoca- tion of & general council, is an act that hus its foundation 1 the constitution of the Church. * * * tt having beea lata down aaa geuerai rule that the fullest liberty musi be given to the recognized re- lignous communities in the:r internal activity as long a8 iL does not come 1 collision with the standpoint of the State, the imperial and royal govero- ment has not been able to see suiMcient mo- ives, Gither of right or ofportuieiésa, os the matier stands to-day, to concur in the proposal of tie royal Bavarian gove-ament at present, however worvby of conaideratiou that pro- posai be in itself. Respecting tue proceedings of the council, only suppositions, more or le 8 probable, can be made at present. Not even of the programme Of the subjects of deliberation of tue council has any oicial information been given, except the gencral intimations contained in the Papal buil of convoca- tion, Moreover, nobo‘ly will dispute the rbd council of the Church the province of put logma- tical questions, Mowever, as re; the ecolesias- tical aflairs of the State, aa well as those matiers Which, iu com»inalion with religion, atfect at tie same tune also tic civil righta, it 18 diflowls to form already to-day a judgment a3 to whether there isa danger to be apprehended that the diercnces which have become manifest mm this respect will be widened by the dejiberations and resolutions of the council, aud raised to sucha pitch as to tn- crease the danger for the security of the States. We can neither depy nor confirm the existence of such adanger, Lut in generat it wr presumed that the Catholic bishops, the great majority of whom taust reside and perform Uhetr sacred fuuctions in countries Which are governed by compietoly secu- larized laws, will bring with them to Kome an exact kuowledge of the practical necessities of oar age. And if the expectation be justified that advocates in favor of the preservation of peace between State and Church will not be wanting among the prelates of the council, it will not, perha) be ia the inter- eat of the goverumenis to let those voices appear being patronized by the State, which might preju- dice their authority, arthermore, it cunnot as yet be discerned what the attitude of tue Papal See (Which in tho present state of the word will neither able nor willing to renew the precedents of past centuries regarding the the secular beoitael niger of princes m the council) wili be towards the govern- Mients relative to those subjects of discussion re- specting which the resolutions of the council cannot be carried 1nto effect without the recognition of the State. In our optuion tue goveruments are, how- ever, tn such @ position that they can await the sieps of the Church government that may become neces- sary in ihis respect, Should the approaching coun- cil reaily show signs or adopt means to trespass on the sphere of right of the execative powor of the State, or should certain indications of such a ten- dency manifest themselves In au authentic manner, the imperial and royal government 1s of opinion taat in that case the question could surely not woided to consider how iar, besides the averiing and dis- sguading steps of the several States, combined de liverations of the Cabinets might become advisable or becessary for the common protection of the sovereiga rights of the States. On the other hand, we cannot agree to a diplomatic conterence on the mere presumption of possible encroachments upon these rights, and to raise taereby the appearance perhaps—not to speak of the increased diticulty of coming to a distinct understanding on so uncertain @ basis—of an intended control and restriction of tae Liberty of the Catholic Church and increase the anxicty of the muds without neceasity. FRANCE. Farther Reforms Wanted—Address of Repre- sentatives to thelr Constituents, Subdjoined are the principal passages of an ad- dress just seni by M. Jules Simon and M. Amédée Larrieu to their constituents in the Gironde:— France wishes to bo the arbiter of peace or war, of her finances and of her legislation; in a word, she de- mands the government of the country by itself, ouly Urroagh the means of mintstertal responsibility, She cannot, under the present system, establish the con- trol of the nation by itself. The Cabinet can only be really responsible When the Chamber is the siocere product of untversal suffrage. In order that the legtsiative) body may be the fattiful expression of the national will the system of oficial candidatures should be abandoned, every fauctionary be answer- able for his acts and cease to be protected by Article 7 of the year VIII.; the thayors should be elected by the citizens, individual liberty ought to be guar. anteed by the suppression of the law of general safety; the liberty of the press, so often and 80 valaly promised, should become a reality, and all political affairs be tried by a jury in open court and with reports of the proceedings. Such was the sense of the first luterpellations op which all the members of the Left were 19 accord aud which will be deposited as soon aa the deputies reaume the @x- ercise of Weir intssion. YACHTING. Aanual Cruise of the Now York Yacht Club— Arrival of the Yachts at Glen Cove—The Welcome—Eutertainment at Mr. Keunard’s. GLEN Cove, August 7, 1869. According to the orders Issued tae yachts were to have assembled here about four ofolock. Owing, doubtless, to adverse winds the fleet was scarcely constituted until @ later hour. ‘he scene presented ag the splendid craft rode gently at anchor towards sunset was truly superb and elicited much admire tion from @ host of observers who thronged tne beach, This charming spot is truly alive since the arrival of the squadron. Throughout the entire day the wonted solitude which surrounds the place has been repeatediy broken by the incessant salutes which have welcomed the yachtmen with no hollow sound, It was not until after four o'clock that the yachts began to congregate in goodly numbers, and when perhaps a dozen of the splendid schooners had anchored Glen Cove assumed a most animated ap- pearance, During the day a large number of visitors arrived At the Pavilion Rotel, no doubt anxious to see the fleet, aud perhaps desirous of witnessing its de- pacture to-morrow morning; for the produced the start is @ sight worthy to be fememoered, hen tire fleet had taken z its quarcers the officers came oe and, upon tho invitation of Mr, Ken- ard, proceeded to his beautiful mansion, where a arty welcome was oxtended. It need- less say that the charming ‘ounds sur- is and rounding the mansion were visited evoked the fee it eugomiums for the excellent or- der, variety the botanical drnamentation— now wandering through the most luxurious arches and then into the hot houses, teeming with luscious fruit, and having a splendid collection of f plants, which are evidently cared for by # master ‘The cntertainment at the manaton, ¢ \8- what informal—for Mr. Kennard haa seperate Jeaye for Europe a fow days since, and dia not anticipate the pigmeare of meet hia warm. os te 3 aoe ore entertainment was, never character! by the gr én aan 4 ai . v srteatest harmony @ Pavilion Hotel was likewise a lively and fash- fonablé resort, and its attractions wero anustaly magnetic, a9 & ball Was given in the waa largely atrended Bhd most thor: gupenbired in appear ough) fact, the oaths Whe _ aesuined ta eat ance, an ‘aa Wanting to tion of the feet ag Urilliant as the oceaston deserved’ The yachts Sylvie, Josephine and Fleur de Lis were among the foremost arrivais in the harbor, while the others also came out in good time. The entire aquadron wil) probably not represented at Glen Cove, a8 A ber of the yachts are at present an- chored at Newport, New London and other places. It will most likely be strongest at Hew Ror, Ware a grand regatta is expected to take piace, AM it may however, New Bedford wiil in hie ro: mity be tae Scene Of the most brilliant display of the cruise, Di the day Mr. Loriliard’s pretty little steam uring yacht, with ite vi bunting, m Tour the harbor and was not behinduan an the way of welcome salutes. in the evening Mr. Ken- nard’s yacht Emily steamed out of the harbor, hay- log a large pier party on board. , ) mort irom will w: anchor to-morrow (Sun- aboat 7 Eee 7 -past Ave o'clock, and sail RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, Relicicus Services To-Duy. Rev. Chartos B. Smyth wilt detiver-one of hts chat- acteristic eormons this morning in the Bteventh street Presbytertan chureh, between Second and ‘Third avenues, At the Presbyterian church on Forty-second street, W. A. Scott, D. D,, pastor, servicea will be held at haif-past ten A. M, and af haif-past aevea P, M. Ewer James 8 Hopes, from Phtladelptia, will preach at 203 West Fourteenth street: this morning at half-past ten o'clock and again at half-past three o’clock this afternoon. Rey. Dr. T. D, Anderson will preach in the First Baptist church, Park avenuc, this moruing at half-past ten o'clock, Prayer meeting at eight P.M. Rev. Dr. R. 8.-Foster will preach in St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church at half-past tea o'clock A. M, aud ata quarter of eight P. M. “Tbe Ecumenical Council—The Catholio Faith Unuchnvgeable.” To tas Eorror or THE HerarD:— Last Sunday’s Heranp contained an article, headed as above, in which a layman belonging to the Roman Catholic Church thinks it “strange that the intelligent editor should forget to ignore that the Roman Cathoitc Church saunos change its Axed faith to suit the ever-varying ideas of the world." Now, whether to suit the ever-varylug idens of tho worid, or for some other purpose, certain it is that the Romish Church bas changed its fixed faith, and how an Intelligent layman should think otherwise is a fact stranger still, 1t ts almost superfuous for the writer, who is only an humble layman of the Pro- testant Church, to seek to remove any wrong im- pression which the article abovo referred to weuld be itkely to make upon the inteliigent reader, But fearful that the writer might feel confirmed in his assértions, though honest in his intentions, and from the fact that he has cast reflections on all non-Catholic creeds and charges their professors with ignorance and prejudice it may be weil to correct him in wu few im- portant poiats. The latter charge—vis., of igno- rance ant udice—comes w a a bad grace from a oman Catioitc, Itis a well known fact that the great mass of Romanists are sirictly forbiddon by thoir priests to read the works of Protestant theo- logians, while, on the other hand, Protestants are enjoined to road the writin; of Roman Catholics. 1 would ask, then, Mr. Editor, who has the best opportunity of judging fatrly—Romanists or Protestants? And now 1 would ask the writer of the articie to attend to the examination of the fol- lowing table, which exhibits the dates when the principal Popish errors were made articles of faith by the sanction of @ general couucil:— Year, Tnvocation of saints.. 700 Image worsiip. 18T Tatainpliity.... 1076 Transubstantiat 1215 Supremacy. 1215 Half com 146 Purgatory. 1458 Seven saci Sacrifice of the mi Apocryphal books. Priestly tention. ludulgence introduced in fifteenth century, but not sanctioned by a council ull. VONIAL BUNS. ..5. ss rereseeeeeeeee ss Popery is, therefore, a new system; it 1s @ piece of patchwork. One patch was added by one Pope or one council and another by another. The work was finished at Trent in 1.64, when a few additional patches were added. {t bears something of the semblance of Christianity, just as the counterfeit coin resembles that which is genuine, ‘There 1s not a sin- Gle doctrine, with tho exception of the Trinity, in which Romanists do not differ from the ancient Catholic Church. How, thon, can it be satd that Popery 13 the reilgion of Jesus Ohrist, wheo its prin- ciples are not to be found in any of our Lord’s Gis- courses Or in the writings of his aposties ? The Vaticinations of the Vatican. {rom the New York Independent.) The Ecumenical Council ts aserlous fact, With the few Protestant sneera which have saluted it in advance we bave no sympathy. A representative body summonea from the entire Roman Catholic Church throughout the world is a spectacle not to be mocked at, but pondered. Fifty cardinals and eight hundred bishops form a congress of great specific gravity. No matter how much these prelates are given to mummeries, or their Churci to supersti- tons, all religions have an equal right to exist, and Rome ts entitied to fair play among the other eccie- sinstical powers of the carth. Any serious human soul that prefers to stake its salvation on the Catholic rather than the Protestant faith shall have from us, not @ rebuif or reviling, but amen and God- speed. Whoever wishes to indulge in so harmless a homage as kissing the Pope's toe ought t have the geueral permission of Christendom to perform the act unwitpped b other scourge of criticism than the gentle satire which the absurdity of the ceremony su; Accordingly, we look forward iu no cynical mood to the Tmajestic untm- ortance of @ great body wiaich (if report be true) ves Dot know why tt is assembied, or even whether it is to be assembled at all. Eighteen Ecumenical Councils have been held since the opeaing of the Christian era—an average of one to each century. Their records form pictu- resque chapters of Church history. Each gather- lug has beon marked by @ great array of car- archbishops, bishops, mitred abbots, princes, ambassadors and __ legates, And ‘yet, looking retrospectively at the suc- cessive deliverances of these great paritaments of the Church, one ia reminded anew of the labor mountain that brought forth a mouse. The fire Eoumenical Council—tnat over which Constanting presided at Nicwa A. D, 325i still remembered be- cause It promulgated the Nicene Creed. Tie Coun- cil of Treat, which was callod in the last days of Luther's life, and which, with various adjournments and reassemblings, covered @ period of eighteén years, 1a memorabie for the vigorous but meilectual attempts to stide the growing cause of Protestant- ism. With these two exceptions, the Ecamenic Councils seem to a student to have been devote: mainly to learned triftes—theological niceties—mat- ters o! Keser Saleer ounce armenian cum- min. at bevter 1s fo be e. of the nineteenth ? Bishop Dipabloup—oné of thé at able, sensible and liverai of the Romish prelates of France—feara be? tue Sporosching council will be guilty of de- eréeing the infailibility of the Pope, The bishop knows well enough that such a decree, pat pe In the light of the nineteenth century, would rn tne h of the world against @ Church which can better persecution than ridicule, After such a fauu pas the cnemy’s guns would por against St. Peter's a bombarding broad: raillery, mockery and scorn. The maxim that “tho King cn do no wrong” was put to death on the id o Uliver Cromwell, when he cut or the head of a who had done nothing but wrong. An imenical Council that makes the Uhurch assert a doctrine which two centuries ago Was exploded by the State—a doc- trine which can take no abiding foot in an en- ligntened age or among reasonable men—cannot claim to represent the nineteenth, es only the seyv- enteenth oer 4 Oburch that ites @ mortal man to be infallible thereby opens @ Don Quixote ‘warfare against human nature; and we may expect the windmills of God ¢0 grind ir exceeding sma One smiles at reading tn a leading Romish organ Moonstruck words:—"Eitner hi fai ph outright, or it will be saved by t; council.”’ What man society will hever, from any caase, A aociery will never, in contingency, be sa’ by an Ecumenical Council. Hyman society in all ora ae as Gono by the arte ed it was by tne leas y previous ° FF Ghnant atte goon cond pe 4 an g good could be done in Rome in mid-August if only the potentaves who ex- t then and there to assemole would set their laces forward, instead Soaa Progress, not pation, is the watchw: of this day and gene. ration, All Charches and all States eliher give heed to it, or else die the death, ie _Ecu- menical Council, rec the signs of the times, would solomnly declare itself iu favor of free thought and speoch, tnstead of the Index Expurgatorius; in favor of popular education, instead of ) enforced ignorance of the masses; in favor of the right of private judgment, instead of the ex cathedra m ofa mepposed fi fallible pontifl; in favor of religious toleration and liberality, instead of the unchristian excluaiveness of the Romish (and of most other) arenes in favor of marriage and the family, nat of the crime-fostering celibacy of the clergy—~if the Koumenical Council shouid, like St. Paui, bebold at noon a great light, above the bright- ness of thé san, and should straightway honestly at- tempt to enlighten a Church whose chief boast is that It keeps hail the world in darkness, the forth. coming festival would send @ pulse of benetit through all the haman race. in the Romish com- ‘There is a party: of munion, Now is its day—now ite hour. Let {ta voice be héard a fortnight hence, unless, indeed, the it convocation is to be Indeduitely poatpened. ray of the Morning Star has always slanted down ‘the naves and aisles of the Church of Rome, That temple ha# never bech, and 18 Bot now, and never can be 5 total Rm, ee vot it isa Wikoan religious light.” For the last ee 10 Nono— the soul of conservatism—has alarmed by nothing in the outer world so much as oA certain signs of resa within hig diocese, Neither ta nor his misadvising cardinals can quell the spirit of Nberty which begins to atir that great ecciesiastical body. The Counct! has an illustrious opportunity to og itself in harmony with the present age. Since it 18 10 speak with great Sushority We hope tt will epeak with great wisdom. But, whatever bo its ec- ciosiagtical power, its true infaence will consist or ita “words of truth and soberness,”” Cotton Mather spoke profoundly when he sald, “The decreo of & council hath no more than there is force in the reason of it." Let Eoumentcal doctors k in the Vatican and to be heard Id take ti lest they utter such non. isa ed NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. ant W a Roman tic counctl Aiea inaemmaaea American Bible Society. ‘The stated meoting of the Board of Managers was beld at the Bible House, Astor place, on the oth inst. Turee new auxtilariea were recognized, two in Georgia and ons in Arkansas, Communicationa were received. from Mr. Andrew M, Milae, Monte- video, with gratifying report of Bibie work under hus agency; from Rey, Dr, Trumbull, Valparaiso, as to the work in Chile; from E, Geblardt, Bremen, sending report of the German on the Pekin, ex- en by this Conference Bivie cause; from Rev, Dr, Martin, of preeene gratification at the interest tak society in China; from Rev. 1. G, Bitss, agent in the Levant, sending another of (he successful la- bors of the Biole woman of Nicomedia; and from Rev. T. B. Penfield, Madura Mission, with pleasing ac- counts of the work in that mission. Grants of books were made as follows, viz.:—To American ytertan Board of " Society, to eae “Gephan Home, Linois; to Missions, to Soldiers’ 0 ri ais American Agsoc| eam ia » Gnurels, to bible "8 nety of Souisty of Virginia, to H ocicty 0 . Briand ig atone Foater ee tai teen i. J, my} Ir Y fegnl« auxiliaries an Cy paki Wick there are no 0'xiliaries. The total number of yolumes granted was 10,503, besides others to the amount of $2401n money. One thousand dollars were appro- eras for printtag tue book of Psalms in ireek ab Aluons, Is Tucre Danger of a Conflict in Judainn tA Strong Denial by the Organ of “ Reform.” {From the Jewish Times, August 6.] Some daily papers are predicting that a conflict in Judaism will soon take. place, serious enougn to create distinc! sects and parties, It happened that a@ newly-formed reform congregation in & nelghbor- Ang city, of whose formation we gave an account, ‘was censured by one of our contemporartes for the pecullar manver in which {¢ saw fit to conduct the inauguration ceremonies, We ‘assure the werld, however, that no matter how radivaliy the ews may iffer in their views a3 to thé validity of the ceremo- nial law, it will never amount to an actual sect creating schism. On the fundamental dogma of Judaism, which is the faith tp an in- corporeal, omnipresent, omniscient Creator, and the mediate spiritual connection between man and God through man’s sou), a3 an emanation from the great fountain of itfe, Mght and immortalt- ty, they stand united, firm ag a rovk, unshaken in adversity and constant in prosperity. Wherever there ia 4a Opportunity to prove by deeds the moral deductions of these world-redeeming dogmas they recognize no ditterences; they are united, bound to- gether by ites which have their root im man’s soul and heart, Where orphan asylums are to be main- tained, hospitais to be erected, benevolent institu. tions to be founded, the poor to ve relieved, the sick to be nursed, the helpless to be assisted, they know , they carry out taithfuily toe precepts of tnelr religion. Whether they utter the She- ma Israel in Hebrow, German, Engiwh, or any other language, it will remain the watohword of the reformer and the orthodox until the earth will totter or the heavens fall. Jt is this Wiich distinguishes the Jewish religion from ail otner creeda, The great foundation of our religion remains the strictly monothoistic doctrine, Take everything away, abolish all ceremonies, castinto the ocean of oblivion all traditions, tear down every. synagogue, and Judaism remains the same, prociaims as loudly Qs ever the aver-living, all-sustatning, all-permeating God. Occastonally @ half orthoaox rabbi, m a casual trance Wherein he imagines himself in the middie ages, among some Spanish or French fanatica, may threaten; but he means to threaten morely; he is not in earnest. ‘These innocent expressions escape bin merely while in a position of despair, ‘The men who decidediy favor reform, but who can- not be decided retormers, because decision dues not agree with policy, are not such dangorous charac- tors after all. They even have given hope(ul signs of becoming decided reformers. Men who thundered against female singers in the choir have been known to have made @ sudden jurap forward and defended it; 1 18 (rue after they had found some Gaontm and Amoraim and Achrovim to agree with them. Some have decidedly condemned famliy pews as im- moral, but after @ while quietly acquiesced in it, We have no doubt chat the erection of some new temples will do much to make even of tiese men who merely decidedly favor reform for tae present decided reformers at no very distant ume. A sectarian division need not be feared. Life itself reforms and docs its work, though tts in- fluence makes itself felt quite unconscionsly, and an increase of popular majoritica witli carry dovision to undecided minds. It is true Judaism las ove great battle to fight, the battio which lasts already vhousands of ; bus in this batede it is allied with the forces which Civilization has brought into the field. Only in close and intimate connection with tho revelations of arts, sciences, beorpeaep MM and ex- tendsd commumecation beiwecn the different peo- pies can Judaism hope to bring it to a successful @nd glorious issue. As long a& prejudices divide man, as long as religions exist that carry aloft tue arrogaut Standard of tnfaliibility, as long as reason is defled by absurd doctrines, a8 long as barrie are ariificially kept up between beings crea tod spiritally in the image of God, Juda- jam will do battle by its silent existence, by energetic protestations, by furnishing light from the reservolr of ita past, bj unflinching te- Dacity with which the Orthodox and the Keiormer, the Polish and the German, the Frouch and the Eng- lush Jew, will ever proclaim in life aad lisp with his ae Aas “Heat, U Israel, the Lord our God ts oue oa A Freoch Monk on Protestantism and Ju- daism. Pater Hyacinth, one of the most eloquent of modern preachers, 18 reported to have sald, i a dis- course delivered on the 24th of Juue, at Paris, before the Ligue permanente et internationale de la Paix, where also the Chief Rabbi of France, M. Isidore, was present, the following remarkable words:— ‘Thore are three religions which govern the World, and which are equal before God—the Jewish religion, the Catnolic religion and the Protestant religion.” Tho enthusiasm of the audience mantfested ttseif by thunderiug applause, The voice of @ young man was heard saying, “Sais ia blasphemy; @ monk dare not speak 60.” The audience again applauded the Cxtholto pater. This incident causes La Réyorme wo clie the sentence of the Kg hg a 'Hassidé oumoth Haolam yesh tahoe ‘heiek tam habbva;" which, translated, means the righteous of all nations will share the eternal bt oun fs ale World to come, The Figaro, copying fom rime, &dds;—“ This only con- F'} ab @ great many people have known long ago—that Juduism, excepting some local avd merely traditional ceremonies, Is one of the most rational Feligious systems whieh, humauity fas ever knowa,' Religtous Notes. Judge Jamoson rendered a decision at Chicago, on August 3, against the dissolution of the injunction against the Ecclesiastical Court. The attorneys on both sides of the case bad ® consultation immedi- ately after the opinion had been rendered, and tne counsel for the bishop requested leave to file an amended bill before the Supreme Court at the Sep- tember term, The Supreme Court will not reach a decision before January next, The Protestant Churchman says:—The expulsion of Rev. Crammoned Kennedy from 4 Baptist pulpit for hereay in preaching open communion is making the Baptists no little trouble, It is not sertied by an Ce that open communion ts a Baptist leresy. It seems that Dr. Wayland, a leading man among the Baptists in thie country, was an open commu: mi aga favor to the right of mq swedenborgian 1 peer paged lent lan nai some Aotice in Toronto Me reistion gy ous spiritdal experiences, Hoe declares he was taken up into heaven, which is divided toto zones Hts i aris Soe So RS? ead. Sas bkips on their bodies, and bears’ skins on thoir ct e Fide in chariots of ice drawa by horses without ts, The Evangelical Quarterly counts up the numbers of the Lutheran Church as 47,000, Of these 25,000,000 are in Protestant Germany, 8,000,000 in Prusala, 3,000,000 in Poland and Rusala,,1,000,000 tn the United States, and the rest scattered turough the rematnder of the civilized world. In the Grand Duchy of Baden the organization of Liberal Catholic Associations has begun for ‘‘ward- ing off ultramontane encroachments.” The assd- ciations demand the convocation of diocesan synbds, participation of laymen in the administra. tion fas A cee ea property, aud in the election ‘The administration of the Jewish community of Schwerin has just addressed an appeal to the yews of Mecklenburg in favor of the erection of a monu- rosie weuurete te the Uttara herd of the fed- e 10 Cquality Oo be hiious treots, 4 7 of members of ali re- ‘Ten young men graduated June 10 at the Auguata- na Sweausn Lutheran Theological Seminary, Paxton, Ill, The services Were mainly in Swedish. All but two of the young men have received calls. to gure gations, A new professor has just been from Sweden, ‘The Bishop of Ohio has notified the Rev, C. C. Tate that a new court will be drawn on the 17th of Aug- ust for his trial, The drawing will take piace in t Prec Fee [en Rw Columbus. No aew presentment has beep made. The Norwegians have inci so fast in this country that a Western publ! cate to 1gage @ large commentary on the New Testament in that Ue Among tho 50,000 Scandinavians who came thia yoar there are not probably four of their ministers, Tho Old School Presbyterian Committee on Systematic Benevolenge Propose, to assess their entire church membership et the rate of one cent a Sundays exce in order to raise $636,000, mat faecal etm isha ta nt that the rem jo rev! ) Ind, firat started in the frish Catholic church, where there seemed to be genuine con’ versions. ce tina giana PARIS FASHIONS. Fashion on Polttiva=The Latest Clerical Tole lew=The Heated Torm aud Religloa-Fore midable Hendgear—The Last Novelty—ie- noceat Travelling Pastime—Artistic Jow- elry-sometting” Now for Lady Bathers— Satanical Jokes Pane; dnig 34, 18006 Faabton has gone through a terribie aiternative of uncertainty daring the political crisis in high Ife, And no wonder, Her majority were all knocking “responsibility” about from one to anothes, aud who waa going to take the weight of budgets on himself? Thou her supporters went over to the ters parti, a kind of intermediate party is is welt for rulers to be shy of. Those who compose it are of the kind wno are seconds at duels, who separate husband and wife when there is a domestic exchange of crockery a€ each other’s heads, conciliatory, wo course, but aggravating. Theae things turned and tue centre gauche took the lead, Now evory one knows that the left centro—for this ls the correct translation—ia the heart of a body, and it imme- diately struck Fashion that saoh & leader withs ranting head would greatly complicate social rela. tions. All at once the right centre stands up, and it ts no sooner formed than people call it the wrong ono; but thore it was, with all the new Ministors im i Fortunately, as Fuahion observed, they aro. clert- cal, each naving a bishop to boast of im their nection, Consequently the reign of Jawa, [ta abso- lute sway hoa proved an unexpected avlac> to her. If we do look around us we shall Gnd to our sar- prige that the clergy have either set the preseas styles or they are following the fashions set by rarts Glégantes. The abbés have pliasé white loose tantca, lace over violet, lappets under the odin, the scares waistband aud ends, no crinoline and buokled shoes. Altogetuer Fashion ia reconctied to the reoonstruction of her cabinet, and it is nob her tault if fashionable churches at present hold no congregations worth talking of. Queen Isabella is at Lieppe with the male and (emate little Aawurias. Her absence from Parla churches would, of coarse, create a notable vacancy, Which will be filled up to the ocean’s brim by her phyatcal rotundity a3 soon as she dips in the sait element. Princess Clothilde and ber smiais family are at 8 Norman seaside station, Villora-sar- Mer, where Prince Napoleon has chosen a residence. ‘The following repartee from a duchess in church last Sunday shows that some pious ladies gre stut in this apandoned and tropical city, It was at the Madeleine—all the seats round the pulpit were en—Wwhen the duchess in question waded through rows aud rows of chairs to get bo Pie reserved place. mpeg aald ‘One of the flock, a very righteous, punctual, though slender, old maid:—When & worshipper is as tat as you are she ought to come to ehurch early, 80 a8 NOt to disturb the faithful.” “Ah,” replied the stows aristocrat, “do pray that I may get vuin, aad please let me pass.” ‘This ia the last piece of persuasion & eard in a holy place this soason, and from ecclest- astic souvenirs now turn to the army, on account of \heir hats, In afew moncos the extraordinary ve riety of uniform headgoar will be reduced to oue sliape, The shako, the klapsack, the high mui hat aud all the others will be stored away in.some museum as curiosities, The unique 1s to be a low something, cocked, of course, a comproniise between the low columns of civilians ‘and the hats of sergens de vilie, who are the pillars of tho State, It would greatly taculttate my literary labora tf alt ladies would wear the same shape, but this wee haa produced tnree for watering piaces and seasice departures. I must. say they are very pretty. Two are made of brown Holland or uabloached linen, ‘The rim round on6 ts of rice straw, the top part is of the linen platted on this rim, and quite in the cenire, on high a browa fatlie bow, a brown gauze veil is rolled round the rim. The second is still Jauntior, Lt ty all unbieached linen, without any straw, the toquet Shape. There 18 NO gatize Vell round tt, bute roll of fine masiin, edged with lace; on the top a bow of brown (maroon) and flowing ends of musiin and Yat- enciounes on the chiguon behind. They are both very appropriate, for in & bachelor’s opinion nothing cam be go hideous as agariand of flowers ona lady’ head in parks, plantations and chateau grounds. Tue mixture of tengerie on silk is, moreover, the great feature. On all the styled our fair are imitating the medi:val ones—siashes of lawn, pulls of lace peeping out of velvet and satin, Queen Bess ruffs, and anything flowing, of the unest cambric textures, But the third hat ig the plumed one—either a Valola or Malignant—white plumes aud black veivet, with rice straw, or rice straw and biue velvet with waite plumes are the most dashing. The Louis XVL. undervest is coming dowa very low under jerkins. It covers the agrippine and dips in iront, and is generally made of sattu. Wesuall goon be having this vest without any ovor be- dice, aud come to the , pure bawking styles of the sixteenth century. Two separate and dts- tinct styles are now battling for pre-emtneace, the gorgeous ideas renewed from tie fleid of the golden cloth and dairy maid pastorais. The simplicity tatked of as @ state comes more expensive thaucttner. Tae simplest costumes cost 1,000 fraucs, the sim- plest satlor collar and cuits are made ot buff cambric, edged with Malinca, Bruges or Cluny, end cost 300 francs the set. This new simple recherche has caused iadies to do away with their watches of enamel and goid, and invest funds in the now crys. tal de roche watches, They are watches aot in the centre of two round crystal balls, almost egg shape. They can be compared to the little wire contrivances in Which some ladies pat their sea before truscing it to swim about in the teapot. This watch bail hangs onasiiver chatelaime hook to the waistband, where it dangles the minutes away with indifference. The only advantage these watches have over others te that they are very dear and can be trodden upon without breaking, and can be toyed with, and can be squeezed without crushing, aud are certainiy uglier than any otuer yet Iuvented; but they are simpie, This word resumes everything. L do calt the new gentlemen's cui button simple, £00, if thas 13 synonymous with siliy, which it was in the days of simple Simon, whom uny of your readers may remember having last seen Carrying Water to hw mother ina hair-sieve. One gold button, as large a3 a small cicese plate, 19 covered with crystal, under which the rouge et noir roulette; the otver, {ts companion, contains under cryatal cover, three dice; a touch of the nail sets a littie hook go- img. and round turns the rouiette disk in unison with the other button, which, when touched, also sets one of the dice leaping somersaults; when both stop, the die on one cult shows a number, and either rouge or noir stands at the hook. Io this manner gentlemen can gamble in railway trains, in bed, at the café, anywhere, and set a new fashion besk The newest set of gold ornaments is the artist's pailet and brusies for brooch and earrings. ‘The pallet 13 of Etruscan gold, cach color set in circle round it isa gem; thus white ts a pearl, blue a tur- qloise, green an émerald, and go on, The brusbes through the thumb hole, held in a shcat are Upped with gems, The idea ts pretty, the ensemble very rich, The new jet ball diadem is much admired. Some prefer the Margue- Tite star to the balls. but both are pretty, been in the waving locks of the fair. The circle on whic they rise is invisible, and the ornaments appear as if hovering above, Tne bright fasbing luced oy fption on flexible fringes is not unlike the twin- tog of tars up above tue world so fair, lke w bee ig ye eb Sh aes mond, peach, salm< rose shades are the most remarked at the casinos; but of tucse io takin; new t their wives to these summer resorts. N future correspoudence, as the deputics are only Be Of aa tadleauz vivants were find that when they landed bristiing row of opera elled at them; the water dripping off their the latter clung #o tight to thelr figures that they stood like Eve in taloons, tf that can be pictured. The pied-a-terre haa veen tn- vented to avoid this anachronism. It is white Al- geclan and striped piece of thick drapery that ta rown over the naiads as yn a8 pop thet heads up; this is them by & eral friend, or rent, 80 tho hh has @ novel fe that of Moorish fair walking leasurely about with rippling locks behind, By the way, the new styie of wearing a veil 1s under the chin, not @ place Tshould have originated for a veil Crowd emipe po- litical circumstances. A gauze veil rolied in a short festoon on the neck 13 the new trimming for straw fanchons. The end hangs like # scarf on one aide. It is quite Oriental. Another Oriental item reverts to my memory. It came under my notice at one of the literary oxant~ {nations now carried op at the lyceums and ¢ol- leges, A young, titnld looking pupil sentup bis Greek version be revised before presentation te the jury now aitting on Greek roots, ‘What, sir,” shricked the master, “you spell Achate with a &. Is that what you are going to send up to the jury ? Not very Hellenio » air.” ‘Timid pupil looked abashed, but his younger brother spoke up for Lim. “He didn’s know he could send tho jury w any place with hell in It please, sir.”’ Excruciating, but may your readers forgive me, it i# no dreadiuily hot, THE WATIONAL EXPOSITION OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. To Tas EpiTor OF THE HERALD:— The Exposition National in Cordova (Argentine Republic) is to take place in the early part of next year, as already noticed in your valuable paper. It may be interesting to American manufacturers and inventors to loarn that agricnitural impiements wilt ‘ve admitted freo of du yok articles intended for this Exposition will conveyod to Cordova from Buenos Ayres at the arr? of the State, Im. formation wiil be {1 ed arties Interested om application to » F. DAVISON, Consul Gencral. TAIMORAPHIC BLUNDER.—By an unaccountable telegraphic.error & deapatch St. Louls on the 6th ro} nts Vice President Colfax aa tue reci tent @ complimentary sliver pitch from gamete of Bearer For the tro “aa rectly appears that that aia was ere, with @ sliver ore Le