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% U ROP The British Press on the Cuban Ques- | ¢ es’ Note, tion and Sick! GERMAN COMMERCE WITH NEW YORK. Italian Propagandism in the Hast and Russian futerests Towards Turk By mail from Barope we aye tno following spe- cial correspondence in valuable detail of cable tele- grams to the 19th of Beptember. As the Ecumenical Council! will meet in a short time in Rome, the ecclesiastical world is in a commotion, particularly coucerning the attitude which tho various European goveraments wil as- sume, The Paris Constitutionnel remarks that all eyes are fixed more especially on France, as the “frat of the great Catholic Powers,” and as the State whose determinations are called on, in the cir- cumstance, to exercise a marked influence on the decisions of the rest. The writer recommends that France abstain from taking part in the proceedings, saying:— If the Council should be induced to adopt resolu- tions encroaching on the codutry’s privileges, sucn #8 they are SL:pulaied iu che Concordat, then the gov- ernment Would evidently ve justified ta making use of the weapons waich the orgame articles forming @ portion of that couvention piace at Its disposition, Article three stat: “She decrees of foreign synods, even those of geueral councils, cannot be published im France bewre the government has examined their form, tuetr conformity with Ue laws, rights and iberties of toe French republic, and everything wihitonh by their publication could affect or disvurb the genoral tranquijiity.’’ That text, as is seen, 1s formal wad leaves no room for misauderstanding or contro- versy. 3 In the report of the English Committee of Counctl on Education for 1563-9 the Rey. J. Rice Byrne, one of her Mujesty’s Inspectors of Schools, recommends the government to take some steps with a view to improve tne system of spelling tn order to facilitate education, Among other rewarks Mr. Byrne has the fotlowing:— The diMicalties to be overcome tn teaching spelling can scarce yy ne vverrated. Most of them ate Lusep- arable from tie very are of English spelling as at present in use. Any suggestion, tb fore, shoud be welcumed whieh Would have tor 118 object to per- manently lighten the labor of the school teacher and Ciear away one O1 the most acrious impediments Lo the acquisition of elementary learning. A plan ts under consideration with the object of widening London Bridge by the oft-suggested mode of extending tne carriage way to the width of the bridge a3 it now stands, and forming footways upon cantilevers and brackets external to the road. Twenty-four feet (or more) might thus be added to the widih of the thoroughfare at a cost of £20,000, The present width of the road is only thirty-five feet, and thar of the footways nine feet cach. These Aimensions it is proposed to increase to fifty-three feet and twelve feet on each side respectively; so that the total width of the bridge would be seventy- Seven feet instead of fifry-turec feet. ENGLAND. Tho London Press on the Caban Question— Whar ts Said of the Sickios Notes—Nows- paper Misrepresentations—Isabolia’s Lnter= este—Should the Spanish Revolution Fail— Mortality Among Bishops—Tiie Wise Men in BasleSocialism and Its Advocates. LONDON, Sept. 16, 1869, The London journals are begiuning to discuss the critical state of the relations of Spain and the United ‘States, all founded on tie reports of General Sickles’ last despatch to the Cabinet of Madrid. Surprise more than censure is uttered at the sudden change oftone and cenduct on the part of our government, which has hitherto been 80 potens and moderate. These comments are natural enough, but quite unne- essary, for the simple reason that no such despatch as that attributed to General Sickles has been pre- sented. Our Minister at Madrid has reason know that he merely protested, in temperate language against the barbvarities committed in Cuba, which are @ scandal to Chris. tendom, and he further indulged in the expression of his opinion that unless the conduct of the ‘War was modified and the chances of Spain to evercome the rebelilon greatiy improved, our gov- ernment might deem it necessary to yield to the pressure of public opinion by granting belligerent rights to Cuba at an early day. There is nothing in this moderate statement of the case to justify the appreiensions expressed of serious dificulties be- tween us and Spain; but the exaggerated reports of General Sickles’ despatch have lea to these war- like demonstrations, The Paris correspondent of the London Times, who considers himself as something of an oracle on Spauish affairs, from having been one of Sir De Lacy Evans’ followers in the Carlist war of former years, writes that “there ts no doubt that the United States government demanas the abandonment of Cuba by Spain, and threateus, in case of refusal, Immediate recognition of the tn- surgents as belligerents,” This 1s higuiy exciting Intelligence, but totally untrue, as | have just stated. This misrepresentation of the Sickies despatch originated in Madrid, and was got up by the Zpoca newspaper, an organ of Isavella, simply wita a view to embarrass the Regency by stirriug up popu- lar feeling against any arrangement of the Cuvan question. These are good tactics, for the Cuban question, f badly manazed, may sure enough upset tho Regency wud bring about a chauge of goveru- ment. If the insurrection is not soon put down bankrupicy will overtake Spain, and the United States may throw aside neutrality. Now what chance is there of putting down the jnsurgents? The opportunity has been jost, and tie rebellion must in strength a3 it grows older, i, then, the tsiand lost to Spain the rage of the people Will vent ttself furiousty against the government which has been unable to save it, aud Serrano and Prim wiil have to retire and lide tucir diminished heads. So either ‘way, you See, the Regency are in a regular “fx.” ‘To keep tue isiand Li they can is ruin, and to lose it 18 ditto. Diplomacy may iind @ Wide chanuel of escape. Nous verror ‘The religious world of England is just now tna | 42 lively state of emotion at the sudden breakdown of nearly half @ dozen venerable but superannuatea Lord Bishops. Three have retired aliogetuer on coth- fortable peu#ions, as duly provided by Pariiameny. Auother one finds work at eéiglity-three rather tedious, and has calicd for assistance. The Bishop o Carksie is pronounced a confirmed tavaliad, The Bishop of Livchfeid bas overworked him-eif and has been iorced to lay up fora time. To this cousidera- bie lot of damaged high pricsis, if | may venture on NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. little common éenss was put down by the President: ta the most peremptory manner. He contented himself by declaring it was “an Infainous act of tyranny” to prevent lum from exXbressing bis opla- tons in becoming langtage. Tals was funny in & meeting called 0 lMAugarate the freedom of la_or. One of {ho fexolutions irst passed, for the Congress Caliba, is sul hatobing, reads to the effect that Society has a rigutto abolish mdividual property in the soul,” What wii the owners oF real estate In New York say to this agraman doctrine? It is enough to prevent W, B. Astor sieeping for a week. But the next resolution that foliowed this 1 stil more starting. 1: was voted, almost unanimously, that “it was necessary to proceed to the immediate abolition of such property.’ [ would respectiully advise the unfortunate possessor of real estate in New York fe Belt Out forthwith, for if the fifiy-four delegates of the Swiss asse aplage, aligs Congress, é i set to work to carry out Cuese formidable reso- ons What will become of town lots ana gountry at? 1 thiok it mugé be pretty evident, judging om vhese unequivocal spectinens of theit poiirteat at these representatives of the work- uof Burope and America, and I suppose tho ‘ ch Islands, are neither more nor 1e3s tian 80 many diseiples of the French school of communtsin of which the dead and gone Prudhon was the wht- jom apostle, He enunciated as the corner-stone of his creed that “ail property was theft''—la pro- prieté est le vol. Consequently, everybody’ who had none had the right to steal it from those who had acquired it, These views, however captivatiug, are no longer very original; ior Prudhon, Lous Blanc, and a whole bevy of French communists aud lunatics have been trading on them and seeking to cajole the lazy und thoughtless into sdopsing tnen. It was by suck iidiculous theories that Louls Blanc foated upon the revolution of 18ds, aud his short- lived success 1s cleariy an encouragement to the lot of refugees who are figuring im the Labor Cou- gress at Basle, One of them declares “we must get power in our hands, aud then we will give the world anew organization altogether.” Tnen, I suppose, will come tie millennium, when there will be uelther “buying nor seiling,’’ but simple, honest stealing, Another weil-meaning orator pleasantly suggests that “workmen must arrive at dominion through revolution; they must overthrow everytuing existing.” ‘This covers the whole ground and no mistake. if this is asample of the doctrines of the Work- ingmen’s Assocation of . urope it is high time we should stop our foreign emigration, for li these grab all geatry come over to the United States and set to work to mae good their conscientious conclusions on the subject of property we sball seon lose the glory of producing such men as Vanderbilt, Astor and Marsaal 0. Roberts, Ehave not yet discovered if the Brie Ratiroad was represen to the Basle conclave, but if not, why not? Progress of Aristocratlo Defection from tho Turt, LONDON, Sept. 11, 1869. It appears that we are to lose [ruin the ranks of the aristocratic supporters of the turf Lora Rosebery, Who joined them very recently, We has been insulted into a determination to retire by @ letter which, under the signature of “A British Sports. man,” appeared in tse Telegraph. His lordship ran, it 18 said, at Stockton a worthless animal called Mayela, which the public considere! a good one, and whom they backed so persistently for her race thatshe became first favorite. On its being seen that her party did not support her, and gave tueir money aud confidence to auotier candidate, she relred In the betting, to the great disvust and anger other backers, The reporter of a sporting paper, who had perhaps been ‘bit’ himself, gave currency to the suspicion—a perfectly groundicss one—that the filly had been “worked” in the market and “pulled in the race, The “British Sportsman’? therefore inserted his finger in the ple, and with much display of virtuous lndignation called oa Lord Rosebery to let the public know whether he had or had not “pulied”’ his filly—that is to say, whether he was or was not a blackleg. Tis loraship was foolish enough to take notice of this letter, and replied that he had never tn lis life run a horse except with the ovject of winning. He added that “he doubted the wisdom of entering on @ pursuit in which such statements {as those on which the “British Sportsman” based his communt- cation) could be made aud believed.” The hint here throwh out has been followed speedily by the announcement of Lord Rosevery’s retirement, The Byron Scandal~Reply to Dr. Winslow. To THe EpiTor or Tag LONDON STANDARD:— The courteous letter of Dr. Forbes Winslow, which appears in your imsue of Monday, calis fora few brief comments. Tae word “haitactuation’ Was not applied to Lady Byron’s stave of mmd in the strict sense attached to it by Dr. Winslow as he expresses it, “the psychological acceptation of the pirase, an insane halluematicn.” surely people may entertain haliucinations without its being pos- stole to pronounce them insane, Dr, Winslow ay “Tt is quite inconsistent with the theory of Lady Byron’s insanity to imagine that her delusion was restricted to the idea of her hus- band’s naving committed incest.’” Exactly the con- trary. It would be quite consistent to suppose that Lady Byron Was tusane on that cue solv point, if insanity were cliarged at all. Dut itisnot. It was not an “insane” haliuctnation which suggested that particular belief. It was an hullucination of a less defined, but more perilous sort, which suggested it and all ovher beliets on the subject. Therefore, when Dr. Winslow says, in another part of nis letter, “Neither Is tt consistent with experience to suppose that if Lady Byron had been a monomaniac her state of disordered understanding would have been restricted to one hallucination,” our agreement be- comes closer, at least as far as facts are concerned, Her monomania on the subject of her husband was not confined to one naliucivation, It pervaded the entire matter, a3 has been abundantly proved during the past fortmght, More than that. If Dr. Winsiow will reter to Mr. Wiliam Howitt's letter, whicn appeared tn the Daily Neos the same day his own Was published in your columns, he will read that dy Byron wrote a series of letters containing heavy Charges not only against her own husband, ‘but against her owo daughcer.’? The opinion of Dr, Winslow is the opinion of an expert, aud should be treated with all respect. But he should remember tuat though t has been his special lot to be consulted about the confessedly in- sane, It is the lot of non-professional peopie to have experience of others who, unhappily fatiing short of, that condition, do Infinitely more mischief by their “hallucmations” than if they could ve authorita- tively pronounced irresponsibie @nd suwomarily en- forced to cease from troubling society with thelr un- controllable tongues. This, a8 applied to Lady By- ron, may, to Dr, Winslow, possibiy seem wanting in scientific precision, To mea of the world, however, it will possibly appear as avounding in charity, THE WRITER of the “Vindication of Lord Byron.” Australian Mission to the Englist Sporting ON, Sept. 11, 1869, Au attempt las been made during the past week to uu ain great cricketers and pedestrians tere to Wy @ season in Australia.. A gentleman named Stoosrmith, acting on behalfof Mr. J. Coppin, lessee of the Melbourne theatre and one of the chief antipodean evers {or public amusement, came over to make arrangements for an “eleven,” He concluded a provisional bargain with the Northern men—A. Shaw, T. mett, J. Rowbotham, J. Smith, W. Oscroft aud Atkinson; but the affalr fell through owing to his being unable to come to terms with the Southern prosessionuis—lupp, Humphrey, Pooley, Southerton and Willsher, or with the great 5, Messrs. W. 3. and G. F. Grace. His offer was filly pounds down now, filly when they had | concluded hal{of the engagement of six months, | and fifty at the end of the whole, or $600 aitogether aud first class passage, The Southern men turned up their noses at the proposal, and Mr. W. S. Grace coolly et that he would go tov £500 or $2,000. Mr. Shoosmith las, however, arranged with three s’—Frank Hewitt, the celebrated runner; Aibert Bird, the young and rising runner, an George Topley, the great walker, who has just Suc an appellation, must be added the siti more | Teturned from America. Each 1s to receive £100, or serious event of the deuth of the Bishop of salisbury. It almost looks as if the rude things in the vote lately given by Parliament to the Churca of Enginad to overthrowing her ascendancy 1a Ireland liad ope- rated so injuriously on Lie nerves of te very aged bench of Bishops as to kili one outright avd jay several others on thetr backs, I suppose the goy- erament will not be as sorry as they ought to be at so large a slice of clerical patronage failing into thoir hands, Idare say there will be no difleuity to finding candidates enough for the vacant secs, To say nothing of a seat im the House of Lords aud high social rank, the rich emoiumenis attached ren- der an English Bishopric about as good a thing as can be found in the whole range oi fat giftsin the hands of this or avy government, Any man who is lucky enough to occupy a bishop's palace in England cannot be said to have served the Lord for nothing, To be ‘sure, if we read over the catalogue of duties o bishop may be called on to perform and whicl contemporary has undertaken to chronicle, a sensivie man would taluk twice before he ventured on the job. For instance, says the organ ir question, “Why should a bisiop preach woveral new sermons a@ week; why sbould he under- take tho mauagement of several colleges aud schools; why siould he be found everywhere, at public meetings, dinners, soirees and hg deg (@readfui work); why should he ve writing books and addicting himseli to special studies out of his auty; why should he atvempt to wriie fifty letters a day; why slould he attempt more contrmations than are compatible with human strength? The truth ia the work is great, but the pabile ex. pects more, and the viehops insist on doing more than is expected.” ‘Vhs may bo considere} by some an appaliiug accumulation of labor; but a good deal of it is rather pleasant if not easy; but 1 ven- ture to say the man In the White House at Washing- von through more Work of mina and body m a wi than the most saintiy of Eng ish bisuopain a Ufetire he 16 not lialf a8 well paid ‘or {t, besides ie whack of being thrown out of enpo}ment at ond ofa paltry four years, Whereas your s\eck bishop ts a Inga, Go to, there are sundry people tn this work: day world covsiderably more to be pitied thana Lord Bishop of the Church of Englant. ‘You know, of course, the Congress of the Interna Workmen's Association assen)bied last week at in Switzeriand, and jam sorry to say their were hardiy more harmoutous or dig- than th which distinguished the assembiy the same lately im Philadelphia There was a good deal of uproar and ooniu- pion, and one of the delegutes who ven red upon the bold attempt tw talk ered for iife on reviiy &pieucid pick. | few factiities for business, 2400, With second class passage. GERMANY. Steant Liue Projects for More Direct Trade with New York--The Port of Stettin—Com- merce to the United States—Exports and Imports trom the Baltic. SPRTTIN, Sept. 1, 1869. For years ana years the capitalists of Stettin have been talking about dixect communication with New York, but their conferees have never resulted in any practical effecta, The plieged dangers of navi- gation between the coasts of Sweden and Denmark, the islands and the banks, the fact that the Oder will not allow tly ascent of first class = steamers ass far | AS SIC tn, and, above all, the reluctancd8 which Persons accustomed solely to routine nian,fest iu engaging in something out of the usual Iie, were sufficient causes to prevent any active Measures being taken to bring about what was ad- mitted on all Landa to be a general good. An Amert- can company has now taken the matter in hand, and the steamship Fulton, touching at Copenhagen, is expected to arrive at Swinnemunde early next month, and is advertised to sail for New York on the 10. prox, Swinnemunde ia situated at the mouth of tne Oder, ou the Ballic, ebont four hours from Stettin by steamer, The principal place of business of the company will be Stettin, Swinnemunde itssit, though possessing aa excellent narbor, affording For this reason freight and passengers will, for the most part, be forwarded from here—Stettin—which 14 not only the chief com- | merelal centre of the provinces bordering on the Bal- tle, but by its location, natural advantages and rail- road connections, ts said to offer the nearest, best and cheapest outlet to the principal ports and markets of the world for the greater part, both of the North German Confederation and the Austrian possessions. Take tho map of Germany and divide equally tug dig- { tance between Stettin and the nearest rival port— | Hamburg—and the lice will falla Uitte west of tho thirtieth meridian, Extend this line due north and souto and the greater part of Prussia and Saxony, with the whole of the Austrian empire, with the exception of an inconsideraglo fraction bordering on Switzerland, will lie On the eastern side, Within tus boundary ure embraced the cities of Berlin, Lotpsio, Dresden, Franklort-on- tne-Oder, Posen, Breslau Prague and the vast mineral ‘sources, not to speak of the fine fabrics of Silesia @nd Bohemia. In addition to this, with alrect com- munication with New York, the Baitic ports, Memel, Keontgsderg and Dantzic would contripate their shave to swell (ho bulk of imports and exports in American bottoms, It is @ disagreeable fact, but one which the monthly report of (he Deputy Spectal Commission of the Revenue, tn charge of the Bureau of Statis- tics, shows to be true, that for the ‘no ending Faacol Pl, 186% Chere were imported {nto the United States from the North Germah Confederation wares to tho valuo of $951,248, Of theso wares were im- ported throngh the ports of England aloue $775,792; througa the ports of France, Bel- gium, Holland, Bremen and Hamburg, $175,- 43. Thus irom England alone nearly five times as muca as from all other ports together, For the transportation Lo Mngland, of course, foreign bot- toms were exclustvely employed; and as the report above referred to further shows that during the warter eadiag December 31, 1868, the number of oreign vessels envering American ports were in proportion to American yessei8 ag two 1s to one, we imay sately conclude that English ships had by far the greater share of the transportation to the United States, Glance & moment at some of the commercial sta- tistics of the Baltic ports, of interest to American merchants and spip owners. [a the port of Memel, for the year 1807, when trade was depressed, owing to the war of the previous year, there were en- tored:—Vessels, 980; tounage, 2i2,858—of these tn ballast 497; tonnage, 95,244, The value of tunports, $2,121,800; the value of exports, $5,754,210, In the poréof Dantsto (we take 1865 as more fa- vorabie tor trade) there were imported:—Cotton, 5,064 centner; guano, 11,024 centner; rosin, 4,767 cantner; petroleum, 4,208 centner; rice, 14,922 cent her leaf tovacco, 2,364 centner; var and pitch, 17,221 oentner, There were entered this year at this port of freighted vessels, 1,365; tonnage, 338,328; in ballast, 1,830; tonnage, 145,430, Total value of tmports, a ied rhts.; total value of exports, 20,352,408 rhts. One Amorican vessel, with a tonnage of 257, arrived at this port daring the year, For tho same year at the port of Koenigsberg we note as follows:—vessels arrived, 1,603; tonnage, 228,882; of these in pailast, 310; tonnage, 29,438, We note no vessel sailing under the American eae eight vessels from American ports with petro- eum. The tmports during thts pertod were as follows:— Rice, 66,270 centner; petroleum, 63,357; other ols, including turpentine, 36,868; tobacco, 30,134; rubber and gutta percha wares, 424; tar, pitca, aspfaicine, 17,819; cotton, 60,947; guano, 2,430; rosin, 2,403. Total value of exports, 83,808,150 rats. ; total value of imports, 47,951,500 rhts. in the port of Stettin we note the following for 186: ntered sea going sailing vessels frelghted, 2,543; tonnage, 854,278; in ballast, 763; tonnage, 40,020; entered sea going steamers freighted, 843; tonnage, 263,962; in ballast, 79; tonuage, 10,204; American vessels, 4; tonnage, 1,896. Some of the imports in stettin during this period were the following:— . Cotton, 68,145 centner, value 2,725,800 rhts. ; guano, 125,637 contner, vaiue 125,567 rits.; gutta percha, 2,870 centner, value 47,400 rhts,; rice, 152,210 centuer, value 925,470 rhts.; tobacco, 2,807 centner, value 224,550 rhts.; cotton seed oil 2,563 centner, value 41,000 rhts,; petroleum, 202,804 centner, value 1,539,628 rbts.; tar, pitch, rosin, min. oll, 166,755 centner, value 416,463 rhts, ‘The principal articles of export from these ports are grain, lumber and live siock, With tne excep- tion of the coasting trade the lion's share falls to England. Her tron steamers are gradually monopo- lizing the Baltic, and the owners of sailing vessels are coming to grief in a corresponding ratio. 1 have not the means of ascertalning accurately the number of emigrants to the United States for any given period forthe country bordering on the Battic and the vast territory lying south and east, witch finds Stettin its nearest outlet. It is be- Ueved, however, that the number is equal, if not greater, than the number from the same amount o1 territory in any ovner part of Germany. ‘The pros- pects of success in the attempt to establish direct steam communication betweea New York and the Baltic are favorable, Whether this is accomplished by American enterprise or not it will at least be ac- complished somehow @nd some way. But our national pride would certainly be gratified to see this acuievement added to the conyuosts of American enterprise, AUSTRIA. Internal Struggles, Political and Ethnelogi-+ cal—Hungurian Influence-On the Daunbe— Bohemian Interests—Premier Beust’s Posi- tion and the Reliious Queatian—Advics ta the Pope. ViRNNA, Sept. 15, 1869, Austria at the present time is full of interest for the observer who comes prepared to see what is passing in this empire of many nations, tongues and religions. It must be more pieasant, however, for an observer than for one who takes part tn political affairs, unless he be a Hungarian, These energetic descendants of the followers of Attilla and Arpad are just now having their own way tn this double- headed monarchy. Bishop Berkley’s saytnug with regard to America has no application here; for the star of empire on the Danube eastward takes its way, and not westward, as tn our case, Vienna, 80 long the Kaltser Stadt, the tmpe- rial residence of the chief of the Holy Roman Kmpire, is now second in tmportance to Pesth, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. How long this position may be matntaiued is another question, Many of the Viennese assert that tne Mungarians are now enjoying but a short-lived grandeur; that they occupy a dizzy height, which they are destined to fall from soon. How that may be I, of course, do not know, I should say, however, that if the Hungarians can manage to satisfy the different populations in their own part of the monarchy it will be very hard to deprive them oftheir position without destroying the present constitution, It must be said that so far Pesth has succeeded better than Vienna, in carrying out the part allotted to her. With the ex- ception of the Germans and the Grand Duchy, allthe populations of Ots-Lithuania, or the haifor the empire assigned to Vienna, are more or less dissatisded and in open opposition to the present government, Prague is at swords’ points with Vienng, and the Bohemians refuse to send ther delegates to Pariia- ment. ‘The consequence of this is that in the late session of the delegates in Vienna the Hungarians carried ail their pet measures, with a majority in some cases of two to one. Ido not see how tnis can be remedied until Bohemia can be #0 satisfied as to take parc and act with the German Austrians, While the Bohomians stand aloof and the Poles are more or less in the opposition Vienna is paralyzed and Pesth becomes the real capital of Austria, at least for the time being. How much this is felt here 13 illustrated by the answer of a non- Hungarian delegate and friend of Count Beust to a question which [ asked him, as to which was the best piace to study Anstrian politics. He answered Pesth. “The men of Pesth,’” sald he, “command the postion, Ta the meanwhile the mevement of the nattonal ry in Bohermta is very decided, and | cannot but (think that the only wise course for the government to take would be to come to an understanding with nem, Count Beusi’s position is really @ very dificnit one, and of such @ character as to render it alMoult for bim to enter into a paper or any other kind of war with his great rival, the North German Chan- cellor, Austria has succeeded so well in carryin out her jamous policy of “divide et impera’ that she has strengthened the national feeling among different races of the empire so that now —— unity is necessary it is not to be ob- ained. Nothing tg more indicative of the change in Aus- tria than the religioua question here, and really neither adherents nor egg of the government can refuse to acknowledge that great firmness hag been suown tn bringing about relations between the Church and State which are more iu accordance with the enlightened spirit of the present century. In the Devele of to-day is an article concerning the meeting of German bishops at Fulda, which is worth, it seems to me, translation, I give the aub stance of it. Speaking of uw deciaration made by the bishops tt remarka:— We consider thie announcement as ortant, since it Is the fat in which a lai Ma Ag ae rge division of the Kpiscopate gives fe think that this message ults at Rome. The mea- y! ~ power of Sesig. "my whieh wad and thinks to pine, “HoUld acquire ike ancient posith Rome, re contends, ‘The Counch, say ti any t! cannot the menen, “sow doctrine, contained nelther in the Hely serio. ae c tradition. The tufallioility of the Pope ew doctrine, and therefore is not, accord: rogramme for petter opinion of ti ‘modern \tan, The Council would Le auch ® Counel}. The ing to the bishop . © Gerwan bishops Hate he eSylabus. In thew nounced as works OF Y, M Fralda pro. claima the principle that inne doctrine which ie in contradfgts."®. With tho righte of the State atence and freedom.» VOWink as wa do in Cermany, wo doubt not tiatt.® eimatgs Bava jen would nok Be Oppored to Qty NOE thelr sees witl niendor of the taiddie ages, ‘Ley a tnhad that ‘s t thomeolres 40 tn.” en order of Uuings with beter grace than their collenyues (9 Austria. The German bisboys do not wish to take part to x Straggle in which wltramontaniam could not triumps, Sab Oped | become ridiculons forever. in France also i appeal w 8 iahops do not speak well of infall ch that it may be dropped cil. The Syllabus and ti ity. The queytign before the opening of ths (eal can ‘are no betters their voices in ‘of the Uebopa. ny ops cannot come to cil 14 dowd before {tim In Bohewia a number of mee have addressed a letter to the Pope in which they advise that the doctrine of infaliibility shonid not be proclaimed. ‘They state as their opinion that tt can do but bara, | now stan] no new adherents wonld be obtained, while many Catiolics would have thely (alta greatly tried by a similar doctrine, ITALY. Tarin fa Metropolitana Declino—Sitk and the Sitl Texade—Visie to tho Factorios=“Lducas tlon” of Silk Woeormse—Spleudid Fabrice— Monarckism and Immorality. TuRIN, August 20, 1869, For the last five years this city has been very much like Rachel weeptng for her children, because they were no more. Turin weeps because it 1s no longer a capital, the seat of government having been traus- ferred to Florence in 1864, The indignation created here on that occurionce vented tiself in a bloody butchery between citizens and troops in the streets; since then 1t has been displayed in more peaceful ways, but has never been uprooted, The constant talk in all circles, high and low, is still about “the removal’’—the blighttag of all the city’s well earned honors, high aspirations and commercial welfare, They all unanimously believe and say—had Cavour lived (his thing would not have been done! And tt dogs not appear at all improbable io those who were intimately acquainted with the disposition of that Hlustrious statesman that he would have violently opposed the diminution of Piedmont, which, after all, Was instrumental in creating the new kingdom of Ivaly, In truth, up to 1304 the cltly was making rapid progress—fourishing; new streets, squares, and handsome buildings had been consiructed, and the place drew an importance from court, aristoc- racy and foreigners that 1s gone forevermore, It is now an uninteresting town of the provinces—dreaa- ful word, the provincos—while Florence, the city of one vast gallery, holds the royal sceptre. Withal the commercial achvity here- abouts has somewhat recovered of late, and the peo- ple are calculating largely upon the benefits of Mont Ceni’s tunnel when opened. Turin 18 still unique in certain of 1s speciaities—in its vermouth, choco- late grissini bread and “Fiorio"” kid gloves, while Piedmont bears the palm over all countries for the growth of silk, and, above ali the other Italian provinces, can boast of better wines, more manu- Tactures, and a healther and stronger population. Sik ts the great product and speciality of the country. The Piedimontese sk, on account of greater Strength and elasticity of quality, ia preferred above any other, especially in Hate end is 80 esteemed at Lyons and in Londoa, whither the bulk of tne crops ig yearly sent. ‘The origin of silk here 18 due to the {portation of the seed from Japan by various en- terprising societies. The crop for Piedmont (for- merly Sardinia) was this year sold for 45,944,455 trancs; last year it brought 45,527,626 francs, The aes sitk factories of Piedwont are at Caselle, uriasco, SavigNano, Verzuolo, Villanovetra, Pine- rolo, Colegno, Allesano, Bra. Desirous of witness- ing in person the various preparations and opera- tions of the silk manafacture, f left Turin the other day bound for Caselie, the principal site and avout @ haif hours ride by rail. in this tour of in- spection, I was expressly accompanied by Mr. Louis Dupre, a banker of Turin, who has the largest factory at the place, and who, being a warn aduirer of America and everything Aimeri- can (as I may say 13 the case of all jtalians) scemed very desirous of granting me every possib.e facility ot information, 1 was not surprised to Nnd him aw Jatt with regard to the reputation and imiuence of the [LSRALD, of which he 1s @ consiant reader, for I have not yet been in any Europeaad country or city where the HEALD dues not have its regular circuia- fion. Bankers in tls cily carry on at the same time financial and silk transactions, the largest by far being the latter. At Mr. Dupre’s establishment, the most extensive one visited, 1 witnessed the ‘edu- @ation” of the silk-worms, the gathering of the threads from tne cocoons and their final refining and arrangement for weaving into those costly fabrics which go delight the eyes and hearts of fair ladies and brave geatlemen ail the world over, and which cause 80 mach detriment at times to the cotton pockets of the sterner sex, This establishment has 600 workers, principally women and small girls, « What is called the ‘education of suk worms’? is not only an exacting and delicate operation, but ottentunes @ very risky financial ivestment, such are the liabilities of failure before su at- tained. The seed or germ of the worms ts placed on floors in large chambers, where the atmosphere 13 kept at a uniiorm heat of sixty degrees. Over the seed are spread light layers of mulberry leaves (the indispensable and tructitying nourishment) in the month of May; the seed in forty days develops into 80 Many worms, and during the last eight daya the cocoons, or silk balla, are formed. The whole silk Making business, from first to last, is perforthed tn doors, The cocoons, once formed, are gathered in large baskets and (hen assorted, according to color Oty, inte amullor baskets by wonsom ox; and qu porta appolntea ad hoc, The three principal colors are white, green and yellow, Witn all the consequent nades of those colors. Afier remaining under a quick heat, to harden the shells and destroy the worm inside, during twenty minutes, or three hours, accoraing to quality, the cocoons are then spread out in rooms for ventilation. From these coconniéres they are passed ac will into the department where the silk thread is drawn from the siiell, La this de- partment, which 1g called the lature, 120 peasant women and girls were steadily at work. ‘The scence was truly picturesque. The little girls were jumping up and down on one foot on peddles to turn the spindles, while the women drew off the fine thread and attached them to the threadbearers to be wound. Mavy of them pre- seuted the beautifal Italian type, prettily shaped, black brigat eyed, and all graceful, merry and sing- ing. They all sing i chorus at times, and very well, for they are Italians, In this department steam power is stili absent, hence the resort to the human muscies. The cocoons being put into small basins are subjected to botling water during afew minutes, when the threads by single skein, gossamer-like, almost imperceptible to the eye, such is their fineness, are drawn through delicate porcelain hooks on to spindles, until there remains of the original cocoon, which is very much ike @ peanut in shape and size, nothing but the thinnest possible skeleton. The larger or double Cocoons aiford suk of the more inferior quality, which is woven into foulards. The single ones are the best, and vary from the size of a peanut to that of a par- tridge egg. When removed from the spindles of tue thread drawing process the threads are untaugled by winding upon bobins or Jarge spools; from the latter they pass to other spools tor the cleansing and regularization of tae threads. During this operation oniy one thread is wound, in order to secure elas- Ucity and tension, On éther spools the threads are next wound by two thread) at a time on spindles, when the two are twisted together, whereupon the whole skein of threads so made 1s twisted Into maveaua, or large skeins, ready for the great weaving faciories of Lyons, which turn them out into moire antique, im- peratrice, Lyon, foulards, &c,, of every shade and shape, So much for the dance of luxury. The say- ing here is that ‘cocoons clothe cocoites.” The silk sent irom here is also employed in the fabrication of the best and costliest veivets sent out from Lyons. When one views the tedious F evne of preparation which the growth and manufacture of silks require itis not astonishing to watch the eagerness wit which all these people inquire at given moments acout the prospects of the silk crop, ils quality, quantity and market rates, In regard to politica things are quite stagnant, Menabres holds his own, but thatis all. He 1s not at all popular, nor indeed have any of the ministers been so since Cavour’s death, They are ali roundiy complained of; all have been abused. The general outcry is against the large ar maintained, the squandering of the finances and the truckling to France. Every morning the newspapers prociaim that the French Emperor rules tn Italy, Victor Em- manuel is regarded a8 a canaglia—a “dough f head and heart—receiving 20,000,000 francs from the State, stealing another 20,000,000, and contracting 20,000,000 more of debts, all yearly.” His debts! that is par excellence the theme for gossiping. His an 18 no longer honored by the side of Cavour's; indeed, It no longer hangs where it was once cher ished, many declaring to the present writer that it would desecrate their mansions, Decidedly the royal house of Savoy needs another Cavour, Yet Italy manages to creep along; the misery does not eer to be very agonizing, but the rottenness ta ap- parent. It is Very clear that some time will have to elapse before this people and ecte become tm- proved in morals. The prevailing depravity and immorality in ali classes of society (which must al- ways be attributed to previons centuries of barbar- ism, Pppreseton, and ignorance) ts atl disgusting to behold, aithough Rice on the decline. Sights and Mi usages are found here which perhaps do not dim ihe civilization of any other country, At present the Parliament ts adjourned; but at the next session, if, indeed, not belore many days, tt 19 anticipated that a ministerial crisis will become a fact, when mapy believe that Ratazzi will assume the reins. Li¢ is looked upon as the most competent of all the public men; but he is freely reproached with indecision of character. At this time he is somewhat notorious for allowing himself to be drag- ged about by his clever, fanciful and self-indulgent Wife—the ci devant Madame de Solins—to the fash- jonable centres—Homburg, Wiesbaden, Biarritz and Baden Baden, where they are now temporarily so- ourning. RUSSIA. Progress of the Slaves—Voice of x Poypniar Leader=Turkish Policy and Projects=-Ause trian Diplomacy Towards Bosuin-Opinion of the Rule of the Saltan—Italian Propa= gandism in the Enst—T Czar, His Family and Subjects—The Religions Aspect, St. PaTERSBURG, August 25, 1969, I shall lose no time in completing the promised information on what is going on ta our kindred avoulan lands. The most interesting piece of | news is @ letter of the renowned Herzegovinian Surrectional leader, Lucas Vouklilovitch, to nis couieymen. Although Voukaloviich has retired from the fegne of his warilke exploits, and nas spent tht taal few Jenra io the south of Russia, in peacefal section, ti.8 Serbs of Herzegovina are tar froin rédignitig all ndp.’ Of #eelng their beloved ‘Thowe lucluned Fo DeneYe IM it 1H DeuOY® As waters | voRdiude Quce mare Lo thelr matHt ABA Al thelr wong re D, exertion to whonover the bour strikes for renews. shake off the ‘Turkish yoke, They con tupue, therefore, to look up to him and turn towards him in his retirement when- ever affairs look critical in their country, and every token of life the old veteran gives is e matter of excitement and suspicion to the Ottoman govern- mens, Who well Know that be has the province at lis beck, and that his word of command or bodily appearance would be the signal for an instant rising. And what would be the dnal result of such an occur- rence it Is not easy Lo calculate, though easy enough to forcaee, as all the hackneyed similes of treading on a volcano, walking over @ mine, watching a bar- rel of powder with @ lighted match at an incl's dia tance, &c,, would be rather wild tilustrations of the actual state Of things in those parts, with Bulgaria ina state of chronic exasperation, the independent Serbian principality gathering strength and nerve ever hour, nor covoealing what it wants them for, the Taérna Gdra (Montenegro) setting upagun and cannon manufactory, establishing a telegraph and high road from Cettigne to Pattaro, and purchasing rifes in Vienna; and, lastly, with even the Bosnian Mussulman, wavering between their allegiance to their Turkish patron's call and the daily more urgent call of biood and national kinship, ‘Tho letter of Voukaloviten is an auswer to one writ- ten to him by the leading men of his party, who, after stating the fears with which the obylous schomes of the Austro-Madyar government fill them on account of Bosnia and Herzegovina, bid him give them the benefit of his opinton on the case, The document, dated from, Odesse, in which he com- plies with his friends’ request, affords a striking instance of what a patriotic career of practical polt- tics and tnsurrectional oamp life can do in the way of polishing up the sound but untutored mind of a rough old soldier, who, if he can read and write readily, has surely not learned the accomplishment very early in life, and, very poasibly, bas gained some proficiency in tt only in the quiet letsure of his later mnie His views of political agencies and proba bilities, in g0 far ad they regard the favonian world, are singularly correct, clear- beaded, and devotd alike of bragging self-confl- dence and deapondging sadness, Me writes with the cool, quiet authority of one who has weighed many matters in his mind and has come to what he fully belteves to be a right understanding of them, and who is 80 sure of his cause'’s ultimate success, on grounds more solid than mere enthusiasm, that he can afford to watt for the right moment of making a spring for it, After some preliminary words of greeting to his friends, and of congratulation to them for having been delivered at length of their “ploodsucking tyrant, Osman Pacha,” and havin; come under the milder and more rational rulo of Sarphet Pacha, which happy result, he gratefully records, has been broucht about oy the kindly inter- cession of the Russian Minister at Constantinople, General Ignatiei, be goes on to explain in concise, Judicious and moderate terms that however the new decrees of the Sultan may answer the spirit of the age, they must of necessity remain @ dead let- ter, since they are contrary to the Koran, which, he says, ‘is @verytifiag to the Lurk; is what he rules by, judges by, lives by, and ought to die by—& power more paramount than the Sultan’s,” and Itkens the exertions of ‘ Turkey's fast friends and defenders” in order to metamor- phose her into © prosperous and well ordered coun- ty, to “attempt to turn black into white.” Then, passing on to the main subject of his friends’ un- easiness, he expresses himself thus:—*In rendering the veteran’s counsels and opinions in his own words, I shall try to preserve the old-fasuioned Knees of his style, which lends a sivgular charm and weightiness to his discourse, Concern- ing that of which you inform hag that our tuckleas country, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 13 be- come the theatre of foreiga politics and inwigues. It is said that Austria prepares for an armed occu- pation of Bosnia aad Herzegovina at the tirat convenient opportunity, It is well knowa that somebody proposed Bosnia and Herze- govina™ to Ausiria by way of compensation after she had lost Venice. You will ask me, is it possible that Austria shouid annex to herseif Bosnia and Hersexo vine without the peoplo’s leave? Lanswer you that on this part we never need bo afratd of anything. Remember our last insurrection, Austria stool somewhat higher then than she does now, and yet other Powers well disposed towards us said to her, “Take yourself away.’ Austria tas had her horns sawed down a bitin tho last war. ‘Tho German question Js not ended yet, Prassla, the ally and friond of great Russia, will rather maxe the remaining boundary lands which are necessary to the uniilcation of Germany; the Itallans also a Phat something or other to annex to their count 1s where lies Austria's sure; that is what si easy about, And when Prussia will have taken from her those boundary lands it must co Si tee peers tase trie, Rhiguteen mi! Hen Fem onan “Broctren “aad 3:000,000. of Roumans, tor the Madyars 1 will not mention, What, then, 18 the actual condition of Austriay Our brethren the Tchechs are striving with all their might to stand by their sacred rights; our brethren the Slavons in Carinthia and the ‘Germans are striving to throttle each other, The national party tn Croatia is between two fires; lastly, you have in he neighborhood our brethren the Croats In Dalmatia, ready to rush on the Italian party that are taking thelr alm at them—not those estimable froe- dom-loving Italians, but those Itatianizing knaves whom Austria 80 Greatly favors in order that 27,000 of them may lord it over 400,000 Serbo-Croats. How could Austria, under such circumstances, think of getting into her grasp Bosnia and Herzegovina? Austria knows well enough, even without stirring, What awalls her on the frontier of Galicia. Were Austria to come by a thought of erstep- ping the frontier of Bosnié and Herzego- vina days would be numbered.’ Aiter this shrewd political apergu, tending to demon- strate that bis people need not be afraid of Austria, the old leader eropoens to allay thelr fears of Madyar encroachments, “They have hardly had some reat,” he says; ‘Is 1t possible that they should be already preparing for conquest? That ts mere fancy. Ifthe Madyars have anything like political maturity they must stretch forth a brotherly hand to our people, renounce every kind of foreign polltica, which are not for them, aud fortify themselves in their own land. They can exist only if they main- bain a good underavanding with our people in the south, and they must do it, the more so as they have no kindred anywhere, and had better not rely on the Turks. Lastly, concerning what you told me," fur- ther continues the veteran, ‘namely, that the Roman and Lyons propaganda wre now more than ever at work in our unhappy country, know of this, and it 43 our greatest inisfortune, that which has ruined us and placed its beel upon gar necks; it exists even unto this tine, an leaves us no force to come to ourselves, ‘Thus it behooves every honest son and friend of our country to meditate. The poisonous evil must be uprooted in our native land. We must teach the people and prove to them that faith must make no aifference; that we are all Kinsmen speaking the same tongue. We must demonstrate even to our Mussulman brethren of Slavonic race that we are brethren of one biood, ‘This is your chief task, for witch you ate to strive, and the chielest of all is’ not to allow discord breeders to sow the evil seed in our Jand. Our iuture is beautiful; none more may darken it now. The Turkish government will dis- appear of itself; tt is creeping already to its final undoing, and tf tt had not until now supporters it would long have been gone, The friends of Turkey are growing scarce. ‘The free French people will not sacrifice one more soldier, one more penny for the support of the greatest villain, of shameful slavery and stupidiy. The ngiish states- men perceive that no foreign -aluance helps Turkey and that she mast die. ot Austria I will not even speok. Our great Russia, powerful Prussia and free italy will never aide with Turkey; they will always be on our aide. Stroug Servia, brave Tserna Gora, Roamanta, Greece and our still groaning people—these all suffice to conquer that which behooves to each. There is no need to fear any more; the day of our deliverance is not distant. We must strive in love and harmony, that the great day of our renovation may find ua ready, and God has are to us great Slavonic Russia and friends, so that our foes no longer can oppress us.” This noble letter produced a great impression on the minds of those to whom it was aduressed and who were giving themecives up to great anxiety on their country’s behalf. The impression was scarcely great, though in & different way, among the jocai Turkish authorities and the Turkish rulers generally. Precautionary measures were recurred to at once, and a meeting was held in Ragusa be- tween some Turkish grandees of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Turkish Consul General to concert measures against an {invasion of Voukhlovitch, which seems to be the next thing expected, It is clear, however, that such expecia- tions can be founded on their own fears only, by no means on the contents of tie letter, the whole pur- ort of which tends to slow tuat no Violent exertion 9 necded any longer to attain & purpose which is sure now to be brought about by the natural course of events. As to the old leader's hints about the dis- creditable underhand practices of the Italiavizing party ali along the Slavonic littoral of the Adriatic, Uhey are unfortunately but too well founded, Though the Slavonic ijnbabitants form the buik of tae population yet the Sialian element and spirit are sthong enough and represented by suMfcient numbers to breed nite ten and bitter antagonism between the two. Tita antagonism is by no means Of novel date; it is as old as the places themseives, every one of which, from tts very beginning, bag had and still hag two distinct names, ond Italian =a@pd the =6other = Slavonio, = Hagusa being knoWh to the f#layons only as Doub- roviik, Fiume only aa Rieka, &¢, (The same thing ia to be observed thronghout the Slavonic ¢ountrics subject to German rule, beginning from the lhumblest hamiet and ending with the proudest city, not one German name but tas it: genuine old Slavonic @ to correspond. Thus the real name of Lem- 4 in Galicla, 18 Lvoff; that of Agraw, in Croatia, is Zagrab; that of Netsatz ig Novay Sad, and #0 on.) This hostile spirit could not but be considerably en- hanced by the Italian propaganda Which hag, taja- diciously enough, been almost openly carr some Hing, and bas ied to several depl in some of the largest cities, as Trice Jateiy Sebenico, @ large port in Dalmatia, where au armed brawl took place between the inhabitants and the satlors of the italian man-of-war Monzambano. The respective Papers 14 other, each throwing the if ple, and, indeed, it ia af it to make any rly szuipaively roaponsivle where there Is hatred apd contempt on both aides. Only one word MOre BLUE Ihe Gid palrlyvs \gi¥or gud 1 Rave done. [t first appeared in one of the Jeading Serbian papers, which is not quite an tasigaiticant fact; for the regents, siace the accession of young Prince Milan, energetically set their faces against anything that could endanger peace, and it 1s the first time since the death of Prince Michael that an open hostile manifestation agaiust Turkey has found its way into the Serbian preas, Ih our own country nothing remarkable can be going on during this standstill period ef the year excepting tne usual imperial journey through Russia. The imperial family has divided into two travelling partios—tne Kmperor, with the Empress, their daughter and the younger ehlidren going to Livadia, in Crimea, via Kiel, and the Ozar- owiltch, with his wile and one of his brothers, Alexts Alexandravitch, having undertaxen a lengthy tour, of which @ steamboat progress along the Volga forms the prominent part. ‘The more we read and hear of the genuine enthusiasm, the joylul spontan- eous demonstrations whica everywhére meet the imperial travellers on their progress, the more the consideration forces \tself upon us how mug uote to the purpose such home journeys are, noqua atin thom with their own people, and kuitting the bon botween them even closer than those costly foreign tours which pring, neither honor nor profit, and which since the Berezofsky incident, are become subjects of Cyl icaee dislige, and most of all om the part of the people. ‘The Czarowitch and ns wife aro visiting schools, churches, poorhouses and every Kind of useful institutions on their way, entering into the local interesis with real concern and gen- erally ieaving substantial and long-to-be-remem- bered tokens of their passage, more especially to every institution, on however humble a scale, that ig likely to help in propagating Kussian national feoling and language among our fellow subjects of different race, In the victaity of Kazan they found & modest and unpretending private institution of this sort which more particularly attracted thetr attention and fullest pik erin mean tne school for the childrea of Christian Tartars, which owes ita existence solely to the untiring and lovii exertions of a few private men, Thoug! it is unfortunately litte known as yot, beyond its immediate sphere of benifloent action, it is of such very great importance for a con- siderable population that I Faay aot pass tt with @ mere mention, but feet bound to give you a short sketch of its origin and destination, It must be remembered that of 430,000 Tartars livmg in the government of Kazan scarcely one-tenth profess vbristianity, and these generally bisa to the oorer rural class. Having received baptism at dif- ferent periods, they are divided into two distinct categories, Christians of long standing and newly baptized ones, The former generally live in villages by themselves, not unfrequentiy in Russian ones; the new Christians live ia the same villages with the Mohammedans, who, having immensely the advantage of numbers over thom, exert @ great infuence on them, which, of course, is anytl but favorable to the moral improvement of people whose Christianity at best still sits loosely on then. Witness the numerous relapses Into Mohammedan- ism, against which ony administrative exertions must of necessity be utterly powerless. Good and learned men more and more camo to the percep. tion that nothing but a Christian education coula confirm the Tartar converts in their wavering faith, and some of them under the direction of a woll known professor of the Kazan Spiritual Academy, and with the valuable practical assistance of @ cer tain Timofelety, formerly @ Tartar peasant, now teacher, began thew work of love on a very sinall scale, and with very small means, about the year 1864, taking especial care to act on the female puptis, which answered the purpose best of all. When the Czarowiich and Czarovina visited ;the school the children read to them in Russian, intelligently ex- plaiming What they read, and saag ene to them with much teeling and ensemble, . Timoferet then explained his method and views, and told thetr Highnesses some interesting episodes of his mission- ary life, Their Highnesses on che same dav informed the authorities of their wish to co-operate to the useful labors by placing twenty pensioners at their own expense. Their co-operation will probably not stop there, however. IRELAND. Denth of the Primate of All Trotand, The Dundalk correspondent of the Zrish Times, Dublin, writing on the 16th of September reports as follows:— Tho Most Rey. Dr. Kieran, Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, expired last nigat at eleven o'clock at his residence, Forthul, about two miles om this towa, His Grace’s death was not unexpected. Tho Rey. Dr. Kieran was a native of Darver, near Castiebellingham, im the county Louth, After reoine: tho frst necessary rudiments of education he entered college, where bis diligence and talents soon raised him to the degree of Doctor of ap Having left college be returned to his native county aud oficiated a8 an ordained clergyman in we chapel of the small village of Louth Ho was shortly aiter appointed to a curacy in Newry, aud tera time spent there transferred to Drogiieda, where he remained @ curate for two years, from thence he was appointed to the charge of parish of Collon. In the year 1848 he was appoluted pariah pries; of Dundalk, in which position be re- mained for twenty years, On the death of Dr. Croly, Catholio Primate, in 1848, Dr. Kieran was put forward as a candidate for tne succession, but Dr. Dixon was elected. Dr. O'Hanlon and Dr. Kieran being respectively dig- nius and dignior. Dr. Dixon’s election was, how- ever, passed over, and Dr. Cullen sent from Rome as Primate, On the death of Archbishop Murray Dr. Cullen was translated to Dublin, and Dr. Dixon—it is supposed to make oP. for bis being passed over on the former occasion—was unaui- mously elected, and received the approval of Rome, ‘The decease of Dr. Dixon in 1863 rendered # new election necessary, and the candidates pul forward Mba Dr. i be ott Dr. Russell, or Mi nooth, an rehdeacg| lerusy, Ga ine “day Of choco the verlag, MEiee Dr. Kieran 28 votes, for Dr. Russell 24, and for Arohqpacon Tierney 4. The election was approved of by Kome, and in February, 1863, Dr. Kieran was consecrated in the Catholic cathedral of St, Patrick, Dundalk, by Cardinal Cullen, Dr, Kieran continued to reside in Dundalk; but shortly after bis elevation his Wealth began to decline, and for some time past it was apparent that sary wore nugoe till, to the last, he continued to dischatge the onerous re- sponsibilities of his high ofice. Dr. Kieran would seem to have hada ie eae of his spproaching dls solution, for it ts only a few weeks ago since made an appeal in favor of the Christian Brothera’ schools, lately established in this town through his exertions. His last words were:—‘‘And now, before Lconclade, for I am not able to say much, allow me to say a few words in reference to myself, It has pleased God to aMict me very much during the last two years, and uniess @ change takes piace, and that very shortly, | cannot hops to be with you long. Jndeed, I believe this will be the last time I will address you from this pulpit. Therefore, what L have satd you will receive as my dying request— God's blessing be upon you all,” FOREIGN MiSGEULANEDUS ITEMS, ‘The annual races hejd at Dorat, Auvergne, im France, did not come off this year, owing vo the fact of not a single horse appearing on the fleid. Since the foundation of the Prussian Bible Society in Berhin, in the year 1514, 1t has distributed upwards of 3,000,000 of copies of the Holy Scriptures, ‘The Caar of Russia has authorized the opening of subacriptions throughout the empire in ald of tho monument to be orecied to Humboldt in Berlin. At a cattlo fair recently held at Roche-Posay, France, 600 head of cattle proke loose, seriously injuring upwards of 180 persons, A suicidal manta fs raging tn the Prussian army, and in 9 few weeks, at the camp of Borna, near Leipale, fifty-four soldiers have put an ead to thete existence. - ‘The North German Lloyd Company has decided to open a line to (he West Indies, and are haying three new steam vessels bulit for that purpose in Greenock, Scotland, It is stated on good autiority that the E nperor of tho French has recommended the Minisier of Justice to jeave entire jatitude fo the French press, and not ng institute prosecutions unless serious 1cagons exis The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia narrowly escaped a serious accldent recently, while travelling from Oraniendaum to St. Petersburg by rail. The train ran off the track, killing the dilver and seriously wounding several passengers. A seminary has been founded near Berlin for tha education of preachera and teachers for the German emigrants tn North America. The eatablishment ts called the Sternenhanse (Siar House), atter the ban- her of the United States, It is reported that the Bishops of Russia have recetved a notice from the government of St, Peters- burg informing them that they are not to quit their peos uring the sitting of the Eoumentoal Counell ia ome, Prince Halim, son of Mehemet Alt, lately exiled by his nephew, the Viceroy of Egypt, bas received a firman from the Sultan authorizing his return to Bayt and returning t property Niegally contla- cated. ‘The canolization of the river Bag, tn South Rua. Sia, 18 about to be undertaken, between Olwiopol aud Wosnessensk, which will be @ most important advantage to the commerce and manufacwures of the country. One of the gnides of the Hotel do Ville, of Paria, while receatiy conducting a company of visitors through the building, expiatned the various patnt- ings ag he-proceeded, On arriving at the portrait of the Price Imperial he astonished hia visitora by caimeung, “And this is the portrait of Napoleon ve During the recent aiMeniiles existing In the Italian Cabinet the King Was frequently catled to Pioreace tu order fo smoot them over, Annoyed at these often-repeated interferences with his favor. te pasiime of sliooting, his Majesty angrily told hia imaters that woiess they could let tim be in peace he would soon sead them about their business and appoint afresh Ministry, Since then the Iralan journals sta.e that they have been “good boys,” The Independance Belge, reforring to General Prim, reports efforts to secure the co-operation of France and England towaras heiping Spain to retain Cuba, mentions that “The Washington Cabinet, in that affair, will act according to tho opinion of the peovle of the United States, and if should urge tae senoglticn Cay vivtie insurgents as Lipo rents, no suggestions arriving irom Wurope Will alop 40 aotion,"” - ‘