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"EUROPE. The British National Mareh | we to Democracy. fer Trish Agitation Against the English System of Coercion. Can a Kingdom Remain Enslaved in an Age of Civilization? Religious Revolutionism in Russia and Turkey. Onur special correspondence by the European mall ‘at this port embraces letters trom England, Ireland, Husgia and Turkey—as given underneath—which supply matter of the very highest tmportauce in re- gard to the existing situation of affairs in the Old World, ‘ ENGLAND. ‘The Popular Nach to Democracy—Sketches im Poriiament—trelund the Grand Diffie culty. Lonpow, April 1, 1870, IRELAND STOPS THE WAY. Toujours Ireland is as bad as toujours per drix. Such, at least, is beginning to be the opinion of a large proportion of the mempers of the British House of Commons. Ireland, still Ireland, always Ireland, ta the almost universal complaint; and some of the ‘Wiser among politicians are anxiously asking them- Selves when or where it is all to end. Legis- lation is at o standstill, on account of tho qgemands of the Emerald Isle. Nothing can be done—not a singie bill, however pressing, can be passed; even the vital question of education itself has had to be Jaid aside, in order to make laws for Ireland. Estimates, the Budget, mendations of the poor laws and all the essential Work of the session have been put out of the-way, and Parliament has even forgotten to vote the usual money forthe maintenance of the public services, English and Scotch members are beginning to grow! and lift up their voices in protest against such a state Of affairs. “Ireland,” they say, “takes up at least two-thirds of every session and we can get nothing done. Discontent and alsorder trouble us every year and engross our attention. Is there never to be anend to such a condition of things? Are we aways to be climbing up the climbing waye? Would tt not bo much better for us to give up the island altogether than be thus disquieted? Ireland for the Irisn has been the cry these many years, Per- haps it would have been better for us had we years ago recognized the clamor and resigned what we only hold at so costly a price.” So deep, mased, has this feeling latterly become—so strong is the dis- gust that has been awakened by tho present reign of terror in Ireland and the seeming hopelessness of all remediat measnres—that not a few Honorable members, I belleve, would pe found to vote for ® motion which wonld at once sever the conneciion between the two coun- tries, There are some gifts which are purchased at too dear a price, and ireland, in the estimation of not a few honorable representatives, is emphatically one ofthem, “Let them take the island and make what they like of it,’? is a sent(ment which I believe would find a very considerable ecno in the radical ranks were it seriousiy proposed by a Minister. The Whole Senatorial head 1s weary and the whole heart. sick with the present condition of affairs, and almost anything would be welcomed as a change. TIF COERCION BILL has for the time being thrust the Land bill entirely out ofsight. Murders, agrarian outrages, robberies, threatening letters, fires, seditious publications ana wile public demonstrations have compelled the gov- ernment at length to tpkg action, and more than a week has beén consumed in the arrabgeient of the provisions of the Peace Preservation act, which has been. hastily concocted in order to meet the gravity of the crisis, That it will do 80 no a dozen politicians on either side of the House really believe. From the time of the baitle of the Boyne downwards the English Legislature has been engaged year after year pass- ing insurrectionary acts, outrage punishment acts, matotenance of order acts, suspensions of the na- Deas corpus acts and others too numerous to men- Mon; and the evil, insteac of being remedied. seems to have spread wider and become more inteusitted, Such at least has been the pretty general confession during the depates on the present Coercion bill; and ‘the feeling is beginning to deepen that the only real way of mending matters will _be to improve Ireland altogether off the face of the earth, THE DISCUSSION of the bill has been upon the whole very tame and uninteresting. This bas arisen chiefly from the fact of there being no real opposition to the measure. Mr. Disraeli and his lieutenants are biding their time, and, seeing no opening just now in the minis- tertal harness, have reserved their shafts for a Tuture occasion, They are wise enough to see that if tna present Cabinet splits up upon anything it is sure be upon the question of the government of Irelgud. Cofsequently they have folded their arms on the present occasion ‘and looked on aimost in silence, resolving to let the Ministry bear the full burden of the responsibility of jing an act which, when it comes to be applied, sure to be received with @ howl of execration throughout Ireland. “You have talked about mes- sages of peace to Ireland,’’ argued they; “you have talked about aliaying discontent and putting an end Wo out , by cutting down what you call the upas ‘tree of estant ascendancy, and removing the anomolies that exist in the relationship between Jandlord and tenant. You have talkea when you should nave been acting, ana now we shall see what Will be the result. We shall see whether this coercive oe, of the Peace act will be considered by ireland a8.a government of that counwy according 19 Irigh ideas,”. Me oS POLICY OF THE TORIRS. In helping the government to pass their restrictive Measure the conservgtives haye been in a large measure actuated by tne hope of heaping coais of fire upon the heads of the Cabinet. They are secretly delighted that such a ieringens bill has Peep foun necessary; and they cherish tte belief that it niay qetpeove. the means of turning oo present adminis- tion out of Downing street, Smarting still under = ways el which Saritgenan upon stn Trish hurch quest they are glad to tion of that establishment Way fiot Ja ‘800 aaa gute ence upon the I people whic! ors 01 are act so confidently pi a ted. aes ogee in coakasien at the the it e will prove e efteo re Disraeli for his part habtoosn tidy Soke over the tact of the Cavinet of which Mr. John Bright is a member being compelled to turn aside from its “great work of the paciucation of Lreland” to pass a bill which nothing short of a reign of terror could justify. At present he has not seen his opportunity to make any use of the fact; but he is both watching and waiting. He has resolved to let Mr. Gladstone hig bill and go to Ireland to enforce it. Well does he know that but a few months will be necessary 10 set the whole of the South and Southwest of that country in a blaze. Hot-tempered Irishmen, he 13 aware, will tot be disposed to look with favor even upon Mr. Bright when that gentle- man declares that he will try them witout @ jury, stop the publication and seize the plant of news- papers that preach nationalist doctrines, and take Into custody any person who may be abroad at might and unable to give a satisfactory account of dimself, Measures such as these, Mr. Disraeli knows, will do much to withdraw from Mr. Giad- stone the confidence which his Irish Church cry gained him. Discontent and more outrages are sure to be the result. Englishmen’ will then become impatient and demand ac je of policy, and in the t of the general disorder the conservatives may once again fora brief period taste the fearful joys of office. Reflecting upon all this the tory leaders have wisely held thoir tongues during the denates on the Coercion bill, proceeding upon the principie that the Ministry need only be allowed rope enough in order to hang themselves. IRISH NATIONALISTS. What little liveliness there nas been displayed dur- ing the course of tne discussions has proceeded en- trely from the lish national party. ‘hey numver about a baker's dozen, but what they lack in num. vera they more than make up in wildness of speech and demonstration. These fervid gentlemen are very angry with Mr. Gladstone. For years past they have been cherishing the idea that when that right honorable penveman went into parmership with Mr. Bright Ireland would get all for which sue has 80 persistently clamored, aud that at all events there would be an entire rearrangement of the land. In- stead of the bread which they expected, however, they have got aserpent in the shape of a coercive Dill, and their rage has been consequently great. Loudiy and voluminously have they thundered, pre- aicting wars, rumors of wars, portents, calamities and the opening of the fitth vial, They hold that they have been betrayed, and that Mr. Bright, who ought to have protected them, has himseif itted up bis heel against them. ‘Ten centuries of oppression, Saxon invasion, Protestant ascendancy, Warg misrule, and all the long catalogue of evils and Milevances tat hiaye ever been preferred agamat | while NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. England, have been run through, intermingled with oratorical threatenings and aigughier. WAR WITH AMERICA, ‘This has been one of the thingy among others that have sropped up as among the possivilities. Ex- tracts were rei by more than one honorable geutle- man from the Irish press which not only hinted at ility of such an event, but boldly stated that it Was a consummation devoutly to be wished, wamerica,” ‘hese Journals stated, G. the eeaen basis erations against Ire} ua the United States “and. the moth at peace it will be impossible thing that will advance Bs Irian republic, Once let the two dountrjes get eui- broiled, however, and our opportunity will arrive, America will then seize Oj ‘and we will be able, le hands of Pritain are full, to make © Saceessful desceat upon Ireland.’* Quotation after quotation was made to the above effect, not from One newspaper, but from dozens; and tlie govern- mentnaturally made this o gf elr Biropgest at: gumenta = [eee of ‘the perma powers ey are asking for the suppression e liberty or lucense of pores ia Ir nnd. And indeed these RESTRICTIONS UPON NEWSPAPERS form one of the features in the government bill, to which the most strenuous Opposition has been ol- fered. conservative and radical have alike denounced them, and air, Gladstone and his chief Irish secretary have been somewhat embarrassed to defend them. ‘This, however, he has done upon the plea of the extreme urgency of the case. There are dozens of newspapers in Ireland, having a large cir- culation and iofluence, which openly — pro- mulgate doctrines that are of the most treason- able and seditious character. They unite in favor of an republic, war with the United States in order to secure that object, disloyalty to the Queen and the extermination of the whole of the Protestant English population. Such violent and inflamma- tory articles have necessarily had their effect in m- creasing agrarian crime, and the government have at length resolved to abate the nuisance by stopping tiie circulation and set the type of news- paper that lends ttselr to the promulgation of such Opinions, But such a power as this, it was argued by the opponents, 18 altogether too great and ar- bitrary to place tn the hands of any constitutional government. irree criticism of the acts of the Insh executive will be rendered almost impossible, and even the bigher class journals may be made subject to the restrictions of thislaw. The tories as-a body, however, have refused to vote against the provision, hoping that the embarrassment which is sure to re- sult from such an enactment may be turned to their profit and emolument, SECRET OF THE DELAY. While the Corwin bill has been passing through Its various stages, people are naturally demanding why the Ministry shoald have been go long in proposing restrictive measures for the repression of crime and outrage in Ireland. For months and months past there has been something very nearly equivalent to a reign of terror in that country. Landlords have been shot, men have been mutilated by having their noses cut off, helpless women have been outraged, shops and houses have been sacked, aud counny gentlemen have been compelled to go about armed, ag though they were living in the wilds of Texas. All this has been going on, and the cry of the tor- ment of the peaceable population has been ascend- ing. like the smoke of @ great furnace. They have asked to be protected and have stretched out their hands ta supplication, Liberal and tory press have alike been pressing the Cabinet to adopt strin- gent measures, but hitherto the agitation been allim vain, Government have refused to move till civil war seemed almost at the gates, and now their acts seem more like those of men in a panic than the cool and deliberate efforts of statesmen, The explanation of their inertness is very simple. Speaking so much as they have done lately regard- ing the surety of pacification following the destruc- tion of the Irisu Church and the promise of a Lana bill, they were naturally very loth to take any coer- vive steps, which would have been a pregtical con: fession of their policy having failed. ‘They acceded to office with a@ great flourish of trumpets. They would crush Protestant ascendancy in Ireland. They would remove all grievances and inequalities. They wou'd do for Ireland what no government had yet auempted—give her justice and equal laws. They would make the sister isle which was the re- proach of British clvilization its crown and glovy, and the land which centuries of misrule had thrown into barrenness and disorder would once more blossom like the rose aud be a credit and security to England. Naturally enough, with such a fantarronade as this saluting their ears, and the guaranvee of fair play which was held out by the presence of Mr. Jonn Bright m the Cabinet, the.extreme section of the Irish people jooked forward to the gratification of their wildest desires, But as soon as it was officially intimated. last winter, through Lord Hartington, that the Ministerial Land bill would not in the slight est degree interfere with the “divine” rights of pro- perty, lawlessness began to increase, and even be- came more bitter and implacable, Well did both Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright know that it woula be necessary to adopt stringent means to stay the course of crime; but they hesitated, simply because they were ashamed to acknowledge to the country that their policy of couciiuation had entirely tailed. Month after month they allowed'to elapse, deluded by the hopes that there would be a change for the better; and not until the state of Ireland had be- come alarming in the extreme did they besur them- selves and acknowledge that their “message of peace” had been @ fatlure. They are now comuienc- ing to lock the stabie door when the steed is stolen, and their warmest friends are dubious as to the result, THE EDUCATION DIFFICULTY, This matter for the present has been got over, but I fear it 1s only for the present, It is sure to crop up again, and when 1t does it will be found more atfl- cult sd wane fe ini o ibe ete peters you of the in the jibe 8 gver the matter, he fadteald ded dos-conlonate insisted dint vs bill should, to all mtents and purposes, be a secular one, and that the local school boards should not have the power of controlling, the religious instruction. This was, of course, resisted by the tories, who, being strong churchmen, very naturally wished to have a denominational system, pure and simple, which would leave religious education almost en- Urely in the hands of the establishment. At one time Mr. Gladstone resolved to pass is bill with the aid Of the opposition; but the demonstrations of his more advanced followers became 80 threatening that ne was forced to succumb, He has compro- mised the matter by agreemg to witudraw the con- science clause and to euact that all religious ingtruc- tion shall be given at separate hours from those of the secular education. The radicals are satistied and will now go in for the bill; but the tories have in their turn been displeased and are not unlikely to oppose its farther progress. IRELAND. Tho English “Reign ot Terror?—What is Snid of the New Coercion Policy—Public TLudiz- nation and Alarm—‘‘Can a Kingdom Be Enslaved” in Europe? WEXFORD, March 26, 1870, It would be impossible for me to convey an ade- quate idea of the feelings of indignation with which the new Coercion bill of the government 1s regarded by all classes here. Not since 1846, when the late Sir Robert Peel introduced and carried another coer- cion bill, and when the stato of the country differ:d very little from what it is now, were the feelings of the Irish people so outraged and insulted oy English tyranny and intolerance as they are at present, From the determination shown dur- ing last session by the present Cabinet to do justice to the Irish people, we were ail led to be- lieve that the days of persecution, like Edmund Burke's “age of chivairy,’’ were gone; but, unfortu- nately, the conduct of the goverament during the past week has proved not only how greatly we were mistaken, but how absurd it is for Irishmen to ex- pect justice from the English nation. They are, [ regret to say, very bitterly disappointed, particu larly 80 as they were led to believe by the highest authority in the country, Mr. Gladstone, that Ireland heucefoxth to be governed in accordance with Teh ideas Teas, anigiods he may be to rid him- self of the responsibility attaching to this expres- sion, Mr, Gladstone cannot make the Irish people believe that he did not make use of it. If we ex- cept the disestablishment of the Church, which was no doubt a work perfectly in accordance with the wishes of the Irish people, the government have, up to the present, done nothing to fulfl the promise of the First Minister of the Crown, THE LATEST AGITATION. No sooner was the Church disestablished than the Irish people began to agitate for an anconal- tional amnesty for the political prisoners. Public meetings were held all over the country to express the opinions of tne people with regard to the tm- prisonment of these men. They were attended by persons of every class in society and of every shape of religious and political opinion, Even those who were opposed to Fenianism joined in urging upon the government the necessity, or, at all events, the expediency of opening the prison doors, With the exception of the extreme Section of the tory party, the whole nation took part in this work of mercy. What was the result? After weeks and months of agitation, when the will of the nation was ociearly aud unmistakably ex- pressed, the same Minister, who had promised to rule Ireland in accoraance with Irish tdeas; who had shed what I em reluctantly obliged to call hypocritical ‘ears, over the Neapolitan prisoners, refused to listen, to the cry of mercy in favor of those onfined in Bri- tish dungeons. Then, and not till them, did the people discover that they were betrayed. Indienant, jowever, as they were, at what they considered, and consider still, an unjustifiable breach of fatto, they tried to disguise tneir feelings in the hope that they might obtain what they btn and wanted most of all, namely, a eg land bil, But here again tuey were disappointed. -Fixity of venure became the watchword of the Trish nation. ‘Ine right of the Irish people to live upon the irish soll was prociaimed at hundreds of meetings held all over the country in the interest of the tenant farmer, The principle of fixity of tenure Was adopted at one of the largest and, probably, one of the most representative assemblies ever held in Ireland. Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues weil knew the wishes and feelings of the Irian people with regard to the Jrish land; they knew that nothing lees than fixity of tenure and fair rents would satisfy them; but they kept a deaf ear to the tho whole nation has ‘unbeshatingly srououued’y 3 unl ronounced & sham. Nor ts this all, att ‘The government 1s ‘tot engaged 1 th now ¢ in lng the Mouths of those who are crying out againat tnd ir de- ception and injustice, by a bill unsurpassed in severity by the penal laws of the sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries, or by the despotism of the Czar, At such a time and under such circumstances it 1a 8 say the least, for a liberal govern- ment to have recours? to such @ cryel and arbitrary measure, And for what? For the sup; sion of erime ane the agrarian population ai to prevent the spread of sedition among the ignorant classes of the country, These ap; vo he to be the two causes which induced the government to propose this “terrioie bill,” as a keading London journal calls at. Foy my part Imust amy that lam strongly inclined to Sink te passing of this penal enactinent was 4 very fafse, lifadvised ate) onthe part of the goVern- ment, and that before long they will discover that they have made a very serious mistake. ‘They were, I readily admit, ‘the most popular English government that ever ruled Ireland, but 1s must also be admitted that they have passed thid biil at the expense of all the popularity they possessed, 1 do not think that it will either prevent crime or the Spread of sedition, On the contrary, it will be the means of doing much mischief, and, as I believe, have the efectof mcreasing the number of those outrages which 1¢ was intended to suppress. The people are disappointed with the Land bill; the Coer- Sion bill aggrieves and insults them. They have lost all confidence in the British Parliament, ‘The chi- canery of the government during the last few months haz made them more disloyal than they ever were before. They are become almost indifferent to Par- luamentary action, 1 may tell you that I have very good authority for saying that all, or nearly all, those who expected redress at the hands of Mr, Gladstone have lost all confidence in him, and have become 80 disloyal that it is greatly to be feared the next tew years will be years of strife aud misery in Ireland, A BLOW AT NATIVE “LIBERTY.” The Coercion bill, or, a3 it 1s erroneously called, the Peace Preservation bill, strikes at the root of Irish Uberty; 16 18 peculiarly severe and stringent with regard to the rural 14 gaan and the national press; there 1s no doubt that it will leave the great bulk of the people entirely at the mercy of the magtatracy and the police, I believe lam justified in saying that one-half of the Irish magisiracy is no more qualified, either by education or impartiality, to ad- minister justice from the bench than would be the Hottentots of Africa, nor as well, for the latter are actuatea by @ spirit of fairness in their dealings, which, I regret to say, does not always characterize Uhe conduct of the Justice “Shallows” of Ireland. Publicly and openly, without the least reserve or seruple, these carry their partisanship to such an extent that the people have come to regard the tribunals over. which they pre- side as instruments of oppression, Orangeman 13° a3 much opposed to Fenian and Fenian to Orangeman, as if they were arrayed against each other on the field of battle. The one does not ex- pect, nor does he get, justice from the other. Should @ magistrate have any pique or grudge against a neighbor he is not, as a general rule, backward in availing himself of his position on the vench to re- venge it. Instances of this kind are of daily occur- rence, and have contributea in no small degree to Gearade the Irish bench in the estimation of the Irish people. To the tender mercy of these flery partisans Mr. Gladstone's Coercion bill 1s about to hand over the People of Ireland. For.example, any person found out of bis honse in a “proclaimed district”? at any time from one hour after sunset to suorise may be brougnt before a justice of the and should he be unable to prove to the satisfaction of the magis- trate that he was out on lawful business he 1s table to be imprisoned with bard labor for six calendar months, Again, should any misdemeanor be committed in &@ proclaimed district; should, for example, a land lord take it into his head to write himself a threaten- mg letter, a juatice of the peace may summon any person before him whom he believes or fancies can give material evidence, and alchough no person is actually accused of the erime, the magistrate can examine the unfortunate victim of hia suspicions, and should the latter refuse to answer tne questions that may be put to him he is lable to imprisonment, ‘Thia 1s, beyond all doubt, a most arbitrary ana des- potic enactment, I question very much whether there 1s @ more cruel or severe law in force in an other country in the world, This part of the bill, as it stands, 1s capable of tne most terrible abuse; the magistrates, and even the police, have it in their power to oppress innocent men to their hearts’ content, nor do I hesttate to say that many of these functionaries will do thetr worst. Not until the police and the magistrates have the power, under the provisions of this bill, to ride roughshod over the people and to goad them, as I titmly believe they will, into acts of violence, will the country and the world have an opportunity of seeing the benetits arising {rom the Peace Preservation act. THE CONTRAST WITH ENGLAND. ‘The Irish people: regard the biil as a perfectiy un- called for act of tyranny, Which the condition of Ire- land did not requtre. They point to the terribe murders committed day after day in England, the crimes of almost all descriptions which darken her moral character, and ask, what steps are being taken to bring She offenders to justice, If a murder takes place England they see that it is almost Wo insignificant @ ae to excite a mo- men’s notice; but if an Irish landlord or agent is tired at, the fact ia telegraphed all over the king- fom. In the former case things are generally ai lowed to take their course, in the latter large re wards are usually offered for the apprehension of the assassin. ‘The English murders are allowed to go on, while the Irish agrarian outrages arestamped gut by brute force. POPULAR REASONING. T assure you the most illiterate Irish peasant sees as plainly as Mr. Gladstone does the great difference in the treatment of both erimes. Nothing will ever banish from his mind the belie: that the Coercion bill was passed, not so much for the repression of Irish crime as for the persecution of the Irish peo. ple. He willask you, with @ logic that 1s irre- sistible, ‘-1f this Coercion bill 13 Intended as a bless- ing for Ireland, why not give Engiaud also the ben fit o1 it?” and he knows as well as any Cabin Miuister that England requires it far more than Ire- Taud, THE MORAL. It 19 @ well known fact tiat the Irish are moral; murder, unless in connection with the tenure of land, 18 almost unknown; and had Mr. Gladstone been wise enough to have given a good land bill, he would have succeeded far more effectually in put- ting @ stop to agrarian crime than he may ever ex- pect to do by his coercion bill. If the Irish people are to be governed at all, they must be governed by Kladness and gentleness, not by tyranny and op- pression. ‘They may be led auywhere, but they wiil not be driven. They may be gagged, but they will not cease to cry out against the severity of this bill. The feelmg of the country with regard to this coer- cive measure was very well expressed to me a few days ago by an old man, sitting and breaking stones by the roadside. “Ah,” he said, “this is England against ireland still,” RUSSIA, The Religious Question One of tho Great Questions of the Day—Influence of the Papal Conncil in the West and East—Union of the Temporal and Spiritual Power Op- posed to Christ’s Teachings=What the Patriarch of Constantinople Says—Infalli- bility of the Popes or Universalism of Christianity @ Sr, PETERSBURG, March 23, 1870, ‘The character and views of the Eastern Church are attracting increased attention in the West. This ts especially the casé since the idea arose of assom- “bling the present Council at Rome. Until recent times very little was known of Eastern Christianiiy among even the best informed people of the West, for whom there existed but the Roman Catholic Church and Protestantism. These two divisions were for them all Christianity worthy of the name, For Rome tho Easterns were a collection of schismatics who had fa thew blindness refused to accept the supremacy of tue Pope. For the Protestant world they were a species of Roman- ists in a lower degree of development and more deeply buried in superstition, The Patriarch of Con- stantinople was considered to be the Pope of the Enst, and the Greek language was supposed to oc- cupy the same position in thé Eastern fitual as the Latin in that of Rome. Before proceeding to an ex- amination of the nature of the Eastern Chorch and some of the popular errors that have existed with regard to it I would call attention to an article pub- lished in the Goloss*, of this city, several months ago, @ portion of which I give here in translation, thus:— THB CHURCHES, During the present year ten centuries will have elapsed since tie one Church of Christ was divided into two parts—tbe Eastern and the Western. Ten cenwuries have these Churches existed indepen- Gently, holding scarcely any intercourse. The results of this division are such as must have inevitably followed. A difference in out- ward form, at first significant, increasea with time, so that aiter having been present at an orthodox church service and a Latin mass one could with dimiculty believe that these services are the ex- pression of one and the same religion bequeathed by tue Man-God, In the spirit of these two divisions of one and the same religion the difference is still greater than in the form. The Eastern Church re- cognizes as its head our Lord Jesus Varist, who solemnly declared to mankind that His kingdom was not of this world. The Western Churen recog- izes a8 its head the Bishop of Rome, attributing to him a qaality, which belongs to God alone—namely, infallibiity. Besides, in contravention to the words of Our Saviour, {t has given to this Bishop a king- dom of this world, and placed upon his head, together with the mitre, two earthly crowns. ‘This union of temporal and spiritual power, watch is 80 opposed to tne teachings of Christ, took place Lai the will of the universal or Catholic Onuren, The Eastern half of this Church solemnly protested against such an open violation of Christianity. Pho- tius, the Patriarch of Constantinople, who defended with such energy the traditions of the Fathers in accordance with the laws of the Church, refused to acknowledge the despotic usurpation by the Roman Bishop of supreme authority over the Universal Church. | For this Rome declared him a schismatic, but the Eastern Church justly regards him as a man- ful delouder of the purity of Chiisiian faith. Such furno wise bo reconcied” tes eneoaste te akhect that the Eastern Ohureh, which for ten centuries tory of a thoutaud: Yeates ew coal Repantte . 5 ally im le that the Bishop of Rome should, ‘of his own accord, eld UB that world b, is 4 lly power despoticaliy assumed by At will be seen at once that, according to the above views, the cause of separation between the East and the West is twofold—the assumption by the Pope of temporal power in the character of an earthly monarch and the claiming of spiritual supremacy over the whole Church as vicegerent of God. v In @ conversation which I had some months Ago With the Patriarch of Cviastantinople | asked par- tieularly about his ‘yews concerulig the early condi. tos, ur the Roman Sea, as well as the position of the patriarchs and bishops of the East at the present time. His answer was as follows:— In the universal Church, up to the time that Rome fell away irom the true faith and disclpiune of Christiantty, no bishop arrogated to himself au- thority beyond the limits of his own diocese. All were considered equal, and the Bishop of Rome Was noting more than primus titer pares— “the first among equals.” This position, which was one of courtesy alone, and accorded on account of the dignity of Rome, gave tim no right whatever to act outside of his own diocese or inter- fere in the affairs of another bishopric. In the Kast the usages of the early ages have n preserved to tue present day. The jurisdiction of a patriarch or @ bishop does not extend beyoud the church committed to his chai ‘The Patriarch of Constantinople 18 chief only within the limits of his own patriarchate, and has no right to interfere in the aflairs of tne Russian and other Eastern churches, although 1D constant communion with them. Here isa clear statement from a competent au- thority. and explains suficiently the difference be- tween Rome and the East, and that difference may be summed up in one snort sentence—the Papal power, Now, all that gives Roman Catholicism its character has its origin in the Pepe ower—temporal dominion, with political 5 rigue, AS & Consequence the annihilation of national churches; the reduction of bishops to the Position of leutenants of Rome, the obedient ser- Vants of its will; au unmarried clergy, without local attachments or participation in the life of ordi. Dary humanity; a mass of dogmatic derinitions and doctrines unknown to the churches of the East, aud rejected by the Protestaut cnurches of the West. Such are the means by which the bishops of Rome bulit up and extended their power, endeavoring to make themselves the Caliphs of the Ouristian world, the commanders of the faitnful. It seems strange when we read Mohammed's account off his going to Heaven on nis supernatural steed aad receiving re- velations from the Divinity. We have, however, a stranger spectacie before our eyes to-day. An old man at Kome contends that he is the Viceroy of Heaven ou earth, and possesses the divine attribute of infallibility. Well might the Patriarch of Con- stantinople call the pretensions of the Pope not oaly “monstrous” vut ‘blasphemous,’ If we examine for a moment the bearing of the doctrine of intallibility we shall find that tt involves one of the strangest series of subversions of the history and spirit of Christianity that it would be possible to conceive. First of all, it has been showao beyond a doubt that up to the ninth century there was Du foundation for the supremacy of Rome over tne whole Church, and that all the decretals and documents used in later times to prove this ee were forgeries. As to the character of jufallibility it is not necessary to make many remarks, The opinion of the world 1s made up as to its char- acter, ‘There are few who caunot understand that an infallible Pope would mean the disappearance of the Churca—that tg, the Pope would bo the Church. In the East the case 13 entirely different. ‘There a few fundamental principles of the early Church have ever been kept in view, and they are as followa:— The Church has no visible Head on earth: its Head is Christ, who ta always present with it. The equality of bishops And nauonal churches having their own languages and local usages; the participation of the Jay element in the affairs of the Church, an ecclesi- astic being considered as a man who has been daly appointed to perform divine services, but as having no other difference from @ layman; the infallivility of the Universal Churea in the totality of its mem- bers, including the faithful of all ages and nations, it very natural tnat until recent times few of the men outside the pale of the Eastera Church under- stood its truo character. Many of the nations be- tonging to iv being under political subjection, ana, on account of various unfavorable circumstances, less developed than the nations of the West, were, for along time, unabie to obtain that hearing which would ensure a real appreciation of the true position and character of that Church which claims as its great aud pre-eminent merit that it bas preserved infact the faith, usages and traditions of Apostolic times. *The “Goloss,” in English “Voice,” is one of the principal papers of this city. TURKEY. The Church Difficulty with Rome—Papal Efforts at Reconciliation—Oriental and Gree gorlan DisciplineFrench Influence in Con= siantinople—Rallroad ExtensionsEgyptian Diplomacy—Winter Weather. 4 CONSTANTINOPLE, March 26, 1670. If schisms and defections from the Church of Rome have in every casé been brought about by ill- advised measurés, and, one may surely say, by short- sightedness of its counsellors, in no circumstance has that Church ever given up a discussion without trying every possible means, short of admitting it- self at fault, to attam the desired end. Faithful to this rule of action, the Pope’s delegate, Mgr. Pluym, has been trying all possiple direct and indirect means to induce the anti-papal party nere to retract and acknowledge the spiritual rule of that ambitious and intriguing prelate, Hassoun. Bat Nis efforts have so far been unsuccessful and are not likely to be of any avail eventually, as, even if the party opposed to him were ignorant of the jact, there are persons whose direct and indirect interest it 18 to remind them that when, through the intrigues of Rome, they are induced to abanaon the creed of their forefathers of the Gregorian faith 1t was with the hope and with the tacit promise of enjoying greater religious liberties and immunities as a united Roman Catholic Oriental Church than formerly enjoyed ag mere members of the old Gregorian Church, It must not be forgotten, also, that the question at issue between tho Pope and Mgr. Hassoun on the one side and the Oriental Catholics and the Porte on the other, involves @ political point which the Sultan’s Ministers are not likely to lose signt of. If in the eleventh century Catholic Germany, after a severe contest with the all-powerful Pope Gregory Vil., only bDalf admitted the claims of the Churca of Rome to nominate and enforce the acceptance of all bishops, Mohammedan Turkey 1s not likely to ad- mit that right in the nineteenth. Yne dodge—for 1 can give it no other more digni- fied appellation—was attempted when the Porte, through the influence of France, was induced to recognize the Koman Catholic Armenians as a dis- tinct and separate community, A spiritual pastor, Antony Nourigian, was elected patriarch, and after having been recognized by Rome it was demanded that the Porte should contirm the nominee. ‘This the Turks refused to do point blank, aud tae matter had to be compromised by the. community electing another communal cblef entirely independent of Rome and who alone had authority to represent jon at the saete # ugh B yeah of insane, too long to go into here, Mgr, Hassoun manage get Tasestel with both shese positions, atid Sonse- quently his recognition now would indirectly gain to Rome a point she had fost at first. The subscriptions to the new lottery railway loan continued here after my last, and rose for Staimboul, with Smyrna and Salonica afone, to 70,000 shares of the 760,000 offered. In Germaby some 520,000 are said io have been subscribed {gt Gnd elsewnere 200,000, fie Scheme, therefore, ad inet With fuccess, but when looked at and weighed calmly it 18 found to bg such a “wild, gambling, unguaranteed catch ‘loan’ that most holaers here xpect to see it quoted soon at aheavy discount, It Was supposed to ve a gov- ernment loan, but no mention of a government guarantee 1s made in the prospectus, though headed “Ottoman government.” Jt was tiaought that the company or group of bankers were merely capitalizing the annual subsidy payable by the Porte for the Roumeiian lines; but when looked into 16 18 seen that no subsidy can be claimed before a certain portion of the ine is finished and wade over to the government, aud, consequently, that in the interval the prizes, pre- mums and Interest on jhe waa must be paid out of the capital, if a smash were to take place, there. fore, befure a portion of the line ia opened, the only thing the shareholders will be able to do with their scrip will be to light their Pipes with it, Sir Macdonaid Stephenson 18 here also, aboyt the ay phrates lme—that is, the Alexandretia and Bussorah Ratlway—and it is supposed that be wul succeed in getting the concession, which Is very favorably Jookea at by the Indiaa government, Nubar Pacha arrivedsiere last week from Alexan- dria en route tor Paris and London, to push on the question of the revision of the capitulatious 11 Egypt. As this i8 a polnt which greatly interests te central goverament he doubtiessly wiil proceea on his voyage tis time, backed by tue full support aud influence ¢f the Porte. Not exactly dependent, but greatly in connection With the question of the capitulations, is the subject of local mae post offices, Almost every foreign government has a post oiice of its own in Vonstan- tinople. We have thus the Austrian, English, Freuch, Greek, Prassiat’ and Russian posts, besides minor offices, such as Samos Moldo-Wallachlan and Egypuan, all this to the nosmali tnconvenieace of trade. An animated discussion is being carried on now between the Porte and these various govern- ments regarding the establishment of a ceniral national post ofice. ‘Ihe foreign representatives do not, I beileve, contest the right of the Porte to do away with the foreign post offices, but they insist on the fact that its postal urrange- ments and facilities ure in no way adequate to te requirements of this important branch of paviic service. We are splashing and wading through 2 most severe winter here 1n Constantinople, aud accounts from the interior speak of g.eat susiering among men and brutes, At Sivas alone some 2,009 sheep are reported to have been srozeu to death, Avery important article of Turkish produce wil! also suffer by the the winter—I mean the Balsam rose shrub, W' been frostbitten and ts likely to yeild @ very scanty supply of oltar of rose this season, All this, however, except, indeed, we be not fro. zen ourselves in the interval, will no’ prevent us witnessing the id circumcision fetes which it is sald will take towards the middie and end of _ You may eae oe ea ce Ps aay at some Sultan's expense oh he occasion OF the baine ter’ mony being performed on his son. ERITISH COURT STYLE. What Was Worn at Queen Victorin’s Draw- ing Room—Magnificent Display of Beanty, Drews and Dinmonde=Velvets and Henad- drosses—How the Costumes Were Made and Trimmed—Richness of the Laces. (from the London Court Journal, March 26.) The drawing room of Tuesday was in very favor- able contrast with the first of the season, which was scantily attended, and left but a faint impression of the wonted grandeur and beauty of this ceremony. ‘The season broke with this week's Court event, and, summing It up first from a glance at the assemblage a3 a whole, as it came in trom the Grand Staircase into the green Drawing Room, flied of to the left through the Picture Gallery, to the right hand en- trance to the Throne Room, and thence back to the Green Room, again en route for the Grand Staircase, 1t was, indeed, @ most remarkable sight. The dresses were most magnificent, and such an assemblage of beauty has rarely ever graced our Court. On the first occasion of the year the prevailing colors were yellow and crimson; at this week's drawing room’ blue and grenat were the most frequent, though it might not be sald, nevertheless, that they were the most fashionable, for the new color, the vert Weau de NU, was so considered; it 18 said to have been suggested by the Empress of the French, after her return from Egypt. 16 nas many shades, and 1g really worthy of the high distinction it has found, and likely to become the rage fora time, as it has, from its varied shades, an adaptaniliry most obliging to the complexions of many ranges of beauty, Still these colors mentioned did not by any meang show in a preponderaung way, for with the new green, grenat and blue came in endless mixture of hues on varied material—the new pink, the gros argent, yellows, crimsons, amethyst, violet, ruse, the pale coral, fawn, and goon, though the pronone?d colors, such as that light and beautiful green tulle, which was more decided than thé eau de NU, drew admiration, well bestowed, on the graceful wearer. But amid ali the gauzy lightness nothing was won from the suet ot the ae Lhe b a satins, gream-colored velyets, am! ale flush eatins, Whed, as was mostty the case, wae inaterials yere tasterully set off with rare luce, fine jewels and very rich underrobes. The ddébutanies, who have been restricted to simple white, seemed to have been iu league for the general desire to add to the remark- able brilliancy of color, as well as beauty of style, that prevailed. for they bad contrived to give piea- sing relief to the monotony of the white by the in- troduction ag much as possible or colored flowers of @ Dot Loo pronounced character, of blush roses and pale red roses, and grass and heartsease (may it be theirs ever!) and of pink flowers of some very nonde- Script character of botany. But the best effects Were those tn which gold trimming and a kind of gold lace were introduced, vying with the permit- ted elaboration on the more substantial costumes of the matrous. ‘The headdress had in some cases undergone a dis- tinct change; for instance, there was a new fashion seen for the first time at court called the *Frou- Frou,’ which 1s highly becoming the wearers if they have fair hair, and in two or three cases It called forth marked admiration, especially 80 in the in- stance of a lady who wore a black plume, which was In striking contrast, For the benefit of those who have not seen the novelty—and those who have worn it as yet are few—we may state that it consists of a chief chignon, not of very great amplitude, worn as the taste may tuciine, more or less approaching the centre of the head, and then flowing off vackwards in a series of rolis of minor chignons ang heavy curls, and from the extreme end droop out atew diminu- live ringlets, This ‘i’rou-Frow’ 18 very becoming, and will be the ashton for ballrooms, there is little doubt, a8 well as the colors eau de Nil and grenat. ‘The hint we gave as to the sombre and rather con- firmation-like lodk of the tulle vells and heavy tulle iappets bas not been without result, tor whereas as the first drawing room four out of five wore those appendages, we are quite understating in saying that not more tuan two out of five wore the tulle veil and lappets on this occasion; and those who, perchance, in listening to respecttuily- expressed advice given, came without talle, or sub- stituted handsome lace, must have been thoroughiy conscious, by comparison, of the great gain that had resulted to them in the lightness and gracefulness of their headdress, The costumes were not worn remarkably low, though there was not, and itis to be presumed tor years 10ng 12 advance Of us there Will not be, an ap- proximation to that style which has been talked of Irom the other side of the water, but 18 quite unsuited for such splendor as the scene we have aescribed of Tuesday last, where all was done that art and wealth could achieve and beauty too. The pen of a chronicler is only permitted to faintly echo respect- Tui homage to tne beauty of the Oquet—hardly echo; ia iP catalogue ‘9 the word. é@ may piention, hevefore, that aniong the beauties of our Court on thig occasion were Miss Dalrymple Hay, Mrs, Fur- nell, Migs Henry, Lady Londesborough, Mrs. Gard- ner, Mrs, Arthur Magniac, Lady Bolleau, Mre, Meyrick, Mrs. Dougias Murray, Mrs. Burchail Heime, Mrs. and Migs Yarde Buller, Miss Crutchley, and the Hon, Miss Cavendish, Poetic worls couid only do some of these justice, and then it would be, of course, with the reserve of the name, which we, a3 mere echoers of respectfal remarks, have the ad- vantage of giving names. ‘Rue most magnificent costumes at this handsome gathering were those worn by Mrs. Duncan, Laay Dairympie, Lady Londesborqugh, Mra. Snowdon Henry, Lady Ruthven, Madame de Bulle, Mrs. Bing- ham Mildmay, Lady Agneta Montagu, Miss Cadogan, Miss Cratciley, Mrs. Studholm Biownrigg, Miss Gas- kell, Lady Frere, Mrs, Bolckow, Mrs. Lirppisiey, Lady Scarlett, Hon. Mrg. Gage, Mrs. Layard, Lady Lian- over, Mrs. Crutchiey, Mrs. Frank Morrison, Mrs. Paterson, Duchess of Cleveland; Mrs. Du Cane, Lady Mary Primrose, Mrs. Meyrick, Mis. Thomas lair- bairn, Mrs. W. T. Verner, ana Lady Emily Hankey. ‘The costumes of five débutantes were especially remarkable for their beauty aud tasteiulness— namely, those of Miss M. Gregory, Miss Henry, Miss ‘Townley, Miss Testaferrata Abela and Miss Hippis- ley. The lace worn was very splendid. The Princess Mary’s 1s renowned, therefore the l’rincess of Wales patronized Irish lace. Mrs. Layard, for a reason that may be conceived, wore Spanish lace, which was re- markably handsome, while the following ladies also had magnificent lace:—The Hon. Mrs. Walrond, the Hon. Mrs, Motley, Mrs, Gaskell, Mra. Douglas Mur- ray, Mrs. Burchali Helme, Mrs. Bingham Mildmay and Mrs, Arthur Bass. The gems were very beautiful, particularly those of the Princess Mary, Countess of Glasgow, Mra. A. Beaumont, Duchess of Boxburghe, Mra. Jones-Lioyd, Mrs. Snowdon Henry, Mrs. kord, Lady Dairymple, Mrs. Frank Morrison and Mrs, Gardner, ‘the early part of the day was very warm ana pleasant, still towards vhe time for the first 10 take their leave there was an unpleasant change; but then ali could seek without danger to costume the comfort of their wraps, and encase themselves even deep within the folds of their dresses, 9 fashion not unfrequently adopted. But there was more cueer- fulness and dash, and there were liveiy strains of the bands heard as of yore in St. James's, though the early leavers at the last drawing room were not conscious, through the late hour of arrival of tie rot that they Were in attendance on that occa- sion. OLD WORLD ITEMS. Daoua Pacha, Turkish Minister of Public Works, has resigned. Railroad enterprises are starting npin all direc- Uons in Western Russia, Ata fire in Moscow, on the 24th of February, six baal were suffocated and ftteen horribly urned, The general introduction of beet root sugar man- ufacture 1s the subject of a special Russian govern- ment commission. There 18 to be @ polytechnic fair on @ grand scale at Moscow in 1872, on the two hundredth anniver- sary of the birth of Peter the Great, The Czar has bestowed the diamond cross of St. Andrew upen General Kotzebue on the fiftieta anui- versary of his entrance into active service. The Darjeeling (India) News gives a list of forty- three tea gardens, in India from whicn it 1s expected there will be an out-turn of 24,400 maunds, or uearly 2,000,000 pounds of tea, A project for the establishment of a Commerctal Bank lear Ryssta is ugder advisement at St. Petersburg. It will be fixed gt Odessa; capital, 5,000,000 roubies, to be raised to 10,000,000. ‘The programme of a Russian goverament expedi- tion to explore the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea embraces ail the points of scientific observation, with a special savant for eacit branch. The oubay 1s estimated at 12,000 roubles. The Batavia (Java) papers publish a letter from the Chamber of Commerce and {udustry at Batavia to the Governor General of N. Ll, dated isti December, 1869, arging that steps be taken to bring about steam communication bewween Java and Austraila, ‘The treaties entered into b etween the government of India and the Mabarajahs of Jeypore and Jodh- ore for tne manufacture and sale of salt at the Bambbur Lake are published. The sole right of ma- qufacturing add selling salt has been therevy Jeased to the government. The India Pioneer notices & very remarkable case which was lately tried at Lucknow. A Mohamme- dan sued for the restoration of the person of his wife, for whom tt was contended that the marriage nad been cancolled by her having embraced Curis. tianity, 10 open court the woman made a fall pro- fession of her new faith. The case was decided in favor of the platntif. The woman is said to havo hs baptized oa the sume day as her mother and sister. ‘The Italian army journal, L’Hsercito, gives the bew schedule for the reduced military force of we kingdom, Exclusive of the Royal Carabineers, the sedentary service aud the Gepartinent employs and oMicia's, if 18 to consist Of 120000 men, vizZ.:—89,200 infanury Of the ime, 14,500 riflemen, 14,700 cavalry, 1 tala and ee aainistraive. corp. "The the administrative corps. The y will numoer 14,000 men, exclu sive of officers, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION. Abstract of the Mousuly Report of the Burean of Statistics. WasuIngTon, April 14, 1870. Mr. Edward Young, Chief of tne Bureau of Statis- tics, furnishes from advanced sheevs the following abstract of monthly report No. 6, current series, BOW nearly ready for distribution, ‘This number exhibits’ the foreign trade of the United States for the month of December, 1860, and the calender year ending the saule compares with the corresponding periods of 1868, Reducing our domestic exports to specte Values, and adding the amount of the re-exports thereto, @ careful analysis of the following taple demonstrates the fact thatour imports for the calen- dar year exceeded our exports to the extent of $68,817,002, Dometic Ex) BOL,941 905 44,254,083) Ia'mon onde Bee 28 sat mos. end’ ' , oe ante rite ek i, 1869] 12 mos. end’y Dec. 80, 1888, * Gold value. + Mixed values. } Foreign commodities. The proportions of the foregoing shipped in Aime- rican and foreign vessels respectively ore as fol- lows:— iS 83,810,478 ‘247 9,776) 158,491,427 881,701,910 MONTH ENDING DECEMBER 81, 1869, Vesti Imports, | Ezports, |Reexportes American 810,481,848) 21,241,768 Foreign. . Sinsiven| “Sites! Lapses TWELVE MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 21, 1869, American 146,382,766) 160,919,873) 16, Foreign... +f Biroeteat oa eoses| anes Percentage of total foreign trade carried in foreign bottoms, 68.26. Of the total imports for the twelve months ending December 31, 1869, $416,718,974 were duulable, $267,467,053 entered for consumption and $195,904,374 entered warehouse. Of the total value of re-exports for the twelve mouths $12,280,063 was dutuable, $16,941,451 tree of duty, $11,647,237 from warehouse and $17,574,277 not from warehouse, On December 81, 1869, foreign commodities valued at $51,763,403 remained in ware- house agaist $39,736,163 December 31, 1868, ‘The following were the entrances and clearances of vessels engaged in the foreign trade:— TWRLVE MONTH ENDING DEOFNBER $1, 1539. INTERMED. CLEANED. American. 10,819) 3,438,29) 10,011| 3,460,843 Foreign. +| 19,749) 007 inant} 6,758,701, si TWELVE MONTHA ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1658, 10,0098) 8; 9,642) 8,414,032 17,81 = 4,904, 145 Tn addition to the usual detatled monthly state- ments and summaries this number contains quar- terly statements of tonnage, foreign and coastwise; lumber, &c., the produce of the forests of Maine; the producia of the fisheries; guano from American islands, and the trade between the ports of New York and San Francisco, via the Isthmus of Panama. It also contains a@ statement, exhibiting, by com- modities im detat!, the trade between the Unitea States and Mexico for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1369, and algo comparative scatements of the trade between the United States and the west coast of South America, from 1860 to 1869, inclusive; while the miscellaneous department of this number matntalus its customary interest, embracing, among other matter, Valuable tabies in regard to the progress of British merchant shipplug and the imports into and home consumption of foreign commodities in Great Britain during the calendar year 1869; imports from and exports of grain and breadstuffs to Canada and other British North American possessions during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1864 to 1869, inclusive; feat rn of the whale fisheries of the United States rou 1846 to 1869, ine! ve; recent tariff legislation attecting the trade of Great Britain, Austria, Chile and Jamaica; silk manufactures of Lyons, France, from 1869 to 1863; imports into and exports from France during the year 1909, as compared with pre- ceding years, and av account of the trade and coin- merce of the Island of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, ‘The report concludes with preliminary statements showing the movement of specie and bullton at New York, a3 well as imports, which brings the account of our foreign trade up to and including February. It has been the aim of Mr. Young, the present Chief ofthe Burean, aided by his abie corps of assistants, to make each succeeding number of these monthly reports increasingly interesting and important to those engaged in commercial, Manufacturimg and agricuitural pursuits, a3 well as to the jegisiator and botitical econom! THE JERSEY CiTY ELECTION. The Returns nt Last sent In—The Entire Democratic Ticket Elected=More About th Frauds—Counting In More Effective than Counting Out. Only yesterday at noon was the result of Tuesday's election in Jersey City made public—just forty-one houra after the closing of the polls, No such thing was never known before in Jersey City or the cities on the bill, and whatever may have been the cause of the delay, people say there was an object in it, and all the circumstances in the case furnish good grounds for this opinion. The returns fur- nished up to Wednesday night showed majorities against two of the ieading candidates on the democratic ticket the return of whom was consid- ered almost indispensable, not to the party, but to the individuals themselves, who are not yet quite prepared for a political death. Something must be done to save them, so the rumor goes; yet thelr de- feat was considered so certain that betting was made against them yesteraay tnorning, and the case was regarded as settled def- uitely. A few hours afterwards the judges who had been so tardy sent in their retarns, and a sweep- ing change was effected. The tide was saddenly turned the other way, and to the astonishment of nine men out of ten the entire democratic ucket was declared to be elected. There was a magic power in that last counting which was entirely new to Jerseymen. How it was dove 18 even now understood by many without the aid of any investigation.” At all future elections the success of any party which has friendiy judges at tne poils’can be insured by the ‘holding back” process. If the returns elsewhere show a de- ficiency the “counting in” process will settle the matter, It ts attendea with very little risk, which makes it preferable to the Brooklyn method ¢ counting oul. Not an honest, impartial man can be found in Jersey City who will not say that this elec- tion Was @ mere farce and that political tricksters whow the people had fuirly rejected were uniairly folsted upon them. It ig but just to state in reference to Mr. John Brennan, who counted the votes in the Fifth ward while the juages were asieep, that no more honor- able or upright man can be found in Jersey City. He declined the responsibility til called upon by Alderman Sweeny, The precedent, nowever, is @ dangerous one. if the judges become Intoxicated or fall asleep and irresponsible, unsworn parties can assume their positions, where ts the security In the ballot? It can be proved by affidavit that in one iu. stance the clerk of election was offered a large sua to ‘fix’? the baliots, but he spurned the bfibe. It should also be sta that the Chief of Police and his oMcers performed their duty most credita- bly, and the fppure jo pars the Sansaremors of the h Jaw committed for trial Is not tt fault. In the case of detective Stratford, who had. arrested @ repeater, such a pressure was brought to bear upon that officer by the agents of a prominent demo- cratic candidate who was in the race for Police Commissioner that Stratford was left the alternative of withdrawing the charge or incurring the wratn of men who could eventually deprive him of his position, Hels a most eficient officer, and indeed the same way be said of the enure police force, with few exceptions. Mr. Francis MePouaid, who was the mdependent candidate in the First ward of Hudson City for Chosen, Freeholder, deciares that he was elected over John H. Platt, the democratic nominee, but the ward can- yassers held back their returns to the last moment and then counted lim out. When he stood by tu watch (he counting the judges ordered him away. The vote Was finally anuounced—McDonald, 2633 Platt, 962. An investigation is called for, as there is litle doubt that MeDonaid was fairly elected. THE SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN THE BOWERY. The remains of Dr. Henry Marshall, who was found dead in his room at the New England Hotel, corner of the Bowery and Bayard street, under cir- cumstances which induced the belief that he had purposely killed himseif, hag been removed to an undertaker’s to await the result of an investigation before Coroner Keenan, In the meanjime friends may appear and claim the body for interment. Judy- ing trom the effects found in deceased’s room he must have been tn reduced otrcumstances, Pawn tickets for a silver watch and other articles pledged ata shop in Greenwich street, newspaper clippligs, meerschaum pipe, pouch of tobacco, &c., were among the articles discovered, An order for for- warding @ trunk, of which the following is a copy, Was tound among some unimportant papers:— New YORK, April 4, 1870, Henny Worraxrn, Faq, PortJervis, Neen? Dean Sin—Piease forward my trank by express to New York, to remain in express oftice watil called for. To this order no signature was atiached, back of the order was the following:— “9 P. M.—I accept the issue, Ob, my mother! my :other!* To-day Wooster beach, M. D., wiil make a poss mortem examumation on the body, IN Order fo deter mine the real cause of death, noid au inquest. On the d x