The New York Herald Newspaper, June 27, 1870, Page 6

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S—Religious: Fervent Piety, Fervent Heat and Farewell Sermons; A Whoop of Triumph from a Roman Catholic D, D.; The Decay of Pro- Lestantism and the Spread of Catholic Sectariaa Wrangle Over the Grave of Dick Each Man His Own Interpreter; Heaven 0 ‘or Every One; The World, the Flesh and ‘vil Unctuously Discussed; Sermons in the Metropolis, Washington, Brooklyn and Else- where by Representatives of All the Isms. 4—Religious (continued from Third Page)—Musical and Theatrical—Music in the Parxs—Tragic | Attray in Williamsburg—Alieged Theft by a@ Piysiciaa—Commonipaw Stock Yards— European Immigration to Kentucky. Democracy and Revolutionism in irkey and fis English and Persian Re- Jations—Gibraitar: Entering the Straits; The Town and the Ascent of the Rock— 3 from Africa—Fire in Seventh Avenve—City Im- provements: Proposition to Bulld a Capitol all Aronnd the City—Asia: The Tea Crops; Ratl- road Works—News from Au-tralia—Marine Transfers—Too Much Misery. @—Editorials: Leading Article on the Labor Ques- tion, the Tailors’ Riot at Cork—Amnsement Aunouncments, 'Y¥=-Edltorials—Telegraphic News from All Parts of the World: The Irish Movement in Cork and Gibraltar; Napoleon's Health; Roumanian Sen- sationism and Reported Murder—Washington: Committee to Investigate Ben but 8 Affairs; OMcia! Correspondence on the Subject of the French Cable; New Postal Arrangements with Briti-h Colombta—A Midsummer Sabbath: Gettin: y from tie Heat; Sunday E. slontet: 3 of Coup de Soleil—Army 1; lgence—Business Not.ces. S—The Work of Congres hat Has Been Done and Whatis Yet to Do; the Condition of the Be A alien a Bris; the Important Legisiation of the Session—Critieisms of New Books— Trouble on the Frontier Between New Hamp- shize and Canada—The New Labor Move- The Oriental Shoemakers in Massa- ment: chusetts; Indignation of the Crispins—Brook- lyn City 8. 9—Persia: The City of Calipns as Seen by a HERALD Special Writer; the Turks as a Governing Race; Lady Zobeide’s Tomb, a Slave Girl from Stamboul and City Life as It Is—New Jersey Soldiers’ Cilidren’s Home—Conscience Smit- ten—Financial and Commercial Reports— ourt Calendars for To-Day—Immigration in nnessee—Marriages and Deaths. 30—The Devil Let Loose: Revelling In Rum: the Pistol, Knife and Club~Strange Story of a Jersey Juvenile—Fire at Setauket, L. L—The Milton Disaster—Probable Murder in West Ninth Street—Sharp Practice Between Jersey Fifteenth Amendments—Almost a Murder ta Newark—New York City News—Items from Asia—Personal Tuteiligence—Temporal and Eternal—A_ Maniac Loose—Fun Among the i aga Shipping Intelligence— Advertise- ments. 11—The Giass of Fashion, a ee at the Wonders of Female Finery; Awful Facts for Carel Husbands—Matrimonial Sensations in the Land of Steady Habits—Russia in Asia—A Bad Hushand—trish Schools—A Remarkable Do- mestic History—A Wild Man of the Woods— Strange Malady in Horsea—The Prize Ring— Alarming Sensation in a Hotel—The Social Evil in Boston—The Love Tragedy in Mis- souri—An Episode in a Young Girl's Life— Trazic Consequences of a Secret Marriage—A Feminine Philosopher—Sensation in tne Mia- siasippt Legislature—Old Worid Items—Aaver- tisementa. 12—Aidve ents, “Serriina Ur. Queen Isabella of Spain has signed her abdication of the throne ‘nd made er will. Both acts were accom- plished in Paris, where they will be remem- bered. ey Baapab, THE City oF rue Caipns.—It is almost unnecessary to call attention to the special correspondence from Bagdad which appears in our columns to-day. Dated in the city of romance, at the scene of the stories of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, it will be read universally, if only on this account. Our special writer does not apply himself to | romance, however, but gives to the world the | actualities of the day. He tells of the people | of Bagdad as they now are; their commerce | and government, and the antiquities of the | place. The question of the Turks as a govern- | ing race is also set forth. Lady Zobeide’s | tomb is described and a vast deal of other matter, atigactive and useful, supplied, rai The Labor Question=Tho Tallow Riot at Cork. Our cable despatches from the good old Irish city of Cork inform us that the knights of the needle and the shears working in that considerable centre of trade had risen in such violent protest against an importa- tion of German tailors as to require the argu- mentum ad baculinum—the logle of the cndgel—for their dispersion, This incident illus- trates a very curions, if not altogether novel, phase of the great labor question now agitating all civilized countries, and it demands most delicate trertmont, since it involves, on the one hand, the eternal principle of every man’s right to the propor exercise of all the talents and endowments that God has bestowed upon him, and on the other the priority of settle- ment and usage in those who resist the advent of cheaper or more skilful workmanship. It ig impossible to withhold sympathy trom the poor toiler who finds himself suddenly excelled and overborne in the struggle for bread—the sad voice of bumaniiy pleads irresistibly on the side of all bis just com- plaints; but it is equally impossible to recognize the authority of any man or com- bination of mea to interpoze violence between the cravings of the race for a cheaper and more abundant supply of al! commodities and the progressive advance of skill and labor to furnish that supply. The grand difficulty in this whole question is that the conflicting parties interested in its solution do not see it alike, The White Knight and the Black Knight each beheld the shield that was set up at the crossroads of the color that was turned toward himself, and it was only when, in their death struggle on this matter of dispute, they had reversed their positions and saw from opposite points, that they perceived their folly and admitted that each had been quite right in his degree, since the shield was either white or black, accord- ing to the station of him who gazed at it, In the present case of the tailors’ riot at Cork there would be food enough for humor- ous comment did the gravity of the subject it involves permit us to trifle with such a theme. But where the subsistence of men and their wives and little ones is at stake we can only grieve at the thoughtlessness which leads the honest workingman into so false and unten- able an attitude, We shall not in this place attempt an elabo- rate discussion of the whole labor ques- tion. Neither many columns nor many volumes would suffice for so imposing a task. Enough to say that in our opinion all labor strikes and demonstrations that assume the violent shape are direct assaults upon human brotherhood, upon the principles of liberty, and upon the welfare of the class or country itself that countenances them; upon human brotherhood, because they exclude our fellow creature from participation in the common pursuit of life and happiness; upon liberty, because they outrageously attempt to limit effort, circumscribe capacity and check the progress of the age; upon the common welfare, because they retard improvement, set up bar- riers against the development of industry and subject the world of consumers to the tax that selfish combinations may choose to impose. How simple, trite, self-evident a plea it is that the more coats, hats, shoes, &e., there are in the world, and the cheaper their prices, the more of them can reach the multitude; that the less a man has to pay for one commodity the more he can, buy of another, and that if a whole family by each person working one or two hours only per diem can live comfortably in an era of cheapness, it is better for them all than when the burden rests on one poor drudging slave, who has to toil all day and half the night beneath the entire burden. It is astonishing that men who are continually preaching on human freedom and on the rights of labor do not comprehend that the larger the population the greater the wants to be supplied; that the more hands there are in one trade the greater will be the demand on other trades, the lighter the distributed burden of taxes, and the swifter the growth in power and control of the community. The more farmers there are the more mechanics will be needed to supply them with manufactured commodities; the more mechanics there are the ampler the require- ments of grain, beef, potatoes, cotton, wool and leather. What is the grand result? Labor is forced by a natural process into the channels where it is most needed; the coun- try’s resources are brought ont; its waste places are covered with rural homes and blooming fields, or populous and splendid cities, where the ills of humanity are detected and cured, charity and religion perform their blessed mission, and man, even through his trials, at last becomes ennobled and exalted. That this is not the case in all our cities is the fault of other causes to which we shall refer again before we close; but, as it is, we question whether the dark side of town life is not more than compensated by the beauty of its numberless charities. If in New York, for instance, the cynic point us to the haunts of vice and misery, still so numerous, the gentle hand of truth can lead him to scores of hos- pitals and schools and churches, and trace for him along every street and avenue the daily pathway of a thousand sweet but silent min- istries that, following in the Saviour’s hallowed footsteps, ‘‘go about continually doing good.” To strike a blow, then, at the wondrous plan by which all these agencies work together is to strike at the triumph of light over darkness, of civilization over barbarism, of liberty over oppression, To-day there is nota country in the world that does not call for new kinds of labor and improvements on the old. From time immemorial this has been the need of society, and every step we have made has been founded upon improvements that were resisted at the ‘outset. In our own day we have heard the steam engine, the electric wire, the art of the photographer, the cunning of the lithograph, the nimble magic of the sewing machine, ay, and a hundred other labor-saving inventions denounced with prophecies of endless evil, and we have lived to see them not only tri- umph but confer unnumbered benefits. But a very few years ago the advent of im- migrants by thonsands from the European world was here hailed with outeries of rage and terror; but they peopled the wilderness and mingled their blood upon a hundred fields of patriotic devotion, while the one flag of union aud freedom now waves over a score of ae ALD, races that cheer it in as many dialects with @ united voice and common love, To-day Asia begins to send us her toilers to do a minor work for which their peculiar organization ¢s- pecially fits them, and in doing so steps in to our relief and points the sturdier white race to a nobler task than stitching shoes, The cord- wainers of Massachusetts may thank thelr stars that they, from belag the servants of ser- vants, may now, by a wise dispensation, be- come the masters of more minute and docile fingers, The slaving household drudges of podr homes may Sud ia the quick, fairy-like aid of the Chinese girl, whose clothing and tood are equally frugal and simple, the ‘‘very present help in time of nocd” that their aching limbs and worried braia have craved this maayaday, Aud what will apply to Amer- ica, in its densely settled districts, will apply to Iveland or any other country on this earth, The inoreage of labor, while it may diminish the profits of the few, inevitably incroases the comfort of the many, provided that the pres- sure be relioved according to the dictates of reason, humanity and God's eternal truth. And what are these? To take awag the bread of others, because our own may falsely seem endangered? To brawl along the street, and, in the name of liberty, impose a reign of ter~ ror? To be cruel tyrants to-day over the few aad the woak, preparatory tothe yoke that the atrongest aingle tyrant will impose on all alike to-morrow? To commit thosa excesses which breed a fierce reaction, tu set the exam- ple, mark out the process, clear the way by which the boldest intriguer with the blackest heart may once more march to a despotic mastery and crush the very name of freedom beneath his iron hee! ? We trust that neither in Ireland nor in Amer- ica, in Germany nor in France, this appalling Praying and Preaching with the Thermo- meter Ninety«six Degrees in the Shade. Tt is related of Mr, Beecher that on one ex- ceedingly hot Sabbath morning he remarked, on ascending the pulpit of Plymouth church, that it was ‘‘d—d hot!” This story has been de- pied by the reverend geatleman ; nevertheless we feel assured that had he yesterday used the energetic language ascribed to him the per- spiration from the brow of the Recording Angel would have fallen upon the record and blotted it out forever. For yesterday was such » day as tried men's tempers, It ts not unlikely that the congregation at the “‘Charch of Our Saviour” looked upon the choir as guilty of & piece of irreverent sarcasm when it sang the following verse :—~ The darkened sky, how thick tt lowers, Troubled with storms and big with showers; No cheerful gieam of light appears, But nature pours forth ail her vears. It was somewhat ludicrous to describe a8 something to be deplored, a state of things which every member of the congregation must have heartily wished actually existed at the moment. Pgalms and hymns ought always to be chosen with regard to their appropriateness to the weather, When the Chriatind mission- aries first entered the Norse countries they depicted in graphic and eloquent language the fire and flames of hell. To their astonishment the people refused to embrace Christianity, declaring that hell was just the place they wanted to go to, Nor did the missionaries effect any good until they had rejacted their old ideas of Satan’s dominions and painted the world of the lost aa an icebound desert, ten thousand times colder than the climate of the Norse countries. The simple truth is that it was frightfully hot yesterday. No argument or figures of speech could have made a single mortal cool. delusion of protecting local monopolies of | Preachers perspired and fanned, sinners fanned labor, or aught else, by violence, may prevail, Could we think that it would, we should feel that the darkest hour of humanity was yet to be endured. But we do strenuously, earnestiy, incessantly advocate the elevation and the emancipation of the workingman, and we propose for hima com- bination that will inevitably win the great, good fight. Itis the trades union of conscien- tious effort to improve every rightful oppor- tunity; of diligence, integrity, sobriety, frugality, honest hope, true faith in God and fellow man and the kind spirit of brotherly love. Capital is mighty, but capital is wise ; it sees, it thinks, and it is most keenly sensitive. Adssail it and it departs and leaves you poor. Conciliate it, invite it, win it and it becomes your friend. Capital persuaded and reassured and labor reconciled are natural allies, and when united will conquer the world; but those who set capital and labor at war will consign to suffering the innocent families of millions more than the poor cord- wainers at North Adams and the tailors at Cork. American Exchange Tending Downward in European Markets, We learn through the telegraphic news from Europe that American exchanges are tending downward in consequence of the prospects of the grain trade and the dividends that are about to be paid—that is, we suppose, the July interest on the national debt, This will account sufficiently for the decline of gold here. When exchange is lary ely againgt ys and high there is, of courte, a Bicier drain of specie, and this raises the premiuin on gold. But the prospect of a fine grain crop and a large demand for it abroad, together with the dis- bursement in a few days of thirty millions or so of gold by the Treasury to pay the July interest, place this country in a favorable posi- tion as regards the balance of trade. The large and valuable cotton crop has coutri- buted very much to bring about this state of things. Though our importations, which con- tinue to give an immense revenue to the government, are enormous, the country is so prosperous and its productions are increasing so much that there is no fear about meet- ing our liabilities abroad. The pros- pect of there being a considerable demand for our grain in Europe is good news for the farmers, merchants, shippers and railroad companies. The grain trade, coming in be- tween the last year’s crop of cotton aud the crop that is now growing, will keep business active and the exchanges more in our favor, While Congress is tinkering at the tariff, taxa- tion and the national finances the country is solving the difficulties that surrounded us, Our wonderful and varied resources and the industry of the people are smoothing over the embarrassiments brought upon the country by the war. But we have only just started on this fresh career of prosperity. The reorgani- zation and restitution of the industry of the South, the rapid development of the West and the progress of the industrial pursuits of the North and East will soon turn the balance of trade largely in our favor. When our shipping interests revive in connection with this general prosperity exchange will cease to be against us. New York must take the place of London, This cily is destined to be at no distant day the financial centre of the world. We advise the gold and stock operators of Wall street to ponder over these facts. If they do not they will be tripped up as Boyd and Ketchum have been within the last day or two. And we recommend our merchants and financiers to prepare for the future that is opening both for the country at large and this great commercial metropolis. Tuk Work oF Concress.—We publish in another part of this paper a résumé of the work transacted so far by Congress, and the work that remains unfinished. Most of the appropriation bills are still unfinished, although they are generally pretty well advanced, and are mostly halted by reason of some inharmo- nious amendments. The Army, Tax and Tariff, Banking, Funding and Natura jon bills are in pretty much the same condition, while the houses, has been put back so far on account of disagreeing amendments that it will probably have to take an entirely new start. These are all important measures, which should be passed, and, as there are only seventeen more working days in the session, it behooves the conference committees having them in charge to make haste with them, Ovr Spxctat. Wrrrers IN Evrorr continue to chronicle the present history of the Old World in the letters which are published in our columns to-day. and perspired. The only thing in the shape of tears that nature poured forth was perspira~ tion, and we suggest that the gleam of light was almost too cheerful. Of course the churches were nearly empty. Mr. Hepworth, at the Church of the Messiah, described lucidly the dangers which beset the path of man. Rev. Mr. Frothingham discoursed on the adaptability of watering places for summer worship. The reverend gentleman closed the season at Lyric Hall yesterday. He opens again in September, however, in, we trust, an entirely new run of characters. The excel- lence of his orchestra and choir can scarcely be improved; but during his sojourn in the country we would suggest an examination into the glory and power of Nature’s God and the letting alone of Nature’s self which he so poeti- cally extolled yesterday. But whether he does or not it is consoling to leara from that inspired spiritualist, Mrs, Brigham, that we are ‘‘ap- proaching a time when the voice of conscience will be listened to and when truth and justice will prevail.” One of the most interesting sermons deliv- ered yesterday was that at the Canal street Presbyterian church by Rev. David Mitchell. It eulogized Charles Dickens and rebuked those who questioned his Christianity. The Pharisees of the churches were severely han- dled by Rev. John Quincy Adams at the East Baptist church. His subject was “‘Cheap Re- ligion.” We would suggest to the reverend gentleman that the Pharisees he censured find their religion anything but cheap. A mad dog in front of Grace church caused much excite- ment and somewhat disturbed the pious medi- tations of the magnificent Brown and the rem- nant of his highly aristocratic congregation, whose husbands and fathers are not yet pre- pared for the summer tour, Why a dog should have selected so sanctified a spot as Grace church to get mad on we do not know. We pray, however, that it will not result in his giving the congregation religious hydrophobia, Mr. Potter's sermon was good, as was also that of Rev. Alexander Thomp- son, who preached on ‘‘The Leadership of God” at St, Paul's Reformed church, Dr. Cuyler, at Lafayette avenue; Rev. Abbott Brown, at the Church of the Reformation, and Rev, Thomas H. Burch, at the Seventh street Methodist Episcopal church, also discoursed learnedly and piously. In Brooklyn Brother Beecher and his con- gregation were so languid as hardly to be themselves. The service and the sermon were short, the subject of the first being “‘Righteous- ness.” At all the other churches in Brooklyn, at all in Washington, Jersey Cily and else- where outside of this metropolis, devout and earnest preachers served the cause of Chris- tianity about as well as the heat would permit them, EXoIrEMENT IN MADRID—FRNIANS IN| GIB- RALTAR.—A_ special cable despatch which we print this morning informs us of the dis- covery of a plot to blow up a powder maga- zine at Gibraltar, The ubiqnitous Fenians are said to be at the bottom of it. It is gratifying to know that the plot was discovered in time and that the ringleader has been arrested. Great excitement was, in consequence of this discovery, prevailing at Madrid. Spain, we know, is very anxious to recover Gibraltar, but the Spaniards had better take care not to ally themselves with the terrible Fenians. If they do the big rock may be blown sky-high before they know where they are. Stare Svsstpies AND RaAtLroap TaxEs.— The Sonoma (Cal. ) Democrat, arguing in favor of the subsidy for the California Pacific Rail- road, asserts that the tax upon the railroad property will pay the subsidy within the time when it is payable under the law—namely, twenty years, The Sacramento Reporter does not think this statement correct, and defies the Democrat to show a single county in the State where railroad property has paid in taxes anything like interest on the aid given, The fact is this whole business of national or State aid to privata railroad or other specu- lative projects is one fraught with mischief and productive of an incalculable amount of Apportionment bill, after having passed both | corruption in high places and official demorali- zation generally. The system should be banished altogether from both national and State legislative halls, A Wisk Provistox.—One of the most important and salutary provisions in the pro- posed new constitution of Iinois is that which makes imperative the absolute denial of all State aid to railroads or canals. The same provision ought to be incorporated into the national constitution without delay if the peo- ple desire to preserve their public domain from railrogd speculators agd land grabbers. MUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, The Elections for the Next CongressA Democratic Pronanciamento. The democratic members of the two houses of Congress have issued a round robin calling the attention of their party throughout the country to the Importance of the coming fall elegtions, tavolving nearly all the members of the lower house of the next Congress, by the the people, and one-third of the members of the Senate, through the State Legislatures to be chosen. The signers of this Congressional democratic call think that the democracy may in these elections carry the House of Repre- sentatives; that ia, “if they do theic duty and act wisely—if they throw off all apathy and act with vigor.” But they are told that there must be ‘‘no dissensions about minor matters, fo time locbia nasion by dead issues, no manifestationa of narrow or proscriptive feeling,” &c., and the Southern democracy are told to be careful in selecting candidates for Congress who Gah take thé test oath and who can face the fourteenth amendment’ without flinching; for otherwise, if elected, the radt- cala may rule them out. Now, this hegins to look like democratic pro- ress. ‘‘No time to be lost in the discussion of dead fssues” means that it ia useless to fight any longer for the restoration of ‘‘the consti- tution aa it was,” under which “the blasted nigzér” had ‘‘no rights which a white map was bound { respect.” Next, In this Con- gressional pronunciameato, the order to the democracy to abandon all "progeriptive feel- ing” means that “the blasted niggé?” js to bo cultivated and conciliated, which is a good idea. In fact, from their careful plan of ope- rations embodied in this manifesto it is clear that the democrats intend to make an earnest fight in every Congressional district for the next House of Representatives, and that their present leaders in Congress are at last con- vinced that the dead issues of old time-hon- ored democratic claptrap and the proscription of the nigger are ‘‘played out.” We say this looks like progress, and we have no doubt that the democrats will make some headway by fol- lowing this good advice. It is a remarkable fact, however, that the Congressional dem- ocrats have nothing to say upon the Chinese labor question—a question which threatens soon to overshadow all the other political questions of the day. Let the politicians wait a little longer and they will see. Ex-Queen Isalbs 's Rumored Abdication. It was rumored in Paris on Saturday last that ex-Queen Isabella had made her arrangements for signing her formal abdication of the throne of Spain, and that Marshal Bazaine and other important personages were to be present to assist in the important cere- mony. We have not yet, however, been informed of the formal proclamation of the act, though we suppose that her Most Faithful Catholic Majesty must be by this time con- vinced that abdication is her only alternative, in view of some possible chance that, with the old lady out of the way, the Cortes may come to a compromise in accepting her son, the Prince of Asturias. She will doubtless retire from the contest in favor of this young man, and in the long interval of the recess of the Cortes, which is to be lengthened to Novem- ber next, it is possible that the ex-Queen, through the Church party in Spain, may bring her son very prominently into the foreground for the succession. That she has an active sympathizer in the Pope and in her devoted Catholic countrywoman, the Empresg Eugénie, we know; but the jealousy of the Bourboné, inherited and still entertained by the Bona- partes, is a Serious drawback to the house of Spain, We think it probable, however, that Louis Napoleon, in one way or another, will at last have to settle this difficult Spanish question. The Ecumenical Council. The Ecumenical Council, accordiug to one of our latest reports from Rome, will sit during the summer months, It is expected that the final adjournment will take place about Easter, 1871. The sitting through the summer months is not a bad idea. It will work pow- erfully in favor of infallibility. The minority, it is not unreasonable to presume, will get tired out and go home, leaving the infallibility men masters of the situation. It will not be wonderful if this dodge secures a unanimous vote. Some days ago the Archbishop of Paris startled the Council by openly and emphati- cally declaring that unless the dogma was unanimously approved by the Council it would not be binding oa the Church. If the malcon- tents leave in disgust unanimity may be secured. The Council has besides become a kind of necessity in Rome. It pays. It is the grandest and most profitable show which has peen witnessed in the Holy City in many long years. When travellers from all parts of Europe and America are rushing through and across the Alps why should the show be dis- continued ? Butter is to be investigated, Having forced investigations into everything and everybody that gave any shadow of an excuse for it, it is the highest order of dramatic jus- tice that he himself should at last be investi- gated. There seems to be some trouble about the way in which the funds of the National Soldiers’ Home have been expended, and But- ler ig President of that concern. With Butler's reputation, and the love his friends in Con- gress bear him, this little fact is foundation enough. We cannot express any opinion as to his guilt or innocence until we hear the evidence, unless, igdeed, we are to judge by the company Ben has keen found in lately and by his previous character, Which will pobably be given in evidence; but, av be has more brains than Whittemore, we predict that he will not have to resign to escape ex- pulsion. Free Trapg ANd Free Lasor.—it free trade is good, why not free labor? If it is wrong that American consumers are compelled to pay high prices for home made goods be- cause of the protective tariff upon English goods, is it right to oppose the introduction of cheap Chinese labor because it comes into con- flict with American labor? Again, what bet- ter plan can be adopted to secure free trade than this plan of introducing Chinese labor, which in cheapness will enable our factories and foundries to compete with those of Eng- land without a protective tariff? Ina word, do not free trade and free labor, and a free field for labor, all go together? What aay the politicians? The Good Shepberd and His Wandering Sheep<Effective aud Touching Discourse of Rev. Mr. McGean. In despite of the tropical heat that scorched our city in the morning hours of yesterday, there was a most varied array of religious ser- vices in all our leading churches, a8 readers of the Hpraxp will perceive. by the many col- umns of reported sermons that we publish this morning, Some of the latter were brilliant; - others argumentative; others tonchingly pa- thetic, and others, again, peculiarly effective for their appropriateness to the time and the occasion, But, upon careful inspection, we flad @ singular combination of all thege quali ties in the brief but powerful appeal of the Rev. Mr. McGean, who officiated at the conclu- ston of high mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral and discoursed upon the ee ae alve parable of “the lost sheep,” which the good pastor went Torth fo dook, aad When wT had found it, returned rejoicing with the rescued d82 ic his loving arms. In this day, whea shaffi8 aid make-bolives 40 constantly usurp the foreground and noisy pretension thrusts itself forward in all things, to the exclusion of quiet, unassuming merit, it is hard at first to make @ certain class of mankind credit that inch A daw’s not reckonel a rellgiogs birt 1 Because he keeps a-cawing trom a sigaple. Moreover, thousands of our young people, beholding how much fashion has to do so fre- quently with the display that makes the house of God more like @ gay reunion for mutual amusement than & Piage for contrite thought and humble worship, ate straying far away from the fold iato the wilderness of doubt and unbellef, Look at the conventicle of our day as it is so often seen :— Here some are thinkin! on théte 8ia3 An’ some upo’ the:r claes; Ane curses feet that fyled his shins; Anither sighs an’ prays; x On this band-sits a chosen swatch, ~ Wt serew'd-un, grace-proud faces; bys On that a set o' Chaps at watch, ‘Tbraug winkin’ on the lasses. But in the Cathedral yesterday there was none of this. The solemn ceremonial, the “dim, religious light,” the pulsing orgaa music thrilling @ silence of intense devotion with those unutterable melodies of the great masters that awe and subdue the heart of man in the presence of his God, fitly prepared the audience for the tender and caressing voice of their pastor, typifying the loving kindness and the joy of the Good Shepherd going forth over the desert of this world to gather in His stray lambs to the sheltering fold. Not a word of mere sectarian reproach; no feeling less than the great, good end in view ; no trifling play of words; no bid or trick of diction for flippant applause; no gleam of any- thing, in fine, but the light of the pure pastoral mission should ever be allowed to lower the calm, sweet dignity of pulpit ministration. Herein the Rev. Mr. McGean was eminent among the many able divines who fought the good fight yesterday. The blessed Saviour’s boundless mercy and love for an erring race; the glory of Calvary shining undimmed and eternal to guide the storm- tossed mariner to land and home; the Father waiting there to clasp His returning prodigal; the rest that follows to the just when the trials of earth have been patiently borne and its duties faithfully discharged—such were the themes that rose with the chant of the choir and the voice of the preacher until they spread beyond the fretted sisles and sculptured architraves, and went forth with the thought- ful worshipper to brighten even the summer air, to Sweeten the bread of poverty, to strengthen the hand of toil and be an ever- present blessing in the hearts that they had touched and cheered. Progress of Reconstruction in Britain—An Important Reform. Within the last few years how numerous and how sweeping have been the popular triumphs in Great Britain! How changed is the system of government since 1832! Nay, how changed since 1852! Formerly Great Britain was the most exclusive of monarchies. The government of the empire was exclusively in the hands of the so-called higher classes, The nobility and the landed gentry only had rights. No office of power and trust at home or in the colonies but was filled by a rich man’s son or a rich man’s friend. The Reform bill of 1832 was a great inilial step towards uplifting the people. Until lately the pro- gress was slow, as was most natural among a people trained by long experience to regard changes with suspicion. Of late years, how- ever, reforms have gone on apace. Some years ago the Indian civil service was throwa open to competition. The change has worked well. Young men have been found in no stinted number, though without patrician blood in their veins, equal to the highest requirements. India never was so well gov- erned as now, and for the simple reason that the men who now govern India have been tried and found worthy before being entrusted with official responsibility, The Disraeli Reform bill and the numerous reforms, politi- cal, ecclesiastical and financial, that have fol- lowed in so rapid succession have placed the great body of the people in an entirely now and greatly more advantageous position. What has been done is nothing to what must yet be done. The people now are fully alive to their wants. They know their strength and they are not indis- posed to put it forth. Hence the present reforming activity which runs out in so many directions, One of the most important reforms which it has been our privilege to record is that which is known on the other side as ‘‘The New Order in Council.” This order, which bears date June 4, directs that after August 31 all entrance appolntmenis to all situations if all civil departments of the State, except the Foteign Office or posts requiring profea- sional knowledge, shall be filled by open com- petition. It is virtually the adoption of the Indian system into the civil service of the em- pire. After his appointment the victorious candidate must pass through a six months probation, and the chiefs of departments are distinctly vested with the power of dismissal, Henceforward, as the result of this reform, the colonies will be governed, the civil depart- ments of the army will be administered, the revenue collected and the business of Parliament initiated by a class of men impartially selected from the great body—from six millions of male adults, instead of from sixty thousand, It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of this as a great popular gain. Not aristocracy, but brains, will henceforth govera the British Great