13.--Died, aged 93, Frederick von Raumer, German historian.

Lord Derby, speaking at the Society of Arts, disputes the wisdom of the proposal that the State should take over the railways. The public, he said, "had no security that railways would not be superseded as coaches and canals had been. The inventive powers of the human mind could not be limited. What would have happened if the Government of the day had bought up stage coaches and canals ?" Lord Derby thought also there was much in the argument that the State administration of the railways would put the Government in possession of a powerful engine of corruption. Still, he did not deny that the question might have to be entertained hereafter.

14.-The Court of Queen's Bench declines to grant a criminal information against Mr. Plimsoll for a libel on Mr. Norwood, M.P., but refuses Mr. Plimsoll his costs.

15.—The first "Hospital Sunday" held in London; above 27,400/. collected in connection with the different services.

Engagement between Republican and Carlist troops near Prista, Catalonia, the latter having slightly the advantage.

16.-Replying to a memorial with 60,200 signatures against Romish teaching in the Church of England, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York write:-"We wish to state that we do not consider it to be the duty of the bishops to undertake judicial proceedings upon every complaint of a violation of the rubrics, or upon every charge of unsound doctrine that may be laid before them; obviously it cannot be desirable that the Church should be harassed by the bishops being dragged into an unlimited number of judicial investigations founded upon charges and counter-charges made by contending theological parties against their opponents, on the ground of alleged excess or defect in conforming to the ritual and preaching the doctrine of the Church. With regard to the particular matters of ceremonial and doctrine to which you direct our attention, we wish we saw a readiness everywhere manifested on the part of the laity to use all the legitimate authority which is vested in them, through the election of churchwardens, and all their personal influence to check the growth of Romanizing tendencies. The laity in many parishes possess a power, more effectual than any dread of prosecution, of preventing improper changes in ritual and extravagance in doctrine; and we must add that they occasionally show a great reluctance to use their power. We live in

an age when all opinions and beliefs are keenly criticised, and when there is less inclination than there ever was before to respect authority in matters of opinion. In every state, in every religious community, almost in every family, the effects of this unsettled condition may be traced. The evils of this kind which meet us on every side are by no means restricted to

such as your petition has brought prominently before us. It is an open question whether the tendencies to superstition or to infidelity, or those old tendencies of unregenerate human nature to a dull and heartless indifference, which, more than either superstition or unbelief, leave the heart open to the assaults of immorality, are most to be deprecated. But we rejoice to trace many hopeful signs in the Church of which we are ministers, and to note an increase of religious life in the whole nation."

16.-The Grand Duke Czarewitch and the Grand Duchess Czarevna, with two sons, arrive at Woolwich on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Members of the Middlesex Bicycle Club who left London on Whit-Monday (the 2nd inst.) complete their journey to John O'Groat's, a distance of 800 miles, showing an average daily speed of about 60 miles.

The London Nonconformist Committee form resolutions expressing "the utmost dissatisfaction" at the Government proposals for the amendment of the Education Act, which the committee regard as "conceived in the interests of Denominationalism, calculated to disappoint the just expectations of Nonconformists, and interposing new difficulties in the establishment of a really national system of education.

17. Sir Robert Anstruther introduces, but withdraws after debate, a motion favouring the abolition of patronage in the Church of Scotland, Mr. Gladstone suggesting a Parliamentary inquiry into the subject next year.

18. His Majesty the Shah arrives at Dover, and is received by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Arthur on behalf of her Majesty. Charing Cross was reached late in the afternoon, and a triumphal progress made along the route to Buckingham Palace.

Mr. Fawcett's bill for transferring the expense of Parliamentary elections from candidates to the local rates thrown out in the Commons on the proposal for a second reading by 205 to 91 votes.

- Dr. Heurtley, Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford, publishes a protest against conferring an honorary degree on Professor Tyndall, on the ground that he had signalized himself by denying the credibility of miracles and the efficacy of prayer.

19. The Cape and Zanzibar mail contracts referred to a Select Committee.

Died, Mr. David Robertson, of Ladykirk, recently elevated to the peerage with the title of Lord Marjoribanks.

Came on for trial, before Mr. Justice Denman and a special jury, the case of Littleton v. Gounod, in which the plaintiff, representing the firm of Novello and Company, sued the musical composer for damages in so far as he had written that he had been "mulcted" of certain sums of money, and otherwise made imputations upon plaintiff's taste as a music publisher. Verdict for plaintiff-damages 40s. with costs.

23.-Naval review at Spithead in honour of the Shah; and "reception" at the Albert Hall in the evening. Next day the troops were reviewed in Windsor Park before the Queen and her illustrious guest.

24.-Died, aged 63, Thornton Leigh Hunt, journalist, eldest son of Leigh Hunt, poet and essayist.

Sir Arthur Guinness magnanimously withdraws from further prosecuting the libel charge preferred before a Dublin bench against Sir John Gray, for a paragraph in the Freeman's Journal making erroneous reflections on Sir Arthur's domestic life.

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The Khan of Khiva issues a proclamation abolishing_slavery:—' Penetrated by veneration for the Emperor of Russia, I declare all slaves in the empire of Khiva to be free, and the slave trade abolished for ever. mand the immediate execution of this order, and severe punishment will be inflicted in case of refusal. All liberated slaves enjoy equal rights with my other subjects, and are permitted to remain in the Khanate. Should they wish to return to their native country, special measures will be taken. The liberated slaves are to assemble at the nearest market towns, and to present themselves to the authorities, who will inscribe their names on lists and inform the Khan of the number of liberated slaves."

25.-The German Parliament prorogued by Prince Bismarck in name of the Emperor.

Decree published in the Italian official Gazette putting in force the bill for the suppression of religious bodies in Rome.

26 -The Public Worship Facilities Bill framed to enable the diocesan, with the consent in writing of the incumbent of a parish, and, in certain circumstances, on the application in writing of twenty-five or more of the parishioners, to license a clergyman of the Church of England to officiate in any schoolroom or other suitable building, consecrated or unconsecrated, rejected in the House of Lords on the proposal for a second reading by 62 to

26 votes.

26. Mr. Forster moves the annual Education vote-1,299, 6037.

27.-Died, at Florence, Hiram Powers, an American sculptor, whose "Greek Slave" ex cited much interest in the Exhibition of 1851.

Lord Stanhope's motion for an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty to take into consideration the institution of an Order of Merit to be bestowed by her Majesty as a sign of her royal approbation up on men who have deserved well of their country in science, literature, and art, negatived after a brief discussion.

29.-The Deerhound, detained some days at Plymouth, on suspicion of being laden with arms for the Carlists, permitted to sail.

The Chief Secretary for Ireland suggests to the Commissioners of National Education an addition to their rules to meet such cases as Mr. O'Keeffe's:-"The Commissioners also reserve to themselves the power of withdrawing the recognition of a patron or local manager, if he shall fail to observe the rules of the Board, or if it shall appear to them that the educational interest of the district require it; but such recognition will not be withdrawn without an investigation into the above matters, held after due notice to the patron or local manager, and to all parties concerned." The Commissioners unanimously agree to accept the new rule.

Anti-Confessional meeting in Exeter Hall presided over by the Earl of Shaftesbury, who spoke of the decision of the bishops as "mealy mouthed" and 66 contemptible," and after speaking of the confessional in strong language, concluded by saying :-"There was one test he would apply to those who were labour. ing to introduce the confessional into the Church.

Would they appoint female confessors? (Prolonged cheering followed this question.) That was a test by which it would fall to the winds, because, if female confessors were appointed every confessional-box in Eng land would be broken up for firewood in six weeks. Who was to blame for all the scandal in the Church? (Here there were cries which

July 1. Came on before the House of Lords the appeal case of Mordaunt v. Moncrieffe, guardian, the pleadings ending in a reference to the Judges, suggested by Lord Chelmsford, " Whether, under the Act 20 and 21 Vict., proceedings for the dissolution of a marriage can be instituted or proceeded with, either on behalf of or against a husband or wife who, before the proceedings were instiThe tuted, has become incurably lunatic?" learned Judges having requested time to consider their answer, the further consideration was adjourned.

Meeting of the Education League and Nonconformists at the Westminster Palace Hotel, for the purpose of considering proposed amendments in the Education Act. Mr. Bright remarked, that while he thought the Act of 1870 was the very worst Act which had ever been passed by any Liberal Government since the Reform Act of 1832, still it was now a question of what amendment was practicable, and there was no doubt that it was not possible to pass such a measure as the meeting wanted. He warned them against an impulsive breaking away from the Liberal party. was easier to smash up than to restore, and they might possibly find, when they had shattered the party, as some of the speakers had threatened to do, they would be in a worse and weaker position than they were before. Resolutions were passed condemning the bill, and respectfully urging upon Liberal members of the House of Commons the desirability of offering it the most strenuous opposition.

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Isle of Man Railway opened by the Duke of Sutherland.

these objections as going to the root of the bill, and were inseparable from the constitution of a Court of Appeal. He anticipated great ad. vantage from the mixture of judges, and derided the notion that the ablest men could not be obtained from the Scotch and Irish bars. As to the intermediate appeal, he did not admit the necessity for its abol tion, but it was a point about which no decision had yet been arrived at. There would be ample opportunity for discussing the whole question when the bill was recommitted, and there was no necessity, therefore, for postponement.

3.-Discovery of a comet by M. Temple, from the Observatory, Milan.

New Atlantic Telegraph cable success

fully laid.

Died. suddenly, aged 57, Prince Ponia towski, a distinguished musical amateur. New Spanish Constitution promulgated. The president to be elected for four years, and not to be eligible for re-election. Deputies not to hold office as Ministers. The army, navy, railways, telegraphs, customs, and finances to be under the control of the Central Government. A national militia, with compulsory service, to be established. Two sessions of the Cortes every year, and the members to be paid.

4.-Lord Redesdale introduces, but withdraws after discussion, a motion for an address to the Crown, praying her Majesty to attach official peerages to the offices of Lord Chancellor, of the two Chief Justices, and of the Chief Baron of Exchequer.

5.-The Shah leaves London, and embarks at Dover for Cherbourg, arriving at Paris next day.

The French National Assembly decide that a bill for instituting a parliamentary inquiry into the condition of the French collieries, and the best means of augmenting their productive capacity in accordance with the requirements of commerce, should be treated as "urgent."

The Inman steamer City of Washington wrecked in a fog on the Gull Rock Bar, Nova Scotia; crew and passengers saved.

7.-Mr. Gladstone announces the abandonment of various Government measures for the present session.

Duel at Essanges, on the border of the Luxembourg territory, between M. Ranc and M. Paul Cassagnac, each receiving a slight sword-cut in the arm.

Replying to an appeal on behalf of the National (Education) Society, Earl Russell writes that he was 66 aware it was founded in 1811 with the view of superseding the British and Foreign Society in the work of education, and excluding the children of all parents who embrace the Christian faith without belonging to the Church from the benefits of education. I am aware, also, that many of the parochial clergy of the present day are friendly to the

restoration of those practices which led to gross abuses, and to the reformation of the Church. I fear that if encouragement to the practice of confession be fostered, the desire to subvert the principles of the Reformation will gain ground. I therefore remain steadfast in the conviction that the daily reading of a portion of the Bible is a necessary condition of any sound education for the general mass of the people."

8.-Lord Cairns states in the House of Lords that the changes proposed by the Government in the Judicature Bill were violations of the privileges of the Upper House, in so far as the extension of the new court to Scotland and Ireland was a palpable infringement of the rule that any enactment affecting the jurisdiction of their lordships must commence in their own House, and could not be altered elsewhere. It was afterwards intimated by Mr. Gladstone that, to avoid a conflict between the two Houses, Government would propose that it be left to the Lords voluntarily to surrender their appellate jurisdiction in England and Scotland. This proposal was afterwards abandoned.

Mr. Richards carries a resolution in the Commons in favour of international arbitration as a means of preventing wars, by 98 to 88

votes.

In the case of Farrell and Harting v. Gordon, in which it was sought to set aside the will of the late Baroness Weld on the ground of undue influence, the Court of Probate pronounces in favour of the will and codicils, with costs against the defendants.

The brothers Goldsmith and their sister Rebecca sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to various terms of penal servitude for obtaining jewellery under false pretences, and uttering various forged bills of exchange.

Lord Gifford delivers judgment at Edinburgh in the action for separation and aliment by Lady Pollok of Pollok against her husband, Sir Hew Crawfurd Pollok, which had been before the Scotch courts for some time.

His lordship found that the defender acted cruelly to his wife, and granted the separation asked for, with 500l. per annum aliment. aliment claimed was 1,000l. a year.

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The Spanish Government issues a manifesto declaring that the most pressing and important task before it is "to put an end to the civil war now devastating Catalonia, Navarre, and the Basque Provinces. We are preparing to make a supreme effort for that purpose by the application of the extraordinary powers granted by the Cortes." The manifesto stated, that in order to achieve liberty the Government had resolved to exact the inexorable execution of the law, and to compel soldiers to remain with their colours until the complete pacification of the country shall be accomplished. The Government asked the support of all volun

teer corps already organized, and urged them "to display against the partisans of Absolutism the warlike spirit of which they have already given so many proofs."

8.-Died at Frankfort, aged 68, Herr Winterhalter, German painter.

Died at Oxford, aged 83, Rev. John Wilson, D.D., formerly President of Trinity. Dr. Wilson took a first-class in classics in 1809 (the late Dean Gaisford being one of his examiners), the year after Sir Robert Peel had obtained a double-first, while Mr. Keble took his degree in the subsequent year. He was appointed president of his college in 1850, but resigned the office in 1866.

9.-Diplomatic reception in uniform, in honour of the Shah, held in Paris for the first time since the fall of the Empire.

The Duke of Edinburgh betrothed to the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, at Ingen. heim.

12. Loss of the steamer Singapore off Cape Guardafui, East Africa.

14.-In Committee on the Judicature Bill, the Attorney-General, by 174 to 129 votes, carries a clause providing that no Lord Chancellor hereafter shall receive a pension who has not sat ten years on the woolsack, or served fifteen years as an ordinary judge, unless he give his consent in writing to serve as an additional judge of the Court of Appeal.-Mr. Ward Hunt objected to this limitation, contending that it would prevent the Government from obtaining the best men.—The AttorneyGeneral replied that the ex-Chancellors would be relieved from the legal duties which they had hitherto performed, and pointed to the engagement of Lord Westbury and Lord Cairns in arbitration cases as grounds for depriving Lord Chancellors of their pensions. -Mr. Gathorne Hardy reminded the AttorneyGeneral that these duties had been imposed on Lord Westbury and Lord Cairns by Acts of Parliament. - Mr. Bouverie was of opinion that this circumstance had nothing to do with the question, The proposed arrangement

Don Carlos re-enters Spain, and issues a proclamation to the volunteers fighting in his name deploring the blindness of the army,

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forgetful of fifteen centuries of glory under the monarchical flag." Leaving the French village of Ustaritz early in the morning, Don Carlos and his party travelled for three hours through the hills and forests of St. Pé and Sare. At a small inn just on the other side of the frontier, and close to the foot of Peña de la Plata, the Marquis Valdespina and General Lizarraga were waiting by appointment with their staff and an escort. These officers having saluted Don Carlos as their king and kissed his hand, he proceeded to change his travelling costume for a brilliant uniform that had been brought over beforehand, and then, attended by those already named, continued his journey till he reached the village of Zugarramurdy, where a hearty reception awaited him.

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17. In moving the second reading of the Education Act Amendment Bill, Mr. Forster explained the course which Ministers contemplated in the face of the objections raised in various quarters against some of its provisions, and particularly to the third clause. The object of the clause was twofold-first, to secure education for all the children of outdoor paupers; and, secondly, to transfer to poor-law guardians, upon certain conditions, the onus of paying, wholly or in part, school fees for the children of indigent parents. was to the latter proposal that objection had been raised by boards of guardians, school boards, and certain religious denominations, and the Government was not prepared to persist in opposition to these bodies. He proposed, therefore, to take out of the clause all that portion relating to the transfer of the powers under the 25th section of the Education Act so the boards of guardians. It was also proposed to extend the provisions of Denison's Act, and make education compulsory in the case of pauper children. The proposal for a second reading was carried by 343 to 72 votes.

Resignation of Pi-y-Margall's Ministry at Madrid; a new Ministry formed by Salmeron.

19.-Died, through the effects of a fall from his horse, the Right Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, D.D., Bishop of Winchester. Accompanied by Lord Granville the Bishop left London today (Saturday) by the South-Western Railway, with the intention of paying a short visit to the Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower, of Holmbury, near Dorking, where Mr. Gladstone had arrived to meet them. At Leatherhead they were met by a groom with horses. The Bishop mounted one which, on account of its quietness, was a special favourite with Lord Granville. After passing Burford Bridge Hotel they went off the high road, and, leaving Dorking in the valley, made their way over Ranmove Common. From this point they pursued the bridle-road towards Leith-hill. Beyond Ackhurst Downs, Lord Granville, being very familiar with this part of the country, led the way down the hill towards Abinger, and arrived on a piece of moorland locally known as "Eversheds rough." The waggon road here being full of ruts, they left it for the turf, which was light and springy, but not good galloping ground. The Bishop and Lord Granville were in conversation when the Bishop's horse stumbled, was believed over a stone, and threw its rider forward. Death appeared to have been instantaneous, as the Bishop fell on his head, and, turning completely over, dislocated his neck. The body was conveyed to Abinger Hall, the seat of Mr. Farrer, Secretary of the Board of Trade. The Bishop, who was born on the 7th September, 1805, was third son of William Wilberforce, celebrated for the part he took in the abolition of the slave trade. Dr. Wilberforce was consecrated Bishop of Oxford in 1845 and translated to Winchester in 1869. His last public utterance was in the House of Lords on the 15th inst., when, in reply to Lord Oranmore's accusation of complicity with the Ritualists, he closed with the words, "I hate and abhor the attempt to Romanize the Church of England; and I will never hear any one make such a charge without telling him to his face that he is guilty of gross misrepre• sentation."