... At the sitting of the congress on Wednesday, Mr. Hodges, of London, pointed out the cost of war, and ex- pressed his belief in the strength of public opinion, which in England forced electoral reform from the aristocracy. PI. C. Vogts read a communication from Madame Fanny Lewald Stahr, in which she spoke of the absurdity of decitting either private or public disputes by fighting and calling ...

... , ?7,, . 1, : '1Z ?? firtelliatit ? i. ?? ? I ? - 1 THE METE~fli . , TO THE I>xt03l OF 'SHE DALYGo. SsaR,-Favourites may be firm%ou j3'and I outsiders wofully at a, disqqosat, .hut still there is no en suring against a St. Leger surprise, the doings of thbe past few days having beer quitein keepingwiththose earlier on, and which so desesvbdly give 1867 imhappellitive of the Outsiders' Year ...

... BISHOPS AND CUBATEBS (From the C(hristian Observer, September.) Our readers will learn without regret that the bill for increasing the episcopate by the addition of three or four new bishoprics has been withdrawn in the House of Commons by its warmest advocate, Sir Roundell Palmer. . . . With a clergy on stinted incomes, and curates, if married men, half starved, churchmen would see with ...

... I Under this heading we lately published a corre- spondence between the Hon. Fr. Villiers and Mr. Job Smeeton, of Sibbertoft, his tenant. The fol- lowing sequel to the same has been published at the request of Mr. Villiers Marston Trussell Hall, Market Harborough, Sept. 3, 1867. Sir,-In answer to your letter of the 29th ult., I must remind you that you have occupied the 62 acres of grass land ...

... THI7MODERATEIIBERALS REYIEWING THEIR E QOSITJPN. : _ _ A A A n Al ?? (From the Rco~ssozit.) I It is difficult not to believe that so importint a measeure ga the Reform DBill of this year will be a sort of dividing line in English history. The act of 1832 certainly was so; and that act, ns far as we can now see, looks less than the new one, But whether on this point we exag- gerate the ...

... If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer it would be to tell him his fate, If he resolved to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth, let him proclaim war with mankind-neither to give not to lake quarter. If he tells the crimes of great men they fall upon him with the iron bands of the law; if he tells them of virtues. when they have any, then the mob attacks ...

... THEJ LAST OF A FAMOUS BLOOKADE- RUNNERAi. Admiral Simron, commarnder of the French fleet in Greek waters, gives the foliowing account of tho de- struction of the faitous Ilocl-ade-rrlnner Arcadi, onco better known in Western waters as the COonfederate Mre ship Sumter:- '.On Monday mornieg, the 20ih oE August, after I bad received some women and children et Selino, I nailed for St. Ronmeli to ...

... JOHN BROWN, THE QUEEN'S FAVOUIE GILLIT (WIT9 ILLUbTRATIONS.) Few men, without any apparent efforl, i.:, - PttLilh> c~ slebrity es her Jtljeety'sr f;-. ' JolI0 Bw} vn. It la aii inrir',ctt ?? l . atalkimct Hli.gIhlander hfms be- I for lio ii ?? palace; i) colnstait ?? on her LIj t) have played nri iurort^i)t part at to I, I S ivcreigu. A vtiry ?? mcmoir i,., of ti chartc:cr w.hich inl.y ble ...

... THE ABYSSINIAN NEWS. The Times, assuming the telegram published yesterday from Constan- tinople to be true, says it may fairly be concluded that the sudden resolution of Theodore to liberate the captives was mainly caused by the belief that in a few weeks an irresistible force would be landed on the coast ready to wrest from him whatever power he may retain. Should this prove to be the true ...

... I SUMMARY OF THIS MURNING'S NEWS. The arrest of Garibaldi at Sinalunga sets at rest for the present the specu- lations as to his movements which have formed so prominent a feature in the continental papers for some little rime past. Some more popular demon- strations in opposition to the Liberator's detention took place at Florence yester- day, but last evening's despatch says the city was ...

... WE English are a strange mixture of discontent and self-satisfaction. We are very proud of our institutions, yet for ever grumbling at our rulers. Mortover,' iwe'-are constantly satisfied-and dissatisfied in the wrong place. We are sometimes vaguely conscious of our faults and our wants, but we seldom think the worse of ourselves foreither. Ourvanity is for ever building triumphal arches for ...

... According to the Temups it has bees finally arranged that the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress shall visit Berlin. Count von der Goltz will convey to Biarritz the formal invitation from King William. All the Sovereigns of the, North German Confederation will be at Berlin simultaneously with the Emperor. The period for the journey has not yet been fixed. The Rorsens/ciflt-,, of Berlin, ...