Caftic of Contents. ^RElnJ^pLLIGKNCE China« COLONIAL:—Telegrams from India and tow- * :ij ^ Soldier’s L e tte r ; the Expedition to Namlons' . "ritish Columbia. France: the Emperor a t Cha Celebration of Bonaparte’s. Anniversary hi St. Tetnl'.11’ ^/ossaere of the British and French Consuls at I '■■VUll '-at 1,1IISBUL. .a u ’ the Wine Crops. Spain: Preparations against ¡Siji' Co- Portugal: Arrival of the French Line of Battle Kina- Austria : the Prussian Regency; Decrees of the So,*f an(l the Regent. Poland: Emancipation of the low-sil-. "jtzo rland: the Danubian Principalities; Wnto s Circular. Naples. Scrvia. Turkey: Conspiracy r;(;v a^ acre the Christians; Increasing Difficulties of the tin mment. America. Winter Quarters on the ConSAvir- ^M i^LLUlENCE:—Italy: Difficulties with the Nyi fs. Government. A ustria: the first Free Provincial Ordln* .-diocese of Westminster; the. Cardinal’s Return; t)av +t 1 Priests and Deacons. St. Edward's Pays - 8tminster. St. Mary’s, Chelsea. St. Mary's, ffionS?rat.er- Giocese of Southwark: the Cardinal’s Seri)ioc C°wcs: diocese of Clifton: the Swindon Mission. PrJ Sc of Liverpool; Bazaar for St. Ignatius’s Church, bev 1 ’ Liverpool Young Men’s Society. Diocese of A i j r l e y : Bazaar in Aid of St. George’s Schools. Clerical Paui0ln*nicn^s’ Scotland: Brotherhood of St. Vincent of Cor J .Aberdeen; Lottery, New Church, Ac. Cape of 656 • „.°Pe : Testimonial to the Very Rev. William Hall, ' i T»«mania MminANE0US:- Marriai a t Norwich 'c Speeches. Conservative Pu: T fen; urnmg of the Austria Steam-ship ... n Greek Testament of the Vatican. ,,a iy- Salmon Fishing in Columbia ... The Burns CcnT Th omin ^A'JERS8.00^ , Congress a t Liverpool ffient —The P °or School Committee and the Govcrn. iJwj.' The Eastern Question. The Senate of the London r. of f Cf.sPy- The Rajah of Borneo upon the Conversion RpVn>,Ilflla '°"ttincs -.........es of Astronomy. The Duchess of MontP &ion n<^r' r ,ie Church of England and Private ConfesV.GäIMi' v. ^ le Use of Chloroform. Books received HrA-ANnClAL INTELLIGENCE ... ArimV :~~Gur Correspondent’s Letter. Ireland and rica. Death of Mr. Luke Plunkett. Ivê Church of St. p rof st°L Malahide. The Archbishop of Tuam’s Circular. l0llpe^ ° n of a Sister of Mercy. Catholic Church, AnachVertl Pathfriland. Church-Building in Ireland. An Ad•i’ran m<'n t in tho “ Timcs ” ° f a Catholic Charity. Irish fic asaGantic Packet Station. Deicuner on board the Pacif0l^l ep ic u re of the Pacific. Letter from Sharman Crawr, Pav; O’Connell National Fund. The Irish College in ^ r - Mansell a t Limerick ... Lj0 ‘^ O N D E N C E :—Letter from an Old Presbyter of the C0,^Rse°f Exeter. The London University ... hditivo Examinations tir,1 662 666 669 666 667 661 664 ^ u m m a r p fjr e latest India and China news gives some coni ’,,,^' l0U rePorl’ ’«■hich first reached us through Uj, yCe’ Uiat the Begum of Oude had offered to give rCc . ail;l Sahib to the Government on condition of lit) lnS a pardon for herself. The Calcutta Engut u repeats the statement, which, if true, proves the dSt' in the opinion of the most resolute among resi emy, is time to abandon the hope of successful to be'lf1Ce' 'l l'0 rebel forces near Sultairpore are said t(:P ortl0ni -6000 strong, with 8 gums. I t is 60t}, Te^ front the Punjab that the disarmed 02nd and J ^ n t r y have broken away, killing the AdjuOf y Bombay Fusileers and four Artillerymen. ar,cl u, mutinoers> f°ur hundred have been slain, The /.'C l ,olic« are in active pursuit of the rest. Ro , Gening Mac says tliat advices from Calcutta to ken* rePort new alarms, and that the troops were t °R . ePt ^l^Ur 1U^t r arms' An insurrection is reported a t haV(! ail(l fhe Rajah, who remained loyal, is said to of January 31st, 1850, he will assume, in his quality as nearest Agnate to the throne, the Regency of the kingdom.” The Prince, therefore, while accepting the Iloyal invitation, bases his assumption of the Regency on constitutional grounds, and his first act lias been to convoke the two Chambers of the Diet. The dismissal of M. dc Westphalen, supposed to lie the chief support in the Cabinet of the policy which lias of late prevailed, was the next step, and he is succeeded by M. Flottwell as Minister, ad interim. A considerable revival of political activity in Prussia is one* sure result of the change, but to whose benefit it will enure is far from certain. The Catholic party is as likely as any to profit by the change, for they will be able to make their weight more felt, and under the late Ministry the enormous power wielded through the bureaucracy by the administration was exercised against them a t all elections. But it may bo said of them, as of us, that all parties of Protestants are opposed to them, hut that the opposition of the Conservatives is more accidental and j>ersonal, while the opposition of the Liberals is rather of principles and tendencies, and therefore more deep and more dangerous. — Nothing authentic has yet transpired respecting the Reform Bill of next session, but we again invite our readers to prepare themselves for the not a t all improbable announcement that an optional ballot is to be conceded to constituencies. The more the matter considered, the less reason there seems to lie why the Ministry should neglect so favourable an opportunity of serving the country, and advancing their own interests. I f Lord John Russell would now put forth a letter, declaring his sudden conversion to the system of secret voting, we should all remember the history of the Repeal of the Corn Laws, and he prepared for a repetition of the same Drama. A beginning has been already made by the Conservative party in the speech of Sir Henry Stracey, a t the Conservative meeting a t Norwich. The worthy Baronet declared, “ l ie did not believe ‘ that Lord Derby would ever dream of introducing a Bill leading to democracy without limitation, “ but lie had not the slightest doubt that bis Lord‘ ship’s Bill would have a Liberal tendency, tliat it 1might tend to lower the franchise, and give mcm“ hers in proportion to the population of the country. I t might have Liberal tendencies of this kind, ‘ and he (Sir II. Stracey) candidly told them, that if 1ho were in Parliament, and if the Reform Bill in“ troduced included the Ballot, he should be only ‘ too glad to support the measure. Possibly some ‘ of them might not agree with him on this subject; “ but Lord Stanley, who, as had been ably observed, “ was a Government in himself, had voted for the “ measure ; so that, a t any rate, he was not forming a very erroneous judgment, and he felt himself “ justified, from personal experience, in declaring Law. Competitive Examination engaged the attention of the department of Education. An important paper oil this subject was read by Mr. Horace Mann, of which Sir J . Pakington took copious notes, and with which Professor Ilennessy (of the Roman Catholic College, according to the Daily News, but in reality of the Irish Catholic University) expressed his general concurrence. In the department of Public Health, a paper of the Rev. Charles Kingsley was read, “ on the Influenced our Elective System on Sanitary Improvement,” recommending Government Inspectors to be appointed to look after all private dwellings. Local power, he thought, was getting into the hands of a lower and a lower class, and the great question was, how were the present owners of houses to be deprived of their present undue power. The notions of the apostle of Muscular Christianity do not seem to have met much approval. A paper by Miss Florence Nightingale was also read, entitled, “ Notes on the Health of Hospitals ;” and Dr. Farr and Mr. Rawlinson expressed their admiration of it. Dr. F arr contributed a paper on the Effect of Marriage on Mortality. “ The effect of the paper,” says the Globe, “ was, that marriage is a healthy state, and that single individuals were more likely to be wrecked on the voyage of life than two joined together in matrimony.” The departments in which Catholics will take, most interest, are those of Education and of Punishmentand Reformation. Papers were read before the latter to the effect that caution was a preventive of crime, and that buttoning one’s pockets might often save one’s purse, and so diminish offences. Another paper, by Mr. Dawson, on the Moral Significance of a great Maritime Town, laid down the axiom that the tendency to crime varied with ag e ; that Liverpool was under special disadvantages with respect to the age of its population, and th a t the great amount of its crimes was due to its geographical position. I t is not to be expected that So many volunteers should meet in a self-constituted Parliament of social progress without some foolish ideas being broached, and a good deal of nonsense uttered. On the other hand, it is impossible that so many of the first intellects of the day should come into friendly collision upon the most important topics without many sparks of wisdom being struck out. But there is so much of i t a t once, and on so many subjects, that the public is deluged and overwhelmed, and finds it impossible to read, much less to digest, the crowded columns which the morning papers devote to the Record of the proceedings. In the questions of Education and Reformatories Catholics have just now a special interest, and we wish that they were represented in the Congress. They would have been worthily represented by their tried and trusted leader, the lion. Charles Langdalc, who was expected there, and would have attended the meeting, if more important duties in the cause of Catholic education had not detained him in town. SECOND EDITION. T H E T A B L E T OFFICE, Saturday Morning. THE FRENCH REVENUE. 1’akis, Oct. 15. The Moniteurol this morning contains an official return o f the indirect revenue for the first nine months of 1858. According to it there is an increase of 31,000,000 francs, compared with the corresponding period of 1857, without taking into account the tax called “ doubles centimes de guerre.” A telegram from M. Castillon, French Consul-General at Tangier, confirms the intelligence of the assassination of the French Vice-Consul at Tetuan. THE DISPUTE BETWEEN FRANCE AND PORTUGAL. N ames, Friday. The Chevalier de I’aiva Pereira, the Portugese Ambassador, embarked to-day, at noon, for Lisbon. It appears he is the bearer of a project, resolved upon at Paris, for the settlement of the dispute. According to this arrangement, the barque Charles Georges would be restorcil to the owner, and Captain Kouxcl set at liberty immediately. As regards indemnity, it would be settled b the arbitration of a Power appointed by the French Government. The two French men-of-war are to leave the Tagus immediately. THE PENINSULA. Madrid, Oct. 15. The Prince of Austria goes on favourably. The Queen receivedyesterday the, liussian Ambassador, Prince Galitzin, who presented a letter from the Emperor. The Queen of Portugal is enciente. THE EAST. T rieste, Oct. 15. News from Constantinople to the 9th inst:_ “ Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has received a visit from the lurkish Ministers. It is said the Porte refuses to let the Island of Perim to England. The Conferences about Montenegro are adjourned until next week, in consequence of the Austrian representative being indisposed. Lord Stratford dc Iledeliffe is expected at A thens about the 23d inst.” » THE PAPAL STATES. A letter from Rome of the 9th sa y s :— “ In the course of next weekHisHoliness is to go Castel Gandolfo, and there also he will give a grand diplomatic dinner. He will afterwards, it is said, make an ex cursion to the sanctuary of Genazzano, a small village at some distance from Palestrina.” PRUSSIA . A letter from Berlin of the 12th inst. says:— “ Their Majesties the King and the Queen having left Potsdam at 58 minutes after 12, reached the station here at half-past 1. An immense crowd had assembled, and greeted the King with enthusiastic shouts of ‘ Long live the K in g ; may you speedily return in good health!’ ‘God bless the K in g !’ The King, much moved, placed his hand on his heart and bowed repeatedly. ‘ I thank you, my children !’ lie said. After taking leave of Field-Marshal Wrangel and of the Prefect of Police, the special train started. All along the line a dense crowd greeted the Royal Party with shouts of ‘ Long live the K in g !’” flop r)f \ ^ l*na' we ¡lear H10 storming and destruc*noof anitow, hy General Straubcnzio and Com- iifii, t *1R^ ou‘ l'-®’*'!’ Stewart, with 700 men. The Avlrich drew down this chastisement j ’n a boat with a flag of truce. yiold of1011' Australia we hear of a decline of the yepr • ^°hl in 1858 as compared with the previous yield S b l 111 victoria . and a remarkable increase in the „^y11 ^ cw South Wales. The Legislative AshiUpj op i l ‘e latter province have resolved to convey ’^load j ( s into the interior a t the public expense of leavi ng them idle in barracks waiting for rIUarter ’lci*t. The Assembly has also voted three P ^ d ° a million for railway extension, and Ho, -Electoral Bill, of which the Ballot and Cl'l;iliflc0t ^ ®u®'age, w>tli a six-months’-rcsidence ’v®are aru features. The Upper House has, Urn 1° learn, referred to a Select Committee il'Hlature' •11C^1lla<l Passed the other branch of the Lc Chinese • 1I11P°sing a tax of ten pounds per head cK r ni' h them on grants for the avowed purpose of ex 1*^(1 n onem from the Colony. The Bill was op Kl,h red *constitutional grounds,” and may be con r notnal0lls 'shelved for the Session.” I t did appear bai‘'linK ta a t while Christian Powers were bom 111611 for 4i C to'vl,s and cutting the throats o f China Cjyw J r ^hc,61r ^ fu s in g to admit foreigners in to their un, ,,n8 W s l)lrei a Christian Legislature should be t° exclude Chinese immigrants from the a new country. Upied «oil o f lr*CC| Si > U . r u ^ , Ur I"«* the th ^ d e r in i , ’î!.P ru®ia- A Royal Decree, signed expected change has been Ctfnce of p ’H*am IV. and his Ministers, invites Rinrr’. . rUSi' a 141° exercise the Royal power in i, ^'frations o r , “ 6’ aS a e Sent4according to the in -i j ^ y to f ;0(j „ 8 conscience, and being responsible "sltta: • The Prince declares that, “ upon ^ C i r U ti°n > “ d m virtue (let the lan- ' ’ of the 56th Article of the Constitution himself in favour of the Ballot.” IVe read in the papers of the visit of the Archaeological Society to Droit witch, and to the seat of Sir J . Pakington, where an Archaeologist, of an exploring turn of mind, opening a heavy Gothic door, found the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a cigar in h il mouth, in secret conclave with five of his colleagues, over a library table, covered with writing materials and despatch boxes. The new Reform Bill is supposed to have been the subject of their deliberations, and tlic prying Archaeologist may have narrowly escaped becoming a party to tlic resolution in favour of the Ballot. As to the detailed accounts of all that passed at Liverpool, we must refer our readers to the daily prints, for any attempt to rejairt them would fill our columns from the beginning to the end. — The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science met a t Liverpool on Monday, and its sayings and doings have since filled the newspapers. The proceedings were opened by Lord John Russell, who delighted the meeting hy reading an opening address, which was quite inaudible. Lord Shaftesbury then, a t the top of his voice, proposed, and Sir John Pakington, seconded, a vote of thanks to Lord Brougham, the founder and President of the Association. That Noble Lord replied, and resigned his P residentship to Lord John Russell, who was thanked for his address on the motion of Lord Carlisle and Sir J . K. Shuttleworth, and contrived to let it be known that he returned thanks for the honour. Since then, Lord Brougham has delivered an address on Popular Education and Penny Literature. He ¡s as vigorous and eloquent as ever, and a living wonder. Moreover, Mr. W. Cowper, M.P., has addressed the Educational Department, of which he is President. Lord Carlisle has addressed the Department of Punishment and Reformation. Lord Shaftesbury lias done the same for the Department of Public Health. And Sir James Stephen for th a t of Spcial Economy. On Wednesday, the different Sections or Departments got to work :— Bankruptcy and Insolvency were discussed before the section of Jurisprudence and Public The Count dc Maricourt, French Consul in Newcastle-on-Tyne, has addressed to the Presidents of the Agricultural Societies of Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire, the substance of a despatch received from the Minister Of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works in France, through the French F o reign Office, respecting the result of the repeal of the! corn laws in this country. Similar communications have also been addressed to the Newcastle Fanners’ Club and the Tyneside Agricultural Society, with a request that all these societies, as expressing the sentiments of the agricultural interest of the north of Kng- rnd, would communicate to the French Government their opinion as to the effects of free trade in corn upon the landed and agricultural interests. The category of questions intended to elieit this information is as follows :— 1. Whether the breadth of land devoted to the culture of grain has been extended or diminished ? 2. In the event of the same having been diminished, whether the extension of drainage has not had the effect of compensating in a certain proportion for the diminution of breadth under cultivation, in increasing the quantity of the produce ? 3. What has been the effect of the repeal of the corn laws on agriculture in England ? 4. Since the period of that repeal has the produce of the soil experienced increase or diminution? 5. Has the rotation of crops been changed, and in what manner? 6. Has the rent of the land risen or fallen? 7. Has the income of those who cultivate their own land increased or diminished ? 8AGive tlie same information with respect to those who occupy their land as tenants—that is to say, as farmers. In the examples given state also what are the most useful conditions of leasing, and what is the usual term of the lease? 9. Has the selling price of land increased or diminished ? . 10. What lias been the influence of recent legislation on the consumption of bread and on that of butcher meat ? NATIONA L ASSOCIATION of SOCIAL SCIENCE At Friday’s meeting of the National Association o f Social Science, a paper having been read upon the “ Great Social Evil, its Aid and Accessories,” the Rev. Father Nugent said the women were divided into two classes, richer and poorer, ; and the latter, in such streets as Vauxhall-road, Marylebone, &c., were driven to this life by necessity, a great portion being Irish who landed here, were reduced hy evil designing men, who look out for them, said they would take them to lodginghouses, and robbed them, so that they were driven to the streets. He believed the higher class was procured from inanufaeturibg districts, such as Nottingham. One evil of which this class were victims was late over-hours’ work, when they were plied with strong coffee, and infamous books read to them, to cause them to work quicker, and then with dancing-rooms open how could they withstand temptation. They wanted some general means of prevention, because cure was almost impossible. Something might be done by a large industrial institution at the north-end of the town, where girls landing here could find temporary employment. Monet Market.—The first transactions in Consols for Money were at 98$ to J, to which they returned, after having advanced to 98^ to $. l'or the 10th November, 98£ to $wvas the final quotation. The Government broker during the day purchased 100,000/. Reduced on public account. Lord John and Lady Russell and the Earl of Carlisle dine with the Earl of Derby at Knowsley to-day. The Government organ asserts that the visit is made purely out of private friendship. It has been resolved to invite Mr. Bright to a public dinner in the Town Hall of Birmingham on the 29th. Ireland.—The merchants of Cork talk of a Packet station for traffic between Kingstown and Australia. A nother D readful Colliery Accident.—On Wednesday a dreadful accident occurred at the Primrose Colliery, near Pontardawe, nine miles from Swansea, by which fourteen men lost their lives by choke damp. Seven horses are also dead. T h e W estern B ank of Scotland.—The shareholders have decided on proceeding against the directors for the amount of their contributions. Illness of Lord L yons.—We regret to learn that Lord Lyons is lying dangerously ill at Arundel Castle. The Hon. Mr. Lyons arrived on Saturday from Florence, to be in attendance on his alHictcd father.