THE CALIFORNIAN AND SUEZ MAILS.

Evening Star, Issue 3832, 5 June 1875, Page 3

THE CALIFORNIAN AND SUEZ MAILS.

The Arctic expedition sails in June, and returns in two years. The Rome correspondent of the ‘Journal deS Debats ’ writes to that paper that the ’ ope w 11 take up his residence in the United States if it should become impossible for him to remain in Rome, and says, “it was with a view to such possible emergency that Archbishop M'Closkty was elevated to the cardiilalate.”

It appears that Mr Beecher, on hj s trial, de dined to be s« om on the P>ible, because of conscientious scruples, but the ‘New York Heiald ’ —who does not lay much stress on an oath, holding that the moral ob'igation is as binding when a man promises to tell the truth as if he we_e sworn -says The only mistake, if any. which Mr Beecher has made in this tiifiing matter was m saying that he had conscientious scruples against being sworn on the Bible, when it would seem that, in point of fact, he was sworn in that way befoic tin* Brooklyn Grand Jury no longer ago than last fall. Mr Hopworth Dixon is to deliver in Lo 'don a series of lectures, under the auspices of the U, K. Alliance.

The ‘Monitem-’ says there is no douH that ex-President Thiers will be elected to the Senate by many departments, and may possibly be chosen to preside over that bodv, in which event he is sure to hold the position for life. The Legislature q! Michigan has finally passed a Bill repealing the Prohibitory Law, which was not enforced, and providing a tax of 40dol for malt liquor retailers, and loOdol for retailers of alcohol liquors, and 300dol for wholesale liquor dealers, and manufacturers and retailers are required to give fiom l.OOOdol to 6,000d0l bonds to comply with the provisions of the law.

A Paris paper publishes letters of sympathy from Homan Catholic Bishops of Great Britain to the Bishops of Germany and Switzerland The letters to the Swiss Bishops are esprcial'y severe in their condemnation of the Old Oatholic movement.

Five men stuck up a street car in New York in broad daylight, and stole 3,600d01. from a clerk. Two passengers were felled to the ground with pistols ; and the roobers escaped. The annual budget submitted to the House of Commons shows that the surplufe receipts over expenditure for the fiscal year ending March 31, 875, was L 593,833. The expenditures for the current fiscal year are estimated at T. 75,268,000, and the revenues as L75.(>85,000, leaving a sun lus of 1.417,000. The Chancellor stated that the-e est mates are liable to be affected by supplementary estimates in connection with Irish education measures and other matters. The only change in taxation he pronoses is in the re-adjustment of brewers’ licenses and stamp duties, through which lie expects the suiplus will be reduced to L 357.000. —Mr Childers objected that the estimates were too finely drawn, and he anticipated a deficit. —The Treasury budget includes the following plan for the reduction of the public debt The charge on account of tne debt for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1876, is estimated at L 27,2 5.000. This charge is to be gradually increased until it amounts to L 28,000,000 in 1877, at which figiire jt shall permanently remain. The yearly overplus which is not required for the payment of the i iterest shall be applied to the redemption of the debt, 'thus, in thirty years L 213,000,000 of the debt can be cancelled.

On Saturday, the 3rd ult, the Tower of London was thrown open to the public, when 4,000 persona were admitted. Mr Hepworth Dixon described the historical objects to the visitors. There will henceforth be two free days every week. a he Norwich iury have decided that the responsibility for the Thorpe accident in September last rested primarily with the night inspector (Cooper), who has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. Robson, the telegraph clerk, was accpiitted. n , he death of Sir John Gray, M.P. for Dublin, and brother of the late Wilson Gray, is announced. The Rev. Dr Houghton, of Kensington, preached a farewell sermon on the instant on retiring from the ministry. The revival services conducted hy Messrs Moody and • ankey and their fellow-workers, continue to attract undiminished crowds. At a meiting of about X.OOO costermongers connected with the Golden-lane Christian Missions, Lord Shaftesbury presided. During the evening a show of donkeys was held, and one of the animals which had won a prize at the Crystal Palace was presented to his lordship, and mounted the platform decorated with ribands. The presence of a secret Papal delegate in the province of Posem has been discovered, and thirty ecclesiastics have been imprisoned for refusing to reveal his name. A large meeting has been held at sxeter Hall to support.,the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment The resolutions strongly | Misted on the efficient'and compu sory survey df all fmdasaed "ships as/well as loadline, and embodied other valuable suggestions. In reply to the d iputation, Sir Charles Adderldy said the Gdv«nan«titrwert joftt 'mioas to diminish

the loss of life at sea, and had no intention of abandoning th'ir measure, o ..f ref string it to a select committee.

A large umber of Polish Catholic clergy have sece ! el to the Greek uliuich, because they cannot accept the dogma of infallibility. •D r editor of the Ultramontane ‘ Vaterland,’ having attacked Bismarck, was sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment, but managed to escape into Austria. His arrest was demanded and granted. tieven men were tried at the Central Criminal Court for participation in a prize-tight on Hackney marshes, winch resulted in the death of one of the cimb. tants. All the prisoners were found guilty, but Air Justice Brett sentenced none to more than a week’s imprisonment.

In Liverpool there has been another unprovoked kicking murder. At Bath a married pair attempted to destroy one anof her by poison, but failed, and are committed for trial.

In the Easter University racquet matches, Air Milne, representative of Oxford, won a majoiityof thegames. The four-handed billiard march was won by Cambridge by forty points. In the chess match, lasting six hour-. Cambridge won ten games nut of sixteen, one being dr.iwn. On 2nd instant Stanton defeated 1 'aim in the 20-milo race at Lilliebridge. Dan: retired at the end of twenty-two miles, run in one hour and twenty-six minutes. The st.kes were LoO. On the previous Monday, in a tenmile race at Newport, Stanton fell and seve ely injured himself, but continued his course, ami won the race.

A daring brigand outrage has been committed on four English ladies while taking a drive along the Appian Way. All were robbed, and one was wounded. An explosion of giant powder took place recently on one of the wharves at Snu Francisco, by which six persons lost their lives and a dozen more were seriously wounded, and a whole block of buildings, property of the value of LIBO,OOO, destroyed.