The Express. — London, England, 1863-05-29 00:00:00

BAROMETER.—NEGRETTI and PI Alllllllll talistarorthy and reliable Instrument, the Giza -at a wateta—Pietlealsra by post. 1. Hatton.eanten : 59, 12t. RairmiatneS ; and Crta' Palm, bydenham. IN SUN THIS WEEK, Price One Penny, KaToo at Court. • The Bottling Day. Adam Blast, Esq., M.P. Presentations at the late Drawlng.roors. Jones's Lament to Jenny, Ac. Now ready, bembasely boundpog inpaid magenta cloth, gllt, : THE THIRD HASITALY VOLD *IL or FUN. with n =AM by talented artists, and articles by diaag= The Meg eml &coed Volumes Pleetrotnet. diens wi th Um thkd, on sale. 80. eke erpreOlS. NATWKIT. This EVl[7llllO, TIM WOLF A A JI ND rill LAMB..-FINISAL "Wenn A Wigan, How. Dnekstone. Gordon. and ?wren: Yrs. A. WT.... New. Wilkins. 141.• L Angel, end Miss F. Wright.— And BCCKSTONE AT SONS. nuwenini. Thu Emma. PICMCTION —COIJIT AND CAMP. Mews. O. Vista& Verner. H. liarnias, Belmore. Worm. mad Wards; Memo L nui Sedge/et. J. Lnktlaw, sad Lydia Thomp4on.—And ♦ CMANJAING PAIL mum Tom ETEmpe. • MTherlaf ATTLCIL Yews. %Or* and Widdioomb ; NW Bounds and Wm Lec—And THE DiTKVB MOTTO. Mann. Yachter, Shore, Brougham, ou g m igiggog Mama C. Loolareq, K. Tarn, and Claumilty. ELITAN/RA. ntin Mina% 11111 inflow AND ORTHaNF—Farpg NOP& AND CHARITY. with Professor Pepper o adaptation of Dtreke's FPRCYILAL ILIA/MON.—AM AURORA FLOYD. HUM warm AT LONDON 1121Zelt. This DAT Mit Alla.. ..Am mer& lib. 14m. To-AOAAOT—Yang, 1111 011. LONDON, PRIDAT, MAY 29. THE public will probably be of opinion that Mr. WAtrots and the gentlemen who acted with him last night were more than usually ill-advised in bringing forward again the question of the Dover Packet Contract, which had been fully discussed 2 TO the ELECTORS of the CITY of LONDON. sa. Mos!linime,—At the Invitation of a numerous and tafiss. gotta body of electors, I venture to offer myself as a Candidate to WI the vacancy caned by the death o your late lamented Member. A Liberal by convictioe. I am to favour of liberal measures, sot only when they have become anaroldable, but when on their Own merits they appear to he Past and good. The conduct of the Lancashire operatives during a most trying time has strength coed my conviction that the power of political self-control ergo booed the limits of the present franchise. I prefer a policy of cordial confidence to oce of grudging concession and awn to see the franchise given, rather than extorted. Belong leg to the party which has forced education upon the country. I bold the extension of the area of political reawnsibility to be the natural result of that movement. I haws no fear of my prin ciples. I believe the future of England can safely be trusted to the English people. I sympathise - with the progress of freedom abroad, no less than at home. I think the rapport given by Lord Pahnerstoses govern. Bacot to the mum of Italian liberty. one of its best titles to public confidence. I support the policy of non.intervention, in BM belief that men muatackleve freedom, to order to be qualified for Its and that the influence of our Institutions Is even greater and more durable than our power. I deplore the tempo rary discredit brought upon liberal bastitstions by the war in America , and I appiove the dignllied neutrality we have main tained. A churchman by training and choice, I naturally t errant the Church of England with affection but In its own hest internale. I desire it to rely on its own strength, rather than on unequal PH =I am sure that it has not been weakened, or its clergy tem respectable, by the Morel legislation of the last flee and.thlrty years. lam in favour of the abolition of church-rates. wish the LA vestige of religious disabilities to he swept away. Political independence has so far advanced. that the Introduc tion of a new mode of would rarel y affect the results of elections bet, se the prote voting ctloe of the allot is claimed by a large class who see liable to suffer for a conscienrous vote, I should support Its adoption. As &merchant actively engaged In buziorna and having 000 e practical experience of finance, I should naturally watch the progress of commercial lee:Attlee with medal care. My dili gent attention would be devoted to all those questions in which the luteresta of the mercautile community are concerned. The uncompromising development of the principles of Free Trade hue already effected great results : It is uecessary to continue in the same entitle. I am convinced that a more economical system of administra tion in the executive departments is quite compatible with the efficiency of the public service*. The Parliamentary dutlea of a Representative of London most necessarily include assiduous attention to your local affairs. I regard the late attempt to invade the municipal rights of the City as injudicious and inconsistent with the true policy of a Liberal Administration. I believe local self.government to be an essential element of national liberty. In the belief that my political sentiments are thole of a ma jority of the Electors, I appeal to all who desire to see the City of London represented by a Liberal to give me their support. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Auetinfebui, May ffi, IN& GEORGE J. GOOCH/3f. CITY of LONDON ELECTION. TM CENTRAL LIBERAL RUC - TORN COMMUTER SITS bore DAILY, to oxen the r HUotorsß ANDERSON, of GEO. J. 00S Charms.CHEN, DN. ART SIDNEY SMITH, Secretory. GEORGE LEDGER, Amistant Secretary. 4, Cbartotterow, May 47, IS& CITY of LONDON ELECTION. PUBLIC KM:TINGE of ELECTORS will be &armed by 11. GOSCHEN. Iq. (the LGral Candidate), THIS DAY, 1196 May, at Johnon'a Boom, Sermon-look Doctors' Commas, at 7 o'clock. TO.YORROW, SEE Mu. at Slue:-ball, Leadenballatreet, it 4 o'clock . sod at Syke's Yard., Elltoootreet, at 7 o clock. SIDNEY SWIPE, Secretary. am MOM Asslabutt Secretary. 4, Chatlottarow, Noy Ilk WI& CITY of LONDON ELECTION. At a PUBLIC MISTING of the Electors of the Wards of Incsdetrest, and Pormoken, held at the White 3 1 1 1 1 in gate' vera, Illaltopwrate, on WE DN ESDAY, the 07th May, 11164 111.1LMAN D. HODGSON, Esq., 3L P., in the chair, It was easilitesiy resolved—That this meeting having heard the myelitis' at the political principles of G. J. Ooschen, Esq., an of opinks titt be le • It and wager penal to All the vacancy In the reprenistaties et the Cilp ha Parilanient, sad hereby pledges Half to Ise may saertios to secure Ma triumphant newt H. D. HODGBON. Chairman. the ELECTORS of the CITY of LONDON. emaphance with the whdees of many of rag Maeda la Um City, who think that the sentiment' I en- Crat meatiag of the !Alma' Maociatiou on Tuesday ate not been pah.ed so fully aa they expected. I venture =idly to place before the electors the ground, ou which I the honour of their suffrages. My political life began with the first agitation of the Corn Laws, and I was • member of the Anti-Corn Law League which, tinder the guidance of Mr. Richard Cobden, achieved their repeal—the greatest social revolution of the age. I then took an active interest in the abrogation of the Navigation laws, although it was a question which tried the conabgency et free traders more than many of the old school of shipowners could endure. Ti;•• and the other fiscal changes of the last twenty years contributed so much to the happiness and prosperity of the country that the grounds for controversy have been narrowed very much to the Church Rates and the Ballot. Ou the first of these I never hesitated fora moment to admit they were most itlaireditable to churchmen, who wonld gladly raise the sum by a voluntary tate, and that forcible exaction should mate without delay. As to the Ballot, although never opposed to it, I consi dered that the growing indifference throughout the country, and the sickly course it was running In the House of Commons, did not warrant a Quixotic attempt to press It on the consti tuencies of Ragland at this time, feeling sure that if the want of it became a grievance It must soon be redeemed. and I should be then reedy to take my share in the work. On the question of the franc-Wee, I declined to commit myself to Its immediate or early reduction, and I based this hesitation, not only on what had taken place In America, but in a field for a fairer trial of democratic government than any other plaoe In the world—Victoria, Australia—where the working classes, being chiefly men who had paid their own passages, Involving en out lay of alb or £2O, would compare very favourably with those they had left behind—that they had acquired universal and the use they had put It to, as far aa they could, was and political retrogression. That the community had felt its effects so sensibly that It lost no time in retracing its steps, end within four years a new electoral amendment act was passing triumphantly (Involving for the nest time the education test of the electors signature) which would disfranchise from one-third is sue-half the electors. At the same time, I stated my willing ness to extend the dlO franchise to lodge's, and also would be glad to see Be equalisation In the country as In the towns. It is a great mistake, as I mentioned, to suppose that me chanics ere now debarred the right of voting, for four shillings a week la so low In the social scale that no workman above the limit of an Infertile labourer but uses in a hoses at a higher Net, sad if he would be • yearly nstead of • weekly occupier he need. no reduction In the franchise to aCqUir• his oU.SlineatiOn. On the question of our foreign policy I was quite prepared to take my stand with Lord Palmerston's government : and in any vote for the 'lmpart of the army and navy, I stated that while I would endeavour to control any unnecessary or doubt /al expenditare, I should Insist upon the strength and ell . ciliary of the services being inch as would prevent a teoeppee tltion of the panics of former years, which were diaat able to the nation, Injunous to commerce, and invited Insult if not aggreolon —that the cost wu 'lmply a premiere of insunume for security, and any expenditure was preferable, In a country like ours, to feeling that we were not covered from all ordinary or even extreorilleary risks. In defending the privileges of the City I had no misgivings It remains the last unimpaired memorial of the dawn of repre sentative government—its trnaitions are intimately woci.a.d with our national history, It still retains the vigour of maturite, and enjoy s the confidence of the vast influential body within IPA bounds. Such a municipality deserves the respect of the country, and I should In comma with my fellow citizens endea vour to kach all rash innovators that we had the power and the will to enforce it In snbmittlug my name to the consideration of the liberal electors represented by their committee, I determined to abide their decision, and rant permit myself to be a party to any division to the camp. Uniformity of opinion I never erpeeted, but at DOCK future period my sentiments, a/11kb have been mellowed by mperienoe, may then prove more acceptable to the CODitl tuency than on the present occasion.—Yours most respectfully, 1, leadeshaftetrest, May 24 ISM T. M. MACKAY. VENISO N.—T. GROVE, Fishmonger and Verdian Dealer. IR. Charing-moss begs to Inform Ids ens. Somers sad the panne that be hat commenced KILLING BUCK VLSI IBON tor the seiroa. ,VVERYBODY KNOWS Mr. MILKS. „A./ Alfred Ifthis Miss SIMOVCD 111011 BOIMPTILItIiT to 71, BROOL-STIMIT, Hanover-square, to 1819. The Hu Trousers (seieleeted by him) to all the New Patterns, ..rarrrira THAN Z." THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, UM gbt 6011114 and decided by the House of Commons ten digs BALMOMAL, mum. ago. The question at issue 4 was jor un reeM v y ng a very • P lain one, while the mate rial* mo d 4 The Queen, accompanied by Prisms Hafts, judgment were whol eq e virtu uth aal . ,aw as a.aba awitisaana houmbyedthempaam.", Farquharson Minis, does doers 00 case w indeed by ago, not only by the report of . posed of two years • committee specially appointed to inquire into Princre Louise went out riding. its merits, but by • decisive vote of the House ; and the proposal made by the Government in The Prins of Wales, attended by Major Ter** rode Committee of Supply on Monday week was simply en h eme h ec h yesterday morning . The Ni ne .. of Warn. the least inconvenient, if not the only method attended by the Countess of MacclerdeLl, took a cam** temstxtak t aa pri ld sad _of . Wales, attended by the of giving effect to the previous decision of Perlis- I dri_ve ; wen t, Under these circumstances, if no new facts , 43 :: of . major Teesdale, honoured the or arguments were to be brought forward, any , French gallery in Pall-mall with a visit in the afternoon. attempt to reopen the discussion could do no Their Royal Highnesses afterwards took • drive in an open possible good, and might do much harm. The I can i ne. fact that some personal and some party interests ; M a ma. E n o. K u p at t, b a d the honour of p la y in g on the were incidentally involved in the parliamentary Ter- ! pianoforte before the Princes of Wales at Marlborough diet, if it failed to impress on the representatives of ihofe- The Pri ncess of Wale honoureded huzaali Wood with those interests a higb-minded feeling of delicacy i I • sitting for the bust which Mr. Wood is executing of her and reserve, ought at least to have withheld them! Royal High .. from attempting, by importunate clamour and par- I The prince and Prinotoo of violet honoured with their tisan appeals,to revenue &decision deliberately arrived presence i mt evening the Wandering Mi ns tr e l s Honoott, at at by the House, after the fullest inquiry, two the Queen's Cocoon Rooms, Hanover-equare. Their Royal years ago, and as deliberately confirmed last week. Highneere Hemet,d by the Counter of Marleseeld, If the question of a Government Contract is to be ind Alfred and Maier Teesdale. discussed by the House at all, it must obviously be on the broadest grounds of parliamentary honour and the public interests. It is of course possible that in the settlement of disputed questions of this kind individual interests may now and then be harshly dealt with, but this is infinitely better than that Parliament should deliberately lower its high standard of judgment, or consciously tolerate even the suspicion of corruption and irregularity in the management of public affairs. So far as Parliament is concerned the facts of the present case lie, as Mr. COBDEN said the other evening, in a nutshell. Mr. CHIMICHWARD has had the contract for the portal service between Dover and Calais for nearly ten years, and has during that period worked it with ability and success. Four years ago, in 1859, when Lord Danny's Government was in power, being dissatis fied with the existing conditions of the service, he pressed on the Admiralty proposals for a renewal of his contract on more advantageous terms. One of these referred to an extension of the time during which the contract was to run—from the present year, when it would have naturally ex pired, to the year 1870. Mr. CHUBCHWAILD made his proposals shortly before the general elec tion, and being at the Admiralty on the eve of the dissolution he offered his political support to a Government candidate, and in the same conver sation pressed for the renewal of his contract. Eventually the contract was renewed on the more liberal basis Mr. CHIIECHWAHD bad proposed, but his previous offer of political support to a Lord of the Admiralty having become notorious, when the new Parliament met • Committee was appointed to inquire into the matter. That Committee, after hearing and impartially sifting all the evidence that could be obtained, reported to the House " that Mr. CHUHCIIWARD, one of the " contractors, on the eve of the last general elec " tion, at the time when the extension of his con " tract was under consideration at the Treasury, " volunteered his support as an influential elector " for Dover to the Hon. Captain Came sour., one "of the Lords of the Admiralty, if he should " become a candidate for that borough, on the " expectation that his contract was to be extended, " and expressed his intention, if required, to vote " for two Government candidates for Dover." This was the deliberate verdict of the tribunal to which the House had formally referred the ques tion. But the action of the Committee did not , stop here. It proceeded to suggest the I course which Parliament might feel it necessary in vindication of its characters to adopt :—" The Committee submit for the con " aideration of the House whether Mr. CHUHCH " wxnu in having resorted to corrupt expedients. " affecting injuriously the character of the re " presentation of the people in Parliament, has " not rendered it impossible for the House of " Commons, with due regard to its honour and " dignity, to vote the sums of money necessary " to fulfil the agreement to extend his contract " from the 20th of June, 1863, to the 26th of " April, 1870." Shortly after this report the question whether Parliament should adopt this suggestion was directly raised by a motion from the Conservative benches, and after the fullest dis cussion it was decided by • large majority that the contract ought not to be fulfilled. The Govern ment are clearly bound by that decision, and the motion in Committee last week, that the existing connexion between the Government and Mr. CHCHCHWAED should terminate on the expira tion of the old contract, was made in obedience to the expressed will of the Howe. It is difficult to see how Parliament or the Government could, with any consistency or self respect, have taken any other course. The tri banal to which the House had referred the matter, I after the fullest inquiry, decided that the Contract was vitiated by the use of corrupt expedients. That decision may have borne harshly, and in the judgment of many perhaps unjustly, on an individual contractor. But his warmest friends and advocates will hardly deny that his conduct was, to say the least, sufficiently imprudent to justify, on public ground., an unfavourable verdict. And, in any case, the House of Commons could not hear the evidence and try the whole question over again. It had no option but to do its plain I duty. It had to vindicate its own honour, and! the purity of the public service, by acting on the resolution of the Committee. The persistent attempt to reverse this decision on personal and party grounds, was, in all respects, a most ill-judged and unhappy movement. Mr. WArsors, it is true, endeavoured last night to lift the quer Von into a higher region by discussing points of I form and Parliamentary usage. But.the attempt to make mere usage over-ride all higher consider. bona of principles and ends was a complete failure. The fallacy of such a line of argument was pointedly disposed of in a sentence by Mr. GLLIMITONE " The authority of usage might be very high or " very low, and that depended in the main on the " importance of the principle involved. If • " great principle were involved in usage he agreed " with him ; but if on the contrary principles " were to be not compromised but saved by a " departure from usage, then to set up that high " doctrine of the authority of usage was not " political wisdom, but rather approached " the character of political superstition." Lord JOHN MANNERS and Lord ROBERT CECIL, who continued the debate on the Conservative side, descended at once from the high region of constitutional usage to the lower ground of party interests and party passions, and the Hoes. very properly and very promptly refused to sacrifice the public interests to any such irrelevant and un- , worthy appeal. The usual parade of the household regiments will take place on the Parade at the Horse Guards on Saturday, June 6, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued invitations for &fa-dream dinner party, in celebration of the Queen's birthday, on Saturday, the 6th June, at his residence on Carlton House renew. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town re tetday from a visit to Lord Taunton at Overstowey, Bridge. water. —.. Despatches were seat yesterday from the Odoniatelke to the Governor ci Osoad► UNITED Usrvisarrt Chtra.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was elected a member of this club yes terday, upon the proposition of the Chancellor of the Ex. ebequer, seconded by the Right Hoe. Spencer Walpole, Y.P. The Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the French Exhibition with a visit yesterday. Their royal highways, were received by Mims. Clarkson dtanfiskl, ILA., Fred. Goodall, A.8.A., and E. Gembart, members of the committee. The Royal Artillery Club diviner took place lest tend•• at walls'. Rooms, Hiog-street, St. James's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., took the chair. At 8 o'clock the royal duke and a oompany of 100 officers belonging to that arm of the army sat down to • 1 1 sumptuous dinner. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Primer Mary have returned to their resi dence at St James's Palace from Cambridge Cottage, where they had been pairing the holidays. A marriage will take place during the present season between the Hon. Gilbert H. Heathoote, M.P., son of Lord and Lady Aveland, with Lady Mary Gordon, daughter of the Marquis asd Marehiooem of Handy.. The Shakespeare Fund was established in 1861 for the preservation of objects illustrative of the life and works of Shakespeare at Stratford•upon-Aron. Mr. and Mrs. Mariam Keen have kindly consented to give recitations from Shakespeare and other English poets at Bt. James's Hall. on Friday evening, Jane 26, for the benefit of the fund. This will be their fret and only reading in London, and their last public appearance in England prior to their de parture for Australi► Committee for this occasion : —His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G., president ; his Exoel lency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G.; the Right Hon. the Earl Grawrille, K.G. ; the Right Hoe. the Dui of Moravec, F.R.S.; the Right Hon. the Earl Howe ; the Right Hon. Lord Loadraborough ; the Right Hoe. Lord Vernon ; the Eight Hon. Lord J. Manners, M.P.; the Right Hon. Lord Lindsay ; the Right Hoe. Lord Justice Knight Bruce, F.R.S.; the Right Hoe. the Lord Mayor of Loudon, M.P.; the Right Hon. Sir E. Bolwer Lytton, Bait., ALP.; Sir Charles H. Rouse Boughton, Bart.; Sir Robert Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8.; Bir Charles Nicholson, Bart.; the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, Q.C., M.P.; Sir James Prior, F.S.A.; B. Bond When, Farb, M.P.; R. 8. Holford, Esq., M.P.; R. Mooeliton Milne,. Esq.. M.P.; C. N. Newdegate, Faq., ILP.; H. B. Sheridan, Fag., M.P.; William Tile, Faq., M.P.; E. F. Flower, Eq., Mayor of Stratford-on• Aron ; C. H. Bracebridge, Req.; General Sabine, President R.S.; Herman Marlys's, Faq., 0.B.; David Maallse, FAq., R.A.; W. 0. Macready, Esq ; James Dugdele, Fag.; the Rev. Alexander Dyce ; Benjamie Webster, Fag.; J. P. Collier, Req., F.S.A.; the Rev. William Harness, M.A.; Henry Johnson, Esq.; John Wilkinson, Esq., F.8.A.; Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.; F. W. COMB, Faq.; Frederick Haines, Esq., F.S.A.; J. 0. Helliwell, Esq., F.R.S., hoe. secretary. FASHIONS FOR JUNE. (From Le rollet.) 111 the various new mantles for the season, we notice three styles which appear likely to have the greatest success. The rotonda, or round retinal; the renegue ; and the small *Mot. The rotoode, as we have previously mentioned in our notice on fashion, is tumidly made to match the dress. We observe, en peasant, that the com plete toilette en mite is much worn. The bonnet of crape is even made to match the shade of the dress, and the para sol corresponds in colour. The shades mostly preferred for these costumes are either a blue shade of violet, or the leather colour, which is just now so greatly in favour. The paletot differs but little in shape from the saute-en-barque of last year, but the style of trimming is more divenited. The paletot Gandin, and the paletot Monteguarde, for travelling, are trimmed either with ruches or fringe. (lasagnes are usually made in a make of black silk called faye, and trimmed with passementerie guipure. Straight scarves are also made of this beautiful article, for which purpose it is well adapted by its extra width. Rotoodes are much woro, made of the woollen lace called yak ; others, in anticipation of the wanner weather, are made of white leo.. Shawls, of white and black lace, with the upper point rounded, are also being prepared for the more advanced period of the season. Some are lined with taffetas. Grenadine barge shawls, with a broad reversible point of guipure, and trimmed round with Chantilly lace or llama, are patronised by ladies of the highest circles. The new patterns in printed muslin are very exquisite and graceful in design. In this, aa in other materiels, the leather colour and brown are muck worn. Blue is also a favourite colour. There are three shades principally in vogue. One, called the new shade, is rather light ; another. the corn-flower blue ; anti the third, the deepest shade, is the imperial blue. In taffetas there is a good . assortment of new tterns, but nearly ail in small des ig ns . The new goods pa in this material, but in larger patterns, are more exclusively em ployed for full dress. Since it is now so much the fashion for the whole of the out-door dream to be made of the same colour, the manufacturers have prepared a variety of small patterns in this article, of two or three shades, which pro ' duce a very distisgur effect. . Dresses in worked Indian muslin will be fashionable this swnmer ' and worn out of doors with rotoodes to match. Although the new bonnets have not undergo*. much *hangs in form, our principal modistes are displaying so much good taste in the arrangement of trimmings and the ehoice of materials, that we must certainly allow the bon net of the present season to be a decided improvemeut on that of last year. . . Although rather premature as yet to mans soy allusion to the form of hats, yet as the shape' seem pretty well determined, we may venture to describe a few of the leading style.. Th ee are mostly high in the crown, and rather pointed, bot h behind and in front. Sometimes sue edge is raised like the old Amazons hat, but never more than on are side. The other is left flat. We need hardly my that this style is *illy very partially adopted. The trimmings are placed in front, whether composed of Bowers or feathers. If feathers are need, they are generally of two colours. The loeroyable, Mademoiselle, Henri IIL, and the Mont pewter are the favourite shape.. THE EXHIBITION or 1851. —As at present ar rangd the order at the premed= at the uocovering of the memorial of the Exhibiteoa of 1851 at the Royal Horticul tural Gardens will beam follows :—Trumpeters ; the mayors, provosts, mid chief magistrates of cities end towns which In 1851 formed loss! committees ; council of Society of Arta ; presidents of societies of which his Royal Higher' the R•olo Omani wan a member; sculptor (L. Joseph Dur ham); memorial committee; members of warts and fine arts committees ; the Lord Mayor of York, Lord Provost of Portly Lord Prevost of Idislisrgb, and Lord Mayor of Diddle ; ors Sheriffs of Landes and Middlesex ; toed •Ma of London •kw Majesty's Conunksioners for the Mr. Fenwi c k, Tuesday, will move that an ma se a 1881; eseencil of Royal Hortloul bumble address be renovated to her Majesty, praying shit tarsi Society ; executive committee of memorialcommi, Lord • i s o li c:n w iry ill i be oto gnha vor o r va ss ly firb Ple eri sed es, to w irth a s ro vre al w °m ei riancreaaingiukm of ro Pll r menL o itom en nte t: D a cd Gt h" ot rase aDdit ho id r; er th iam eir ; di ßS B Yel amatie llift hmle llnetnet '''."l tDe the *apply of • favourite and nutritious article of food for Prince and Primer of Wales ; members of royal family ; the benefit cl the public, the respective suited. LLTEST INTKLLIGINCE PRUSSIA. The Prussiael ilioniteur announces that' the King of Prussia hin conferred on Cardinal Antonelliihe Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle. rotes by mistake. But there is a better reason than that. This M. Picard is a brother of K Picard, the standing counsel of the Prefect of the Seine in matters of expropria tion. There are an immense number of houses in The Cologne Gazette publishes a lette;addreeeed.: to it by M. de Onttry, one of the Polish deputies in the Prussian Chamber, who has been accused of a conspiracy against the state. M. de Guttry explains the reasons which have induced him to leave the country during his trial. Having been, be says, a state prisoner in 1846, he knows by experience the value of the guarantees given by the law to political offenders. He states that two days after his arrest on that occasion he was thrown into a cold damp cell in the fortress of Posen, and his health became injured by the bar barous treatment he was subjected to. He was re moved from one prison to another, and had to wait eleven months before he was brought before an exa mining magistrate. He was not eventually released until after a hard captivity of twenty-two months. (=me. azsaiums.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, MAT 29, 12.10. P.W. Intelligence to the 26th inst. states that the in surgents have gained a victory at Kalisz, in the palatinate of LA. The Russians suffered consi derable loss. An engagement ham taken place in Slawuta, in Volhynia In the government of Mohilew the inaurgenta have occupied Gorki. Count Alexander Resnick' bas been banished to Barstow. In consequence of orders°, the National Govern ment the documents relating to the trial of Dzialynaki have been abstracted by the national police. RUSSIA. Sr. PETERSBURG, MAT 29. An imperial decree, published to-day, orders the Bank of Russia to effect another successive diminu tion in the price of gold, so that at the close of the present year it may be at par. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day declares the rumours of an attempted insurrection at Smolensk and its environs to be entirely unfounded. THE GREEK THRONE. COPENHAGEN, MAT 29. The Fddrelandet cuntains the following :—" It is said that the question of the acceptance of the Greek throne, which in Tuesday's sitting of the Council of Ministers still encountered difficulties upon the part of Prince Christian, was decided yesterday. " Prince William accepts the crown of Greece for himself and his successors." The Bourse is heavy. Rente has fallen 10e., and Mobilier 12tr. 50e. DEPARTURE OP THE SECOND THOUSAND COLONISTS POE THE NEW SETTLEMENT OP ALBERTLAND, NEW ZEALAND.-(THIS DAY.) This morning the main body of the second thou sand emigrants who are about to colonise the sew settle ment ot Albert sad. Auckland, New Zealand (named in honour of the late Priem Consort), the settling of which was commenced last year by the emi grati on of about 1,000 persons from various districts of Eng land , sailed from the outer basin of the East India Docks, Blackwell. in two wail-appointed and finely-equipped vessels, the Tyburnia, A 1, 14 yeses, 2,000 toms, commanded by Captain Coots, and the Annie Wilson, 1,118 tons, C • Duckett. Both ships were gaily with bunting, the Trburnie, which* was the first to leave, being towed out of the basin into the stream by the tag Caledonia, at 9.30 a.m., flood tide. The Annie Wilson followed her consort at 9.52 a.m., the tide just turning, end a westerly wind; she was towed b 7 the Secret. As the two ships left Blackwell, the passengers gave several hearty cheers, which were warmly responded to by their friends and the numerous spectators who crowded the quay and the pier at Blackwell. The Tyburuie carries thirty cabin passengers, among whom are Mr. H. Barton (one of the promoters of the movement) and family ; Ensign Howard, of the 70th Re fit. ; Dr. Nicholson and family ; and the Bev. T. Booker ; she kas also about 350 steerage and second cabin peessogers. The Annie Wilson conveys about 300 steerageand cabin pure° gers. I Both ships are despatched under the flag of News. Shaw, Savill, and Co.'s passenger line, carry experienced surgeons, and are well supplied with cows and livestock. The morning was beautifully fine, and most of the emigrants, consisting of tradesmen, mechanics, and their families, looked extremely cheerful as the ships left for °rammed, which they would reach about 12 o'clock. Many of the emigranui weresocom puled to the latter place by their friends. The two emi grant reseals, with their passengers, will leave Graveeend to-morrow about four o'clock. TEE REPRESENTATION OP THE CITE-PRO CLAMATION OP TEE WRITS AT ZEE GUILD HALL AND ROYAL EXCHANGE.- (THIS DAY.) _ __ Precisely at one o'clock this afternoon (Friday) the Sheriffs of London, Mr. Alderman Lawrence and Hugh Jones, Faq., who are the returning officers at whs.- mentary elections for the City of London occurring during their shrievalty, with Messrs. Farrar and Macirrell, their under-sheriffs, attended at Guildhall, to preside at the proclamation of the writ issued to the citizens of Loudon, commanding them to return " • lit and discreet citizen to serve them in the parliament sow holden at Westminster, in the room and stead of Western Wood, Faq., deceased." The writ was read by their seekr yeoman and chief usher, Mr. Harker, in • loud voice. There were but few persons present. Immediately afterwards the same ceremony took place io the front of the Royal Exchange, the proceedings terminating with the last few words of the in " God rye the Queen," which loyal ejaculation was loudly cheered by all present. Tues day next is the day fixed for the nomination. THE BRAZILS. (By telegraph frootLisben.) • - - iIIENOB AYRES, Aran, 28. The suppression of the troubles in the interior is progressing satisfactorily. The invasion attempted by General Flores has entirely failed. LAW INTELLIGENCE. cram DAY.) XQUITY COURT. the 9th circumscription marked to be pulled down I (Before the Master of the Balls.) HOWARD V. 00111. for improvements. Friends of the government of , Thi s wane motion to dimmed,. an injunction te.lrsi a i p g the same class as the author of the paragraph in the pnblioatMe of two letters written by the plaintiff t ees the Conatitutionnei about M. Kcenigawater whisper re the defendant slam of the end 16e Z r ity to of lir Lot j idoe Fire aa e ) wi rLet to the electors of the 9th circumscription, " Vote r Al=llOO C ompany. for Picard, and fix your own compensation for your This iojunetson was obtained on the sth instant, e g yi by us oo that day. houses that are going to be demolished." defendant, ma Mr. Begpllay, Q.C., and Mr. laze for the re r e ftelwyn, and towel( Webb were for th e K Plichon writes to the sub-prefect of Dunkirk plaiOtiff. letter written to Mr. Jamieson, it appear ed to isirn to be i s to complain that he (like M. Floquet in the south d t h e gas said that with reord to tilt of France) is dogged by police agents wherever he the nature of a public communication from the solicits, sow. of the oompaay to a person proposing to invert. That The mayor of the Bth circumscription in Paris person returned the letter to t he then ma yesterday invaded an electoral meeting and took of the com could pany, cad, ender these such s Ci T LWM "Wit notes with a view to a prosecution. Hitherto, it n ene i ee e‘ e en titl e d the p tegarded laintiff tiff to set Prt up vala a rio se t ti must be admitted, electoral meetings ("toler- property in it. The other letter hardly fell within the sted," as I told you they were, to a certain extent) rule "to letter s, t w i. ? r it t a: lB in .:LI: I4 ZZ, 4 . a r a mete good :. have enjoyed greater freedom than by the letter of ° trio pleintifra. The injunction ranet e tharefors, a b e e dissolved the infamous laws on the subject they are en titled to. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. - - - Sittiop is Banoo.—(Bdore Lord Chat Bum Pollock and Baron Bramwell.) Mr. Cozon movedfor a prohibition, directed to the jud ge of the county court at liWcUsfield, to stay further pro. nestlings in this snit, on the ground that the cause of action arose in the district of Manchester, sad therefore beyond hie jurisdiction. The plaint was enteral to recover MI. 7s. for some samples of silk which the plaintiff had sent from Macclesfield to the defendant at Manchester. Some dispute afterwards mope between them, and the plaintiff demanded either the return of the articles or the payineot of the money ; but in a letter written from Newberger the defendant refused to adopt either course except upon certain eceditiosis. Upon objection being taken wider these circumstasore to the judge's juris diction, his Honour said he would not stop the case, slthouo it was not free from doubt and gave judgment for the plaintiff. The learned counsel now submitted that the detention of the goods at Manchester was the maw of action, and that the suit ought to have been instituted in the county court for that district. Rule OM granted. - COLLISS £I ANOTIIED r. SUFF. Mr. G. Taylor moved for an attachment against the Sheriff of Surrey for sot mills; the goods of the defendear, t to a judge's order an this cams. On 22nd Apra C r t i a u lr i it of IL fa. was issued against the defendant's sends upon a judgment. The Sheriff of Surrey levied ends, this writ upon certain goods, and in c ons equence of a claim having been set up by Mary OM o n defendant's daughter, under a bill of sale from her father, he served an interplesder surnmoo", and an interplenler order wee made by Mr. Baron Wilde in the ordinary form. A few days afterwards the sheriff informed the plaintiff that he had been served with a notice that the defendant bad made himself a bankrupt, sad that Mary Cliff would, therefore, abandon her claim, and he wished to be in stracted to withdrew front pomearion of the goods. The plaintiff's solicitor said that the subsequent bankrupt c y did not supersede the in leader order, and that if the claimant did not perform the order on her part he ought to sell the goods. The claimant not having paid the Timmy into court, nor given security in pursuance of the terms of the interpleader order, the nheriff was summoned before Mr. Baron Wilde to show cause why he should not pay the plaintiff the amount of the levy, but after an adjournment for a week, the learned baron merely decided that the claimant of the goods was barred, and refused to make any further order. The learned counsel contended upon these fame that the sheriff wee bound to obey the order of the court to sell the goods. The court granted a rule nisi. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. _ _ (Before the Judge X Baron °idle Chelse U.3y, Mr. Justi )ce Wightrase, and RE BIXBY EDWARD DORIROTON CLOIWORTIIT UPTON r. THE ATTORNEY•OINTRAL.-110 LEGITIMACY DBCLARATION ACT. Mr. Montague Smith, Q.C., and Sir George Honyman were far the petitioner. The Attorney-General appeared in porno. This was a petition tiled on behalf of Henry F.. D. C. Upton, • minor, to declare him the legitimate son of his MrMr. Smith having briefly opened the eau, called The Hon. Mn. Upton, who said—l am the daughter of the lots Rev. Dr. Mud dy, prebendary of Ely, and one of her Majesty's chaplains. Before I was married to Mr. Upton I had been married to Mr. Hewitt, a surgeon ex. traordinary to King William IV. By him I had three sons. Mr. Hewitt died in the year 1838. In October, 1843, I was married to the Hon. Edward J. Upton, by Bishop Lamm* at the British embassy in Pans. Ide not know whether Bishop Lusoombe was then chaplain to the embassy, but he was our bishop in Paris ; the paper put in is a certificate signed by him. By the Attorney-General—My own signature is on the paper. I wrote it on the day of the marriage. The paper was in my posseasioa till five or six years ago, when I heeded it to my solicitor. I can identify the signature as my own. The Attorney-Geoersl submitted that the paper was not evidence in the cause. It could only be treated as • memo randum to refresh her memory. Sir C. Creswell—Precisely so. Witness—Mrs. Kerr was meant at the marriage. My husband was the fourth son of the first VisoountTempletown. We lived a few months in Paris ; afterwards in London and then for some time on the Rhine. After the death of Lord Templetowe, we were visited by my husband's family. Those visits coutinued till Mr. Upton got into pecuniary difficulties in 1831. I lived with him till his death, on the 14th of March, 1855. I had a premature confinement at Cologne in 1850. In January, 1803, Iwu with my husband at Spa. On the 220 d of the followiag mouth I left him and Came over to London. I came over alone ; but a daughter of Mrs. Hubbard's met me on the steamer to Antwerp, having previously taken lodgiop for me in Sackville-street Her name was Sarah Hubbard. She afterwards bonnie my maid. I was °Defined two months afterwards. I did not expect my confinement to take place till the end of April or the beginning of May. I came to England to procure some mosey for my husband. I think I stayed in Sukville.stext for a fortnight. I then removed to No. 7, Upper Seymour. street West, where I stayed until I rejoined my husband in the following August at Spa. I remained so long on account of my father • last Meer and death. He died on the I:th of June. I paid visits while I was in London. I stayed at Lady Wood's, at Potter's Park, which I left on the Saturday before the birth of my son. I left Lady Wood's on account of feeling indisposed ; and Lady Wood thought I had better go home. I had intended to return to Spa to be confined ; and I had, in fact, left there the baby linen which I had prepared. Iwu con fined on the 20th of April, 1853. Mrs. Hubbard attended me as nuns. Mr. Hamerton was my regular medial man, and he was written for, but he did not come in time. So one was present at the birth but Mrs. Hubbard. Mr. Wilkie, a doctor in the neighbourhood, was afterwards sent for, and he remained in attendance on me till I went to Sea Mr. Hamertoo came to see me, I think, on the 2 1st. The petitioner is the child of which I was delivered. The letter produced is in the handwriting of my L,te hus band. The petitioner haa lived with me ever since bar birth. Cress-examined—He is now in court. Beside Mis. Kerr, my daughter (since dead), Mr. Soulier, a South Ame Jinn gentleman, and the tutor of my sons, were presentst the marriage. I have not seen Mr. kinkier fur accord years. Bishop Lusoombe was a friend of my totters, who had written to me desiring that the marriage should be solemeised by him. I did not know him myself. but Mr. Upton knew him. He wore the episcopal baba. Mrs. Hubbard had attended me as nurse twice before. Mn. Hubbard gave confirmatory evidence. A doctor and &nurse had been called in, but she hat dismissed them be tunes they appeared to have been drinking. Sarah Hubbard, Mr. Henry Wilkie, Mr. Hamedoe. Mrs. Maddv (wife of a cousin german of Mrs. Uptoo), and 3 " Kerr having also been examined, The Attorney-General said that after the erideoce which had been given he could not dispute the right of the petitioner to the declaration be sought. Sr C. Creswell thought that the case was fully e.,tab. lished, and that nothing remained but to pronounce the petitioner to be the legitimate son of Edward John and Susan Moore Upton. Decree accordingly. 000112 V. COOKE (CLLR[).—Lermit. The petitioner, wife of the Rev. James Young Cooke. rector of Sewer, Norfolk, was married to him iu leZ4. awl she had had by him eleven children. of whom the youngest was born in 1850 ; and nine survived. The suit was to ob• taro a judicial separation, on the ground of cruelty. The • husband pleaded a denial, • juetilicatioo, and c oodocation. The Judge Ordinary found the issue" for the wife, sod pro smoked a decree nisi, from which the respoodest eow appialed. Dr. Spioks and Mr. Murphy appeared for the petitioner : thilLtten's lidvoca to sod Mr. Staveley Hill for the re 4. Sir 0. Cromwell was reading his notes of the evideete when we west to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburul RE LONG. The bankrupt had formerly been valet to the Mite , f Beaufort, sod was subsequently a brush maker in .lern.vs• street. St. Jimmies. Ho now applied for his order of do- chArlii• Kr. Lawrence opposed for the assignees. The bud* rapt owed 1,300/. without a farthing of assets, and hi• career tthroughout bad been marked by the %desalt rerklemeo• i h rated that bankrupt bad bees guilty of uojaatn• OONYKRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Exchange, 68e. Oanose, 431. Dry Ascent= hides, 36 to 37, good demand. Wool, higher prices demanded. Tallow, 13f. Lumber, 34. Flour unchanged. Morn VlDZO.—Exchange on London, 53. Wet salted hides, 5.80 ; dry American hides, 4.80 ; dry German hides, 5.40. Wool unaltered. Business dull. AMERICA. (Per City of Wuhiogtco.) NEW YORK. MAY 16, Momma. The Federal debt is estimated at present at 984,000,000 dole., of which 400,000,000 dola. is in legal tender currency. The New York World denounces General Hooker's address to his army as false and untruthful. The City of Washington takes out 76 cabin and 103 steerage passengers ; also, 435,495 dollars, and 4,8101. in specie. THE SIEGE OF PUEBLA. We (Times, second edition) have received the foL lowing from an eminent firm in the City : " Letters from Orizaba, dated 25th April last, bring news from Puebla to the 20th. No fight had taken place before that town, but the French were pressing the siege vigorously, and bad sus tained no repulse. On the contrary, on the 19th, they had obtained success at the Carmen Convent, routing the Mexicans with great loss at the point of the bayonet. "The works of the siege had greatly advanced, and the fall of the city was expected." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mom OUR owl 0011111POIDINT.) PARIS. THOR/WAY EVENING. The following paragraph, which I translate textually from this morning's Constitntionael, has a meaning, perfectly intelligible to the electors, but not perhaps quite obvious to a casual reader : . . . The Prefect of the Seine, in compliance with complaints; made by • certain number of the inhabitants of the town of Boulogne, tohielt complaints are supported by M. %waive. water, member of the Council General of the Seine, has just revoked the order which prohibited carriages from paring in the night time through the grand avenue of the Bois de Boulogne, which is the most direct route from Paris and Auteuil to Boulogne and St. Cloud. I call attention to the words in italics. Their obvious meaning, under existing circumstances, is, that electors will consult their material interests by voting for If. Kcenigewater, one of the government candidates, bemuse he has influence to get orders of the Prefect of the Seine revoked. I should mention that the italics are in the Cow stitutionnel. The moral ( )of the story meant to be understood throughout France is that com munes in want of bridges, roads, schools, and pub lic improvements of all kinds, must vote for govern ment candidates if they expect to be listened to. The proclamation of the seven bishops shows that they are alive to this system. It results from this document that in districts where religious feelings are prevalent, promises of government aid in church building have been made to induce the electors to vote against the Sellers, Plichons, and other ultramontanist deputies, whom M. de Persigny (very rightly, as I think, if by legitimate means) has determined to throw out. But the bishops, the sole object of whale address, shining clear through a cloud of holy and humble words, is to get all these men re-elected, tells the con stituencies rather to let their parish churches tumble down than not vote for the temporal power, which they hold up as the necessary pillar of the universal church throughout Christendom. Many people ask who is M. Picard, formerly mayor of Ivry, the government candidate in the 9th circumscription. To moat he is utterly un known—those who do know him describe him as a nonentity. Some, in despair of a reason, have fancied that he was chosen because of his being a namesake of M. E. Picard, one of the " five," aid in the hope that he might catch 10111 AN BANK.-(THIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the shareholders was held at 1 o'clock at the offices of the corporation, Great Winchester-street ; Mr. 0. FARBER in the chair. The report was as follows : " In their last annual report the directors ventured to anticipate that the business of the bank would (matinee to exhibit • satisfactory progress. This anticipation has been fully realised by the transactions of the past year, which, notwithstanding some drawbacks arising from the unsettled state of Greece, again indicate &steady advance, with increas ing profit. The result has been, that whilst making due pro vision for bad debts, contingencies, and depreciation of buildings, the directors have been enabled to make • con siderable addition to the reserve. The rest, indeed, has nearly arrived at an amount which may be considered as adequately petering the maintenance of the dividend so as to enable the directors to apply • larger portion of the net profits of the bank for distribution among the proprietors Some progress has also been made in the reduction of past due engagements, and arrangements have been entered into for expediting their liquidatioc. The proem, however, is necessarily • slow one, and • considerable amount yet remains outstanding, though, as the directors are assured and believe, for the most part well and sufficiently covered by securities. The directors have watched, and con tinue to watch, with much interest, the events which have occurred on the neighbouring continent, iovelviag, as it ulti mately may, the transfer of the lonian States to the king dom of Greece. They look, however, without apprehension to that contingency, because it may be safely assumed that whatever arrangements of the kind may be made, the government of this country will bateau. that the rights of the bank are protected and its privileges effectually guaranteed. Neither can it be reasonably doubted that the government of Greece under its new constitatioe, having regard to the extensive bushier transacted by the hank through it. agencies at Petra. and Athens, and the acknowledged ad vantagee thereby conferred on the trading interests, would gladly accept it as • valuable auxiliary in developing the natural resources of the country, and aiding the enterprise of the people. The result, therefore, of • cession of the islands, and of • settled government., with free institutions, would probably be, as regards the bank, an extension of the area of its bushiest, with augmented activity and additional profit. Under all the circumstances, the directors feel warranted in congratulating the proprietors on the position and pros pects of their undertaking. The abstract of the profit and loss of the year is as follows : The balance to the credit of profit and loss on the let January, 1862, was 24,4161. 19s. ; the net profit for the year 1862, after deduction of charges and bed debts. and mildew provision for contingencies, &c., was 14,2764 Is. 241. ; making together, 38,1.1131. Os. 2d. ; from which is to he deducted the amount of two half-yearly dividends at the rate of six per cent. per annum, 9,0001. ; leaving to the credit of profit and loss on the Ist January, 1863- 29,6931. Os. 2d." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it contained all that it was necessary to soy. The bank was in • more satisfactory state than it had ever before been since its formation ; and though its progress had necessarily been limited by events in Greece, the buai nese had been carried on satisfactorily, and he was not aware of • single bad debt basin been incurred during the past year. The profits were 2,0001. more than in the previous year, and the rest was nearly 30,000 f. The rest had now arrived at a point which would justify in future • nearer division of profits. The only inconve nience felt in consequence of the state of Greece arose from the circumstance that the courts of law were ims. pse A ud. SHARKHOLDIR sated that 5,000 1 . out of the sur plus of 29,00 W. sbonlm set aside to found a reserve fund. The CHAIRMAN observed that the whole 29,00 01 . was virtually a reserve fund, and be hoped it would be fur ther increased. — The report adopted, and the retiring directors having been re-elected, the meeting terminated in the usual manner. ROYAL HOSPITAL 'OR INCURABLES. (THIS DAY.) A meeting in connexion with this charity was bald this afternoon at the London Tavern for the purples of electing ten applicants for admission. Mr. Alderman HALE occupied the chair. In opening the proceedings he referred to the arrangement under which Mr. Western Wood was to have presided. and expressed deep regret that owing to the death of that gentleman it had devolved on him (the speaker) to take the chair. After speaking in high terms of the character of Mr. Wood, the chairman went on to say that persona afflicted with Incurable dime, ought truly to be the objects of Christian charity. He would Indulge the bops that even some of the unhappy applicants for the benefits of the hospital might eventually be cured. He was proud to preside eta meeting connected with • charity whkti bad been founded by • great and goad man, now no more. The number of candidates on the list was 113, and only 10 could be elected, but he hoped that on a future occasion the board would be able to receive a greater 1111[11- her. He then declared that the poll had opened, and the election was proceeded with. - flable extravwnos in living. The red pine wood indigenous to this province is Mr. &mood contended that the bankrupt's conduct 1 ,0 daily oomiog into favour as a material admirably suited for been uniformly honest, and grahtoed a recommendAt io colonial furniture and cabinet work.—Nelson (New Zealmed) from the Duke of Beaufort in his favour. His Honour said that these cases of gentlemen's Itn.D" must. bs um ha Pernik through th court 00 th II LA Thim war charge uni nterly of G lone, and spirit morel The adju ere the Is amply to accono ni tp =i --To tonisogiit rocaivabla. Ma 12E 89d • to 1,9801. 01•110 Ilp to Credi63lll, total, 32,89 hr dread, soma of the Mr. Sari jourorneot rated for h within thn mitted for Mr. lemr the epplize ---- Ti; Voc;o Emitted for result of tl Mr. Sorg ceder to pi lone Com order. He were throe Wore a me As adjou Mr. Burr charges ago who were police for selling oral London-by Police-co some weeki trouble in pavement railway. ( Williawa sod is-doc before Mr hinuelf by I c res ta m ths THE I The only 1 night witl Lindsay, I few other against th end Maks who voter The n, COMMeEet didates fc A Ber crisis is or banking baa been larger arn beating I the educe Kim Ed educated, ships and the eche poem or petition. them to terceoter