The Express. — London, England, 1857-07-21 00:00:00

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Umbel blab' met be at the Ofte, 10, Ilesemilemeel. by Tye (Meet • bey *1 pulblebtlem. 11. Y.utw,V ICTIIII I —llll LIOV illitlPLl. -AM TIM OLYAN 3/41,—Ommare al T. eauroseire. Tim vas" LI TOO TOO Va/T. -AM MN TEMP/If. Ss. 0. aim -Doors wog Wt-cu ll Tams Evans, 11. TROTHOWNSin• IWO SS 0 .4 6 6 tad O. Dwasil Leg liatal.elams.-411 TOS DAUGH. TB& mt. Mama OW; INN VW. — COMMON Y T. HIGH WATIIII AT LONDON BILIDGI. Ts My—awn& la. 0a...._... *flow.. 10m. Taismarragisles, &Aft. —Matra& 16.. to LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 21. LORD PALIMRSTON hu announced that recruiting, to fill up the void created in the number of men voted teethe Army by the House of Commons, in eoesequence of sending so large a force to India, will at once com mence. The number so voted was, it will be recollected, 120,000 men, including the various Colonial corps, but excluding the 30,000 QtExtt's troops in India. The rank and file of the various local corps number about 7,600 men. Al these corps arc not available for Imperial purposes, but are in reality only effective police bodies, the British Army, u voted by the House, cannot be estimated for those purposes—that is, for the defence of the realm, for garrisoning our Mediter ranean and other fortresses, and for protecting the rest of the Empire (India excepted)—st a strength on paper of more than 118,300 men rank and file. We nay, on paper; for it may be doubted whether it really amounts in regiments to that strength. Taking it, however, at 118,600 men, this was the hen which Ministers asked far, and which the House of Commons, almost without a remark, voted as a pew establishment for the current year. Of this some 4,000 or 3,000 troops were sent on spe cial le" ite to China, part of which force will now be arrested is &musty, diverted to other more pressing requirements, and be replaced by marines to be sent from England. By this easy substitution of msrines for part of the army we see how valuable and sensible a step it was in Parliament to augment the peace establishment of that admirable and useful force. We bad, let as 'spume, the average number of Ql:flirt's troops (say 30,000) in India before the Bengal Army arose in mutiny. En intelligence of that calamity nutted England reliefs to the extent of 10,000 men had been ordered out in the ordinary and regular course of things. Bat in the pre sence of such a rebellion, and until it be effectually suppressed and most signally punished, no regiments then in India will, it may he presumed, be allowed to return to Europe. Immediately after the news arrived, other 4,000 temps were naked for by the Court of Director, and granted by the Quer.res Government. Consequent on the still later news, six other regi ments have been put under orders for India, besides a force of the Quefle's Artillery, which will, we be lieve, maks its appearance in India for the first time. Calculating this last force at 4,500 men, and the force diverted from China at 2,000, we have an addition of 20,500 Qt:Exte's troops to the Indian Army, and the number of men voted for other pur poses by Parliament reduced to 97,000. So long as a void in the number of troops raised under the &utile rityof Parliament is caused by a transfer of QUZI3I'II troops to India, the cost to England and its [Menem of the Army not in the service of the Indian revers meat, bat otherwise employed in the empire, is ales reduced. Immediately these 20,000 man is.,. England for India, they cease to be a charge as the Imperial Treasury, and will have to be paid for by their immediate employers, the subordinate govern ment of India. To supply India with these 20,000 additional QUEEN'S troops, the force previously deemed fleets eary for the security and protection of South Africa against Kaffir hostility and recklessness, for the strength of our garrisons in the Mediterranean, the West Indies, and the Channel Islands, and for the safety and defence of the realm, must of course be diminished. Troops will, perhaps, also be taken from the Mauritius and Ceylon, where it has been the established military policy of England to keep a considerable force. But wherever obtained, the diversion of so large a force to India disturbs the calculations on which Ministers proposed the current year's Army Estimates to the House of Commons ; as it also interferes to some extent with that system of military improvement commenced at our various camps. As we are without any Channel Beet or any large naval force in the Mediterranean, and as it is ob vious from the proceedings in Parliament that we are not to have a fleet in the Channel this year, nor any increase of the squadron under Lord LToNs'command, it becomes all tho more imperative on the War-office to sct about raising the men necessary to bring the strength of the army up to the number voted by the House of Commons. This obligation is the stronger, seeing that, if we understand Lord PALMERSTON'S statement on that point correctly, the militia will this autumn be embodied only to a very small ex tent and couridet ing that without an alteration in can be neither permanently embodied `•^•'oncan garrisons. ~ however, be considerable difficulty in „ during the harvest months now so 810• approaching. The demand for agricultural " be great, and wages, of course, , high. For the next two months influences will seriously impede recruiting. as it is quite possible that events in require still larger drafts from the Army, it is indispensable for national sod Al purposes, that the utmost vigour should at characterise our Recruiting Staff Service. If - harvest it be necessary to pay a high recruits, by all means let the bounty be would be the worst of all possible eeone even five pounds a man retard until the filling up of this great void in the Army. For before autumn arrives, other may be ordered out to India. occasions as this, there is nothing mean, the nor law wnt t hey our There will, recruiting duo riously appro., labour will 1 proportionally these indoeno Nevertheless, India may r Quzares Arm imperial PQM( once character during the b bounty for rec paid. It woo mire, to let e autumn the f British Army 20,090 men m On such oct TSB nothing unwisely economical in the Neap, of the English people. Mr. Mensal.' has already ita nounoed that in any motioa en India which the Opposition may propose in Parliament, their object will be to support the QUEEN'S Government in an emergency before the gravity of which all party dif ferences disappear, and which excites to the noblest point the patriotism of all Englishmen. This an nouncement, which is creditable to the leaders of the Opposition, increases the responsibility of the Government. Part of the defence of India is obviously the recruitment of the army with prompti tude end rigour. We invite, therefore, the War cake to set about the augmentation of the Army at hams without a day's delay, and with a determine tioa to succeed in at once restoring it to the effective strength at which Parliament fixed it. TIM Second Reading of" The Mersey Conservancy and Decks Bill" WU carried lart night in the House of Lords, by a large majority. It was quite natural to find Lord DERBY, with that mischievous love of oratory which too often leads him to act ill rather than not speak well, raising his voice against this moat useful and sensible measure. Though the Bill is a private one, it involves interests of vast importance to the commerce of the country : nor need we demand further proof of this than the fact that its most anxious promoters are the people of Manchester. The case is @lapis enough. At present the port of Liverpool is in the hands of the Corporation—a local body which attends only to local interests. The Bill in question proceeds upon the principle that the Public Harbour and the Docks on either side of the River Mersey 4 are public property and ought to be held as a public trust. It is needless now to go into the history of the power of the Corporation over the Harbour of Liverpool ; but one or two facts will be auftcient to show that the Corporation is not a body fit to be trusted with a property so enormous. For many years the Corporation has claimed the right of levying what are called Town Dues. These consist of a fixed charge on ships, termed " anchorage," and, of charges on goods exported or imported. They are levied, cot only at Liverpool, but over a district including the whole estuary of the Mersey. In I 1854 these Dues amounted to 123,5741., and in 1855 to 110,6711. The point is this: These Dees, although levied on the shipping, are Mrlnto the Borough Fund, and arc applied to de- Mr seek expenses as are commonly defrayed out at a borough fund. It is known that out of the of this Ship Tax the new Law Courts and (;serge's Hall have been built. In fact, Liver poole apart from these Dues, has no borough Ilsmi Now, it is obvious that this power of taxi es is a power which ought not to be vested in a boilysasit as the Corporation of Liverpool. Interested • lb members are in that town they are of course deloliy interested in relieving their fellow-eitizens Baal taxation. That portion of the maritime com mie of the empire which is brought into the y is far too considerable and too important to be Seaga by any Town Corporation for its own local yosposea To tax all the shipping that enters Liverpool harbour in order to form a borough fund fee Liverpool Town, is obviously preposterous and unjust. The practice cannot even be supported on any plea of prescription, for it is of onsgera tively modern date. We are told that prior to ' paring of the first Dock Act in 1700 such doss mos mainly, if not altogether, expended for port earl harbour purposes ; and in legal proceedings mil& took place in 1691 and 1695, the Corporation ad beik the heavy charges which they had to taw k meintilining the harbour and providing mewl ariedae for shipping, in return for which they alleged the Dues were claimed. Not only did the Corporation at first admit the principle that time Dues mate to be applied for shipping mem. bet dry elm orb gratuitous grants of load and 00111. telhstiraa la may for the purposes of the docks. Mem them ell timer extensive docks have been con demned, tab bee largely increased, and so have the Town Dues sweet heless, the Corporation repu diate all obligation to apply any portion of the Does he the benefit of slipping, and have for many yeses maialy appropriated them in supplying the place Olt • borough fund. Ike is this the only way in which the Corporatine l dLiverpool have managed to derive a benefit out of them Town Dues. Under certain old grants they Imo entitled to the waste lands in the borough, imioding the strand or foreshore, which were most anulable for dock purposes. At first they acted liberally. But from the close of the last century, whoa it became clear that the trade of Lancashire must find its outlet into the Mersey, they altered their mum. The body called the Dock Trustees was mode distinct from the Corporation, though the members of both bodies were identical. The plan was that the Corporation should sell this land for doaka to the Dock Trustees—in other words, the Corporation sold to themselves. The money paid was obtained by charging the dock rates. The land Mudd was converted into docks, and the soil dug oat went to form artificial land. This artificial or made land was noon required for docks also, and the Corporation then sold it to the Dock Trustees. By this means an additional sum was added to the Corporation funds. The result of these transactions Is not explicitly stated, but the probability is that it amounted to something like 1,000,0001. It clearly appears, therefore, from the history of the Town Dues and the Docks, that the Corporation of Liver pool is not a body fit to be trusted with such exten sive powers of taxation and management. The Bill, therefore, which has already passed the House of Commons after being approved by a Com mittee over which Sir JAMEY GRAHAM presided, and which has now passed the second reading in the House of Lords, proposes that all dues obtained from shipping shall be expended, as was the case in the early history of the port, for shipping purposes only, and that the whole harbour of Liverpool—its docks and works—shall be seated " in a public trust elated by a popular constituency and in a great measure responsible to public opinion and the public." The principle adopted in settling the specific character of this public body is that with which the country is familiar—that taxation and representation shell go together. Those who pay directly towards the expenses of the trust—the Dock and Harbour rate payers—are to be elected Trustees. This is the only true principle. The history of Liverpool itself skews that local bodim who have selfish interests to serve eased be tended ; and management by the Central Government to Ispossikie. We agree with the Board of Trade b Illiadar that the principle of rept oseetatioa mal le serried far enough when it is sattendled. no 11100 present Bill extends it, to all meeibente, meneflientrers, or dealers, who pay rates ea isakerea Alpe, to a certain given amount, systially as key can vote by proxy. The jaedee fad propriety of this Bill are obvious. 'Asp ine pdseiple that our great harbours should he umbras, public control and should be managed Ida referommis the general interests of the empire, arreet be alerted. The elected body proposed to be treolmi by the Bill seems to answer every pur -1 pas lionise be required. The necessity of so re ithistiog km power of taxing shipping as to appropriate the proceeds of the tax to ship- IAT EVENING, JULY 2 T' peg purposes exclusively, is equally clear awl strictly just. Vested rights will of course be re spected. Liverpool will be relieved of very consider able liability, which that town has incurred by purchasing the Birkenhead Docks; for by this Bill their works, with all the liabilities attached to them, will be transferred to the newly elected body. Nor is this all. The Town Dues, whilst in the hands of the Corporation of Liverpool, have been mortgaged to a considerable extent for local purposes, totally unconnected with shipping. These debts will not be thrown entirely upon the Corporation, but the Bill will provide for a very large proportion of the debt so incurred being charged upon the Town Dom This is only fair. We trust that the Corporation of Liverpool will recognise the spirit of equity which animates the promoters of this Bill and the Board of Trade, and will acquiesce in a measure which, whilst it treats vested interests leniently, is only an act of justice to the shipping interest of the country. GENERAL KMETY. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (raox ova own PARIS, MONDAT Evaante. Lord Palmerston's speech on the Isthmus of Sue: question has raised a perfect storm of opposition on the part of the French government journals. They express a confident belief that public opinion in England will compel the Premier to abandon the position he has assumed. lam informed that on the morning of &ranger's funeral Alandull Magnum isued an order of the day, which has not been made public, from which it is either to be inferred that he really t nticipated street fighting, or that ho wished it to be supposed that serious apprehensions of a collision were entertained. He reminded the soldiers of their brilliant conduct in December, 1851, and expressed his confidence that I they would again chew the same indomitable courage. Besides the many btrategetical positions which 1 have mentioned in preceding letters, as being occu pied by troops, the heights of Montmartre and the terrace of St. Germain were the theatre of bivouacs on the supposed eventful day. " Etifin," as Molierc's fop says to the unsuspecting ladies, " Notts aeons echappe belle." _ . The Bourse seems to have taken quite a new turn after the long period of demotion. To-day there has been a decided and important rise in all descrip tions of securities. The Itente rose 30c. for cash and 35c. for account, closing at 67fr. 60e. and 67fr. 70c. Credit Mobilier, which till within the last day or two has been continuity declining, jumped up tr2fr..soe. The improvement in railways was, in almost every instance, very considerable. Orleans rose 20fr.; Northern (both old and new), about 2lfr. ; Eastern (old and new), 20fr. ; Lyons and Mediterranean, 30fr. ; Western, 15ft.; Southern, 10fr.; St. Itambirt, 20fr. Some purchases were made in the expectation that the Bank of France would reduce its discount on Thursday, but people likely to be well informed on the subject say that, on account of the large demand for specie made by the branch ettablishmenta of the south, the Bank will not be able to make the reduction this week. Letters from Japan confirming the news that the Emperor has decided to open diplomatic relations and make commercial treaties with the European Powers, state that his majesty has fixed upon the Governor of Simoda as an envoy whom he will shortly send to Europe. A letter from Odessa, addressed to the Preece, contains a long and circumstantial account of the expuhion of fitly or sixty Frenchmen from Sebas topol, under circumstances which it is thought will Teed to explanations between the cabinets of Paris and St. Petersburg. It is alleged that several French shopkeepers who, after the full of Sehas topol, and at a time when it was difficult to supply the town with provisions, were encouraged by Ad miral Boudakolf, the then governor, to come from Kamiesch and set up shops, under a promise that they should have the privilege of introducing goods free of duty, have for a long time been illtreuted by Boudakors successors, and finally expelled to their utter ruin. The Prase, however, does not seem to be very confident in the accuracy of its correspondence, but should the circumstances related be true, it hopes that the Russian government will disavow the acts of its subordinates. A Paris correspondent of the Indi'pendunee of Brussels writes: The bending out of some French and English vessel, of war to Tunis is spoken of. Franco has several times made similar manifestations agaioat the regency, and fur a less serious muse than the present one; under Louis-Philipps two each manifertetions were made. The concessions of Si-Mohammed to the fanaticism of his subjects are all the more ineonveivable that his envoy-estraordinary, General Kes-Eddin, was in Paris some month' ago, and was the bearer of presents to the imperial family. The A khor of Algiers demands, in the interest of public security, that the Ilatti-humaioun of Constantinople shall be applied to Tunis. But this guarantee is not equal in our opinion to a frank execution of the treaty of alliance concluded in ISM by Ad miral de Rummel, the stipulations of which provide for all the points connected with good neighbourhood and religious toleration. _ A principal part of the f'te of the 15th August is this year to take place in the Champ de Mars. An immense scaffolding is king constructed on the side of the Avenue de la ltourdonnaie, to re present the Malakoff Tower, the attack and cap ture of which are to form the principal feature in the day's rejoicings. A display of fireworks is to take place on the heights of the Trocadero, and in it the column which it is proposed to construct on that spot is to figure. A correspondent at Boulogne, writing on the Cith inst., says: The races are fixed for Txursday, 23rd, and Satur day, 35th July. The Philharmonic Society have announced a concert for July 28, for the benefit of the British Free Schools, and Messrs. Ernst and Amber have promised their sasitaasre. There are to be some grand religions far.; at the end of August, to oclebrote the completion of the dome of tho Cathedral, and the Archbishop of Pori' is coming to preside over them. The amatory condition of Boulogne is now peculiarly stiefectory —quite In accordance with the reputa tion the locality ham always enjoyed for salubrity, and well calculated to efface the recollection of the somewhat unhealthy mason of 185 G. In the first fourteen days of July there were only 14 deaths in a population of nearly 40,000, while in the same period the number of births was 38. Visitors me now arriving at Boulogne for the bathing semen inconsiderable numbera. TO TIII IDISOIt OF THI 11PROB1. Sta,—We have now among us one of the ablest and most ecurvily treated of all the soldiers that fought in the late war—l mean, General Kmetv. In every respect this "tint-rate officer" (I quote l)r. Sandu ith) is worthy the admiration of our countrymen. A patriot Magyar, he struggled heroically for Hungary against Austria and Russia united, in 1848.9. If this were the sum total of Kmety's services it ought to be enough to make every English heart beat warmly toward him ; but " the greatest is behind." In 1866 he was the fighting commander of the Turks in Asia Minor : he it was that led the Ottoman troops when they beat Mouravieff ftom the outworks of Kara on the memorable 29th of September, 1836. Such is the man from whom British honours and decorations have been unaccountably withheld ; such is the man whom our government have declined to recommend to the Emperor Napoleon for the cross of the Legion d'llonneur. Such is the man that, with modesty equal to his bravery and conduct, has re quested Mr. Kinglake—who intended to bring this discreditable affair ander the notice of the Commons —not to persevere with his generous motion. Can nothing be done, Sir, to convince this noble foreigner, whose stay in London will be very short, that although the name of George Kniety does not appear on the roll of the Order of the Bath, the people of England cherish it, nevertheless, as a household word—a synonym for military virtue ?-1 ' am, AN OLD SOLDIER. • July 20. (be Court. • osnomsg, JULY 20. The Queen and Prince Consort, the elder royal children, and the ladies end gentlemen in waiting, attended divine service yesterday morning at Osborne, which wee performed by the Rm. J. Prothero. Tho Prince of Leiningen dined with her Majesty on A deputation from the London committee of deputies of the British Jew, mnaisung of Mr. N. Litalo, Mr. Henry Herrn, Mr. Samuel Moses, and Mr. Sampson Scum I, solicitor, and escretary to the board, had en interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Hanie-offire., on the subject of th e Divots and Matrimonial Causes Bill. . "ii;rlediraGmlunittseof the I"Wity Conned sat yester day. An appeal from Bengal, " Soorjainoney Deem v. Denobasdoo Mullich," part heard, wee concluded. The lord. present went—The Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, dir W. Kea* and Sir E. Ryan. Despatches wen reeelved from the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceyka yeeanday at the Colonial-Aloe. Their Royal Highneeeea the Duke and Mellen d'Aumals will give a grand fife chairipais to-morrow, it 041141:11 Hama, Twieltenhun, which will be honoured with the ptveence of the Queen of the Netherlands, end a great number of royal sad distinguished viaitors. The Earl and Counter of Donoughmore hare left Claridge's Hotel fur Vkhy,in the south of France.. Duly Dashwood's ball, announced for Wednesday nest, will ad take place in consequence of Illness in the The Count and Countess de Rottermund have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-streat, front a tour in the United Mutes. _ _ Mr. and Lady Georgiana Balfour left town yes terday for the seam. intendiag to Tina the Earl and Cola • taw of Elliman, at World*/ Hall, en mite to Balbirals, Firagthe. The Dean of Worcester and Mrs. reel have left ramiatee hotel, Belgravia, for Brie, lido of Wight, _ nos are at present staying at the Queen's Mold, Illastbriar, IS Meer to visit the Art Treasures Ex hibition. es Mogi as Bieneonr, the Marva de Reeler., M. A Pair, essanhyarral for the Hanseatic Towne ; the Hilt Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Lord end Lady Bolger and the Mine Strntt, the Pea of St. Fauns and Mrs. ?dilates, Lady arstkeden and Campbell, Sir Gawp Clark, Sir Gawp and Lady Broke, and Mr. Hagan, M.P. WEDDING PREOENTII.—The wedding nisi to lady Merl Yorks, as the maim of he yaster va to Mr. W. G. Casten, lat La Gawk ware weceedingly The jewels pasted by ea ividsgroona were Ivey empernit. Annot then maybe gmeelealarly rea -1 dont • w Oilseed god assidnse ruby, sedi paw st l= is= htit nil ea ; • sad nib p t yusint; ea unusnally dries set et her brag dogs; sat • ant it Ina, white, sad eidt yowls, leer lidg iningaill bran rooted w amerit, re • nut Marl ` core la Wan. be be demo dee gm dr he nerd law liniente Isersile ifeel • r eseg eoz: 2:= = ini bm a :t i ii p t i e t rabis si z t z. sod a dienen: Weal World, en Masa two areamenti wen peranin by tie Deism De la Force, mother of Re brise6 bandissare en anaemia turquoiao and 111Mieni =4, iii. the lled Craven ; a pearl an 4 rd lienent der the Owner Cr....; a rich pair of girt end diamird anew lathe Hoe. Fredwick Craven ; a arrin alinogla _lnisinail den the Ladies Craven; a =Mllollll.olFilli liMs dna dr younger none of Oran • • ironic panel sad mead bracelet from dr Osman Mower Qom; a ilmosed watch bracelet der dr nears tbs telaigrarn, Mr. Walter Craven, LX.; • reel aid sand anblask fen Ifir Frederick Denkinest : sad • erahke sad Ansa rise len the Sad el tidies. la eil be Risk _One nes preen% Ran dr Perms Miry, die Int ad Derr , Lod Chmadish, dr Clessine , Osind ham, et dr la Life finale, Led OW di Clerk Illegen, Mr. Davenport, tho ta= saie V al = ra li rian i t Y = Captnir B i s ' tt n ut o re on t , 9k Elm. W the Earl of Cardigan, and a gnat grit any ears et nobility. The bride at the me adow wore a awn Waal contuse, assigned of e silver isbe genic dreg, enrol with Brno& lyre. A wreath it arms lows, berried with Meer leans, encircled Os boa, sad a assldelle Ind bonen at seedy pearls en dinnis, nth • rod, UMW& he nil, ongisted the nisien• Her iniyabig soviet in her lan • regadvent hocof the sera swan QUERN C TUB NIIIIIIRLANDq.—The Count rico, IeIVIIIPMen stibeNdirelirds) v6itoi (It. Gorges dee Wan esaduried through gitel =II On Iss hy • depot& ion of the gip maw Mir mile .rend inquiriee as le is ask la lubla fa sr eirdseled, and on tin tear, reillatha IN sispelie by voluntaryli=r betto_FlNlNgif Illb s iip d ea m . with the sew tary. Tits thnia AVMs le Hone wean is the abssen d Or et who bee left town fat ik• 910 1.• . 716 9 1 4 wee restesi by the Mothball= el weernen, As aninand it Iffaatrloute visitor Ina* ilbeAdlides aril eases of this beautiful reaesiaa, ma mum= law sabouldred her Hvjenv at i.w.*% lab ibut tlbe Qom yes iEd to visit the butte and ass d irmoss se • Howe, where her Miregeredideatilbeemfdar. mg Apeley House the seri pay awe nibs Inn of Lord., her Majeety MIND* bag a &wand viait of inspection i t ' sZ li = elliMiligl ilea the House of Lords, the nil it ll Elieran's, crown jewellers, in sad damn aeon to Chwites Hotel. In the ~the he Reel ink bar Ind Highness the Dram efOivinbeidge, at IL Jenne Palace, whore the M ho** Mt Mb barn, of raft the Marrions lay : —His Rani Riginr• the Dube it Crehrldp, his Serene High est@ Woes Ma= at ikairWeitnar, his Excellency the Aastrisw 10~ sad Se Center d'Apponyi, hie Ham ra/I di Mire it dr lleiberrode, the Earl enteral, the Hart wed C. 4 it Sandwich, the Countess Granville, the efaligaildra. the Earl and Counter of Shallians, Lad sad Irk and General Sir Genre Norm Lot la lbs the Qom mad ad the neabere eller adb beaumil dr Penmen win hot prow M enil .4.beill glen la beam of bar Minty et Cambridge NZ=ldlers state the ausperidar og Meign, Co., with liabilities he non IMAM • eautposidoa is said to be °Strad of 6s. ed. In the Catifil• Pares. —Ovs tialuitie ttl a. • MOMMY, JULY 20.—Ailmincre On payment, 9,226; dna, by meets liner, 631; total Anon, 9,777. PIEDMONT. The legislative session of the Piedmentese cham bers was closed on the 18th. On this subject the Piedmontese Gazette of the 17th nye : The legislative minion opened on the 27th of January and closed yesterday leaves an agreeable and Luting impression on account of the import ance of the questions treated, the utility of the measure. adopted, and the interest of the &magma. The .crier affords a brilliant proof of the program made by our country in a short apace of time in the practice of represen tative institution.. The laws for the fortifications of Alexan dria, the transfer of the naval arsenal to La Spezia, and the new law on military conscription have provided for the organi sation of the national forma and defences. The law which abolishes the nsury lawn is a new step in econcankal scireee. The laws on public instruction, on ground rents, on the re form of pria,ca, and many other., have consecrated import ant improvements in public administretion. We will con clude with mentioning the law for the Ligurian railroad, extending from the frontier line of the Var to that of Modena, and the law for the perforation of Mount Cecil., a colossal project which, as an English paper has happily expressed it, is worthy of ancient Rome and modern England. FRANCE AND LUXEMBOURG JUNCTION R WAY.—The Maalox? pedlars e convention, aired on the 10th of Jane leak between the ilmpwror et the French and the King of lielleed, inflavfaisi the Eastern of Prance Bonney le eandwas the Mete and Thkaville line to the Gaol et latannhourg, to nine a branch of the Lazembeerg Beilwey. Tmt MostretsieT.—Yeetereby the raids bawd onopetition tor ths W~sa Mona bent menaddlited to peiSs via. I n Wedes Halt mad • by 4 E 5 er 000 posses. Men Mel a u.+..+ Walt the nuntber w oinbibeled from mad Ileselead ; lad har t agnlan' t =he tool& nee* My. Th. deism by British Nebbels bbek samben; diem by Swigs alt tieb red; ao dos shay nee are, She anhibltba ot midi MI be le the We My tTneeley), Hr Mak end , H. bib, bees 9 sa. HS 7 p.m. O. Wednesday and Tbunilay, des Ilbed ea Med, West rednebr Hall will be epee io peers end ineubwe all H. Hens elCombons, from lditne. in 7 p.a. Mb liiiedey, the Mk, the exhibition will be open every Hobby, Tuohy, Tridgy, end Saturday, from 9 till 7. until further mike. hi ti 1857. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By her Majesty's brig Frolic we have adviees Dos the Cape to May 13, and by the Arid from Port Elisa beth lo May 9. The Earl of Ilardwicke, from London, with the newly appointed biehop, arrived May 7. We collect from the accounts from beyond the Kei, pub lished by the King Willioo, s Town Coulte, that the KaMrs are now heartily oohamed of themeelves for having given heed to the prophet, and sacrificed their cattle and prcapects for the winter in reliance upon his predictions. A great meeting was held on the 27th of April in Kreli's country, at which many hard words were exchanged, each man being anxious to show that he had protested from the first ageing the general deluebni. Thu ptophet was represented by ono Detrain, who evaded the troublesome questions put to him by the announcement that " the epirita underground were angry and would minim no more question," a reply which wee culaidered by no mama satiafactory. The chiefs were gloomy, end the Cemiecin people furious. Concurrently with this internal dereittinfaction an improvement in the con- duct of the Kailirs towards Europeans wan observable. " Civility and a willingness to oblige," says the local autho rity already quoted, "characterise those who were formerly impertinent and disposed to rob. Cattle were asked of the traders, but we had not heard of any being stolen. Alto gether we think we may say that Knife tribe at present pre sents no obstacle to the continuance of peace, and all over the frontier our prospects arc perhaps as blight is they have been since the sottlernof 1820 arrived in this whiny." There was great commotion in the Orange Free State. The Presi dent had issued a proclamation, setting forth that tire com mando of Pretoria had crossed the Vaal River from the South African republic, and invaded the territory of the Orange Free State, which wee accordingly plated under martial law. The accounts of the movements of Pretoritte arc very contradictory. It we most generally believed, however, that his forces had crossed the Vaal to unite with those of the so-celled rebel Otero. ADMISSION OF JEFFS INTO PARLIAMENT. DEPUTATION TO LORD P 1 (THIS DAY.) This afternoon a very numerous deputation, eons pow] of immix rs of the House of Commons favourable to the admission of Jews into parliament, waited upon Lord Palmerston at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, for the purpose of formally making known to his lordship the result of the meeting held at the King's Arms on Thursday last. The deputation, which was headed by Mr. Herman, the chairman of that meeting, numbered between fifty and sixty members. It will be remembered that the meeting. decided in favour of supporting Lord John Russell', motion for leave to bring in a bill to amend the let and Sad Vic., c. 10R, so as to enable the oath of abjuration to be administered to members who wished it without the words "On the true faith of a Christian." The meeting also unanimously adopted • resolution declaring— " That the fact that in the Late division in the House of Lords, all the members of the Cabinet did not support the Oaths Bill, is calculated to cause deep pain and disappoint ment to the liberal party." Reportas wore in attendance to-day at Lord Paltnerston's from all the daily papers but, "by his lonlsbip's express directions, the gentlemen of the press were excluded from the interview." At the clefs of the interview, the member repaired to Niteroi/Ird, and there deliberated upon the results of the visit to the presider. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-/THIS DAY.) MALDON.-MR. WESTERN DECLLRED DULY ELECTED. Thin morning the committee in this election re-assembled with cloud doom, and remained in consultation till one o'clock, when the public haring been admitted, The Chairman announced that the committee, after a de liberate consideration of the evidence, were of opinion that Mr. Western was duly elected a member for the borough of Malden. The cunmittee were of opinion that at the last election for the borough of Malden both briberyand treating had existed, Lot it was not proved to the satisfaction of the committee that such bribery and treating had been traced to any agent of the sitting member.. Mr. Phlnn then proceeded to open the cue on the part of Mr. Bramloy-Moore. WEYMOUTH. On the raameiriblingc:i the committee this morning, Mr. Slade, on the part of the petitioners, announoedthat the briber; cases were concluded. Some witnesses were then examined, as to how a person named Sinimona who, it was alleged in the opening, was connected with Mr. Campbell, and who it was stated had taken voters to the poll in carriare, and been guilty of treating, was got out of the way. It appeared that when the warrants were issued for the purpose of compelling the attendance of witnesses, it came to Dia ears, and he wont away secretly in a luggage train, end up to the present time had eluded all attempts to serve him with the warrant. Evidence was given to endeavour to connect Simmons with Mr. Campbell, but it war of a very meagre and unseals factory des. rirobw. William &want was then examined, And stated that Mr. Campbell hd promised to get Lim A berth for his brother, who use a tailor by trade. That, however, wan not before he had vowel. Had not seen Lis brother since, and believed that Mr. Cempts.ll had not performed his promise. He asked Mr. Ciunphell for a berth. Cron-examined—The prime.° woo made at the time when Mr. Campbell came round to thank the voters for voting for him. Ile then asked him for n berth, and Mr. Campbell mid that he would see what he could do. Evidence was being proceeded with when our report left. COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.-(TIIIS DAY. This afternoon the annual general meeting of the proprietors of the Commercial Bank of London wee held .t the bank in Lothbury ; Mr. Mem: lienTrft, chairman of the Board of Director!, In the chair. . ... . The report wee as fullowe, viz.: " The director. have now to place before the proprietors the balance sheet Lie the year analog:l9th June last, thawing • net profit of 26,8101. 14a. 7d., after deducting current ex penses, end making provision fur bad end doubtful debts. The directors propose to declare a dividend of 4 per cent. for the pad belt-year, making with the dividend already paid, 71 per cent. for e year, free from Income Tex. After payment of this dividend there will remain a PUT 4,160 f. Ile. 9d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account for rebate of interest on bills not yet due, end a further eum of 1491. 19e. 1)d. to be added to the reserve fund, which, with the annual interest, will then amount to 73,4721. 19e. 10c1. It will be seen that the buritese, and consequently the profits of the bank, have been mmb reduced by the unfounded and inju rious rumours circulated in the autumn, which were brought to the notice of the proprietors et the meeting held in December last. The drectors are happy to state that the explaustione then given, together with the promptitude with which the pressure was met, hod the effect of entirely minifying both the proprietors and the public of the strength and solidity of its position. The director* could not expert in the free of active competi tion immediately to recover the ground then lost, but they have the malefaction of stating that some of the accounts which had bum wittelrasen have winos returned, and that many new and valuable accounts have been opened dose the commencement of the present year. Several proprietors having expressed a wish to see the num ber of directors reduced, the board propose to take power alder the deed of settlement to alter the minimum number from sixteen to ton lye. In compliance with the provisions of the deed of settlement, the following directors, viz.:— Charles Butler, Seib John Alfred Chowne, hey. , John Savage, Esq., end Joseph Thompson, Esq., retire from office, but, being eligible, offer themselves as candidates for re-election." The report woe ntraninionsly adopted. At the clone of the ordinary bermes+, the meeting wee made special for the purpose uf parsing • resolution, which , was done, for reducing the number of directors from sixteen . to twelve. The proceedings terminated with the usual compliments to the chairman, directors, and official,. SERIOUS INDISPOSITION OF SIR JOHN VILLIERS 8111,LLEY, BAST., 1 1 4.1`.—We regret to .tote that Sir John Villiers Shelley hoe been prevented by minus indispotition from attendance nn his parliamentary duties during the poet week. The hon. baronet was attacked on Monday, the 13th, by erisypelas in the face, which threatened to extend to the brad, and canoed severe suffering. Stringent mcasunis were at ones nourtal to, and the disorder was fortunately got lender by the end of the week. The attack. however, has, we regret to learn, left the honourable baronet in a very weak condition, and wholly unable to leave his room or attend to Minium matters.—Suevx Adrertifer. NORPOLK AND NORWICH TWELFTH TRIE.NNIAI. MUSICAL Yeartvah.—Tho Festival Committee have lately angsged the services of Mains. Piceolornini and Signor &Read to sing at the festival, and an engagement has been offered to Signor Giuglini. The other vocalists engaged are:—Madame Clara Novello, Madik. Lennhardi, Madame Weise, hire, Lackey, Signor Gardoni, Mr. Lackey, and Mr. Weise. Mr. Miranda, we believe, will sing the tenor parts In Mr. Howard Glover's cantata, " Tam o'Shanter." The first morning's performence, on Wednesday. the 16th of September, will comprise Spobr's Himn to God," Men sohn'a " Lobgesang," and Mozart "Requiem ;" the second Beethoven's " Mount of Olives," and " Haydn's "Seasons;" and the third, "The Messiah." The festival will terminate nn Friday evening with a grand fancy dream ball, the band being conducted by Mr. Weipport. Mr. Bens •d4ct will visit Norwich nn Monday, the 3rd of August, to be present at the rehearala at St. Andrew's Hall on that and the following day. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OP TWO PERSONS. OVILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) Georyc Cox. a man about forty-6ve yews of age, described oa a commission agent, of No. 1, Harvey street, Ifonion, was placed at the tar before Al derman Carter, charged with attempting to murder Caroline Cox, his wife, and a mon named Edmund Forty, by stabbing them with a dagger, in a lit of jealousy. Ile wee also charged with breaking a pane of plate glass, value V. 10e., in the shop of Mr. Silbcrberg, of St. Martin's-le- Grand. Edwin Evan,' said :—I live at Ilomerton. I am a tra veller. Tho prironer is a stranger to me. At half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, I wax driving down by the Poet office in St. klartites-le-Grend, when I heard a cry of " Marder !" Two men ran aeries the middle of the road to my horse's had, and tumbled down, and the prisoner, who wee ono of them, stabbed the other in the shoulder with a knife. The prisoner then ru after a woman, and knocked her down by running against her with great violence; and, so she lay on the ground, he stabbed her with the same weapon. I saw his ' arm go up and down, but there was a crowd round them so that I could not we if he stabbed her mine than once. The prisoner woe prevented from doing any further violence by the crowd, and a policeman coming up soon after, he wu taken into custody. Prisoner—Whero was tho woman when I struck her ? Witness—On the ground, against a tohaerionist's window, when you 'dabbed her. Alderman Carter—Where did you first are her? Witnese—Sbe wa , running across the rood with the =II who well stabbed. They wore running away from the pri- Thos. Bainbridge said—About half peat three yesterday afternoon I !mensal out of our side door int, St. lartia's-le- Grand, when I saw two men struggling, and immediately after I saw one of them run away and cell "Murder." lie ran towards me, and then I saw that he we e stabbed on the left shoulder. I saw the mate man that atalskil the other run after the woman. She ma away from him into the udddle of the street. The prisoner caught a alight hold of her, but she got away sad ran to the cigar shop, when the prisoner made two or three stabs at her with a white-bundle dagger. Be was immediately surrounded and the dagger produced was taken from him, and the policeman took him into custody. Tho prisoner seemed in a very frenzied stale of mind and hardly appeared to know what he won doing. Edwd. Evans recalled—l saw a digger in the prieener's hand similar to that produced. John Smith mid—l am an extra porter at the Queen's Hotel, in St. Martin's-le-Grand, and I wan etmdiag at the corner of Angel-steed yesterday afternoon stunt hitif-past three, when I saw a man run from the corner Into the middle of the read, and he began hallooing out. Immediately after the prisoner followed him. I thought they were going to fight, and when I am the pri soner raise his um, I saw he had a knife or something of that sort in his hand. The man struggled a little and directly after that the prisoner ran after a woman who wed in eight. She stopped at the corner of a court higher up and as she stooped, the prisoner made a blow at her with the dagger produced. She got away from him, and got as for an Silbetherg's, the tobacconist, by which time I followed with several others, when I saw him strike the woman again with the mom dagger. She was blooding at the mouth, ant called ont, " Ile has killed me lie has killed me i" The man who wan atabbed in the arm was among the crowd, when the prisoner aimed a blow at him with the dagger, and struck him on the ann. He raised his arm again to strike, when some one in the crowd caught his arm, end took the dagger from him. I went to the station with the prisoner. Prisoner—Whom did you see me strike first: Witneas—Yon went to strike the man first in the middle of the road. Prisoner—Diet you not say just now that I struck him first ? mac. Witness—You went into the road to try and strike him. Prisoner—Did you not say I struck him with the dagger? Witness—No; I said you had your band up with the dagger in it when the man parried the blow. John Andrews, 107, said, About half-peat three o'clock, I was coming through the entrance ball of the General Poet Office, when I heard a cry of " I rats into St. Martin's4e•grand, where I saw several pemons trying to secure the prisoner. I laid hold of his right arm and the collar of his coat, and a gentleman wag holding up his left arm with the dagger still in his band. The gentleman wrenched the dagger from his hand and I took the prisoner to the station. The wounded persons were taken to the hospital. I searched the prisoner and found on him a knife and other articles. I received the dagger from the rentlermiu who took it from the prisoner, and I found the sheath upon him. l'risoner—Did you observe if the gentleman had any trouble in getting the dagger from me? Witness—Not a very groat deal of trouble. Aldermen Carter—Have you seen the wounded parties this meriting? - - - • • Witnera —Not Ibis morning, air; but I hare obtained a medical certificate of the surgeon. Alderman Carter—lt appear. theeo parties will not be in a condition to leave the hospital for recent days, and I gun therefore remand the prisoner until Saturday. The prisoner, who appeared to be suffering severely, wee then removed. TIIE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS AT CHELMSFORD. — Two unhappy beings now await death in our county gaol for the crime of umrdsv, and there has been u very natural de sire un the part of the sheriff and other authorities that the two should be executed on the same day, so as to avoid a repetition of the pad tome. Coloniunieations were accord• ingly opened with the Secretary of State, who, after ram tartly considering the mlooct, was of opinion that the rope lotion in curb cases was imperative , and could not be ' relaxed. The execution of Crawley, for the murder of hi wife at Stratford, was therefore fix eded for Thursday nests the 23rd hut., and of Finch for Wedneeday, the 2911 i. • further effort was, however, made to avert what many as the calamity of having two executions. A memorial Sir George Grey was signed by the magietrates of the Cheluisford beach on Vriday, and at once forwarded la the Home-office; but the reply received yesterday was, that the matter had been maturely weighed in the fink instance, and the derision could not he altered. The exe cution., will, therefore take place lie above elated. Both crimineat mower lamentably ignorant, loot they arc attentive to the reliwou. inetruction offered them, nod miner a Wig hemming their awful poaitiom. Finch, who is sedulously attended by the ltcv. Mr. Hamilton, the chaplain of the gaol, was yesterday oleited by his father, brother, and brothrea wile, who were affected in parting from him; and the culprit has also ROM store« residing at a dis tance, who aro likely to attend to lobe leave of Mau Crawley, who as a Roman catholic is attended by the prime from Ingatcatone, was roiled by one of his SUM on Saturday; and ho has at the present moment another of Mx sone in the mum prison undergoing twelve months' herd labour for felony. Am to the statement that Crawley remained indifkroalp nod made no admission of his guilt; we have received the following letter from the Rev. Canon Last, the Roma catholic priest who attended him :—" Sir,—You will to happy, as I am, to be able to tarred the statement re the condemned convict, Michael Crawley. In the rep " Trel the trial, in the Central Criminal Court, you will perceive that ha admitted by his counsel, that his wife hod met km death at his hands. Ile hoe not «metaled his guilt boo such as approach him in gaol, and has not failed "oft km entrance to deplore it and hie neglect of his rtliginue dada; and he commissions me now to nob publicly for biro a polar from all who may be charitably disposal to ;rive it, and pared cularly from each as may Ito drawn in any way to witness his eXOClAtiala —I am, Mr, yams faithfully. GEORG,: CAlfoa L %ST. Ingatestone Hall, July DI, 18.74."—Essar Rena. ESCAPE FROM AN AUSTRIAN FORTRESS.--Th• Avgabnra Go:ettr announces that three political Dr. &huge and two military otfioerp, who were not earl In the reamt amnesty of the Emperor of Anttria, effected their cacape about a fortnight ago from the Mimes of Joseplutiedt in Bohemia. They had, it appears, for was thus made a ;tractive of lying in bed to • very Ids hour, and act they appeared be asleep, the tier keys abstained from disturbing therm One mottling a turnkey, having something to my to Schulte, went ta awaken him, but was purpriscd to find that the WM dressed up occupied his place in the bed, and on cromitnag the bode of the other two prim:item, he found then eimilatli occupied. On inveetigauon it was secertsincd that the three prisoners had escaped by the chimney ; Dad in a granary at the top of the buildioß they found • rope ladder, which must have been there by some ono connected with the fortress whose they had gained over ; and that they had then let theology.. down into the fumes of the (ogres.. They had the. • appeared, gone straight to a plate called Neut....lk Alai eight miles off, where they breakfasted • after which dui passed into Ilruiteia and have not since been heard et Dr. Schutt& left on his table a knot fur the monnuader d eke fortress, thanking him for hie kindnesa during hie coder o nle f LB ; m de d a tn it i i n v i e let r etisingmtoats him b k a n t o e w twenty 'ear& imprieonment fur hut log taken part in eke surrection el Vienna in 1848. wooth through h de th r e riewnw"Pwittnos .01 so stai thel ha WY slam cir Het trad sad wen OUP whc mtu aut wh4 200 del) 600 an< deo the the the