The Express. — London, England, 1856-09-26 00:00:00

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Tres " irrec alaritire which bare talon plans In the Transfer officl of the Crystal Palates Company,' ea a series of most discreditable and alarming frauds are coolly termed. open up q very serious quesSou for , shareholders and s:ocifoolders in all our public oma pooh " The !etrult of the investigation in that me, eimmeteitg from January 1,1863," says the Seeretaty, "shows about 1,397 original sharee and 682 pre ference shares to have been improperly registered— that is 0 say, to have been put on the register with- eat a proper tit e in the transferrors—whilst other transfers, to the extent of 1,268 original and 391 pre tarmac shares, similarly circumstanced, have teen seat into the office, bat have not bean registered." That is to say, upwards of 2,000 shares in this emu. party have, sines the lot of January, 1868, been fraudulently foisted on the market, have bees tram. breed and retransferred by purchasers and sellers, sad been incepted at.d acknowledged by the Com pany as true shires, while upwards of 1,800 ether such shares so frandulendy issued have some into the office for transfer, and have, in ormsegesees Of the accidental disurrery of the a irregelsrity, 4 hew there volved before the Company bemuse !e -volved in tht it circulation. Here, then, we have all actual detection, on the first blush of the fried, of the creation of nearly 4,000 false shwas, in Leas than two years, for 2,000 of which the Company will be actually liable; arid how assay more a fall and inde pendent exemiaation into the Share Register from its Snit opening Bill produce, who can tall? At all events 4,000 false shares an pretty good work for Ws than a octopi* of years. In the case of the Northern of Franca Railway the amount of lose was stannous compared to that which an possibly arise to the Crystal Palmas Company. Bat in that case the loss was aceasioned by the sob. bary of shares transferable by delivery of the eistift. sates which the shareholders had, ander the authority of the company's statutes, deposited for safety in the sompeofs offiass. That WY bad enough; bat it did not impeach or affect the character or validity of either the Ayes etolen or the shares not stoles. There was neither creation aor circulation of false shares. The case of the Crystal Palace, though mailer in amount, goes mach deeper; for if labs shares o►a be thee easily created, easily sold, tad easily transferred, what security doss the registration of shares afford the pa►lio, and who knows whether his registered shares are tree or false? If false, who is to suffer—the bona fide bodes of false registered shame, or the innocent shareholders of the company, who rely on the good administration of its affairs for the peolection et their event, all that a correct honest balancing an accom plish M at the earliest practicable period to indicate that there most be a fraud in the register. But in the intones before as, the half /early balancing between January 1, 18.55, and the present tine, did not even aseemplish that. The saelticr appears to have accidentally seen duplicate members of shares; and had not that circumstance roused hie suspicion the dishonest clerk might have trebled the number of false shares he has issued before be was detected. Practically the payment of dividend, which can only take place ea a Sued number of shares, ought to have led to • detection ; but bore peonies seems to afford am little security an legislative them — for it did not. Thus we me every ineehasical protection appms to be inoperative. and the only real security lies is the probity of the clerks employed. Now, without any unfair disparagement of clerks in public companies, it may be doubted whether as a clam they are equal to their fellows in private employment. Their ealarin are miserably small, their duties are painfully mocha. Waal, their prospect of any considerablesuocessin liie is very inconsiderable indeed; they are herded together in crowds without any effective moral supervisiou; ori ginally procuring their situations through direetceiel influence, they seek safety against departmental cen sure in the same influence; they lire as they please, and where they please, end we rotten sheep don Weal- Gullible mischief to the whole flock. Directors gene rally exercise their patronage as to clerks without the least ones of adequate and proper responsibility; their lists are always full, and vacancies, however caused, are welcome ; the Guarantee Society gives hundred pounds security, and with that directors rest content and think they have date their duty. The consequesees are to be continually seen in our police reports, and felt in half-yearly dividends. This Crystal Palace affair ought to teach ehare holders in public companies two thiege—first, that it is quite as nesmary to audit the Share Register, and to have a oontinuons audit of it, sa it is to audit the general beanies accounts of the company; and secondly, that inlets they will pay the pries of superior pennon far responsible situations, the chances are they will not have honest employee. The share capital of the Crystal Pains mends a million ster ling, we believe ; the sleek who bad complete command over the Share Register, who erase to have ben a married man, who "generally dressed in a blue froolunat, fancy trousers, patent leather boots, and light kid gloves," and who drove in his own dog cart to boldness every morning, had a eatery of 1601. a year. Cm we wader at what has happened P Mit Court. 3ALMOR&L, ear. 24. The Quo, seeempesisa by the Princes. Alice, owl Woofed by dm Molokioam of Illy awl the Bad of Aborifors, boys poundal to the NU of flu Gen Vitt. ?be Prisms Amalie of liehookato fichilbagfont Mood will' Ms Illajosty yooOrslay. Visessat owl Visiousins Palisades lift tows yesterday for Smell's& The Ookedas of tbo 46th and 67th Regimes!' ano mama moat by dot deaths of Sir Colin Holkett sad lewd Hording,. Tito WA Regional is Qui still without a odowd. The Bishop of Oxford, ea Weds/6day lest, prowled at tbe eathedral the sanael memos la aid el the lands of the Liacrrlasisire County Hospital. The Beassforit Ihrettry ears the eellisetlos easoaatal to 1021., the largest that ham over yen ben obtained. property P Hitherto we in England have preferred fogies tratioo, and enmesh, and payment of stamp dad" to sale and purchase by delivery of certificates only ; we have preferred trouble sad delay, and payment et bee in companies' transfer departments. to simply getting our shares from oar shareboker on his responsibility. Bat this fraud quite upsets our theory of protection ; this fraud shows that, after all, OW preferen;* yields us no certain security that transfer deed., and vamp duty, and registration, and regis. tuition fact, may be " a delusion, a mockery, sad a snare ;" th.it all the oars our sets of Pediment* lam taken of us in this respect is entirely 111111611111. 160 a clerk is disposed to be disband. This hand stam p therefore, at the very root of ear system of themer share certificates, share registers, transfer deeds, and half-yearly tenons, end makes us doubt whether the Feetech e3atens, that dispenses with all this ma eh any, is sot the wiser sad the sounder. There. all that has to be done is to keep the sham ordinates safe in their own streag boxes. and set truest the. is the hands amber people. Bet here it weal& appear that there is an indefinite power and opportunity in the clerks of a public company to manufacture fake shares, and if they can only get theme false shares recognised by the company—that is by themselves—to Impose the liability of the false issue on the carper lion. This is a very serious state of things—far mere serious in principle then the late French robbery of shame, enormous though that robbery woe. But how can it have happened? Nothing melee. The dishonest clerk, who with a salary of 1601. lime at the rate of 4001., when be wants money, epees in the Share Register an setionnt of 100 shorn is a fictitious name, and assigns to them the name ambers that already belong to 100 honest shares; providing himself with proper certificates he sells the ahem, executes the necessary transfer deeds is the fictitious names, accepts and records the transfer when it Is presented, and muse a regular tranaler certifies% to the baler. No doubt then are duplicate numbers circulating ; bet if the transfer clerk passes both sets of the same numbers, who elm is there to cheek them P Brokers very naturally and very properly take the certificates from their clients or jobbers without much examination. They rely on the ein. meter of their oonnexion and on the examination of the office. If there be dishonesty than, what enmity is there eleewhere P Noes at all. la theory, and according to Act of Parliament, the half-yearly balancing of the Share Register Amid and security against any fraudulent additions to the share amount. But in the instance of the Crystal Palace it clearly did nothing of the sort. Lad bow Moult it? The dishonest clerk balances the Share Register amidst the high pressure of labour, perhaps fa the confusion of the approaching half. yearly meet fag; he checks the register he has made the lustre. meet of hie fraud ; all he ham to do is to take ears that the figures represent the correct amber of shame; that done, the Share Register is sealed at the half-yearly meeting, se a matter of coarse. Now mistakes and snore to some extant may very honestly creep into Share Registers eda m, any impeaehmeat of the general etlieleney of the clerks. For those mistakes and errors all candid peewee will make allowances; indeed, sonsiderieg the perplexing and aboard satildplisity of figures which our Legislature has rendered seesseary, a Share Register without some nistakee would indeed be a weeder, and meet be seat to an inipsesibility. But what we are prating oat is, that with., the theory nor pnwitiee of Sham Registry in lisisesst Mode affords the least protection splint disband eds. The nimble may be dose. the lejery may be perpetrated se an lesseent buyer, ne the re spnalbialy of the hand may be end on the company, before the time far bassets( some mad. In that The Bart of Chesterfield. Lord Stanhope, the Berl a Illestlesnyeea, sad Certain Oliver, en espying easel -1 Mat @bends, at Bingham, is Nottlegbestibire. The Menials of Lothian hu left town far Blirk- Liu Hal, Notfolk. His lontatilp las jut Marital fres Übe Coulson. Tno Duo and Dachas of Bodford hay. retuned o Webers Abbey, Bedford/Alm from visiting the Dale sad Deems of Leiaster, et Canoe Hotee,.3lsysorthl. The Doke of Cleveland has arrived at Baby Castle, Dukes. from visiting the Duke sad Nashua et Riedatoed, at Otadoa Cud*, roar Foebebtra N.H. TM Dasher lad Led, Astute Pesten have also arrived et dal aegis, tree tows, tot the whiter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury will remiss wropsay at liatflohl Howe, Nor% about lbo omfoidlo of as orootag .ostb. The Earl Fitzbardiege left Berkeley Howe, Sprlagierdess, yesterday, for Berkeley Castle, Olosenter ' giro. for t►. bestir, 'woe. Vuomet and Viscountess Palmist= left tows yesterday ax Breedlases. Lady Mariam Alford ham joiud tho Marquis of Noltiamplsa mad bully dtd..t Cade Ashby, Northamp tonshire, from visitleg the Neater Broonlow sad the Lunn Cast at Belton Lodge, Torquay. Lady George Paget waa ooafieed of a ecia yester day attersaea, at load Oomph Nadas', is Willa.- ennosest Has ladyship sad tarsal are gain en tavoarably. Tlls LATI SIR WILLIAM TEMPLIL—The valuable sensation of elassieal satiquitiao, format by tb late air Ws. Tamp* daries a keg rsoidoses fa Naples, ►ia bee. MR by tM deemed to tbs British Mugu& The NoaitsgAams Review nye the Right Hoe. Lee Fenster. Woos aerials we lately recorded with the Lady Botarabe, widow of the belabor of the late lord Mel beano, is about to take up hie roaidasot with his bride at Kiiptee, to this 'aunty. The e:•Qeeen of the French, Clasen Ainslie, no entessiiid by their Royal ifirksesses Use Duke gad Deems et Nomettri, the Coast (Mee, Duke d'Alerva, tad the Priam' Marguerite and suite, trill Met Oxford ea fleaday itezt—epsrtmente levied bees seemed for Ito distinguished petty et the Appel Motel. The apartsesati 'Girard ere t►e some whke the late Queen Dowager Adelside eseupiel whoa she visited Oxford, sad held a levee for t►e Ant tine ea lewd at ea hotel. We wader stand that the n-Ques sad party will rends is Wird 11/1 Zweig sub The Laid Bishop et Gloseeeter end Bristol le about to bid farewell to hi. parish La Mrsey. 'loos his &valise to the episcopal hawk he hes regelesly dame duty, sad meshed la hie perish eliereh, wearlag, however, his epis sopa robes. • geetlemsa, tithe het elteeded HMOS fa the bleases thank says thst 111 w. Darin, or sae of her &getters, lamb the perish elute with the wreeltirw, whit* they play with groat twos sad address.—Bath Chromatic The lien. 1). L. C 0..!.., the emote of Bt. Aug... time's, Bristol, has ben presoats4 to the locosibeaey Of Kiepwood, Wesesstershire. W. believe it is the intention of the magistrates of the tows essuall of Difulargh to presoot the freedom of the site to the Esti of Dalhousie fee hi. distinguished UN else' la Wis. The Merry Waits of Window, at Badlees Will., revived ia eurothet style, eirables Mr. Phelps to exhibit his shale West to • &meter se Mem fresh Is the mouctry of Idesedhsee. His lorisreeettlea of Sir Joha Psktaff bum were mirk of original tbeeght. The cut employs the whisk slotagth of the esiersay. The Nowa British lfarletatee that Dr.Tait,the mew Birbefelleredekiete maths erldiebtegkeal received port a Ye 1161•11.1.7 eleeelles et Gliseeew College ',braes he enema 10 Bad r a Bell istithithear. As le ths emote o f the Se A. Campbell. M Gersendee,pteeees erel Is the fine who hes reesh the i &so tie INA of Gilbert Berwest, ee Bishop li of Iddisbasy l b a , In'. We (Nom*/ Herald) vadastaad that th• sow mitts* of leatera Comities abarsbeldises speoSmod at u se meat mottos of the eaempaay for iftepereasa of fistulae sew bleed " Isle tb ahead... bsve used spas Mr. Pi.. Mr. doderses. sal Mr. Petite, to melee ken the board. Tb. Notioarheas AM IN, rapes% that the tvatio at listearia,Aeldleld fa Is s vory Saareeesed dos st So Um Tow !ruse • irk 'gallon bow fan INNIMOMMIIIo ewes Imo mein at ell to de. CUTIPMI: PALM —On BEILLEIVI DAT.— Timmy, 81PT. 26.—Maingifts es mom% 4,542; aft by mon MN% 407. Tad 'Wis. 4,00. TRR EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1856. Few uses km bad a more brilliant or sore 'iodi nate career than the distinguished soldier whets death at the suture age of 71 years will be Said announced in mother part of our columns. The third son of the Rev. Henry Hardinge, of Stanhope, in the county of Durham, the deceased nobleman entered the army at a very early age, having been putted as ensign before he had attained his fifteenth year. He fought through the whole of the Penin sular War, was distinguished for his early gallantry at the evacuation of Careens, and fully sustained his reputation in those immortal fields which are household words in the military history of England. Yam Harding* (dm at the peace of 1815 he wee only jest thirty) was attached to the Portuguese army from 1809 to 1813, is the capacity of Deputy Quartermaster-general. He was peanut at the passage of the Douro, at the battle of Sumo, and is the lines of Torres Vedne. At the battle of Album he first earned a name in history, l and mainly contributed to the success of that memo- I 'able charge which inspired the genius of Napier with the driest passage of vigorous eloquence to be found in the military annals of the world. At the sieges of Dada* and Ciudad Rodrigo, at the great battles of Salamanca and Vittoria (in which last he was wounded)—at Pampeluna, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Hive, and °ethos, the young and gallant soldier followed the standard of the greet captain who first taught Europe that the Imperial arms of France were not invincible. When the " Man of Elba" broke loose again, and the hundred days of restored Empire began, Hardiege, new decorated with honours and advanced in rank, hastened to join the campaign of Waterloo. At the crowning victory, indeed, he was not present, having just before its occurrence lost his left hand at the battle of Lipy. Eight years after peace was concluded, the sun. medal and dbtiognisbed young general took his first step in a new career, having been created Clerk of the Ordnance in 1623. In 1828 he entered Parliament. On the exceed= of the Duke of Wellington to the Prime Ministership of this country, Hardiege was offered and accepted the post of Secretary of War. In 1830 he was made Secretary of Ireland—sn office to which he was re appointed during the brief ministry of Sir Robert Peel, in 1834-35. When Sir Robert returned to power in 1841, Sir Henry Hatcliap resumed his previous pose of Secretary of War, and held it till 1844, when he went out as Governor Oeneral of India. Most readers are familiar with the his. tort' of the eventful four years—from 1644 to 1848—of his Indian administration. Few presages in oar recent annals are better known thin the brilliant period of the great Sikh wars Moodkee, Aliwal, and &brace are imperishable ruses ; Mr will It be readily forgotten that through out the whole campaign the Governor-General of ladle, though virtually superintending the conduct of the war, was content to sot es secoed in commaud. When the modest was terminated by the pacifies tion of Lahore, the Governor-General of India wee brilliantly rewarded. He was created Viscount Hardinge of Lahore, the Bast India Company granted him a pension of 6,0001, a year, and Parlia ment voted an annuity of 3,0004 for himself and his next two summon. On the death of the Great Doke, in September, 1852, Led Hardinge was appointed _ _ Commuder-in•Chuf, and on the 2nd of October lut year was advanced to the rank of Field- Marshal The rest is soon told. His lordship was attacked with paralysis while in attend ance on her Majesty at Aldershott, on the 000saion of reviewing the troops just returned from the Crimea 1 from that attack he only partially rallied, and expired from its effects about noon on last Wednesday. It is naucesury to add mach by way of comment on a career that speaks for itself. To have 'sanded, without the nametape of high connexion or aristooratie descent, to the most elevated poet in his profession and to one of the greatest trusts which this great Fempire can bestow, is is itself a proof of the pommies of many high sad valuable qualities. That Lord Hardtop possessed these no one can doubt; there can be as little hesitation in esoribing at least a pertke of this singular moms, to that suavity of temper sod amenity of gunners, which, while it facilitated his rise, rendered him probably less fitted foe the exercise of that arduous and responsible post which, more perhaps than any other. requires the power of stern resistance to the insportmdties of private friendship and the possum of interested solicitation. The present, however, is not the ociesdon for entering into ounsideratioes like these. The judgment to be propound on Lard Hardinge's character sad career, taken as a whole, moat be a favourable one. He was not a greet man, nor a greet administrator. bat he woe a dishing soldier, a anesessfal common. der—a high hearted, accomplished, and amiable man. Had there ban more in his oemposition that wee resolute and unbending, hr,d he bees better able to give pain, more capable of saying— No, his private friends might have mourned him less, bet his country would have regretted him more. It only remains to add, that his is succeeded in his ho- nours and estates by his eldest son, the Hen. Charles Stewart, now Lord, Hardier, who was born is the year 1822, and has been member foe Dowapatriok since Augut, 1881. !BB LATE CELVEAEEAKQUETS AT PORTS• YOUTH. The easumittee have requested the publication of the fallowlrg eeksowleduseats of the great Reject:7 of the guests for thole hospitable eatertaleseat : ..Portsmouth, Sept. 19. " Gestleseß—Fauft me to retire the warmest *basks of the Moen, eoe-mmusissleoett diens, sad privates of Um 20th Esaimest fee the seeptaoaa besquets ghee them bp the filtsbi the 16th sad sate7th on. of Portsmouth awl asighboarbood 1 I "1 reuuda, goutloma, your °Wiest servant, Fultonalcu Eva Lion, " L'outoasat-Colosel 20 It Ref/meat, Comsandlog. " Mean. Tilthltts sod Holliamwarth, Hos. Booresuisa, Portaraoutla Tostansaiel Haaquot." " Fort , * Barrack,. Gosport, cap'. 23. tt Genthressu,—Allow ma t t offer the thanks of the off errs, sowesainiisionvil °Seers, metro, sod privates of the Royal Marines. for the nissaillusat lasnquis gives thew by the inhabitants of Portssoeth sad its vicinity on the 16th sad 17th fastest, all the anarigewisule of which evineed the ,Itiadliset solicitude fee lb. comfort of the guests. tt 1 say, is truth, say that sll were hsprossul with W ises of gratitude and esteem for the noble sad gsaarcus reception they seperieseriL haws the Meow to be, tpsres ~ Ycur ogee sMIYM eureuett, Om " Impalas Illuesa, Coked, mooilm Parionseth Division. Sorg Mariam " To Mom TIM M* sod Holliosoosolb, Hos. amosboiso. Pootemsolli Toollomid Basquot." Ms. H. BLOWN, M.P., ♦AD THE ROYAL BRITISH Balta.—Mr. Hemphry 8r..., is a letter to a imaiswpo ray Your evareptioa that the NOP were coo roomed la Nee ateaupee parlour. so fat as Was we cos eseask le quite at variseee with the fait. Is regard to my tramesileee. I esa safely say that they .11 posed Omsk I the sew 'Sees as the gwrel balloon of the beak, sad ay pre bask tees melody note up la tie MOO WIT so that of the other eesieeson sad= kept le Vail dlopertetest. The MEM pest el say to tke beak woe by traashe taw • asesseser the beak le Noy Mk The beak at thea ease bold M.IISR ells payee made asses% th. Tales eir alit& yes tame mesh pealed by air lap fallen. la Llosasest. eat. Oar IRON ea:Seth sad aw a re Imealosjoss, the bona el diesel:ZVl eseeekat that seek ea sweet @bulb be esereest perdu essepleesd seseallles te ami Ile the wisest to owed the bilk sal *Web seeedllse I melees* to the beak ; these sesuelllee were vetoed by the ►.ak Woken as ample, mad they ale are la seem at stelleedea." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE ITALIAN QUESTION. 0201 0111, VIENNA, TavaaDAT. Sardinia takes part in the expedition to Naplse for the protection of Sardinian residents and their property there. Prince Pet,'lls, the Neapolitan Envoy here, has tendered his resignation. DENMARK. COPENHAIGIBN, TIVISDAT. The King has not yet accepted the resignation of the Minister of Finance. A Ministerial Council' was held to-day, at which very angry discussions took place. The administration is in a state of dissolation. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ERICSSON. OM MAONITIC (71011 01YR OV/11 0 LIVERPOOL, FiWAY. This day, at 12.80 pm., the Royal Mail steam ship Ericsson, Captain C. H. R. Judkins,which was to have left New York on the 17th instant, arrived off Holyhead. She is expected in the rim &bent' WM this evening. FRANCE. -4.-- (mow ova owx cowsroxim.) PARIS. Twiner/Ay Evzoixo. The Bank of France has cone:tided an agreement with the Mint of France, under which the latter undertaken to furnish it with 50,000,000 fr. in gold pieces of five frames. The Mint will furnish 175,000 fr. every day. The report that the mart will return to St. amid next week iv confirmed. On this subject the Pattie stye, " We e•e mound that the Emperor and Empress will return to Pais at the oommeacement of nett week." It is also stated that the baggage of their Majesties is smirk's daily at E. Cloud and Paris. The Neapolitan question has not advanced much. The nomination, however, of an admiral to be second in command of the fleet, leads to the supposition that there us serious thoughts of sending a French fleet. The Comtitu- Simonel emtains the following line, which are not without a certain degree of importance :—" The French sad English squadrons destined to males ►e lore Naples will resemble, it is said, at Ajtccio. It is there that it will await the reply to the ultimatum which will be conveyed to Naples by a frigate detached from each of the two Beets." The imperial yacht La Reins Hortense, in which his Highness Prince Napoleon has made his voyage to the North Sees, arrived at Copenhagen on the 23rd of September, having come from Stockholm, and touched at Wiaby and Carlacrona. The prince was on board this vesseL It is believed that La Reit. Hortense will proceed without delay to HUT!, end that the prince will there disembark. The following announcement has this day been rated up at the Bourne: BAsz ow Fatxcrs. The rate of Meant' sad latenet on advances to 'steed to 6 per not., to data from this present 26 h of September. Le Steretaire-Cheserel, Vase. The Three per Cents. dosed to day at 68'r. 70e. for the end of the month; the Four-aud•a-Ralf per Cents. at 91k. 30c.; end the New Loan at 69'r.; Orleans Railway shares, 1,3231 r.; Great Northern, 975 fr. •' Strasburg, 905 fr.; new shoes 826 fr.; Paris and Lyons * 1,325 k.; Lyons and Mediter ranean, 1,770 fr.; Western of France, 920 k. • Bor deaux and Cake, 707 k. 50e.; Great Central of France, 1362 fr. 500.; Lyons and Omen, 750 fr.; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 1,640 k.; Austrian Railways, Mfr. SPAIN. MADRID, WILDMISDAT. A chores is published, suspending the sale of ecolesir adds,' setae& (TROY ♦ SPROUL The different general committees are preparing their manifestos for the next election'. There are five parties in opposition to each other ; the absolu tists, or olero-Calists; the moderate pAcos; the moderates of the liberal union, with whom are united the timid progressiatas, the pure pa gressistea, and the democrat". These parties will combines, according to their greater or less affinity, so ea to afford a common support to the candidate of the party which ha the greatest chancy of amass. Well-informed persons mart that the ninety deputies who passed a vote of cen sure against O'Donnell during the struggle of July, will be reelemed, and that the democrats, who reckoned only between twenty and tbitty, will be doubled in number. The pure, progressiatu intend to mete a demonstration in favour of &porter° by proposing him for a number of district'. On the other hand it is officially an nounced that Rios Rom is about to make sundry concessions to the progresaistas, and doubtless the government expect by this means to secure the return of many of their candidates. I spoke to you yesterday of scrip forgeries. I can now add that there has been discovered, almaltane ' ously, in circulation at Madrid and Seville, a great quantity of spurious halt dollars. A violent hailstorm has coeurred in the province of Figueroa, in width t►e hailstones were es large as a pigeon's e g g. Aviseart, Faetiawq, Roraima, and other tillers have lost all their olives and other fruit. An the exiled bishops hare been recoiled. Th e Patriarch of the Indies, the well-known adherent of Don Carlos and absolutism, is in consegoonee expected at Madrid. Letters hose Berlin state that the French govern ment has altered into communisation with the Federal Executive of Switzerland on the affairs of Neufchatel. The Borsenhalls of Hamburg says:— ' Francs has wade representations at Berne in a manner which has caused mach eatisfaetioo here. The note of her goveronstat remarks that the federal government does not stand with regard to Neufchatel in a legal situation reoognised by the European powers, and that it mat take its reassures in coosequenee. In addition to this, we learn that Francs wtsl sertainly do all that she can to relieve the condition of the prisoners, and to obtain permis sion to leave the country for those who may be willing to do so.' a A letter frogs Athens," mays the Entaneipogias of Brunie, " states tb.t the representative, of England sad France have banded to the President of the Ooassil a list of a obiletry draws map by then is ceramoe. The QOM R•asat has not estsPinti thin int, allyeag sea reams the strewn of the Mag." AUSTRIA AND NAPLES. The German wee le not agreed as to the course Austria is taking in reference to the differences between Bhp'es and the Western Powers. A Berlin letter, of the 19th, in the Nuremberg Correspondaa, says: Accounts from Vienna repreeent that the object of the visit of Baron Habaer to the King of Naples is to induce him to accept, not all the demands of the Western Powers, bet the more important et them, and to come to an under standing with bin es to their details. In the event of the Mug conmatleg to this, Austria offers to act as a mediator, is as to saws the Western Powers to accept the concessions he ay offer. The appearanos of an encroachment on tte 1 1 sovereignty and independence of the crown of Naples Is to be avoided, if the Kies eau be brought to an erreagement A period will, it is tree, be fined fcr the azsention of the engagements of the King, ht it will not be aids too short, end the entireties of the measures will be abandoned to the Neapolitan government Neal!. These details come from a very good tonne. On the other band, the Augsburg Gass& is in formed from Vienna that The Eoglhh aced Fermat ministen having notified the &plumbing appearance of an Analo•Freash flatt in the Neapolitan waters, in case the King should again reply in a negative stride, the Austrian cabinet has replied, that not only was it sot prepared to object to sash • cnrso, but that it would lian the King to understand that be bed to sun hats to himself Mon the conseqeernen of bit minuet. la a word, Austria will leave the King to his fate unless he yield. The Wriest, meanwhile, bas not nneuneed all hope of an amieaVe solution of the Nesp ilitan differences. It is more than ever disposed to exert its influence to ward off the storm. With this view, General Martini is insets &Moly to return to his post, so as to be on the spot helots the term deed by the Western Powers for the reply by the King. THE NEW AMERICAN STEAM FRIGATES. SOUTHAMPTON. TIMPAIDAT. The United States resew sister frigate Minims; Bustle's Prenderrset, arrived hers this day Iron Diminish, which port she left on t►e 9th inst. Darius; the last few days she has encountered very strong 'Made, her speed Lai averaged about nine miles an hour. She is ushered off Netley Abbey. The Merriam is one of di eerier steam frigates which the United States gummiest hem recently bath, and in which every improvement in chip-bnilding, screw dean maabincry, aid ia marine armament, bas been introduced. The Xenia's is 3,603 tons burden and 600 horse-power, with a crew of wanly 600 peruse, and armed with 40 gene of enormous calibre. It is considered t►at she would be able to entoonter the largest ship in the British neer. She was built at Boston alive oak and laughed a twelvemonth sine'. Her p vat grass ore Diblges&e improvement oa Pahaim. Her straw is °Maths'. patent, and her csen pawn en adjested by a tetra proem, whkh entirely pr. ytntelonl variation. She will remain dolt three wake at Bosthampto:, end will most probably winur at Brest. Mr. Wolff. the Amerioan ViewCostal, in the temporary absence of Mr. Croikey, the Anterior& Consul, paid as olitd•1 visit to the Merrimac this main, and was misted cm leaving the rept.. Tc-monow, at midday, the eoremtuder will fire a salute is honour of the authorities of the tome. The frigate is of immense length. and hal a beautiful appearance on the water. Her internal arrangements seemed abuse perfect. RUSSIAN QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. "It will interest these of the public," says the Mining Poet, o who are engaged i• conosseros to read the foilowirg letter. We should like to he in a position to re pot*, that the authorities in Spain and Portopl had serious thoughts of following the ezample set by the Northern Empire: .' Rastas `llth (23rd) Sept., 1556. bare it in commeed to inform you that tie quarantine regulaticnt previously ealitieg In the Revd's empire ere abolished. and revisit you to gine publicity to this measure of she Uovernment.-1 remain, your moat obedient sersaut, G. KRIUMIII/... TUE BRUSSELS CONGRESS. (room ors owx BRUSSELS, Barr. 24. After my letter left yesterday, Mr. Oliveira ad dressed the Coignes, to point out to the assembled delegates the advantages both England and France would derive from the redaction of the English duties on foreign wines. He contended that this redaction on the part of England would be met in France by a corresponding reduction of French duties on British manufactures. Mr. Henry Bohn, the publisher, followed Mr. Oliveira; and pointed out the advantages that bad been derived tem the free circulation of book.. He himself had recently given a thousand pounds for a copyright, that, be fore cheap books were possible, would not have bean worth half this sum. Now ha was able to send his books to Americo, and suocessfully compete with the American publishers. The President of the Chamber of Commerce of Verviers concluded the second day's discussion, in ' a long speech, that wu frequently applauded, on the obstacles that were still in the way of free com merce ; and pointed proudly to the fact, that the citizens of the eminently commercial locality he had the honour to represent showed a more numerous list of adherents to the principles of the Congress than an 7 other kcality whatsoever. The President then read a long list of propositions from Count Jean Arrivabece and others, which were referred to the committee appointed to examine them; and the Congress separated, to meet today at one o'clock. _ _ Ie the evening, the members met at the hotel of Count Arrivabene. Tickets had been issued to them fee the grand open-air concert that should have taken place last evening ; bat torrents of rain compelled its postponement. To the list of pamphlets and reports distributed to the delegates, that of " A Brussels Tradesman," on the Belgian tariff, should be added. It enters PO fully and plainly into the ;grievances under which Belgian commerce labour*, that I pro- pose to make it the subject of a separate letter. It will be pleasing to the readers of the Express to learn that M. Corr Vandermaeren'apropmition for the establishment of an International Free Trade League has mat with ready support, and that it promises to be the great achievement of the Congress now sitting. the delegates from the various states of Europe will return to their respective countries members of a permanent association, the network of which will cover Europe. By the publications of 'the League they will be kept constantly in ' formed on the customs reforms achieved in various parts of the world. At any moment they will be able to evoke the energy of their associates in aid of a proposed reduction at home. Nor ono Bel gium be regarded as an ill-chosen centre for the operations of such an association. The home and retuge of constitutional liberty on the continent; an industrious country, whose iron manufewures rival thoee of Birmingham, and whose agriculture is far beyond that of Frame° ' • a country occupying the most accessible part of Europe—half way be tween Germany and France, and within a few noun of London—Belgium is peculiarly favoured for the fair development of the idea to which one of her more energetic citizens has given a practical shape at a happy moment. The Congress reesesembled to-day, at one o'clock. It was as fully attended as at its two previous sittings. Indeed the continued bad weather, the great enemy of popular festivals, left little temp tation to abandon statistics for open air conceits or military parades. A brisk sale of farthing cigars and of cheep refreshments was going forward on the Place before the Town Hall. Crowds of , curiously dressed Flemish peasants were gaping befall the shops of the Passage de Hai, and brilliant uniforms were to be seen in every street. Still the national fete might be considered a fiat affair—in no way a successful rival to the oratory of the Tows Hall. Mom pamphlets were distributed. Among them we may notice a description of a proposed loterna tional Association of Commerce; and a statement of the experiences and organisation of the International Association for obtaining a uniform decimal system of measures, weights, and coins. The Burgomaster opened the sitting by stating that the Association of Economists would give a ball is the evening, to which all members of the Congress were invited, and at which the royal family were expected. The secretary then read a list of the papers that had been sent trom the various countries of Europe, the principal being from England. M. David, of Dmmark, having given up his right to speak, and having titi.osited with the coma mittee a statement of the customs duos of his country, especially as they had influence tithe corn trade during the lest ten years, M. Wave!, of the Chamber of Commerce of Antwerp, rc-opeued the discussion on the second question or proposition submitted to the Congress. Ifs occupied thn tribune its order to prove that the insinuati its of two orators who had preceded him, with regard to the pro. tectioniat tendencies of his chamber of commerce, were without foundation. He went into details to show that the people of Antwerp were not in favour of protection • on the contrary, they applauded the example of ingland. But then it most he re • membered that tree trade was not altogether triumphant to that country. England still protected her silk manufactures, her hop growers, &o. Her colonies still levied high dutlis even upon necessities. He declared that the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce adhered without reserve to unlimitt d tree trade. A delegate followed the Antwerp representative (M. Aokendeyk), who may have in ads oat a good C4BO for Holland, but who spoke so confidentially... in evident fear lest somebody might hear him—that I am utterly unable to give your readers even the faintest idea of his argument. No secret was ever better kept. The last words of his peroratios, in which he lamented the monopoly of the Dutch India Company, and the Rhine dues, were heard by the imposition of • rigorous silence. The era or was also understood to say that there should be no patents of inventions, but that a good thought should be the property of the world, and should be paid for by the nation to which the inventor belonged. This mild delegate was followed by a most emphatic Swiss gentleman, who announced that ho represented the National Institution of Geneva. The contrast be. Mon this speaker and his predecessor in the tribune was so marked that the amusement of the 1:10080188 was irrepreesible. The orator simply reit.. rated the arguments of M. Cherbulti z, aid wandered into the question of the nationalities, hut was inter. napted by the President, who told him he was not it ceder. The delegate concluded by thanking M. Pascal Dupes! for hie *empathy with oppressed nations. M. Matias Gomez Villahos, tepresenting a Spanish Agricultural Society, then read a paper, which hie indistinctness and accent rendered unintelligible to the Congress, and which was listened to with cow& derable impatience. He was understood to be to tally against free trade in any shape. The discus• sion having closed, the preAdent proceeded to in. form the Congress that the reporters of the veriest elections among which the propmitio-s had been die. tributed would give the result ot their labours. M. Molinari then occupied the Iribune. He had to re. port on the proposition of M. Corr Vandermsoren, far the establishment of au international cake= reform association. This proposition had been adopted unanimously, and it had been arranged that the central committee should be compiled of men of all nations. Oa this centres! eominiree the names of Mr. Cobden and M. Corr Vandermaeren had been inscribed. The central office would be in Brussels: The members of the central committee would organioi local committee's in their respective countries. The operations ct the association would be supported by public subecripti , ms. Having ex. plained the organisation ot the association, the re porter went into the general questius of free trade, aed appealed to the delegate a whether they were not all agreed that this system wets one which had to bra accomplished by association. Let them remember the device of Belgium-- L'Union flit la Force." This proposition 1188 then put from the chair, and carried with one dissentient (Nl. Matias Gototz VA. labia). (Load and prolonged cheering.) The second proposition (M. Saget. reporter) had reference to the establishment of tribunals of com merce, uniformity of weiets and measures, and money, se well as letters of credit and postage. After some discussion, in the course ot which the President observed that he thought these p ices to important to be voted upon off hand, the resolu.ion was re• ferred to the new International Free-trade League that had jest been founded. This league would cam. municede with the central atia•Jcistion of uniform mine sores in Paris. Mr. Tatra hereupon read a paper explaining the composition of the soc'ety which he represented. M. Duval, of the Dttb.rts, said that I the Parisian association could not get meetings to , gether ; and he thought that the Belgian commission , had better bi organised. Such an organieation in France was suspected, for it ~ ppeared to he pushieg , her own system. M. BUZilli thought that M. Dave. objection applied to Belgium clan. He thought that the English association should be supported, for in England the decimal system was most wanted. The , President thought that if thev agreed to have the 7 centre of operations in England, the delegates from the various natiuns of Eur.q‘e should be requested to , help it from their respec:ive countries. This wee , agreed to. The next proposition, su'lm'tted to end carried by - the Congress unanimously, was from the authorities r of Aotwerp, and was to the effect that what remained , of the colonial system should be abolished. , The third proposition was to the effect that "the , Congress desired that all duties on rivers running a from one country into another, and straits separating them, should be aholietied." Carried, with one dis sentient voice. The fourth proposition, sozgeeted by M.Convreur e was to the effect that the pAaport system should be modified, and the compulsory visas for various nations be abolished. This proposition was carried unani. Piously. The fifth proposition ran thus :—That declaration on the importation and exportation of merchandise should ba and made uniform for all nations. Carried unacimr,,, , :v. M. Tilliem brought up :he report of the section on the teaching of (mummy. The notion appealed to the delegates .o pMcige themselves to use their influence to get the elements of political economy introduced as pert or popuiar education in their respective countries, aid to recommend the preparation of teachers for this purinFe The Spanish delegate reminded the Congress that in the ten universities of his country this science wri taught. Toe resolution of the committee was carried on. nimously. Mr. Ewald, M.P., then moved, in a complimentary speech, an address of oongratui ition to the King on the 26th anniversary of the national independence. He begged to more they that his Majesty wri highly esteemed in E-Igland. Carried un au i mous!) . It was then arrang.d that a fourth and final sitting of the Congress be held tomorrow from 10 to 4 o'clock. Tue lentA MAIL—The E•er India and China Raw:jetfoil:l hove entered ioto uortespoud.-nce with th•t Post • maater•G •metal on the Monet oleice cic,cd to the mercan tile community by the frtgotet detention et Bemires of tte homeward Eat India tied China nsai , e. It appears that during the last ergotoi n mow!, nine ',stave. have no mired in which the monthly tusq has hese d. tined on an average about tweiva boar•. The P•vitsozeter General bra premised to eommoni•sto with tr e Fr. nal authorities em the subject without delay. LETrERS FOR ITIE COLONY OF NATAL.—Referrisg to the notice issued on the 22ne let., in whicq it was stated that letters be the co:ozy of N when ferwarded from pe . , ,,,,, wo y t e. be fi l r ia . bl t e ,,, to t a:t p ;a t t , ra Na eha to rge t o e n r de , !i t very .: this enntly by ships proeeedloc only as far the Cape of f Ci o their ood lo P.•.tmae ter General hoe now to annou,.ce thot he has received offieisl 'atomisation ot the obeli. i rt, by the g;vercount of Natal, of the sates charge in netestion, thus placing the • letters on the earns footing, whrt,,rr they are .tint to Natal dirtet or ON the Cap. of Go :4 commsed of the Poetmsster•Generat, Howse ,i, 11:LL, Suretery. General Post•ofBa, &pt. 23. The Plymouth Journal mates that the Admiralty have ordered a war: of inquire to he held. to impairs into the repeated cameo of didererre which beve sews Nooses Mr.B.Triseutathe at:natant/ ,/t the Hopi WilllamVirtnel• Hap Yard, and Captain Wee. the superintendent. The hood have also order...et en investigation into the china preferred by Dr. Budd against the I 'Vein, far bee enemy moue derseanot.r to the doet , r,atui a ! Orly of F•ench ladies and getstlsmen, when they, wit', letters of authority from the Admiralty, a few day. since visited the yard. The ofEleere seined as members of the e Art are Admiral Bit Wm. Parker, Bart.. G.C.8., Coo murder-ic-Chief at OM Port; Rear-Admiral W. F. kiwi's, flup•rietendeat Portamooth Doekyard ; and R•ar•Adm.ral Sir H. D. Coutmander.in.Chief at Cork. p t