The Express. — London, England, 1863-05-04 00:00:00

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Tem Msworthy. simnru. Tan Evian'', THE WIDOW AND ORM 4101.-FAITE, lOPL AND CHARITY, with Professor Pepper . adaptation of Yr. Mcks's SPECTRAL ILIA:MON.—And AURORA LLOYD. HIGH WATS& AT LONDON BRIM& 1 DaT —lierstai, ttL MIL 10-roaao7—Earobta. IL Ma.....Mbsavois. 3a. les. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 4. Ir has been apprehended by many persona of sober judgment that the superabundant supply of money which naturally attends the present dull state of trade, and which is greatly increased by the long-continued prostration of the cotton interest, will not be worked off without a mans of some kind. The course of the money market, and the temper of the monied public, seem just now to point rather distinctly in the direction of inflation, and it is therefore desirable every now and then calmly to review our general position, with a view to keeping firmly before the pub lic eye the landmarks between legitimate and illegitimate speculation. The Bank of England rate of discount has once more fallen to 3 per cent., and the general rate to about 21. Whenever the market descends to this low level experience has shown that a clams of enterprise rises into prominence which, somehow, cannot find the conditions pf existence at times when capital is actively and remuneratively employed. When only 2 per cent. can be got for the large amount of loose money which is always floating about, and the bulk of which finds occa sional lodgment with the batiks and discount este bliahments in the metropolis and provinces, its pos sessors become impatient, and, the supp'y of sound mercantile securities being insufficient, encou ragement is gradually given to other invest ments, which, though less safe, for that very reason hold out the attraction of high rates of interest. Less discrimination is exercised. People grow indiferent to a degree of risk which in ordinary times would operate as an effectual deterrent. Speculative securities thus gain a freer circulation, and the large profits which are almost invariably secured at the commence ment of a movement of the kind attract a con stantly increasing multitude within the charmed circle. The wider the speculative field grows, the faster and more exciting does the game become, great support and encouragement being derived from the hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh money which are constantly being drawn into it, while the operators who were the earliest on foot, and whose gains are therefore the largest, stimulate the mania immensely by the spirit with which, intoxicated by the sudden pos session of new wealth, they virtually double and treble the amount of the stakes. All goes well until the turn comes, precipitated perhaps by some alarming political event. Then the longer the speculation has lasted, and the larger the number engaged in it, the wider is of course the area of ruin. Where all had wished to buy all now wish to sell, and fortunes collapse like a home of cards. It would be arrant presumption for anyone to assert positively that a mania cud ultimate col lapse will occur within the next year or two. AU that can be said is that the public have for some time past shown an increasing disposition to em bark in foreign semi:ties of a highly speculative character, and that within the last few days, sti mulated doubtless by the plethora in the money market, the rush for them has been accompanied by a degree of excitement unknown for years. Home investments are firm, and advance gra dually, but the "run" is chiefly upon foreign stocks, the peculiar feature being at the same time presented that the demand is not for those which pay dividends with regularity, but for a class of paper which at present either pays no dividend at all, or the condition of which is at best doubtfuL In the former category are Spanish Passive Bonds and Certificates and Mexican Bonds, and in the latter are Tarkiah Consolidds. Since this time last year Spanish Passive Bonds have assn from about 19 to 36, and Mex;can from 314 to 364 ; while Turkish Consolidis, which some of the original holders were glad to sell to this market at a price but little over 20, now command 50. Another illustration of the tendency of speculation is af forded by the course of the debt of one of the most promising Spanish-American States--New Granada. Since this date last year New Granada Two per Cents. have risen from 26 to 334 ; the Bonds with the coupons detached from 104 to 17, and the Deferred Bonds from 5 to 10. The ex traordinary gains which have been realised by the holders of and speculators in these and other foreign securities furnish the key to the excite ment which now prevails in the market, and which seems likely still to increase. Let us not be mis understood : we are not citing these as instances of baseless speculation ; it is no part of our duty to express an opinion as to whether the rise in each instance is warranted by events or not. We merely wish to illustrate some of the immediate effects of the growing taste for foreign specula tions, seeing that, if a mania is really to arise, this is probably one of the directions in which it will tend. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY Another development of the present spirit of speculation is sufficiently remarkable to deserve special notice. English financiers ere at last be coming fired by the spectacle of the vast profits obtained by the Credit Mobilier Society of Paris, and several attempt are being made to form simi lar associations in this country. We all know that the French Society, during the ten years of it existence, has enormously stimulated specula tion, and that it has paid an average dividend of no leas than 16 per cent. per annum, in ad dition to the commission awarded by its statutes to its successful administrators, who, for example, received on this account during the past year a sum of 52,0001. During the ten years, therefore, the shareholders have received back the whole of their ca:ginal paid-up capital, 2,400,0001., toge ther with a bonus of 50 per cent. on that amount. The shares are now at about 200 per cent. premium on the amount paid. The com pany boasts that throughout its career it has steadily and very successfully developed the public works of France, while in proof of the gains that have accrued to those who have trusted in it, • computation has been made that the securities which it has put into circulation are worth at this moment the almost incredible sum of 25,000,0001. sterling in excess of the prices at which they were, issued. To what extent thee, material gains are neutralised by the moral deterioration which the French nation has undergone by reason of the passion for Bourse gambling evoked ; and to what extent the Credit Mobilier Society is iasponsible for that deteriora tion, are questions which we cannot now discuss as they deserve. It is however certain that if all that has been said against the Society on these points could be demonstrated, a Company that promised to distribute large profit by similar means would receive unbounded support in this country. Accordingly, more than one combination for the purpose is already proposed. It is believed, however, that, though there may possibly be several competitors in the field, only one as sociation of a nature to vie with the gran deur of the Paris Society will be found possible in London. Meanwhile, the eagerness shown to subscribe to the capital of a new under taking, which, under the title of the London Financial Association, appears to aim at a clan of business offering the promise of unusual profit accompanied by a proportionately increased risk, confirms the view that a speculative ten dency is becoming more generally dissemi nated. Too much caution cannot be exercised in a business of this kind. If money is abundant now, we must not forget that the abundance arises chiefly from the slackness of our regular business, and that if the temporarily unemployed capital of the cotton trade be locked up too extensively or to tightly in speculative ventures, a crash will en sue when the signal is given—as given it will be sooner or later—for the revival of this most im portant branch of solid industry. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. (THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of this society was held this morning at Exeter-hall, and wee numerously attend't, the platform beteg filled with ministers and the ball with the lay members of the society. The Right Hou. Sir Jo - eph Napier had been announced to preside. bat being prevented doing so by indisposition Mr. JAIMS Haat% the treasurer, occupied that position. A hymn haring been song and prayer offered up, The CIIAMILN opmed the business of the meeting with a few appropriate remarks on the present healthy ootidition of the Wealeyius body, adducing as one Matsui that though they had palmed through a year of great privation and die. tress, the funds flowing into the missionary fund had not been at all diminished, compared with these of previous I " s ! .. * . . _ _ _ iiiiffmcnwranr thee read the report, which detailed atgreat kegth the operatics, of the society daring the year. The total receipts of the society during the year hid ben 141,6381- 17s. ld., befog more than those received is any fa _nor year, and exceeding those of 1861 by the sum of 4,3571. The pments dunes the year had amounted to 146,5371. 10s. 3 d., being 4,894/. more thee the receipts, which, sided to 1,531/. deficient on last year, loam an amount due to the treasurer of 6,4291. &Doe the last an nual meeting 29 missiocaries Lod seven wives of missiontrir have been sent out to foreign sod oolonial *s lims. Death had removed 10 missiouai:es sod four wives of misionaries. The report then gave the following recapitulation of the prompt poli tico of the Wesleyan body. The aumber of circuit, in con nexion with the society throughout the world were 605 ; chapels, 4,618 ; ministers 889 ; paid agents and teachers, he., 1,304 ; uocaid ditto, ' 15.371 ; free church mambos., 142,789 ; on trial for membership, 13,304 ; eabbath and day scholar, in the schools, 146,457 ; printing eatablishomots, 8. Reports were then read from the foreign and colou4l neentaries, giving a very satisfactory secorot of the state of the missions abroad. The reports were received and adopts d. and the meeting was sidreened by the Rev. Mr. Prost, president of the con. foresee, the Rev. Mr. Morley Punehos, and several other leading ministers in the ononexion. a a a Th• meeting closed with prayer, and • handsome collection was made at the doom Admiral Elliott, who commanded the naval forces is China during the Ant China war, has been appointed to the government of St. Helena ; and Captain Mame, who acted as side-de-eamp to Lord Cardigan in the famed Balaklava charge, will become governor of that smallest of British ooloaies, Haligol►ad. In the case of the City Police Bill, it is in the power of the House of Commons to excuse compliance with the standing orders if it think fit to do so ; but the Times mush fears that " the acquieamoce in this impediment is only &decent way of annouocing that the government does not expect from the house support sufficient to carry the bilL" The Postmaster-General has entered into a oon tract with the Ropal West India Mail Company for the performanee of the Wait India Mail wwvice, for a period of six yens from the Ist of January next. . _ The fund for the relief of thewidows, children, and relatives of those who perished in the wreck of the Orpheus already aloes& 8001. sterling, all received from private sources. The committee who bare the masegernant and distribution of the fund, at the Naval College in Porte month dockyard, are paying all allotments to widows sad families for April as fast as their claims ere received. Tag nuncios AND ma Nos WiDow,—Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wa/es has 'set AL to Mn. M.Nair, whose beahned loge his life in Dundee ors the llth of March, in taking down a flag used in the nip:4day of the 10th. The Hoe. Mn. Bruce. in forwarding the remit tance, states that "the Princess Ism bees truly grieved to bear of her (Mrs. 11•Nalis) &Maim and of the manner in which bar husband's death occurred."—Header Advertiser. Ormuz. Arrourniarre.—Mr. Holloway, of the Madras civil service, has been appointed a *see judge of the High Court of Madras • Thomas Jarvis, req., has been appo'ated a member el th e Legislative Comical of the Island of Antigua • Mr. N. A. Churchill, now oomol•gsoeral at Beyrout, ha's been appointed 000sul.geaoral at Algiers ; Mr. O. J. Eldridge, cooed at Errerouni, is appointed consul. general is Syria ; Mr. R. Callender, woad at Elrod's, to be consul at Erzeroans, the consulship at Rhoda will not be fined up ; Mr. Proby is appointed unpaid vies-consul at Florence.—Observer. _ srttr~rar terra POLAND. —Yesterday afternoon a numerously attended and enthusiastic publi c m ee ti ng wee held on Blackheath, to express sympathy with the struglee of the Poles to °beau' freedom and nationality. The audience was chiedy composed of the winking claimer from Woolwich, Deptford, end Greenwich, and the prooliodiege throughout wen of the rood orderly description. Tits Lars Ma. BOIMAIL —Th4l funeral of the above lamented gestleama, formerly one of the moat active arid seams members of the conservative party, took place on Saturday foontoos at Brampton cemetery in a private manor. The Right Hoe. the Chanoellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, the Bight Roo. Sir Robert Peel, Bart, Mr. Lance, and Yr. ;War, Nil, wens maw the fronds of the deceased who followed his body to the ve as a last tribut e o f their regard. The late Yr. was for marry ream the whipper-is of the meow. Tali.* MAY. rod was appointed both in 1834 and is 1841, in Sir Robert Peal's administrarson, storekeeper of the Board of Ordnance. During the leet aim yams and up to hie death be held the office of one of the special commis dopers of the peoperty tax. Captain Lamella Wratall, the author of several well-lusesra books sad a cootributor to many of the lite ivy Oettodiciale of the day, has sueoseded to the baronetcy of hie aasle, Lest -Wesel W. lamellae Wraxall, who died at Prey, Paris, ea Satarday bet (May 2ed). Cbt Court. 0610aiia. MAY 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hem, drove out yesterday. Prince Louis of Hesse, atteuded by Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat, left Osborue for Loudon. May 3. The Queen, accompanied by Prinoses Helena and pri nce Arthur, drove out yesterday. Lord C. Fitaltoy attended on horseback. Her Majesty, Prince Alfred, Primer Louis of HOSOO, Princess Helena, Prioress Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, attended Divine Service at Osborne this morning. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. The Prima of Wale., attended by Major Teesdale, rode on horseback on Saturday morning. The Princer of Wale', attended by the Hoe. Mrs. Stonor, took a carriage drive. An addreni of congratulation eras presented at Marl borough House to the Prince of Wake upon his marriage, from the County of Kilkenny, by Colonel the Right Hon. William Tighe. The Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Here were present as the annual dinner of the Royal Academy on Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Lord Alfred Hervey, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Major Teesdale, Lieutenant-Colonel du Plat, and C►ptain Wester- The Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Sionor and Lord Harris, honoured with her presence Her Majesty's Theatre, where her Royal Highness was joined is the evening by the Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Hama The Prince of Wales sad Prince Louie afterwards went to Burlington House. Yesterday morning the Prince and Princess of Wales attended divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Communion service was read by the Bishop of London, Dean of the Chapel Royal, and the Sub-Dean. The sermon was preached by the Snb-Deae, who took his tent from the god of Corinthians, chap. 5, verges I and 2. The anthem was, " Praise the Lord, omy soul !“--Ooss. Mr. Goss pre sided at the organ. The Prins and Princess of Wales visited the Duchess of Cambridge at her residence at Kew. Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Lieutenant• Colonel Du Plat and Captain Westerweller, left town for Osborne. Mr. Theodore Jensen was honoured with a sitting on Se turday, at Marlborough House, by the Primes, of Wales, for the purpose of taking her royal highoese's portrait. Prins Alexander and Prince Henry of Hesse left London on Saturday evening, on their return to the Cootineot. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of New c. idle, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. A deputation relative to the intiemption of the navi gation of the river Shannon by the erection of the salmon webs, hag and stake nets in it, had an interview with Via. count Palmerston on Saturday. Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial- Aloe to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Hong Hong, Labuan, North American Provinces, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE ROYAL WEDDING PEEBENTIL—We Are re quested again to state that the wedding promote will not remain for inspection at the South Kensington Museum after this evening. The brooch and embed to be presented by the ladies of Bristol were sent to the South Kensington Museum on Saturday. An announcement appeared in the papers on the 23rd Apni that the towels which were re quired for the personal use of the Princess would be re moved, and since Saturday, 25th, the large placards were placed outside and about the Museum strains( that the jewels were removed. Notwithstanding these notices some persons appear to bare been disappointed at not finding them with the rest of the wedding presents which are still them We read in the Patriot :—" When the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, of Stepney, forwarded to the Queen a oopy of • sermon which be preached on the occasion of the birth of the Prince of Wales, it was returned to him with a letter from the Lord Chamberlain's office, saying that it could not be presented to her Majesty because its author was a dis senter! The twenty years that have elapsed between the birth and marriage of the Prince have altered all th►t. Copier of Mr. Carlisle's sermon [on the marriage of the Prince of Wales] were forwarded to her Majesty and to the Prince, and in both cases they were graciously accepted. The sermon bears upon the face of it proof of its noncon formist origin, and has something to say about cor.gregs tionalista and their policy ; but the palace is no longer barred against the approaches of disseeters, whom her Majesty recognises as not the least loyal or attached moiety of her subjects." . _ On Saturday evening Burlington House was again thrown open fora concreteness; held by Oebersl Sabine, as President of the Royal Society. The Prince of Wales and the Priooe Louis of Hesse were received by the Presi dent ; Dr. Sharpey and Professor Stokes, secretaries ; Sir Philip Egerton, riee•prsident ; and Dr. W. A. Miller, treasurer of the Royal Society. The reception-moms were furnished with interesting scientific apparatus in operation, and numerous objects illustrative of different branches of art. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will enter tain the Duke of esmbridp at dinner on Saturday evening next. Visoountess Palmerston will afterwards have an assembly. _ The Countess of Soutbesk gave birth to a daughter on the 29th ult. Sir Lawrence and Lady Palk entertained a party of friends to dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence io Eatoo•egeare. Lady Palk afterwards had an evening Sir Archibald and Lady Alison have arrived at 413, Itatirmliato, tram Neil Haw, Immurksbire. The Countess Frances Waldegrave and Mr. Chi chester Fortino, IL P., entertained at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Calton-prdsiss, hia Excel lency the Prussisn Ambusalor and the Countess Bernstorff, the Earl and Countess of Morley, Viscountess Naval, Vis count sod Viscountess Enfield. the Right Hon. Sir Harnil. ton and Lady Seymour, the Right Hon. Henry Herbert, M.P., and NIL Hainan, Hon. Frederick Byng, Mrs. Staple., General and Mrs. Malcolm, Hon. Henry Eliot, Mr. Bernal Osborne, ILP.. The assembly held by Viscountess Palmerston on Saturday evening wee very numerously attended. Previously toil= reception Lady Palmerston entertained at dinner Count Pahlen, the Countess (Dowager) of Tankerville, the Earl of Liatowel, the Counter of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, Viscounts= Jocelyn rod the Hon. Mines Jocelyn (two), Lord Loodeaborougb, Colonel the Hoo. Strange Joee lyn and Mrs. Jocelyn, Hoc. Lionel Wingfield, Hon. Captain Fit==Noce, Has. H. Cowper, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Mr. H. Fleming, Mr. F. Oliphant, Stc. We hear that lady Beatrioe Violet Graham, daughter of the Duke sod Duebees of Mostrose, is about to be married to &r Ivor Bartle Guest, Burt., of Dowlais Court, Glemorpasbire. The Royal Thames Yacht Club lately elected, aasahnously, Lord Alfred Paget their commodore, but then proceeded to elect an entirely new set of ricers to act with him, " excluding," rye hie lordship, " most of th ose gentlemen with whom I had acted for so many years, and held in such great esteem ; this, without a word of non. palliation with their commodore—s oceutesy which has for tray years past been invariably extended to use. I have felt under these circumstances that, however painful to myself, it was only my duty, both to myself and my late colleagues, respectfully to decline the honour conferred cm me." It appears from some correspondence which has pained between Kr. T. Collies, Jun., sad Mr. K P. Bouvet* that the latter hon. gentleman has regretted that any words of his, spoken in the hest of discussion in par. Lamest, should bare givers pain, or have conveyed an Imputation which Mr. C Mins or bis friends might think olfeedva. "After I had spoken them," ver t u. Mr. Sourer* " I felt that I hey ought muse you ansoyanee, and, se you are aware, immedi►tely afterwards expressed worbidly to you my hope that they had not done so. I understood from y,et that they had not, or I should then have expressed my regret ; hut as subsequent reflection has led yen to fell as you now erit tome, I have no hesitation in asersiegyen ot that feint." EVENING, MAY 4, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. opiews mum POLAND. .1 CILLOOW, MAT 1. Rumours of reforms are again current in Warsaw, but, granted under present circumstances, and without any guarantee for their maintenance, reforms would only awaken distrust. It is now asserted that the Marquis Wielopolski will remain at Warsaw. The priests who were arrested for taking part in the procession of St. Mark have been set at liberty, and the government of Warsaw, namely, the Chief of the Police and General Berg, are censured for making those arrests notwithstanding the orderly behaviour of the procession. St. Petersburg, it seems, will not have any violence dune to the customs of the Roman catholic church. The public are now permitted to go out with lan terns until 11 instead of 10 p.m., as hitherto. Count Keller and the Marquis Wielopolaki are now reconciled in compliance with orders from St. Petersburg. The son of the marquis remains in the service of the state. General Berg w;11 neither leave Warsaw, nor receive more troops. All this seems to indicate an approaching change in the policy of the Russian government towards Poland. The representations made to Russia by Austria respecting the free exercise of the Roman catholic religion certainly do not appear to have been without effect. Archbishop Feliuski, who, regardless of the police prohibition, celebrated mass in person in the Cathedral, and allowed the procession of St. Mark to take plate, has not only remained unmolested, but the proceedings of the police on the occasion of the procession have met with an unpleasant disavowal, from the fact of the priests disobeying the prohibition of the police also remaining unpunished. Reliable intelligence has been received of several conflicts that have taken place between the Rua plans and the insurgents. Czacbowskie, after his successful engagement on the 29th ult. near Bain, fought on the 22nd near Nieklau, to the left of the Kieloe-Radomer causeway. On the same day an engagement took place near Gielinow, in which a Russian detachment from fizydlovrioe was put to flight. Csachowskie has been appointed commander-in-chief iu the district of Bandomir. Sinister, but at present entirely unconfirmed, reports of increasing inhumanity on the part of the Russians have been received from Warsaw and the Polish frontiers. The position of the Russians in the south of the kingdom becomes every day more serious and more difficult. Scaroely have they concentrated on one point a larger force of troops to destroy a stronger detachment of insurgents than there ap pears at the place which they have just quitted • band tiering enough to attack them in the rear. The following telegram ham been received at Mr. Reuter's office, from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : THE BOMBAY AND MAIITRITIUS MAILS. The Vectie reached Marseilles at 5 a. in. this day. The mails leave for London by the 11.30 a.m. train. The letters will be delivered on Tuesday evening. The Delta, with the heavy portion of the above mails, left Malta at noon on the lst inst. She may be expected at Southampton on the 10th inst. -OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND Al7B TRALIAN MAILS Of APRIL 20 and 26. The Poooah arrived at Malta on the 30th April, and continued her voyage to Alexandria the same day. All well. The Masailia left Malta for Alexandria at noon on the 2nd inst. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL OF APRIL 27. The new steam-ship Carnatic arrived at Gibraltar at 4 p.m. on the Ist irat. ; 97 bolus from South ampton. She continued her voyage at 8 p.m. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom out owl ootamoNDErr.) PARIS. SUNDAY EVENT3O. The Moniteur simply records that there was a ministerial council yesterday, and does not confirm the statement of some of yeeterday's evening papers that the Russian answer to the French despatch was brought before the meeting. The France de nies that M. Drouyn de Lbnys read the despatch to the council, but admits that he stated the sub- I lstance of it. The Constitutionnel is instructed to say that the despatch is "conciliatory," and holds out a fair prospect of a solution. But curiously enough iu the next paragraph of the same column it analyses the news that Russia has resolved to tax Poland exclusively for the cost of the army of 100,000 men required to put down the insurrection, to divide the country into 200 military circumscriptions, and to suppress all civil government. A despatch from Vienna gives an account of the Russian answer, which is believed to be accurate. However conci liatory in words, this version bears out the expec tation, which I do not believe will be contradicted by the text, that the answer would deal in dilatory generalities and offer no practical satisfaction what ever. The Opinion Nationale thinks that diplomatic relations with Russia ought at once to be broken off. Even the France, almost a Russian organ, is con strained to say that " one must not exaggerate" the conciliatory tone of the answer. The Petrie, in a violent article strongly urging war, says that the answer, "in spite of prudent phraseology, amounts to a fiat refusaL" M. de Persiguy goes on with his campaign against the press. A legitimist journal in Brittany—the Journal de Rennes—has got something worse than a warning, and is held up as a frightful example to those publications which may be so presumptuous as to despise warnings—it is suspended for two months. There are examples of the suspension of a journal being followed by total suppression with out any uew offence—just as a cat plays with a mouse before eating him. The crime now charged upon the Journal de ROMS by the judges who con demn without trial, and from whose decree there lies no appeal, is "that the article contains calum nious allegations against the Emperor's govern ment, and attacks the faith due to the electoral oath, the sense and bearing of which it misrepre sents." As some of your foreign readers may like to judge for themselves how far this accu sation is justified, I mention the date of the incriminated Journal de Rennes—it is April 24. The Union de ['Nest of April 30 has received warning for an article on K Proodhon's pamphlet', in which M. de Persigny sees "an attack on the religion of the electoral oath." These recent case, added to many others, show how determined Count du Persigny is to strike terror on the eve of the elections. Worse advised than it was hoped be was some little time ago, he is doing his utmost to show the world that the government of his master is one de facto merely, and not de jure. He must be much obliged to K Proudhou for advising general abstention. U that advice were to meet with any- 1863. thing like favour among the liberal party, it would materially check opposition in the few places where it has a chance of being successful. But M. Proudhon's theory is impracticable. The worm will turn when it is trodden upon, and, in spite of centralized power and administrative unscrupulous ness, independent citizens will in many instances do their little utmost to protest through the ballot-box against • sham parliament of livery servants. If it were possible to induce the liberal party generally to abstain, I should agree with M. Proudhon that a more effectual demonstration might be made by creating a void around power, and leaving M. Persigny alone with a unanimous assembly, than by attempting to oppose his fraudu lent working of universal suffrage. But when K Proudhon talks of " abstention committees," he either forgets or does not choose to remember that they would be just as unlawful as electoral com mittees. It is under all circumstances evidently easier to oppose the tyrannical phase of imperial ism by voting than by abstaining ; because, in spite of all difficulties, adverse voting may here and there make a mark, whereas abstention must be impotent unless in the case of • unanimity which is impossible. I have no doubt that the awakened feeling of liberals throughout France will act in the main upon the principle of agitating as much as possible within legal bounds. A move ' ment is on foot which will give M. de Persigny a great deal of work to do. He may warn and sus pend journals, bringing additional obloquy on the dynasty which he thinks to serve, by every fresh instance of oppression ; but he will not put down the revival of political sentiment which is now un mistakeably perceptible is the country. K B. de Girardin says of the legal opinion of MM. Dufaure, Berryer, and Co., that electoral I committees are lawful, "It is very easy for lawyers to write an opinion, but who will set an example? What men will hold a meeting and get themselves arrested for the sake of trying the ques tion ?" The France, pretending to have authority to con tradict a telegram from London, persists in the assertion that the Prince and Princess of Wales are coming to Fontainebleau in the course of this month. My own belief is that this news is and was from the beginning false ; and that it was coined here in the office whose special business it is to note for punishment all unauthorised false news. THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON'S VISIT TO HOL LAND, AND INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, after an absence of some fourteen days In the kingdom of the Netherlands, re sumed his ministerial duties yesterday morning at the Me olittan Tabernacle, and made several allusions to his toer and the spiritual state of that country. There were, be said, 70,000 souls who had not bowed the knee to Baal, and in the Netherlands a banner had been lifted in defence of the truth. During his stay there he had preached in the cathedrals and in the sanctuaries of almost every denomina tion. He went there expecting to be listened to by fifties or hundreds, Umtata of which thousands crowded around him wherever he went. Vast congregations assembled when ever he preached, composed of the nobility, the gentry, and the peasantry, the great majority of whom, of course, could not understand one word he said, but to whom he was known by means of the sermons preached by him, and transl►ted into their lenguage. Many times he was surrounded and almost shaken to pieces by the warm-hearted Hollander'. One day, most unexpectdl► to him, the Queen of Holland sent for him, and he bad one hour's interview with that most amiable lady, and to the best of , 1 his ability he spoke to her faithfully of the things which appertained to her everlasting happiness, and when he left her presence be did go with a conscientious conviction that he had spoken to her ''the truth as it is in Jesus." In preaching there he had studiously avoided all forms of doe- trise, and told them of the Saviour as the only way to sal vation. They had there three schools of theological error, where the Bible was put forth as little more than a myth. In fact, in Helloed they were fifty years ahead of England in infidelity. " Worldly wisdom " was making sad h►voc there in nearly all the churches. They would not permit him (Mr. Spurgeon) to depart until he had partly prorn•arl to renew his visit, and he sow asked for the united prayers of his people, that the blessing of the Almighty might descend richly upon the seed which he had been enabled to sow in that country, that in after days it might be seen that he neither laboured in vain nor spent his strength for naught. The chapel, as usual, was crowded. THE COMING INTERNATIONAL DOG SHOW. The patronage which his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has intimated bin intention of bestowing on the forthcoming International Dog Show, appointed to take place in the intervening week between the miming Epsom and Ascot Races, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, has bad the effect of causing a very large number of the aristo cracy to make entries also, and to become competitors with his royal highness in sporting and other dogs, which it is now understood he too intends exhibiting. Amoopt those who bare made entries &trim! the last few days are the Eari of Derby, the Duke of Beaufort, Earl Craven, Lord Berner, Lady Evelyn Brum, Sir J. Osman, Mr. ilanbary, M.P., Captain Brock, and large numbers of the bent known sporting men in the kingdom. Some very great curiosities are stated to be entered in the foreign classes, a Urge num ber of entries having been received of animals to be exhibited previously at the Paris Dog Show ; and for the purpose of still further accommodating those who ere to bring their specimens from didaat parte, the period for making entries has bees extended to the 11th May. The show is, it appears, to consist of two divisions and 66 classes, namely, dogs used in field sports, and dogs not used in field sports. A few days ago the 2,615 th anniversary of the foundation of Rome was celebrated by the learned society of the Quirites. Amongst other commemorative die ' manse, one was delivered by a recently admitted mem ber, Monsignore Manning. After confessing his em barrassment in having to praise Rune in the presence of Romans, he being born Isar,* torn diriaos orbe Beitannos, lionsigoore Manning reminded his ►uditors that every catholic has a right to call himself a Roman citizen, and to look upon Reins as a paternal mansion, since the month of the moat august person on the earth has declared that Rome belongs to all the faithful. In confirmation of this sentiment the orator exclaimed—" I protest, in the name of all the foreigners present at this meeting, that I am not a foreigner here !" The discourse was long and erudite, particularly on historic poiota, and its principal boot was to demonstrate the greater importance of Rome as the centre of catholicism than u the capital of the ancient empire of the world. DESPATCH OF THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAIM—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Captain Woolley, railed from Southampton on Saturday at 3 p.m., with the mails forth' Statehood foreign West Indies, Mexico, the Pacific, California, Central America, he., to gether with 115 passengers. The Atrato took out on freight English gold coin, 17,7421.; French gold ooin, 29,556 f .; English jewellery, 1,7 W.; French jewellery, 7,0681.; also 20 boxes of bronze and copper coin, and a full cargo of French and English merchandise. THE CALCUTTA ♦ND CHINA MA 'LS. The Pe ninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, Captain Christian, with the heavy portion of the ►bove mails, ar rived at 12 o'clock (midnight) on Saturday. She brings 144 passengers ; 5 packages specie, value 640 f. 10e. 6d. ; also • general cargo, including 1,228 bales raw silk, value 120,0001. sterling. The Ripon left Gibraltar on the 26th. Acmes the Bay of Biscay and up the Channel she en countered strong N.B. gales and heavy head see. Gibraltar Exchanges on the 26th were quoted on London 90 days date, 501 to 501 ; Paris, fd. 30c. ; Marseilles, sf. 31e. to 320. ; Guns, If. 32c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, 1 pm, ; Cadiz, 1 dis. ; Seville, 1 die. ; Malaga, par; BeFOMODA, to pm. ; Alicant, 1 die. ; premium on five-franc pieces, 11 p.c. pm. Freights unaltered. AMSateaS STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEK. —The following steamers will he due from the United States this weak, viz. :—The Inman steamship City of Baltimore, from New Yort, with dates to the 25th ult., and the steamer Hibernian, with similar dates from Portland, may be looked for at Queenstown and Londonderry respectively on Wednesday morning next. The next Cunard vessel due is the Arabia, which would leave Boston on the 29th ult., and Halifax on the morning of the lit instant. She will, therefore, be due at Queenstown on Saturday morning next. The outward going steamer, will be the City of New York, which will sail for New York on Wednesday next; the North American, for Quebec, on Thursday next ; and the China, for New York, of Saturday east. CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DI/MARRS or TUX CUM, VICTORIA-PARE.—The number of patients re lieved at this institution last week was 1,372, of which 215 were new cases. LAM INTZLLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. &Wisp i• Banco.—(Bslore Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Cromptoe, Blackburn and Mellor.) QUUN r. OROVVI. ' • • Mr. Shepherd applied, on the part of Mr. Groves, far rule calling upon a gentleman named Oats to show mu g why certain recognisance. to keep the peace towards him (Mr. Oates) should not be set aside on the grounds men tioned in the affidavit& It appeared that both the parties lived in Yorkshire, and were gentlemen pommeled of very large leaded property. Up to about twelve mootha sam they were very good friends. Mr. Groves was very food of shooting. and Mr. Oates allowed him to shoot over his Lad; on the other baud Mr. Oaten was very food of !misting, sod Mr. Groves, in return, allowed him to angle in the river Crimple, which ran through has property. A bout Ausum.lB62, • coolness took place between the parties, which aided in t countermand, on both sides, of the above privileges. rig the 13th of August in that year, Mr. Groves was returning home from • shooting excursion oo the Yorkshire moors, ' and oo his war he called at the White Hors lon, sear Spofforth. bir. Oates earns in shortlly . afterwards aw l took a seat on the sofa in the parlour. They stayed there together for MOO little while, and afterwards west °maids the hone , when Mr. Groves told Mr. Oates that be h o d ' shot so many birds, and above all be was veer delighted that he bad walked so fast that a friend of hie who was with him was obliged to "give up." He datioctly denied in his sAdavit that he ever offered any threat. towards IL Oates. However, a few days afterwards, whilst he wu talking to some of his friends at his house, Kirk Hamilton Lodge, a policeman, called urn him with • warrant at th e insteps of Mr. Oats, took him into custody without allow. fog him to go back to his friend& conveyed him to Wm. therby, a distance of nine mitre. and took him before a police magistrate, when it was discovered that Mr. Oates had obtained the warrant for his sp. prehension on the ground that Mr. Groves 1.4 on the night of the 13th August used certain offensive la. snags towards him, and had threatened to " nail him,^ whereby be alleged be was in apprebensiou that Mr. Groves would do hinieome grievous bo dil y harm. The mai:atmg. refused to adjourn the case for the purpose of 'Boron Mr, Groves to produce evidence to contrathot the testi:may of Mr. Oates, and ordered him to enter into his own rem. Maas" to find two sureties to keep the peas towards*, Oates for the term of twelve troths. Sulismnently an action was brought in the Bail Court, and the pry retuned a verdict in Mr. Groves's favour, with 251. damages. It was in soordatios with these facts that the present rule woo applied for. The Lord Chief hurtles—What benefit will Mr. Groves derive by having the recognisance set aside' The oily be. slit I can see be will derive is that he will be at liberty to assault Mr. Gates spin. (Laughter.) Mr. Shepherd said his client wee • gentleman well known in the county in which he lived, and it would be most desir. able that the stigma which wee thus cast upon his character throughhaving to enter into recognisanoes to keep the pace towards Mr. Oates should be removed. The Lord Chief Justice—U*6foot of them mcognisances hanging over his head would teed to damnify him, it would be another thing, but I don't see that they do ; became te you state be bee recovered ZW. damages against Mr. Oates Surely that is suflicieat to set his character Mr. Justice Crompton rid lb* magistrate bad a right to order Mr. Groves to enter into recogn ism:vies if he thought the evidence supported it. He was not bound to adiatlte the caw It was not always desirable to do so. Mr. Shepherd said be could Sod no clue in his favour on the point alluded to by Kr. Justice Crompton. In fact, all the came he had looked at were exactly the other way, but that was not the point. He asked fur the indulgence of the court in this carte, sod the oases which he referred to did not say the court had no jurisdictico, but only that the magistrate had a tight to exercise his discretion, and that the court could Dot be called upon to review a est of tide. What be (the learned counsel) asked the court to do was to put Mr. Groves upon his proper footing with other Yorkshire gentlemen by removing the stigma from his character of having to enter into recogniaanees to keep the peace towards Mr. Oates. having committed no net to justify the course that bad been taken. The Lord Chief Justice said as Mr. Groves had had as ample opportunity of re-establishing his character, which he had availed himself of, he had not in his (the Lord Chief Justice's) opinion suffered any damage, and therefore as all the eases in point were against the application, the court ought not to extend its indulgence. ttle refused accordingly. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburo.) IN NI @HIPLIT.-APPLICATION TO RENOVZ AN AMIGNILL The bankrupt, a saddler, of Ozford.street, gassed through the oourt some time ago. In addition to his regular business, the bankrupt, apparently having literary or sport ing tastes, bad been connected with three small papers celled the Sporting Life, the Eclipse, and the Sporting Telegraph, which had bean disposed of by the 'segues' for the benefit of the estate. The matter now came before the court on a petition presented by two of the amalgam?' sad eight creditors, praying for the removal of the third assignee, Mr. W. li'Murray, paper manufacturer, of Queen-street. Mr. E. Reed appeared in support of the petition, and Mr. Linklater for Mr. M'Murrzy. It appearing that affidavits in answer to those in support of the petition had bees filed so recently as Saturday after noon, Mr. Reed asked for an adjournment to give an oppor. tunity of answering them. His Honour said that he had had no opportunity of look ing at the petition, and he oettaialy should not eater on the matter without doing so. Mr. Linklater would consent to as adjournment on those conditions. The petitioners were setting up an imaginary claim against their co-assignee for a large amount of pro perty ; the matter was already the subject of two suits in Chancery, which had been depending since last October, and would probably be hesed before Floe-Chancellor Stuart in three or four weeks ; and the better way would be to adjourn tbe . petition until alter the decisios of the suite. Mr. Reed said that the awignees were not parties to the Chancery suite, and pressed for a short adjournment. If the matter were deferred until Vice-Chancellor Stoart's decision was given, the estate would be considerably pre judiced. The Commissioner—l am perfectly persuaded that you are instructed to get a useless adjournment if you can, for the purpose of creating coati. Mr. Reed—lt is all oat of the creditors' own pockets. The Commissioner—Very likely; but many people are so food of litigation that they are willing to pay for it. I will look over the petition, and fix a day fur the hearing on Wedneeday. Di RE SPAIN ANT) BRYDORIL-RXTRAORDINARY etal. This was a very old bankruptcy, the adjudication having taken place so long ago as 1753. The bankrupts bad car ried on Immineas ea ironmongers in the Strand. There had been dividends from time to time ; and Mr. Stao■tield, the present official assignee, finding a sum of 3.020 i. standing to the credit of the estate, had canoed a dividend meeting to be advertised. Mr. Young, of the Chancery bar, now appeared in sap. port of a petition which had been presented by Sarah Louisa Day, the personal representative of a deceased creditor. _ _ Mr. Bagley said be appeared for the olticial assignee. There was no trade assignee . and in fact everyone originally connected with the ease was long since dead, for the bank. rnptcy dated se far back as the reign of George 11. Yr. Young said that the petitioner represented Ann Ash late of St. Clement Danes, who in June, 1753, advanced 1501. to Sparkes, one of the bankrupts, who gave a bond for the amount. The bankruptcy took place in November of that year, there being a separate commi e.t.a against Snakes. Ann Ash tendered her proof against the joint estate, but it was refused by the commusioisers on the ground that she was a separate creditor ; application was made to the Court of Chancery, and in 1754 an order was made by Lord Chancellor Hardwick*, admitting that and other proofs, and giving right to dividend after the joint creditors were paid. Nothingr. further was done under the bankruptcy till 1785 a of thirty yams. is Honour asked what evidence there was of the exist ence of the commission Mr. Young said the records of the court were necessanly very imperfect ea so remote • period. Search had been made, sod all that could be discovered was an of copy, twc affidavit., one of Sparks., the bankrupt, and another of Aon Ash. The Commissioner—Wbere were the affidavits found! Mr. Young said he believed they were found in the office of the secretary of bankruptcy. The affidavit was &Worn in January, 1754, before "W. Edwards," "at this office," sod it bore the seal of the court. The Commissioner—lt could not do that, for Mile court did not exist until many years afterwards. I must know where this document comes from, and why it is called so office copy. Mr. Bagley urged that something should be dope to show the authenticity of the documents as well as to call io other creditors. His Honour said it must be shown where those " office copies" came from, and who Mr. Edwards wan. Hr. Young urged that the seal of the court we. sufficient evidenoe of the docurosota being in the custody of the court. The Commissioner—l think it was quite wrong to put the sisal of this court on those dneumeota, when the court itself did not exist till 70 years afterward■. Who did it? Mr. Head, solicitor, said it bad been done by the sscre• tory of bankruptcy in Quality-court, who WA the original documents. Hu Honour said be most see the originals. He must have further evidence of the existenoe of the eommission in bankruptcy, and also evidence of notice to the joint cre ditors. Mr. Bagley said that the sum now claimed was upwards of 900/., though the original debt was only 1101. The Cormnissiooer—The difference will be for interest, I surpme, fur 110 years. (Laughter.) There must be an adjournment; and it is desirable for us all that the peti tioners should make the best cam they can, for Isuppose the matter will go to the appellate jurisdiction, sod if I decide is on imperfect evidence, either one way or the other, it may come hack spin to me. Mr. Bagley said that the question would be raised w hether the sum in the bawls of the official assignee did not h.0 ,, a4 to the bankruptcy fund, summing that the whole of the joint creditors, had been satisfied. An adjournment was ordered for a month. be eta as