The Express. — London, England, 1863-07-21 00:00:00

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Tma EVWMM, THZ Woodman asd Randall. —GILT GHOST SCENE from THE WISHING GLEN, MINIM Periser's sdar4Mlock of Mr. Dtreko's Sooctral HIVE OP LIPS—Asd THE SHIP ON FIRE HIGH WATIM AT LONDON' SIUDeI. Mt DAT womb& em• • Anomie. 51 ‘ No. Zo-atoisow—Yoram, As. 42a.. .ASIMIPIS. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 21. WE give in another column the Russian reply to Earl Rummel; note. It is a serious, busition like document, all the more explicit for its haughti ness of tone. Reserving for another occasion Prince Gourcitsxorr's estimate of the Polish in surrection, which, he says, is the work of a few foreigners, and maintained against the will of the mass of the people, we direct attention to the answer given to the propositions of the Three Powers. The proposal of an armistice is distinctly and decidedly rejected. The Emperor of Rusau, it is said, owes it to his faithful army, to "the peace• " able majority of the Poles," and to Russia, to take energetic _ measures to crush the insurrection. " Desirable u it may be speedily to place a term to " the effusion of blood, this object can only be at " tained by the irmurgents throwing down their " arms and surrendering themselves to the cle " money of the EXPEROIL Every other arrange " went would be incompatible with the dignity of " our august muter, and with the sentiments of " the Russian nation." As to the Six Points, Prince Goarcssmorr re. fers to his former despatch to ahow that the EM PEROR has already either decreed or prepared the greaLer part of the measure. which they include. The EMPEROR will cart/ them out at the proper time, but the re-organization of the kingdom must be preceded by the re establishment of "order," the greatest obstacle to which is the material assistance and moral en couragement which the insurgents receive from abroad. The proposal of a Conference of the eight Powers which signed the Treaty of Vienna for the purpose of discussing the Six Points is rejected. " If the measures were to t3submitted to ulter.;or " deliberation, there would result a direct inter " ference of foreign Powers in the most int'mate " details of the administration, an interference " that no great Power could admit," It would also "further Increase the pretenions and Ulu " aions of the Polish agitators." The only con ference which Russia will accept is • conference with Austria and Proms* between which "the " traditions of history" (1772 and 1795 t) and immediate neighbourhood establish • certain com munity and reciprocity of interests. Thus the Russian Government accepts none of the proposals of the Three Powers, unless the confusion of the Six Points withthe measures enu merated in Prince GORTCHAKOPP'S earlier despatch is to be deemed acceptance. The Premcz's reply concludes with a solemn appeal to the Great Powers to employ language which shall cut off the Po'ish leaders from all hope of active intervention, so that the EMPEROR may proceed more rapidly with the restoration of " order." LAST evening what remains of our truant Com- MONS held the debate so long announced, so often deferred, and so anxiously expected in all the great centres of public opinion throughout Europe. The melancholy theme of this lost oratorical display of the Session, received ample justice from the mover of the resolutlor, denouncing the clauses of the Treaty of Vienna which have failed to secure the good government of Poland or the peace of Europe. Mr. Hon- MAN's eloquent and exhaustive speech, as a masterly survey of the historical and pre sent aspects of the question, a pressing argument addressed to the highest con siderations of statesmanship, a generous appeal to the broadest interests of international justice and morality, will deservedly increase the poli tical reputation of one who has not per haps always united in so just a measure the qualities of reason and feeling which belong to a due sense of responsibility, and a discerning boldness of judgment. Mr. HORAWAN Aires the Cabinet some credit for its invitation to the eight Powers, signatories to the Treaty of Vienna, to address Russia in similar terms to Lord Rueacm.'s despatch of April 10. This he thinks was a safe, dignified, and commanding policy ; but the FOREIGN SECIRISTARY'S reply to the Russian Am bassador, who requested to be informed of the nature and tendency of the communications addressed to St. Petersburg, bad placed England in a position from which it would be difficult to recede with honour. Mr. llostosson exposes, with force and clearness, the utter futility of the internal reforms proposed to Russia, on behalf of a people which has already been " diplomatised to death," and is now fighting des perately for independence, not for any milder ad ministration. He compares Lord Pousunrow's policy in 1831 towards the Polish Revolution with Lord Ruassu'a in 1863, the condition of the great Powers and the political situation of Europe now and then, and he concludes that England should have held her peace on the present occasion, or be TAB EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 18g. prepared to seize • favourable, and perhaps final, opportunity of redeeming the loss of thirty years. According to Mr. HOUSMAN, we have already gone too far or not far enough in exasperating Russia and encouraging Poland. The present state of Poland is but a repetition of 1831, while all around is changed. The alliance of the despotisms is broken up : Austria is detached, Prima' divided, Russia shattered and isolated, France more powerful than ever, and ruled by a Nara- Laos, and all Poland uprisen as one man. In 1815 the will of Russia was triumphant be cause the plenipotentiary of England was deserted by his colleagues ; and in 1831 the British Go vernment, after protesting in the name of the Treaty of Vienna, was reduced to let the rights of Poland under that Treaty go by default. Since then the British Government has remained silent, and as Mr. HoRNMAN suggests, might have re mained silent lest February, on the ground that diplomacy without war could bring nothing but calamity to Poland. But England having broken through this reticence, has again called Russia to account, and Russia has again repudiated her re monstrances. What, then, is England to do next Mr. HOESMAN has little hope of Austria when he turns his eyes to Venetia and Hungary ; but France is ready, and for France the temptation is irresistible. Yet if Austria could be persuaded to give up Galicia, it would not be the Duchy of Warsaw, not Congress-Poland, that we should see resurgent, but the ancient Polish nation and kingdom of 1772, strengthened by suffering and purified by sorrow ; for Mr.HORISMAN is convinced that Prussia would follow the example of Austria, and give up her share of the original spoliation. Mr. GLADSTONE, to whom particularly, LS the chivalrous champion of Italy, Mr. HORSMAN had appealed on behalf of the " sister nation " alit? of Poland, replied with very little of his usual ardour and intensity. If we cannot call his statement lame and laboured, hesitating and embarrassed, it was certainly cautious and con strained to excess. Yet Mr. GisnerroNs was more than plausible when he dwelt with em phasis on the enormous difficulty of the Polish as compared with the Italian question, contrasted the possibilities of the one and the other, insisted on the duty and necessity of paying some attention to the urgent demands of public feeling in this country, and on the advantage of obtaining from the Russian Government a quasi-abandonment of the naked right of conquest which the Emperor NICHOLAS had asserted in 1831, and a quasi-re cognition of treaty rights. What Mr. GLAD annia failed to perceive was that insurgent Poland would rather deal with the bare assertion of a right of conquest than with rights invented and sanctioned by diplomacy for the sake of con venience, of expediency, or of compromise ; and that while the English public gladly gives the present Government credit for the best intentions, it is disposed to prefer with Mr. HORSHAM • policy somewhat more or somewhat less reserved to a policy that throws all its cards upon the table. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. POLAND. For the first time the Official Journal of Warsaw on the 13th referred to the discussion of Polish affairs in a foreign parliament. On that day it published a telegraphic despatch from London, setting forth the pacific character of the speeches of Earls Grey and RusselL In Warsaw, on Sunday, the following was read in all the churches : _ . _ Warsaw, July 9. The Archbishop of Warsaw, in a letter dated the 3rd of this month, made known the fact that he has received orders from the government to quit Gatchina, where be has hitherto resided, and to proceed to Jaroelaw for en undefined period. Agreeably to the spirit of the laws of the church universal and the regulations of the Polish church, and following the example set in previous times by the chapter of the archdiocese of Posen and Gasmen, when, in 1839, on account of the removal of their pastor, the late Arch bishop Cumin, and of his enforced residence at Colberg, it was ordered that as a sign of laciness and mourning, the bells, organs, and chants should be silent in all the churches so long as they were deprived of their pastor— I order the whole secular and regular clergy that, from the 12th of this month, throughout the diocese, as a sign of distress and mourning, the bells, organs, and chants shall be silent in all the churches of the diocese until the archbishop's return. The administration of the holy escramenta, the minor masses, merman, and catechisinp will take place as usual. More over, we read in the Acts of the Apostles, chap. 12, v. 5, that when St. Peter we• thrown into prison by Herod, the Christians there constantly prayed God for him—. Quando Pdrus servabatur is curare oratio helot use intermissioftab oxlerid ad Drum pro so—and that God, hearing their fervent prayers, sent an angel to the prison, who having touched Peter said to him "arise I" and the chains fell off. Remembering the efficaciousness of Christian prayer, especially when it is general, I invite the clergy to recommend the faithful to avoid now more than ever all sins, to do all kinds of good actions, and especially to address for their pastor fee vent prayers to the God of armies, in whose bands are the hearts of all the powerful of the earth. We request you to read this document from the pulpit to the faithful assembled for divine eel vice. The Abbe PAUL RZCSVOIIKL The Abbe K. Woworszi. PRUSSIA. Letters from Berlin state that M. de Bismarck is about to join the King at Gastein, where the Em peror of Austria and the King of Bavaria are shortly expected. The prosecution of the press by the government increases in severity. The printer of the German annuals has been warned for admitting an article which said that the majority of the country were opposed to the policy of the government. The " warning " says that this assertion is false, because the country is represented by the Chamber of Peers as well as by the Lower House. The municipal council of Berlin has protested against a warning which has been given by the prefect of police to the official organ of that council for publishing a report of the municipal proceedings. The Gazette of Eastern Prussia, the Gazette of ff. estphatia, and one or two other papers have received • seoon , i warning, and can therefore be suppressed at any moment. In one case a warning is given for a quotation made by the writer from Monteequieu'a Esprit des Lois, on the danger of permanent armies. " It is evident," says the warning, " that the only object of the quotation was to throw contempt upon the organisation of the Prussian army." Philo sophical books of all kinds are evidently for the pre sent sealed against Prussian editors. (azunes %Trios ANL) FRANCE. PARIS, duty 21. Official information has been received from Vera Cm stating that the province of Chiepa had pronounced in favour of the French intervention. A similar movement is reported to have taken place in other provinces. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (non on own PARIS, Morn ►t EVENING. Although the fear of war has produced a more marked effect upon the Bourse to-day than at any moment since the Polish difficulty first arose, I do not think the French government is in any hurry to resort to extreme measures. The Russian answer is unsatisfactory, dilatory, evasive—that is already almost stale news, although we have not yet seen the text of it ; but diplomacy, nothing daunted, is hard at work preparing a reply to the answer. The telegraph between Paris and London and Vienna has been occupied incessantly within the last forty-eight hours by communications between the three powers. The cry here, as in England, is that the question is a European one. That is silvery well ; but, inasmuch as Europe is not likely to agree upon any effectual scheme of action, Russia will go on to exterminate the Polish patriots, and then will fall back upon the fait accompli. The Pays announces that the Moniteur will not publish the Russian answer for some days. I apprehend, however, that if it shall be read in the House of Commons to-night, this resolution must be departed from. The Prase complains lustily of the Muni teur, which, it says, is "inexplicable." It claims for the public a right to be on the " most favoured footing" with respect to diplomatic documents deeply affecting the nation's welfare. The Nation, which attracted some attention the other day by saying that "all chance of peace was not yet at an cud," again makes a sensational bid by scornfully repudiating the doctrine of the Opinion Nationale that it will be too late to make war when winter seta in. " Our eagles," says the Opinion, " know another road to Poland than the Baltic." This road it explains to mean "the Rhine." But if that road is to be taken what becomes of the agreement of Europe ? My own belief is that at this moment the Emperor does not see his way at all. He is angry at the negative result of the negotiations. M. Drouyn de Lhuys is disap pointed. But the result of all the rage is merely more despatches, and at these Russia laughs in her sleeve. The Temps justly sums up the situation in two lines, when it says, " the powers are placed in thin alternative—an ultimatum or a check—they mui:. sillier force Russia to cede, or allow themselves to be laughed at." The Temps pretends to know that the Cherbourg naval review, which the Moniteur contradicted the other day, is after all to come off. The Bourse suffered a panic. Reute fell 50c., closing at 67fr. 90c. Mobilier fell nearly bOfr. Bullier's Correspondence, which was the original authority for the story that the Emperor was coming to St. Cloud on Saturday last to preside at a council of ministers, now says, with the cha racteristic impudence of a French semiofficial organ, that " the project never had any existence except in the imagination of newsmongers." At the same time, nothing abashed, it launches as fresh startling intelligence the news that the Em peror is about to hold an extraordinary cornier ] at Vichy, to which will be summoned all ministers and privy councillors, including those who are holiday-making in Germany, the Pyrenees, and the Alpe. Several journals contradict the rumour of Covnt Walewski being likely to go to London as am bassador. He is but just convalescent after an indisposition, and proposes to take a course of sea bathing. a 1. , LW. 17.1 1., Q.l L It. la. '— '— .- Hake. '29.78 1 30 6 W.N.W. 632 c 0.08 1 kber4444l 12 9.7 6 .:1 7 N. W. 41 SS c 2 Lilth 29.70 54; 7 N.E. 3' 20 b 1 Shields 11 .rboroutth 11 52.73 53! 9 E IW. 1 30 b 0.36 2 Greencastle. '2E4 52' 6 N.E. 1 1 4 It 2 Galway Valenti& ,29.59 54 2 E. 1 8 r 0.22, 1 4444001.1140W4 29.7 061, 2 B.E. 6 30 r 0.23 8 Liverpool 2179 57 7 W.N.W. .. 3, 24 e 5 Holyhead Ponbroke 519.77 54; 2 E. 1 2 28 r 0.03 1 Penaanco Brest 554.80 83 1 8.8. W. 14 I6' 22 2 0.83 1 3 L'Orient Rochefort 129103 88 4 &W. 4; 6 24 b —l4 Plymouth '29.75 58 1 E.B. Z. 3,9 ; 12 I r 0.45. 8 Weymouth '29. 7.4 58, 2 B.E. 4I 2 14 1 0.08 1 3 Portsmouth 29.70 9 1 0; 1 8. 2:4 ' 18 0 1 London l2O 81 6o! 4 Z. 013 1 28 o— - Dover 29.83 r 1 4 W.B.W. 1 11 20 0 1 Vermouth .. Helder ' ' i I liellgolend ........5.79 55 4 . W. 1 4 22 , b 1 ROBABLZ. ITSDNISDAY. THURSDAY. N.F.. to W., strong, NORTH-EARL B.W. toN.W., strong to unsettled. fresh, showery. N.N.W. to W.S.W., Weer. W.S.W. to N.N.W., fresh to strong, rain. strong to moderate. 8.8. W. to W.N.W., SOUTH. S.W. to N. fresh or strong, with rain. strong, showery. B.S E. to W., fresh to Bornlitstrr. 8.8. W. to W.N.W., strong. rain. strong to moderate. North-Esst=Moray Firth to Norfolk. West= Donegal to Corn. wall. South=Chanuel and French Coaste Southuteast=Stratt of Dover to Norfolk. The Southampton town council have at length decided that a subscription of 10e. 6d. a year or a donation of live guineas shall entitle an individual to all the privi leges of the Hartley Institute in that town. Major Doherty has presented to the museum a splendid specimen of the demoiselle or Numidian crane, and \ gentleman named Bick nell, of RAN has presented 600 specimens of marble found amongst the ruins of ancient Home. This is the finest ool lectioo of such marbles in England. WoastiNo MEN'S CLUIN. —A public meeting was held yesterday evening, in the lower room of St. Martin's hall, for the purpose of promoting the establishment of a working men's club in the parish. Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederic Grey preeidfd, and on the platform were Lady crey, Lady Gomm, Kiss Copley, the Mimes Wray. Miss Lefevre, Mr. Lefevre, Mr. Spencer Hall, &a. The meeting was well attended. The chairman, having explained the object of the mi otiog, said the working men required social intercourse. Those who wished to establish the dribs did not desire to draw working men away from their homes, but to establish placer in which they mold obtain amuse ment and instruction frees from the temptations of drinking. me Rev. H. Sully then delivered ea address, he which be explained the principles on which the clubs were established. He was glad to say that the ladies and gentlemen on the platform were ready to guarantee the rent of the proposed club. which might about 401. or 501. a year, sod they would also put down 401. or 501. for furniture. Mr. Sally concluded by proposing a resolution approving of the forma tion of a working mens club in the parish of St. Martin. Mr. Brady seco nd ed the resolution, which was carried unani mously. Benolations pledging the meeting to support the club and appointing a provisional committee to carry out the seeessary arraegentents were afterwards adopted. The meeting wee dosed with • vote elf Quake to the shairvese. NATIONAL RIFLE AS3OCIATION. Yesterday the distribution of prizes won in the great °slimed competition at Wimbledon during the two past weeks took place at the Crystal Palace. Them was • very large attendance of volunteers and their friends, the ladies being, as usual at military epectaeles, largely in the eacendant. The oeremony took place in the central transept, which, with the galleries around it and the nave on either side for some distance, was crowded. The front of the grand areheatra was arranged as a dais, in the centre of which was placed • chair of state for his Royal Highs... the Duke of Cambridge, by whom the prima were to be headed over to those who were entitled to them. In front and to the right and left of this chair long tables extended, upon which the rewards, consisting of silver shields, vases and cups of all sizes and in various designs in frosted and burnished silver, rifles, medals, and purees artistically grouped, or conspicuous in their individual grandeur, air cording to their value and importance, were displayed. The orchestral mats and the space immediately behind the chair of state were set apart as reserved mate forfthe members of the council and the more distinguished of the company. Suspended from the fronts of the galleries and drapery down from the sides of the orchestra were numerous flap beeriog devices emblematic of the occasion ; and waving prominently in the foreground on either side of the duke were two long scarlet streamers, bearing in white letters the names of the nine successful champions in the interns- Boca' match between England and Scotland. A company of the Loudon Rifle Brigade did duty as a guard of honour, and received his royal highness with presented arms, their band playing at the same time the National Anthem. The duke having taken his seat, Lord Elcho in • few words explained the object of the meeting, and then called up in their order thine who had distin guished themselves in the competition, beginning with the winner of the bronze medal of the association, proceed ing onwards to the more important association cup, the Aehburtoe and Echo challenge shields, the St. George's yam, the parliamentary, the Prince of Wales's, and her Majesty'. prizes, and winding up with the consolation, which last-named Lord Elcho explained was given by the I dies, to be competed for by those only who had been un fortunate in the struggle for the other prizes in the pro- gramme, and appealing to the vest assemblage of ladies pre sent, and through them to the fairer portion of the popu lation throughout the kingdom, for such an augmen tation of the funds applicable to this prize in future years se should extend the consolation to • greater number of the defeated. The prize men present (of whom there was scarcely morn than a moiety) having received their rewards from the hands of his royal highness, accompanied in conspicuous instaxima— as that of the Ross family, three of whom, the father and two sons, took eine of the principal prizes, and that of the Eton scholars who had woo the Public Schools Prize—with ' some appropriate compliments. Mr. Rosa, sen., as the captain of the unsuccessful Scotch nips in the international match, moved • vote of thanks to his royal highness for presiding, and acknowkdging in grateful terms the valuable aid and encouragement the duke had given to the lies volunteer movement. This we.: seconded by VigeOrnt Bray, the captain of the nine successful English champions. The Duke of Ceissfu9oE, in reply, said that he had reeiiy hi i • remarkably easy teek to per term, and one that was very gratifying to his feelioge. It was a great pleasure to him to have the oppottunity of presenting to the successful competitors at the late Wimbledou meeting the prizes they had so well won. sod so richly deserved. (Chesty.) The mover and seconder of the resolution had been pleand to speak of the assistance and encouragement he (the duke) had given to the volunteer movement. All be could my was that if he had beau able in any way to promote the efficiency of the volunteer force be was more than paid by what he had witnessed at the present meeting. (Hear, hear.) Last year the question of the annual meeting of the Rifle Association at Wimbledon was brought undue notice by his ooble friend the Prime Minister, who did the association the honour of coming down to the Crystal Palace to distribute the prizes ; and miter what had fallen from his noble friend on that and on other occasions, it was unnecessary for him to speak of the value of such an association. And with regard to the prizemen of the present year, their respective merits had been so admirably described by his noble friend Lord Elcho, that he had nothing more to say in regard to those gentlemen than to congratulate them on their success. He observed among them many eld names which had repeat. edly passed before him. He rejoiced to find that those gentlemen were as keen and as anxious in the cause of rifle shooting as they bad shown themselves in previous years ; but it struck him that they were most of them such admirable shots that they literally carried away all the valuable prizes as they pleased. The consequence of this was that the area of competition was considerely reduced, and he could not help thinking that these unerring shots would themselves like to see more prizemen coming in from the general body, and that although they, es the beet marksmen would tell, and were entitled no doubt to carry off the highest prizes, they would agree with him in the desirability of multiplying the lesser prizes so as to ex tend them over • larger area of competitors. In this respect he thought there was still a little fault in the arrangements which it would be wall to meet. He knew this was a diffi cult point to arrange, but he believed it was capable of • happy solution, and he believed the most distinguished riflemen who had presented themselves that day would be the first to agree in. or to propose, the change he suggested. (Hear) He was delighted to see the young gentlemen of Eton who had distinguished themselves, and to whom he had bad the pleasure of banding the Aahburton challenge shield. Having lived a long time at Windsor he bad • great effection for Etos, and be rejoiced to see Etoo successful on this occasion for the public schools prize. At lithe same time be hoped every large school would sobs vonr in another year to send up as good • set of young men to comp e te with them. In a national point of view he considered tan advantage that our great public schools evinced an interest in this rifle volunteer movement, mil that competition in the use of the rifle was becoming • national amusement, and it was • source of great 'alias,. tiou to him to see that in our great educatiocal establish ments the love of this useful, athletic, and healthful sport we. inculcated in early youth. He was told by Lord Eleho that the recent meeting at Wimbledon had been • great success as regarded the competition and the excellence of the shooting, and he believed equally so is regard to all the at rangements, but that financially it had not been so pros. perces as be could have wished. This was an awkward subject to bring under the police of such • meeting as the present, but it was only right that when they were informed of the apostates side of the question they should be re minded that it was impossible to keep up these greet and useful gatherings unless the funds flowed in a little more liberally. He trusted that the public interest in the move ment would be kept up and increased, and that when they again met next year there would be no doubt or question as t' the usefulness, the permanency, and the extended influence of the National Rifle Association. He concluded by thanking Lord Echo and the council for their care sod attention in carrying out the objects of the association. His royal highness then retired, and the proceedings terminated. The names of the prizemen have already been published in our daily accounts of the proceedings at Wimbledon. ST. PAUL'S CATIIEDROL.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor, co-operating with the dean and chapter and a com mittee of gentlemen formed for the special purpose, opened at the Mansion-house what is intended to be a national sub scription towards the completion of the embellishment of St. Paul's Cathedral as originally designed by Sir Chrieto. pher Wren, and he beaded the list himself with a donation. The proposal, as submitted by the committee, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, consists primarily in filling eleven windows at the ends of the choir, nave. and transepts with painted glove of the highest quality, uniform in style, design, and execution ; in filling the spandrels of the dome, vaults, and other imitable compartments, and ultimately the dome itself, with paintings io mosaic, and generally in gilding and incrusting with coloured marbles such parts of the architecture as require it to complete the decorative framework. It is also intended to finish the great organ in the south transept, and to complete the stall-work of the choir, and other 'rocks which have been left incomplete. To some extent these intentions have been already realised. The committee for the completion of the interior have been enabled to lay out about 1,600/. in various decorative works. A marble pulpit under the dome has b‘en given by his friends as • memorial of the late Captain Fitzgerald ; the corporation of London hes given 7501.; and five of the city companies—the Grocers', the Merchant Tajlore, the Mercers', the Goldsmiths', and the Fishmongers'-200'. each for gilding the ribs for the vaulting of the choir and transepts. Mr. 11. F. Vetoon and the Rev. Dr. Vivian have placed each a painted glass window in the 'idea of the nave ; and two memorial windows have been promised— one by the Rev. J. V. Farah, and the other by Mr. Joshua W. Butterworth. Two of the 11 windows of the highest quality are in course of preparation—one for the apse, of which the subject in the Crucifixion, the gift of the Dntpers' Company ; the other for the great west window, the subject being the conversion of St. Paid. given by Mr. Thomas Brown, of the firm of Longman and CO. Five other windows are designed with the following subjects :—Christ's Agony in the Garden, the Entombment, the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the Descent of the Holy Ghost. ETUS COLLMIL ELECTION.—The examination of candidates for the Foundation will commence on Thursday morning, July Z. 3, at 7, and the following will be the order of the examination :—Thursday, July 23, 7 to 9, Latin translation ; 10.30 to 12.30, Latin composition ; 3 to 4.30, arithmetic paper. Friday, July 24. 7to 9, Greek transla tion ; It to 12.30, second mathematical paper, for boys of 13 years old and upwards. All candidates will be permitted to use Dictionary, Grudus, Greek Lexicon, and Grammar. A young " lady," named Frances Shaw, whose connexions are for the mast part wealthy people, was yesterday committed for trial, by the Liverpool magistrates, for having stolen some electro-plate forks, from the shop of • local tradesman. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Mote Mr. 00AIMINSiOnir Hofroyd.) IN ILI 811 A. 3. D. TICRBOIII. A meeting of the creditors ;Ode; Thial7sabuptey was held to-day for the purpose of 'sectioning a=;11 wide on the part of the bankrupt and him friends, w sum of about 40,0001. will be raised on mort g a g e of the bankrupt's reversionary property, and the creditors will be paid their debts in full. A barge number of creditors at. tended, end a considerable time was oompied in taking their signatures to the propcsaL As soon as the reqtusite pro portion of amenti ars obtained and the necessary forms complied with, the crediting will be again celled together, and a dividend declared. (Before Mr. Regietrar Roche.) IN RE DION BOUCICAULT.-FIRST BITTING UND/31 The bankrupt was described s t a dramatic author, late of Hereford House, Old Brompton, and now of Brightest. The adjudication took place on the 3rd iost., on the petition of the assignee' of Jones and Brewridge, upholsterers, of Piece dilly, who are creditors for 6001., for goods sold and delivered since January last, to the bankrupt's reaideoce at Brompton. The bankrupt surrendered on the same day, and obtained the usual protection On the Bth instant Messrs. Linklaters and Hackwool, the solicitors under the petition, laid 1 before the court a statement showing that the bankrupt was the lessee of Hereford House, and of Others* Court, Bromptho, and had • contract with the freeholder, giving him the pre-emption of those properties, with other lend adjoining. The furniture in those establishments belongs to the bankrupt's estate. The leases of Hereford House and Cleherne Court, together with other property, were in equitable moderate to Meese. t i . Ransoms and Co., to secure • sum of 3.0C3/. Upon this statement the court esoctiooed the sale of the above pro perties, and the furniture, with the concurrence of the different parties. This was the sitting for prc3f of debts and choice of assignees. Owing to two or three of the courts being at present in the hands of workmen, the proceedings had to be conducted in one of the smallest and most inconvenient rooms in the building, that known as the room of the re gistrar of the day. It was crammed to moderation, and there were only seats provided for about half-a-dozen persons. Xt. Big e ood .r. linstrected by Messrs. Linklatcrs and Haar. wood) for the petitioning creditors ; Mr. C. E. Lewis represented creditors ; sod Mr. Lawrence ap peared for the bankrupt. Mr. Bargood said be believed the contest lay between two of the largest creditors, the petitioning creditors and Mr. Patrick, builder, of Lambeth, each of whom wished to to assignee. On the part of the petitioning creditors be bad to state that they had no objection to being joined with Mr. Patrick in the usigneeship ; and if this were acceded to it I might vary much abridge the proceediop. Mr. Lewis , on the part of 3G. Patrick, declined the offer. The barupt was examined by Mr. Lewis in reference to the claim of the petitioning creditors, and stated that be owed the petitioning creditors 2,3531. at the time of the bankruptcy. He had paid two acceptance of 3301. each. I The account produced was accurate as far as he could judge. The goods were supplied from March to Kay. Had no contract with Mr. Jones. Did not know that Mr. Bremridp was partner with Mr. Jones. Did not know when Jams was bankrupt. He was last on the premises on the 20th of June, and some of the goods were not then there. With those exceptions, about 801., he believed the account to be correct-2,3531., including the bil's accepted. The whole of that amount had been spent upon his house at Old Brampton in the present year. Mr. Lewis said he could not resist the proof, but as the tin had been delivered since the bankruptcy, it must be r lmittcd subject to reduction. Mr. Ssrgood concurred, and the proof was admitted. Mr. Lewis then tendered a proof on behalf of Mr. Pale d& for 2,1331., on three bills, on account, and • Jed& meat. The claim was for work done at the new thesis, , late Astley's. It included • small amount for interest, and Si. 18e for costa _ . Patrick wee examined. He said that the bill had never been delivered to Mr. Boucicault. neither before nor ethos the bankruptcy. He bad deliverki an account for 1,195 L, for which two bills were given. That was for work dose up to the opening of the theatre at Christmas. A fur ther amount for 8501. had been delivered and exepted for. The remainder was for work done since. He had no claim spinet the New Theatre Company in reference to this work. Mr. Lewis—The question is which is worst. (laughter.? Mr. Lawrence—Mr. Boucicault hopes to pay everyone in . . . Kr. Lewis—l am extremely glad to hear it. Mr. Lawrance—With the assistance of the amlgnees, which I have no doubt will be given. Mr. Patrick's proof was then admitted. Mr. Asplin, theatrical wig.maker, of Sookville-eirest West, proved for 8/. 10s. Some unopposed proofs were then put in, and on the amounts bong added op on each side, it was found that the proofs put in by Mr. Lewis amounted to 2,9631., and those on the other side to 2,837/. Mr. Lawrence tendered a proof for 2,503/, on the part of Mr. Carew, solicitor, of Linooltesian, who claimed 5,0001. under an agreement with Mr Boocicault, but held security worth about 2,530/. If the securities produced more, the proof would be proportionately reduced. Mr. Lewis sad that the security ought to be properly valued before the proof WU admitted. A proof had never been tendered under such circumstances before. Xr. Lawrence said it was a common r ractice for the pur pose of voting in the choice. The property on which the soutrity wee held was the bankrupt's house at Old Brompton. Mr. George Cares!, in answer to Mr. Lewis, dated that he intended to relinquish his right of security beyond 2,1001. He had been the bankrupt's solicitor since his return from America in 1860. The security be held on bankrupt's property was dated in May last. Could not say be did not know that the bankrupt was then in pecuniary difficulties. He owed witness a large sum he also owed matey to his bankers. Had not acted for the bankrupt with the New Theatre Compaq. Be. Hared the bankrupt to be solvent when the security was given. Had an account of the money he bad bait the bankrupt. He took no promissory note, only en I 0 U for the first 800 f. Bankrupt—That has been paid. . . . Mr. Carew further stated that bed no security beyond the depait of deeds. until May last. He had given up the deeds in Dmember last. He asked for the security in May because he was anions to get some securit♦ for his debt. At that time he did not know that Mr. Boncicault had any other creditors but Messrs. Ransoms and himself. He knew that he bad been Hied at th►t time by parties claiming in respect of the new the& re — Mr. LLIVTIIIO9 objected to this line of examination. Mr. B oueicault being appealed to, said that the money was d u e to Mr. Carew. It was nearly all for cub lent to him to purchase the property which had been taken by the creditors. Mr. Lewis rereated hi objection to the proof, that the security mast be realised or prorrly valued. If the registrar were against him be should go to the commissioner. The Registrar said the creditor bad established his claim on oath to 5.000/., and the on!y question was his right to strike off the 2,5001. as the value of the security. This was a course which was commonly pursued. mid he saw no objection to the proof being admitted 10 this form. Mr. Lewis asked for an adjournment of the choice, in order that the opinion of the commissioner might be taken oo the proof. Mr. &mood strongly objected to this course. The matter being referred to Mr. Commissioner Hoßoyd, His Honour said that the proof ought to be admitted for 2,600/. The result was the appointment of Masers. Dear and Low., the petitioning mediuns (assignees of Jones and Bremridge), as assignees of this estate. The accounts are in course of preparation hr Mr. Harding, who states the liabilities at 01,000/., and 12 C3l/, in respect of the New Theatre Company. The assets are also esti mated at a considerable amount. No allowance was asked for. The examination sitting was fixed for the 14th of August. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) WORSHIP-STREET. FALSE CHARM:nt-PENA LTT. Mathew Gilts, en elderly man. carrying on bu►iness as • general shopkeeper in Philip..teeet, Kiogslend•road, was charged on remind with having falsely and wilfully repro. muted that one William hi!! son, who offered himself to be hired and employed, hail not been hired or employed in any previous service. Mr. Beard attended, as on the former hearing. on the perk of the defendant. when it was proved that Mr. John Smith, landlord of the Red Deer public-house in C imbridgeeroad, Hackney, advertised in the Adtveri.re newspaper for an assistant, that on or &omit the 14th of April last a young man, who gave the name of William Giles, applied for the situation. representing that he hod oever been in one before, that he therefore referred to defendant as his father for • character, and that defendant saibsequently declared to Mr. Smith, in presence of the epplicant. that the latter was • good and honest youth, who had never been in any em ployment away from his borne, in co-sequence .1 • 'ck assertions Mr. Smith engaged the young man, and kep. aim in his service until the 4th inst., when he was discharged, it being ascertained that • plan to which be was • principal patty had been formed for robbing the house. loquirim also resulted in the dis covery that this excellent *errant was a convieted thief and known to be such by his parent who was forthwith summoned upon the present charge and remanded. Mr. Hawley, of 123, Recent-street. now said—l know the defendant and his son William Giles. Two years ago last September, the latter was in my scenes and robbed me of above 4,0001. worth of jewellery ; he was traced to Paris and captured, and the property was recovered. In December, he was tried and convicted at the Westminster Ses sions for the offence and sentenced to two years' imprieon ment. Crone:•mined by Mr. Beard—lt was mainly through the defendant's aid that the thief was captured and the goods restored. tTbe Court. OSBORNE, JOLT 20. The Queen and Princess Helena drove out thia :Doming. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Marlborough. home yesterday morning from Frogmore, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Listrteunt-General Kuollys, end Captain Grey. The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, held at the office of the Dochy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate, St. Jamee's.perk. There were present the Duke of Newoutle, Lord Warden of the &ennuis, ; Sir William Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Seal ; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney- General ; and Lientenaat-General Knoll" Comptroller of the Household of his Royal Highness. Mr. Bateman, the secretary, attended. Mr. Vernon !loath bad the honour to submit to the Prince and Prisms of Wales, at Marlborough-house yesterday, a series of photographic portraits of their Royal Highnesses, and a set of landscape photographs of Windsor and Frogmore, taken by oommand of the Prince. The Prince and Pi Mew of Wales, attended by the Mar ohiooses of Carmarthen, Lieutenant-General Knotty', and Captain Grey, left London yesterday afternoon for Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. Despatches wren received yesterday at the Colonial- Ales from the Governors of the Path American Pro►inces and Bermuda. THE ILLNESS OF LORD CLYDE.—We are informed that the announcement of Lord Clyde's death by a morning oontemporary is premature. His lordship, by the last act:ix/eta from Chatham, was, however, to • hopeless ODD ditioo. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam- bridge and the Princess Mary left their residence in the Ambassadors' Court, St. James's Palace, yesterday after noon, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Purses, for Dover, ea route for Germany. Their royal highnesses dined at Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel, and at 9 p.m. embarked for Calais. This day the dasher and daughter proceed to Ituuspenksim, the duchess's seat, near Presided. His Excellency the Austrian Arnbaseaelox and the Counters d'Appoeyi entertained his Emsfleecy Count Lavradio, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Marchimem of Bath, the Marquis ►nd Marchioness of Claaricarde, the Earl end Countess Russell and Lady Georgians Rowell, the Earl of Wilton, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount St. Ass* Lord and Lady Foley, Dowager Lady Truro, the Right Hoa. Sir Robert Peel, Sir Ralph andlady Howard, Count Hoary Zichy, Count G. Erdody, Count Wimpffsa, Priem Timbers, &c., at dinner last evening at Chandos House. The marriage of Viscount Dangan, eldest son of the Earl and Cautions Cowley, and Miss Owendolnte Wil liams, daughter of Colonel Peers W.lliams, M.P., is ap pointed to take place on the 30th init. The marriage of Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox, brother of the Duke of Richmond, to Miss Townley, daughter of Colonel and Lady Caroline Townley, is to be solemnised on the Bth proximo. Mr. CO: on Friday will call the attention of the House of Commons to the state of infanticide in England and Wales, and ask the Secretary of State for the Horne Department a 9nortion on the name subject. Mr. Grant Duff intends early next session to move a resolution with respect to the system of education now pursued at Eton. Harrow, Winchester, Westminster, and Rugby ; sad to oall the attention of the house to the higher school education of Crest Britain. Mr. Warner will on Thursday ask the Secretary of Slate for the Home Department, whether he intends to bring in, early nest session, a bill founded on the report of a majority of the Commissioners on Transportation and Penal Servitude ; and, if not, what other eine will be taken by the government for amending the law of second ary puoiehmeuta, with a view to render them more certain and efficient. THE LATE Duca or HAMILTON.—We understand that the late Duke of Hamilton insured his life for the large sem of 1C3.0001. about a week before he lately left this country for Paris. The chief part of the loss will fall upon the Scottish offices.—DuMin &ming Moil. THIC MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR OZOROZ C. LEWUL—Upwards of 1,000/. has been raised towards this object. It was resolved. at the last meeting of the London committee, that. bearing in mind the probable amount of subleriptioes, the money should be employed in the erec tion of a substantial and massive monument ; and it was further suggested that it should be constructed in the simplest form of the old red sandstone quarried near the summit of Radnor Forest, and be placed m the mast goa spiemits position in the immediate vicinity of New Radnor. Further subscriptions are invited by the London committee, which inch:idea Sir John Walsh, Bart., M.P., Sir John Waltham, B,rt , Sir Rulerirk I. Murehimo, K.C.R., R. Green Prim, Keg., M.E. O. S. Veft l4 .4. Fag, Q.C., Henry Thomas Req., High Sheriff of Radnorshire, ha. MRTROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRI -BQUAhI, Crrr.—The aggregate number of patient.s relieved during the week ending July 18 was—medical, 931; sur gical, 544 ; total, 1,475; of which 517 were new cease. SPAIN. MADRID, JOLT 20. The Madrid papers state that a collirien has taken place off Malaga between an English and a French frigate. Both vessels are said to have been sunk, and one English sailor and five French sailors only are reported saved. MADRID, JULY 21. Intelligence from a reliable source states that severe measures have been adopted to prevent the fomenters of disorder from accomplishing their designs in Seville, Malaga, Valladolid, and Grenada. THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA LIAN MAIL& SOUTHAXPTON, JULY 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Poonah, Capt. Field, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 109 passengers, including Sir ohMee Cochrane, from Gibraltar. Her cargo consists of 15 boxes of valuables, 184 packages of sundries, and 1,230 bales raw silk— value 120,0001. sterling. The Poonah spoke on the 15th inst. the steam ship Parthenon ; on the loth the steamship Delta, steering eastward, also the steamship Gibraltar, bound eastward. Her Majesty's ehipe Malacca, St. George, Sup ply, and Surprise were at Malta ; and the Trident at Gibraltar. GIBRALTAR, JULY 16.—Exchange on London, 23 days' date, 501 ; Paris, bfr. 29c. ; Mareeillets Mr. 29c. to 30c. ; Genoa, Mr. 31c. ; Madrid, 8 days' eight, per cent, premium ; Cadiz, I dis count ; Seville, I discount ; Malaga,' discount ; Barcelona, I premium ; Almeira, I discount ; Va lencia, par ; Alicante, discount. Freights un altered. The British brigantine lonian was in collision, thirty-five miles east of the Rock of Gibraltar, with the Clementina, of Reath, on the 9th inst. The lonian put into Gibraltar to repair damages. Petitions, breathing intense hatred to Russia, and calling upon the Emperor Napoleon to at once draw the sword and cut the knot which mere diplomacy fails to untie, are being signed by the working classes of Paris. Subscriptions for the Poles continue to be announced pub. holy, and among the subjects given for competition at the next univetwity examinations the partition of Poland and the state of Poland in 1863 are foremost. The Charicari publiebea a woodcut in which a French soldier is represented in front of the city of ?denim, ruminating deeply. Behind a tree appears a Russian with his long lance, who exclaims, `• He seems quite undecided what he should do at present. . . . I hope he will I, ‘ turn round to my part of the world." Between 1843 and 1862 17,483 immigrants have been introduced into Jamaica, 88,195 into British Guiana, 2,833 into St. Lucia, 2149 into St. Vinosot, 3,823 into Grenada, 2292 into Antigua, 1,384 into St. Bit's, 427 int, Nevis, 517 into Totes°, 389 into Bahama, sod 300709 int) liswitium. The oldest vessel afloat has just been condemned on the Peruvian moat. She was 90 years old. This was none other than the whaling barque Maria, of New Bed ford. United States. She was the first ship which carried the United States Bag in the British channel after the poet revolution. The Nova Scotia gold mines, about which con siderable excitement was created some time ego hare proved a failure. Of the several thousand miners at work to 1862 than remained is the seeing of 1863 sot more than from forty to atty.—Batas (U. 8.) paper. GIBRALTAR. (REUTER'S Lamas.) GIBRALTAR, JULY 16. Several shocks of earthquake have &phi been fel: fn the provinos of Almeira. The British schooner Onward. hem Cardiff, arrived out the 6th. She spoke in the Straits the schooner Eire, of Pad. stow, bound to Alicant ; seventeen days out ; all well. Her Majesty's ship Orlando, ten days from Plymouth, arrived on the 7th, and left the following day for the East. The Dash 'crew frigate Zeeland and the Spanish screw sloop Africa sailed from Cadiz on the 11th inst., end the Spanish war steamer Leon on the 12th. The following British vessels have arrived since the last mall:—Steamer Amor, six days from Liverpool; schooner Flying ror, 18 days from Cowes ; steamer Cairo, 51 days from Liverpool; hripetiee belie, 18 days from Cardiff; steamer Milan, 61 days from Liverpool; stipmer 51 days from Liverpool ; steamer Dom Pedro, 9 days from Glasgow ; schooner Queen. 21 days from Grimsby ; schooner Doria, 23 days from Liverpool ; steamer Dido, 41 days from Falmouth ; and barque Prince's, 24 days from Cardff. The British brig' Middleton, Elizabeth M`Lean, and berm Martha Jane, reported all well on board, passed the Rock for the eastward on the 10th. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TIMIDLY, JULY 21, 8 LW 1! !I I ~I it