The Express. — London, England, 1863-10-01 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—The Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION carnally APPEAL to the public foe AttRISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy lenuods ea the Institution's 126 bfebost establishment, [Ming the past 16 months needy 60) shipulLeked :nilura hate been 164,41 by the Soetelq's lUe -6,lts Contribution, are re,xlved by all the London and coon. try lmnker.: and by the Se . coup RIeIIARD LEWIS, at the Institution. 14, John-street, AdelPhh W.C. EyBRYBODY KNOWS Mr. MILL'S. Alfred Webb Met TLILMOVED FROM BOND-STEM to YLEILIOL±.I_9IaS liewoveroquare, nee. The lea. by Illm) in all the New Patten* EMI& THAN LAWr— ght erpreoo. C..)r.P.F.SMNDKNTS. Aevertfiensents (flauted for "The Erpreee• London Evening Paper, must be at the °Mee, 10, tiouvertertreet, by Two on the day of publication. H AY 2CARIET. Tart SMOG, UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. W. Parrett. - FINCIPS t or. SPY AND COUNTILSPY. Masora A. Wigan and Rucketone Mrs. Dualist, Mts. A. W sad Idles Anuel.—To conclude w ttb TUR.NLYO THE TABI.SIL Mr. Compton. Tms Emma, PH(EBR HESsELL Mrs. Yarnotd.—THE GREAT GHOST firrart—Ainging by Mr. Randall, Mr. Parker, and Mma. ileaa.—And LADY AUDLLYS saLaurr. Mew& Re 31 1 . 14 Craufurd. and Parry; Wages Miles and Durru:ng. ISIGR WAT?Jt AT LONDO‘ BRIDOL DAT —ltoreing. 4 , 19r AlSeesam. 4b. 15m J.-Jimmy —Mambo& 4b Atiorwma. 141. 13,u. LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1. THE decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, annulling, on appeal, the order of suspension and sentence of deprivation passed by Dr. GRAY, the Bishop of Capetown, on the Rev. JAMES LONG, one of his clergy, reached the Cape Colony in the middle of August. The measure of interest which the proceedings in this case before the Privy Council excited in England, was chiefly due to the fact that their result would show the extent of the Bishop's power, and how far it was likely to be available in the prosecution which, in his assumed character of Metropolitan, he was expected to institute against Bishop Cotz_vso. But it appears from Bishop GRAY'S letter to the Churchwardens of Mr. LONG'S pariah that the judgment of the Privy Council has been regarded there as an act which raises in a practical form ecclesiastical ques tions of the utmost gravity, far exceeding in im portance the lapse of any individual from ortho doxy, and affecting the constitution and essential character of the Church. The Rev. Mr. Lose was suspended, and ulti mately deprived, for non-compliance with an order of the Bishop enjoining him to give notice to his congregation of a Diocesan Synod which the Bishop desired to convene. Mr. LONG, in the words of the Judicial Committee, " was required to do " various acts of a formal character for the pur " pose of calling into existence a body which he " had refused to recognise ;" the Committee add— " and which he was not bound by any law or duty "to acknowledge." The Bishop, however, has throughout proceeded on the assumption that " by " the Canons of the Church every clergyman of a "diocese is bound to acknowledge the authority " of the Synod of the diocese, and to attend it " when summoned," irrespective of any special and personal engagement he may or may not have made to do so. Here the two authorities, the Head of the diocese and the highest Court of Ap peal, are at variance. The Bishop attaches vast importance to the synodical organization ; but, ac cording to the Privy Council, his synods are mere voluntary assemblies of which nobody is obliged to take notice. Naturally the Bishop finds it very difficult to admit this doctrine. His conduct in these trying circumstances has, however, been marked with dignity. Being bound by the de cision to reinstate Mr. Loss() in possession of his living and church, he has given that gentleman the full benefit of the judgment of the Court, and restored him to the cure of souls and the right to celebrate sacraments, also recommending the Churchwardens to remain in their offices and continue to render their services to Mr. LONG. But while thus acquiescing in the judgment of the Privy Council, and fulfilling its requirements ac cording to the best advice he could obtain, the Bishop raises his voice against what he deems a usurpation of his office by the secular courts. The decision, he says, does nit affect to give back to Mr. LONG the cure of souls and the right to minister sacraments which had been taken away ; on the contrary, Lord Kisusnowx, who delivered the judgment of the Privy Council, ex pressly repudiated this intention. But, re marks the Bishop, " indirectly it does this." The suspension was purely spiritual, affecting no temporal right, touching no emoluments. But, he complains, " the sentence of the Bishop has been " set side." And this leads Dr. GRAY to announce Church principles which are certainly not novel, but which his episcopal brethren in the House of Lords would find it expedient to leave to the advo cacy of the inferior clergy. " If," says the Bishop, " there be such a thing as the Christian " Church, all spiritual power in it must he derived " from Cromer. Neither Kings nor Parliaments, " nor civil courts' can confer it. It has been " given by Cantsr to the Bishop." Therein, he says, lies his difficulty. Would not, he asks himself, acquiescence in this assumption of the Privy Council be a surrender of spiritual autho rity to a temporal court, and thus a betrayal of the trust committed to him t The Bishop displays much subtlety in appearing to accept the testimony and guidance of the Privy Council as to the law of the question between himself and Mr. Lasso while repudiating its authority. On the ground that Mr. Lox° had justification in law for his conduct, he, the Bishop, will restore him, and pray for him that he may have grace to be dutiful and submissive in future. " But," he proceeds, " in doing this I desire to guard myself " against any recognition of spiritual authority in " the Judicial Committee as regards this Church, " and 1 therefore feel bound solemnly to protest, "as in cancelling my spiritual sentence I have " protested and here again protest, that in accept " ing their judgment on a matter of law I do not " admit the claims of the Court by such a decision " to set aside a spiritual sentence of a Bishop of " the Church in Africa." And he concludes with the declaration, " I hold myself free to give or " withhold spiritual powers, let the sentence of " temporal conrts be what they may." We have no doubt the Bishop is acting on his conscientious convictions, and will keep his word. But, consi dering that the supremacy of the Crown, of which the Privy Council is the adviser, is here in ques tion, the language seems scarcely such as might have been expected from a Bishop claiming autho rity under the QUEENN letters patent. The Bishop opens a question of much larger importance when he states his general views re sporting appeals from colonial churches in spiritual cases. The Church, he says, generally approved when, by royal letters patent, the Archbishop of CANTYRBURY was appointed a final court of appeal. But Mr. LONG appealed to the Privy Connell, and that body, passing over the Archbishop, ad mitted the appeal, thus asserting its own right and lesr'-- that of the and secular " and leaving that of the Arehbiaboidoubtfol, ;I; so " manifestly encouraging appeals to secular • THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, '1863. " courts." The Bishop regards thil pretension as " full of danger to the Church ;" because " if the Privy Council claims the right to hear " appeals in cases of discipline, it certainly will " make the same claim in cases of doctrine." There can be no doubt on that point. The Court which decides in the last resort for the Church of England on the doctrinal position of Mr. Wiisolv and Dr. Wimasms will decide on that of any colo nial clergyman who chooses to invoke ita judgment. But, then, exclaims the Bishop : It will, de facto, decide what 'is, or what shall be, the recognised faith of every religious body in the empire ; and its decisions will become virtually (nub articles of faith for those bodies. It may add to or diminish what those bodies, by their own courts, have decided to be their faith. Is I each a system to be allowed to grow up amongst us ? Is a secular court, whose judges need not bs Christians —before which causes cannot be pleaded except at a ruinous expense, to be acknowledged—for it does oat claim to have been made—a final court of appeal for all re& gime bodies in the empire? In this case it hu laid it down that parties choosiog to appeal to it, or, indeed, to any civil court, " thereby give to such courts jurisdiction to deter mine questions of an ecclesiastical character essential to their decision." I confess that, to my mind, such language is alarming, and dangerous to the liberties of the church ; and, as a bishop, and a judge in ecclesiastical matters, I foal bound to say that I cannot assent to it, or mogulse any civil court as having sockeiastical jurisdiction in this branch of the church of Christ. Really it seems rather late in the day to make this discovery of the consequences of submitting spiritual and doctrinal questions affecting the faith of all English Churchmen to half a dozen Gallic' in a mom at the Council-office. It was complained by High and Broad Churchmen that Dr. LIISHINGTON made a great deal of doctrine in his judgment in the case of Mr. HEATH. We all 1. , ,0w that he destroyed • great deal in his judgment in the case of Dr. WrzziAms. But this is the consequence of trying to make Acta of Parliament and courts of law the safeguard of a Church's doctrine. Bishop GRAY is only at the commencement of his interesting experi ment, but he is in very favourable circumstances for following it out. He will find in the end that the only security against the dangers he appre hends is the perfect freedom and independence of tie Colonial Church. ebt Court. BAUIORAL, &PT. 29. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Wales, PriDCOIS Look of He..., and Prince Alfred, drove to Gairnahiel. Princess Helena. Princes Louise, and Prince Leopold. attended by Lady Churchill, Baroness Schenck, and Lieute nant. General Hon. Cis Grey, drove to Mar Lodge, and honoured the Counters of Fife with a visit Viscount Palmerston arrived at Cambridge House, Picca dilly, yesterday morning, and returned to Brondlands in the afternoon. RETURN OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Rig Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will have Abergaldie for the 'oath this day, on a visit to his estate at Sandringham. It is probable that hie royal high ness may mast the Crown Prinoe and Crown Princess al Prussia at Edinburgh. ARRIVAL OF THE CROWN PRINCE AND CROWN PRINCSSS OP PRUSSIA. Their Royal Highnetwee the Crown Prince and Crown Princes. of Prussia arrived in London yesterday /mooing, on their way to Balmoral. Their royal highnesses, whe are accompanied by their children and a numerate suite, left the Potsdam railway station on Monday evening, and yesterday morning embarked at Antwerp for Dover, where they!arrived soon after three in the afternoon. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess were received as landing by Count Bernsterff, the Prussian Ambassador at Loudon, who had previously arrived from Brighton. After a short ' stay at Dover, their royal highneses departed at a quarter past 4 by a special train on the Loudon, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and meshed Victoria Station at 6.X), having thus performed the journey is five minutes over two hours. The Crown Prime and Crown Princess, with their royal children, travelled in the Mete carriage belong ing to the Brighton Company, which had been lent to the London and Chatham Company for the occasion. At the Victoria Station they were received by Y. Frederic Bette, the First Secretary to the Prussian Em bassy; and immediately afterwards a telegram wu sent by Count Bernstorff to the Ring and Queen of Prussia at Baden-Baden, announcing the safe arrival of the royal travellers. Later ia the evening their royal highnesses left town for Scotland by the Great Northern Railway. It is understand that the Crown Prince and Crown Princess will not return to Prussia for some time. It is said that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit his Grace the Duke of Bean' fort at Badminton, in the early part of November, and that apartments in the noble mansion are now being prepared for the reception of their royal highnesses. A lawn meet will Lake place epos the acclaim). His Royal Highness Prince Napoleon left the Clarendon Hotel yesterday for Woburn Abbey. The Right Hon. Sir Alexander Cockburn, the Lord Chief Jostles of Enema, left town yesterday fo r Brighton to recruit his health. His Excellency Count Bernstorff left the Prussian Legation last evening to join the countess and family at Brighton, after attending on their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia on their arrival in England on their way to visit the Quin at Balmoral. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Ca vendish, who have returned to Bonier Rail, seer Milne thorpe, from Bolton Abbey. Yorkshire, will shortly leave for a visit to the Earl of Carliale in Dublin, and afterwards go to the family estates in Ireland. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are receiv ing a succession of guests at Dunrobia C.uitle, in Sather laadshire. The Earl Russell yesterday left Meikleour Lodge, the Count and Countess de Flaheult's seat in Perthshire (where him lordship and family hays resided during their stay in Scotland), accompanied by the Countess and Ladies Atwell and Viscount Amberley, for Edinburgh, on their way to visit the Earl and Countess of Mint.), at Mint° House, Roxburghshire. The Earl and Counteee Fitzwilliam and Ladies FitswiDiem are visiting the family estates in Ireland. Mr. Jll/1108 Buchanan, formerly Minister Pleni potentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the COUri of St. James's from the United Stater, and afterwards President of that republic, arrived in London a few days ago. The Earl and Countess of Wilton are still at Heaton Park, near Manchester. During the efjour of the noble earl and his bride at Weymouth they made a yacht ing excursion to Cherbourg in the noble earl's yacht, the Ur& The Earl Cowley is passing a few weeks at his seat in Gloucestershire. Viscount and Viscountess Roy ston ue staying with the noble end. A marriage in arranged and will shortly take place between the Hon. Mr. Herbert, brother of the Barl of Pawls, and NW Sykes, daughter of the late and sister of the present Sir Tattoo Sykes, Bart. _ _ _ Mr. Bernal Osborne, who arrived in town • few days ago, ham sloes left on a visit to Mr. aad Lady Dorothy NevM at Daagetaia. Tuning CHURCH.—'l'hie church, having been thoroughly repaired, will be re-opened fo e divine service next Sunday. Sr. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL—The Bishop or London has appointed the following geetlemen to be the Sunday morning preachen at St.. Paul's Cathedral during the pew sent month October 4. the Rey. Michael Gibbs, ILA., of Genstar, and Cahn College, Cambridge viers of 'Christ Church, Newriateetreet ; October 11, the Rev. Henry Veen, RD., of Queen's College, Cambridge, sscretary to the Church Missionary Society ; October 18, the Rev. Erma Hawkins, RD.. of Exeter College, Oxford, erlsietes al C 111201% Chapel, and secretary of the Society for the Props. ptioo of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; October 25, the Rev. Williaru Sparrow Simpson, M.A., of Queen's College, Cam bridge, rector of St. Matthew's, Friday. treet. LATEST INTiILLI4NCE. POLAND. The hider die Bebf publishes the licAlowing COMMUDleatilnl : Invested under date of August 31 by the NationalGovern moat of Poland with the functions of extrsontioary coin• miosionof to the organiser general of the Polish troops, I beg of you, Mr. Editor, to insert the following extract in your journal: "No. 112.. "The National Government ol Poland appoint► General Louis Mieroslawski organiser.general of the Polish troops. "Warsaw, 16 Aug., 1863." Sent to General Mieroslawski this `2Bth Sept., 1863. JOSEPH GRABOWSKI. The C:as of Cracow publishes the following from Warsaw : Indignation against the Muscovites is at its height. During the scenes of pillage which took place in the houses of Count Zamoyaki, not a trace of fear was visible in any counte nance, but only of exasperation ready to venture anything. The assemblage of persons was most numerous Wore the ranks of the troops, but what could be done without arms If the Haitian authori ties intended to inspire alum by those acts of brigandage they must have seen that they failed. It may be said that the result obtained was precisely the contrary of what had been Proposed. The acts of the soldiery and even of the offi cers who (were seen carrying off loaves of sugar, boxes of Cigar', tea, fare, and other articles, will prove once more to Europe that it is not the army of a civilised nation but a band of robbers that the cabinet of St. Petersburg has let , loose on Poland and on Warsaw. (azona's Tumults.) ROME. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND THE PAPAL AUTHORITLES. PARIS, OCTOBER 1. Letters received from home to 27th Sept. an nounce that General Montebello had published an order of the day acquainting his soldiers with the disgraceful act of the pontifical gendarme in firing upon the Italian officer on the frontiers, and with the equally blamable conduct of the pontifical government, which protected such 811/1188i1111. The relations between General Montebello and the pontifical government were not friendly. Every possible difficulty was provoked by Mgr. Merode, pontifical Minister of War. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, Ocr. 1. An engagement took place on the 29th ult. at Mipzow, in the Wojwodsehaft of Cracow, between the insurgent chief Otto and the Russians. Fifty Cossacks, with their arms and horses, were captured. Another engagement was fought on the 27th ult. near Semwonio, in the Wojwodechaft of Kalink Arrests continue to be made in Warsaw. THE PAYMENT OF THE SYRIAN INDEMNITY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Bar. 30. It ix still affirmed in the beet financial circles that there will be shortly an Mena of 30,000,000fra. in Coneolidifs for the payment of the Syrian in demnity. The same announcement bats been made by the Levant Herold, and has not been denied by the government It is said that the new securities will only be negotiable in Syria, and will be redeemable in five years. a ' i & I D ' I W. N. LQ. L L 8. - -- Noire -. . ....... , 80.25 KILL I 12 o Ole 1 Aberoloe9 ..... 20.16 &L 41 8 r 0.20 4 Leith 10.1788 di. 3 10 0 0.10 3 Shields 111057 OIL 9 tt o 0.26 3 Scarborough- 31&20 s. T 16 0 0.6 i 6 Green maalie..- 29.33 62 N. 0 16 co 0.28 2 Oslway 10.8863 N. 7 10 0 0.00 4 Valeatle Queenolova - S.W. 8 30 0 0.5 6 Liverpool 10.17 60 11.11.2 410 c 0.1 1 1 Holyhead Acta 601 LB. 1 14 r 0.66 1 Pembroke ldl6 66 1 I.W. 1 14 e 0.64 6 Penzance . -12961 69 W.N.W. 10 16 r 1.90 6 Brest !9.4066 W.S.W. 7 18 0 0.41 7 L'Orteat . . 40c541000 18.76 94 W. 6 16 r 0.16 8 roath ' ten 54 W. 910 r 1.15 6 ymoath 19.16 &W. II .11 0 0.36 4 Portammati -1938 ii IL W. 9 16 r 040 6 Lauda: '20.2766 W.&W. 7 10 e 0.30 - Dover 129.17 21 &W. ,814 c 0.80 7 Yarmouth - 49.33 Law. i 8 18 0 OM 4 11911,99991 t9.06 66 IL , 4 20 b - 3 PIODASLIS FRIDAY. OS ISM SATURDAY. SAW. tO Normu.a. N.W. :VIL &nil back, and to N.N.L, agate, strong, ramy. rainy. As above. WNW Comm. W.S.W. ra to N.N.W., elo% inY. &Si. to W.S.W. and Sorra Count. W. to N. snot li,alreng, W.N.W. gales, some squally. rain at times. S.Z. to &W. and N. W., Bourn-LYE W.N.W. to N.N.E. and strong, newly. LEL , fresh, unset tled, showery. North-lest=Caltbness to Norfolk. Wst.Donegal to Corn wall. South=Channel and Bay Coasts. flonth-East=Stralt of DOHS to Norfolk. Cone on the West and South Coasts Daum on the North East and South East on Wednesday. A Paris letter in the Independance say. : " Prince Napoleon has taken with him to London as engineer and some representatives of several agronomical, economical, or scientific specialities. The object of his im perial Witmer is to visit the principal agricultural works of Great Britain, and afterwards apply on his estate of Prangin the improvement. which his visit shall have dia. closed to him. It appears quite =hoc, as has been already stated, that politics have nothing whatever to do with the excarsioo." "The Emperor Napoleon," says the Nunceliiste o f Iliumaillea, " has presented the Archduke Maximilian with an album containing photographic views and topogra phical plane taken by officers on the stiff of the French army in Mexico." NAPOLEON'S " MISNON " TO LONDON. A Paris correspondent of the Europe of Frankfort thus writes upon the subject of Prince Napoleon's " mission " to London:_" Prince Napoleon's visit to London bee nothing to do, it is said, with the Russo-Polish question. The Prince's mission, people affirm, is to bring about an understanding between the English government and the Confederates of America. I can very readily believe this last version." The Paris Prease appears to be highly in. digniurt that the Prince should be suspected of any each unworthy mission, and in reply to she above remarks of the Europe's correspondent gives an imposing summary of the views held by his imperial highness upon all the great foreign questions of the day. "It would be dißcult," says our French contemporary, " to b e more ill-informed upon this point than the correspondent of the Europe, for ever since his return from America Prinoe Napoleon has never once ceased to be completely favourable to the Federals, or to believe in their final triumph over the Confederates. All who know him have heard him openly and energetically blame the attempted mediation of France, an attempt the failure of which he foresaw and predicted. The foreign policy of Prince Napoleon is so well known that it ia inconceivable how anyjournal am still be found to distort it. It may be expensed in a few words—Evacus tioo of Rome by the Freoch army ; Rome the capital of Italy ; separation of Poland from Ronda ; reconstitution of the Poland of 1772 ; abolition of slavery in the Southern States, and reestablishment of the Union with the Northern States ; liquidation as soon as possible, and in the best man ner possible, of the Mexican affair. As to his home policy, a single word expresses it—that word is Liberty." THE REuIsTRATIoNB.—rTHIs DAY.) FINSBURY. Tidy morning, Mr. Thomas H. Terrell, the revtein barrister appointed for the borough ed MoabFr, held hie court at the Lords Justices' Court, Lincoln's-um, when the several of of the parishes compelled within the borough attended. There were 18 claims and no objec tions. Mr. V. B. James, the returning officer, was present. In the parish of St. Gilea•in•tbe•Fiel4g, there wee one claim ; in St. Luke's, 19; fit. Mary's, blink:o, 15 anima ; and in St. Andrew's, Holborn, and St. George's, Blooms bury, only one claim. In the latter parish, the claimant, Mr. Wilke, did cot appear, and the claim was rejected. Mr. George Clark appeared in the parishes of St. Giles and St. George's, and add there were no alterations beyond the claim of Mr. Wilke, who did not appear. The Revising Barrister requested that the lists he printed in folio nod not in gonna. No point of public interest mess, and the revision of more than 20,000 voters was cieselnded. THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) This day trains in connexion with the Great Western system, as far as Windsor, and with the Great Northern, as far as Hitchin, commenced running to and from the Farringdon-street station of the Metropolitan Railway. At peeaent there are only five trains started between Winders and Farringdon-dieet, while on the Greet Northern line there are ten started between Machin and the terminus of the Metropolitan line. The first of the trains from Windsor starts at five minutes before eight o'clock in the morning. It will bring passengers from :Blush, Lan&y, Uxbridge, Wed Drayton, Brentford, Southall, nwell, and Filing, and, becoming the regular Metropolitan train at nine o'clock at Bishop's road, will arrive at Farringdon-street at eighteen minute past nine. The other trains leave Windsor at ten minutes past nine in the morning, at half-pad eleven, at thirty-five minutes past four in the afternoon, and at seven in the evening. These trains, with the exception of that at thirty-five minutes past four, atop at every station. From Farringdonatreet the first through train for Windsor starts at twenty minutes pest two o'clock in the afternoon. It stops at all the stations except Langley, and arrives at Windsor at twenty minutes to four o'clock. The next train leaves Farringdon-street at thirty-five minutes pad three o'clock. It also mimes Langley. The third train leaves Farringdpn-street at 50 minutes past four in the afternoon. The fourth train starts it 35 minutes past six. The set train leaves at five minutes past nisei. The trains, with the exception of the last one from Pad dington to Windsor, are only first and second class. Of those from Windsor the first and the last are third class ; the others only first and second. The Great Northern train begin to run frem Fsrringdoo. street at 20 minutes past nine o'clock in the morning, and the last train leaves at 50 minutes pest seven o'clock in the evening. The stations at which allot these call are Holloway, Seven Sisters-road, Honissy, Wood-green, Colney-hateh, Barnet, Potter's-bar, and Hatfield. The first train also rune to Hertford. Luton, and I )unstable. The second, starting at eight minutes past ten, goes through to fl Robin, calling at Welwyn and Stevenage, besides going to Luton' and Dunstable. The train at eight minutes pest twelve also goes to Hitehin, as do those at 3.30 pm. 4.64 p.m., 5.50 p.m., sad 7.50 p.m. Some of the trains are divided at King's cross, one part of them missing some of the sta tions at which the other part calls. The up trains to Farringdoe-street are 11 in number. By ooe passengers mu come through from Cambridge, by three they may come from Hitchin, by seven from Hatfield, and four run from Caney Hatch only. All the down trains are fleet and second clam ; of the up trains one is third class—that which leaves Hitchin at five minutes past twelve at noon. The traffic to and from Windsor and Hitchin as well as the traffic on the Metropolitan line proper was conducted without more confusion than might reasonably be expected under the circumstances. When passengers are better acquainted with the modes of access to the different trains, and the railway permute are more accustomed to the new duties imposed on them, all the advantages which have been expected from an imme diate access into the heart of the City will bs realised. Some of the sew carriages, built expressly for the Metro politan Company, are on the line, and others are ready for delivery. In order to remove the objections which were made during the warm weather, as to the atmosphere on the Underground Railway, the directors have recently intro duced with emcees a steam fan at the Portland station for the purpose of blowing fresh air into the tunnel, and have provided for the engines coke which has been burnt twenty four hours longer than the usual period, and thus gives forth a much smaller quantity of noxious vwur. Owing to these precaution, the atmosphere has been geaady improved, and complaints in that.resipeot have ceased to be made by passengers. It appears from the time tables of the Great Northern Company that as much u eight minutes is sometimes con sumed between the arrival of trains at the King's-cross ski tion of the Metropolitan, and the departure from the King's cross station of the Great Northern, which is far too serious a loss of time to the inhabitant, of the northern suburb of the metropolis. The annual football match of the Sixth against the Rugby school will begin at Rugby on Saturday next. Mr. inthony TrollOpe's novel of "Rachel Ray," promised to appear in Good Words, will, instead, be pub lished in two volumes by Messrs. Chapman end Hall, next week. " Memoirs of the Life and Philanthropic Labours of Andrew Reed, D.D.," prepared from autobiographic source' by his coos, is announced by Moira Strohm and Co. _ _ Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's "Caztoniana : a Series of Plays oti Life, Literature, and Ilsation," will be pribliebed in two volames by Messrs. Blackwood mad Sous, in November. Mr. Henry Kingsley will commence a new story, and Mr. David Masson a series of articles on " Dead Meo whom I have known," in the November number of Mac itlan's .Vagarise. Mr. Walter Thorubury is travelling in Russia, and collecting material for a series of magazine articles and then a volume. Mr. Tupper has selected what he considers the gems of his writings, and will publish the collection imme diately in a volume entitled "Cithara." The Times strongly condemns the practice which la so common with railway passengers, of giving gratuities to the servants of the companies. It is not merely that the porter is induced to do what he knows to be wrong and what renders him liable to dismissed ; it is not merely that the donor appropriates to himself time and labour which the recipient has no right to sell, and which is due to other persons. Let this kind of bribery once become thorn* and not the exception, and all will suffer alike, unless the rich should raise the standard of their douceurs still higher, and so regain their advantage over the poor. There in really no limit to the disorder and unfairness which would be pro. duoed by such a competition. BUT !COAT BOYS AT THE MANSION HOCSE.— ' The annual distribution of new silver motley to the scholars of Christ's Hospital took place yesterday afternoon, in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House, when no fewer than 749 assembled, attended by the heads of the hospital. They were marshalled soon after 1 o'clock, and, on the Lord Mayor taking his seat. they advanced. headed by the Grecians and monitors. The former received from the hands of the Lord Mayor a guinea each, and the monitors 2s. 6d., and the scholars a new shilling each, also a glass of wine and a bun. A large number of ladies were present during the distribution. The ceremony and custom thee , rally takes place on Easter Tueeda7, but owing to • fever among the bays at that time, it was put off till yesterday. THE GOVENNOILSHIP OF THE IRISH SOCIETY.— It is understood that the present Lord Mayor will sneered to the valuable and hossourable post of Governor of the Irish Society, vacant by the death of Alderman Humpliery, it being generally con6irred on the Lord Meyer in whose term of office it is vacated. The emoluments are consider able, being generally reckoned at 1,0001. a year. THE VACANT A LDERMA NIC GOWN OF ALDGATE WARD. —lt la understood that the election for this vacant gown will take place on the Bth inst. A requisition to Mr. Lusk has been signed by every large majority of the electors. SEA FISHERIES COMMISSIONERS.—Mr. Caird, M.P., and Professor Huxley are prosecuting an inquiry under a royal commithen into the state of the fisheries on the nortb-east coast. Some of the witnesses state that the fisheries have latterly much fallen off. Os the other hand the Hull men declare that they are better than ever, that the sea is in fact like the soil, the more it is ploughed the better the grain. THE SF DURBAN HOTEL—At the Holborn court for the transfer of licenses, on Tuesday, an application was made to transfer the license of the Suburban Hotel, Vale of Health, Hampstead-heath, from Edward Bacon to Alexander Cobb Morley. the readmit director of the company, to whom the hotel belongs. Mr. Wanner, on behalf of sinumber of inhabitants of the district, objected on the ground that Mr. Morley was not a "fit and proper person" to hold a license within the meaning of the Licensing Act. Statements were made as to the disturbances that bad occurred in the grounds of the hotel on the 24th of August, the occasion of the jlte of the 29th Middlesex Rifle Corps, when Mr. Morley was io possession ; and it was also alleged that, as Mr. Morley was a solicitor, his professional duties would prevent him looking after the business of the hotel. It was stated by Mr. Marshall. one of the magistrates, that be and others who attended the meeting of the Hamgetend board ofrardiaos, when it was resolved to oppose the application. had since been threatened by Mr. Morley with actions for libel, founded upon the statements made in the petition. The transfer was refused. MR. WIN DRAM. —This gentleman, who some time ago figured so prominently before the public, is now at Weymouth. He arrived in his yacht, the Rosalina, which is at present moored ia Oaths,. A few days since, ktr. Wind ham entertained a party on board his yacht, and on Monday he drove out a party of cricketers, four-inland, to Not tiogton.— West Sauer Oazette. LAW U TE LL I GEN CE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Mors Mr. Commissioner Oee lberra.) NEGLECT TO FILE ACCOUNTS. _ This was the first day on which sittings for examination and discharge have been taken for the last six or sevsu weeks. A long lid douse awaited his Honour's decision ; but it was remarkable that in the first three cases cellod on the bankrupts had either failed to file accounts altogether, cm had not filed them in time. His Honour in each Mr« directed an adjournment at the bankrupt's expense. la one case, that of Elton, the solicitor kindly took the blame upon himself, and said that it was entirely his fault that the accounts had not been filed in time. The Commissioner—Thee perhaps you have no objection to pay the nose for him' The solicitor—Cartainly, I shall pay the meta. (Laughter.) MEXICO. PARIS, Ocr. 1. The Moniteur of to-day publishes a letter from Mexico, describing thl rapid progress which has been made by French intervention. The same correspondence, comparing the present with the former state of things, says that the number of victims under the rule of Juarez was 7,306, of whom 2,065 were assassinated while de fending their liberty, their lives, and their property. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TIIVILIDAY. 0080818 1, 8 AIL EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PROM OUR OWA COMIKISPONDINT.) PARIS, W=I4E:WAY Evimmia. M. Emile de Girardin presumes to reply to the warning given to the Presse. He does so with great care and moderation, and that for obvious reasons, because the hitherto prevalent doctrine—a doctrine scarcely ever contradicted in practice—has been that it is not lawful to discuss a warning. How ever, M.de Girardin fortifies himself behind the old maxim, " Everything which the law does not pro hibit is permitted." lam not sure that this some what musty proverb will serve his turn, for I have heard it said frequently that, according to the practice of the empire, the affirmative of the issue', is shifted, and that the proverb must now be read thus :—" Everything which the law does not permit is prohibited." It is true, as M. de Girardin says, that no law prohibits a journal from criticising a warning, although inflicted upon itself, and, ac cordingly, he, at his own risk and peril, ventures to submit to the public that the warning given to him is undeserved. He denies that there was anything in his article of Sept. 26 fairly bearing out the de scriptiou which the ad interim Minister of the In terior is pleased to give of it.--[This minister, by the way, is M. Rouher, and not M. Baroclie, as I stated by mistake.}—ln so far as his article was calculated to "excite alarm and depreciate public credit," be very aptly refers to the case of the Re vue des Deur Mondes, which received a warning in November, 1861, for expressions which a few days later were almost textually repeated iu M. Fould's celebrated letter, which the Emperor approved of and published in the Mouiteur. He also cites Lori Russell's speech at Blairgowrie as a recent and prominent instance of a minister speaking in much stronger terms than a journalist of the injury done to property by the "apprehension of war." He professes his devotion to the person of the Em peror, whom, he says, he never opposed but on a single day, i.e., the 2nd of December, 1861 Then he asks what good the government expects to get by a warning which will rather enhance than diminish the popularity of the Presse ? What peril ous error has the warning redressed or extinguished ? What indication has it given to floating and per pissed public opinion ? What is he, M. de Girar din, now to reply to those who taunt him with sub serviency when he maintains that there is no incom patibility between the empire and liberty. In con clusion, he declares himself profoundly humiliated and truly saddened at the act of the government, which has picked out four lines from an article of four columns to fasten a warning upon. What saddens him is not the warning itself, but the idea that " we are at this moment farther off than ever from liberty when we fancied it was close at hand." I believe this is the first time that a warning has been protested against in this open way. If the government pass over the innovation, an important precedent will be created. M. de Girardin's bold ness is not rash. He sees which way the tide is setting, and remembers that the opening of the new Corps Legislatif is close at hand. The Prance and the Nation form different points of view ; both deprecate the warning given to the Prease, but it is curious that the Nation, little thinking of what M. E. de Girardin was writing at the same moment, says twice over, "It would be exceeding our rights to discuss this warning." The France, which for four or five days past has never ceased to insinuate that Count Walewaki was going to London as ambassador, now gives up the thing as a bad job, and says that the count does not yet wish to return to public life. I suppose the truth to be that Lord Russell's speech has put an extinguisher upon the hopes of that party in France which still thought that England was to be dragged into a war for Poland. Count Walewski we know wants war. At the Bonnie the settlement in the Rents went off quietly, and rather in favour of the rise. Rents closed with a rise of Sc. for cash and loc foraocount. Mobilier rose 10fr. A manifestation in favour of Poland took place three days back at Marseilles, on the occasion of the mass celebrated by the bishop of the diocese, in favour of the Poles. Cries of " Vive la Pologne !" being afterwards raised, the police interfered, and effected some arrests. The persons arrested were afterwards liberated, but a proces verbal was drawn up against them, and they will have to appear before the Tribunal of Correctional Police. Several of the French papers say that the demon stration was a failure. A certain number of strict catholics (chiefly women) attended, at the bidding of their bishop, but the mercantile population of Marseilles knew that the real object of the meeting was war, and that they do not want. THE APPROACHING SESSION OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. The Indepenciance Beige mays :—" The opening of the French Chambers will very probably take place during the second week in October, as the Nation has already announced. Very animated debates are expected respecting the return of certain members, the opposition being thoroughly deter mined to denounce every measure by which M. de Persigny's administration carried in various dis tricts the candidates it recommended to the electors. During these discussions, in anticipation of the publicity of which one of the members already thinks, it is said, of resigning, the Council of State will finish its examination of the bills which are to occupy the attention of the legislature this year. It is the Emperor's wish that the session should end in April." The Emperor of Austria is still at 1361, where be intends remaining for about a week longer. His Majesty lately several times went out chamois hunting on the neigh. battling mouateins. __ . . Mgr. Maria Mathias Debelay, Archbishop of Avignon, died on the 27th ult., after a long and painful al ma. Mgr. Debelay wee 63 years of age, and Archbishop of Avignon since 1849. Last week there was a Prussian barque, from Memel, from which was landed some of the largest pieces of timber ever seen. Some of them were each 80 feet long, and sa much as four loads. SLAVERY PASSING AWAY IN MISSOURI AND KnYU'CRY.—The St. Joseph (Mo.) fiferehl ccotans th e followiog :—" Captain Wood, sheriff of Platte county, was in the city a few days since, and from him we learned some thing of the negro stampede now going on in the lower coun ties lhirnig the last two months the darkeye have been leaving Platte county at the rate of about 30 or 40 per day. By the census of 1860 Platte county had a slave population of 3,313, 'indoor informant thinks that there are but 200 or 300 left. From all portions of North Missouri we have like information. The slaves are leaving by day and by night. Few owners pretend to stay the exodus. Many pack up their 'duds' ad walk boldly off in broad day, while others quietly retire in the night. Should the flight con. tinue at the present rate, by the time 1866 rolls round, the slaves of the State will scarcely Le worth counting." Upon this the Nashville (Nina remarks :—" The same thing is going on. in a much less degree, in Kentucky. The slaves se a mem are determined to be free ; they have caught the spirit of freedom and they will not remain in bondage. Nothing but the establishment of a strong military police, a standing army for the slaveholders, will 'alike, hence forward, to check the absconding of negroes. The Fugitive Slave law is deed, and will no longer return a boodman. Let Tenneeeesse recognise these facts and adapt themselves to the imperative demands of the times. Our peace and prosperity depend upon the speedy removal of slavery from our midst." STATI OF THE 6111115. _ Between two and this, months ago, alterations, ap parently on a very casedve scale, were commenced in three of these small and inconvenient courts, and the public were encouraged to hope that a great improve. meat was about to be introduced, it being justly argued that any alteration must be for the better. Soddenly, however, about six weeks since, the works were entirely stopped, whether from want of funds or some other aline we have not ascertained; and now, when the period has arrived for resuming the full business of the courts, and all the commissioners will shortly he sitting, they fi nd that there are only two courts available for the whole of the commissioners and the registrar. All that has been does is to coated the court formerly occupied by Mr. Commissioner liolroyd into an office for the Ines imagers ; in two other courts, those of Mr. Commissioner Goulburn and Mr. Commissioner Evans, the whole of the fittings have been torn down, and were strewn about the floors or piled on end in the corridors. When the work men were introduced in July every one supposed that the intention was to complete the alterations during the period when the business of the court is comparatively light ; but, with that perverse management which appears to prevail in everything connected with bankruptcy, the workmen have been allowed their holiday at the same time as the court, sod now that the business is again becoming heavy, the carpenters are re-introduced, and the proceeds ngs are carried on to a lively accompaniment of axes and hammers. His Honour, on taking his seat, remarked en the extreme inconvenience of this arrangement, whereby only two courts were left available for the transaction of the whole of the business, and expressed a hope that steps would be taken for the speedy remedy of each a state of things. The bankrupt, formerlya p - u1;l;; of the Globe Torero, Hotberhithe, wes now described u iAraveller, of Mile-sod. His debts were coder 3001. Mr. Bromley ' for the o ff icial usignee, called his Honour's attention to the fact that most of the bankrupt's debts bad been contraoted is Manchester. His Honour laid, if this had been noticed at an earlier stage of the case, he would have sent the case down to Man chester. It was not likely that the small tradesmen there to whom the bankrupt owed money would go to the expense of coming here to oppose him. As it waa, he might take his order of discharge. IA u L A. WALLA. The bankrupt, described as a commission agent, of Cam beidgirtertace, and Heasingior park-tenses, applied for his order of discharge. His debts were 1,1951. ; no asset.. His expenditure was stated at 2001. for each of the two yeses precediog his bankruptcy. The bankrept, in answer to questions from the court, said that he bad taken up the business of commission-agent mane be came from India. His COMMiS6ooiofit consisted principally in getting up companies. When a project sru started in France or Belgium, he brought it before capitalists in this country. The Commesioner—And who were the parties whom yon thus favoured with your views? The bankrupt said he could not name anyone in particu lar. The Commissioner—lt seem' an extraordinary trade. The bankrupt, in further examinatioe, said he had been an assistant engineer in India. He was not a member of the profession, bat bad taken it up. He was ineolnot when in India. He had been there about five years, and left in ill health. He had occupied furnished apartments in Kensington Park-terrace, and also in Cambridge-terrace. The order was granted. . 1N EE THE BEV. WILLIAM BTOWELL. . The bankrupt was described as • dissecting minister, of Csmde•-town. This was the sitting for examination and discharge. The debts were stated at 1,3401., ineludiog • liability of 1031. on accommodation bills. Mr. R. Griffiths opposed. In answer to his questions the bankrupt said that he wee one of the executors nods the will of his late father, Dr. fitowelL He had advanced 2501. to his mother, and that amount was included in his liabilities. He was entitled to an eighth of the residue of the property, under his father's will, but he did not expect anything from it. His income as • minister had been exceedingly irre gular and very small for the last twelve months— not above 1001. His chapel was at Keetash-town. He occasionally earned something as • contributor to magazines and newspapers. He had about 501. • year as editor of the Nottingham Reriew. From other sources 201. • veer would be the outside of what be derived. He had published a memoir of his father, but derived no profit from the publication also a tale illustrative of temperance principles, which had • large sale, but he lost money through printing too large • number. His fur niter, at Torriano-terrace had been sold by auction far 471. After bearing Mr. Brough„ for the bankrupt, His Honour said the accounts appeared to be wrongly framed, and the 011110 mast be adjourned in order that they might be amended. Meantime the bank rupt must furnish a oopy otitis father's will. The bankrupt woe ;Oowkesper, of Portman-market Mr. Dowse supported Mr. &Blood opposed the bankrupt passing, and asked for an moon of his purchases and sales for the hit six months of his trading. Aa adjournment was entered. nr 11ItaSILIELL. _ _ . . The bankrupt wee iiii;eribeel as an ale and porter mer chant of Lirerpool-Mreet, Wag's-cram Debts of trifling amount. --- ighatikrupt. in examination, stated that be had also acted as an auctioneer, but had kept no books. Mr. Sargood urged, on the bankrupt's behalf, that he had been engaged, as agent for some larger brewers, in an attempt to introduce bitter beer into Wales, but had been unsuccessful, owing, he supposed, to the very natural pre judice of the Welsh people in favour of their own drinks. (A laugh.) The order was granted. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MA RLBORO UG H -STREET. BURGLARY. Edward Wilkants, 19, James-street, New Hatcbam, bootmsker, and Thomas MarPha, 30. Rose-street. ling ers', cellernits, both young men, were charged before Mr. Knox, with burelarioxisly breaking and soaring the pre mises, No. 11, King-street, St. Ann's, and stealing a quan tity of shirts, stays, braces, handkerchiefs, atc., the property of Mr. William Loarlen, and others. hosiers, . . Three large bundles of the stelae property were prodneed. Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said—About half-peat eight last night I was standing in Greek.strest with Webb, 112 C, when 1 l aw the prisoners and two others standing at the end of Haves-court. Suspecting all was not right I stood back and watched them for half an hour, and just ea the clock struck nine I saw Williams go down on his knees with the others not in custody, and push open the shop door of No. 11, King-street. he other men not in custody left, leaving the prisoners behind. and thee returned with something like a " jemmy," broke the staple and opened the door. After they had opened the door, it being then nearly ten, the prisoners entered the shop, aid re mained in some time leaving the other four out side. We then stepped from our hiding place, sal the pri soners earns out of the shop, and they all went away. About 11 the prisoners and the other four returned to the shop, and one of the prisoners pushed open the door. went down on his knees, and then went is and brought out a bundle (produced). and then all went away. taking the bundle with them. 1 then seized William.. and Webb took the other man (Murphy). On seizing Williams he said he had " done nothing ;" but I told him I must take him back, he having dropped the bundle. On going back to the shop I found one large bundle tied tip rea ly for removal and another not tied up. On taking Williams, he said ,' Well, 1 may as well be ' nicked' fora good one as a bad one." Nested Webb, 112 C, said on taking Murphy into custody he said, " I've done nothing. You have got me wrong this time." Os the er!iy to the station Williams said that a man, a stranger, yard him well to do it, and that, as he had been out of work some time, he thought he would do it. Mr. Wm. Kelly, an auctioneer, No. 4, Henry-street. gave some evidence as to the ownership of the goods, dating that be was the owner and had taken the premises of Mr. John Leach, who formerly had them. He was the boa.: fide tenant of the premises entered. After some discussion in the course of which Mr. Leerier, the agent for the trustees of the property, said that Mr. Kelly was not the accepted tenrint, Mr. Knox remanded the prisooers for a few days, •tating that then the question of ownership could be cleared up. MARYLEBONE. CRVIIADt AGAINST COATERMONGERi. For the last few d►ys ► great many coatermougera hare been brought before Mr. Mansfield for musics obstructions in the Bishop's-road. Paddingtoo. Is each cane flocs have been inflicted upon the pony fruit hawkeza. and who in addi tion have to pay at lead half-a-orown to redeem their lkirroas and fruit from the green-yard. There is a good deal of traffic at this spot, it being the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway. On the previous dsy Patrick \fa• honey was fined ss. or seven days, for musing an obstruction with his barrow; and James MlJormack was also tined 2s. for a late offence. . _ To-day Patriot Lyons, an elderly ?man, and very near.