The Express. — London, England, 1868-02-03 00:00:00

IL' LIFEBOAT BERVICES.—During the storms et the past year the National Lifeboat Institution oats iiihnted to the saving of 1,092 lives front various shipwrecks Ina SIS molds from destruction. The Institution also expended /131..4.5 In the same period on its Lifeboat F....bnigments, In addition to granting 43.110 for reward.. The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the public foe assistance to amble them b. rucet the continued 'wen demands on their IBS Lifeboat Establishment& s.lontributlons will be thankfully received by the London end country hankers. sad by the Racretary. Richard LewiL Esq., at the I toUttnion, id. John-street, Adelpht, London. - - _ PAIN EXHIBITION FIRST-CLAES BIL% EB, MEDAL, IMT UkiN BROGDE.N. J' GOLD r ItN o UFACTO . ELY, JOHN BROGDENI3 18-carat GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDRICS GOLD GUARD CHAIRS. - -- JOHN BROODER'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS. JOHN BILOODKNI3 GOLD BROOCH MAINS. BREAKFAST.-EPPS'S COCOA. ehe ervreoo. TO CoI.IIXIOO2IDEN I3 . adverttlemente Intended for "The Szpreee," London Wean/ Paper, mut he at the (Mee, 10, loaverbeetreet, by Two tfelock on the dal of pubUasUci. BATII ARICKT. TEIN F:vEstera, TBF, BROKEN-BEAN/TB CLCR—A vnins WELL Dew& Menem Ituekstone, Howe, Kendal. It.ger3, Braid. Wealhereby. M.: and MDs Robertena.—Attar which AN CITKR PEA-VERSION OF TDB BRIGAND. PRINCESS'S TRIS Ertatad, TUE COLLIE' DAWN. Mr. and Kra. Dion Boucle...ult.—After which THE MEETS OF LONDON. Mr. Vining, Messrs. Murray, Shore, Neville, Forrester, Melina, Re. Miura glawurthy, E. Harnett, Rachel Sanger, and sirs. Addle. STK An O. IHI9 ETtinnt, OLD SALT.. Mr. Emery and Miss Nett, Moore. —A Her which TOE CALIPH OF BAODAD Messrs. Thorne and Janus: Alesdmunt Ada Swanlmrough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, dtc.—Aucl COAL AND COKE. HOLBORN. Tate manta, TAR FLYING ~CUD. Mears. Attire, MOD, Ganten. Arthur, Wed laud, end Wliniott ; Mesdames II enrade, t.omlall, Lennox, and Sounder .-- Conclude with VALENTIN E AND OR.SON. Millie. Montero, Little Rowena, ke r . ARITA NNLa. TRW Eraftwo, UPSIDE DOWN.—DON QUIXOTE. Ms. S. Lane, A Minn.; Edwin and Ronal Pantomimist , Steam Deane. Louis, Newham, and VlC...rein Afdlle. e Stephan uwi MIAs Bose Nathan.—To condo& with THE PRAIRIE FLOWER. MOO WATRIL AT LOYDON KRIM& DAy —Worlds& Bb. Shs......Aftemnoa. Bb. 68im. tallOnow—Marain. 9k 3792 ..Aft•rnooo, 1011. 16ft. LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3. Tin: judgment given on Friday in the Court of Common Plats in the case of " Gams!. rerstis " Blusrowe and Another," involves a very serious question as to the mode of dealing usual on the Stock Exchange, and will, if up- held, be productive of consequences far more im portant than might at first sight be anticipated. The facts are briefly these. The plaintiff, Mr. GRIMEL, was a holder of shares in Overend, Gurney, and Co. at the time of the stoppage of that Company, and, wishing to get quit of the liability (:ird. upon each 30/. share), sold them in the market at a heavy loss. In accordance with the ordinary course of business, they passed through the hands of a dealer or jobber, who practically acts as middleman between buyer and seller. At the time of the settling day the dealer (Mr. Ilm,row in this case) gave the names of the transferrees who had agreed to purchase the shares. Tho transfers were regularly executed by Mr. GRIMM., but the books being closed the transaction could not be completed. The plaintiff being thus retained on the register of shareholders had to pay a heavy call, and sought his remedy against the dealer through whom the shares were sold. The Court decided in the plaintiff's favour. The first thing that will be apparent in reading over the judgment is the disregard of the common law of trule—that of regulating commercial trans: actions by usage. A custom - that has prevailed almost from the establishment of the Stock Ex change, and which everybody knows is invariably acted upon, surely deserves some considenttion. This is, we believe, the first time that it has been legally disputed, and if the present precedent is to be followed, the result will simply he to deal a heavy blow to the authority of usage altogether. According to Lord Chief Justice llovax, " the " Court did not find in the evidence any usage "or custom to the effect stated in the cane. " The evidence must, therefore, have been singu larly deficient. There is not a stockbroker, a dealer, nor a merchant inthe City of London, nor, in fact, a very largo proportion of the general public,who do not only know that the usage exists, but that it has been uniformly acted upon. It is a fixed regulation of a certain department of trade, not concealed but thoroughly well understood, and one would think, therefore, that it should not be set aside except upon much more solid reasons than the Court of Common Pleas have furnished. Turning to the question of right, it is difficult to discover upon what ground the dealer is fairly liable. He acts as the middleman, the medium of exchange of shares from A on the one hand to B on the other ; not, be it understood, between the principals themselves, but through the agency of their brokers, also members of the Stock Ex change. It is no concern of his whether the shares he buys come from C, or those he sells go to D. He relies in this respect entirely upon the respectability of the brokers who apply to him. It is true that by a private rule of the Stock Ex change, passed only a few years ago, he can claim repayment of any loss by this kind of repudiation from the brokers with whom he has dealt. But there is one great difficulty in the way. The Committee of the Stock Exchange are simply a court of honour, and can only enforce their de crees by a sentence of suspension, or in the last resort of expulsion. Suppose, for example, that the brokers refused to pay on the ground that a legal decision had held that the dealer alone wash liable, and that such decision overrode any bye rule of a private body. The Committee of the Stock Exchange might thus be placed in an ex tremely difficult position. Either they would have to permit an action at law between the broker i and dealers—which, without express sanction, is prohibited by Rule 61, and is so distasteful as to be very rarely allowed—or they would have to expel, and thus seriously injure, a member for an avowed obedience to the public law as laid down by the Judges. It is not impossible that in the latter instance an action for damages might be sustained. This, however, is an extreme instance, and is only adduced to show how fu individuals may be affected. Again, it becomes a critical matter for the dealer that when he has fulfilled his part of the contract he should remain for an indefinite period under a perhaps very large liability. Justice DIMES stated this point clearly ; in fact, under the existing system the purchaser has it all his own way. A seller is obliged to deliver his shares, but the buyer may defer registering the transfer as long as he pleases. In the present case the plaintiff sold at any price, to get rid of his liabi lity. The transferrees paid their money and took their chance of the company being resuscitated. If it had been so, the transfers would have been sent in for registration. As it is, the company proved a hopeless failure, and, as we have said, the purchasers refused to Ithereby practically leaving decision to fall upon their regretted that the names were not published, certainly tion of the world in general, pendix to the recent discussion commercial morality. This - ------- vantageougy rectified when the superior courts. No doubt the dealer will, in the event of the present decision being confirmed, recoup him self, under the above mentioned rule from Mr. GRISSEL'III brokers, but the latter will have to bear the whole loss, since they have no remedy against either their own client or the brokers of the re cusant tranaferrees. The question is one of con siderable importance. It does not alone involve the payment of the present demand, nor the future liabilities on the shares of 0 verend, Gurney, and Co., but it will inevitably lead to the re opening of transactions long since settled. many of the parties to which are dead, and their estates distributed. Where will this end ? It is unn ecessary to show what hardship might result from this reversal of a custom long recognised and considered binding. The decision, it will be seen, concerns the public at large to a more important extent than the members of the Stock Exchange. Should it be confirmed, the effect will simply be to prevent all dealings in shares not fully paid up, save by private contract, through a deed signed by each party in addition to the usual form of transfer. It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the delay and expense that will be incurred by this system. Practically, it will result in the entire exclusion , of many classes of shares from the market. No dealer will care to transact business in a property by which, from no want of prudence on his part, he may be unwittingly involved in a heavy liability. Hence, when any purchase or sale may be effected, it will be hampered by nearly as many difficulties as the transfer of real property. Until very recently investors have often preferred to buy shares, since in time of need they could easily be realized in the market. The recent decision will take this advantage away. The dealer in shares will not incur the risks to which ho is now exposed accord ing to the Court of Common Pleas, nor will the broker be inclinedto do business without adequate security. Both are in certain cases exposed to considerable risk, and both are unable to obtain an adequate remedy. In this matter the Stock Exchange rule is open to blame, inasmuch as its practical operation is that it affords an ad vantage to one party without giving a correspond ing protection to the other. This state of the law, both public and private, has at length come to a deadlock, and demands instant correction and improvement. It is understood that the Com mittee of the Stock Exchange are taking measures to carry the case of " GRISVEL r. BRISTOWE" before the highest tribunal in the land for decision, • course which is desirable for all parties, and which the opinion of Mr. Justice BYLEs alone would abundantly justify. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) RR. CLADSTDRE AND THE TRADES LIMNS. Looking forward to the coming conference be tween Mr. Gladstone and the representatives of the trades unions, the Daily News observes that neither side has yet approached the other in a fair attempt to convince and convert it. The restrictions which the unions demand do not differ in principle from that by which the custom of primogeniture is defended; but when carried out to its full extent most people begin to sec that if competition is excluded from each successive employment the field to which the surplus of labour can possibly resort becomes more and more limited. What is done in one trade by those who have obtained control over it may be done in an other. Agricultural labourers may combine as well as bricklayers to exclude interlopers. Nay, it is possible to conceive even colonists adopting the same principle, and refusing to allow fresh immigrants to increase production and bring down profits. In that case, wh►t is to become of the surplus population of the world ? By diminishing the amount of production all over the world we certainly do not increase the werld's wealth, nor enhance the com forts of the human race. It may be answered that trade* unions generally allow the admission of children of their members. But this is a system of caste. It certainly will be curious enough to see the fundamental principle of aristocracies supported by the ingenuity of Mr. George Potter, while the republican theories of free dispose] of property and labour are represented by Mr. Gladstone, with the sympathies of capital at his back. by urging that " a newspaper is net a necessity—a man may not read one, and yet not become a pariah." This is, in fact, begging the whole question. It le the opinion of most thinking men that, in the present state of civilisation, a newspaper is a necessity, and th►t if a man does not read one, or. what comes to the same thing, if he has not the opportunity of reed ing one which will faithfully instruct him as to the manner in which the state of which be is a citizen is governed, he may—so far as regards any influence he can exercise in the government of that State—be regarded as a pariah. If a newspaper is not a necessity, then liberty of the press may well be dispensed with, since the one is the direct produce of the other. Under the new rgqintc the Minister of the Interior will certainly be justified in classing journals among the luxuries and not the near. wise of life. They will assuredly resemble those viands which are obtained at a great expense before they come into season ; for, independently of being very costly, they will give unmistakable evidence of being forced into ex istence, and will want that genuine honest flavour which characterises good and wholesome food. THS sirritorourszi RAILVIAT. Referring to the injunction granted by Vice-Chancellor Wood against the payment of the 7 per cent. dividend of the Metropolitan Railway, the Telegraph observes that the reasons alleged for this are in the highest degree im portant, and their significance is partly derived from the admimions of the directors themselves. The broad charge made is, that for some time past the high dividends paid on this flourishing line have been made up by transferring to capital certain charges which ought to have been debited to revenue. The board have swollen the apparent surplus of profit in the annual accounts by withholding cer tain deductions, and these sums have been added to capital, or, in other words, to outstanding debt. However, the charge now made against the Metropolitan Railway Board involves no reflection on the integrity of the managers ; there is no unvarying law regulating the apportionment of amounts to capital, and shareholders who, while they will not look into such matters, are ready to pocket high dividends, must share the blame with the directors. Should the board prove to have erred, the re sult will simply furnish another strong argument for an independent supervision of railway accounts. THE LATE MB. WILLIAM RATHBONE. The Star has an elaborate tribute to the late Mr. Wil liam Rathbone, of Liverpool. In spite, it says, of being on the unfavoured side in politics, and belonging to a religious denomination which ensures considerable local disadvan tages—notwithstanding his again and again flying in the face of the opinion of his powerful and intolerant class-- I William Rathbone was for many years, until his death, the most warmly beloved man in LiverpooL His charities, having always been both lavish and discreet, had borne grateful fruit which it was pleasant for all who knew the history of the place to contemplate. The purity and generosity of his life, no enemy—and for many later years he had no enemy—could gainsay. In the course of his career he contributed greatly to the reform of our corporations. He strove valiantly and in defatigably for the emancipation of the West India slaves. It was be who, amidst hisses, hooting', and tumults, took Daniel O'Connell on to the Liverpool Exchange. He was the friend of liberty, of peace, of retrenchment, of reform, of every good work and way ; and all the time, amidst a thousand public avocations, be never lacked the time or the opportunity to seek out all the varieties of human wretchedness, and to apply to the distresses of his fellows not merely the help which comes of wise philanthropy, but that which nothing an so well afford as the prompt • and liberal opening of the parse. Eke &rum kISBORXE, FEB. 1: The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein, accompanied by Prince Arthur on horseback. . . . Lord Alfred Paget was equerry in waiting. The Hon. Mn.s H. Ponsonby has arrived at Osborne. FEB. 2. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Christian. The Queen, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Princess Henrietta, and Prince Arthur attended divine service, this morning, atWhippingham church. The Duchess of Athole, Lady Susan Melville, and Lord Alfred Paget were in attendance. The service was performed by the Rev. G. H. Connor, Vicar of Newport, and the Rev. J. Borne. Colonel Maude, Crown Equerry, has arrived at Osborne. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marl borough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Ho. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke n of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord John Manners, the Earl of Mayo, and the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole. Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the West India Islands, British Columbia, the Australian colonies, and the North Ameri can provinoes. We are authorised to state that the Quccn will hold a Court at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, March 3rd, to receive the Corps Diplomatique. her Majesty's Ministers, and other official per sonages, with the ladies of their families, who will receive notifications of her Majesty's gracious in tention through the Lord Chamberlain. The Queen will also hold three Drawing Rooms at Buckingham Palace, viz., on Thursday, 12th March; Wednes day, lit April ' • and Tuesday, 12th May, to which ladies will be a dmitted under the same regulation; as were formerly in force at St. James's Palace. The Queen will be present at each Drawing Room as long as her Majesty's strength will permit, one of the Princesses representing the Queen during the remainder of the time. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, as usual, hold Levees on her Majesty's behalf during the season at St. James's Palace. TUSATIOS ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Teck, honoured the above theatre with her presentees Saturday evening. Hamra or THE EARL or DERBY.—Our Liver pool correspondents, who made inquiries at Knowsley on Saturday respecting the health of the Earl of Derby, were informed that his lordship was progressing very satisfac torily towards convalescence, and that be would probably be able to cosec to London in the course of a week's time. Her Royal Rightism. the Duchess of Cambridge has arrived at her residence hi the Ambeesadors' Court, St. James's, from Cambridge Cottage, Rev, for she season. The Duke and Duchesa of Sutherland arrived at Stafford HMSO on Saturday from visiting their royal Highnesaes the Prince and Princess of Wales at &oaring bon- _ His Excellency Baron Bliime is staying at Brown's Betel. Tim Earl and Countess Grey left Howick nano Yresibtoaterisud, on Saturday, for °mint* Park, Notts, on a visit to the Right Hon. the Spoiler and Lady Char lotte Daisies* The /tight Hon. W. E. Gladstone is announced to weir His evening in the .popoler ehanater of a "pony reader," at en entertainment given by the members of the Reward* Literary Institute, Flintshire. The Jar will be aocupted by Bit Stepben Glyn*, Bert. and *a peo gramme awned for the occasion states that' s the ant pert of the entertainment will consist of vocal and Monumental me* end th e wooed of a reeding Iwitt comments) by the Right Hoe. William Ewart Gladstme. Subject—Su Walter Scott* THE AMERICAN SQUADRON. The Courrier loraufai,, says Amerioa is beginning to take a part in European affairs. The presence of Admiral Farragut's squadron in the Neapolitan waters is meant to oounterbalanoe the presence of the French troops in the Papal States. Admiral Farragut has had interviews with many of the most emi nent men of the party of action. and is said to have pro mised them his support. A message was seat off expressly to Caprers, and the answer of Garibaldi is waited for before coming to a final resolution. (ISOM% VILIGILLIM) FRANCE. PARIS, Fes. 3. M. Dea Rotours, the government candidate, has been elected member of the Legialative Body for Lille by 20,000 votes against 8,800. WRECK OF AN ENGLISH BARQUE. , pi r‘ c. , -* , 9 r r e4C 4l,, iN f „ ,. FEBRUfty .., • - . ••••" f e fi ii i : ' . quick may be . les:aims thit , drawees* ' ' LATEEN t : . ELLIGENCIpi. ..:. tre7itio —by . . .drawn away ia tN era t • Ltig ' .__:_:0 1 agents- tis be be truth of politioal economy. Almost equally te THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITIt s: 'J Di the four transferrees the hope that he is likely to be converted on his religious We (Tones --second edition) have received the —. l my not for the admits - side. And yet the position of the church le one of the following telegram from our Special Correspondent bu s oral, but as a useful ap - leading poi nts in the libe ra l p rog ra mme of the future. with the Abyssinian Eipedition, dated January Tr' lesion at Liverpool on 2S, and forwarded from Alexandria, February b : THE FRENCH unarm AHD TH2 EMAIL lis omission may be ad- 1, 12.10 p.m.: The Post thinks the Minister of the laterior betrayed int n the suit comes before " Sir Robert Napier has started for the front. the weakness of his position when he sought to justify " A brigade , those measure@ of repression which will still be enforced, at of all arms advances to-morrow from oh . -_-_ a.- ...,...i ni tne . • _ ~...• ~ • •••••alumP. IA oak a necessity —a man Senafif on Antalo.” VILtAO EPIDT.3IIC9. Referring to Dr. Thorne, who was lately deputed to visit the , 31Iage of Terling, in Essex, to report upon the epi demic there, for a description of the place and its popula tion, the Taws proceeds to remark that the origin of the fever was evidently the water of the wells. Usually the wells are pretty full, and their contents therefore mach diluted, but for some weeks previous to the epidemic there had been a dearth of rain, which was suddenly followed by a considerable downfall. During the drought noxious nutter accumulated in abundance on the surface of the ground ; when the rain came this was swept bodily into the wells, and the result was such a strength and concentration of poison as had never been known before. That is the scientific expl►nation given of the catas trophe. Things were always bad at Terlhig,but last Decem ber they suddenly became worse, and so the fever broke out. The guardians of Witham, who are responsible for the dangerous accumulation of nuisances at Terling, have not repudiated the responsibility. They distributed disinfec tants in abundance among the villagers, and authorised all the medical men employed to order wine, brandy, and beef tea without restriction. But though they were thus liberal in administering medical comforts, they were not active in removing the causes which had made this expenditure necessary. Up to the 12th of last month they had done but little towards extinguishing the mounts of disease. The nuisances remained sub stantially unabated ; in fact, as we infer from the report, they were too extensive for the means employed in re moving them, and the natural growth of filth overtook the operations of the scavenger. However, in the end, Ter ling will doubtless be the better for the plague. The vil lage, we learn, is to have a supply of pure water ; the cess pools are to be effectually repaired and covered over, and when the place has been once made clean, it may be kept clean for the future. But how many Terlings are there in England waiting for their turn of purgation? Are such improvements to be postponed or neglected till one villager out of every three has been struck down by fever? Is there no authority to Dee that what would then be done should be done at once without waiting for the warning? MR. GLADSTONE ISO TRZ LIBERAL PARTY. The Standard condoles with Mr. Gladstone on the penalty of having to attend a perpetual (MUM of lee tures on his principles, conduct, and deportment. Ever since be has been the only possible " liberal leader" thousand tongues have been busy in teaching him the first principles of his duty ; and as scarcely two of these tongues wag to the same intent, it is impossible but that Mr. Gladatone's education should still be incomplete. The Standard can see no organised force, no elements of a party which Mr. Gladstone can lead. It is a host as heterogeneous as a regiment of papal Zonaves without an infallible holiness as *cement of discipline. Mr. Gladstone is certainly opposed to the ballot, and has not yet been educated to the point of absolute household suffrage, rate or no rate. Upon most of the other questions to which the greatest importance is attached by the rank and file of hie ;arty, as, for instance, the legalising of trades anions t (announced by Mr. Potter to be henceforth the chief concern of the Working Men's Associations), Mr. Glad ' atone is directly at variance with his following. And CONSTA2QTI24OFLE. Faa. 2. A telegram from Lloyd's agent reports tho wreck on the 29th ult., on the Roumelian coast of the Bosphorus, of the British barque Circassia, Captain Cooper, laden with corn from Varna to England. Nobody was found on board, and the boats had disappeared. The weather has been very severe lately, with frequent storms. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESS.-POPULAR AGITATION. (r6Oll OUR cm( CORIIESPONDINT. ) PARIS, St!NDAT EVECING. The words spoken in the Corps Legislatif yester day am well worth reading by politicians who have leisure. I read them with interest, and had in tended to have analysed them. But more impor tant things, arguing " acts" more important than words, distract my attention. It is very curious to read in the Moaiteur how M. Nogent St. Laurens, the reporter on the bill, who had promised on Fri day to make a long speech, made a very short one, on the ground that after M. Granter de Cassaguac's onslaught on the bill as being too liberal, he had nothing to say until he was assured that the government did not mean to withdraw it. It is curious to read how the fluent M. Baroche, Minister of Justice, who was not authorised to say that the bill would be withdrawn, defended it with calculated lukewarm ness and spoke against freedom of the press in a spirit totally opposite to the letter of January 19. It is instructive and amusing to read M. Picard's exhaustive demonstration of the short comings and treacherous nature of the bill, and hie description, which provoked great laughter, of that narrow correctional chamber derisively called a public court, where President Delesvaux reigns supreme, and where the independent journalists, called up one after the other in rapid succession, may with peculiar pro priety be said to appear before " their" judges because they know them of old, and know exactly what they will do. But there are serious rumours to-day that in one form or another the bill will be abandoned. The rapidly succeeding meetings of the Privy Council, to which I alluded yesterday as evidence that something extraordinary was in the wind, are now understood to have been called to consider this question. The Emperor is frightened by his counsellors, who tell him that his government cannot stand liberty, not even that very charily measured liberty which he was driven to consider necessary a year ago, but he also shrinks from breaking his word. The device hit upon for getting him out of his difficulty is very seriously said to be that of giving the majority of the Corps Legislatif, who whenever a pressure is put among them are his " most obedient humble servant to command," leave to vote against him in this instance. They are most anxious to do so because they know that a free press, or even a press more free than at present, combined with free electoral meetings, would turn most of them out of their seats at the next elections. There are rumours, nodoubt exaggerated, of revolutionary movements in Paris in case the bill should be dropped. Troops " under arms " and double sentries on various posts are spoken of. On these subjects I have no accurate knowledge, but there is clearly something more than common in the wind. The Prince Imperial took the chair yesterday at a dinner of 160 pupils of the Bonaparte Lyceum, to which establishment he is supposed to belong. He does not, it is true, study at the college, but he goes through the course of education that is given there, and twelves prizes for his superiority to other students, with whom he does not come in direct competition, but who are pronounced by competent authority to have passed examinations inferior to those of his imperial highness. The oc casion of the feast was the festival of St. Charle magne, dear to all French schoolboys as the best feeding time they know throughout the year. The Emperor sent game and champagne for the tuck out. " A distinguished party," says the Prime, "have just made an excursion through the sewers of Paris. Among them were the Winans de la Tremoills, the Counters de Coetlagon, the Frio* of Bolos, the Counts de Quincy, de Mercy-Argentean. de Teeny, de Ooeglogen, and Dural de Beaulieu, and others. They deeeended at the entrance on the Place do Chitelet, and went in a vehicle all along the Bus de Rivoli. At the Place de la Concorde they entered a boat to mooed by the great collecting sewer is far as the Rue de la Factual*, where the excursionists emerged into the upper air, much sur prised at ell they had +Unwed." The journals announce the death, at Paris, aged 96 years, of lime. Louis Duels, 'tea Anna Telma. This lady was sister of Telma, and married the nephew of the poet Dude. A New York paper says :—" General Dix, oar Minister to Franco, it is reported, bee instituted snits in the French courts against the builders of Confederate vessels during the rebellion. A Weahington despatch, shading to the matter, says the emit is brought spinet E. Erlanger, the banker, and several ether prominent parties, to force the reetltitsion of 6,000,000 dollars paid thew parties by the Confederate States for ships built and net delivered, bet subsequently sold to Prowls sad other powers. The limited States further slain 2,000,000 dollars ter espouses incurred in sending yawls to the French comet to prevent those Confederate enders from putting to see." The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia ' StearesldpOsergany hare maireeted with Ma me. Tod sad Mearrigor, of Gleagow far a new steamer, 148 feet keel sad forerake, and sioul 'Mgt togs mariarmaint, to be called the City al lirDzA AID Cznia —iLissitaues, PAL S. —The Meregeries Imperials. steamer Warts, with the shore loath, strived here at 9 a.m. this morning. tHF THE ARREST OF IIN. " The New York Traonna, in • late number, ay.: —*hi. We anticipated, the whole George Francis Train badness has turned oat to be an advertisement. lir. Train has been released, es everybody supposed he would be, as soon as the British government discovered what sort of a person he was. England is not going to wantonly interiors with American citizens who respect her laws." The New York Tiows, waiting farther explanations, observe' :—" The latest despatches "bout the Train effair at Queenstown speak only of his detention, and of the search made for arms, ko., among his baggage. This looks as if he bad not been attested or imprisoned after all. A good deal of fine Connertonal and other oratory is likely to be spoiled, if this should tarn oat to be the whole of the affair." According to the Nor York Herald, "It is the duty of the government to inquire at once into the facts connected with the collaring and hauling off to gaol of such a pro minent patriot and distinguished citizen. Congress should immediately take up the case. It will be far better than legislating to destroy the government and give political and social supremacy to the negro over the white roan. Above all, Secretary Seward should not suffer this outrage to pass unnoticed. Let him write no long letters on the subject, which nobody will read, but bring the mat ter to an issue by immediately arresting Charles Dickens and holding him as a hostage for the captured Train. Hers is a direct road out of the difficulty. Dickens and Train are both great talkers, each has an immense idea of his own importance, and each wears a profusion of seals, rings, pins, and chains. They would be an excellent set-off, one for the other. As the greater nation of the two we can afford to he the more generous, and therefore we do not propose that Dickens shall be imprisoned, even though Train be kept under lock and key. The hostage may go through with him readings and make as much money as be can, only giving his parole not to leave the United States until Train's return, safe and sound, with his flowing locks un shorn. If Seward will at once arrest Dickens in the name of the Americ►n republic we shall speedily bring England to her senses and satisfy the Fenians on both sides of the Atlantic." A telegram from London in the same paper makes the following statement :—" Mr. Adams, United States Mi nister here, at once saw Lord Stanley, who, on his repre sentation, ordered the release of Mr. Train. Lord Stanley disavowed the act on the part of government, and stated that the local authorities were solely responsible for it. Mr. Adams's prompt action secured Mr. Train's speedy re lease." . _ . • The Chicano Tribune, before hearing of Mr. Train's re lease, wrote :—" George Francis Train, who started for Europe some ten days ago with a large mouthful of Fenianism, was arrested at Queenstown on the arrival of the steamer. This action on the part of the British authorities is a perfect godsend to Train, to whom notoriety is more than meat and drink. One week in gaol would be more comfortable to him than six eligible town sites In Nebraska. But the ease hos a serious aspect as well. Mr. Trrin is an American citizen, and the laws and treaties in force in the two countries do not authorise his arrest for mere words. It would perhaps go hard with him it they did. The public mind in this country has been considerably exer cised of late by the summary treatment accorded to our people in Great Britain, who have been charged with Fenianism. It will not brook any infraction of interna tional law in the O&M of Train, or anybody else. The best thing the English authorities can do with George Francis is to let him go." THE GREAT GALE. From inquiries made this morning at the National Lifeboat Institution, we are glad to be in a posi tion to report that no tidings of any great shipping dis asters bad reached the society from our coeds, which are so often the scenes of such fearful shipwrecks. The wind having blown principally from west south-west, the ships were in many cases driven to mid ocean, and there can be no doubt that many a one has there bundered, beyond the reach of lifeboats, or any other human succour. It is also feared that many distressing wrecks have happened near the west and south-west coasts, as the fury of the hurricane has been unprecedented in the annals of storms in this country. WZATHER IMPORT.-(THIS DAY. AU 3, 8 A.X. B. T.! w. 1t01,...--0---... w E. to ll*I I* i rI attics l njr. a a 3 ..... "-- 1 .-,... Make ....--- 29.4.tf131 R.W. 1 6 N.W. so 1.1 1 f Aberdeen r.).30 f 36, W.N.W. 3 6 W.N.W. rt. 0. 1 I .•21i.411'37 B.W. 6 8 &W. T. 10. - a krtirlaall •V ...Sil 40 ' I h.W. 6 11 0 B.W. ha 0. 6 i Greencastle. - - - - - - - - Yolanda . 19.0611 41 N.W. 76 'lO W.S.W. he 0 . 3 7 1 Caps Clear . L - 40, W.N.W. 9 101 W. m- 8 Rochesrmlan rt. d . l --, - - - - .0.4 - - fa W. c 4 , fleiyhead 20.I 7 sr':a , W . 1 W.S.W. clO - , POSSAAOII 10.06 tat' N.N.W. W.B.W. re 0.1 6 ' Brat . Bo.olf , 14/i N.W. S.W. ro 0.1 6 Wriest . 310.00450 W. W.S.W. to 0. 1 limaiefort /10. 10 flea S.W. W.B.W. re a 4 ftmouth Ni.frir 4.3 W.N.W. 1 B.&W. re u. 6 rgannoth '21.93146 W.N.W I W. co 0. 4 Porteasouth 19 iri f , 45 N. W. I &W. re 0.1 4 London 118.79104 W. B.W. bre 0.1 - Terroonth 29.65 t 41 W. W.N.W. re 0.4 4 Scarborough 19 fat 34 W. W. cb 0. 4 +Melo. 29.51r 36 N.W. N.W. ci - I Rktidesurss 111.19 ' E. I N.N.W. c -- 3 Brume's... 29.76 61. 8.5. W. - - Paris SAW , S.W. 6- I - Strasbourg - 51 S.W. Lyons 30.36 48 &X , - • - Il eartaCon 9.1.99633. B.W. 1 1 41 B,lc. se , 7 3 - Saroaeter corrected rad radar:ad tan - deg7lllaMs lei - el. The letters r risin f (falling), a (steady% Indicate direction of motionof themercurywithln ladle boors. 'Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme force, with its direction during last 24 hours. Z.-calm. Weather : h.-blue sky ; e.- elms& :detached) : t.- log; 11.-hall: L-110501011: m.-mist?chap: ; 0.--overcast (dull); r. -rain ; s. -4110 W ; t. -Mender. Ralnfall, snow or hall ;melted), during Ist 14 hours tea disturbance. REMARK& The barometrical pressure over our islands is much greater than that on Mainly. la the north the increase baa been nearly an inch, but on our other coasts the extent of rise has been smaller-about half an inch on the south-coma mid leas In the west of Ireland. A diminution Is, however, reported since yesterday morning at all stations except at Valencia. A dif ference In readings of au Inch exists between Aberdeen and 1 Lyons. In London preaure has begun to rise rapidly since 2 this morning. the oscillation yesterday having been vel7 remtarkahle. Temperatures are generally lower except la France, where weather is warmer, especially in the a , uth. The gale re ' ported on Saturday motioned with much violence during the i night: Its extreme force ls reported from Liverpool, whilst in both the English and Irish Channels it was severely felt. last ' night also on the western coasts and at the entrance of the Eng , list Channel the gale was strong. This morning the wind boa veered generally, and although strong in the west has moderated • elsewhere. Snow and hail hare fallen over our north-west coasts. Much rain has fallen dace yesterday over our Islands. Warnings • expected to-day. .. . Lord Stanley has, it is said, declined to attend • conservative dinner about to be held at Lynn. We (Times) are informed that it is proposed to offer the post of financial member of council in India to Sir R. Temple, lately commissioner of the Central Pro vines., aad sew resident at Hyderabad. Sir Richard Temple has filled various important pods in the Civil &r -vies of India, and has earned a high reputation. He was also selected by the late Mr. Wilson as hie assistant in the financial department, and then rendered vary great ser vices. The gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Aca demy at Woolwich, having completed the Christmas holi days, will mume their duties at the establishment this morning. and they will be continued uninterruptedly until June. The half-year (the third and last of Prince Arthur'. studios at the academy) will then, It is stated, be brought to • close by the presence of her Majesty, who, it is rumoured, has graciously cloned her intention of visiting the astablialunent at the " breaking up," preparatory to the Prince's taking his final departure, on being commis sioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, for which he has elected. " In all directions," observes the Times, " an &Womb to the federative system among railways con tinues to be otnervable. It is stead that an &memoriam. lies brim rearmed between the somositlee of ermanitatioa of the Midland Railway and the direetwe of the Leaden and North Western as to the terms whiob the latter are prepared to offer with respect to the am of the Lancaster sad Carlisle Railway, se as to amid the mated et the Settle and Carlisle line by the Midland waspeny. The Meteors of the London and NoattWeetena aninaderstood to be prepared to give the me ell the lameaster and C•r lisle line at a re lisle to be agreed urn, or to share it jointly with the Midland. With reaped is ether potions of the system where the two lines mane late eawspetitten, or where duplicate lima exist, the Lanka ead North Western have expsemed a winnows se sem with the Niaaad on the Ante WIN IWO they Lima made with the Mamiseatwr eind Illidisid Oempmy will Tempest to their line to Shashi.' LAW INTELLIOKNCL (THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After Ter' NW Pries Sittings at Weetiniuster.—(Befor e the Lord Chief Justice and Special Juries.) THE COENTESS D'ALTIETRAC v. LORI) WILLOUGHRY This wax a part heard case from Saturday, and use s action for the wrongful conversion of certain boukeh u i tt . . furniture, plate, china, &e., which the countess as her own. The parties had lived together as man wife for a number of years, and for some time up to C I . end of 1864 they had resided at Caen Lodge, Tirickenbai.. • close to Itiehmond•bridge, bus from that time they L t d ceased to cohabit, the defendant separating from th. . _ counter, and they had never met since. The defendant had sold all the furniture in Caen Lodge, the greater - Con of which the countess claimed as hers, and for th value of which the present action was brought. The pr. tieulars of the ease have been already published. The court was densely crowded this morning long befer, the usual hour for the commencement of brines'. When the Lord Chief Justice took his seat on the bench, Mr. Coleridge (after a conference with Mr. Hawkins) said—There icons matter in connection with the settle ment of this case which must have the unction of yo:a lordship. (The terms agreed to between the parties wpm then banded up.) The Lord Chief Justice (having read the document) — You both wish it ! Mr. Hawkins—Yes, I desire it. The Lord Chief Justice--I would rather you named so:re one yourself, but if you prefer it I will name a gentleman. Mr. Coleridge—We both prefer that your lordship shauld name the party. Mr. Hawkins—Of course it is impossible for your ship to do so at this moment. The Lord Chief Justice—No ; it is necessary before I it that I should communicate with the party. Mr. Hawkins—Before this case closes I wish to spy word on behalf of Lord Willoughby De Eresby. My case has been opened to the jury, and the plaintof 1... been examined. Now, I need hardly say t1i.:1; ! Willoughby would not have defended this case if he !, not taken a different view of it to that which has beet: presented by the plaintiff. His lordship has never been unwilling to make an allowance to the countess se.i. dent for her future maintenance, but the terms have been so large which the countess and her friends asked that it was impossible for the noble defendant to aecede to them. The case, however, is now terminated, Lord Willoughby having done that which, from the fir-f, it als. peered to me he should have done, viz., to refer it to urn gentleman of honour to my what, as a matter of honour. and regardless of law, should be done between the parties. Lord Willoughby's case has not been presented ts tha jury. I have abstained from saying one syllable !',. respectful of the lady, and I have only endeavoure 1 to conduct the case in accordance with my instructirs. The Lord Chief Justice—The terndnation is aati-ffactory, I only wish it had been done sooner. Mr. Coleridge—On behalf of the plaintiff I an ; ; lad ;, 0 find that Lord Willoughby has at last acceeled ye the views of his counsel, and which he ought to have lona long and long ago. On the part of the plaintiff I re., tct fully tender my thanks for the manner in which your 1.11 ship his expressed your opinion upon this case. Mr. Hawkins—l have also to thank your 10r.614 ea behalf of Lord Willoughby, and on my own behalf I _re extremely grateful to your lordship for having exprs your views of the case. The suggestion thrown u..t your lordship on Saturday has brought about thi, ment. The Lord Chief Justice—l am very glad if I bare ken in any way instrumental in bringing about what I in satisfied is the right result, and will prove a satiefactery termination of the cue. The parties then withdrew, having first signed the tern of reference. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Philbrick appeared for :he plaintiff ; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. J. 0. l,rittite Iwo for the defendant. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) CLERICENWELL. MARRIAGE WITH A DEer_asalo ,stsTER.-1)1:PL 0 RA: : : 1 : Cast . - A respectably dressed middle-aged female applied to et, Mr. Cooke under the following circumstances : -16 N add - My married sister having died some years ago. I was at. 2 fortunately induced to marry the widower, by 0b. , . I have since had four children, the eldest of whom is now eight years of age. Since my marriage I have been treged _ in a moat cruel manner by my hu sband, and continually 7 beaten by him, until, finding it impossible to et this hear d 8 further. I left him, and applied to a megistrate - court, who, on hearing my case, and seeing my mar riage certificate, with numerous letters, wnich I pro ; duced, from him, in all of which he acknowli , l:ed me as his wife he advised me to go to the g uardian- , the parish and state my case, when, doubtless, they v.. 11,1 4 take myself and children into the house, and the pa:idt 6 would sue my husband for the cost of maintenance. huslund ! followed this ad v ic e, and stopped in the holm for ihn:bo o w eeks, when the guardians wrote to my , W 6 replied that I was not legally his wife, and he dechisd to pay. I was then advised to apply to you t end statec four thrt e i rcuma t a noes, and then if you would grant pl 3 summonses for my children, they being by law Mr. Cooke said that if no better nude could be thoi4ht of for obtaining redress he would grant the 5W1111134 50, which he thought she was clearly entitled tn. Applicant thanked the magistrate and withdrew. FRIGHTFUL CRitest lie Duu FR I Yesterday the Scotch poli ce apprehended. in Carl:de, Robert Smith, whitewasher, aged 21, for an awful oi:re. On Saturday evening, near Cummertrees, Dumfries.6ire, be took a girl, aged 14, into a wood, where he robbed bet of 7s. rid., hung her to a tree, and when dead cut her body down. Afterwards he entered a cottage at Longford, .nd stabbed a woman named Jane Paterson so fearfully aboc% the neck that death is expected. REPRESENTATION OF THE METRoFOLITAN Bo'et ROUGHL —Many attempt s will probably be made to ah the representation of e metropoli tan boroughs at the next general election. For Marylebone, Mr. HUM Le•i a and Mr. Thomas Chambers, Q. will offer themselves for re-election, but three other candidates are alreadyd 31r. in Its fi e ld—Mr. Mason Jones , Mr. George Potter, an Meacham of the Temple. From the Tower Hamlett, yr. Butler retiree, in order to become a candidate for Hackney and Dir. Siturda and Mr. Edmond Wales law already offered u themselves. For Hackney, in adar tion to Mr. Butler, Mr. Deputy Reed, Mr. Rolm , and Mr. Homer are candidates. For Laitheth, 3h. Hughes will again offer himself, and Mr. Dolts will also probably seek re-election. Mr. R. Hartwell vall be the working man's candidate. For South war bilitk, lb W Locke, Q.C. and Mr. Layard will, in all probay. re-elected without opposition. At I.:reenwich, Alderiaa S a lomons and Skater - ley will come forw a es Bright will offer theniselves for re-election. Mr. Baxter Lang rd advanced liberal principles, and it is hinted that Sir Jae Heron Maxwell may be a candidate in the conservati re interest. Mr. Turrets and Mr. Alderman Lusk will °fa themselves for re-election in Finsbury ' a nd no rival c aw Wares have yet been announced. Noclianges are Pre"' of either in the city of London or Westminster. Icr ti l a new borough of Chelsea three candidates a re in the tiel Sir Henry and Mr. C. W. Dilke, liberals, and C I S' count Ranelagh, conservative.—Timm. Toes CAB STRIKE AT LIVERPOOL.—On SaturdaF and yesterday the streets of Liverpool presented a rerf unusual appearance, not a Cal. hansom or f o ur-Orde r. was to be seen, end all the stands presented but a dread' black. Yesterdaymorning the travellers' lugPX , the hotels had conveyed to the railway s tationsf oe trucks, and the travellers themselves had perfor ce ° walk. The strike is virtually a complete one. The wee" on strike have so far behaved themselves rernarboul well. On Saturday afternoon a number of disco ale" four-in-hand, through the principal streets, and ver much cheered. Public sympathy is much divided. mains to be seen whether the Council will nialAsir set thee 00041110g09. If they remain firm the car must, sooner or later, give way. We regret to 'tate ttO the intimidation system has onromeneed. On Saturdij afteraoon a party of 60 to 60 men formed roeruffle'''. aloes London.road, Brunswick-road, and Brett d.t.o_,til establishment of Mr. Harding, one of the most prLA seesasionista. They there left their vehiclea and nary' the yard. Mr. Harding states that they threatened Wo with personal vialenes,and that one fellow st ruck him the side of the bead. He believes from their msnner they would bare preemie& to extremities ; but • fo." r stabies came up, they wisely desisted, enteriagrereehbdee, drove off in the direction a Derby. On Saturday night a gentleman was driven to a lAnse-skeet m il wa y-station from the Old Swan i„t,!:- Wto • person in that viUsge.—Linerpoof Aion.• lloscoroutax Fun. Hearrr.a., Divolistn aims, Oar.-111* saperits number of patieste re oaring the week ending FA. was-1111ediad. """ sleekQi t 1,567 a wile 75.5 were one can* H O SPITAL FOR DISEASIS OF THE CHEST, VICTOR.I'. PASK.—TtIe number of pefiecte relic... 4 at this institow" dont* kat wroth worts lAA of which 327 was new earn I Ffir „614 A n „ieC i•C:, bush ra hes I 4 1 is alum • , w