The Express. — London, England, 1868-01-22 00:00:00

I PARIS EXHIBITION nasvcuss SILVER =DAL, 1867. TOE BROGDIN. ORIGIN AL GOLD CHAI N MANUFACTORY, le, IDINILIETIIATEZET, COvramour.Dgx. JOHN BROODEN'S I&43srai GOLD GRAINS. - - JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUAR,D CHAINS. JOHN BB.OGDISI3 GOLD ALBERT CHAINS. 'MN BROGDZ/V8 GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. BRZAKBAST.-EYPS'S COCOA. gite entreo. TO 001titISPONDENTS. aereetteuenenta tnteuded tor Ito Uprise," Condos Evening =mat be at the Mee. le, Boavertteettet, by Two ou the des of pabucalow HAYMARKET. Tens EVFNINCI, THE BROKEN-HEARTED CIA'S —A WIFE WELL WON. Moors. &Ahern, Buckstone, Howe, Kendal, Rowe, AN Weatberaby, ; and Ma Robertaon.—After which AN UTTER PER-VESEION OF THE BRIGAND. PRINCESS'S Tut Evian, THE OOLLEEY BAWN.VMr. and Mrs. Dion Bonacsult—After which THI STREEM OF LONDON. Mr. Vining, Messrs. 31urray, Shore, Neville, Forrester, Mellon, etc. Misses Eiswortity, K Barnett, lacing Sanger, and An. Addle. lITZLND. TIM ETiesnio, OLD SALT. Mr. Emery and KW Selly Moore. —After which THE CALIPH OP BAGDAD. Messrs. Thorne and James; Mesdames Ada fonulborough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, dc.—And OUE D4ILVITICB. HOLMAN. TEIS IMMO, THE FLYING SCUD. Mews. Atkins. Price, Carden, Arthur, Westland, and Minion ; Mesdames Itenrode, Goodall, Lennox, and Soandera —Conclude with VALENTLNE .A.ND OESON. Wine. Montero, Little Bowel* the. sarrunru. Tam Immo, DON QUIXOTE ; OR, SANCRO PANZA AND HIS WIFE TERRA. Mn. Laue, & Misses Erisin & Month; Pan tomimist, Messrs. Deane, Louis, Newham, and Vktereill ; Mdlle. C. Stephan and Min Bose Nathan.—And WHO DID 111 WI6H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. !)A —Morning. O. 290 --Afternoon. Ob. Mo. EO-ILoßßOW—Nocolog. lb. 100—... —Afternoon, lb. 400. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22. IT will be the Bishop of CAPE TOWN'S own fault if, as the Bishop of LONDON'S letter seems to suggest, any unpleasant legal consequences should follow his cou'ecration of the gentleman ho has found to take the new bishopric in Natal. Dr. GRAY claims liberty to act in his Province irre spectively of the English ecclesiastical laws which arise out of the connexion between Church and State, inasmuch as in South Africa the Church is non-established. Let it be granted that he is right, still ecclesiastical acts performed here by members of the Church of England are, wo take it, under the law of England, although they may relate to a colony. Perhaps some of Dr. GRAY'S friends will explain why the new bishop must be consecrated in England. When the Bishop of CAPE Town proceeded to depose the Bishop of NATAL, he did so in his own see, With the aid of none but South African Bishops. If he could unmake the former Bishop there, there also, ono would think, he might make the new one. Apparently, however, he wants to have the prestige of an English conse cration to oppose to the influence of Dr. COL ENSO in Natal. This is to grasp at too much. Since he came to England he has evoked an expression of the sympathy and support of the great majority of the Bishops met at Lambeth, and has obtained from the liberality of Church men at home a fund which will give his new suf fragan an income equal to Dr. CoutrisoN, and with this it should seem he might be satisfied. It is said that the consecration is appointed to take place next Satimlay, and the Bishop of LONDON appears to apprehend that ho or some of his brethren may consequently have to visit some of their clergy for taking part ►n proceedings con trary to the law of the Church and realm. From what took place at the Lambeth Conference we imagine that Dr. C HAY will have no difficulty in find ing a diocese whore he and his coadjutors will be perfectly safe froui molestation by the Bishop ; but really we at home ought not to have our peace dis turbed by these colonial affairs. If any body of persons at Natal want a new Bishop they are free to have one ; we in England hare nothing to do with the matter. Let Dr. GRAY take his nominee to the Cape, and consecrate him, and then he will pans among Churchmen for whatever he may bo found to be worth. Inn 48th Middlesex (Havelock) Volunteers, the corps from which a few days ago fourteen offi cers were summarily dismissed, does nut seem to have been restored to health and vigour by that very drastic measure. The adjourned annual meeting was held last Thursday, when Lieutenant- Colonel CRUIKSIIANK met the members, and ad dressed them with a freedom of personal remark which must have been veryentertaining, but which was not calculated to confirm his somewhat weak ened authority. One of the cashiered officers was referred to as a pest, and another as a nuisance : all of them were spoken of as enemies, and assured that " there is life in the old dog yet." A horse whip was mentioned as their possible portion, and they were reminded that their old colonel had " boxed with the best lighting men of his day, " and had not forgotten to use his fists." It is painful thus to refer to the acts of a gentle man who has done so mach good work in a long lifetime, and who has still so many titles to respect, as Mr. GEORO6 CRVIKAHANK ; but it is necessary. The measures on which he has relied have not had the good effect he intended, and the corps is fast going to ruin and dissolution. On Monday last a whole company of the 48th marched to headquarters and gave in their resig nations, with their rifles. The War-office, which lately intervened so decisively in favour of the commanding officer, should now step in and do something to save the corps. MR. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, who was arrested at Queenstown last week on his arrival by the Cunard steamer from the United States, has been released on his professions of strictly lawful in tentions. His liberation under these circumstances shows that, as we had surmised, his arrest was a precautionary measure, and any elaborate discus sion as to the possibility of holding an American citi zen accountable in the United Kingdom for speeches made against this country in New York is rendered unnecessary. If such a right exists, it is evi dently one which our Government would only ex ercise in extreme cases. Tram, however, cannot reasonably complain of his brief detention. Knowing that the Habeas Corpus was suspended in Ireland, he resolved to proceed thither, and did his best to notify the British Government that a terrible enemy was on his way to its shores ; a man who, by his own confession, had put down all the generals and public men in America, from GRANT to JAY COOKE, KY not to be despised. Mr. TEAL*, however, has given his word, and we are all safe again. His ideas have doubtless been considerably clarified and corrected since Friday evening, and if ha should forget what he has learned he may at any time be re-arrested. He bad better, however, go back to the place from which he came. There are these in the United States who cheer him if he described his and bri ll iant campaign. We understand that he claims no,ooce damages of the Quw'B Govern ment for his three days' detention. It seems a moderate sum to sok, considering that he might just as easily have made it half a million. There is nothing treasonable, bowel*, in asking for money. The Indipendance Beige thys Persons in Paris persist in spreading the report that the Ragiorke Napoleon intends very shortly to lathe a mani festo of a reassuring 'barmier—the oldest being to even teract the imprenion produced by the new army law, the warlike commentaries of the provincial officious press oa the adoption of that law, and the conclusions which may be drawn from the 400,000,000 loan which M. Kagne is preparing, and which will be soon launched on the Paris money market. The loan is already decided in principle. The only obstacle in its way is a difference of opinion between K. Rouher and N. Itagne on the question of the indemnity asked for by the subscribers to the Mexican loans ; but this diff er ase* is not a serious one, and will soon be settled. A Paris correspondent of the same journal writes : The Flinch government is beginning to be slimed at the political complexion which the Pontifical army is 1 assuming. It is displeasing to it, and it is not difficult to understand the reason why—that there should exist so near an army almost entirely composed of the sons of those cavaliers who led the invasion in France against the " Corsican ogre." The Pabie calls the Pontifical Zonaves " the army of Cond6 " thereby revealing the secret of the irritation with which it sees the Pope trusting for support elsewhere than in the arms of France. It is indeed an . _ . OUR CONTEMPORARM3. (TEGB DAY.) ITALIAN APPAISS. The childish levity of the Florence parliament and its incompetent)e to look the liabilities of the country steadily in the face incline the most confident believers, the Daily Nees says, to doubt the possibility of ouch • people ever paying their way or holding their own. The parliament appears to consider its whole business on earth to be to turn out ministries and declaim about Rome. The new finance minister has shown some courage in coming forward under such circumstances with • financial scheme which proposes to reduce an acknowledged annual deficit for 1869 of 9,600,0001. to 3,120,0001., by the impo sitionof only one new tax, by improved methods of oollecting the existing taxes, and by reorganising the various depart ments of the public service. The only addition to the ex isting taxes is the stacinato, or corn-grinding tax, which is to apply henceforth to all substances subject to that pro em. and to be collected by the millers. The rest of the delleit he talks of reducing within a period of twelve years. Considering the volcanic nature of Italian politics, sad the present aspects of Europe, it argues • tolerable robustness of faith in a finance minister to hue his calcu lations of • financial equilibrium on the development of commercial prosperity and the preservation of foreign and domestic peace for twelve yearn to come. May the hap. pleat of Count Cambray-Digny's anticipations be fulfilled ! Above all, may the parliament of Italy lend him • helping hand towards their fulfilment. Wretched as the Italian government has hitherto been, the Times observes it has been hopelessly hampered by the wrangling, time-killing, self-stultifying legislature. It is not the people that is anywhere at fault. It is only in the upper ranks, in the governing classes, that we look in vain for that common sense and self-control which fit for command. Italian statesmen seem to pride themselves on nothing but cunning ; Italian patriots obey no other law than blind impulse. There seems to be nothing half way between a Rattazzi and • Garibaldi—the man of intrigue and the man of instinct ; the latter the dis organising, the former the demoralising element, the joint authors of Aspromonte and Mentana. It is cruel to think of the perseverance with which a nation that rose cheered by the sympathy of all Europe seems determined to justify all the malice of its enemies, and to bring shame and sorrow upon its friends. It is remarked by the Post that the Italians cannot shut their eyes to the danger of delay. Thom who are plotting the destruction of their realised aspiration imagine that they will shrink from the performance of their duty, con fess that they have gone out of their way, and crawl back, as it were, on their knees to the fold from which they strayed. The Post believes that the Italians, as • nation, are incapable of anything so mean-spirited and humili ating. army of Conde. These young scions of the Faubourg Saint Carmelo, who are serving their appren ticeship in arms under the Pope, may become • danger ►t a given moment. By making himself the tow boat of • theocracy ; of a form of government which is the very antipodes of a government which has boned from 178'3; the Emperor Napoleon has raised out of the dust a decrepit past, has given it life and strength, and now this past is turning against him. He perceives, a little too late, how he is treated in Rome. When necessity compels he is asked for his assistance, but the moment the danger is over they turn their backs upon him. It is not necessary to go to Rome to understand the contempt with which French peasant soldiers are treated by the Zonavee—the cream of the French aris tocracy—it is not necessary to go into the cafés frequented by these descendants of the crusaders to learn how the French government is spoken of in them. To have gone to Rome and disgusted every lover of liberty hers—to have injured a position already damaged by becoming the satellite of a greedy and ambitious clergy, and after ell to be despised, is, it must be confessed, enough to excite the anger of persons who do not possess supernatural patience, ►nd makes the ill-humour of the Patric easily intelligible. Own 002 it ai-1 1 . 186 Weit4 .92 • 120U51 COMPAbY (LIMI —(17119 DAY.) luilf-yesrly meeting of the proprietom was held this afternoon at the London Tavern ; Mr. SLATER in the chair, in the absence of Mr. W. Smith, chairman of the board, in consequence of illness,. The report, which appeared in the Express of Moods, last, having been taken ea read, The Circassian moved he adoption. He observed that it must be well known to all present that the trade of this country, and Indeed of theContinant, was ins disastrous con dition. The stagnation had necessarily affected rush a trade as theirs, and steps had been taken to diminish the stock. This object was accomplished to a degree beyond theboard's expectations. Betweenthe3lst of December, 186&., and the 31st of December, 1867, the stock was reduced to 80,0001., and he thought that was a most satisfactory circumstanae.l Notwithstanding the bad state of trade the company had made very few bad debts. (Cheers.) He concluded by alluding to the loss the company bad sustained in the death of Mr. Turner, who was one of the directors. Mr. riccramiu. Cumirrs (a director) seconded the motion. Mr. TURNER thought it was to be regretted that the com pany divided so largely at former periods, and thus pre vented an equalisation of dividends. In his opinion the contingent fund, which was now only about 9,0001., ought to be increased. He objected to the directorsbeing paid in proportion to the amount of dividend earned, sad gave notice that at the next half-yearly meeting he would move an alteration of the article of asso ciation relating to that subject. They were at pre- sent paying 4,5001. per annum, which he considered far too large an amount. (Hear, hear.) It was most essential that they should have as good buyers as they could possibly obtain, gentlemen who would not be dic tated to by others. (Hear, hear.) He thought that Mr. Morrison's debt ought to be further reduced. The CHAIRMAN remarked that the board were prepared to pay Mr. Morrison 60,0001. more on the let of April. (Hear, hear) A SHAREHOLDER disagreed with Mr. Turner as regarded the remuneration of the directors. In his opinion directors generally were paid too little. (Oh, oh.) The Crisirotax, adverting to the question of the debt to Mr. Morrison, observed that the board desired that Mr. Morrison's debt should be entirely paid off as soon as pos sible. A SHAREHOLDER ridiculed the notion that the directors were overpaid. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN said the company was covered to a far greater extent by insurance than it usedtobe,bnt the board were endeavouring to increase the amount. Since the Clerkenwell explosion insurance companies had given notice not only that premiums must be increased, but that risks must be reduced; an idea prevailing that some of the great warehouses might suffer. In reply to a question, The CH AIRMAN admitted that there had been a loss of 6,0001. in one department during the last half-year. Mr. G. BROWN (a director) stated that the loss in ques tion arose from a depreciation in the value of stock, adding that the stock had been taken at a price at which a profit upon it could be realised. (Hear, hear.) The report was then adopted nuanimousl., and a divi dend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum declared. Thanks were voted to the chairman and the other directors. PAM% TIMIDLY An item of this evening's " latest news " is, if true, of great importance. The piatement is that Count de &ridges, the French ambassador in Rome, has gone to Naples "for the purpose of Making himself acquainted with the situation of that province, and furnishing his govern ment with a report upon it." It is im possible not to connect this intelligence with the extraordinary overtures lately shown by Napoleon HI. to the Neapolitan Bourbons, and with the reports which excite great uneasiness in Italy that France means to break up Italian unity this year, and that the restoration of Francis 11. at Naples is a part of her scheme. Madame George Sand writes to the papers to contradict, as a ridiculous canard, the news that Madile. Thuillier, the eminent actress of the Odeon, has taken the veil in a Carmelite convent. As her friend, Madame Sand undertakes to say for her that she would have a horror of a "religious farce." She has left the theatre, " proud and poor" to recruit her health in the country near Bois, and if she has troubles, " they are as much fortified by the ramparts of her dignity as are her religious notions by those of her reason." Her numerous friends know that she has nothing to explain, and she does not desire the confidence nor canvass the sympathies of a curious public. The Duke des Cars, an old legitimist, died two days ago at Cannes. The new journal the Globe represents the arrest of Mr. George Francis Train, " one of the most illustrious orators and most powerful individuali ties in America," as likely to produce a conflict between England and the United States. The Bourse was rather firm. Rente closed with a rise of 10c. for cash, and 740. account, at 68fr. 70c. and 68fr. 60c. Italian rose 1.0 c., Credit Foncier llfr. 26c., and Mobilier lfr. 25c. There were again large " discounts" in the Bente, which, however, produced, as will be seen, an inconsider able effect. M. Magne gave an audience yesterday to a deputation from the meeting of Mexican bond holders, lately held in the Champs Elys4es Circus, with Viscount de la Gueronniere in the chair. The major part of the committee being composed of senators and deputies was, as might have been expected, received by the Finance Minister in a most courteous manner. He assured them, moreover, that the Emperor's government was quite disposed to look with a favourable eye upon all " legitimate" claims of the subscribers to the Mexican loans. The report of the interview I has not favoured speculative business in Mexican Bonds on the Bourse. The question of what are " legitimate" claims in such a ticklish matter is so puzzling that holders are inclined to sell their Mexican paper for what they can get. There is scarcely any doubt, however, that something will be done for the bondholders; and I adhere, with a conviction strengthened by accumulated evi dence, to the opinion I have always expressed, that the smallest coin of the realm which may be awarded to the deluded Mexican creditors at the expense of the French taxpayer will be a robbery of the nation. NATIONAL DISCOUNT COMPANY (LIMITED). (THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of the shareholders was held at noon, at the London Tavern, Mr. F. W. ItusseLL, )1.P., in the chair. The report and accounts, which were issued some time ago, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN moved their adoption. It gave the directors great pleasure to present at this particular period such a ststement. The depression of trade was notorious, and yet the business of the company had steadily progressed, while it was prepared to undertake a much larger business ea soon as trade had revived. Looking at the effects of war on the Continent, sad the bad harvest in this country, the state of things en that concern was very . gratifying. The 13.1 debts amounted to only 1,500/., showing that in seeking a large the board had not sought a risky business. (Cheers.) The motion was then agreed to without discussion. A dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum was afterwards declared, and the retiring directors having been re-elected, the proceedings terminated with votes of thanks to the directors, and the general manager, the secretary, and the other officers of the establishment. We aro requested to state that Mr. S. R. Townsend Mayer hal resigned his connexion with the executive of the Metropolitan Working Men's Conservative Association. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the " Pty fifical volunteers," says the Union, "to the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea- number of 90, of whom 15 were French, and 75 Swiss or miry, in Downing-street. The Ministers present Irish, embarked two days back et Marseilles for Civita were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marl- Veochis. Among the young Frenchmen who went to offer borough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon, their services to the Holy Father was Count Pierre de Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Bends." Bucki sirs. ng ii ha ort m hoo and Ch rte, theandos Chan Ce S ll i :r j of ohn the EPsakingt4chequenr: coc A loc t k ß rec rus i ll y s , every anievefnreeingpubuificthleed.wreee.k;iveant .8t the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of the university, situate in Rae de l'lmptratrice. Mondays Richmond, Lord John Manners, the Earl of Mayo, ere devoted to Belgian history, explained by Professor and the Right Hon. Spencer H Walpole. Wafture ; Tuesdays belong to M. Baneel, • Frenchman, of A supplement to the London Gazette, issued this , great power of speech, who explains Frenc h histor y with day, extends the provisions of the Contagions Diseases I an eloquence and volubility unusual even for • French (Animals) Acts to sheep, lambs, and goats brought from i man; Wednesdays and Thursdays are appropriated to M. Antwerp or any other port in Belgium, and applies to , Berger, for lectures on physic and chemistry ; Fridays be them the same regulations as are now in force with respect long to the BeigianConstitution ; and Saturdays to miscel to the landing, moving, and slaughter of cattle. The new !memo lectures. Sundays the working men have appro order takes effect from the lit of February next, plated to themselves, having formed themselves into a Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., and Lord F. Coven- sort of working men's club, inviting the assistance of any dish, M.P., were present yesterday, at • soiree given by scientific or professional man willing to give up his time the President of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce. for their improvement. The addresses were chiefly on commercial topics ; but Lord A letter from Naples, describing the eruption of F. Cavendish spoke in strong terms of condemnation of Mount Vesuvius, says :—" Of late the road to the Obser the present state of armed peace in Europe, said war would 'eatery has been deserted by visitors, who take that rather be better than the present state of uncertainty, and urged 1 which lies between Resins and the Favorite. Thousands a policy of peace as the only policy which could lead to go up every night—it is the pest nocturnal promenade — prosperity. Mr. Forster moved a resolution in favour of anti many, misled by the apparent proximity of the stream, technical education. go up on foot, but it is a rugged and wearisome road, over Mr. Graham, M.P., was the chairman of • lee. lime masses of lava, and many are the tumbles and tare delivered yesterday, in Manchester, in connection 1 tattered dresses which ere the consequence. Perhaps at with the Sunday School Union, and before the close of 1 the present moment the best point of observa tion is the the meeting made some reference to the question of educe- ! church of Pogliano, which may be reached without difii tion. Hs referred to the system in operation in Scotland ' amity and without much fatigue. Who, however, thinks sa a model, said that Roman catholic children went to lof either in the face of this most glorious spectacle ? On protestant wheels there without being interfered within one night this week, together with the crowds from the religious matters, and that, if the same ' , s t em were ; foot of the mountain, came up a band of music which adopted hem with regard to the children of all creeds, ; played waltzes and polkas, and tarantella , and selections there would be no demand for seeder education. lf, how. I from the Ballo is Maschero." ever, people would have secular schools, by ail means let DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF Two BRITISH SRA- them have them. I max.—Her Majesty's steam sloop Shearwster has arrived at Woolwich to be paid off. On leaving the Straits of Earl de Grey and Ripon presided last night at Magellan, Commander Smithad his mentionalled to the annual meeting of the Hall Ragged School. His lord- I two strange-looking beings on the ro were at ship intimated in his address that he should not like to . fi rst thought to be Patagonian savages, and were reloaded see, as a mean' of promoting education, a resort to coin- , with some sa sir uspicidolualibuatatilazttidmidaedt:, and r aira be a t st wo En- palsion until all other means had been shown to have They w e re j e gj a j e r y taken on board, the ship's surgeon failed. Until the dif fi culties which beset the question 1 stating they m elld not have eurvived two hours longer. were overcome, however, he hoped that both those in I On recovenng it tronspired they belonged to her Majesty's favour of voluntary, and those who advocated compulsory, Moot , Clomtudeer- On the lltb of age d to a Party from the Chanticleer were out on a shooting excursion, and education would co-operate zealously in promoting the in- ; the two men were i n boat together retu rning to the Aniction of the people. I vessel, when a heavy a gale came on, and they were driven A curious statement appears in the Downpatrick out to am and cast upon the rooks, and were reported to' Recorder. It is nothing less than an announcement that the stellate:4.feet, their i arrears es of pay be t P ad „, e Down Cathedal- " the mother church of a diocese con- David R id r l„ , wee d captain ' o f t h e f ore t o p, and — tabling nearly a fourth of all the protests:de of Ireland"— Samuel Henley, en able-bodied seaman, gave a die. will be closed on Sunday next for want of funds to meet treseing acoosint of their sufferings . On being cart on the the out of a regular service. The cathedral it apposes, , coast of Patagonia there to: the=hingdtoa i ta aw tte hi n a: has fee some years peg been owed by • clergyman—Mr. . l o t i i rf e ti m em t i Y e tr ee b e i e : ee ' w , " . Th ey 'l n t ee d their Edgar—whom stipend has amounted to the munificent mu geterw itggi by b u ddit e g t ege ther, th e ir o nly f o od for six of 561. a year. This sum, it seems, cannot be incumed, i weeks being mused. and otiar shell fish picked o ff the end Mr. Edgar having been promoted, no one am be found rocks. The posed was at the time mewed with mow, to take his place. I and Henley lost his toes from the severity of the frost. After being there about a month her Majeety's screw , Mr. Alfred Tennyson regrets that it is no longer sloop Columbine, Commander Leigh Ward, from the potable for hini to answer the innumeratile letters, or to Pacific, paired through the Straits , and was seen by the acknowledge the Mi. verses, which be is in the habit of men, who waved their blankets; but unfortunately were I seen and they remained there • fortnight lnger. receiving from strangers. Mr . Tennyson is about to isms not e had , . ger up all h of life, and or hours before • " Staiidard " edition of his works in four library volumes. the; were rescued : n had sworn to each other that whoever This edition will be carefully corrected by the Peet, sad died first should not be eaten by the survivor. They' will 'satin some notable additions to his published speak in high terms of the kindness they received on board writings. 1 the Shearwater, and ate now perfectly recovered. On the Shearwater bei4 taken tek into the basin at Woolwich Dock- Lady Barrett - Leonard ' s amate ur dramatic oom- wisra. ... tw k,, th e mew the Admiralty will „ ere w ee d erre g t e t h e piny will perform for the fi rst time in London et the Se. . .-- it Wag that ,Oecege'obell, Langhampince, on the 90th inst. for the : allow them to resolve their arrears of pay, although pee r benefit of the 4th Middlesex (Authors) Volunteer inst. 1 1100117 Pad le their reiettem g out Sir W. a Bodkin is recoverin g from the awls .., Carnal. , ,",....,... 1 IL Capit alis . n e, it hoe struck spinet limited Ik e( his recent &oddest, and it is hoped will sown preside " employ. -11 0 -- . test „ eche . % Deity ; mains& ways age promoters, con main et Ike Middkeez Seisions. and engineers ; 'pima iiintatoek companies of every de nte Bight Rev. Dr. Claughton, Bishop of neiption • maim* grisswass ; Pero o 7, gaud fgr iraborliar. bad his lni essfereses al the imp seed laity „ wesnssie 6 s. iii Foam lit .. mows ,_,.... she , el his assess is the druntruarta as linshostor Cathedsod ti o biu m m a i ta a i s po sse; tk , 1 9 ,;;;;; which pos. " yeeterap, en weigh eassista there was a rage stradsrart, deed th e m u s es l ege ; eeetlicamenttemem hi item sersonlions shogiarrems being fills. bleb= Idost Oilier orsirriaiir ; slued seism. TIII Islortesto of liintrarritia.—lt is rhatestri w ho la Baghositt atswitios et dereisnedos tbat Vie blase& Of Naltridas, width keg b e visas& •id the law at the it own to w h o m hg the TAP". le the Br bleu. DI% V. Rya be It had aitinalsd its httliati; ill'iless, sl the a onsformod woe the her. AA Ptsitthwelttj A-, of eattaistro basted at earmaree and torso by Or fignot c_h".lle. Orritirlitro. 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JIVE rut.. , , 4 , . ... . A d ‘ ~,,,d r ...,,A....., . TAG .n ': 3 ... ' 't as a successful - FRENCH POLICY. U....A...esee‘i that ha RR. TRAIN. Most of tho papers this morning have something to say about Mr. Train and has release. According to the Tele graph, the fact that Mr. Train is free will render every public man in America uneasy, so obnoxious is he at home. Mr. Finlen is quite an influential politician in England compared with Mr. Train in the United States ; not • single respectable paper in Boston reported his recent speeches; not even for the fun of the thing " could they be persuaded to give him their space. The Sta 'Ward says that Mr. Train was arrested by the Cork pollee without any special instructions from the Irish government, but there is no ground whatever for any fault-finding. Had an Englishman of advanced Southern proclivities gone over to New York, after proclaiming " war to the knife' against Northern supremacy at • meet- . _ log is Liverpool held on the eve of his departure. Ameri can officials would have been perfectly justified in arrest ing him, nor would he have had much either of help or empathy from our own Foreign-office. GRIGCS. The cane of the unfortunate victim of the Buckhurst bill tragedy has aroused general sympathy. It will be remembered that she is now a prisoner in the county gaol of Essex for debt incurred by having forfeited her recogni sance by refusing to appear to prosecute the wretch who at tempted to murder her. The sum required was 40/., and much more than this amount has already been sent for her to the oilier of the Telplraph. Mr. Rualrin's cheque alone is for that sum. Another correspondent also sends 401. The titandaftl, while of opinion that the fine must not be remitted, warmly supports the subscription by which it will be paid. It is expected that she will be released to-day. /118 TOPICS. Returning to the subject of the Alabama controversy, the Titers says it is content to regard the submission of our recognition of belligerency to an international tribunal as open in theory, but with one reservation of vital import ance. However it may despair of agreeing upon any foreign power to which "the whole controversy between England and the United States" could be referred without reserve, it forbears to reject such a proposal, beforehand, as hope lessly impracticable. All that the Times says for the pre sent is, that the proposal cannot be entertained for a moment, unless the United States will meet us on equal terms, and allow the conduct of their government in 1861 to undergo a like scrutiny with that of our own. Referring to a letter of Mr. Herman Bidden, of Playford, in which it is Mated that the great difficulty in the way of giving education to the children of agricultural labourers is the worth of their labour, the Doily Nein trusts that farmers and their advisers will not fall into the error of supposing that legislation for the better education of the rising generation will be arrested by their arrangements for the payment of their labourers. The condition of the British agricultural labourer is the opprobrium of our civilisation, we might say, of the civilisation of Western Europe ; and the pity of it is that our farmers, so far from seeing this, too often think that the little education the boys of their labourers got is a rest deal too much. The Searle for accepting the United States' offer of ar- bitrstion with their terms and conditions, and asks whether the people of this country are going to renounce the grandest opportunity the world has ever seen of in• . . attg;rating an international policy of peaceful &Akre, went, for the sake of maintaining • point of supposed national dignity hardly worthy the consideration of any intellect higher than that of • muter of the ceremonies. The Standard says that the Bishopoi London has proved himself, both in parliament and in convoc►tion, ono of the staunchest supporters of whom Dr. Colons, can boast. ' Our contemporary has no doubt that Bishop Gray will proceed to consecrate a new bishop for the church in Natal with the assurance that he has ample warrant for doing so. Wire Court. OSBORNE, .7... x. 21. The Queen drove out yesterday accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning accompanied by Princess Christian. The other members of the Royal Family also aunt oat. Mr. 0. D. Engleheart left Osborne yesterday, and the Bea. Mortimer Saarille West, Greem-ia-Waiting to ber Maissty, left today. A meeting of the Judicial& Commisaisa tem held yew terday. Present :—Lord Cairns (Chairman); Sir William Ras ; Sir R. J. Phillizame ; Sir W. P. Wood ; Mr. Baron Bramwell ; Mr. Justice Blackburn ; Mr. Justice Smith ; Sir Bounden Palmer, Q.C., M.P. ; Mr. W. Y. Jsatee, QC ; Mr. Qualm, Q.C. ; Mr. Rothery ; Mr. Ayrton, M.P. ; Mr. F. D. Lowndas ; Mr. Hallam ; and Mr. Brad shaw, the Secretary. His Royal Iriglmam the Prince of Wales, at. tended b Major Teesdale, lett Readringham Holm en Monday oftentoon, shortly alter tour eels*, sail pro ceeded by train train Wolferton, to Six Mlle Bottom, to pay a visit to General 'HAM His Royal Highness under present arrangements, remain the guest of General Hall during the remainder of the week, sash day of which will be devoted to &sodas. AN AUSTRIAN RETROSPECT. The 11 cu' Free Press of Vienna has the follow ing : For the 19 years that have passed by since the great commotion of March, the nobles and the clergy have governed Austria without interruption. They and their creatures have occupied the highest offices of state ; their conservative principles reigned without control ; nobles and priests were the masters of our persona and of our souls— they directed the mind and commanded the army ; all was in their hands, administration, education, and tisanes. When we look back on these 19 years of political martyr dom, such as a people never endured ; when we examine with impartiality what these conservative elements have really done for Austrian society ; and what misuse they have made of the treasury which was in their bands, the picture before us is a complete absence of ideas, an imbecility in our statesmen, a terrible incapacity and an utter misconception of the wants of civilised society. If Austria has lost her Italian provinces and her position in Germany ; if her strength has been broken on the field of battle by a succession of military disasters; if she has been driven to the verge of the abyss—we owe it to conservative elements, for they absorbed all the vital force of the country ; for, blind and obstinate, they opposed all constitutional efforts ; for even defeat itself and the abasement of the empire failed to teach them time had come and that their skill in government had ended in lamentable bankruptcy. Even now, after all till' humiliation, disaster, and ruin, they believe themselves —such is their incredible political blindness—to be alone worthy and capable of ruling this Empire, which they have brought low, and because a bone ! Kois element bee been introduced into the government they keep aloof. They speak as though the changes intro duced into Austria were not the natural sequence of their faults and their want of skill, but merely and at most a freak of fortune which, to the injury of the empire, has deprived them of the power they possessed. They imagined they are only for a short time debarred from power ; they nurse the notion that they will soon return to office, and will be enabled to try upon us once more their deplorable experiments. POLAND. The committee of the Polish emigration publish the following protest: PARIS, Jam. 1G The Russian government, in its unrelenting persecution of Polish nationality, issued • decree ordering all the landed proprietors of Volhynia, the Ukraine, and Lithu ania to sell their estates before the lOth of December, 1867. And, moreover, acting against all the principles of justice and equity, it prohibited any individual of Polish origin to acquire such property, so that, in order to be come possessor of a strip of Polish soil, one should be either a Russian or • foreigner. The disposal of this property by private contract having completely failed, the Russian government proposes to organise sales by auction on an extensive scale, and invites foreign capitalists to present themselves as purchasers. At the moment of this project being carried into execution, we, members of the committee of the Polish emigration, elected by our exiled fellow-countrymen to represent abroad the interests of our country, believe our duty re quires us to remind all persona interested that the Polish national government, in provision of the present eventua lity, published in April, 1863, a decree forbidding any one whatever to acquire the estates confiscated and offered for sale by the Russian government. That decree still oon• tinues in vigour ; and we draw attention to it at this moment, warning those who may become possessors of the above-mentioned estates that their purchases will be con sidered se null sadvoid—ilsirOarra DOmliguwBXl, STAMM ' LAS Jmuulinz, VALnues WRouswsu. (arum's =mums.) ITALY. FLORENCE, JAR. 21, EVICIING. A meeting was held this evening of the party of the Right. General Menabrea and the Ministers of Finance and Maxine were present. The Minis ters of the Interior and of Finance spoke at some length, and the meeting resolved energetically to urge forward the discussion of the ministerial budget for 1868, in order that the parliament might be at liberty to discuss bills relative to finance and the interior reorganisation of the country. The committee of the Chamber have approved of the budget of the interior for 1868. The ordi nary expenses are estimated at 43,120,238 lire, and the extraordinary at 2,408,785 lire, thereby effect ing a reduction of 4,050,289 on the budget of on, 1867. At the ball given last week at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 7,000 white and rose camellia trees were employed to decorate the apartments, which trees ware sent from the city gardens. There are now 2,000,000 camellia plants in the camellia houses, which over a superiades of 48,000 metres, which space being found insuffieient for the supply required, underground houses are being constructed, the excavations for that purpose extending over 30,000 square metres of ground. Four bead primers superintend this vast flower manufactory. Some months ago an account was given of an outrageous attack made by some Ronan catholic', incited by eat& priests, on a protestant community established ' at Barletta, • small town is Italy, in which two perms* were killed and seveeal others wounded. A great amiss , of perms were arrested, and the °cart of Bails "*" Trani has just bees engaged in trying ifty•two of them. Of them lit were esgalited, 10 sentenced to 18 rare head labeler ; 14 to 10 years • 8 to 8 ; 6 to 7 ; the des Adhere were eoadisweed to 16 1 fee 7 years; Itos ; a woman to 3 ; and a man to one Amesast I those sentenced to 18 years ere Father Vito Her* who I by his preaching smutted the entrap, and the amass Bagger* Per*;lioact who orgaalesd It. HORRIBLE MURDER IN BIRMINGHAM. Last evening, about half-past six, a dastardly murder was usuaiteed in Hessegeedmv;ts Birmingham. The victim was a Miss Milbourne, en independent maiden lady, between 50 and 60 years of age, and the eircuni. stances surrounding the crime would seem to leave no doubt that tits object was robbery. For five-and. twenty years she and her brother lived together, but about twelve months since her brother died, and sines that time she has resided alone. Possessed of considerable property, f a report became current that she was in the habit o keeping a large sum of money in the house and this, no doubt, was the incentive to the crime which ' was committed lest night. At the time of the death of d e ce a sed's brother Miss Milbourne had a sum of between 70W. and 8001. in the house, but last January she deposited 0901. in Lloyds' bank, and it is supposed that she lived on t remainder of the money. In July last she drew half a . year's interest on this sum from the beak, and another half year's interest is now due, but had not been drawn by deceased. There is every reason to suppose, therefor,, that there was no great amount of money in the house at the time of the murder. The house is situated next door but one to the Ashted Brewery. Between that house and the one next to tie brewery Is a wide passage, opening with double gates to the street. The yard is common to both houses, and also to a malthouse, which is situated at the furthermost end ,f the yard. There is no sort of a division in the yard, which is separated from the next yard by a party-wall eight or nine feet high. Shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday evening, Mrs. Bul lock, who lives in the adjoining yard, was in an outhouse when she heard some persons in the yard. She looted through a crevice in the door, and saw three men, two ~f whom were shout the same height, and one a trifle shorter, I climbing over the wall. The men became aware of her presence, for one of them said " There's a woman, and she will blow on us." Without waiting to look into the outhouse the men ran up the entry into the street and disappeared. Mrs. Bullock told her husband of the occur rence, and said she hoped they had not been to the old lady, next door. After that she and a Mrs. Dickman, another neighbour, went to deceased's house door and called to her. Not receiving run reply, they feared outrage had been matted, and and their statements brought the police to the spot. The front door was locked, and the back door open. Uu the kitchen table a bonnet was found, and a shawl lay upon the floor. At first the officers saw no trace of the old lady, but between the kitchen and the trout room stone steps led down to the cellar. At the top of these steps they discovered Miss Milbourne lying on her back, her head reeting on the second step. Sha was quite wane, but lifelees. There was ono mark of a blow upon her nose, and finger-marks upon her throat. plainly showing that she hail been strangled. The body was brought eta the front room and laid upon a bed. Upon an examina tion of the house being made, it was discovered that it had been completely ransacked. There were three rooms La. stairs, and the contents of the boxes and beds in all of them were turned over and thrown on the door. Drivers were bunt open, and boxes rummaged, and apart of a pil low was torn open. On the table in the back kitchen was found a black bag which was found to contiin a receipt on Lloyds' Banking Company for the cum of 615/., deposited in January last. Whether placed there by the thieves or the deceased, is not known , The fact of the dece ased being found on the cellar steps is accounted for by the supposition that she had gone to the top of the stepe—where were shelves forming a pantry—to get some article, when she was surprised by her murderers. She bad just put the tea into the t ~pot, the caddy and spoon being found on the table. and from the position of the bonnet and shawl it is supposed that she had been out for a walk shortly before. It is satisfactory to know, says the BirMittidoona Pwf. that there is every probability of the sods of justice bein4 satisfied, and of the perpetrators of this foul deed receiving their just deserts, as although at prese nt the affair is shrouded in considerable mystery, the police are in ivw session of a clue which, it is hoped, will eventually lent to the detection and apprehension of the murderers. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) WEDNESDAY, J AN, ARY 21. II LL ..... ~.. 1 B T. W. 1 ^...--- W. IL lto is A ; , -. .... ...- --.- 1-- Nairn - '2o 41 C 23 N.W. 1 B.W. he - 1 Aberdeen t0.375.41 N.W. 1 B.W. la - 2 Leith t9.32P37 N. 3 W. iic I - Ardroman -19.341' X. 1 E. bm I- 1 Greenmail*. 10.341'31 35 E. 3 N.W. bine - - Valentla 23.161'40 E.S.E. S KE. ro '0 gI.o 3 Cape Mar V. 8.10 139 B.M. 4 S.E. r '1.31i 3 itoutigios It 19.00'40 E.N.E. 4 E.S E. re ll 351 4 Liverpool 131.17t MI B.N.R. 3 W. c 0 0.11 1 11°1).103,0- 20.118 m) 11 N .1t 0 W.N.W. c.. - 1.. P•11.118C0 WAS f' 48 W. 10 W. olr • 0 7:., i Brest 13.45t;44 W. 9 I W.S.W. tr '0 No i [orient. - -13.40 f 48 W.S.W. 7 1.1. W. c !to 4; 7 Rochefort , - MOM W.B.W. 0 W. r 10.55 7 Plymouth YPOSI 46 S.W. 110 1 8 r 0.43 7 10 P 4 Weymouth V. 07 AS W. 0 I S.W. , 0 Portsmouth 29.08t.47 W. 8 . W.N.W. to 0.71 j 7 Lood.in - 5.1.031 39 E. 1 ; 8.4. W. go hr '070! - Yaraltaitb ?AO ,o3i E. G I I S.W. go - 0 2carborongb 54.201'33 E. 4 I I S.W. rt.. 4 Shlulits 23.258411 N.E. 3' d N.W. ,cm- ?. , Fielder - 5 Brussels.. - 210 15 144 R.O.W. - - lor I - Paris t5S73 47 S.W. 4 - i ' - - - Strasbourg ! - 140 KW. 3 Ly o ns - licart'seuu. ti. 023 23 N.E. 3 I 3 N.B. In ' t 3 - _ Barometer connotesi and reduced to x deg. at sea level. The letters r Rising), f (steady), indicate direction if nautionof themereury within last 11 bears. Thermomeer exposed ha shade. Extreme force, with Redirection during loo t t hours. Z.-calm. Weather: b.- sky; c. - clouds detached ; 1.- foe: L-lightning ; (hazy,: ce-os creast del): r.-rain; s.-snow : t.-th u nder. ibuirfall, suow ur hat s melted), during last 24 hour*. Bea disturbance. REMARKS. The rapid decrease of pressure which comm-nced ye dupla) attune um at Valentia, and which was the cause of waruitt, , being issued, has continued. The difference of readings in th.• south of England amounts to nearly Tleths of an inch. Pressen: is diminishing everywhere ; it is lowest in Limbo), where the reading is 9-luthe below that at Lyons. Great difference Clll, end 11Ce. s in temperature ; that at Nairn it v 5 dens. less than at P 1 At southeni stations It has risen considerably. A gni,: blew lot evening on our south and west coasts. At the entrance .4 the Channel it le now continuing with direction from we to t ail 'sn west. Winds are east in the centre of England. Tile rain has been very heavy along the sonthcoast, with lightning at Penance. The sea from Pennine to Portsmouth is very high. Yesterday evening a general meeting of laymen who are helpers with the Bishop of London in the work of his diocese, and who have been formed into an msocia. ti for that purpose, was bald at the rooms of the Archi tectural Society, in Conduit-street. The Rev. Prebendary Kempe, the rector of the parish of St. James's, West minster, predded, and was supported by the Bishop of Tennessee, Professor Plumptre, the Rev. Erskine Knolleys (the Bishop of London's chaplain), and other gentlemen. EAST LONDON DISTRESS.—A meeting, called by Mr. Sclater-Booth, the secretary of the Poor-Law Beard, was held yesterday afternoon, at the Cannon-strect Hotel, for the purpose of uniting the action of the committees taw collecting subscriptions for the relief of distress. There were present Mr. Sclater-Booth, in the chair ; Mr. Greet and Mr. Scrutton, from the East-end Central Committee ; Mr. Robert Baxter and Mr. Somerset Saunderson, front the East London Mission and Relief Committee ; the Rev. Septirous Hansard, from the Bethnal-green Committee Mr. Russell, of the Metropolitan District Visiting Society ; Mr. Ravenhill, of Poplar, and many others. A long dis cusaion took place an the means ot uniting the different organisations, and ultimately it was moved by Mr. Dudley Baxter, seconded by the Rev. Mr. Caparn, and carried: — " That it is expedient that a central executive committee be formed, to consist of members from each of the princi pal existing committees, to unite the efforts for the relief of distress in East London." JUMPING TROY A TRAIN.—EaTIy yesterday morning a fatal accident happened •at the Shrub.hill rail way station at Worcester, through a passenger alighting from a train when in motion. It appea r Bons that on the pre• vious afternoon a special train left Gloucester for llir minglam, calling at Worcester and other intervening sta tions, taking passengers to Birmingh am for the panto , mime, and returning next morning. e train was • heavy one of between 20 and 30 carriages, and on reaching Wor cester was stopping at Shrub-bill station, when a carpenter, tamed Steed, residing at Marries's, in that city, im prudently opened the door of the carriage in which ha was riding, and jumped out before the train had come to a standstill. The result was that he was twisted round and fell beck upon the line, the wheels of the car riages passing over his legs and inflicting fearful injuries on other parts of his person. On the train coining to a stop be was extricated in a fearfully mangled state, and • stretcher having been procured, was carried at once to the Worcester Infirmary insensible and apparently in • dying state. In fact be only li ved three or four Ileum, wLen death put an end to his su ff erings. The acculent nonelected the greatest consternation among the passen- gsrs. Daftly Nip mums Brimino.—An expert swimmer, named jamas Williams', about 20 years of age, was drowned while bathinsf under the Hos, at Plymouth, un Sunday morning. It sa believed that he waa seized with cramp. CAPITAL OF RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1866.—1 t appear from a return issued by the Board of Trade that the total smount of capital authorised to be seised up to the end of the year 1863 on railways in the United Kingdom emanated to 466,151,6= om shame and to 154,412,7731. by loans ; total, 620,564,4061.: showings se =d with, 1865 , au immense of capital authorised in the of 1866 of 44,272,7437. The total amount paid np at military shares was M 245,6291., being an increase of 8,647,4331. in the year 1866. The amount paid np_on pre. forestial shares and "took animated to 134,455,09 a, being sn hearers of 30,191,41 n. Th e 1110011111 mimed on debenture , see* was 14,106,594/., being an inueses of 310,2191., and ea , debentures 105,065,8631., being an increase of 7.244,766/. askll mg the total amount of asp ital p aid up to the 31st o f December, 1866, 481,872,16 11. , being an increase o f pp 26,394,0411. u stared with ties amount paid up on t he L Slat December, &gum—Very large notches of sprats are being taken dai l y near Eie, Ina, Cornwall, and great qua'- takes , titles hav already been sold to fanners for manure at ban 2". to 7a. per gumy. benkru e ts show ich there im r. Sykes. ee basin were not I itors by w e bankru never bee Ur. Lawrnr t he had the cum gniuents of it.tnees froi 11 in the mm Leavy loss. The bankru O• UM is c 1r Coo, (Before Thus was a 1 r e Beilerbp I red th e quesl par ties wen er the „ e ralty to a Pa bad cowmen , upon with Job bas otter law. Mr. Xa/ , . , 44.4 te . Q.O r Lama N% Lewis Mon er The V~oe Cl Id that to , s d u' u toe estate ir of his mod e of the six t to the loco with a was to e rilin g towhet her th his father t if his mot 'a will, " al in this Cal had willed meat of 1 him," or W. plaintiff's 5 111TOMISP , • tiffs Lath be bankr Ider and iilities am litors in 1 ere to th 4 to and he t sitting, eines. (Before ket end le Killion reed he er a bee ~ with it r with ate • propert; n the mu na of a lc aioo, an • d's elotl • alone the prix e, for I/ her hi saitl eL the ' Peter cribe yor ides lienn evil ur in 1 °wird • Lou Sci•el mien en al Ides tic tl • e wa at if • Lion. le, RE Sion. Chi .hrich ho to went mI be Item Geol cb to tt t N o . The 'clod WAN ale ( Tint the a lea en chic was fed d a Thi d h Ga re etc. d 1 I et • e` 1 1 r It N( ‘ I Ise banks ernontyl La of 00 r. Brongl r. l'esea vecittiou lionou .41 on ill, Iths, but CO DC itudo Roctou I amour toii. 1 aionitted tin whit tides, a th a set •rein. • el tlot,k intetl. Villion ions 0! cony: ties, a obtAt In. H Itinter, 'softer, p ' he ie J be a a