The Express. — London, England, 1864-09-27 00:00:00

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By, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson. H. Forrester. and H. Mellon; Mrs H. Marston, Misses Barnett and Gwynn.. BRITANNIA. Tm 9 isvzimia. THE Mesdames Yarnold, Cranford, and Scott.-Singing by Messrs G. lasts. sad Louis Lindsay: Madame Pleon.—And THE BAY OF BISCAY. Wawa. Crauford, Drummond, Blgwood Miss S. Mills. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDOR. Tuts DAT -- -A/ternnollT Oh. Om. T,..MogitoW Morning, Oh. 2tm.. Afternoon, Oh. 44m. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. THE adjourned examination of Franz Muller at Bow-street, for the alleged murder of Mr. Briggs, was brought to a close yesterday, and the prisoner was formally committed to Newgate to take his trial. The very easy proceedings at the inquest at Hackney probably helped to lessen the popular attraction of this examination, for Bow-street was not besieged by anything like the eager crowd who besieged it last Monday week, and the magisterial bench was not ornamented with any foreign kings and ministers. The small court was certainly crowded, as it easily may be with about two hun dred people, and many foreigners were present, but beyond the immediate circle of the prisoner's legal advisers the interest in this preliminary trial ap peared to flag. The further the case goes the more the evidence is piled up against the prisoner, and the sharp decisive way in which the coroner and the coroner's jury dealt with it yesterday morning at Hackney very fairly repre sents the popular feeling. The verdict of that jury was one of wilful murder against the prisoner ; and at Bow-street he was committed without an instant's hesitation by the presiding magistrate, and with nothing but the statement that the defence is reserved by Mr. Beard, his solicitor. A reserva tion of defence is always a sign of weakness ; and in this case the tenor of the cross-examination of witnesses for the prosecution showed that it was weaker than ordinary. The promised revelations with regard to the cabman Matthews have swin dled down almost to an innendo about some passage in his career at Norwich in 1850 ; and in the mean time his story, which at first seemed rather impro bable, that he had bought a hat for the prisoner, has been admitted by Muller. Whether the hat found in the carriage in which Mr. Briggs was either murdered or so attacked that he was induced to jump out and so end his life on the railway is the one purchased by the cabman for Muller has not yet been proved by any evidence beyond the cabman's assertion ; but nearly every other point in the evilence has been driven home by three or four witnesses. One contemporary— more gushing than prudent—has even gone the length of hinting that the cabman was concerned in the murder ; but the explanation of his manner at the previous examination, upon which many sup positions were founded, appears very simple. Mr. Matthews, with no disrespect be it said, is 'a Lon don cabman, and nothing more, and the part he has been suddenly called upon to play in the eyes of his country might well have elated a much stronger minded man. Ile hots travelled to New York and back as a first-class passenger upon whom much depended in an important case ; he has probably been made the little hero of au Atlantic steamer during a month's sea voyage ; has been treated in New York bars, and has nut been stinted in champagne ; and he comes back fresh from this glorious excursion to be bullied by as unpretending solicitor. Under these circumstances some little allowance ought to have been made for his somewhat rampant manner at the first examination, especially as he said nothing which met with the open disapproval of the magis trate. Any elket, however, that his cross-exami nation might have produced in favour of the prisoner was more than dispelled by the evidence of his wife, given yesterday, for anything more apparently truthful than her manner was never seen iu a court of justice. The case against the prisoner now stands in this position. Mr. Briggs was killed upon the North London RaiNay on the night of the oth of July in the present year, A respectable surgeon, who examined the b vly, swears that death was caused by fracture of the skull and compression of the brain. The carriage in which the unfortunate man last rode was saturated with blood, and in this carriage was found a hat which the cabman, Matthews, swears is the one which he bought iu Crawford-,tr,, Mar)lebone, a short time pre viously, for Thifler. Muller admits that Matthews did buy him a hat, but says that the transaction took place many month , before. Early in the week following the di-,.•v, ry of the body of Mr. Briggs, Muller is (wool changing a gold watch chain at the shop of Mr. Death, which chain hasbeen proved to be one worn by 3lr. Briggs the last time he was seen alive. For this chain Muller got another chain, and also a ring. The ring he has lost, but the chain, with a small Geneva watch, he pawned, according to the evidence, just before he paid his passage-money to New York. When captured on bnaril the Vn•toria sailing-vessel in the harbour of New York he stated be had lost a ring like the one he had received from Mr. Death, while in his pos- THE session was found a watch which hap be ide,ti fied, with exams of proof, as the -watch talons log to the late Mr. Briggs, and a hat which it was suspected also belonged to the same unfortunate gentleman. After much evidence concerning this hat, given at both examinations of the prisoner at Bow street, it turns out that this suspicion is correct, and that the hat is really the late Mr. Briggs's, with this important difference. It has been cut down in the body until it looks like a theatrical hat, and the cutting down hasbeen effected by some one clever with the needle and scissors, though not a hatter. Franz Muller, we may state, is a tailor. There are many details of evidence, Inch as his giving the paper box, in which Mr. Death had put the new gold chain, to Mr. Matthews's child, which have all been established at the examinations, and they all tell with terrible force against the prisoner. The mere array of witnesses, when they were sum moned into court to be sworn to appear against the prisoner at the Old Bailey sessions, was very for midable. His defence is stated to be reserved, but our own impression is that it will have to be made, and his counsel will probably not only attempt to discredit the cabman, but will strive to show that he had the command of money on or before the day when be pawned his watch and chain and paid his passage-money. The prisoner took a more lively interest in the proceedings yesterday than he did on the previous Monday, but he could evidently suggest little to his keen and watchful solicitor, Mr. Beard, to shake the overwhelming testimony of the witnesses. After viewing the prisoner again carefully, we see nothing to alter in our former description of him. He is certainly not such a thoroughgoing pugilist and ruffian as most of hie photographs represent. Dr. Juchs, the representative of the German societies who are finding the means for the prisoner's defence, very naturally takes a warm personal and national interest in the case, and is the medium of communication between the prisoner and his solicitor. Muller, we are informed, is a native of Saxe Weimar--a place hitherto celebrated as a residence of Goethe— and his parents are still living. His father is a respectable gunsmith. Moller has been absent from home, and working always steadily as a tailor, for about two years ; and the German societies cannot find that there is any previous crime which can be laid to his charge. If he should be prsava guilty by an Old Bailey jury of this murder, this fact, if it be a fact, will render the case all the more remarkable. gbt (Noun. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer has left Yeomen Haar for Soothed. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office tom the Governors of the Cepe of Good Hope, Natal, and St. Helena. Despatches were sent to the Govetwors of Malta, Mauri tius, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Lebrun, and the Provinces of diuitralia. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff arrived at St. Leoeardaon•Sea yes terday from Germany to join their family. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer have been placed in great affliction by the death of Mr. Batas, father of Madame Van de Weyer. This event, which we announced yesterday, took pleas at New Lodge, Windsor Forest, alter a loge Mem . _ The Marquis sod Marchioness of Salisbury re turned to Hatfield Hoses, Herta, on Saturday, from visiting the Earl and Counties of Carservon at Highslen Castle, near Newbury. Yesterday the noble marquis and mar chioness left Hatfield on a visit to the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, H.P., and Mrs. Disraeli at Hughenden Manor, Backs. The Earl and Countess of Derby will entertain a select party during the ensuing month at Knowsley Park, near Prescott. Lord and Lady Londesborough are daily ex pected to wive at Grimatow Ptak, soar Tacked* st. Lord Rosebill, son of the Earl and Countess of sorthesit, is exported home shortly from Canada, where he has been sorving with the Scots Familiar Guards. VISIT OF 7HE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUKR TO MA-IC[IE97EL Mr. Gladstone will visit Maachester on Friday, October 14, to dietribute the prime and certi ficates awarded at the recent Oziord local asarninatioa. MUSIC. ..- MR. MELLON'S CONCERTS. Bottesini has returned, after a long absence, to astonish and enchant the public with the witcheries of his marvellous °marshals°. The brilliancy of his appearance at last night's concert threw everything else in some memo» into the shade, though the other things were as excel lent as usual. When he Pmeelitod himself in the orchestra he had meson to be convinced that he had not been forgotten, for he was greeted with the warmest welcome. He played a fantasia on favourite opera airs, and it appeared to us that wooder fol as he had been before, he was now more wonderful than ever. He seems to have gained, if pousible, • still more complete mastery of his intrument, accomplishing the most astounding teats of execution with as much apparent facility and absence of effort as it he were handling a violin instead of a double bass. This increased command of the Matra moot has had the natural consequence of increasing his pow e r s of expression , enabling him to give full mope to the sentiment and passion of the musk with as much freedom from restraint as if he were a great Italian singer. Hie fantasia was received with a perfect storm of applause, in the midst of which he retired ; bat it brought him back to the orchestra, and instead of repeating the piece, he played Peduncles famous solo, " The Carnival of Venice," or Le Strevhc, that wild, unearthly dialogue, which the great Vio - used to give with such indescribable effect. It is not too I much to say that Bottesini did all that Pagenini himself had done, and made as great an impression upon the audience. When he concluded the theatre rang for several minutes with acclamations, which again brought him back otter he had left the orchestra ; bat this time he contented him ,' self with bowing his acknowledgments. In short, his re* °option was an ovation of the most triumphant kind. The house was crammed to the doors, and the whole concert went off with the usual Eclat. ISIT OF PRINCE HUMBERT TO ALDERSHOTT. His Royal Highness Pi isoe Humbert visited Aldershottfyes terday, when a grand renew of troops took place. His royal highness, accompanied by Colonel Du Plat and at. tended by his suite, arrived at Farnborough station about 9 o'clock, where he wu met by Lieutenant-General Sir J, L. Penoefather. Mounting a hone which had been sent for his royal highness's use from the royal nod at Windsor, the Prince and Mir John and party proceeded to the Long ' Walk. Here the Prince was received with the usual royal salute on such °cautions, and the troops thee marched put. The Royal Horse Artillery and cavalry repined the saluting point at • gallop. The division then formed in order of battle, and a series of operations, skilfully conducted by the generals, and admirably carried out by the troops, took place, which resulted in the enemy being beaten from a strong position on the south, and again from a second posi tion on the *sat. The sham fight co nc l u d e d at a quarter to 12. The royal and dinioguithed party then proceeded to the cusp, where his royal highness visited and inspected the Prince Consort's library, one of the priocipal cook houses, the commissariat, the gymnasium, and then partook of luncheon at the officers' men of the Royal Dragoons. He next inapsoted a portion of the rebarracks, sad returned to London io the afternoon . Thew eather in the earlier part of the day was unpleasant, a heavy fog pre vailing, but later became mach more favourable for the royal visitor. CRY:TAL PALACE.—The very graceful perform sem of Mr. Jackson Haines, the champion skater of Ame rica, drew a more than usually large number of persons to the Palace yesterday. The pewit skate used by Mr. Haines ruse on three iodiarabbsr wheels, sad the effect under his sway was almost to lead the spectator to believe the Palace was as ine-boase and the platform Is heat of the Shakespere.hogas frozen over. The rapidity with which he moves in his dances is exceediagly pllsesjag, and Wed marvellous. His performances WKS preceded by L. p e tit Bloodin, the juvenile rope-dancer. They are both an nounced for the week. NUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1864. INTELLIGENCK AUSTRIAN VIEW OF THE FRANOO FTALLAN TREATY. The Lloyd of Vienna his the following : At this moment, when the Behan question ;tend' in the foregreeed, oar stanienosa hare doubtlem begun seriously to eonskler whether the friendship of hyena will stand the Ist, and whether, when the pressure arrives, she will give the support of her powerful influence to Austria. Interests of the highest importance ought indeed to make Herr von Bismarck desire that the power of Italy should not be increased. for it L impossible that conservative tendencies could gain by such an increase. But it is equally certain that Anemia will not aid us without making us pay dandy for her aid. If Austria from the outset had taken a purely German view in the Sleswig- Holstein question, the sympathies of Germany would have rallied round us in rush force that our position would have been vastly strengthened. We should have better security for the friendship of France who would pro. belly not have started the Italian question so soon. Bat on the 'contrary, our policy' ou the Sleewig•l[olatsio question has been characterised by a remarkable aversion to the national movement and to national principle'. The Aus trian government was afraid that the movement in Germany would assume a revolutionary aspect, and oonsiderad that the reoognltion of the national principle might lead to dia• askew consequences. The German movement has happily been dyked by the policy of the great German powa bat DOVIOADIMIII the national principle was recog nised by Austria in the Sleswig-Hoistein question. List it not be mid that Italy is now without strength and therefore not likely to give offends —Wt Italy alone has reason to fear the approaching future. Whatever be the sitaation of Italy the Promo-Italian treaty still implies a Dew recoguitien of the principle of nationalities, and it is exactly this principle that Austria dreads in the highest degree. This is the cardinal vice which does not permit us to go forward at home or abroad. It is not in the least to be expected that Austria will give up the Italian qua drilateral out of pare love to the principle of nationalities. But leaving Italy out of the question, this principle might be applied to several parts of the monarchy without injury to the power of the empire. It is precisely the vocation of Austria to carry out the principle of nationalities, and to make it coordinate with the power of the empire. Polities are not a system of philosophy which should be pushed to their final consequences. France, for example, is the most ardeut champion for the principle of nationalities, although she Dever dreams of restoring Alsace to O. many. Let us get rid of introversion to the principle of nationalities, and our policy will obtain a direction which will astonish oar friends and our easmies." NORTH SLFSWIG. A Copenhagen letter has the following Whilst festivities and balls are succeeding each other in honour of the Prince and Princes, of Wales, letters re ceived frem Northern Sleswig contain intelligence daily more sad more afflicting. The Prussian authorities exer cise, without regarding in t►e least the public opinion of Europa, the mart arbitrary measures to repress the national movement which is protesting signet s separation from Pawns. The agitation has assumed alarming propor tions, and specially linos the arrest of M. ds Bahama, one of the most distinguished men in the csastry. He was arrested for having taken an active part in the propsgetioo of ac adders from the inhabitants of Maoris to the civil commissioners. It has same been de livered to these latter Woad by 6,000 of the inhabitants ; several other copies of the petition, bearing in all 14,000 signatures, have been seized and burned. EX#RRSS FROM PARIS. (11011 on owl( PARA MOULT EMI:NO. His Majesty will hold two more cabinet councils, and then set off for Compiegne, when people will endeavour to gather from the lists of guests invited to hunt and shoot in the imperial preserves some insight into his future policy. The rumours current to-day merely affect the advisers of the chief of the state and a certain shifting of ministers. La France mentions the retirement of M. Rouland, who, before the accession of M. Duruy, was in the Persigny cabinet as Minister of Instruction and Public Worship. M. Rouland's temperate replies and rebukes of intemperate bishops, who likened his master to Judas Iscariot, gained him a well earned reputation. He became President of the Council of State, which he now resigns, being des tined to resume his seat in the Senate and to fill some appointment worthy of the eminent services which he has rendered the country. M. Vuitry, Governor of the Bank of France, succeeds M. Rou land. During the last session this gentleman was usually put up to reply to the attacks which MM. Thiers and Berryer directed against the finance operations of the government. In the opinion of some partial imperialists he had the best of the struggle, because his figures were correct, whilst those of his adversaries were drawn from their imagination. It is supposed that the Emperor wishes to borrow two large sums of about 500 mil lions to fill up deficits which can no longer remain uncovered, and that M. Fould has strongly objected, and tendered his resignation, not for the first time. M. Behic, Minister of Commerce, gave us a abort while ago an account of the sums which would be required to carry out all that required carrying out in France, and it is said that his name and that of the Minister of Marine and the Colonies will appear in a list of changes on which the imperial mind is reflecting. It appears that the Empresa of Russia, will pass the next winter at Nice instead of making another excursion to the Crimea. General Montauban, Count of Palikao, is to take command of the 2nd Corps d'Armde, having his head quarters at Lille. Marshal Foray will go to Lyons. Thus the two most unpopular soldiers in the French army will be in possession of important commands. We hear little worth repeating to-day on the subject of Rome, with the exception of a pretended unofficial mission by the Bishop of Nancy, who is to go to Rome and aid M. de Sartigea in re assuring the pontifical court,which has been thrown into a state of desperation. !mini Pernano was annommed. Of course he was I received, and the eourageous sailor, who on the night before had been my companion in the sad errand to the municipality palace, and who had risked his life, confirmed what General Della Room had said, begging the King to ask his ministers to resign. Whilst they were thus engaged, one of the King's aides-de-camp entered the room and told his Majesty that the detkities and senators who were in Turin had held a meeting, presided over by Mar quis Panto, that a deputation had been appointed, and had already presented itself to Signor Perarzi to call him to account, and to protest against the facts which occurred during the evening before. His Majesty was also informed that the meeting of those legislators had been very stormy, and that one of the deputies had gone so far as to propose that the meeting should declare itself en permanence, and constitute itself into • provisional government, announcing this decision by a proclamation to the people. The proposition, the King was told, had been of oourse rejected, but it showed that exasperation had in vaded even the highest region of one power of the state. The President of the Council of Ministers, Signor Minghetti, was then summoned to the royal presence: Already this gentleman, who I hear has deeply felt the great misfortune which has befallen Turin, had discussed with his colleagues the advisability of resigning their seats in a stormy council held at the Ministry soon after the firing in Saint Charles'-square had occurred. At this council the young Foreign Minister, Visconti Venosta told his colleagues that if orders were not instantly given to stop the bloodshed he would at once withdraw, holding them responsible, as an Italian citizen, for any new accident which might occur. Those orders were given, the council was re-assured, and it resolved that to maims at that moment would seem like shrinking from responsi bility, and imply a consciousness of duty unful filled. When Commendatore Minghetti made his ap pearance before the King, and heard that he was asked to resign, be sent at one for his colleagues, and in their presence told his Majesty that they had decided to retain power unti. it pleased his Majesty to dismiss them. In the meanwhile General La Marmora bad arrived in Turin, and having hastened from the station to the royal palace, and had a short interview wish the King, had consented to accept office. Signor Minghetti was then informed by Victor Emmanuel himself of what had occurred, the King begging him and his colleagues to tender at once their resignation, which, of course, was done without remark. No precise news about the colleagues chosen by General La Marmon has reached me, but I think that General Petiti will be appointed Minister of War, and Count Pours di San Martino Home Se cretary. It is generally stated that Baron Rica*,li has already been telegraphed for, and that La Mar more has offered him the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. The names of Signors Lanza and Sella are also spoken of for the Ministers of Finances and Public Works ; and it is stated that, in the case of Baron Ricasoli's refusal, Cavaliere Nigra, the Italian minister at Paris. who arrived here yester day, will be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. Whatever may be the composition of the new ad ministration, I, as a friend of Italy, sincerely hope that the Piedmontese element will not form a decided majority, because it would undontedly dis satisfy the other parts of Italy and give rise to a complication which might even become very serious indeed. it is, moreover, generally known in Italy and in Europe that Count 'ouzo di San Martino advocates a peaceful policy—the policy of disarmament. For him the Italian question is essentially an administrative ques tion. To re-organise the administration of the new state, to restore its finances, so dangerously impaired by Signor Minghetti's impracticable theories, to renounce all idea of making war upon Austria, at least for many years to come, and send home half the army, these are opinions which the Count has often loudly proclaimed from his seat in the Senate. His name, therefore, is not likely to be popular in the other parts of Italy. But even leaving aside this difficulty, the first question which presents itself—a very serious question indeed—is this : Is the new ministry in favour of the con vention which gave rise tothe late events I Now there can be no doubt about the meaning of the conven tion, for we know that one of its conditions—though not embodied in the convention itself, but secretly stipulated—is that the two years allowed for the evacuation of Rome by the French troops will only begin to date from the day in which the capital shall be transferred from Turin to Florence. Now, there are, in my opinion, only two ways of seizing the meaning of all this ; either that the Emperor has asked from the Italian Government the entire renunciatiation of Rome, as the capital of Italy, in spite of the decision of the national parliament, and Minghetti's cabinet has consented to the Im perial wishes, or that Louis Napoleon believes that alter his troops have been withdrawn the Pope will be contented with the scheme which the Emperor himself has formerly advocated, i.e., to declare Rome not the capital of Italy, but a free Italian city, administrated by the municipal authorities. Well, you may depend upon it that neither one nor the other of these solutions will satisfy the Italians. Minghetti's cabinet having given up all idea of Rome, having bound itself to have the capital removed for good, the question is no longer a local, but a national question. On one side the executive has bound the nation, on the other there is a great probability that parliament will not sanction the convention. True, the legislature has no power to reject it, but it may render its effect nuga tory by refusing the funds which the executive must ask for the transfer of the capital to Flo rence. The embroglio, as you see, is serious enough, and it shows that the pie has been really cooked in the imperial kitchen. P.S. Nothing new about the formation of the new cabinet. Rumours are afloat that Count Pours de San Martino has withdrawn from the ministerial field. Signors Lanza, Sells, and Cor dova, it is said, have accepted offices. The re joicings were general in the provinces, because the telegrams sent by the late ministry had led people to believe that the transfer of the capital to Florence was but a first halt towards Rome. Now that the truth is known serious apprehensions are generally entertained of an outbreak at Naples, Palermo, Milan, and other towns. Let us hope that such a calamity may be spared this unh►ppy country. WHERE THE PETER'S PENCE GO.—A letter from Rome of the 20th contains the subjoined :—" The solemn ceremony of the beatificatioe of Mastruerite•Maria Alacoque, • nun of the Order of the Visitation, took place the day before yesterday. In the morning, the cardinals of the coogregatioo of the rite assembled at the basilica of the Vatican, which was richly decorated rind dluminated for the occasion. The brief of the beatification was read in prepuce of the clergy, • large number of nuns of the order, and an immense multitude of the public. The image of the bleated Maria Alecoque, placed on the chair of St. Peter, was then uncovered, and • Te Dann wee sung, while the ringing of bells and the firing of artil lery from the castle of St. Angelo announced the event to the population. The basilica was lighted with 4,000 wax lights and 200 tapers. Six pictures paisted for the occa sion. and representing the principal event" in the life of Maria Alneoqum with the miracle' approved of for her beatificatioe, were exhibited. At 5 on the evening the Holy Father came to the basilica to adore the blessed object of veneration, and the cardinals did the same. An immense crowd of persons flocked to St. Peter's in the evening. The expenses occasioned by this solemnity amounted to 60,000 homes.* AN EXTRAORDINARY BEA:tail; LETTER.—The Mower du Midi states that Benet de Rothschild possesses' the most voluminous collection of beanies letters that any fineecier ever received. They form a complete swim. Among the number is one lately addressed to the baron, ooatainieg the very tempting proposition that far the Esg a. Mlle of 50,000 fr. the writer would Gems to show how be could prolong hie life to the age of 150 years. The following is the baron's reply :—" has frequently happened to me to be threatened with death if I did not give a sum of money. You am aertaiely the hit that ham ever asked me for it in proposing to prolong my life. Your proposition is, without doubt, far better and more humane. Bat my re ligion teaches me that we are all under the hand of God, and I will not do anything to withdraw myself from His decrees. My refusal, moreover. does not is any way attack your discovery, from which you will not fail. l hope, to profit younelf. Regretting that I cannot accede to year proposal, I sincerely congratulate you on the 150 years whkh you are called on to live in this world.—Accept, am., J. Di koriscsam" CHINA. The following intelligence is taken from the Overland China Moil of the 12th of August : our led issue we stated that preparations ware being made for the succeed& attack of Nankin, and we have now to report that the city WOI taken by the Imperialists on the 19th ultimo. For many months past, in consequence o f the anent ;Invaded success which had attended the opera. tioas of the Chinese army under its foreign leaden, the Fuming' bad evidently begun to lose heart, and the ac counts received state that the chief of their "Coolie kinp'. committed suicide when he heard that Colonel Gordon was present before the walls of the city. MUTER'S TELEGILMS.) ITALY. TURLN, SEPT. 27. Baron Ricasoli has arrived here. Chevalier di Nigra is also at Turin. Nothing positive il known in reference to the new cabinet. It is confirmed that Signori Lanza and Sella have accepted the portfolios which were offered them. The city is tranquil. NAPLFS, Stn. 27. A meeting will shortly take place here, in which all the fractions of the Unity party will be repre sented. The meeting will pass resolutionsstating the right of Italy to Rome as the capital, and her right to Venice. Another resolution will express a hope that no municipal interest will prevail with the government in the choice of a provisional capital. The committee entrusted with the organisation of this meeting will be composed of members of the Senate and of the Chamber of Deputies. SPAIN. MADRID, Szrr. 27. The Central Progressist Committee held a meeting yesterday to settle the policy to be followed in the present state of affairs. Prince Napoleon is now at his villa of Prangis, Switzerland, where he will remain a fortnight, and then re turn to Compiigne, to meet Prince Humbert, in time for the fltcs, which it is understood are to be given on a grand scale in hamar of the youthful prince. The Autographs publishes the foe-simile of the following lines, written by Rossini in the album of ifdlle. Adelina Patti :—'• My good Adeline,—Nothing can he more easy far me than to insert an idea in your album—an idea which Mk my head : to cherish you as an adorable creature, to admire your enchanting talent, and to be for ever your friend, G. Rossist" The Gazette de France, referring to the intelli gence comrnunimted from Madrid that the fines imposed ou the peen for some years are to be returned, observe.:— " This is certainly the first time that a decree of amnesty far the press has received a retrospective interpretation so broad and so liberal. We most sincerely congratulate our Spaniah contemporaries on the fact. For a retrograde ministry, ensiled by the Siirle and the Opinion Natiunale, it really is not amiss. We do not ask for the reimburse ment of our own fines or to be indemnified for our iroprisoo matte, alas! We are unwilling to bear too bard on the public truantry. But, till we can get something better, the annulment of oar warnings would give on great pleasure." The Brussels September fifes commenced on Saturday with a service at the Church of Sainte Michael and Cidule, to the memory of the citizens who fell in the war of independence. The King was represented by a nom• bee of functionaries of his Majesty's household and several of the ministers, the governor of Brabant and the mayor of Brussels being preset. An international rifle shooting meeting was also opened in presence of Count de Flandre. Several English volunteer were among the competitors, and excited curiosity by their uniforms. The Giornali di Napoli states that on the morning of the 19th the miracle of St. Jannirius wu aneoonoed by the itriag of the guns in the roadstead. The pleasure yacht of the late King Frederick has beta sold to a stearopeeket company for 2.5.000 dollar; and is intended to be used in future in the coasting trade at Jutland, between Aalborg sad Frederickshavn. It coat originally 00,000 no dollars, or about 7,0004 An ingenious Englishman was permitted to try some mpariments at the ps-works at Moline. last week, tho most sucoassful of which was the sodden appearance throughout the city of a beautiful clear red light, which threw missed rays of the most brilliant deecriptioit It is said that by the addition to the geometer of some chemical salts, as Menem of light sad &sages of oolour ma he ia otantaneonaly produced. On Suodsy it is ansouoced, to the gnat delight of the population of Moline', that some further experiments ars to be exhibited, THE AGITATION IN TURIN. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) TURIN, Seer. 24, Ifoturnm. As I had foreseen at the end of my yesterday's letter, the news that the King had dismissed the ministry was enough to restore order, and to change the threatening attitude of the population of Turin into a most pacific and orderly one. Tranquillity being thus thoroughly re-established, I went to inspect once snore the square which had been the theatre of that dreadful scene of death. On exa mining closely the walls of the palaces, the columns, and the doors under the porticoes, I was shocked to think that if the muskets had not been fired rather high a larger number of victims would have fallen. The door, for instance, of the house where the offices of the Sardinian Railway Company are esta blished bears the marks of the bullets from top to bottom. Here and there the same marks are to be noticed under the doors, arches, or at the sides of the balconies. At a place on the left of the square, near the church of some saint or other, there is a wooden shed, con structed for building purposes. This shed is here and there perforated by bullets, some of which passed through the front planks and came out at the back. A poor woman who had sheltered herself behind the shed was struck on the chest in spite of the refuge she had thought safe. At the announcement that General La Marmora had accepted the difficult task of forming a new administration, • citizen's committee and the mayor communicated, by a proclama tion printed iu large type, the news to the population, imploring it to resume its ordinary affairs, and begging all citizens to retire at eight o'clock to their dwellings. The last recommenda tion was scarcely necessary, because, as I told you above, the wishes of the people having been satis fied by the dismissal of Minghetti'a cabinet, all causes or pretext for disorder bad ceased. The papers of this morning have published the nominal list of the killed and wounded during the two last days. A sad list, indeed, which shows that only one man amongst the killed was armed, the majority being mechanics, old men,!aud boys. Many of the uatues of the wounded could not be ascertained, because they were taken to their houses. Those remaining at the hospitals of St. John and St. Maurice are, on the whole, progressing well enough. There is amongst the wounded soldiers a carabineer who has been fired upon with small bul lets, a circumstance which leads one to infer that be was wounded by some one in front of the police-office. That the dreadful calamities of the 21st and 22nd could have been prevented re sults from the fact that, except the above recorded, not oneof the dead or wounded was found with arms in his possession, and moreover that no barricade was raised or indeed attempted to be raised by the population. The calamity, therefore, must be put to the account of the bad arrangements made by those whose first duty was that of avoiding blood shed. As always occurs when such deady occurrences take place, I hear that Minister Peruzzi disclaims all responsibility for the event of the 22nd, throw ing it on the shoulder of General Della Rocca, who in his turn throws it on the minister, or at least on the police authority. Be it as it may, public opinion is more than severe in judging the acts of the late ministers, holding them responsible for the lives lost. Some interestingdetails have cometomy knowledge about the dismissal of Mingbetti's administration, which I think may be acceptable to your readers. At the first tidings of the events of the 22nd, an aide-de-camp of the King started on horseback for Sommaviva, his Majesty's country residence. On hearing the terrible news, Victor Emmanuel's first movement, I have been told, was that of anger and despair, for the lives of his fellow citizens are as dear to him as those of his sons. The aide-de-camp bad been instructed by some of his comrades whom he had seen at the cafe to tell the King that the exasperated population held him responsible for the blood shed. He was also advised to tell the monarch that the most injurious reports were spread against his august person, and that people had gone so far as to assert that pecuniary interests had not been foreign to the consent he had given to the transfer of the capital to Florence, and the renunciation of Rome. Athough evidently absurd, the news reported by the devoted aide de camp made such an impression upon Victor Emmanuel that he at once ordered his carriage and drove to Turin, where, it is stated, the ministers did not expect him. Once arrived at the royal palace the King telegraphed to General La Mar mora, who was then at Milan, bidding him to come to Turin without a moment's delay. At the same time he sent for General Della Rocca and begged him to speak plainly, because he had not an exact idea of the situation. The General, with every mark of respect, confirmed the report of the aide-de-camp, and told the King that nothing less than the resignation of Signor Minghetti and of his colleagues could satisfy the population of Turin. In times of political agitation hours pass quickly. General Della Rocca was still in Victor Emmanuel's room when Ad- PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE CONTEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY. The following has been published in America, wage the head el " platform '• " Executive Mansion, Weahingtoe, July le. "To whom it may conoern.—Aoy proposittoo which embraces the restoration of pews, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with the authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be reoeived and coml. dered by the executive government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. " ABRAHAM LINCOLN." The Washington correspondent of the Tribune states : " Information, deemed trustworthy, is received, to the effect that Gemara Fremont has placed his letter of with. drama in the hands of his friends, who will make it public at the proper time, and that before long." THE SUSPENSION OF THE LEEDS BANKING COMPANY. PROPOSED WINDING-EP OF THE UNDERTAKECG. (From the Leeds Mercu►u of this day.) We regret to learn that the examination of the amounts of the Leeds Banking Company continues to dim close a state of affairs of a most serious character. The posi tion of the bank is such that the directors and committee of shareholden have decided to wind-up the affairs under the company's act of 1861, rather than make any attempt to settle them by arrangement with other oompaniee, at one time contemplated. In accordance with this decadon, a petition wee presented to the Court of Chancery on Saturday, and an application is to be made to the court oa Thursday to fix a day for the haariog. The petition, we believe, states that the liabilities of the company are 2,000,0001., and the seta 1,000,0001., leaving a balance against the bank of 1,000,0001., or more than 1201, per share. With reference to the statement th►t customers' securities not drawn against had been banded to the London agents, we are assured that this has sot been done to any gre►t extent. So far only three snob cases are known. In one of these, the securities have already been returned, and Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths are prepared at once to return the others. It is stated that Mr. Alfred Tale has absconded, and that his affairs have in consequence, beeu thrown into the bankruptcy court. The following letter has been forwarded to us by Mr. Greenland : " Gentlemen,—ln the report of the examination of Thomas Scaife contained is your paper of this morniog it is stated that the prisoner said to Mr. Joy ' that Mr. Green. land knew all about it.' This statement was made by Mr. Joy in reply to a question pat to him by Mr. Granger, the prieonar's attorney. I beg to give the most emphatic and indignant contradiction to the prisoner's statement, and I appeal to your sense of justice to give the same publicit., to the contradiction which you have to the statement contra. dicted.—l am, gentlemen, your very obedient servant, _ " E GPICCLAND. " Leeds Banking Company, Sept. 26, 1864." ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD. The judgment which has been given by the Arch bishop of Canterbury in the ease of All Souls College, Oxford, is printed by the Times. The general features of the ease are as follows : " The ordinance of the university comminiouere, dated the 3rd of April, 1857, proscribes, in terms identical with those used in other college ordinances, that the intellectual qualifications of candidates for All Souls fellowships are to be tested by an examination, and that ' the warden end fellows shall elect that ca nd idate (being otherwise duly qualified according to the statutes In force for the time being) who, after such examination, shall appear to them to be of the greatest merit, and most fit to be a fellow of the college as a place of religion and learning. The only peculiarity of the All Soule ordinance is that it specifies law mid modern ►May as the subject+, of examina tion, and enjoins that the election is to be made ' with special reference' to those subjects. The college of All Souls at ones passed a bye-law, appointing a board of ex aze;nen, with the following proviso The examiners shell report to the college, before or at the time of election, the names of those candidates who have entirely satisfied the examiners, declaring also those who have failed to satisfy the prescribed standard.' That is, the examiners were sot to weigh comparative merits, but only to aid the college in eliminating incompetent candidates. The three dames. tient Fellows, Helen. Watson, Fremantle, and Lualiington, refaced to the commissioners on this point, and received a reply declaring that the (adieux* would be evaded unless the examination were competitive and the candidates clamed is order of merit. Thersupoe the college substituted another bye-law, directing that the examiners should tasks so substantive report to the college with respect to the merit displayed by the candidates in their examination,' but should be bound to answer guardian? about the papers. At the same time they pet on record their deter mination to carry out the provisions of the ordinance, ' not oil to letter, but in spirit.' How far this voluntary pledge was redeemed may be guessed from the, fact that, the word ' questions' in the bye-law just quoted having afterward, been altered to ' all questions,' this meat com prehensive expression wee held to mean ' all quer time, except—the only question which throws any light on the results of an examination, and the one question which decides the fate of other elections—Tit, the question as to the ultimate order of merit. Against this violation of the ordinance which, so far from being inoperative, was governing the conduct of all elections to Fellowships, the three dimentients appealed to the visitor in the year 1859, and were rewarded for their constancy in March, 1861, by a decision affirming the personal respon sibility of each elector for hie vote, but declaring that the rule prohibi tin g a disclosure of the order of merit 'alto gether rendered the appointment of examiners nugatory, and might in its operation violate the letter and spirit of the ordinance.' la the face of this decision, and wider the pretence of giving it effect, the college framed new bye-laws, with the aid of counsel, negativing by impli cation the right or power of the examiners to make a joint report, or eves iudividual reports, on the whole examina tion, inasmuch as they only permit each examiner to speak of these papers which he has himself looked ever, and do set allow eves this to be done at the meeting where • social' claims Sr. discussed. It is this device which is the subject of the last appeal, and which has just been set aside, point by past, by the peasant archbishop, with the advice of Sir John Coleridge and Dr. Twin. The whole pith of this judgment is contained in two weighty sentences : 'To attempt to diminish the weight of any examination, however 000 ducted, by refusing to receive the fullest communications of its particulars and result, is simply unreasonable, inconsistent with its very object, and most clearly against the spirit of the ordinal:ice- Better far. for obvious reasons, to have no examination by selected examiners than that their judgment should be communicated imperfectly to the electors.' Better, indeed, (observes the Times! if the object be justice to the candi dates and the honourable discharge of a public trust, but suicidal if the object be to serve family interests and per sonal predilections, without allowing the infiseoce of these motives to come boom too rudely to the conscience." CONVICTION OF SIXTY TRADESMEN FOR Feist WZIGHTS AND Missonin.—This morning a special seenori was bald at the Courthouse, Great Prescott-street, White chapel, to hear summonsed, taken out by Mr. Wright, the inspector, against sixty tradespeople for having in their pos mesion weights and measures of an illegal standard. The Bose averaged from 10s. to 3/., and the parties carried on business in the districts of All Saints, Poplar ' St. Matthew, Bethnal - green , Minoan, ele. The whole of the fines were enforced. The Chairman was Mr. J. J. Tanner, one of the county m!gtstrates for the Tower Hamlets. . . faviNas - roNe.—Dr. Livingstone has felt compelled to decline the invitations to visit Southampton which have been sent to him by the mayor sod the Hartley Outwit, oo the ground that he is most noxious to return to India—where he has left his steamer. the Lady Nyasa, and her crew—with as little delay as possible, and Las therefore resolved to decline invitations of all kinds. He hopes, how ever, to retain to England in about a year, whets he will be prepared to aoospt the hoepitalitiee of this and other placed. —Hampshire Adoertiarr. TRIBUTIS OF RESPECT TO A FAITIIFET SERVANT.— Mr. Benjamin Walters, for many years the faithful servant of Dr. Stanley, Dean of Westminster, who died at the Dean ery on the 21st inst.. and who the previous week lost two children, aged respectively tire and seven yearn, wee buried at Oxford yesterday, at the Holy well Cemetery in that city. Dr. Stanley, who travelled many miles for the parpoes of performing the lest services of the church over the body of a devoted and affectionate domestic, was mach affected during the sad ceremony. Lady Stanley, to mark her re spect for the deceased, attended, in company with Dr. Jacobson, Begins Professor of Divinity, as one of the AN ArSTRALI•N ABORIGINE. BIBLE.—It is not often that one sees the longue of the aborigines of South Australia in print, but a specimen is now before us. It isocaists of portions of the Holy Scriptures, selected from the books of Genesis. Exodus, Matthew, and John, sod translated into the dialect of the Murray River and Lake blacks by Mr. George Taplio, the missioaary to the natives at Point MaLsay, and printed by order of the South Aus tralian Auxiliary of the Brit kih and F•le Society. A glance at the book reveals the tot al of words is the native language to express various ideu occurring in the purges selected for translation, and we secordiegly meet with such words u " God," " kingdom." " co vernorowe" and several others, where purely Eagludi words, or Mulish words with an aboriginal affix, are employed to imileate ideas for which the language of the aborigines seems to possess no equivalenta.—Smitk A ustra• /tan paper. N.. 7 Tb FAO Thar habil ;VON INCUI tied i U C. Thi had II 0;45, This I **al it WA Se, iog of the a An bates ebarg !gr° 21-c tat.tios c Th walki the • least Dace terfei fuL shod Pqt3. 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