The Express. — London, England, 1864-06-28 00:00:00

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Accordingly, it was in the two HOUSES that the PREMIER and the FOREIGN MINIS TER solemnly recorded and registered, so to speak, last evening, in the presence of eager and excited audiences, the long series of harassing negotiations which have resulted iu the dispersion of the Conference, and the resumption of hostilities between Germany and Denmark. In the whole Coulee of Lord PALMERSTON'S " perspicuous but " not satisfactory narrative," as the leader of the Opposition described it, there was not a single statement of fact with which every reader of • newspaper wan not perfectly fa miliar—even to weariness—beforehand. Yet the House, full to overflowing with representa tives of the people and of popular curiosity, hung upon the PREMIER'S lips, as though every word he uttered were • revelation. Such is the respect which, even in days when three Sovereigns and their ministers, meeting at a German watering place, cannot keep the secret of their moot private interviews and conversations, the Parliament and public of this free constitutional country entertain for the solemn deliverances of Ministers of the Crown, on those great and rare occasions which mark an epoch in the history of England and of Europe. Ncr is there any lack of mutual con sideration and respect in the patient waiting from the beginning of May to the end of June, for the official disclosure, at the end of the fifth act, of the "secret of the comedy." Not until last evening was the part which the Government has taken in these international trans actions indelibly recorded for all time to come. Lord PALIIEENTON and Earl RUSSEIJ. have now given permanent form and substance to loose ma terials of contemporary history, so that future generations of Englishmen may turn to a certain page in Hansard and learn whether in such and such a crisis of European affairs the policy of Eng. land was a policy of peace, but not of pleasant ness ; of interference, but not of action ; of discursive and diffusive benevolence, but beginning and ending in good advice which friends followed to their cost, and adversariesaccepted as a joke. Two-thirds of the Ministerial explanations last evening were in the nature of things as novel and instructive as a iiraci!os- re rbal, and the extraordinary audience in either House of Parliament winced perceptibly under the recital of • story of mistakes and failures so elaborate, so diversified, so persevering, so protracted. Neither Lord PALMERSTON nor Lord RUSSELL in his narration of the dispute between the German Powers and Denmark failed to do justice to the sympathies of the people of this country for the weaker State. While ready to admit that the Danish Go vernment at the outset of the quarrel had been somewhat in fault, they showed that it had been willing to repair whatever wrong zould be laid to its charge, and that the arrogant aggressiveness of the German Powers had advanced step by step wherever Denmark, in deference to the counsels of her friends, gave way. Indeed it appears that the Danes, although Lord PALMERSTON commends their tenacity rather than their accommodating temper, hail given up everything to their enemies, until that last frontier line was reached, beyond which their friends declared they could not and would not be invited to recede. It was not, according to the emphatic declaration of Bishop M oie RAD, until it was proposed by England, in compliance with German demands, to throw that last frontier line of the Schlei into arbitration, that Denmark refused assent to any further compromise of her rights. Even the German Powers would only consent to arbitration on condition of declining the award. Denmark, morally at least, will have gained rather than lost in public opinion by these apologies for abandoning the weaker cause to its fate. But it was not to listen to a faint vindication of the conduct of Denmark, or to cautious animad versions on the German Powers, that all the pile. rtes and benches in both Houses were thronged yesterday afternoon. It was to learn the course THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1864. r . ° . - which " it behoved her MAr Esry's Government to' " adopt" at this moment towards the spoiler and the victim in A most unequal and flagitious war. To this portion of the Ministerial state ments the Houses and the public listened with ears erect and suspended breath, in startling and most significant silence. That the Puma MINISTER would not declare for war was known to all the town last week. But how would he put the case for peace ; how would he adapt his arguments to the susceptibilities of ardent and simple minds, to party tactics, and to the exigencies of history For such a Power as England there must always be a very strong case for peace. For what are called the " interests " of England— even the immense material interests which peace creates and consolidates—are not entirely selfish. , They are bound up with many of the highest interests of civilization, and are held in trust for mankind. It was easy for Lord Palmas:mow and Earl Rvessar. to demonstrate the impossibility of England's going to war for the limitation of a Danish and German frontier some few miles on this side or on that of a certain stream or town, and going to war all alone, every other neutral Power standing aloof. Yet there was some thing that jarred on the ear in the declaration that the contest between the German Powers and Denmark being now narrowed to the ques tion of a frontier line, there was really nothing worth fighting for. Nothing, the Danes may bit terly reply, when we have yielded our all in sub mission to your encouraging advice : much before the question was narrowed to that line ; before the great principles at stake—the independence of weak States—the faith of treaties—respect for public law —had been forsaken by the Neutral Powers, and abandoned to the unscrupulous audacity of a BISMARCK. Lord PALMERSTON WORM perhaps have better abstained from referring to the insig nificance of the stake for which the Danes are now contending. The simple fact that if we take up arms against all Germany on behalf of Den mark we must take up arms alone--sup ported by not one neutral Power, not even by France, the France of a Narouos— nor by Sweden, was enough, and more than enough, to satisfy the public mind that the mo ment for England to strike for right and justice was past, or not yet come. Lord RcssELL's argu ments against undertaking a maritime war toward■ the close of the summer in northern seas for the rescue of provinces from two great military Powers, seem eo unanswerable that we cannot help regretting the superfluous " reservations" in case Copenhagen should be threatened with assault and King CHRISTIAN with captivity. Imagine some bold ally of England declaring, in the event of an invasion of our shores :—" If Windsor or " the West End is bombarded I will come over to " your assistance, but not as long as only York " shire and Lancashire are in the enemy's " hands." The House of Commons, we are bound to confess, listened to these valiant " reservations" with an evident discomfort which had nothing to do with fear. When the Pazwiza sat down, the inward satisfaction of the majority at the assu rances of peace was not perhaps unleavened with a seneeof shame. THE CONFERENCE. The protocols of conferences relative to the affairs of Denmark, held in London, from the 25th of April to the 22nd of June, 1864, were last night presented to both houses of parliament. They em brace 146 folio pages of printed matter, and are accompanied, in the form of an "annex to protocol No. 12," by a summary of the deliberations from the first meeting to the break-up of the Conference, written by one of the plenipotentiaries. This sum mary commences with a brief glance at the event, which preceded the opening of the Conference. The writer then goes on to detail the animated discussions which resulted in the conclusion of au armistice for four weeks. When the discussion on the preliminaries of peace commenced on the 12th of May explanations were given by the plenipo tentiaries of the German ocurta, which brought to light a complete divergence of opinion exist ing between all the members of the Conference with regard to the validity of the engagementa resulting from the Treaty of London of 1852. The German plenipotentiaries considered the ground of discussion as entirely free from any re striction resulting from engagements which might have existed before the war between their govern ments and Denmark. But this was not the feel ing of the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Russia, mid Sweden. In Protocol 5 we get the terms which the German plenipotentiaries con sidered adapted to bring about a durable peace. It seems that the idea of the courts of Vienna and Berlin was to make the Duchies entirely isdepeudent in political and administra tive matters, to allow • dynastic tie to subsist between the Duchies and the Danish monarchy, but to make that tie dependent on the decision which the Frankfort Diet might give as to the vali dity of the titles of King Christian IX., in bit quality of Duke of Holstein. The plenipotentiary of the Germanic Confederation would not join in this, and the Danish plenipotentiaries thought it inadmissible. On the 28th of May the plenipo tentiaries of Austria and Prussia brought forward a plan still more unexpected than the first, and which had fur its object to demand a complete sepa ration of the Duchies of Sleswig and Holstein from the kingdom of Denmark, and their union in a single state under the sovereigntyof the Hereditary Prince of Sleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augusten burg. Protocol No. 6 gives the reasons which de termined the ambassador of Russia to express his dissent with regard to the proposition of the pleni potentiaries of the German courts to detach from the Danish monarchy the whole of Holstein and Sleswig, and to place that state under anew dynasty. Of course the Danish representatives would not listen to this ; and the period for the suspension of arms was approaching its termination when Lord Russell brought forward a project of a division of Sleswig and the sacrifice of Holstein, which lie described last night in the House of Lords. This plan, which had been previously communicated to the representatives of the neutral powers, received their most cordial support in the Conference. The protocol of June 2 contains the declare- tion by which the ambassador of Russia announced to the Conference that the Em peror. desiring to facilitate, as far as depends on him, the arrangements to be concluded between Denmark and Germany with a view to the re-establishment of peace, has ceded to Monseigneur the Grand Duke of Oldenburg the eventual rights which section 3 of the protocol of Warsaw of May 24 (June 5), 1851, reserved to his Majesty as chief of the elder breech of tfolsteileGottorp. The said protocol was de posited iu the archives of the Conference. Another suspension of hostilities took place. The succeeding protocols record the discussions on the vital question of frontier, iecluding the suggestions of England that a friendly power should be appealed to to trace the line. Austria and Prussia, " while showing themselves disposed to accept the mediation of a neutral power not represented in the Conference, were not willing to engage beforehand to consider themselves defi nitively bound by the opinion which might be ex pressed by the mediating power, as circumstances did not allow them to accept an arbitrative deci sion." The Danish government expressed • refusal even more decided. The Danish plenipotentiary insisted that the boundary proposed by Lord Russell and accepted by Denmark was final ; but this Lord Clarendon wield not allow, and the plenipotentiaries of Russia, France, and Sweden also affirmed that Lord Russell never intended to propose this line as an ultimatum. Then came a proposition from the French plenipotentiary that • vote should betaken, in the abeenoe of mili tary forme. in the mired districts of Sleewig. Lord Russell, in asking the opinion of the Danish plenipotentiaries on this proposal, said that, as regarded the English plenipotentiaries, they would be disposed to concur if the Danish government thought proper to give their adhesion. M. de Quaade replied that he was of oonrse without instructions on the subject, and that he could not even consent to accept it ad referendum. He alluded to his declaration of the 2nd of June, in which he said that his government would make great sacrifices in order to obtain the restoration of peace, but that there were limits beyond which they could not go, and his instruc tions forbade him to consent to any other line than that proposed by the English plenipotentiaries in the sitting of the 28th of May, and accepted by Denmark. " This declaration," says the summary writer, " ended the debate. It showed at the same time the obstacles which the most perse vering efforts of the neutral powers have not been able to overcome. It is before this insurmountable difficulty that the labours of the Conference of London have come to an end." ebt Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Joss 27. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louis of Hesse, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. The Priam ►nd Princess of Wales, Princess Helms, and Prince Louis of Hesse, rode on horseback, attended by the Hoe. Horatio. Stanford. Princes Louise, Prince Leopold, mid Priem' Victoria of Hems, hare taken their usual carriage airings this morning. The Prince and Princess of Wales ►nd the Prince Albert Victor, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Lieut.-Colonel Koppel, left the Castle this afternoon for Marlborough-bonne. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor of \Valet, returned to Marlborough-house yesterday afternooo, from visiting the Qll*oo at V. indoor Castle. . . The Prince of Waleeweat to the House of Lords. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess of Leiningeo, took a carriage drive. The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the Philhar monic Concert, at the Hanover-equare Rooms, in the even. ing, attended by the Marchioome of Carmarthen, Lord Harris, and Lient.-Colonel Koppel. The Prince and Princess of Leioiogen have arrived on a visit to the Prince and Prioress of Wales, at Marlborough house. Despatches wets repaired yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of Cased& sod the Bahamas Despatched' were sent to the Goversors of Malts, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Libyan, and the Australian colonies. The Rev. C. Lamm* wee presented at the levee on the Ilnd instant by the Earl of Clarinda'. vislT OF THE QUEEN TO THE METROPOLIS. (THIS DAT.) This afternoon her Majesty the Queen, accom panied by their Royal Highneeme Princesses Helena and Louise, and attended by the Hon. Mr. Brace and suite, left Windsor for town by a train at 12.22 p.m., and arrived at the private station of the royal family at Nine-elms, at ten. minutes past 1. Her Majesty and the Prioresses ou reaching town drove at once over Vauxhall-bridge to the House of Lords, arriving there about 20 minutes put L The Queen is expected to return to Windsor this afternoon or evening by the South Western Railway, from Nine-elms. VISIT Or THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALICS TO THE LONDON 11011PITAL ON MONDAY SKIT.—We ander *tend that the Priam of Wales will lay the first Moos of the proposed new win of the Loudon Hospital oa the 4th of July, sod that the Primes@ has graciously ecesested to occompsey him. After the °woman their royal ►ighnesses will be 000dumed to a marquee, where refreshments will be provided for a lane somber of guests. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will preside. _ _ _ Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales was present in the House of Lords lut night during the debate on the break-up of the confereoce. Her royal highness wee loudly cheered as she quitted the chamber. The Prince of Wales occupied a seat on one of the cross benches, next to the Duke of Cambridge. The Ductless of Somerset gave a grand ball last evening at the official residence of the First Lord of the Ad miralty, in Whitehall, which was brilliantly attended. It is with regret that we announce the unex pected demise of Mrs. Wigram, the wife of the Lord Bishop of Rochester. We understand that the lamented lady fell a victim to a very rapid attack of rheumatic fever, which proved fatal in the coarse of • few days. Mrs. Wigram belonged to the Arkwright family, and was on • visit to her relatives at Lefton as the time of bee decease. flu Excellency the Ambassador of France re ceived at dinner last evening, at Albsrt•gate House, the Duke and Duchess of WeWeems, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily Villiers, the Countess Cowley and Lady Feeders Wellesley, the Marva's and Marchioness de Cadore, Viscount and Viscountess Coutadea, the Mar quis Canniest la Forte, Viscount Beaumont, Lady Aunaly and the Hon. Miss White, Mr. W. Beaumont, 11. P., and Lady Margaret Beaumont, E. Charles de Franqueville, Mr. Charles Vdlien, ko. The Fowl and Countess of Derby gave a grand entertainment last evening to hi Royal Highness the Doke of Cambridge. The following were invited to meet his royal highness :—Their Serer Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl and Constar of Wilton, the Earl of Auraley, Viaeount Mahon. Lord and Lady Wort. Lord sod Lady Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady Skehneredale, the Right HOD. Sir R. Peel, M.P., and Lady Emily Peel, and Lord Stanley. Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald wu in waiting on his royal highness. Later in the erring her ladyship had as aasembly, which was numerously and fashionably Wooded, them being Dearly 400 of the aristocracy present. _ . THE DullE DE MONTPENSHER.—The telegram received in town yesterday from the Duke d'Aernale's seat in Worcestershire, relative to the health of the Duke de Montpensisr was favourable. We believe there is now every reason to hope that his royal highness is in a fair way of recovery. M. Louis L'lbach denies in yesterday's Temps that he is the author of the Popular works " The Maudit and "The Religieuse." He did not write a lino of either hook, he says, and knew nothing about them until they were published. M. Ulluich is compelled, therefore, "to refuse the cheap glory of the ohm little martyrdom offered to him." Tim Horse or CHARITY. SOHO-SQ CARE. —The annual meeting of the House of Charity took place yester day, being prefaced by the dedication of the new chapel. The Warden, in the unavoidable absence of the Bishops of London and Oxford, officiated, assisted by the Revs. W. Denton, R. Ainslie, W. H. Lyall, sod other clergy. The meeting was attended by a large number of persons, coo slating, amongst others, of Mrs. Glad/Woe, Ladies Hinny, Mary Wood, Trollops, Burrell, Isabella St. John, Louie' Knox, Henrietta Ogilvy, Alvanley, Hon. Mrs. Walpole sod Mende, Mrs. Tritton and Mrs. Hoare, Misses Leslie, Cotton, and Twining. After the reeding the annual report, its adoption ins moved by Lord Lyttelton, seconded by the Hon. and Rev. B. Liddell. The re-election of retiring member wee moved by Mr. Bereeford Hope in an an i ma t e d speech, and 'wooded by the Hon. B. Walpole. A reso lution pledging the meeting to use exertion to pay off the existing debts was moved by the Rev. James Davies, seconded by the Rev. IL Mulls. Thanks were then pro posed by the Rev. T. W. Perry to the Wardell for his one. duct in the chair, which was seconded by Mr. Glyn, after which the Warden gave the benediction, and the assembly dispersed. The collection amounted to upwards of SW. LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM. —The midsummer meeting and elections of this institution took pleas yesterday at the Loudon Teens, when 33 children, 12 girls and 23 boys. were elected Jet° the asylum, from a list of 129 mod'. dates. Mr. George Pickett occupied the chair, and in opening the besieges of the day stated that there were 480 orphans sow is the unholy 97 kern' been admitted in 1513, and 53 at the last election day of the present year. The total number of 2,902 orphans had received the beeefite of the asylum since its foundation, a het which rendered it well deserving of the Nippon of the public. He thee de eland the poll opened. Carnet PALACE. —This day (Tuesday), being the anniversary of her Majesty's accession to the throes, a spacial display of the great fountains at the C r y s t a l Palace will take place at half-past 3 o'clock, for the kit time this seems on a shilling day. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. WuTa's RECOMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. BOMBARDMENT OF AMEN. COPENHAGEN, RIM Sey 11.32 p.m. Hostilities were recommenced at 6 o'clock this morning. The enemy opened fire on the island of /Jaen from Ravenekobbel, and several other batteries. EXPECTED NAVAL ENGAGEMENT BE TWEEN THE GERMAN AND DANISH FLEETS. HELIGOLAND, JErNs !T, Evianta. According to intelligence received here an en gagement between the German and Danish fleets will probably take place in these waters within a few days. The English frigate Wolverine and some despatch boats are stationed here. FRANCE. PARIS, Jinni 28. The following nominations have been announced: Count Commie& Guitant is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of France at the court of the King of tho Belgians ; Count Reulot, at the court of the King of Portugal ; Viscount Meloizes Fresnoy at the court of Munich ; and the Marquis of Cadore at the court of the Grand Duke of Baden. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ova owa coausroaDirarr.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Bourse was as much pleased as surprised to learn the news that Consols had risen in conse quence of a belief that the long suffering of the English cabinet will be yet further prolonged, and that Denmark has no assistance to hope for from England. The telegraphic summary of the English journals this morning brought the Bente up from 65fr. 55c., the lowest point of the day, to 65fr. 80c., being a rise of 50. from Saturday. Mobilier rose 15fr. The interest of the conjectures on the situation ventured upon by the French journals is entirely merged in the expectation of the report of what will take place in the British parliament to-night. Admiral Dapouy, the maritime prefect of Cher bourg, lately paid a visit to the Kearsarge, which is lying in the port for repairs, and requested Captain Winslow to manoeuvre in his presence the two famous guns which sunk the Ala bama. There is a report in Cherbourg that a Confederate vessel will lie in wait for the Kearsarge to have a fight with her when she goes out of harbour, but this rumour probably refers to the mysterious new Alabama, which we are told is arming "somewhere." The following correspondenoe between the cap tain of the Kearsarge and K Bonfils, the com mercial agent of the defunct Alabama, has been published at Cherbourg : To Mousieur Bosh* 0.9.53. Keusuge. Cherbourg, June 21. Sir,--Certain pilot kaki which L from feedlots of huma nity, allowed to save several prisoners when the Ala bama had goal down, took them into Cherbourg. These officers and sailors are not the less subject to the laws of war ; they are my prisoners. and I demand that they come on board the Kssesarge to surrender as such. If they should endeavour to free themselves from this obligation under cover of the means which have been used for their escape, they most expect to meet with no mercy another time. Joffe A. Wine Low, Captein. M. Bonfils replied as follows : To C.wptsin John A. Winslow. Sir,—l have received your letter of June 2L Your demand is one which I have no power whatever to entertain, sod should have bees addressed to the French government with whom thews unfortunates have forted • refuge. I know of se law of war to prevent • soldier from escaping from the field of battle after a reverse, even although he bad been made prisoner, and I do not see why a raw who saves himself by swimming should be in • worse case. I must therefore refuse to act u your go-between towards certain individuals, whom you do not even name, but whom you claim as prisoners. I °nook moreover, understand how the authorities of the United States can pretend to hold primers in the territory of the French empire. I am, ke.., Boleras. It is quite certain that according to French law a prisoner of war who sets his foot upon French soil, no matter under what circumstances, is free, and that no foreign vessel of war can retain pri soners in a French port. In the case of the French pilot boats, as in that of the Deerhound, it seems that the Kearsarge lost her prisoners by a:scrupu lous respect for the laws of humanity which in the present instance are difficult to reconcile with the laws of war. The code of war says that you are to kill and wound the enemy as much as possible so long as he is in a condition to do you harm. It is quite certain that if at the moment when the crew of the Alabama were float ing helpless in the water, Captain Winslow had bad present to his mind this dilemma— either you must fire upon those drowning men or the French pilot boats and the English pleasure yacht will carry them off and enable them to Sian a Confederate vessel, which] perchance nay sink yon a fortnight hence, his stern duty would have been to do his utmost to prevent those men who were at his mercy from doing further harm to th 2 cause which he was bound to serve. lam not competent to say what are the laws of war in such a case. But I venture to say this, that if the laws of war allow a neutral and inviolable vessel to hang about a sea fight and assist one party in case of a reverse, they ought. to be amended. I would be sorry indeed to blame Capt. Winslow for his humanity in suffering the Deerhound and the pilot-boats to save the crew of the Alabama, but if they were warranted in running away with the rescued men, there is an evident cases , 1 °miaow in the international law on the subject. The Kearsarge might have killed or made prisoners of all the men who are now arming a vessel to fight against her. A well-known legal maxim says that "no one shall take advantage of his own wrong ;" there ought to be, if there is not, another maxim that nobody should suffer by doing right. M. Durand Brager, the eminent marine painter. was at Cherbourg during the fight, and intends to , make a picture of it. "Thirteen men, sailors and stokers forming part of the crew of the Alabama," says the Journal du Havre, " arrived at Havre the day before yester day by the steamer Manche, firm Caen, for the purpose of taking their passage by the first boat going to Southampton. With the exception of one or two who were wounded, they were all stout active fellows." At Lyons and Marseilles yesterday the ballotage, i.e., the second ballot for those elections to the councils-general which remained undecided for want of an absolute majority, was, without a single exception, in favour of the opposition can didates. The Austrian government, on the application of the Swiss Federal Council, has released Gement Morgan Langiowier, who had hem omilmd primom in the for tress of Jorofetedt. Thii Weed government bag given an einoranee that the genernl will not Man to Poised. THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE ALABAMA AND THE KEARSARGL (word's arms) . SOUTHAMPTON, Jim 28. The following is a correct list of the killed, drowned, and wounded belonging to the Alabama in her engagement with the Kearsarge. Killed :—..Tolta Roberts, John Adams, James Hart, Jamb King. seamen ; Christian Post. Peter Dusan, James Heir, firemen. Drowned :—F. M. Johns, purser's steward; A. Nor hook, skip's cook ; F. Mayers, carpenter's mate ; A. G. Bartelli, captain's steward ; Henry Fisher, George Appleby, Walter Vail:idea, John Williams, John Witham, John Buckley, Charles Colson, Thomas White, and David Henry, seamen ; Andrew Shilling, fireman ; D. H. Llewellyn, assistant•surgeon ; William Robinson, carpenter; William Robertson, 3rd assistant-engineer. Wounded :—Robert Wright, captain main•top ; Peter Hughes, boatswain's mate ; William McGinley, captain's coxswain ; John Neil, John Carew, Robert Divine, Jacob Verbor, David Williams, seamen ; Thomas Winter, Samuel Williams Martin King, firemen; William Morgan, captain fore-top. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS. (THIS DAY). The half-yearly court and election took place this forenoon at the London Tavern • Mr. GEOZGE MOOR. in the chair. The number of 15 child ren were to be elected from • list of 28 candidates. Mr. Lknion, the secretary, read the report, which con gratulated the meeting on the improving flannels' coeditins of the institution, the receipts for the past half-year having been 4,2064 Oa: Bd. against 3,2;53/. 71. in the pre vious half-yean, being an increase of 9521. 13s. 6d. The number of impale now in the school was 156, 96 boys and 80 girls. The usual examination of the children had tarns place daring the half year by the govern ment inspectors, who have reported as to the highly Retie factory state of edneation in the school. The board had bees enabled to add during the half year 1,700/. to the in vested fund, making that fund now amount to 16.0001. The subscriptions tot the past half year had bean 5,0791. 4s. 6c1., and the expenditure (including 1,7001. invested) had been 4,52:1/. 4a. list., leaving a balance of 5561. The CtiAlliiiN moved the adoption of the report, which, having been seconded by Mr. WOOLTOBTOII, was unani mously 'greed to. The usual routine basins= having been transacted, scru tineers were appointed, and the Chairman declared the poll PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. /WHOM Dian{ 01 , 10. WASHINGTON WILES. Last evening a public meeting was held at the Vestry-hall, Kines-rosd, St. Pawns for the purpose of steptaking ste to advance the cause of p arliamentary rejoin'. Mr. WlLLism Dououus is the chair. Several gentlemen well known in the borough for their advocacy of the ques tion were present, end amongst those on the platform were Lord Fermoy, M.P., and Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P. The CHAIRMAN said the question wu one that Call.. aimed them all. He contended, amongst other things, that their pockets ought not to be so much farads' they are now, and that the same system of establishing electoral districte pursued in regard to ministerial representations should be adopted in reference to parliamentary elections. Mr. LONOILLID proposed, and Mr. NICHOLAT seconded, the first resolution, which was to the effect that the existing limitation of the right to vote for the election of members of the Howe of Commons was unjust to the people of this great country, and a grow violation of the true principle of representation, by depriving of the franchise millions who contribute to the real strength sod wealth of the nation, and who, being liable to the duties and oblige twos of citizens, hate u well-founded a right to the fran chise as those to whom it is Dow capriciously restricted. The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Cacho proposed the second resolution—'• That the time had arrived when the nom:franchised muses should be admitted to a share in the right of election of members of the House of Commons, by that right being extended to all resident and registered male persons of sound mind and un convicted of crime." Mr. W EMU wooded the motion, and argued very strongly in favour Dot only of the justice, but also of the expediency of manhood suffrage. He suggested that the two members for the borough now present should be given to understand that they would again be returned if they supported regis tered manhood suffrage, and that they would be rejected if they did not. Mr. SLACK supported the resolution, which was carried. Mr. FARRIS moved, sod Mr. WASHLIITCON WILKB seconded, the third resolution, that • committee of seven be appointed to represent the district, such committee to have power to attend any conference that may be called by the general committee, and to take such steps as the joint committee might deem ad. skiable. Mr. Wilke was proceeding in his speech upon this resolution, and had arrived at • point which caused him to feel greatly excited, when he suddenly turned deadly pale, and as be was about to put a glass of water to his lips he fell to the ground In a ft, an incident which naturally caused much coafusioo and regret throughout the room. Lord FERMOT, in speaking to the resolution, said that be had heard a great deal that evening with which he entire ly sympathised, but there ware two or three things with which he did Dot quite agree. He had been for twenty eight years in public, and during by far the greater portion of that time • member of the Homo of Commons, Lad be had Dever throughout the whole of that period turned his back upon any proposition for the extension of the suffrage. On occasions like the prevent he always addressed non. doctors as well as electors. The non-electors had great power in the country, Omagh not quite such as they ought to have, and that power would no doubt eventually obtain for them their proper position in the constitution. But in the meantime they most "agitate, agitate, agitate," sod by attending public meetings and presenting petitions to parliament, &a, they would succeed in accomplishing the sod tlie_y now had la view. Mr. HARVIT LEWIS, MX., wee proomding to sddrese the meeting when information reached the room that Mr. Wsabingtoo Wilke was so more ; and this painful fact having been anaconeed, with mach feeling, by the chair mao, the meeting wee immediately dissolved. It should be stated that several medical gentlemen were instantly in attendance upon Mr. Wilke, and every possible effort wee made to restore him, but within • quarter of an hour of his being carried from the room be bad ceased to breathe. He had been observed to be speaking with even more than his usual vehemence and command of language, and at the moment of his falling he wee commentiag opus the course pursued in the House of Commons by the hoe. members foe Maryleboos. THE OPPOSITION AND THE CrOTZMNNENT.—The cooservativis will not fail to remember to-day that, is the improbable event of their being found able to command a majority in the House of Commons, the Jame they would provoke could hardly be decided before the mouth of Sep tember, when the questions now agitating Europe may have undergone a considerable c h ange. If Lord Derby, in 1859, refused to submit to the vote of a parliament elected only two years lwevionely, it would hardly be expected that Lord Palmerston would acquiesce in the verdict of a boom now more than five years old. At the present moment there are several bills the discussion of which could not be interrupted without doing great injury to various interests. No dissolution could therefore take place immediately, nor much before harvest time. Bat we feel that to ester upon such eventualities es these Is to tabs the most improbable aide of the question at bens, and to assume the capacity and the dispositioe of Lord Salisbury's meeting to-day to obtain that majority which we have no doubt that Lord Palmerston's government will be found to command. Morning Post. THE GRAWT TO NONCOINITORMIST MIRISTERS Izzr.aoD.—The following members voted last eveniag in the House of Commons against the grant for nonconforming, seceding, and protestant dissenting ministers in Ireland : Messrs. A. S. Anton, E. Baines, T. Barnes, A. Black, J. Clay, Sir B. J. Clifton, Sir F. Crossley, Mr. L. L. Dill wyg, Sir C. Douglas, Messrs. F. Doultoo, W. Enact, J Greene, G. J. S. Wen% W. S. Liadasy, J. B. Mills, C. Paget, Sir S. M. Pato, Messrs. E. Potter, Augustus Smith, C. H. Talbot, and I. White. Tellers, Messrs. Had field and Cos. The Nord states that Mdlle. Pagovoloff, the ex.oompsaicia is ems of Gemmel Laagiswies, is about to be mania to a bthographer of Visalia, a Pole by birth. Those who have lately visited the permanent camp of Chaim, my th►t the warlike field has become an attrac tive prdee SOON, interspersed with a peculiar hut arebitec. The Frenek soldier is very beady, and 'maw to ie the best of the ground hie but is pitched upon. Mar i de Macllabon arrived at the ramp a week egg with the Duchess de Maputo, who has taken up her residence in the pavilion of the imperial quarters. Nothing will be dose before the 25th. The regiments are simply occupying the plasm allotted to them. The Emperor will visit tie camp as usual dude( the stuareer. The Rev. Julio Garrett, M.A., Vicar of St. Paul, only Pumice, hen been appointed to sussed the Rev. Dr. Carpenter in the rectory of Moss Side, If Lachesis,. The in come according to the ' Clergy List" is about 6001. a year. SUSPENSION BY COTTON Diancracruaxas.—Ves terday, at Manchester, Mews. Jobs Pius and See, cotton manufacturers at Over Darwin, were mestiosed on the Exchange es baring suspeoded payment. The liabilities ate estimated at 75,0001. There is a rumour to the effect that there will probably be sante sufficient to pay 10.. in the pound. Among the creditors are many of the pried* yarn agents in Manchester. one of them (the highest creditor) Daring u much as 10,000/. owing. Amongst the other yarn &genie the lowest creditor claims 2501. FASBIONS FOR JULY. (From 14 Pot ler.) Rarely has greater taste been displayed than iu the manufacture of the organdie muslin', mouseeliocs de soar, Pompadour silks, and foulards, now so much worn. The lastmained material seems as it it would never be out of favour ; we see it at all times and seasons, but the plain ones, which were so much in fashion a few months ago, are now replaced by the most elegant and luxuriant designs. Samoans entirely covered with patterns, lattice-work, leaved, and fi2llllllrl ; others only spotted, or with hair stripes ; while those intended for more fall dress, and for married lea., have only one pattern in each breadth—a large bunch of flowers and ribbons decreasing in width towards the waist. With these dresses are worn silk sashes of the same colour as the foundation of the dress. and embroidered or printed to snatch the pattern on the skirt. Muslin dresses are generally of the same patterns as the foulards, but &re covered with some very small pattern checks, spots, or stripes. Moires or thick taffeta@ have disappeared, but we trust will return in the autumn. For less dressy wear, the popelinea, Llamas, and polls de therm or mohair, are much in favour ; in fact, anything of the Llama kind is in thessoen dant. Llama or yac lace seems quite to have taken its stare, on en equality with the other more expensive and less durable laces. Pique' dresses are much worn with mantles of the same, and are mostly with pretty designs in black woollen braid for the convenience of washing, and with pois of crochet in black in-grain cotton. Many mornicg-dresseg of pique and similar materials are trimmed with tatting, and rather coarse cotton, or white braiding and crochet. This crochet trimming is not like the edgings that used to be worn, but is formed of ovals and cir cles, so made as to imitate passementerie. White dresses are much worn, in all suitable materials. If of muslin, they are generally trimmed with in-grain coloured muslin in flounces or plaiting. ; the dress can then be washed without removing the trimming. These garni tures are generally accompanied by black lace i,sertion, which need be only slightly tacked no, as it is of course us smeary to remove them when the dress is washed. Narrow black velvets are still a very fashionable trimming, especially for young ladies. The Llama or mohair dresses printed in imitating of braiding have become very common. This style is still iu favour for petticoats for morning wear. The coloured petticoats are extremely handsome, and very richly trimmed. The most habilis , . of these are of white alpaca, trimmed to correspond with the dress with which they are intended to be warn. In many cases, this petticoat if meant to accompany en open skirt, is very hand somely trimmed on the front breadth. Many dream are made io this way for indoor or carriage wear. The under skirt just touches the ground. Muslin or thin dresses are worn over coloured tarlatans'. This has a very pretty sad aerial effect, and is infinitely more economical than silk slips. The bodies of these thin dresses are made high or low ; if the former, with a low lining. Plain on the shoulders, and slightly fulled at the waist. The neck is cot with a very 'mall square ;in this is a lace drawn to the threat by narrow black velvet. When these bodies are made low, they are accompanied by a paerine of the some, square, or crossed in front with long ends, fastened behind. Many thin dresses have a pattern printed on them, to imitate revere, ribbons, sashes, kn. In this case, the dress requires no other trimming than the ornament thus simulated. _ . White bodies are very much worn,and with them consists of silk, or the mama material as the skirt, whoa this is prite timid.. The Garibaldi bodies, banging loss. over the skin, have entirely disappeared from the world of fashion. They are now made without any renal°, or band at the waist, so that they can be arranged to fit the wearer, and the skirt is placed over them. ' Ruches-decidedly the most elegant trimming ever intro duced—are as much is favour as aver. They are generally pinked or frayed at the edge., and made very full. Bugles, whether white or black, are exceedingly fashion able They are, of course only suitable to rather dressy toilettes. dawn in pattern s stripe of net, they make a very handsome insertion. Bugle hinge. are much used on silk dresses, mantles, or bonnets. If made in whits, they form a very elegant ornament for ball dresses, as beading to lace &moms or tulle ruching. Shawls do not seem quite so much in favour for dram wear as formerly. In their place we see the silk half-fitting mantle with lace Bounces, or the °email of Los. Neverthe less, many lace shawls are worn by ladies of unquestioned taste—in fact, so graceful and becoming is this form of rever ing that we doubt its ever being quite superseded. The silk palette. intended for toilettes de visit. are made with three seams down the back, nearly fitting to the figuris, and with a deep flounce of lace, beaded by drop buttons or bugle trimming. The sleeves are wide at the elbow, and mall at the wrist. They have revere and epaulettes of paseementerie. Morning-draftier* generally made with • mantle of the same, either palette or cicular cape. We have seen seine of the former made without sleeve., so as to allow the sleeves of the body to pass through the armhole, and so serve a double purpose. Though we mention this make, we cannot say we admire it, u it gives • stingy and ratter uatidy aP a erw as-e l wape shawls, of • light maize colour, embroidered in bleak, and surrounded with deep &pare trimmings, bare made • great esesation this season. Bonnet. have materially altered in shape, deem bonnets being made with a small puffing of tulle in lien of the cur tan. The hair is worn below this and • flower or bow of tulle placed at the edge of the bo nnet so as to fall on the hair. These bonnet. are very narrow at the sides, showing much of the face. and are not so high as those worn lately. In fact, the flee bonuses look more like cape than anything she, These are rely heeded for &joiners. weddings, or morning concerts. Thole for walking wear are very mesh lass pretentious, and more like those we hays been wearing lately. Bats now worn are much the same shape as those aeon last month. The most dressy ones ere rather high in the brim and narrow at the sides, slightly drooping nick and front. These are trimmed with flowers, fruit, or feathers. If made of 'immerse or orinolme, they are lined with silk - of the same colour as the ornaments. Sometimes the feathers or trimmings are placed slightly drooping over the hoot. The fashion of wearing glass ornaments in the hate Is. are happy to ray, rapidly disappearing. It never wet with oar approbation, though we have mentioned it anteing ether novelties. - 41onoeis or kaki are seldom seen now neacoompattiedg the small veil called "loop." This is generally edged with chenille or bugle fringe. Above this is placed an in through which is run a Biro black velvet to draw tl i ss erli v e el round the face, if mewed. These veils are wade of toll% plain or spotted. LORD RUSSELL Hi SHE CONTEMENC2.—At the hat sitting of the Carignan', Count Apponyi, the Austrian plenipotentiary, proposed that the Conference should, before separating, offer its thanks to Earl Russell. He expressed lumen as follows : " Omitheien,—At the moment of cloift our deliberations, I feel theta express the seetiesents of all the plenipotentiaries in offering in their moss, to Earl Ens. sell, the warm Omska of the Conference for the spirit of oar ciliation and the courtesy with which he has directed It. labours. Whatever may be the result of out meeting. we shall nese the lens all of us retain a pleasant meal. lection of the personal kindness of our pis. silent." This proposal baring been nimeicoously adopted, Earl Russell thanked the Coeferenee in the fol. lowing terms :—"I thank the plenipotentiaries for the honour which they have done me. It is through the assist. ance and support which they have afforded me that our diecussions have bees conducted in the spirit ef moderation sad courtesy which was neemeary for the perfect freedom with which our *pinkies have bees expressed. I perform au agreeable duty in expressing to my optimises in the Conference my gratitude for the support which they have gives me." At the first little& Earl Russell, I. sestiming the presideacy, observed, after accepting the proposal to preside, " May our deliberations be guided by • spirit of cow. ciliation and of jostle. ! May they realise this object ! Permit me, gentlemen, to recommend that, with the exception of the communications which each represent htive may think fit to make to his own government, the most inviolable sorresy be observed. I will endesvour isotherms, to show myself worthy of the honour which you do me." NEW ZEALAND.—Last year Lientenaet-Colonel Palmer. of Nazing.park, Eider, seat out to Mews. Bathes, Hooter, sad Co., of Wellington, in New Zealand, one of his Royal Highness the Prieee of Wales's wedding cakes, with instructions that it should be divided amongst some of the most loyal of the New Zealand chiefs. Mrs. Archdeacon HadWdl, in writing to the lady of the Bishop of Wellington, writes se follows :—" Otaki, 9th January, 1864.—We bad Thompeon's feast on the Ist of January. The disuse table was very pretty, and the Prime of Wales weddisg cake, seat by Colonel Palmer ' excited great admi ration. I think I told you what it was like. When the cutting of the cake commenced there was • general cry that only a small pieta was to be cut, that those chiefs and their friends who were absent might all haves shore, which I thought rather good coming from Maori... I expected to hear them my what less the good of eating such a small piece, and felt rather relieved to bear the request. There is a piece reserved for you and the bishop, which I will bead as Moeda!, also some for Manourata, and a small piece for Mr. Taylor. All seemed to enjor them. selves. The cheers for the Queen were shame dealimieg. ' A newspaper emstaining Tamihtha t. Reopinahe's speed epee the °cession will be sent to Colonel Palmer.—(Signed) ,KaenHanma.n." CRYSTAL PLUM. ONE SHILLING DAY. MONDAY, Anrs ,27.—A &Marian wnsymsut, 11,437; ditto by mice tadulis, 2,1!!O ; total, 13,617. Hyde- defs nun this wee for COW L iai :ve arum oast perf4 that in a divid SC. 10 Mt anal off; Lim 1 SO ally dee forts offer D 4 Tb law 4 deed sod 1 Zvi colici inuti wail • lad . 71 —wl Lott worn