The Express. — London, England, 1868-10-23 00:00:00

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A. lt. molt, the etreattle 'Mega* —Walt ALL IX/ °NE.. MOH_ WATIGH AT LONDON BRIDGE. TO-I,AT --ibliiing7t 71t. Rm. lu-11.1624w —Wising, •b. 3 .Af Whom. tali. Lis NOTICE. golfers of StaTISS, MAIMIAOII.I4 and DIATNIN us frothed until IS o'clock for insertion sons evening. Prior fs. dd. A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, coNTAufixo The Latest Foreign Telegrams; the Latest City; Itaiilvay, Mining. and other Shares; Sporting, and General Intelligence, IS PUBLISIIED EVERY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, OC'T. 23. LIVERPOOL POLITICS. IT would be more than ungracious to revive irritating discussions and to write ill-omened words on the occasion of a festival of hospitality and good-will. Let us hope that the reception of the American Minister at Liverpool by the Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce of that remarkable city, and the banquet in his honour at which the Foreign Secretary of the present and the Prime Minister of the future administration were conspicuous guests, will be interpreted on both sides of the Atlantic in their broadest signification as spontaneous ac knowledgments of the sovereign importance to the civilisation of the Old World and the New, of peace and amity between the two great kindred nations whose common cause is the cause of freedom. It would scarcely be too much to say that the maintenance and pre servation of this mutual good-will between the two great collective representatives of freedom is the constant and transcendent interest of the whole human race. In comparison with ouch an interest as that most of the European questions which occupy conti nental cabinets are the mere fopperies of diplomatic triflers. Liverpool, following the example of Leeds, and Sheffield, and Worcester, celebrates the arrival of Mr. lteveene JOHNSON as a minister of peace, and, if need be, of reconciliation. But Liverpool, as it is very well understood in America and here, is a peculiar city. In a word, Liverpool is half American. One cannot survey her docks, visit her Exchange, enter her warehouses or her counting-houses, her public hotels or her private homes, without perceiving that to many intents and purposes the " Pond" that flows between Liverpool and New York is as inconsiderable a stream as that which divides France and Spain. Commercial Liverpool, and no other need be taken into account, is a sister city to New York. There is the same nomad population—the same restless rush of speculators—the same reck less enterprise—the same contempt for old-fash ioned scruples of morality—the same turbulent pur suit of gain at any price, under any flag—the same froth, the same sediment and lees of an adventur ous society always hovering between luxury and ruin, the same rowdyism. There is, perhaps, no city in the old country that contains nobler elements of public spirit and high-minded beneficence ; no city that concentrates in its midst so much of the splendour of cynical corruption, and the havoc of lawless ventures, so much of the vigorous and enlightened self-interest that combines with national and local patriotism tobuild upthe fabric of fortunate and flourishing communities. When it is alleged that Liverpool was u centre of hostility to the American Union during the civil War—that it THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY E' was Southern in its sympathies, and heariosiad lead with the secessionists and sleveowners, it should not be forgotten that Liverpool is by the einem stances and conditions of its trade; by the Alai:ea clianuter of its population, almost as much en American ns an English city ; and that in the Ame rican civil war it was Now York, Baltimore, and New Orleans all in one. Liverpool traders have rarer cowed for the reputation of squeamishness in the choice of their customers, and tho Mersey being the great entreysA of the staple of the Southern States it was inevitable that the clamour of Southern partizanship should seem to propondo rate over the calmer voices of a few of the staunchest and ablest champions of the North. To Liver root in fact, loon• than to any other English city, though to all England more or less, the American civil war was a family quarrel, in which it was very difficult not to take aides. Without an excessive stretch of indulgence, therefore, it may be per mitted to Liverpool men, now that the civil war is over, to shake hands in the presence and under the auspices of a Minister of the United States, who has declared himself as strong a hater of slavery as any abolitionist, and who is at once a faithful Unionist in his own country and a generous friend to England. If it requires some moral courage in this distinguished man to set the example of forgiving and forgetting, and to look stodfastly to the lasting interests of the two countries, it requires no moral courage at all, but simply common sense in Englishmen of all parties to second his disinte rested efforts. There is a gentle shade of not un kindly sarcasm in a sentence of the written reply of Mr. BEVERLY JOHNSON to the Chamber of Conanereas—" Accept my thanks . . . for the " friendly feeling which you entertain for the " people of the 'United States. That tide •• latter feeling should be indulged in, now that the •' unity of my (loocrunient is established beyond the " hazard of further interruption, is not to "be tronekrol at." Evidently Mr. JULINSON has taken the measure of Liverpool morality and sounded the depths of its disiuterestodness. In a single sentence he has drawn a per fect picture of both. Liverpool has never sr,:rsbipped the Unknown God. The twin deities to which all her altars flame were always lucre and success ; and whether the lucre came from slaves or from the emancipators of slaves fruit slavcboldcrs or abolitionists was not so much as an afterthought. It was in the order of nature that the Alabama aboutl hail from a river that had sent out many slave-ships. But these are bygones. And Mr. Loup has set with coals of tire on his head at the b:u►yuot at which the represeutative of the American Union was hailed with congratulating cheers in the screen of its ambassador. If Mr. Joimsos's language was frank and cordial, it is plea=ant to do justice to the unexceptionable tone of the FuREIGN SECRETARY'S speech in res ponding to the toast of "Her MAJESTY'S •• Jlinisters.•' There is no denying that if some members of the Tory (perhaps we ought to add of the old 'Whig) party have much to answer for in their conduct and behaviour during the American civil war, Mr. DISRAELI and Lord STANLEY have earned by their discretion during that terrible crisis, the right to approach the present negotiations with the Government at Washington, with the great advantage of having nothing in thoir own past words or actions to retract or to regret. No Liberal will grudge Lord STaxiiv the well deserved honour of having " settled," as he says, " those questions which are still pending between " the two countries, and thereby thrown over the " last chanco•of difference, and the last pretext for " a quarrel." q mania her so. relket)a.enoulei. dot. the .. m ug 1 * O N * these alete are lisle_soillPel " the eta. Now; of course It !would Set %stair to " lay the blame of all the ditattotiona aadrivalriee " &ataxia within the field of practkal nativity at " the door of the Established Church. , (Brew, " hear.) Part of tho blame must lie against goo " tarianism. (Hear, hoar.)" An important point is gained when preachers are able to take this outside view. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Leaving the merely personal question between Mr. Mill and Mr. Bouverie to the arbitrament of the An ton of Kilmarnock, tho Deily New admits without re- serve that liberal Live no clearer duty before them than to avoid in the choice of the new parliament the errors which they made in the election of the old. The louse of Commons, which is now expiring, contained on the liberal benches a large number of persons who were elected simply as the supporters of Lord Palmerston, and who, in coulee of time, assumed the character of independent members. Their adhesion was given to an individual, and not to a principle, and as men die, while principles remain, their party allegiance ended with Lord Pahnarston's life. In some quarters there appears to be a grange belief that there is a virtue in the phra.so "independent member," that it expresses not merely the fact of neutrality between conflicting parties, and independence of po litical oiganisations, but a moral superiority, a higher degree of conscientiousness, a greater devo tion to principle. The phrase "independent member" does not, however, properly express a moral quality, any more than the phrase " independent minister " does. They both cowry; only the fact of nonconformity, political or religions. One thing is clear; and that is, that a man has no bwiness to adopt a party-name, and to mats use of a ;warty-organisation, in order to gain a position in which he will straightway affect to be independent of party ties. If the words "party" and "leader" are not to be discarded from the political vocabulary, the assumed superiority of " inclejendent " members must be exploded. The idea proceeds on a verbal juggle; and the fact that it is pos sible to conjure with the ambiguity shows how easy it is to pay fools with the countcrs of words instead of with the money of thought. PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR. MR. ALDRICH, an American poet, has brought a complaint against the publisher of the re-issue of Household Words, which, on account of the answer it has elicited, is worth a word of comment. The complaint is that a poem written by Mr. ALDRICH, and published last year in the Atlantic Mon lA7y has been placed, without any explanation, in the midst of articles which have been eighteen years before the world. Such a grievance to an honourable man of letters is by no means trivial, as it might naturally lead to a suspicion that the writer had been dishonest enough to issue a poem as new, which he had already given long years ago to the public. The publisher, in his reply, states that the piece—" a pretty piece enough " was used as a mere matter of convenience, since it was necessary to leave out certain advertisements which appeared in the original edition of Household Word*, and to fill up the space. The poem, he says, was open to any English publisher to repro duce, and of this, in the lack of an international copyright, there can be no question. The publisher adds :—" The world is too large and " too full of its own business to take the trouble "to make against Mr. ALDRICH what he calls a " very grave charge." This is a curious instance of that lack of imagination of which Mr. HELPS so often complains, and which, as he truly says, is the source of much of the world's injustice. It may be quite true that comparatively few people will care whether Mr. ALDRICH'S good faith is sus pected or not, and this is true of almost all events of a private character. But it is also certain that every man, no matter how obscure, has a world which he influences and for whose good opinion he must naturally care. Of course wo all know that the world, using the term in its broad sense, will move on just the same whether we do a dirty act to-morrow, or maintain an honourable reputation, but in our own world, the difference will be felt at once and felt keenly. The publisher observes that the poem was printed in the interest of the public ; it was certainly not printed in the interest of the author. MANY wise things were said at the late meeting of the Congregational Union at Leeds by its president, the Rev. Dr. RALEron, an accomplished and liberal-minded Nonconformist minister of London. While socking, he said, to overcome the heathenism in• English society, the Christian denominations often meet and follow each other over the same ground, " until the people are " suffocated with tracts and demoralised with " Gospel." There may be too much Gospel as well as too little—not too much of it, of course, in any human heart or life, but too much talk about it—too much of the " Lo here and lo " there" with it. Instead—here wo are quoting Dr. RALEIOII—of being " precious in these days," " the word of the Lord" may bo had in some dis tricts in every street and lane, and often something as a bribe to take it, until the people are wearied out and sometimes " snuff at it." Raid a woman at • cottage door in the north of London, on a Sunday morning, to a lady presenting a tract, " Away with you ; I have had five religions at me " this morning already!" (Laughter.) " I have " great sympathy," said Dr. RALEIGH, " with " that good woman—(hear, hear)—if she is " good;—and if she is not, to send' five religions' " to hor on a filabbath morns riser the way to THE AMERICAN It INIF•TrIt AT LITIMTOOL. lie (erring to the reception of Mr. Ravenly JOhII9OTI at Liverpool, the Times passes in brief review the questions of difference pending between Great Britain and America. A new minister does not necessarily change the natureof diplomatic communications, hut it is understood that Mr. Jchnson has received the powers. and that ho has the will, to bring to an end the di pates that have arisen between the two countries. The wish of England, and eminently of the present government, which can look forward to no long tenure of office, is to settle all outstanding questions, and it may he said with truth that never was there a better opportunity of clearing off the old scores in a peaceable manner. Our contemporary anticipate+ this favourably result, and congratulates Mr. Johnson's hosts on the cor diality of expression which has been elicited. Iho Telegraph goes bark to the original causes of strife and attributes the "savage enmity planted in the American heart," which even now breaks out in stern wishes for England's humiliation and &cline, to the im placable toryism of George 111. and his counsellors. It is in great degree for the same reason that to-day has to be invoked the aid of diplomacy and arbitration to deter mine what reparation England owes to the United States, and thus prevent evil counsels from embroiling the two nations in a disastrous and unholy war. TUE " =L D" AND DON C 4111.09. Eliminating from the hat of po.sible aspirant," the names of members of the royal family of England and the imperial family of France, striking out also the children of the ex-Queen Isabella, the princes of the house of Coburg and that of Portugal, them are, rays the Herald, three names left,—those of the Duke of Moutpensier, Don Carlos, and the Duke of Aosta. It remains to be seen whether any one of these will prove acceptable to the elected representatives of the Spanish people. But the Herald hazards the suggestion that as soon as they have a little recovered from their anti-Bourbon fever they will incline to the only one of the three who can claim to bee tipsahwd. Cbt Court. BALMORAL CASTLE, Ocr. 21. The Queen went out yesterday, acecn2panied by Princess Louise and the Princes of Ted. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Counte-a of Morton and Lieutenant-Colonel Koppel, visited the (uecn of Holland at Claridge's Hotel yesterday. The Queen of Holland afterwards visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough-house. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales went to Drury-lane Theatre. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governor-General of Canada. The Queen, on the sth inst. (says the Ayr Ad vertiser), most kindly sent to Mrs. William Roy, Now street, Dairy, the sum of M., in consideration of her having been recently confined of three children at • birth. The Duke and Duchess of Duce.touch are enter taining a select company at Bowhill, Selkirkshiro. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland leave Alnwick Castle next week for Albury Park, Surrey._ The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor have left the earl's shooting quarters at Easy Lodge, N. 8., for the South. The Marquis of Bute arrived at Cardiff Castle on Monday night from London. On his arrival being announced the bela of the churches were rung for somo time. At the Liverpool Banquet last night his Excel lency Mr. Johnson, the Bishop of Chester, and Mr. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., sat in the order namedon the right of the chairman, and Lord Stanley and the Mayor of Liver. pool on the left. A large party of officers who took part in the battle of Balaklava will celebrate the anniversary of that engagement on Monday next at Willis's Rooms, St. James's. General the Earl of Lucan will preside. The large ironclad building by Messrs. Palmer and Co. (Limited), at Jarrow, on the Tyne, for the English government, is being rapidly fuiishul, and will soon ba ready for launching. A dibastroue fire, in which property to the amount of 30,0001. wee destroyed, occurred on Wednesday at Gilford Spinning Mills. near Lisburn. The flee broke out in the flax store, which was the largest building of its kind in Ireland, and the structure itself and the valuable contents were consumed. The mill fortunately escaped. On Tuesday last tho Rev. Charles Joseph (food hart, dark, was instituted to the rectory of Wetherden, in Suffolk, on the presentation of her Majesty. A singular epidemic appears to have broken out among the horses of the cavalry regiments and batteries at Secunderabad. Up to the 17th ult., the 18th Hussars, 4th Light Cavalry, and Artillery had suffered severe lose, and the disease at that time did not appear to be on the de crease. The sickness appeared to be an affection of the liver, combined with fever, and was fatal in a very short time. The premonitory symptoms were—lst, that tho hone refuses his feed ; and secondly, that his gums are remarkable for a yellow tinge of colour. It is reported (sari the Nottingham Journal) that the Bunny estate is about to change hands, Yrs. Forteath having, it is stated, agreod to dispose of it to Meows. Clayton, libuttleworth, and Co., of Lincoln, for die sum of 200,0001. It in believed that there is coal under the estate, and that is has been bought for the purpose of working the soar. Lam Amine or yrs GOVIMNICCAT PATRON & 011.—Tbe requisition fries 72 =girlish," of the county of Tipperary to the vies-liewlesant, asking him to con vene a meeting to condi, the abuos of the government patronage in the Impshilseint of a non-resident esseional crown moth:hot for illieoewnly, has best forwardsd by Col. Purefoy to Lord liikare, who has retuned to Ireland, aad maimed Wks d Ihraishans of lippotorp— !Maio Arming NIA IBER 23, Oli N E t DAY.) t , r.l (resovoz asurnies azionrr.) ROIIMAHLL _ BUCHAREST, Our. 22. Herr Offenbach, the Russian diplomatic agent, has coneluded a convention with the Roumanian Government considerably limiting the jurisdiction of the foreign consuls in conformity with the now constitution of the Roumanian principalities. OUR PARIS LETTER. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM GENERAL PRIM. osomt esni mit ocswerowDsm) PARIS, Taussaiv Evzlmo. The Liberlf now publishes General Prim's letter to M. Emile de Girardin. It is in the following terms--date not given : My dear good friend,—Yon address to ins in your journal the Libertl a letter oommenting upon that which I wrote to MM. Mari de Pane and Edmond Tarbe, directors of the Gaa/oia. Although you have omitted to send me per sonally the original manuscript, I attach too much impor tance to the questions of which you treat not to answer it. You my that to overturn an existing government is allay, and that the rapidity of our emancipation is not an exception of which we are entitled to boast. In support of this opinion you cite the example of your revolutions of 1830 and INS. I bare claimed no sort of superiority for our revolution. I confined myself simply to the mention of the fact that it was aceemplishoil quickly and without much bloodshotk and those aro circumstances to the credit of the Spanish people, which is as generous as misunderstood. You ask me afterwards whether I think liberty gained anything in France by the Overthrow of Charles X. and Louis Philippe. Thorn are questions not for me to answer—present circumstances and my position make it a duty for mo to be silent in regard to them. I agree with you ►s to the necessity of quickly repl•rcing the government which has been overthrown ; but I cannot understand why you should mato this principle a pretext for accusing us of want of foresight, and alleging that we did not know on the eve of the revolution what we meant to do on the morrow. Wu well knew what we were de striving, namely, an arbitrary power, which constantly violated the fundamental laws; wn knew !quell' , well what we intended to put in its place, namely, a liberal power, monarchical and constitutional, subordinating the decision, however, to the national sovereignty. But you confound what is immutable with that which is accidental, and you blame me unjustly when you say tl at while my own mind was quite made up to co-op, rate in the establishment of a eonatitut:onal moua•chy, I had not beforehand a candi date for the throne all ready. I have contributed with all my strength to the overthrow of a dynady which I knew to be incompatible with the liberty of my country, but I never thought of imposing upon my fellow citizens a monarch of my choice. I am, and shall ever be, the de fender of a principle. lam not the representative of this or that prince. 1 will not discuss your proposition for an appeal to Chambers elected by the fallen power to choose a revolutionary government ; it appears to me paradoxical, and not us keeping with your clear and practical mind. Where do you see the incompatibility which you say exits between the cries—" Down with the Bour bons!" and " Hurrah for the constitutional monarchy:": I, on the contrary, think them synonymous. You pretend that the Spanish people will find neither in Portugal, Italy, France, nor England a prince who would consent to occupy the throne of Spain. You may be right; but who tells you, however, that the accuracy of your infor mation to-day may not be contrad:cto 1 by tho events of to-morrow ? History is full of surprises of this sort. For my ewe part I am confident that Spain will find a prince worthy of her. Yuu take notice of the expression " con stituted" in my letter to the Gaul,,it. You have either misruidcrstood me or I must have expressed myself badly. What I meant to my was that we had got over the period of an armed struggle, and that we possessed a regular, though provisional government, and not that we had arrived at our definitive constitution. Let me now Coale to the capital point of your letter. After having reproached me for having manifested my sympathies for a constitutional monarchy, you make it a crime in me that 1 did not im pose the repel!' le upon Spain, even without oonvoking a con stituent assembly, which you characterise as •' useless," and the convocation of which you would regard as a " sign of impotence." The contradiction is a strange one on the part of such a logical man as you, and the theory, more over, is not in accordance with the principles of a writer who has so often and so eloquently proclaimed tho rights of universal suffrage. But I will not take any unfair adeantege of your slip, and will confine myself to turning against you %Me of your own axioms. To found a monarchy, say you, you must first get a king or a queen. I say that to found a republic you must have republicans. If in Spain the republican party is represented by a frac tion of the people, this fraction, though very respectable, is not in my opinion numerous enough to assume the direction of affairs ; in a word, to govern. In our pre sent situation there is nothing to hinder the republican party from freely propagating their ideas, and if they can convince the nation of the excellence of their doctrines, their desires will be satisfied. Meanwhile the republicans, like myself, have but to bow to the national will, and l ties with satisfaction that we are all at ono ou this head, since the most eminent members of the democratic party second our efforts with an abnegation which does them honour— efforts which have no other object than to establish the liberty of our country upon solid bases. You see by the length of my answer all the attention I have given to your suggestions. You will the more appreciate this proof of the esteem in which I hold your talent when you think bow absorbed I am at this moment by the many exigencies of my position. However Ido not mean to engage in polemics, which would be unsuitable to my character as a soldier and my official functions. This letter is, therefore, an exception, prompted by my desire to show you that I am faithful to old friendship, and that I entertain for you those sentiments of high consideration of which you are worthy.—Believe my dear friend, in all my affection. J. Pane. To this letter, which, under tho extraordinary circumstances in which Spain is placed, must take rank as a State paper, the jouruslist thus replies in the Liberec' : My illustrious friend General Prim is right. When • man occupies the high position to which he has beau raised by the revolution of Sept. 18, 18&l, and has areumed such a heavy responsibility as that which he did not shrink from doing at the risk of his life. ho has other things to think of than polemics; and, therefore, it never would have occurred to me to write to him the letter which appeared in the Libtrle of Oct. 14, but for the letter which he wrote to the Oaduis, and which was inserted in the leading column of that journal the day before. In order that the obser vations rendered neeeesary by several points of his very remarkable letter may not have the character of reply, and may not attenuate the effect, which will be con siderable, I postpone the publication of these observations until to-morrow. Certainly if Prim does not like polemics ho has come to the wrong shop. He has addressed him self to a man who will never let him have tho last word. The Emperor and Empress, it is supposed, will remain at St. Cloud for about three weeks. The court will then proceed to Compiegne to stay till near Christrou. Prince Napoleon has returned to Paris from Italy, and is now at Newton. Thorn are now in the avenue of the Champs Elyikes several chestnut trees in bloom for the mooed time this year, and other trees have shown a disposition to come out again. The Journal dm Commerce of Reunion eaya "The news from Madagascar continues to present must datable interest. A religious crisis seems likely to moor, as the protestant missionaries are making great program, a strong satire party at present representing that profs. skin of faith, even among the heads of the government. me people are in expectation of a ineassam, whisk, .fterneligg :to thorn, is imminent, namely, a eaosession es sweet* t►e abswassationsi and." • g 6 8 - : 'FP fr• .„ • 1 -gi Aat.V4*•:: MADRID, Oor. 20. s al:r rtremsd PrPth• "•.404, specie. of • dodble geteamennit under which the Mears of this country were being adeuinistered, and called attention to the difficulties which might ariso, and had indeed in part arisen, from the existence of provincial juntas all over Spain, I hardly anticipated that the remedy would be applied so promptly as it has been. Without having any reason to doubt the patriotism of the members of the central junta, or their anxiety to facilitate as much as possible the good government of the country, I was, I confess, somewhat doubtful whether they would speedily consent to abandon the position of influence which they had enjoyed since their con stitution as the governing authority of the state. The task of government they very early com mitted to the Due de la Torre and the ministry of his formation ; but the mere fact that it was from them that that ministry derived its authority en sured for them a certain amount of influence in the decision of all the questions which it had to de termine. The government decided, but the junta had power to suggest—and did indeed make many suggestions, most of which have been accepted and acted upon by the ministry. Under these &reumstancee it would not have been astonishing if the members of that body had shown some indisposition to resign their autho rity, and return to the position of mere private citizens. True, the work for which they were called into existence was accemplishe.l, and there was no real reason for the continuance of their existence; but it is not always that you find public bodies ready to dissolve themselves when the cir cumstences which necessitated their creation have cca..ed to operate. So much the more ors:lit is duo to the Central Revolutionary Junta, that now that there is no longer any occasion for their services, and that their existence as a deliberative body might become a source of erebamissment and in convenience, they have by resolutions, which are published in this morning's Orsz4o, voluntarily resigned their authority and dissolved themsevis. A, far as I can learn, the greatest harmony has all along existed between the to deal junta and the provisional government; and the former body has in no way interfered with the free action of the Ministers. No inconveniences have arisen from the existence of the junta except such as are inevitable wherever you have two sets of authorities. Nut the least of these at sit .h a time as the present, and in such a country as Spain,where croakers and:gossipers are always busy, was the opportunity which it afforded for till manufacture of stories about alleged dift!renc:..4 between one body and the other. Many such tales have been in circulation during the last few day 4, and very much they have disturbed the minds of credulous people. The step which has been taken by the junta seems to me entirely to demonstrate their baselessness. It is not likely that if the junta entertained any suspicions of the designs or the intentions of the ministers they would resign their authority ,and leave the members of the govern ment without any control ; and unless the junta had voluntarily dissolved itself, I do not see that tiny other authority could have dissolved it without a resort to force ; without, indeed, another revolution ; and a revolu tion in a contrary scene from that which htis just been completed. But if the exist ence of the Central Junta was comparatively harmless, the same can hardly be said of the maintenance of the various provincial juntas throughout the country. These local bodies were naturally not composed of men of so much emi nence and ability as were selected to constitute the central body; and in many instances they have failed to conduct their proceedings with the discretion which has characterised its delibera tions. Some of them have assumed to deal with questions which did not naturally fall within their province, and after the constitution of a central government have attempk-d to decide matters of im perial interest according to merely local views. They were sure to be productive of inconvenience, and poseilily of mischief ; but so long as there was a Central Junta in Madrid, to a certain extent directing and controlling the provisional govern 'lent, it was difficult to object to the existence in the provinces of similar bodies occupying a similar attitude towards the provincial adminis trators.: Now, however, that the Central Junta has dissolved itself it will be for these local juntas to show why they should continue to exist. Most, if not all of them, will no doubt follow the example of the central body ; and should any of them endeavour to maintain their position, the step which has been taken by that junta will render it more easy for the governors of provinces to disregard any unwise counsels which they may offer, or to oppose any impolitic or unjust measures which they may adopt. As election committees confining themselves to the selection of candidates for the Cortes, and the management of their elections, they may, and probably will. continue to exist ; but as adminis_ tratice bodies charged with any direct concern in the management of public affairs, their functions naturally ceased as soon as the provisional govern ment was constituted, and had made arrangements for the adudnistration of the various provinces of the kingdom. Au order from Baron IiaILISSMiLLIII llTollibitS trout and salmon fishing within the department of the Seine until the 31st of January next. The sale of such bah is also interdicted during that period. All the heights surrounding St. &jole 'sty covered with snow. the side of the nieuntaing to wards Switzerland, and those of Saiut-Genost-Ifolifais, it is raid to be two feet deep. The Courif r de Bayonne Aar :—" We learn that Sister Patrocimio, who, according to public report, exer cises such great influence on the mind of Queen Isabella, bar left the Carmelite convent of this town for Pau." A shocking accident occurred near Simla last month. The Rev. Mr. Rebsch, a German missionary, was riding homewards, accompanied by his two daughters, when the pony upon which one of the ladies was riding took fright, shied, and fell over the edge of the khud down a precipice some 80 feet deep. Both the young lady and her animal were literally smashed. Her father and sister saw the frighful occurrence, but were powerless to reader the slightest aid. Mwafan»tot•oit Com.zon.—The old Marlberian football match will be played on Wednesday, the 2sth instant. FOOTBALL AT ETOS.—YostordAy, a wolf-playoil match mid off in " the field" at Eton College hideout' an eleven of past Etumans, brought shown by Mr. E. Lubbock, and the school team. The names of the players were :—Eton College—F. Patton, IL Bonsai, A. Parker, H. }teeth, R. Murray, J. E. Edwards-Muss. J. Maude, H. J. Hope, S. Butler, C. J. Ottowey, and Kenyon- Mussy. Mr. Lubbock's eleven included—Messrs. Lub bock, W. Benson, & Corrie, W. Tritton, C. Bomar, E. Auden-Leigh, E. Hall, R. A. Mitchell. atid Banbury. M. Ferrer and C. Benson, emergencies. At the com mencement of the game Eton kicked from the west, the past Etouism having the eastern goal. Both elevens worked well, and Lubbock ( as short behind) did good service for his team. A few minuted after 1 udock Eton made a " rouge," and then " change " was called, the "past Etonians " kicking from the west and the school from the east. Sane beautiful play was made in the last ball hour, Mitekell and Bouaor working well for the "past Zionism," and Patton, Edwards-Moss, Parker, sag Preeth for the college. Ultimately, the sane ienwhisted ha 1111•01 a of the school, who made • .. youge m ob s es the w idth, so rut simians... ;•• LONDON All OHM* I (TRIO BVRNLNG. ) TB RATIUM. 11561 T LaXll.—" Borrowed nouns's." " Kin g (ys,,t, Ha raaaam--" A Cotgasliv e W nemst. " " Lfth ." " AP lire of Bamineet."—T o'clock. "mil A 101141.1. Tusk Tkraiikir." "Yost Chris*, '• w • h,„l, raintaisite.—" A flaradag Pair." " Atter U c , k . •. m mt .. Jones's Bkthday."-7 o'clock. Lrecuis.-" The Monied lute ." " Itkuhtful arclatk. Ocricric.-" To Wigs llesoca." "The Ticket of Lee.”. tiro 7 o'clock. eurcar's.-" The Troubadour." " Laucticlone o o'clock. Pot particolara sus advt. Brag 0.-" flecterly *lnvite," "The Pield of the Cloth of il.ld; " llarvisge et aay Price."-730 o'clock. Prams or Wa tee& -" Atokd !" "tiocicty." -7 3) teal, b Illiackief Making." "Blow for Blow." --7 Itoravrv.-" Yarded booiktan." "TM kw sad v,j, „ t Bombard UI." "The llartrcar of the Mall." —7.11)0 Bcarov.-" Beautiful for Ever." " Laud ltate ra4 " Itilta's Boy."-7 o'clock. Watia.-"nowen of the Fend." " fool RI k r , tisalight."-T o'clock. ROTAL -8... u, in C., Ike.- -7.30 o'clock. Boric At.rasn.-" Piodee &ugh." " The ()once with the ti0..4, 4 partieulars see advt. be Old, Old et wy." " All but erne." -Ott STANDAILI).--" Modica Wild Arc." " The Toroplo, CettUlk. CIITIITAL PIILACIL—AftATDOOO 1:01110ert by the Tym ftn.vri. AMIIMLTI'IIat. HA 1.L.—.• The Crest on." —8 o ci. ek. 3112.111r11l L., T. Ju lee o' , Ameh. GALLIII.T OF ILI V TIUTI N.—Mr. Murk Le 11141111.4 " Fs: 'if b o'clock ; U. ITLIIIg Per.. no inoe 10-01011".11 et Eorritax Hatt., 1 Iccawi.LT.—Yr. F..171.1.4f N . . _ mead.—lS 0' lock. ilov*a Yourreemsw.—The New Electric & M SWANS 1 VIM& VOA. TIIE E,IRILIQUAKE IN CaLIFW:vi The following tdognim hay Leoa 1,, Me. 4- 1 -4. Baring, Brothers, and Co., r, .• „ Ohm, Emq., I'n:bele:it of the Chamber of Comm : Francisco : " San Franc . . , •i • "A severe shock of earthquake u5i•tra..11....1 f.- 7.60 a.m. ecnaiderable alarm felt at tun , : t:• • t. A good n.any buildings on mule ground i:•, I. • licu.e and iity Hall, both poorly conittuc!..l, jured, aad some buildings in process of c , m,tru- _ Callen in. Some parapet walls falling &Aso • , kur lives. No damage to well-• onetroc! f lotal loss on prop ity Mil not exceed . • COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council wits 4"1 in Council Cuandier, the Loan 11.iv.A:! It was auneuticed that the formal opeuiu.: u.aiket would. in all prohalnlity. take place of Nnvonber awl that an appileattrai hit ts .7 • , the 1 twee of Wake to be ie-ent and pert°. - 7:u • sonny. llis royal highness, in reply. uow-v,r. 1... raved his regilet that Li.: 1r:471 ILLUILV, to I:o • t. 4• wade ali h;s 11.1 I 1111g..thelsti tor 1,ava1..; 1.1.4 . rendertd at anis•s•-iiCe that he rould 6.1 1 , 1v,:4t. was the ca•e, the n.a!ter would be lot vibill of the Lo:d Mayor for the tune being, awl the e Deputy Atkins ,aid that haruig seen ait aten; in newel dyers that the laiteataitnucsit fli I,: tu sk . the snabgen.ents for th•l c.cno b on the Ist : N , Netober hail iner. so .1 the witub-r of ,:tirA. t.. imit4d irom btu to c Altrity to the this conic, he shoula be giad if any me7ut that committee went gi%e some rap! th4t. the gioulitks f.ar c liew4 adapt..!. A.. 7 wan C. J. Lawrence, the Lad Ilay,r t, . that as this question was one that W4l • extent personal to himss.lf, he would cud: svour t 171- • it. itto facts were these :—Ac. ,, ,rdtug to the 0r:J..% . • rangemetst that only Ulu guests shovel be invite d.:t , found that the shenff, would ouly have four At • - disposal. and the Lord Mayor ouly eight. It was i • ... that this was. of course, utterly inadoluatn • • • gotten:nuts of the shenffs and the Lord Mayor. lady when it was remembered that they prevol... • • whole expeme of the banquet; and he had consult , .: • City Architect upon the subject, and 3,rflUlgeMelLti mole which would enable about fifty more guests t, : Antited, and the result was that the shenffs would htv. ' seats of their disposal, and the Lord Mayor :di. Alth.•... this increase iu the number of guests, however, :.. been made. there would still be ple - uty of room for ec one to be seated comfortably. Mr. H. L. Taylor took cs ception to the courm that had been adopted by the Elm:- taniment Committee, and contended that they had no rig h: to tiepin from the resolution of this court, which had ths entire control over the Guildhall. He bad beard that inquiries were being made whether 19 inches space was sufficient to accommodate each guest, but the committe 3 seemed to forget that a good many of the sisitors were ladies. Deputy Jones : Yes, but - ladies don't wear mina. lines now. (Laughter.) Mr. H. L. Taylor repeated that the Entertainment Committee had no right to inteHero with the resolution of this court, and expressed his opin, a that the sheriffs and Lord Mayor were not justified , - !•taining the additional number of invitatioiu t h e h ere:t at The Lord Mayor and sherds, „wt. should here conformed to the resolati of this court, and all they had to dCo Was to pay t!' amount of expen,o that was incurred for the bau Lae:. Alderman C. J. Lawrenco mid that ho must pt ,•.:c• - . against the doctrine of the hon. member that all t::, shcriffs and the Lord Mayor had to do was to tia‘l ti.' money for the banquet. they provided the alt .& funds, and surely they ought to have an opportmizy s invite some of their friends to be present. The mat: then dropped. Upon the motion of Mr. H. A. In.lol. t..: court unanimously voted ;AM/. iis mil of the fund at re• sent in progress of formation for the relief of the P.1:Tv.,:'.1 by the terrible earthquakes in Peru and Ecuador. other business transacted was of no public intercst. court shortly afterwards adjourned. A Et:ivy rainfall :a Natal, lasting three dal , . has caused serieus dada, rind much daiu.so had Lieu done there to the rcads, bridges, and buildings. queens. bridge and several other bridges bad been swept away. The crops would, however, be rather lienedted than other. wise. TUE Hos. AND REV. F. BY.Nce AND TILE Cittucu.—At a meeting in Chelsea Vestry Hall. on Wed nesday *tight, after Mr. Wentworth lltlko had delivered an address upon Mr. Ltisruch'• leanikao, Mr. liya, . in moving the resolution pledging the meeting to support Mr. Dilke, spoke as follows on the Irish church : —•• Many of those present may wonder at my supporting the Irish policy which Mr. Hake has so ably put before you to-night. but for my part I hold that the eases of the English dlar.A and of the Irtah church an• entirely dissimilar. Morton: r. although I am not °need those who favour the disestat‘lish tneut of the churchof England here, still I believe that if, as I hold, the church of England be the church of Che-t. the can have nothing to fear from disestabliahment.'• in • hon. and rev. gentleman's speech, and espL•cially this j.•:- tion of it, was very warmly received. ROYAL ACADEMY OF Mustc.—We an , inform • I that Mr. W. O. Cusina has been appointed condu..t.•? the orchestral and choral practices, and Signor professor of the violoncello, at the Royal Acittler.4 Music, Tentertien-street, Hanover-square. TIM MIDDLESEX REVISION.—The followinz is the result of the late Middlesex revision:- -The i . .1 majority on claims is '2sl; the conservative . .1 obiei•tiens is 92—leaving 13U as the liberal gain. MVOTERIOPS SUICIDE OF A YOrNO LADY.—y,..- terdaT Mr. l'ayne, coroner. resumed and concluded. the bt. Magnus Vestry-room, lower Thames-strc.•:. .to inquest repeating the death of a lady whose. nine was unknown, and who was about 2'2 years of age. When :!.a jury were sworn they viewed the body of the de:e.isel. which lay in the dead-house. It was that of a ing young woman, about 5 feet 6 in height. with 1:g:a auburn hair, blue eyes, and well-shaped features. ti!ta wore a brown silk dress, a black velvet mantle. a bLiak hat, and side-spring boots. There was no paper or writing .4 any kind found in her pocket. The Coroner said that a gni tlenian had wine forward and %denuded the body as that of his sister-in-law, but he had afterwards retracted that statement. That was certainly singular. and he ,taw coroner) thought that the gentleman did not wilt any " disclosures." and that was the reason why he said the lady was not related to him. lie therefore had went the gentleman, and as, after he had been sworn. he had still continued to make then= statement. thriqry tuustaavpt his account as a fact. Polioe-coustab e Cottle, any force, sad that at twelve o'clock on Satunlay Men week he saw the des:awed walk down the stele mar Loudon-bridge, and he followed her, She ilisappeand nos the darkness, and he could not overtake her. Ile nest beard a splash in the water, and he sprung his rattle far assistance. Another policeman mute up. an,l a boat-hook was got• but they could not get her out. While she was sinking she cried out, "Oh, Lord, Lord, Save Iler dead body was recovered at half-past two o'clock in the morning. A City detective stated that be had tailed to discover who the deceased was. Thu jury returuod an open verdict of " Found drowned. - EMBEZZLXMENT BY A COMMERCUL TRAVELLEE.. —Yesterday, at the Liverpool Police-court. Thomas An derson, a well-dreassd. respoctable-lookiug man, was brought up on t h e charge of having embesd.led the soul of 401.11., belonging to Messrs. Watlumn. Raison, and spice merchants and drysalters, Liverpool. The prisoner was formerly a commercial traveller in the 'ernes of the tire, and about four years ago he misappropriated the sum named and tied to America. pls returned to this country, and on Wednesday night gave himself up to the pakten The case was sot gess into, a nasal boat *- plied for • 114 a • I a It 1 • ok,