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LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11. THOSE who as often as Convocation meets com plain of the encroachment of ecclesiastical discus sion upon the columns of newspapers will not re gard Church Congresses with more favour. In truth, however, these meetings are necessities of the times. The criticism to which every ecclesias tical ordinance and institution is now subjected is compelling stricter inquiry into their grounds, while the circumstances of modern society, and especially the accumulation of increasing propor tions of the population in large towns, call for the greatest wisdom in adapting the means and instrumentalities of religion to their wants. 11 Nevertheless ."2:722. ; 77:"..7. thinking that the greatest impulse has been given to these meetings by the feeling that a change is gradually and surely taking place in the relations of the Church to the State, which makes it more than ever necessary that the former should arouse, gather up, and organize all its latent energies in order to establish its title to public confidence and support on the sure basis of public usefulness. It can hardly be doubted that in this respect these meetings are calculated to be useful. They bring men together, both clergy and laity, whose views have been formed in very different circumstances, and who are engaged all the year round in the work of the Church under very different con ditions ; they bring theories to the test of prac tical life, and give a vivid reality to many an important consideration which, long admitted, has never been more than dimly apprehended. The York Congress was favoured with the attendance of the two English Archbishops, and it is satis factory to notice in both the sermon of Dr. LONOLEY and the address of Dr. THOMSON a healthier and manlier tone held with respect to the religious difficulties of our times, grave as they undoubtedly are, than is sometimes found in the deliverances of our prelates. The subjects for discussion appear to have been well selected. It seems that the mention of " the choke left at Treads with " Carpus," in the programme, was a mistake, that topic being reserved for a lecture at the Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Art. The Congress will rather occupy itse:f with practical points in the law and constitution of the Church, the instrumentali ties available in parochial work, especially the aid of laymen and women, preaching, hymnology, education, and the observance of the Lord's Day. The Archbishop of YORK opened the proceedings by a strong plea for freedom of discussion, be speaking a fair hearing for every speaker, even from those who might most dissent from his opinions, and strongly deprecating the practice of interrupting a speaker with cries of disapproval. His Grace declared that no paper had been re jected because its opinions were not in aceo-darce with the opinions of the Managing Committee, and that no speaker who might offer himself would be hindered because his views were not those of the chairman of the day. This may not em a large stretch of liberality ; but remember ing what had been written in anticipation of the Congress, and what measure is often dealt out to a minority at meetings where religious topics are discussed, the Archbishop's language is worth noting. The Congress does not propose to itself any more practical work than that of elucidating the Church questions of the day, or we should be tempted to ask it to do something towards providing a hymn-book which should take the place of the innumerable compilations now in use, and which, far from representing, like the Prayer-book, the common belief and sentiment. of the whole Church, represent the skill of a propa ganda, the memory of a popular minister, or it may be the enterprise of a pushing bookseller. If this is too much to ask, we shall be content with the fulfilment of the Archbishop of Yoax'a prediction—" We shall go back to find a " fresh life infused into the tame and trite routine "of our duty. The task of teaching from a town " pulpit, for example, a congregation full of modern " ideas, thoughts, doubts, may become to some of " us infinitely larger, more solemn, more absorbing " than we took it to he ; no longer to be dealt " with by a happy knack of reproducing the see " mons of the last generation in a more succinct " and modern garb, but rather the supreme task a of a mind rich in things new and old, and able " to claim the confidence of its hearers by show " ing itself a leader of their thoughts, better in " formed than they about the modern spirit, and " able to help their strife because it has striven too.), Of course the Archbishop spoke for the clergy or both provinces, who now, therefore, understand what is expected of them, and will know what the laity have come for, if they should observe an increased attendance at Church for the next few Sundays. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) VORMION The Daily News interprets the article on the con clusion of peace with Italy, which the Austrian govern ment caused to be inserted in its new semi-official journal, to mean that that government is already anxious about the security of its smith-western frontier. It is evidently another struggle with Prussia that is apprehended. Bet though Austria is so ready to sketch out • policy for Italy, she has not yet announced the aims by which her own course will be determined. Should Baron Beust be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Austrian policy will once more bear a strongly-marked char►cter; but as the baron is at this moment the most unfortunate statesman in all Germany, and as his very name is a synonym for egregious failure, we can hardly believe that his nomination to the most important post in the Austrian government would restore public confidence to the Empire An urgent objection to his appointment, moreover, would be his persistent opposition to Prussian policy for so many years, and the resentment which is felt towards him at Berlin. Not poly in that city, but at Vienna and Perth, and every European capital, such a nomination would be taken as a sign that the Emperor had bosoms convinced that he could not safely pursue a simply conservative policy, but that the interests of hie monarchy required him to summon to his aid every element of hostility to Prussia which Germany could furnish. The new national defences given to Italy by the suss render of the Quadrilateral are described with much detail by the Times. Suoh a war as Italy could wage at the present day for hearth and altar has never been conceived in ancient, mediaeval, or modern times, because the coun try has never been united in self-defence, and has hardly ever fought alone. Any one now venturing within the circle of the Alps would have to move forward within a mace of bristling citadels, from any of which the native defenders collecting their forces from their various pr risme by the aid of their railways would fall on their enemy with eft the advantage of numbers and position and sudden surprise. Lamenting the conquests of Prussia, the Herald never theless, tells the Hanoverian', the Neiman', and the Frankfurters, that what has been done cannot be undone. Made Prussians against their will, they must seize all the advantages which Prussian citizenship affords them, and seek such compensation as they can for their moral loss in the material gain which is promised them. The interests of their new country must be their interests. LAWS. The Herald says it mast be confessed on every hand that the Americans had some excuse for feeling sore at the losses they suffered during the recent war through evasions of our neutrality laws by persona acting in the interest of the Confederates. It has for some time been felt that at some future day we might find our own traders and mail steamers deci• mated and driven off the seas by some future fleet of iron-clads, ha' ing from we know not where, and for want of a prize port sending ship and cargo down, with quick despatch, to Davy Jones's looker. So long, however, as Earl Russell and his colleagues remained in office, nothing was done towards remedying the evil ; but their rivals and successors have not allowed much time to pass before taking the affair in band. The Herald has reason to believe that a royal oommission on the neutrality laws will shortly be appointed, with a view to future remedial legislation. The legal, political, and statesmanlike elements will all be adequately represented =ow its members. EirRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER. 11, 1866. LATEST INTELLIGENOS. PRIJNIA AND HANOVER. (azuna's =rasa.) HANOVER, Ocr. 8. The following is the text of the proclamation by which the Hanoverian• are absolved from their allegiance to King George : His Majesty King William of Prussia, having taken pos session of the omints7 and its government by the patent of the 3rd of the present month, in execution of the law of the 20th September relative to the anion of the Kingdom of Hanover with the Prussian monarchy, which law was published in the collection of the Hanoverian laws, all the subjects of the kingdom of Hanover have received orders to recognise henceforth the King of Prussia as their king and sovereign, and to yield obe dienee to all his laws, ordinances, and commands. Considering with • paternal heart the painful and grievous conscientious difficulty in which many of his I Majesty's moat faithful subjects are consequently placed, King George V. has deigned to release, under reservation of all his rights, all the subjects of the kingdom, and particularly all who are employed in the civil service of the King, and those discharging ecclesiastical and educational functions, from their obligations as subjects or their duties towards his Majesty or his legitimate successors resulting from their services or functions confirmed by oaths of homage or service, in the present case of a conflict between those duties and what is demanded by bias Majesty the King of Prussia, and so far as the fulfilment of what is required from them is in contradiction with those duties, under the reservation, however, that the latter again become obligatory from the mo ment that King George V., or one of his legitimate suoseeeors should re-assume the exercise of government in the kingdom. In bringing this to the knowledge of the public, with the satisfaction of thus tranquillising many troubled consciences, we believe we may also hope that the civil servants of the King' will not hesitate in consequence to continue exercising the functions in the name of hie Majesty the King of Prussia. In difficult times like the present all are bound in the highest degree to serve their country with the talent which is vouchsafed to them, even against their per sonal !nclinations, and to contribute according to their position to the maintenance of law and the increase of the common welfare, even under the new order of things under which the impenetrable decree of God has pieced as. May God the Lord also continue to our country in the future the rich blessings which He has hitherto vouchsafed ' unto it ! May He give joy and consolation to his Majesty ' King George and his royal house under the heavy misfor tune which hai just stricken them ! The Secretaries-General of the Royal Ministries, VON SEEBACH. Russia'. Baum Purism. Reassess. Hanover, Oct. 6, 1866. EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL OF' A TURKISH STUDENT AT BRUSSELS. M. Lachaud, the well-known advocate, who di,- tinguished himself on the occasion of the trial of Madame , Lafarge, is to plead at the trial of Risk Allah Effendi, at , Brussels, for the supposed . murder of his pupil at an hotel in that city. The press in France and Belgium has been for some time occupied in preparing the public for the denouement of one of those romantic dramas which large cities occasionally afford. The career of Risk Allah Effendi has been full of incident. The gay circles of London abounded at one time with gossip relating to the then young Turkish student, who was following the lectures on medicine at the London University. His Oriental cos tume, his prepossessing appearance, and the fluency with which he spoke most languages rendered him a general favourite. He received from the Ottoman Em hammy in London the title of medical attaché. After pay ing attention to several ladies of fortune, be eventually attached himself to a fair dame who, having been twice the widow of men of fortune, was possessed of consider able wealth. The world said they were not so happy as they might he, and after a short residence at Boulogne the lady died, bequeathing the greater portion of her wealth to her husband, Risk Allah Effendi ; but a sum of money was left to a young lad, a relation of a former husband, on his attaining his majority. Risk Allah was by will appointed his guardian, and was to possess the amount bequeathed by this legacy if his ward died before coming of age. Risk Allah took the young man to Turkey, where he assumed the rank of bey or colonel. It was said that the youth escaped from various dangers whilst in the East. Together they even tually returned to Europe. As it may be remembered, a great sensation was produced by the accounts in the journals of Brut -els of the suicide of a young lad in that city towards the end of last year. This was the young man to whom Risk Allah was guardian. A judicial inquiry took place, and Risk Allah Effendi was placed in confinement for several days, but there was a went of evidence that he was in any way connected with the death of the youth. He came to Praia after the investigation, where be was received by numerous friends, anxious to show their sympathy for a person acr.ased of a crime of which he was declared to be alto gether innocent. He at this period published a volume, contain'ng a narrative of his life and adventures, which was ea gerly read by a wide circle, for he had many segue atances. In this way he penetrated cei tain circles in Paris, and was regarded as an amusing person. Not very long since he returned to London again. Meanwhile the Belgian police had got hold of some correspondence of a Turkish servant of Risk APah's conrected with the death of the youth, who was found dead in bed with the pistol by his side which had inflicted the mortal wound. The Belgian ni l nister at London was ordered to demand his arrest for a criminal offence, and he is now in pi:son at ' Brussels waiting a second trial, which comes off at the end 1 of this month.—Post. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TIItItSDAY, OCI : 011111 11, 8 A.N. T. Ealreme. Sea. T. W. lto W. IL I to 12 F. D. 9. ——— Nairn 130.10'49 W. 1 1 W. N. W. mc - 1 Aberdeen 130.20 50 W. 1 1 W.S.W. m - 1 Leith '30.2351 W. 1 1 NE. cf - 1 Ardroesan 20.2030 F.. S S E. e - 2 Greencastle .30.10 42 X. 2 2 E. cm - 1 Valenti* 30.07.55 1 N.B. 1 1 N.N.E. co - 1 Cape Mar.- ,30.03 51 N. E. 4 8 N.H. m - S Liverpool 30.17'52 E. N. E. 2 3 E.S. E. m - 1 Iffolibes4 '30.11'61 E. N. X. 5 2 P.. N. E. co - 4 Pentance 29.9552 E. \.E. 4 5 E. N.E. o - Brest 29.92 54, N. E. 4 5 N. N. E. et - 4 Loden% 29.84 64 1 N.& 2 4 N.& M - 2 ftichefort . 29.5 e 571 E. S 2 E. cb - 1 2 Pipnonth 80.02 55. E.N.F. 2 5 F. b - 1 Weymouth 30.03 52. A.N.E. 5 3 E. mc - 4 Portsmouth 30.02 50' F. 3 3 E. c - 2 Louden 30.06 521 E. 3 4 N. be - - Yarmouth 30.1155 E. 8 6 &S. E. o - 4 Scarborough. 30.18 53' N.& 1 2 E. o- 1 2 Shields . 30.2254' N.E. 21 2 A.R.o - 2 Helder - - I THE LONDON,CRATHAM, AND DOVER BALLWAY COMPANY. REMARKS OF THE DIRECTORS. The directors of the above company have issued a statement upon the Report of the Committee of Invert'. gation. They first explain the Memos commented upon by the committee between the amount actually received and expended upon the railways and the total no minal receipts on capital account, claiming that the shareholders and debenture holders have had the benefit, by stock issued to them at a die- count, ha, sad that the actual charge for interest on the temporary loans, ko ,is under 1.400,0001. They then Jgive the result of the working of the leased lines up to une, 1866, with a view of showing that they have not re-leased them, as the committee say, regardless of the sufficiency of the company's net revenue to bear any consequent loss. The directors altogether deny charges made by the committee of intentionally evading or violating the parliamentary powers—a charge based upon the erroneous supposition that share capital, whatever its real value, can only be issued at par. As to the over issue of debe ntures,: the di rectors repeat that the transaction would have been per fectly regular if the money intrusted to Sir Morton Peto and Co. for the purpose of retrieving the pledged deben tures had been duly applied to that purpose, and the di rectors submit whether they were not justified in sntioi mting that the commission so intrusted was placed in sale bands and would be faithfully performed . The committee have charged as an extreme irregularity the regiutration and conversion into stock of 1,500,0001. capital, but this, the directors say, was taken by Sir Morton Peto and Co. as c c of the consideration for executing the works and fi n ' moneys for the purposes of the general under taking, an having been subscribed b them, and put in the names of their nominees, it was Wined to them 111 paid-up stock, and so registered in the books of the com pany. This is part of the stock which was disposed ot in March last, sad for which the market value only was ob tained. The committee have overstated; the directors say, the deficiency of revenue in the year ending the 30th of June last, which is 126,2371., and not, as the committee say, 274,0001. Since 1858 Sir M. l'eto and Co. have been the contractors for nearly all the company's works, and the prices to be paid on the contracts originally fixed, and upon which every subsequent contract was based, were finally settled under the award of the late , Sir William Cubitt. No certificate of works was given to the contractors, except on the measurements of an independent professional surveyor. The statement of the board concludes in the following terms : —" As regards financial operations, in which the company were assisted by Sir Morton Peto, the directors comprised in their own body gentlemen conversant with the money market, and were advised by others competent to form a judgment upon these affairs ; but the company has had to encounter great difficulties in procuring money to carry on and complete the works, and sacrifices were una voidable. The board cannot allow, without emphatic con tradiction, any suggestion that they did not, and to the best of their ability, act upon a due consideration of all the circumstances of the moment, and with a sincere desire to procure for the company the best terms that could be ob tained. The board had anticipated the committee of investigation would have suggested some course for the extrication of the company from its difficulties. They think it right distinctly to record their opinion that the whole undertaking will be in great jeopardy unless mea sures are promptly taken to raise capital to pay off the float ing debts,aad thus enable the debenture holders and share holders toreceive the net proceedsof the lines as they accrue. It is true, as stated by the committee, that the order of precedence of the different interests of the company is under the examination of the Court of Chancery, but the board cannot too strongly express their conviction that the Court of Chancery is by no means a desirable resort for a railway company, and the sooner the company can arrange its own affairs and deliver itself from the supervision of that court the better it will be for the best interests of the under taking. The board, after every examination, and using the results of the inquiries of the committee of investigation, are still of opinion that it will be requisite for the share holders to latse not exceeding a million of further capital, and this sum will be sufficient to retrieve the affairs of the company, and enable its directors to apply the net revenue for the benefit of the debenture holders and shareholders. It is impossible to conceive that the conductors of an un dertaking of the magnitude of the London, Chatham, and Dover can hesitate to raise such a sum for such a purpose. The directors themselves invited the appointment of the committee of investigation, and although they have felt bound to criticise some of the details of the report, and to ',indicate themselves from the char-es which might be im plied from its tone, yet they feel, as they are sure the share holders generally will feel, that these gentlemen have placed the company under great obligation by the time and labour they have bestowed upon the investigation, and b , the elaborate report they have issued." The Lord Chancellor w;11 give his customary breakfast to the judges and lead;-kg members of the bar on the 2nd prozimo. the first day of Michaelmas Term, at the noble and learned lord's residence in Eaton•square. Pre. viously to the reception of the several judges the Lor Chancellor will receive the Lord Mayor elect and the leak ing civic authorities, when his lordship will signify thk Queen's approbation of the choice made by the citizens London of ther cb'ef magistrate for the ensuing year. Lord and Lady Elcho, since leaving Tunbridge Wells, have been visiting in Scotland. Lord Bich°, consequence of a alight accident, was prevented going Brussels to be present with the volunteers, as he full) intenued to have done. Major-General Lord George Paget, the inspector general of cavalry, is at present in Ireland on a tour 4 inspection. The Times states that the Lords of the Council have not given any instructions with respect to the die continuance of the daily returns of cholera which hal been furnished by the Registrar-General's department. Professor M'Cosh has given notice that he will during the forthcoming meeting of the convocation of t Queen's University, open up the subject of intermedisi education, and solicit that body to declare " that there i great need of a system of upper schools, to enable thi colleges and universities to fulfil the purposes for which they wer► established, as well as to raise up an educated middle class in the country, and also to ask the convoca tion to take what steps it may deem proper to secure thi establishment of such schools." The Liverpool Town Council have passed an im portant resolution. At a meeting yesterday the Ilealf Committee were authorised to borrow 13,000/. from Loan Commissioners, for the purpose of erecting dwellings for the working classes. This step has been ren. dered necessary by the destruction of immense number of such houses, and the indisposition on the part of prival builders to supply the want of accommodation which } thus been created. It was stated that in one district of town 7,800 had been added to the population, but only to the number of houses. Sixteen stags and hinds have recently arrivel Havre from New York by the steamer Pereire, for King of Italy. They are intended for breeding in forests of that country, where large game is becoming scarce ; and Victor Emmanuel, as is known, is passionately fond of the chase. The animals were landed two day ago, and are to be immediately forwarded to their desti• nation. MR. BRIGHT S ARGUMENTS FOR REFORM. Mr. Bright claiming constitutional reasons for his proposed changes in the representation, the Times seeks to meet him on the same ground, and proceeds to contend that the fundamental principle of the constitution is that the agreement of the Crown, the Lords. and the Commons should be requisite for the enactment of law. With general approbation the House of Commons has at tracted a preponderating power to itself ; but this is be. cause it now represents in some degree great nobles and landowners as well as the people. The former class it is absolutely required by the constitution, should have some where or other a voice equal to that of all the Commons together ; and if the House of Commons is to become a purely popular assembly, Mr. Bright, if constitutional principles are acted upon, must be prepared to see the opinions of that assembly nullified by the dissent of great nobles and landowners sitting entirely by themselves. Either the House of Commons cannot claim to represent numbers alone, to the exclusion of aristocratical elements ; or it cannot claim to exercise its present power to the ex clusion of an aristocratical counterpoise. THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. The Telegraph erlarges on the disclosures relative to the above company. The first remarkable statement by the committee is, that Meurs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton, who were the contractors to the railway, were also its financiers, and the directors were so entirely in the hands of the colossal firm, who not only male the line but found the cash for their own payment, that they were obliged, it would seem, to leave the question of charges very much to the pleasure of Messrs. Peto and Co. Some of the contracts were paid for in share capital and deben tures, and it is with refcrenoe to these that the gravest charges are brought by the committee. Messrs. Peto, says the Telegraph, appear to have created shares or stock expressly to be used as security for the purpose of raising money in the form of loans. Large sums were also received from the public in the form of debentures. By act of parliament only one-third of the sub. scribed capital can thus be borrowed. For the further protection of lenders it is provided that half that capital must previously have been paid up, and that these facts must be certified before a justice of the peace. But, say the committee, " The safeguards provided by the legislature for the protec tion of the debenture creditors have been systematically evaded," and " as regards several issues of debentures, instead of their amounting to only one-third of the sums received and receivable on share capital, they considerably exceed the whole amount of actual money received ant re ceivable for the share capital in respect of which such de bentures were issued." One or two instances •re given. On what is called the Eastern Section the committee state that a "feigned payment" of 4°..9,700/. was made on account ' of the capital nominally subscribed for in order that a colourable pretext might be obtained to borrow on deben tures ; and that a sum of 356,300/. was so raised, and is sti'l outstanding. They finish with this astounding announce ment :—" The result is, that the only capital really ex pended on the eastern section is that raised on debentures." Another startling assertion is made as to an issue of 1,600,000/. of the ordinary share capitaL That amount is said to have been entirely subscribed by ten individuals, among whom were Sir Samuel Peto and his partners ; but no money was paid to the company by any of those gentle. men. Nevertheless, the shares were entered on the re- gisters as stock fully paid up, "although no such stock existed, and no ouch payment had been made." On the feigned creation of capital a sum of 500,000 i. was borrowed in the form of debentures. the Court. BALMORAL, Ocr. 9. The Queen went out in the morning accompa nied by Princess Beatrice and attended by the Mar chioness of Ely, and drove in the afternoon accompanied by Princess Christian. The Duke and Duchess D'Aumaie dined with the Queen and Royal family. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour- able Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council-chamber, Whitehall, on matters relating to the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, and the Right Hon. H. Corry. Mr. Frederick Goulburn (Deputy Chairman of the Board of Customs), Mr. Helps and Colonel Harness attended the committee. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Austrian Embassy have removed from Chandos House to 18, Belgrave-svare. RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA AND THE POLISH QUESTION. The nomination of Count Goluchowski to the post of Governor of Galicia excites, as might have been expected, the indignation of the Russian press. The Golos, the Correspondence Ru.sse, and the Invafide represent the nomination as a kind of treason on the part of Austria towards Russia and Prussia, and what they say, remarks the -Debate, might well lead to a belief that these three powers were by a secret contract dating from the period of partition pledged to each other to stifle Polish nationality. That Austria is now violating an engagement which Russia on her part has so well kept, says the same journal, no one can hesitate to admit. These recriminations are very natu ral. Russia cannot witness without extreme displeasure the trial in Austrian Poland of a gentler and more humane regime, which will pre sent a striking contrast to the atrocious oppres sion under which Russian Poland is ex piring ; but as it is scarcely possible, however accustomed she maybe elsewhere to brave the public conscience, for her to make such an avowal, the greatest reproach which the litt. Petersburg jour nals address to Austria is that it is laying a snare for Russia and Prussia, and seeking to revive the Polish question to the detriment of its two accom plices of 1772. What places in relief the distinctive character of the policy of Russia, which has never been able to see in the countries conquered by it anything but vanquished races to be exterminated and rival ones to be destroyed, as if there were no other possible policy in the world, is that its organs in the press already present a picture of the tyranny which is going to weigh down in Galicia all that is not of Polish origin. Count Goluchowski has hardly as sumed his post when the Correspondence finds itself in a position to make known the policy of the new Governor. "The Russian inhabitants," it says, " will have henceforth entirely to renounce their nationality and their mother tongue, and to send their children to Polish schools." In order to trace this fanciful picture, observes the Dibats, the Correspondence has only had to reproduce the spectacle presented by the Russian go vernors in the kingdom of Poland. It has thus been able, without any effort of imagination, to blacken M. Goluchowski in the eyes of Europe, and to assign to him the most perfidious and the darkest designs. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA AND ITALY. THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF PEACE. VIENNA, Oct 11. The ratification of the treaty of peace between Austria and Italy will be exchanged to-day at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It is believed that the Iron Crown of Lombardy will at the same time be handed over to General Menabrea. ITALY. FLORENCE, Ocr. 10. The losses Nutt/fined by the royal troops during the recent disturbances at Palermo are officially stated to have been as follows :-7 officers killed and 27 wounded, and 332 soldiers killed and wounded. TURKEY. TRIKSTE, OCT. 10: According to advices received here from Corfu, dated Bth inst., it was believed in that city that a rising of the Christian inhabitants of Epirus and Thessaly was imminent. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCIIAREST. Ocr. 10. Prince Charles is about to proceed in person to Constantinople, in order to remove the last ob stacle on the part of the Porte to his recognition as hospodar of the Danubian Principalities. It is stated that the obstacle is not of an important cha racter. The date of his departure for Constantinopleina not yet fixed. QUARANTINE AT MALTA. MALTA, Ocr. 10. Tho quarantine hitherto in force against arrivals from the Archipelago and tho Turkish coast, between Alexandria and the Dardanelles, is abolished, and that imposed on arrivals from Alexandria is reduced to 16 days. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF LONDON. 'QUEENSTOIVN,Ocr. 11. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the 28th ult., arrived here at 5.35 a.m. to-day with 249 passengers and 2,0001. sterling. She landed 81 passengers, and proceeded for Liver pool at 5.50 a.m. Her telegraphic advices have been anticipated. ARRIVAL OF THE HANSA. SOUTHAMPTON, Ocr. 11. The North German Lloyd's steamer Hansa, from New York on the 28th ult., passed the Needles at 9.45 a.m. to-day. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW TORK, Ocr. 9, Erz:cm°. Gold, 149. Exchange on London, 158,. 6-20 Bonds, 1131 ; Illinois, 1271 ; Erie, 831. Cotton, 37c. Petroleum : crude, 2411 ; refined, 43. OVERLAND MAILS. MALTA, OCT. 10. cAterrrA, CHINA, AND AITSTRALIAN MAILS. The Delta left at 8 p.m. on the 9th, and may be expected at Marseilles on the 12th inst. (Letters in London on Saturday evening or Mor day morning). The Masailia leaves at 4 p.m. to-day for South ampton, where she may be expected on the 19th inst. GIBRALTAR, Ocr. 9. The Tanjore, from Southampton on the 4th inst., arrived to-day at 6 a.m., and leaves at 10 a.m. for Alexandria. All 'well. The Cardinal Vicar at Rome has issued a proclamation calling for special services in honour of St. Michael, who is described by his Eminence in the follow ing terms :—" The invincible St. Michael, Archangel, the captain of the celestial phalanxes ; the first support of divine justice ; the glorious conqueror of the most earliest revolt—that of the rebel angels ; the de fender of the church of God under the Old and the New Testament dispensations ; the patron of privileged souls at the tribunal of the inexorable Judge of the living and the dead ; he, moreover, who is destined to confound and to enchain Lucifer in the consummation of the ages, for the eternal triumph of Jesus Christ, of his immaculate mother Mary, and his immortal church." Victor Hugo has, it is said, just completed an other romance entitled " 1793." K Eugene Pelletan has published a volume Galled " La Mere." The death, at Paris, is announced of the Prin cess Catherine Bibeeco, daughter of Prince George, ex- Hospodar of Wallachia, and married to General Floreaco, one of the late ministers of Prince Count. REMMIKS. At Haparanda 'Gulf of Botha the barometer fell yesterday to 5).2 inches, with strong north-west winds on the coast of Norway, and south-westerly winds over the eastern portion of the Baltic. Another area of comparatively low pressure appears to exist In the neighbourhood of the Bay of Biscay. Over the British isles the Wilds continue moderate and chiefly from the eastward, with an overcast sky. Barometric pressure is still rather high but dlmt 'shins slowly. THE PRINCESS DACIMAR Irf RCS/Mt.—The Vest, the organ of the Russian nobility, has the following obser vations on the entry of the Princess Dagmar into St. Petersburg :—" The war in which the Danes were impli. sated, notwithstanding the gallantry evinced by them, terminated unfavourably for their cense ; but her new country now offers to Princess Dagmar the most powerful throne in the world. Herself destined to wear the crown of Russia, she is the sister of the future Queen of England, and of King George of Greece. While the sovereignty of the moseprosperous realm in the universe will one day devolve upon her English brother-in-law, her Greek brother, reign ing over a people who are our co-religionists, will, in all probability, establish a great kingdom on the ruins of Ma. homedan rule. Should Providence will that the Dardanelles are not to become Russian property we can only wish that they should fall to orthodox Greece and her king, the brother of oar future mistress. Russia, ruling in the Fuxin and Baltic, is not in possession of the straits con necting those sees with the ocean. Mush fighting may be r equ ired to render us masters of the Dardanelles ; but the Sound, the Dardanelles of the North, at any rate, is in the , hands of King Christian, the Illustrious father of our own I Dagmar. We hope and trust that the family ties uniting the Danish and the Russian dynasties will assist ns in at taming these aims, which powerful Ramis cannot do other wise than pursue." , lt is thought at Rome that when the Emperor Maximilian hears of the sad affliction which has befallen the Empress he will abdicate ; for it was under her influ ence that he accepted the Mexican crown, and it is owing to her that be has persevered in his hazardous enterprise. The Chroniqueur Suisse states that a protestant minister named Methyl, who died recently at Stans (Underwalden), has left an autobiography written in 27 languages. Colßelow at sea are chiefly attributed by nautii men to the Trinity Board regulations, which eN porting the helm without restriction to two ships meet one another at sea. Under certain circumstances such practioe must cause disaster, and none but a madman would do it. When such is the case, en accident happens by '' captain of one ship not knowing how the captain of other ship will act in sudden emergencies in the night during thick weather. A red light is carried on the port side and a green light on the starboard side at night. if a couple of red lights together was the signal that commander was going to port, and a couple of green light together the signal that he was going to starboard 1 helm, or if in very thick weather the firing of a On once signified porting the helm, and the firing of it tc putting the helm a starboard, the numerous and fearful accidents that arise from one captain not knowing ' another is going to steer bia ship when they are vet/ each other would be prevented. UNFOUNDED CH♦BOE ♦OAINST ♦ MERCH♦NT . On last Tuesday Mr. Henry Curtis, merchant and packet er, surrendered to his recognisances before the Gainaborough bench of magistrates to answer a charge c felony preferred against him b► the official liqidator the Trent and Humber Shipbuilding Company. On 1 case being called on Dir. Beedon announced that he not prepared with say evidence, and the charge se be withtwn. The prosecutor had received mfor Con that a quantity of machinery, valued at more t. 501., belonging to the ship company, was concealed . Mr. Curtis's premises, ard, on a search warrant being obtained, it was found there. Mr. Curtis was then - preheaded and brought before their worships. The secuter had discharged his duty, and was satisfied,' some explanation was still nsoesesry to show how Curtis came in possession of the machinery. Mr. Bi burn, of Sheffield, instructed by Mr. Plaakitt, solicitor, dined on behalf of the prisoner to have the case wi drawn, and asked for a formal discharge. The charge a meat preposterous and impudent one. The defendarm was now, as on a previous occasion, prepared to prove 4 ' the machinery had been aistrained for rent more than years ago, and that there was yet an unsatisfied lien of wards of 201. upon it. The learned counsel expressed b self warmly upon the case, and the bench at once ordered the accused's discharge. ditch. ... . IiThEFTEILICIENI7M --wee (THIS DAY.) so t as the --0.-- only • COURT OF HANICHOPYOT . (Before Mr. Commissioner Wbek e ; : i P&P ' I/ nth Willain.-1111 Tommums wale iem e . e ,' The bankrupt, William Webbe r , ma deee,a.., -- " Int there, salting and operating "organ, of gk e ---.. '.. 1 01114/ 4 Walla. The case will be reessem ee g , . . bankrupt's connexion with reomt slee..i._• " •1111 1 roen the sanitary state of Tunbridge W e lk, mi i ..... ss rather unfortunately for him in his hag em e l e ,i — ;___,llallei the for several months. It appears thm se ..e..."`Peill was commenced against him by my. ..'" fit lIN • " medical man of Tunbridge-welts ; they 've , t h e t saaie from commenced a cross action ; both actions ww,,, — ..iaal Mr. arbitration, and the award was ague, t h e - ... Mg t CO was smarted on the 21st of Julie, am b l e ha e lk r t si ll N o wes iv sinew, the court not harkig 1 in oof libeL Pam M e k i also • This was the sitting for examination sad was no accounts beyond the preliminary at e t eeet dieha tijihi filed. Tbe debts are only 5771„0f which lthg. T • 'l Mr. F. J. Jearwood, solicitor, Ely-pl eet ; sad m 7 ems._ Trustram, the detaining creditor. "'"" will Ati h bankni e lfr. had rtg. b e l l e' floreatedth pt etous l fil e igniae : Y et te '---,1614 ": " ill' was , offs ~ .. with rapt had rammenoed seven or eight actions eathei,....._ W ad ' for attacking his house ; these actions had bi t e — ooert . various nooses at Maidstone. An action h ee li,, Mr. against Mr. Trustram for mandal had bas t m t„l 44 for • , arbitration, and as soon as the award 5 t,,,, -- "''a the bankrupt he went to prison, and pt ii i ahl, court. His hoes* was expensively fa n g** 6 , 1 1 alma was now mid that his daughter was the siner7ig 7 rup e C*l., e a re .,p ee lskr. es , Re and7 W that i:fulYrthrefatteitied: 4Lisist ilds;Z: 7 t t- - ' furniture. He had been bankrupt he m — 61... The bankrupt's wife was in receipt of j eNtisa i ii rli P came buain preferring . to romarn in prison ; and all he 5 ha.,..... ~ the detaining creditor to expense by v ii , ii iii fs for t for release from emeM4, wh.'4l had v ii r bad was asked that the aftting bligh t be adjourned IS thad„ l . I. ' ~,I Nt e pointed till be had paid all the caste insane& plc Mr. P.. Griftths, on behalf of the detaiaing • an curred in the application. la ' mark The bankrupt said that be was prevented fresensae, e . accounts by reason of his imprisonmentortge ).- ---1 le "' tended was illegal. .• Ins made . His Honour said he could not go into that cantle, bankrupt the • bankrupt had ban committed by due -- I court. Pr(44.1 d a lIPIt 1 The binlaupt aid he bad prepared some = a let he sh l they had not bmn fi led. There were debts O w l • due to him. When the facts of this cue se e err save That a it would be seen that he had been used very h e l B. : H ao ! Tht l an e li b tabankru trze r sa re s slid f w e sai w ha , til d an T e te d ha ba i t 1 7 h c m o s u pt read h h l ad ha ea d dly ybe i ted he dideprini ee: T eem a istel; . %, W th 3a a : llr Th - sitting. s tri . . after e venting of his solicitor for a reason which 0:41 O tors acted on, because be had no money to ig e i to ( lAu stieb ghte an r.) ex H. tent w th as at su he ff oo ed u n l li d f rot m li: lika dowL,' ll :k uil : ' i d u r p in e his imprisonment was shortening his days; bat mi • doubt the object of the parties who kepe be e ie e In was to the Court the bankrupt stated %sib al ✓ kept no attendance-book, only a diary. He bed e ek , I. perty. His furniture was bought for his daughter, if s s- his former bankruptcy in 1863, and he had no crandene s. it He was willing to file the best scoouote IS Ilk paw • d The Commissioner—The case roust stand ever ills • . !I' first day on which Mr. Commissioner Goethe:sae. lb Woo* 1 official assignee will send papers down to the tank I aged rt the bankrupt to make out his accounts, and the add pore .y day after that will be appointed for the embarks. I 11 the bankrupt will be adeised by me, he will aeleniegin look rt notice to apply for his release until he has peg IV stree r- examination. of re The bankrupt—Well, sir, what sin Ito dot Ikw 11 Ph • ! 1, one to advise me. It ix not true, u dated by Ist 14 four e- that I brought seven or eight actions. That me aiy etre . 1, three. that to Mr. Reed—But in one of them they watt/Union to es (Laughter.) the s. Bankrupt—No, that is a misrepresentation-01TR ) and n- His Honour said there appeared to be a geed ad d nor' id bitterness on both aides. As the bankrupt mut malt she . c. prison he would appoint the earliest possible day hr ik Tit. is examination. hod It The bankrupt left the box, protating that Is Id set to suffered quite enough. m n- me RE THOB. SIDNEY sem. of t b- The bankrupt was an auctioneer, of Fenclazabenek asi vs and of Addison-road, Kensington. This was the Mist d' ad for examination and discharge • but the .lg u esuese. ate by peering on the proceedings consist of the r:e • ' is es ment. The debts are returned at about 10,600 L, yMI 6,602/. is due to the Scottish Provident Investment, well bee . by mortgage on property in Riches-court and Fadati, \ re street. The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank sis unn‘ I -" creditors for 500/. and on an An adjournment was ordered. he the re- srd THE POLICE COURTS. ac ed- Pl° She (THIS DAY.) —e— waS of the MANSION-HOUSE b' ~ lge A DRUNKEN DOMESTIC. Pi- • incoA well-looking chargedyi woman, who me the mos si Mary Vale, was before Mr. Alderman Sass sil . to being drunk and incapable of performing her mantle* s illy sidence of her master, Mr. Samuel Goldhill, a sewn* • chant, resident at No. 17, Houndsditch. The complainant, Mrs. Goldhill, deposed thittkipi w h or- ~ soner had entered her service ns housemaid shoats rd ' of ago, having received an excellent character."( curses mil months' duration for sobriety and general geed mile 4 ' . K • die. ug y h e ter veni d ng ow a i l i ao to ut S u o te 'cloc v of leakages her daughter te r - the prisoner in a speechless state _ eh' eye and the floor covered with a pool of she in i k te tb lie e n vi , w the. benr i datil, • examining the pantry it was found that the pi in the ill ' gallon barrel of ale, removed the tap, had MI eh the kiwi soner not having the key of the ta to . es Mblea lbhau the ale, and then replaced the tap. To enable :), late so she had lit the gas and left it turned tulle .11 • the prisoner h ad Mu th e then given rito custody, and on exinoaf a. to had has ois flame flared up to an alio-urns degree. Theme:su s . al chiffonier in the parlour where the prisoner for tick ap half a great bottle of brandy. which was fOUI I ,I . . de' oca- morning, had been consumed. The witness adasd . lrat, i , test employed in the afternoon, it was obserceLthlt. o,_ obliging manner, and she l oa d no wish that tiers!! i the __ should be punished, and had only given her int" Hale i got "."- to get rid of her out of the nen .ce. ; w Wrest telld previously conducted herself in a _ emu . 0 . saith Mr. Oke (the chief clerk) toll the comp . ~,* the the act of giving the prisoner into caftedl 100 a' an bee . missed her. in ---" Mr. Alderman Stone warned the prisoner to b e,,, r4 hp ran- se to her future conduct, and said that as the bets did not press for punishment lie would discher We. vete MARYLEBONE. Otalgtco II lies TEL CHARGE Or PIRUURY AGAINsT re p G. 'the THE LI DlTisl(ls. ...... . t en Matthew Ha yes, 81 S, and Wi ll iam Earl, 7, be Ta of against them by Henry Dye and Charles r Ma lat nutting wilful and corrupt petjuiy. the Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Lewis, Great 11 ,,1e 11 a Te the street, appeared to prosecute ; Mr. Gr0 i r 0 t 0 4• 4 ,... again to-day to answer the adjourned 'willow ie . i instructed by Mr. Catchpole, of 89, I.; rte n ' ll g. fended the accused. tab" I" is MI, After some further evidence had hen ._,,, ~ I , • m esti- Central Criminal Court. of 6 0 1. 01 at They were admitted to bail in the sum in days prisoners were fully committed to take their sm.' lice) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. _ ... . 0r0 Th S. ';‘•••• George Hewitt, warehouseman, ink e e c mpl_r_fa Ox Sing Rickards, distillers anal rectifiers, N• 2T 7_,Y e e• ch a was charged before Mr. Knox with robbing ha mr" In ~,_ neametors SLOBBERY BY A DISTILLER'S WARERnrae, c o uld of a quantity of brandy and gin. r the Great Marlborough- areet, appeared for the ran o , Y the Seigeant O. Clark, of the detective force, WI" Mr. 1660 0 ; and Tome. of instructionsreceived from avi 0 ,,, of watched Mr. Sayer, from the office of 7.1 r. Elweld__f at 4 port of Piccadilly, I yesterday evening w . 1 1 . 4 A sh,,, he left the warehouse, and followed hunoolalf a ss *' m • street. I there stopped him, and told In . sr_lig hat a hi . i ge ta concealed about him belonging to Illa . • had bt% 1 his The prisoner said—" Then you , 0 co. ate' me." I said that I should do se,,!aa o _.. tj l e 0 • to go back with me to the motion. n ........jo twice ,_ pnlioe.officer, and that I suspected he _nig ; 0 ; 1 . . On getting to the station I searched IS i O ,OOl, • how ceded under his coat two till cans, one co 6 =oo . 'OOll '""" . • near and the other gin. .[TI?e cans, ingenc , , 1 . 1102 111 ado' very sorry to say that he had got so . m . _e m braa ho lss,. fit the prisoner's body, wet* 1 401 . 1 . searched the prisoner's lodgings in Little, ,, ._' i laif i Rci rT — T. '''' . . e k _ s " Mr. Rickards said—The prisoner enter ed at • • the in in February, 1862, and in consequence, 0 lo go ill , l e o f tertained I commun icated with the polar• - • „,_' .. and found th ree bottles, each c ontaining hon e ' miff brandy and gin roWeed to he our I a ron., to 0, 1 ! Pi. n the By Mr. Sayer—l have been three y rs. y i ee M 11 • o was the prisoner, and have on different occall??:riosegr Is could out o f t h e pr i soner ' s coat pocket, but did •. _"`"'" Mr. Sayer—The prisoner will plead glum "r do " ti. ,_._•••• °a ship will des] with the case. d the MO ) ,_ ra ''' him, acting under ""'"'• Mr. Knox—l cannot do so. I must sell oo • 3. ap- seinen& trial ;,t7i th PirORSHIP.STREET. __,„ o op. 60, • Mr. Ca C°"'" - Islit Hack. SCARDALOUS ASSAULT uN AN unN14. 6.10 . 0 , 0 of r, de- Jana Mew, • broad backed. an: !.', : til li in w ith. the appearance of a labourer, was . 11114° . ... The prisoner was then committed for e was assaulting the conductor of an oruinb_sa dboasi oi 00r a dept running between Kingsland and o the F.lft to 1/ 00# 1 t th a t and also with damaging his el thee. __ _ , . Al 1,90 said-1 am s' he a two George Alien, 0 the El:1 1141 " toSb . hi m . and last evening when at ..,_ t h a few _ j ape I dared accosted by this man, who sacked pool 111. ditch. I told him that it was We': ,p up. the service of ttdrondon General 0 _ j os s ..ri 1 t .