The Express. — London, England, 1867-11-05 00:00:00

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Chariton.—atump-Orator West end Mks R. West, Magilton Ls Grand; Mks F. Phillips.—BßEAK. NOT BEND. Mrs. S. Lane—GUY FAWKES —And i Display of Fireworks. RION WATIR AT LONDON BRIDGIL THU DAY —llkmalog Th. 395.......Aftern00n, bh. sro. tbYo►aow—Macadam, NIL 44m..—..Afternoon, Vb. 24m. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. THAT extravagantly high Churchmen should feel annoyed when one of the prizes of the Eng lish Establishment is given to a prominent Evan gelical is no more than we all expect ; but it seems there is more than ecclesiastical dissatis faction in the very loud outcry now raised against the gift of the Exeter Deanery to Canon BOYD. It was not until reading last Satur day's issue of our staunch contemporary, the John lAdI , that we saw how diversified are the bearings of what at first sight seems a very simple matter. Those who imagine that to make a good Church appointment it is only neces sary to prefer eminent merit must, it seems, expect to find others of a very different qpinion. Our zealous contemporary objects in Es own person to Canon Born's appointment, not in the interests of piety or learning, or church =unship, but, three times over, because it is " cal " culated seriously to damage the Conservative " party." " For the sake of the Conservative " party we venture to assure the Earl of DERBY " that he can have no conception of the profound " sensation which this appointment has created. " It was received at first with incredulity, and " when not denied, with dismay." If Canon BOYD were a strong Whig partisan, or had been in the habit of leading radical multitudes at the hustings, this excited language would have been intelligible. He is not, however, a political man. The dismay of these good Conservatives is not caused by the open rewarding of an enemy ; it arises from the discovery that Lord DERBY does not feel at liberty to employ every good thing that falls into his hands to reward political services. Hear the John Bull again : " It is not that we anticipate any grievous results " from Dr. BOYD'S tenancy of the Exeter " Deanery ; but it is the heavy blow and great t tlwrAtett_ze:= - 4 !" .^ 7 r ..":'**TaTabLi'li 4 47 I " who have worked so heartily for the Government " during their long exclusion from office that " makes us speak so openly." Our contem porary knows what ho is saying, and he is well backed up by correspondents. "Ex-M.P." thinks that Lord DERBY would have done better to look for a dean among the brothers of his colleagues, and in pure kindness recommends him to " ask Mr. HARDY the evil such an appoint " ment is causing among those who worked for " him so zealously at the last Oxford election." Another writer, who credits himself with having rescued a borough from the Liberals, objects to Canon BOYD, that he " has not even the lowest "claim of having exerted himself for the Con " servative party in any conspicuous way ;" and asks, " What is the advantage, if patronage is " to be dispensed by the Conservative chiefs with " out reference to the merits of their supporters I" The Government are reminded that, "if they will "not act manfully for the party, they cannot " expect the party to be devoted to them ; the " loyalty must be reciprocal." These people state their case in a plain-spoken way, which is refresh ing in an age of Pecksniffian periphrasis ; and as they put it, we think there is a great deal in it. They know best what bargain they made, and if they have really done the work, hard and disagreeable as it is, of the Tories without receiving the promised reward, we can only wonder that Lord DERBY should be capable of acting so shabbily by his supporters. But, after all, it is an odd busi ness, and we should never have learned from the chiefs of the party the understanding which these dissatisfied agents betray. The doc trine that patronage is a trust, and that every public service must be administered with reference to the interests of those who are served, has been so readily accepted on all sides of late years, that we are surprised to find the affairs of one of our public institutions discussed as if such a doctrine were unknown. In the Civil Service we have long had in operation a system of examination ex pressly designed to deprive the party in power of the means of rewarding their inferior political supporters by quartering them upon a department, so as to give room for selection according to fitness. The same principle, it would seem, is not yet universally acknowledged in the Church. At all events, a highly respectable ecclesiastical newspaper has no hesitation in assum ing and arguing upon the existence of a compact under which the clergy work hard at elections for the Tories, and are rewarded from endowments consecrated to religion. In future, whenever any of us hear of a clergyman "exerting himself for the " Conservative party in a conspicuous way," we shall fancy we know what he is about. THE FARNHAM UNION.—The Poor-law Board have directed an official inquiry to take place on Wednes day, the 13th inst., into the charges made in respect of the Farnham Workhouse. Any delay which may have occurred in appointing the inquiry is attributable to the neoesaity which the board were under of communicating previously with the guardians, whose meetings are held once a week only. The inquiry will be conducted by Mr. Lambert, Poor-law Inspector, with whom will be associated Dr. E. Smith, the medial officer of the board.— Tines. The fortresses in Russian Poland have been in spected by General Todleben and other eminent engineers, preparatory to their proposed enlargement. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1867. OUR CONTEMPORARIEB. (THIS DAY.) Cite Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 4. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Christim, Princess Louise rode in the Home•park, and Princess Beatrice went out walking. The Queen held a council to-day at 1 o'clock, at which were present the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Brad ford, the Earl of Derby, and Lord Stanley. The Earl of Derby, the Duke of Marlborough, and Lord Stanley had audiences of the Queen. Previous to the council Dr. Travers Twiss, D.C.L., Queen's Advocate, was introduoed by the Earl of Bradford, Lord Chamberlain, and received the honour of knighthood. Lord Justice Clerk Patton arrived at the Castle, and was sworn in a member of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, and took his seat at the board accordingly. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. Lord Crofton and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, the Lord and Groom in Waiting, were in attendance. The Earl of Derby remains ►t the Castle. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Grey, went out shooting yesterday in Windsor Great Park. His Royal Highness afterward, took luncheon with Prince and Princess Christian at Froginore. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by N . /S.:MACY Walden. The Prince and Princess Christian, and Princess Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein, attended Divine service in the parish church of Windsor on Sunday. At the council held yesterday by the Queen at Windsor Castle, it was ordered that parliament be further pro rogued from Wednesday, the 6th, to Tuesday, the 19th inst., then to meet for the despatch of business. At the council held yesterday by the Queen at Windsor Castle, it was ordered that the usual proclamation be issued for the election of a representative peer for Scot land, in the room of Lord Polwarth, deceased. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New Brunswick, Prince Ed ward's Island, Newfoundland, British Columbia, British Honduras, and Malta. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—A supplement to the Ga.:ate was published last night containing the following proclamation in reference to the meeting of par liament :—" Victoria, R.—Whereas our parliament stands prorogued to Wednesday, the 6th day of November, we, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby issue our royal proclamation, and publish and declare, that the said parliament be further prorogued to Tuesday, the 19th day of November instant, and we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure that the said parliament shall, on the said Tuesday, the 19th day of November instant, assemble and be holden for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the lords spiritual and temporal, and the knights, citizens, and burgesses, and the commissioners for shires and burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and com manded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westmin• eter, on the said Tuesday, the 19th day of November instant.—Given at our court at Windsor, this 4th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1867, and in thirty first year of our reign. —God save the Queen." His ltoyal Highness the Prince of Wales went to Windsor yesterday, and bad another day's capital sport amongst the pheasants, hares, and partridges in the royal preserves, Windsor Great Park. The Prince, who was at tended by Major Grey, equerry, and Count Gleichan,wasmet at the Windsor terminus of the Great Western Railw►y by Prince Christian, attended by Colonel Gordon, his royal highness's equerry, and the royal party at once proceeded to the Great Park in her Majesty's shooting break. The Prince returned to Frogmore to luncheon, and left for town by the 3.50 train. His Excellency Baron von Benet, accompanied by M. Hofmann, Chef do Cabinet to his excellency, left the Austrian Embassy yesterday morning, to proceed by the tidal train from Charing-cross to Folkestone, on his way to Paris. His Excellency Count Apponyi, the Austrian Ambassador, left by the same train for Vienna. The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam and the ladies Fitswilliam, accompanied by Viaoount and Vis countess Milton, arrived at Wentworth Park, Yorkshire, a few days ago, from Coollattin, county Wicklow. The_ . . Countess (Frances) Waldegrave's party on the tith ult. was a grand dinner and ball. The Duke de Chartres, the Count de Paris, and Prince de Penthievre and party of gentlemen had capital shooting during their ecijourn at the Priory. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE DEFEAT OF THE ITALIAN VOLUN TEERS. ALLEGED LOSS OF 3,000 MEN. (IZUTER'S TEL/GRAMS.) PARIS, Nov. 5. The 3foniteur of this morning publishes the fol lowing account of the defeat of the Garibaldians : On Sunday the Papal troops met near Tivoli some Garibaldian bands, and at once attacked them. After a hard fight the Garibaldians fled in disorder, and left on the field 3,000 men, either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. Garibaldi succeeded in escaping to Terni, and the Italian authorities have had him brought to Florence with his two sons. General Ricotti, commander of the Italian forces on the frontier, succeeded in arresting and disarm ing 4,000 Garibaldians who sought to take refuge in the Italian territory, FLORENCE, Nov. 4. The Italia says that a council of ministers was held to-day, when a note in reply to that of the Marquis de Moustier was discussed. General Cialdini baa been recalled to Florence by telegraph. The Corriere Italian states that Garibaldi was marching in the direction of the Abruzzi with 3,000 men, when he was attacked by 12,000 Ponti fical troops. It is rumoured that 500 Garibaldians were placed hors de combat. The Gazette Italia says that Nicotera, with his staff, has already gone back to Naples. The volunteers are returning to their homes. The Opittione announces that Garibaldi has passed through Florence and gone to Caprera. FLORENCE, Nov. 5, 10 A.M. The Opinione publishes a second edition, correct ing its previous announcement that Garibaldi had been sent back to Caprera, and says that he will be conducted to Spezzia. Postal communication with Rome is restored. WAR PREPARATIONS IN FRANCE. It will be seen by the following extracts from French journals that the movement of troops and war materiel to Toulon still continues. A letter from Toulon of the let, in the Messager du Midi, lays : We have since this morning been almost in the midst of a camp of cavalry, all the trains being full of soldiers ►nd hones; at noon, the Boulevard Napoleon was occupied by six squadrons with an effective of 900 men and 800 horses, consisting of four squadrons of the 3rd regiment of mounted disowns' from Lyons, and two of the 7th of the same name going to com plete the regiment, the two first of which have already left for Rome. Also have arrived 16 mounted gendarmes and two °Meer, and 250 men of the 36th of the Line. The brigade Raoul is still to own awaiting transports. The ironclad frigate Valenreuso, from Cherbourg, anchored in the roadstead this morning. She touched yes terday at Ajaocio to receive instructions, and after waiting just long enough to receive her de spatch she renewed her course for Toulon. Scarcely was she moored here when she completed her stores so as to be ready to sail for Civita Vecchia immediately. At eight this morning the Mogador frig►te arrived here from that port. She immediately commenced taking in stores, coal, and all the men and horses that could not leave by the Eldorado, now declared to be unserviceable. A letter from Rochefort, in the Gironde of Bor deaux, says : A despatch arrived here two days back ordering all the ship carpenters in this port to leave immediately for Ton lon. Orders have also arrived to fit out the floating bat teries Paladzo and PaiAlutns, as wall as the first-class frigate the Foudre. A letter from Cherbourg, in the Siicie, says The greatest activity reigns in the military arsenals, where many supernumerary workmen are engaged ; the fitting out of the ironclad floating batteries Foudroyante, Protectrice, and Embuscade is being specially urged forward. The Pruse says that two divisions of the Impe rial Guard Cavalry and Artillery are to form part of the expeditionary force, and that one of them is preparing to start for Toulon. The Courrier du Bas Rhin reports that the Prus sian government have called in all their reserves, but that orders have been given to the newspapers not to mention the fact. questions. Their policy is solely a policy of peace, and the action now about to be commenced will be directed entirely to peaceful ends. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nor. 5. Count Bernstorff has arrived here on his way back to London, and has had a long interview with Count Bismarck. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 4 Her Majesty's Indian steam transport Malabar, with troops, has arrived at Suez. 3,000 mules are in Egypt awaiting transport. Colonel Merewether has found a good encamp ment at Zoulfa, and is sending out reconnoitering parties. THE ROMAN QUESTION. As Garibaldi cannot just now serve Italy by fighting, the LAW!, News thinks it fortunate that he should be beaten by a force carrying the flag of the Pope rather than that he should remain and come in collision with the French. But his removal prematurely brings the two in tervening governments to the delicate task of adjusting their relations to each other as adverse occupants of the Roman States. It is to be feared that the Emperor has raised aepirit which cannot be laid without war, as, without calculating results, the Italians if summoned to withdraw must prove their manhood on the battle field or renounce all claim to be a nation. It is lamentable to see the strength of France perverted to the support of the most ignominious tyranny and sadder to think that before it can receive any outward check it may undo in Italy the work of years of noble effort and sacrifice. As for the English policy Lord Stanley has not hitherto exhibited us to advantage in the composition of serious European dillieultiee, but it is to Mr. Disraeli that we look when the policy of the present administration upon any important subject is in question ; and in all that concerns Italy Mr. Disraeli is out of sympathy with the country, while his past relations with Louis Napoleon me as unpromising as his attitude to Italy. The Times no longer looks favourably on the idea of a emigres., and observes that the Emperor Napoleon has only one zealous auxiliary, and that is the Queen of Spain. As • lay state the papacy exists in Europe by the treaties of 1815, and why should the Pope, as a mere sovereign, have another measure meted out to him than Naples and Tuscany, Hesse and Hanover? It is difficult to see what English, or German, or American cotholies can gain by having the Pope under French rather than under Italian control, and it is no wonder if the catholic powers, such as Austria, Portugal, Belgium, ire., refuse to join Fromm in upholding a system which she turns exclusively to her own benefit. The Standard continues to comment on Italian affairs from the imperial point of view. It insists that for Napo leon to permit a joint occupation after declaring so em phatically he could not allow it, would be to incur a rebuff and a mortification which would not be the less painful and dangerous that all his enemies in France and out of it have been predicting for weeks that his policy would have these results. By giving way to the Italians on this point he would not recover their goodwill, and would lose alto gether the enthusiasm which is beginning to kindle fur I him again amongst the catholic,. WE. LOWE AT EDINBURGH. The Daily News trusts that Mr. Lowe's address to the members of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution is a sign of his return to the field of useful political labour and discussion. If it were fair to turn hie educational doctrine against himself, it might be urged that during the last three years he afforded a striking proof of the insufficiency of purely classical training to enable a man to grapple with the problems and to do the work of his age. But the fine frenzy is over. The educa tional reforms for which he contends appear to him neces sary because working men become depositaries of political power, but it was surely a hazardous amine to leave a people untaught on the assumption that they were to remain unenfranchised. His ruling idea is that the higher classes are to rule henceforth, if they are to rule at all, in virtue of intellectual and moral superiority ; and his theory as to the character of the education, is in substance that which Mr. Cobden expressed a good many years ago in a figurative form, when he said that to the mo dern Englishman &single copy of the Times was more instruc tive than all the historical booksof Thucydides. The coinci dence of two such men as Mr. Cobden and Mr. Lowe in their educational doctrine is very remarkable. Mr. Cobden spoke with the weight due to his natural penetration and sagacity ; Mr. Lowe, with the authority of a man who has thoroughly exhausted the classical cultivation and the antique learning which he weighs in the balance and finds wanting. The Daily News then proceeds to point out each statements of Mr. Lowe as it considers extreme, but concludes with the remark, that notwithstanding these and other exaggerations and sophisms, his address is a valuable and timely contribution to a vital question, and his very over-statements m►y be necessary in order to give prominence to neglected truths. The Post warmly supporta Mr. Lowe's criticisms and recommendations, and thinks that nothing short of the latter are likely to bring English education out of the dis grace into which it has fallen as compared with that of the other nations of Europe. The P . ' :acting the eAldrees. ebeeryte that the axioms of Mr. Lowe to many minds may appear obviotte, elementary, indisputable truths ; to some they may even seem actual platitudes. Yet the fact is that they will be disputed even in principle by many able thinkers ; they have never—no, not any of them—been admitted in practice in any high class system of education known in modern England. The Standard warmly defends the conscience clause at tacked by Mr. Lowe, and the retention of denominational distinctions, and questions strongly his assertions in re spect to the actual deficiencies of the instruction given in our higher schools and universities. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The daily journals begin to publish letters from special correspondents, en mute for Abyssinia, but none of them seem to have got farther than Aden or Bombay. At the latter city the expedition is as popular as it is =- popular at home, coming as it does to vary the monotony of an Anglo-Indian soldier's life. The rest of India seems equally sanguine. The Priced of India, one of the leading Anglo-Indian papers, considers that " the difficulties are trifling enough, and become lees so as our information enlarges ;" and a wild scheme, worthy of Colney hatch, for sending :MO volunteers into the hears of Abyssinia (one patriot actually offering to embark 2,000!. in the speculation) has been discussed by • portion lof the prom in all soberness and gravity. The other day, when the first regiment to sail, the 10th Native Infantry, required a few men to complete their number, so many volunteers came forward from two regi ments in garrison with them, that the 10th could have doubled its strength in an hour. The army is in capital temper and spirits, and has complete confidence in its chief. aa the chief difficulty against which the army will have to contend will probably be that of transport over precipitous mountains and narrow defiles, the one great object which is being steadily kept in view throughout the preparations, and to which all others are made subordinate, is light equipment, of a kind always, if necessary, tptabla to mule carriage. More than half the native soldiers who go to Abyssinia in the transports will live for ten days or so on parched corn. Omnipotent and capricious cute, though it allows them to eat and sleep, will not allow them to cook when on the " black water," so they are given rations of parched grain, with • little sugar and ghee to savour it and water to wash it down. Of the followers, or non combatants, who, being mostly of a lower caste than the soldiers, are less troubled with scruples of this kind, the great majority will as soon cook on board ship as any where else. The correspondent of the Tilers says:—" I should be sorry wantonly to harrow the British taxpayer's feelings, but at may perhaps be as well to mention a fact or two that may help to prepare him for the little Abyssinian account in store for him. The expenditure of the Commissariat Department for food in Bombay itself alone, not counting money spent in other parts of this Presidency or elsewhere, and exclusive of transport, purchase of animals., medical stores, &c., is estimated at 100,000/. a month, and the ex pedition is not to advance into Abyssinia until it has seven months' food actually collected, and • three months' re serve guaranteed ready as soon as wanted. Heavy an this the cost of transport is proportionately heavy." The place chosen for debareation is Ansley Bay. 20 miles south of Massowab, lat. 15 15 N., long. 39 45 W. the bay faces towards the north. Anchorage good in deep water. It is approached from the south coast without any unusual difficulty, all the impediments being visible. The bindle a sandy plain, with patches of brushwood, but no forest. It abounds with both large and small game. Drinkable water is not to be found within 16 miles of the coast but at that distance a good and abundant supply was discovered in one of the deep ravines which intersect the country at righ t : fn les to the coast line. All the troops that can be s will be at once marc h e d up to this high land, but wonting parties will be required t o land stores, make piers, &c. A number of Chinese carpenters accompany this brigade to put up commissariat sheds, which have been made in Bombay, ready to be at once fitted. The water for these working parties will have to be supplied from the ships. Colonel Iferewether's party were busily employed in making a pier to land troops and stores. A supplement to the London Gazette, pub lished last evening, contains a proclamation by her Majesty convening a meeting of the peers of Scotland at Holyrood-house, Edinburgh, on the 27th inst., to nomi nate and choose another peer of Scotland in the room of Henry Francis Baron Polwarth, deceased. WORICING MEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE UNION. The sub-committee, of which Lord Lyttelton is chairman, and Lord Lichfield and Mr. Hodgson Pratt members, appointed by the council to present a testimonial to Mr. Solly, in acknowledgment of his past services to the above union, have received the following letter from Mr. Hodgson Pratt : "To Lord Lyttelton and the members of the sub-com mittee for presenting a testimonial to Mr. Solly on his retirement from the office of secretary to the Working Men's Club and Institute Union. _ _ _ " My Lords and Gentlemen,—On the occasion of the re tirement of the Rev. H. Sony last Midsummer from the secretaryship to that valuable society, the Working Men's Club and Institute Union, the council determined to invite subscriptions fora testimonial to Mr. Solly, as an indication of the value of his services in the promotion generally of the welfare of the working classes, and specially in the founda tion and administration of the above society. The proposal was at first communicated only to the supporters of the society, but it has now been determined to give all persons interested in the Club and Institute' movement oppor tunity of joining in this expression of approval of Mr. SoUy's useful labours. A communication which I have just received from that gentleman gives a new aspect to the above propoeaL Having heard of what was being done in this matter, he has written to request, very earnestly, that the testimonial' should take such a form as would enable him to turn it to the advantage of the working classes, his idea being that the money so raised should form the nucleus of a fund which might enable him to devote himself permanently to the work of popular in struction in history, literature, ethics, and social science. In such an apr.licadon of the subscrittiona, if it can be carried out, many persons would doubtless find an increased motive for contributmg, inasmuch as Mr. Solly's qualifica tions as a lecturer and speaker on these questions are very generally appreciated. The amount of each person's sub scription to the testimonial fund was originally limited to U., but if the money can be applied in the way now indi cated, it would seem desirable that there should no longer be any limitation of this kind. " The present moment seems a very fitting one for bring ing this proposal before the public in connexion with the appearance of the useful book which Mr. Scilly has just written on the principles, objects, and operation of work men's clubs and institutes , an d whiclijorms a compendium of all the valuable experience he h+ gathered during the last four years. It is very desirable that everyone who wishes to take a part in ameliorating the condition of the working classes of this country should read this book, for there is perhaps no movement from which more important consequences ma flow than that which has been t a ken in hand Union. We may fairly hope at by the increased funds now placed at our disposal by the retirement of Mr. Solly,and the work being done by honorary secretaries, to carry on the ap proaching winter campaign with enlarged powers of use fulness, lam confirmed in this hope by our decision to follow the course adopted in another place,' and to widen the basis of our constitution by admitting to the council representatives of the principal Workmen's Clubs in London. This step will doubtless give us greater insight into the beat mode of making our work a truly national one, and greater influence among the people at large throughout the country.—Your's cordially, " HoncsoN Purr." Extract from Mr. Solly's letter:—" I could only accept their kindness as a means of helping me to continue to work especially for the working men, inste a d o f h av i ng t o earn my livelihood at once in another way. I received, without scruple, • salary from the Working Men's Club and Institute Union because I am not a man of property, and could not have given up other labours to act as secre tary without it. But one of the main principles of our movement, and the spirit in which we have, all of us, worked it, would be compromised, and our work so far undue, if I were now to accept any pecuniary reward for doing what I could to promote it." MR. BRIGHT, M.P. , ON THE RATEPAYING CL AP SEEL —A letter from Mr. Bright, on the subject of the ratePnY leg clauses in the new Reform Bill appears in the Man chester papers of this morning. Mr. Bright's letter has been evoked by the recent proceedings of the Salford pro perty MOWS. The hon. gentleman points out that it is not necessary that the rates should be paid directly by the occupier, and "the system of payment by the owner need not be disturbed if he will undertake to pay the full rate on all hisoccupiedproperty, making an arrangement with his tenant in the matter of rent." He holds that, exoept in eases whets the rent has hitherto been below the market value it must be im possible for cottage owners to maintain the existing rent and at the same time throw the rate upon the tenant, for such a course would bring about its own remedy by catudng an extensive eottage building, which would soon bring rants down again to their natural level. THE ARRESTS IN PARIS. The Asmir National of yesterday has the fol lowing : The citizens who were arrested on Saturday at the Montmartre Cemetery have not been liberated as yet. They were taken to the Conciergerie, where they were placed in separate cells, without the opportunity of com municating with their friends. M. A. LeclanchtS, who was arrested, but who was liberated immediately after, has written to the Aociiir, stating that he would prosecute the police agents for the violence done him. He thus con cludes his letter : Shall we then allow ourselves to be deprived of even the liberty of mourning f I hope you will help me to main tain this cause—it is the cause of all. Godefroy Cavaignaa, a good man, a virtuous citizen, a bold journalist, would have accepted it and defended it under his flag. Do as Godefroy Cavaignac would have done. M. Dreo also writes to the Arenir describing the conduct of the police in his case. He says : _ . Having been prevent at the cemetery with two or three of my friends of the bar and feeling tired we thought we would sit down on a seat on which a man and woman were already sitting. We had scarcely taken our planes when four or tee persons in uniform came up and ordered us to rise and " more on." We remarked that all the other seats were occupied, and that we were only doing what every person who felt tired was permitted to do, but it eat of no use. The police agents replied," That may be, hut we have our orders in regard to you, and we ►re di rected to arrest you at the least inclination of resistance." The " liberty of mourning " is not alone for bidden in France, but, in some instances, the liberty of dining, as appears by a letter of M. Marie, deputy for Marseilles. M. Marie has written to the local journals to ex plain his inability to meet his political supporters. Three public banquets were offered him ; two were presided over by eminent persons of the town, but illness prevented M. Marie from being present at either. The third, which he describes as the ban quet of the democracy, was to take place on the lit November, but authorisation was refused by the authorities. GERMANY. The results of the primary elections for the new Prussian Chamber of Deputies, which took place on the 30th October, are now partially known. At Berlin the Party of Progress has been successful, as out of nearly 400 sections scarcely ten or twelve have voted for conservative candidates. In the provinces it would appear that the advanced liberals have been still more successful. In the annexed states, the majority appears to belong almost entirely to the national liberals. (REUTER'S TELEORLMS.) THE AIISTRO-FRENCH ALLIANCE. VIENNA, Nov. 5. _ . The Urbane of this morning confirms the state ment that Baron Benet had addressed a circular to the diplomatic representatives of Austria abroad, announcing that the Austrian and French Cabinets entertain similar views on the principal European EXPRESS FROM PARIS. STREET MANIFESTATION AND ARRESTS. (nom ova OWN CONEBBPONDINT.) PARTS, MONDAY Erverso. There has been a street manifestation of dis satisfaction to-day on the part of certain operatives out of work, full particulars of which have not yet reached me. A traveller who arrived at 4 o'clock from Belgium at the Northern Railway station told me there was an extraordinary movement in the Boulevard Poissonniere, and that he had great difficulty in crossing it. This evening's Figaro says : A rumour was current in Paris yesterday that there would be • demonstr►tion on the part of the working classes at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Inasmuch as our journal appears too late to exercise any influence on the incident, we think we may without danger dismiss the reserve of the morning papers. We are informed that a special ministerial council was held yesterday on account of this intended meeting, that it was resolved to take measures to prevent it, and that this morning General Cenrobert, commanding the army of Paris, called at the Ministry of the Interior to mention the precautions he had taken. The France mentions the agitation, and says it occurred in the quarters of the Porte St. Martin and the Ecole des Arta et Metiers. Several factory owners who are in dispute with the city of Paris about the octroi duties, and whose case has been warmly taken up by M. Michel Chevalier, senator, have closed their esta blishment.. Their discharged workmen ro solved upon a "got no work to do" promenade to-day. The France says the movement was of " no sort of consequence," but at the same time admits that it led to "a certain number of arrests." There were cries among the crowd of "No inter vention." The arrests of persons who went to Manin's tomb I I on the jour des mores, stated by the Siick to be ten in number, were considerably more numerous. Letters written to the opposition /gem affirm that these arrests were quite arbitrary, and effected at random among people who were doing nothing more than hundreds of others. A rommuniqq, however, denies en bloc all the statements made by the journals, and maintains that the coming trials will entirely justify the policy. One of the persons arrested, and who happens to be a rich man, announces that he will spend his last farthing, if necessary, in getting the best legal assistance, and carrying the case to the Court of Caseation. It is stated by all the government evening papers that on this day the French and Pontifical troops jointly were to make a sortie from Rome, to dis lodge Garibaldi from Monte Rotondo. Two rea sons are suggested why the French Emperor has departed from his original intention to let the Papal Legion alone try its hand upon Garibaldi in the first instance. The first is that the French soldiers now in Rome would have felt humili ated by inaction, and would have felt that the prestige of the expedition was damaged. That argument would have been as good at the first as now, and therefore must go for nothing. Tha next, which can hardly either be considered an after thought, is that the Pontifical soldiers after having routed the Garibaldians would have been carried away by their ardour to attack Victor Emmanuel's army, cantoned behind them, and so have involved France in a war with Italy, which it wishes to avoid. A third reason (not avowed) occurs to me, namely, that the Pope's soldiers alone would have got the worst of it with Garibaldi. The France mentions a rumour that the French, commanded by General Dumont, and the Papal Legion together, have this day beaten the Garibal dians. The Ltberti hears from its London correspondent, who professes to speak from • certain source, that the Grand Duchy of Baden will be admitted into the Northern Confederation as soon as a few pre liminary and indispensable conditions shall have been settled. This news, if true, is a most serious subject of reflection for France, whose present attitude towards Italy has enabled M. de Bismarck to obtain from the Wurtemburg and Bavarian parliaments votes, almost despaired of, adhering to the treaties demanded by Prussia. The Bourse did not at all like the Marquis de Moustier's despatch. Bente opened 60c. lower than Saturday, and, after a alight recovery, closed at 67fr. 40c. for cash, and 67fr. 45c. for account, with a fall of 40c. and 12ic. Italian fell 66c. ; Mobilier, 16fr. ; and Credit Foncier, 10fr. THE - FOREIGN MAILS. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL—GIBRALTAR, Nov. 4. — The Bangalore leaves at 8 a.m. to•dy. All well. She may be expected at Southampton about the evening of the Bth inst. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. - MALTA, NOV. 2.—The Ripon, from Marseilles, Oct. 31, arrived at 11 p.m. yesterday, and left at 5 a.m. to-day for Alexandria. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 5. The North German Lloyd's steamship New York, from New York, passed the Needles at 12.45_1am. Quemesrows, Nov. s.—The Cunard steamship Tripoli, from New York, arrived here at 11.45 a.m. to-day, with 101 pemengere. She landed 22 passengers and de spatches, and proceeded for Liverpool at noon. All well. Prince de Metternich went three days back (says (lalignani) to carry the Grand ernes of the Order of Maria-Theresa to Prince Napoleon. The Emperor's cousin immediately put it on, and went to the Elysie to thank the Emperor Francis Joseph. "I am the more touched with this distinction," said the Prince, " that I have positively done nothing to merit it." " Receive it," his Majesty answered, " as a souvenir of a journey which has been a source of great satisfaction to me." Letters from Jerusalem state that the works of re-construction at the grand cupola of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are advancing rapidly. As the materials required for placing the hemispherical vault sect from France have reached their destination, there is reason to believe that this part of the work may be finished before &star. " The ex-Queen of Naples," says the Etendard, "throe days back suddenly left Zurich, and went, unan nounced, to request the hospitality of the Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild, at the chateau of Pregoy, on the Lake of Genera." The Porte, despairing of success in the field, has changed her policy, and, instead of preventing the Cretans from emigrating, now invites them to leave the country. In Bulgaria, the Circassian. who settled there on being expelled the Caucasus are formed into battalions to serve against the insurgents. LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF THE METROPOLM. DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRETARY. (THIS DAY.) This afternoon a deputation from the Metropo• litan Municipal Association waited upon the Home Secre tary, to confer with him upon the local government of the metropolis. Lord EBURY, in introducing the deputation, pointed out the inconvenience and danger arising (ruin the divided jurisdiction now existing in London, and hoped the government would at once take the matter up. He re• commended the plan proposed by the association as one worthy of public support. Sir H. HOAR had great pleasure in taking part in the deputation, and asked the government to support Mr. Stuart Mill's messure. If such matters es the control of the police, cleansing, and lighting were supervised by some controlling head, posossaing powers like that of municipal or parochial bodies, they would be mush better done then at present. Mr. J. BE►L, the hon. secretary of the association, said public opinion was largely with the society, and if the government would take a resolute course, the inhnhitinte generally would be at its back. He narrated the results of the meeting of vestrymen held on the previous night, and urged th►t the time had come for some measure to be introduced. The Hong SECRZTLRY said he was not insensible to the effects of the present government of the metropolis. In fact the mode in which it bad grown up and developed had necessarily brought • certain amount of confusion which was, however, very much remedied by the Act of hulls ment introduced by Sir B. Hall. There seemed to be • difference of opinion ea to the beat means of remedying the deficiencies which were acknowledged. He frankly owned he had not yet come to • conclusion in his own mind, nor had be since the termination of the ses sion had an opportunity of consulting his colleagues, espe cially LordJohnManners, who had sat upon ►parliamentary committee that had had the subject under their considers.- ' tion. It would therefore be very indecorous for him (Mr. Hardy) to express • decided opinion upon the ques tion. The scheme which Mr. Beal, representing the Metropolitan Municipal Association had sent to him was an entirely novel one, and proposed • system which would not be the same as the government adopted in the large towns of the country. It was • sort of confederation of the municipalities electing to a central municipality. This was a new thing and would require grave consideration before a decision was arrived at which would supersede everything done in the way of local government in London heretofore. Taking into account the prospect before them, he should be wrong in pledging the government to undertake any such vast amount of labour as the scheme involves. The debate last session showed that there was • vast difference between the metropolitan members themselves. It was essential that public opinion should be brought out, and the more this was done the easier would be the work of the government. He thought it would be very unwise to put the police of the metropolis on the same footing as in other towns ; a severed police would never do in the metropolis, for every day be had to deal with innumerable difficulties in consequence of the division of the police in the counties and parishes of the metropolis. It was on the whole • question that required much consideration, and there could be no doubt the metropolis required improvement. He would, take care to represent the importance and objects of the deputation to his colleagues. After a few remarks from Lord EBUBY, the deputation withdrew. DEATH OP SIR MATTHEW SA a ssz.—(THs DAT.) KILLARNEY, Nov. 3. Sir Matthew Richard Saume, Ime Chief Justice of Bombay, died this morning at Killarney Rome, the seat of Lord Cestleroase.—Times (seeond edition). A MAN KILLED BY PALLING INTO AN OPER CELLAR IN THE CITY. INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) This morning Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, held an inquiry, at the vestry-room of Allhallows Church, Tower-street, City, respecting the death of Joseph Hen• man, aged 65. The deceased was a plumber living at 45, Great Tower street, City. On Monday week he was walking up Beer. lane, City, when he fell into a cellar, the trap of which had been left open. William Mason, ward beadle, said that the cellar be longed to the Yorkshire Grey tavern. The pavement was very narrow at that part. It was only two feet six inehei in width. Other witnesses proved that the cellar flap, when it was opened, exposed nearly the whole of the cellar, the flap of which reached the kerb stone. The deceased was slightly intoxicated when he walked out of the public-house and fell into the cellar. Some of his ribs were broken, and he received other injuries. There was no barrier placed by the draymen between the open cellar and the public-house door while they were letting the ale down into the cellar, and the jury thought that that was unwise. Mr. Layton, solicitor, appeared to watch the proceedings on the part of Mr. Glover, the brewer, whose men had left the cellar flap open, and it was stated that Mr. Owen, the landlord of the house, was unable to attend in come. quence of illness. After hearing evidence for two hours the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died on the 4th ind. from injuries accidentally received by falling into an open cellar, and the jury recommended that on future occasions more care be used in future when beer was being lowered into cellars, and that an iron bar or other protection should be placed up to prevent persons falling into the cellars when the flap was taken up. The Manchester Guardian says that Mr. James wu to have returned from Paris to London three weeks ego yesterday, but his departure was prevented by illness, the result of cold. He remained at the Grand Hotel de Louvre, attended by his wife, daughter, and her husband, Dr. Riding, of Loudon. Pleurisy supervened, and Mr. James died at the hotel on Sunday. Some idea of the trade with France may be formed from the fact that during the last summer, for six months, the Soutb•Western Company's steamers wale about 16 voyages weekly from Havre, Honfieur, and St. Halo to Southampton, and were always crammed full of cargo• The price of barley fell last week in the Dorset shire markets, owing to the falling off in the consumption of beer, in consequence of the high price of moat and bread. Corn merchants are now chartering steamers in the south of England to proceed to the Black Sea and bring back wheat, for which they offer a freight of 14s. and 16s. a quarter and a handsome bonus. Tug CONDRYNED CoNVICT MAGUIRE. —Readers of the evidence in the Fenian trial which terminated on Friday will not be surprised to hear that a doubt has been expressed in many quarters as to the strength of the testimony against the convict Thomas Maguire, the marine on furlough, opposed as that testimony was by an ahbi of more than ordinary clearness and pro. bability. The impression that there may have teen a miscarriage of justice in this case will undoubtedly receive some confirmation from the fact that a memorial to that effect has been addressed to the Home Secretary by a nor siderable number of gentlemen representing the metro. politan and provincial press, including that of Manchester, who were in court, and, witnessed the demeanour of the accused, and those who spoke on his behalf. The concur rent declaration of so many gentlemen, whose profes. Menai experience in courts of justice must qualify them to form an opinion, that they conscientiously believe Maguire to be innocent, may be expected to have a weight much more than commensurate with that which the mete number of signatures—about a score—would be likely to impart—Manchater Examiner. A BOLTON TOWN COUNCILLOR KILLED.--Be tween 4 and a o'clock last evening, Mr. Edward Pilking. ton Holdeu, proprietor of the Springfield Paper Works, and a member of the town council of Bolton, was killed at his works. Mr. Holden was attending to one of the machines, when a strap caught some part of his clothing ; be was drawn in, and so fnghtfully mangled that death must have been instantaneous. SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A HORDE.—At sir o'clock on Sunday morning the brother of Mr. Cox, livery-stable keeper, Station-street, Lewes, went to feed a valuable horse which was in one of the stalls, but was astonished to find that the animal was missing, and that part of the flooring had given way. On looking down the hole he found that the horse had sunk some distance into an ld cesspool or well, where it remained firmly fixed and unable to move. It is supposed that the animal had remained in this unpleasant position about five hours, as the neighbours beard a great noise in the stable about one o'clock. The assistance of 20 or 30 persona was speedily obtained, and it was decided to dig a road to the horse. This was dose, and after laborious working for five hours, ropes we' placed under his haunches, and it was lifted into the stable in a very weak and exhausted condition. Mr. Tattersall veterinary surgeon, who was present, administered a quer tity of brandy, and after other means had been adoprei the animal revived, and is now recovering.-susscc 4 drm titer. I