The Express. — London, England, 1868-06-04 00:00:00

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Mld everywhen A GIFT to the 1..".N1Nt-';'RE iFoRT lIEPI.TE, al w.QaNNAM • rotnowofll;ol.it;r l . to Merle I lot erert,"tte rit 1,04 tree ,o appbertion to Mr. I, ' Agrnt County fin and Pr, ident Lite 4Vice, ..; St:sloe' ' On and After JUNE 8. th TIIE DAILY EW S ONE PENNY. The proplud•d; 0145 1 5 .‘11 \ . OM in anuolinting step slue', they r • • .I , ,epted hy the public at it pi.tin, atlon. , only ad IMOCOS iu the lice o. it. natural des eldp:, • .:.-I.m. r .. pnblialiiiig arrange. , sent, t a state ..! ,h.'. fort... wed-twenty yean it ha. late dired not ix •5, f ' promote le preparing for thil tran,toriii.t . eta has pre , dominated In Vie .; licitt.de et the pr• aim has Dees to make ' - ':.t t ILI N I:W toot to alter it, a0, , 1 the o r lai•our worse than lost wer Vie) t.• coo, ul t. ahli would lower it, tone or 111 any t is ' 3(1 Urea-- W=od place ins pub lc tan , ,sr . THE POLITICAL AN! 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RIGA WATER AT LONDON BRII,O!_ 11111 PAY lh. 13nt_ _ ..Athyniucy h. I:En. To-ro.taww —Kongo& Ili. _ . A it.f.ro. An ?h. tim. storner_i of RirTn4. SI A ERI e:,r. IOF ,1171.1 L.TP received for itaertion • • Hui., Cd. A SECOND EDITION uf chc EXPRESS, CONTAIS ING The Latest Foreign Telegraiar Latest City ; Railway, Mining, and otlicr Shari. , Sperling, and general Intelligence. Is PCEI.7,Oi TT , EVERY EVENING. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4. FAR. miloitr .13/ONi; TUE Wl' LII_VE.V. Ma. Billour is now almost a stra Igor to the political platform. The generation which is growing up into political life will have to take the power and charm of his oratory as much for granted, so car as knowledge of n through the bearing of the car is concerned. at they do the eloquence of Mr. Gtsio:voNt , Mr. Low.i, and othiir eminent met, whole. efforts are confined chiefly within tli• wul's of 8: Stephen's. It will presently be a tradit•.•,l.: which their fathers may tel. them. EN r. islt. me.r.ber's order to the gallery of the lion•cr .r !!•..,,T evening will not reveal to them the ma, li.iw c e of th e . great Tribune of the people. :.arliamentary eloquence, though not init., 1... his el•nuence at Manchester and Binningliat meeting-,, and in some respects, it may be. surpassiiii; it. IA of a some what different order. The iniLw inv.c tire, the iiassionate deou•ic . atiiiis, and the itsuathing satire. which na tie barred the people of our great towns ti • lit- assault on commercial nionopoly ant: (Jigs., rivi lege are now seldom heard. A ;odder and more persuasive, though lint less nr.pressive, elo quence has iiuceeeded. There are 4. aahes of the old fire, bursts of the old rage; btu they are the growls of the retreating thandci, the storm has spent itself, and the air is tilearisi:. The later him of Mr. Illitioirr's eloquent* bars to its • TUE EXPRESS, THURSDAY _ earlier character the relation of a rich setumn to a fervent summer [t has had its Thad stage, I and is now in its (el, ; ;eira phase. The storm and stress period is passing away. and a -serener and ' I : calmer era follows. The tone of de liberation is succeeding the impulse of assault. The transfor mation is due in some degree to the calming effect I of line, :and the cooling snows of age ; but in part it is due to the altered condition of political affairs, and to the change which has taken places in Mr. Ban. a r'a relation to them, and to the diffe rent 'lasses of his country men. Most of the objects of his attack have fallen. Commercial monopoly is at an and 1 franchise as wide as he ever con tended has been granted more suddenly and with leas circumspection than even he desired. Hislatti- tmle, like that of most men who have gained what they want. ,a now practically con .ervative .f.-Le is conservative of free-trade and household autfrage. line great abuse remains to be overthrown, and it is already tottering to its fall. The Irish Cherch Establishment still shames England and disquiets Ireland. Mr. Mammy, ; declaration that it is the business of statesmanship ro create and not to destroy. will scarcely save that loomed TlfititltiOn Tics idea has been at the bottom of all tle vicious over-legislation which has cembered "le statute-book of , Ergland The N ieeet and most beneficial neetaeren ,v !itch e been passed during the last efte :ears have been repealing acts. But when the , rich Church Establishment is gone, the work of destruction wil! he in great part done. The %one will then come for creation. It will be for statesnies to use the ; gent political instruments which they e fashioned, mid the forces which shev 'lave called into existence, in the accomplish• meat of the tasks of social reform to which the present generation is summoned. Nothing can be more undesirable than that the new Parliament I should be long entai.gled in the relics of an old controversy which night :o have received its iv , vs three-quarters of a century ago. Mr. PITT I should have been the hero of the exploit appa- ; rently reserved for Mr. GL.II. , TONE. The reign of GEOIV:It 111. ehoelil have seen that done which has been deferred by evil chances and political apostasy and cowardice to the reign of Queen VICIVRIA. It is discreditable. that this chance having failed, the Reformed Parliament of 1.468 should have to andertalse a t'csk which the Reformed Parlia ment of 1S:le might have been expected to aettle out of hand. The die-establishment of the Protestant Church in Ireland is necessary to give moral rorce ro the Act of Union, and to complete the work of Catholic Emancipation. It may be hoped that not a session of the new Parliament will pass without seeing these arrears cf political justice brought up. In order that this may be done effectively, the forces of public opinion must be organised. We hear much of how the English. Scotch. and Irish votes will go ; but very little is said of Wales. Yet that Principalit! has a character of its own. Welshmen take small part in modern politics. They :lave been shut out by their mountains and by their lenge age fro ni direct participation in English affairs. Bet they have a force and will of their own, which wiaely direct al maydogreat things. Am Mr. BRIGHT iaid, they ar • geographically nearer than any other portion of thesouthern part of this island to Ireland. 'fpror.irnity is on. •of th 'grounds of sympathy, they ,ught to I drawn - o their neighbours. There is the stronger bond of race between the two countries. The Welsh are Kelts, as pure as any that are to be found in Ireland. They afford an instance which conclusively ref ,ites the shallow generalisation j'f 30111 e speculators that nation of Keltic origin is by a sort • 4 physical necessity Roman Catholic. The Welsh exemplify what Rueee, we believe, called the Protestantism itself of the Protestant religion, and the ery dissidence of dissent. Their religious condition confirms Mr. lbw:lWe suggestion that tine abolition of the Church Esta blishment if Ireland might give Protestantism itself are. 'twee chance in Ireland. Dissent in Wales :chows what the voluntary principle :an du .0 v ()tide rf :illy as Roman Catho licism in Ireland. The fervour and enthusiasm of a Keltic people responds to the demands which its faith makes upon it with marvellous energy and zeal. we do not wonder that Mr. BRIGHT felt tempted Away from his Whitsuntide rest and holiday by the invitation given him by his Welsh fellow-subjects. To aid the stirrings of a new political life among that people, and to he a missionary of political justice among them, is a worthy and useful office. Mr !Imam' was ander no necessity of creasing the border to meet them. In the same way as New York has been described as the third Ger man city in the world. Liverpool may be described as among the most important Welsh towns of England. It counts sixty thousand genuine Cymr; among its population. The energies which on previous Oc casions, now happily distant, have found lawless rent in Chartist insurrections and ite.,tecee riots will lie devoted, we trust, with more wisdom old not less energy towards co-oper ation with the other constituent parts of the Em pire in a treasure . 4 political justice and social pacificatimi r'E F'ETROLECT3f. Au oil in to the poor man what gas is to the rich ; an artificial illuminating agent of excel lent quality Burnt in an inexpensive lamp it gives an admirable light, and is cheaper and better than candles had it not a slightly unpleasant odour it would probably supersede colza, sperm, and other oils of vegetable and animal origin. But the paraffin oil artificially distilled from certain minerals in this country, and the natural rock oil or petroleum furnished by the wells of Pennsyl vania possess properties in relation to fire which render them somewhat less safe than most other oily substances If a lighted match be plunged into any common oil the flame is extin guished, AM by water : and this occurs even though the oil be as warm as it can be made in the full glare of the hottest summer's sun. Paraffin oil will stand the same test. Petroleum, unfor tunately, fails ; for if it be only as warm as one's hand, a match-flame will set it blazing. It partakes, indeed, somewhat of the nature of a spirit, and its danger consists, not only in its having apirituoas characters—for camphino, brandy, and other spirits may be burnt, with proper care—but in the fact that, though containing spirit, it is sold as an oil. There are two w's . a by which this state of things may he remedied. The first is to take steps for instructing the public in the true properties of petroleum ; the second, and less impracticable, is to render penal the sale of dangerous petroleum, and thus indirectly compel merchants to import only oil of ante quality ; the latter is the method adopted in a bill now before Parliament. The measure at prtat.rit hangs Era on account of the difficulty in deciding to what extent purification of the article shall be carried so as to secure safety Lo the public, without increasing coat, and with the least possible disturbance to trade interests. WI are informed, h‘evet, that the polis4 . has been submitted M able miontillo refererri and we may hope, therefore, that the bill will bo carried in ojirrat satildrotory to all. _ THE HANDEL FEST" VA F. Tut: arrangements for the triennial HAN oat festi val at the Crystal Palace this. month seem to be on a scale commensurate with the occasion. Four hundred and twenty stringed instruments, 2,200 amateur chorus singers front Exeter-hall, and 1,200 from the midland and northern districts and the cathedral towns of the kingdom, an entire orchestra of 4,000 performers, and a list of Jodi vocalists whic h includes the tarot names in the profession are engaged. Mr. SIMS REEVES will be principal tenor in the Afexiiiih and Load i.t Eyype, And Mr. SAATLILV principal bass; Mdlle. Trriewa is to appear on each day of the festival, and will take the principal parts in the two oratorios. On the "Selection'' and the " Re "hearsal" days, Mdlle. CHRISTINE. NIL-4os, SmicroN-DOLLY, Mdlle. Kauko., Mdme. LEMMENS-SHERRINGTON, and Mdlle. CAROLA will all sing; and the authorities declare that such a combination of aliti artiste has never before been presented at a HANi,EL festival. one fact of especial interest to all frequenters of mtaiical entertainments at the Crystal Palace is that pains have been taken to improve the seetistic properties of the great transept. Beicg able to hear, and to hear well, is the first essential to the enjoyment of good music ; and most of ua have suffered in this particular front paid deficiencies. But a surprise is said to be in store for the public. The transept, the width of which is doubte the diameter of the dome of St. Paul's, gill be enclosed on every side, and its enormous arched !roof screened from the sun by external' coverings ; and acoustic :ierfection and the grandest concert-hall in the world are promised as • the result. Not the least tiitew ,rthy proof of the wide spread interest in these festivals are the arrangements announced by the railway eompanies. iCheap trains are to run on the 11th, the day before the rehearsal, from east, west, north, and south, and " Kelso to London and back ;4..1'2 mil*, "second-class, `255.", and "Caernarvon and back "(WU miles), second-claw, Iris., are fair examples of the facilities to be afforded to the re mote portions of the kingdom. The Crystal Palace great stage, we Mould mention, is fitted with a suite of royal bexes, as at the SrLTAN'S visit ; and a photo-lithegraph f•••siiiiitt of HANDEL'S autograph MSS. of the Mr.isiii;• hating been made by permission of the QI:KEN. sill be ready for delivery before the Rehearsal. THE wish, we believe, is 7ery 4eceral am. eigst the Liberal party that the disaolution of Parliament should not be postponed a day beyond that is actually necessary ; but, justly or unjustly. it is thought that Mr. DIsRAELI and his colleagues have desires of an opposite kind. Perhaps the Ps Emir:it will state this evening or to-morrow what amendment of the Act he is ready to propose to facilitate dissolution. It can hardly be, at any rate, that Conservatives out of Mike favour is delay. which, in point of fact, is so much needless expense. The feeling in parliamentary circles seems to be that the session is over except for a few indis pensable measures. The whole 1-1 , ..0-e. .s thinking of the next election. THAT highly popular French f..rm of comic opera which OFFENBA(H has created the various small theatres in Paris, is about to transferred to English soil, with the mit,u who has gained a reputation as its chief exponent. The long and troublesome negotiation with Madame ScHNLIDER has, we believe, ended in the engage ment of that lady, who will mace her appear ance at the St. James's Theatre towards the close of the present month in the musical comedy of the Oenlids. brfri.e<s.. This operetta, made more "grand" than it was ever intended to be, was a comparative failure in English at Covent-garden last winter, but the original French version, declaimed if not sung by French actors and actresses iii a small theatre, will probably meet with a more encouraging reception. At any rate it will satisfy those who regard this piece, its music, and its ?rim,' donna with admiration. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK" ON THE ADUCA• TION OF THE WORKING CLAS.)ES. LEEDS. WE F:s I,A This evening the Archbishop of York presided at • meeting in York of the Yorkshire Union on mechanic.' institutions. In his address he said that special subjects should be infused into their education as muck as possible, in special preparation for the work to be done. We were awakening to the necessity of some such mode of training, but it was one thing to say we would have technical edu cation, and another to adjust it. The proper mode in which to proceed was that which had been adopted— namely, inquiry and deliberation. At this moment we were not prepared to set down a complete scheme of education such as would be really sound and exact on the one hand, and on the other would be within the compass of the time and the means of an ordinary person, or of the class for whom it was intended. The difficulties in the way of such • scheme were really very considerable, for this system of education was not like reading • book and remembering it. There were only 210 good working days in a year, and only five good honest working hours in a student's day, and he thought they would see that no course of technical education intended to be used generally should extend over a much longer period than two years. These two years gave hours. It was in practical mechanics as in chemistry; they could not lay dorm a process half finished without losing once and for all the result of the experiment, or the opera tion which they were going through. The consequence was that technical education took a considerable time ; and when on the list of things which it was desirable for a young man to study he saw chemistry. physic., drawing, knowledge of tads, knowledge of the principles of health, and the like, he was tempted to think of these poor 2,r00 hours, and to wonder how they were to be allotted amongst twenty • five or even more subjects, so that something sound and exact might be elicited in the course of the education gone through. The question therefore to which attention ought to be directed during the next year or two was what should be the sort of education they desired • working man to have to fit him for his special calling. Their demands must be moderate if they wanted to do any good ; it was not for the ultimate good of the student that they should impose upon him a long list of subject. which they knew be could,only study in a fragmentary way, and catch at by snatches; they must give him something which would be a sound basis for all that had to come after, and they must be content to put a good deal on one side, and so place him in a position to cultivate the seed which they bad been able to sow. (Applause.) Ile did not forget that the subject of religion, of which he happened to be a 1 humble minister, like that of politics, was necessarily omitted from the scheme of these mechanics' institutes, but it must be deeply felt that so far as education could he carried on in connection with religion, so far was a great good gained and secured. ( Applaus e.) The Merchant Taylors' entertainment to her Majesty's ministers, already announced, will be given on Wednesday, the 17th inst., and will, it is stated, be con audit en a scale of extraordinary_ spleour. The whole of the cabinet ministers are understood nd to have accepted invitations. --- DEATH 01 A PREBLNDARY OF ST. PAU' —The death was announced yesterday morning of the Rev. Pre bendary John Honywoed Randolph, a name familiar in the church of England, and especially in the dimes of London. .NG, JUNE 4, , et ourt. F.; • • ).LMORAL CASTLE, Jemst 1. The Queen in the morning, tocoomtpanied by Princess ; and her Majesty drove ii lie after noon. accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold. Principal Tnlloeh has left the castle. The Prism and Prima. of Wales, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, whited the horse show at the Agricultural-hall, Islington, yesterday. In attendant* upon their royal highnesses were the Counter@ of Macclesfield, Colonel Kinpoote, Lieutenant- i Colonel Keppel, and Captain Lund. The Frince and Princess of Wales pro a ball in the evening, the invitations to which included the following : I The Crown Prince of Denmark, Priam Arthur, Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, S. Augustenberg, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of leek and the Princess Mary of Teek, the Comte and Corn tease de Paris, the Due anolDuchesse de Chartres, the Duc and Duchess. d'Aumale, the Duo do Penthisvre, Prince Edward of Sate Weimar and the Countess Dorn burg, the various foreign ministers, /co. Coote and Tinney'a full band (conducted by Mr. Coote) was in attendance, and performed the following pro gramme :—Quadrille, La Vie Parts' icon. ; Valae, Marion ; Qu::drille, Prima DOllllll ; Vales, Concurrenzen ; Lancers. The Royal ; Vales, Cecile ; Quadrille, Ln Eil Creve ; Was, Expenanoten ; Quadrille, La Belle Helene ; Valor, Hilda ; Lancers, National ; Val,e, Fournalisten ; Quadrille, La Grande Duchess. ; Volpe, Belgral ; Quadrille, Bathe Blom ; Vales, Venus Reigen ; Lancers, The Imperial ; lialop, No Thoroughfare. The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of his royal highness, held at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate, St. James's park. There were present -The Lord Portman (Lord Warden of the Stannarisa), Sir William T. Alexander (At torney-General), Major-General Sir Thomas M. Biddulph (Receiver-General), General Sir William Thorns@ Knollys (Comptroller of the Household of his royal highness), Herbert W. Fisher, Nan. (Keeper of the Privy Seal), and the Earl of Leicester. Mr. Bateman, the secretary, at tended as Clerk of the Council. Prince and Princess Christian, attended by Lady Buren Blelvi.le and Colonel G. Gordon, honoured the Earl and Countess of Bradford with their company at dinner yodel.. day evening. Thar royal highnesses afterwards went to the ball given at Marlborough-house by the Prince and Primes of Wales. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colouial office from the Governor-General of Canada. Despatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada and to the Governor of the Bahamas. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME. Yesterday afternoon a most interesting ceremon y took piece in connection with this praiseworthy charity. the purpose of which ceremony cannot fail to add to its future sphere of usefulness. The cholera which raged in 1819 left numerous orphans—children of small tradesmen, servants, and artisans—totally naprovided for, and to meet the wants of these unfortunates Mr. J. Minter Mor gan, partly at the instigation of the late Rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Christ Church, Southwark, gave a piece of ground prettily situate on Ham-common, near Richmond. for the purpose of erecting an asylum, the object of which should be to furnish orphan girls with, a plain English education, together with practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, so as to fit them fel domestic service ; and if not otherwise provided for ' , when they attain Ifiyears of age to obtain for them suitable situations. From the first his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge took a warm interest in the work, and under his auspices a building was erected fitted for the reception of about 100 girls. The funds were not at first sufficient so do more than this, but within the last year, through the kindness of one of the most constant supporters of the Home, Mr. John Parson, an additional wing has been added to the building, which will accommodate 25 more girls. In addition to this, the kind advocacy of the editors of the Quirer has raised a sufficient sum from the nume rous readers of that periodical to enable the committee of the Home to add an infirmary ward, affording excellent accommodation to 12-igirls. This will render the institution pet fect in every respect, and it was the gift of Mr. ]'arson and the quiver Infirmary Ward which were yesterday formally opened under the auspices of her Royal Highness the Princess of Teck, sister to the noble patron of the Home. The new wing given by Mr. Parson ia situate to the right of the old building, and consists of two large rooms, one upon the ground floor and the other above. The lower room is to be adapted to the purposes of a school, and the upper room will be devoted to a dormitory. The infirmary ward, although immediately adjacent to Mr. Parson's new wing, is completely cut off from com munication with it, the object being to isolate the two in case of disease breaking out amongst the inmates of the Horne. The sum raised through the medium of the Quiver was 900 f., and inasmuch as the infirmary ward has only cast some 7004 in erection, the remaining I 200 f. will be devoted to the requisite fittings. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Tack, arrived at the Home about three o'clock, by which time a large and fashionable company of ladies and gentlemen had as sembled, amongst whom were Lord Ebury, Lord Effing ham, Sir George F. Harvey, Hon. li. F. Wrottesley, Sir liobem t Hamilton, Hon. Alfred Charteris, Dowager Countess of Lichfield, Countess Russell, itc. Her Royal Highness the Princess was immediately conducted to a raised dais which had been erected on the lawn in front of the Home, and the proceedings were commenced by the Rev. T. Teignmouth Shore, M.A., editor of the Quirer, preaentirg the infirmary ward to the committee of management. Mr. H. Kingscote, treasurer to the Home, acknowledged the gift, and stated that Mr. Parson, who had given the additional wing, was prevented from being present in con sequence of indisposition. Her royal highness then de clared the two buildings duly open. Upon which the Rev. T. G. P. Hough, M.A., hon. chaplain and vicar of Ham, offered up an appropriate prayer. The children at present in the Home then sang a hymn which had been specially composed for the occasion—a portion of the day's proceed ings which seemed to afford considerable gratification to all permit. A number of ladies who had collected purses of money on behalf of the Homo having presented them to her royal highness, the proceedings terminated. The royal suitors were subsequently conducted through the various rooms of the institution, and expressed them selves highly gratified with the arrangements niade for the comfort and convenience of the youthful inmates. The day being beautifully fine attracted t oge ther a large concourse of people ; and the villages of Ham and Peter sham were appropriately decorated with flags and banners. At the conclusion of the ceremony her royal highness, accompanied by Prince Teck, returned to town in an open carriage. At Ascot preparations are making for the recep tion of the company. The Prince and Princess of Wales have taken Titnees for the week, and the Prince and Princess Christian will entertain the royal party at Frogmore, lad will accompany the Prince and Princess of Wales on Tuesday and Thursday in their visit to the course. The Queen's Stand, the Jockey Club, and Grand Stand have been painted and decorated, end a new leaden roof added to the latter building. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset, has arrived at her residence in the Ambassailms'-court, St. James's, from Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Ladies Scott have arrived at Montagu House, Whitehall, from a lengthened sojourn on the Continent. The health of the noble duke is quite restored. The Marquis of Huntly and the Earl of Goaford are still in India on their sporting excursion. The Earl of Gosford has had considerable success in tiger shooting, having in one week killed six fine tigers. The marquis and his friends are expected home towards the end of next month. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cairns enter tained at dinner, yesterday evening, at their residence, Cromwell Houses, Lord Colonely, Lord Romilly and Hon. Miss Hominy, Right Hon. Sir William Erie, Right Hon. Lord Justice Wood and Lady Wood, Right Hon. C. B. Ad. derley, M.P., Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Philßloom, Baron and Lady Martin, the Lord Advocate, M.P., and Mrs. Gordon, Vice-Chancellor and Lady Giffard, Lieu tenant-Colonel Forde, M.P., and Mrs. Forde, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Crawford. Lady Cairns has issued cards for an evening party on Wednesday, the 10th inst. A bill has been prepared by Mr Candlish, Sir Colman O'Loghlen, and Mr. Norwood, to enable aaaignees of marine policies to sue thereon in their own names. The judges of the Court of Appeal in Chancery in Ireland, consisting of the Lord High Chancellor and the Lord Justioe of the Court of Appeal, have reversed the decision of the Vice•Chanoellor in the case of " Sheppard r. Murphy." This decision confirms those already given. that a transferee of shares is liable to refund to the seller all the mills that have been made on shares, although the registration of the transfers is impossible, and is of con• 'Menage hupertance at the present time, especially !,0 some of the members of the Stock Exchange. tf.s.bt ?OREIGI:1 NEWS (THIt3 DAY.) RCIISIA AND AUSTRIA. According to the Hart.. Cos•respottiku r the report that insurrectionary bands were assembling on the Galician frontier has caused considerable emotion in Vienna. It is feared that Russia mat• make the friendly feeling exhibited by Austria towards the Poles the pretext for concentrating a corps of observation on the frontier of Galicia. THE KING OF SAXONYS SPEECH. The speech which the King of Saxony delivered on cloning the Jeasifol contains the following pas sages, which have been brieiy alluded to in tele grams : If at the comn.eusen.ent your first task was to give a legal ruction to the change: which had occurred owing to political events in the external position of Saxony, you ,hire, in adopting your deadest, resolutely and without delay, given a fresh legal ba s i s t o th e new situation. . • and so contributed greatly to obtain for Saxony an ; esteemed position in the newly-established Confederatiou of the North. I observe, with special satisfaction, that , you have been enabled in the latter part of the session to adopt the bills introducing trial by jury. With the poli tical education which the Saxon people has acquired by a long participation in public Weirs, I hope that this in stitution will rapidly take root amongst us. end will produce results all the more satisfactory since its principle is already fully realised in the law and is freed from all inconvenient formalities. An important, and, with the aid of God, a beneficent, progress has also been achieved by the abolition of capital punishment. The question is of so grave:. nature, and touches so closely the human conscience. that every sincete conviction, even when differing from our own, demands respect. and conse quently the opposition I have met with on this subject has been neither againa-t my expectations nor any desires . and, moreover, my resolution was formed with difficulty. But it did not arise from purely theo retical reelections ; I thought that, considering the cha racter of the Saxon people. it is possible to dispense with this punishment under ordinary circumstances, and that its retention could not be jus - itied in presence of the s doubts which have arisen resp.mting it. I consequently . I hope that the succe , s of the experiment will confer upon simony the honour of has ing first taken a step which will perhaps be followed elsewhere at a later period. OUR PARIS LETTER. (710 M OUR OWN CC IML9PUNDENT.) PARIS, Vitostsull E%esfs(.. Several of the evening papers give as the "event of the day the death of the Emperor's favourite dog Nero—a catastrophe which occurred " almost suddenly yesterday. Nero was a remarkably fine English setter, of very dark brown colour, a ithout a single spot of white. He was born at Strasbourg; in 1861, and when a fine puppy was presented to the Emperor by his Chamberlain, M. Boulack. The sculptor Carpeaux's chisel has immortalised Nero in a group, in which the Prince Imperial is represented patting him on the head. The dog lived entirely in the Emperor's apart ments in the Tuileries, sod was never suffered to go out with any one hut his master. The Emperor was in the habit of feeding him hint self. The Empress does not like dogs. but the Prince Imperial took to Nero, and it will be re membered that Nero had the honour of routing up in the Compiegne preserves the first pheasants that the Prince ever shot at. Poor Nero now lies buried in the corner of the Tuileries gardens. The Emperor did not appear at the Empress's last ball of the season, yesterday evening, and the Pattie says that in consequence of a "slight indisposition of his Majesty the ministerial council, summoned for this morning, was postponed. It is now said to be doubtful whether the Em peror will visit the Havre Exhibition. His leisure at Fontainebleau, whither it still remains arranged that the Court will go after the great Paris race, is to be devoted for a fortnight to the forthcoming volume of " Julius Cgesar ;" and on June 20 the Emperor and Empress and the Prince Imperial are going to the Chalons camp. I had not an opportunity of witnessing the first representation, at the Vaudeville Theatre, last night, of the new piece, the Abiate— a French dramatic version of No Thoroafilifare---but I am told it was a decided success. Ido not know why the name of Mr. Dickens appears on the play bills as the exclusive author of a novel which was published in England as the joint production of Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Mr. Dickens was in Paris for a short time to superintend the rehearsal, and the Opinion Nationale says he was so nervous and anxious about the reception which a French au dience might give to the melo-drama as not to be able to see the performance, and the box No. 4 which had been kept for him remained vacant the whole evening. The part of Reichenbach, the Swiss villain, was effectively played by M. Berton, a veteran who does not belong to the Vaude ville company, and Madlle. Cellier made a very graceful Margaret. A great deal is said about the scenery, and more particularly of a novel trick which makes the audience fancy they hear the crunching of snow under the feet of people on the stage. There is plague among the Seine gudgeons, numbers of which float ashore dead or dying, and those which are caught alive are very bad eating. There was a more considerable rise in the Rente than has taken place on any one day for many months. The opening was rather heavy, under the impression of grumbling articles in the government press pointing out, what is perfectly true, that the treaty of Prague was not meant to be included in those " treaties " which the King of Prussia told the German deputies he should scrupulously observe. But later in the day, whether owing to news not generally known, or to " executions " of speculators for the fall, who can go on no longer, there was an extraordinary demand for the Rente, and the closing quotations were 70fr. 80c. and 70fr. 65c., with a rise of 60c. and 65c. In other securities there was little change. Italian fell 15c., Mobilier rose 2fr. 50c. Isthmus of Suez rose from 430 fr. t0440fr., owing to the flourishing account of the undertaking which M. de Lesseps gave to a general meeting yesterday. He promised positively that the work should be completed by October 1, 1869, and read a paper which his adherents say answered all objections " made or which can be made." THE NEW PUBLIc ()FPI. This morning was published the rep •rt .1 • commission appointed by treasury minute t, a • into the accommodation to be provided ! , ir public departments. The con.niisdiooers • mend that the War Department Aouhl ••, the idte now appropriated to Dover House. s•al Ir offices which lie between it and Downing-street, 1.• convinced that the proximity of the na.al and wilit.,ry partinenta is highly desintAe, the conmihoion• of opinion that the Admiralty should present site, augmented by the addition of ti 1 4 , et Pay-office. The total requirements of these &part. would be 140,400 feet, and the availatle it .., leaving a surplus of 6,600 for future gros this recommendation be adopted, it would el, to Fo: as a moat convenient, if not necessary, ••iis,•l,lenc• • the civil departments should be Al in a line with the military and Nut,. partmeuts, on the atea bounded by 11..„ street on the north, Dreat George-dtrd t ~. l'arliaruent-street, widen e d by th e i nco rpora:ion " street, on the east. and St. James'd•parl. on :;.• • The commissioners also think that it ,e olcsiral,tet, centrate in the neighbourhood of Whitehall tl.e Tl, Office of Works, (Mice of Woods, the Audit-r• Paymaster-General's ()Ake, the eoun..il. o tti,,.. 1 ; ,. Trade, and Education Department, the l'our-i,v. • Civil Service Comrnksion, and temporary e...,H.;•• The total cost invohed in the purchase of p., 1 . • . (*diary for the carrying out of this plan i 3 ,•. 1,443,920/., exclusive of the cost of that dr,a.:y The total building space required would ii t., ,• ; hers be 31;000 square feet, and the toot of hu h fixtures would be I,B7MSNY., making, togetiar s price of the ground, a total first co.t of . . As a het off to this expenditure, the comfon—i,n.!• :I mare as the produce of the sale of the Itoario, i...•.,.; 0,0001, and they think that the sum repri.,t Ct..; capitalisation of the annual value of premises • pied by public depart men t A , but whh.li uoul.l ;!. accenintottated in the proposed new bui!,linp. 7,,. • . be estimated at less than .417.,000 , ., rn.•;ii.g • • . of 52.1,0001., to be placed %gaiust th,• tot,' tov .• 3,321,920/., leaving a net cost of 10 complete this improvement the - the removal of St. Margaret's Church to a now being acquired by the government ou t' of the Victoria Tower, and for which object 2:., ”... probably suffice. When a magnificent street. I:, f, • i has been opened from Whitehall to A • and the new Palace, it would become more ti ••' necessary to remove what will then be the on', , • to the Abbey forming the terming ion of a sr.:, will probably be unsurpasacil in any 1:„11,,p, au c The method by which this scheme shoedd 1,, , - is also suggested by the corninissioners. I1e) that, whatever may be the expense," the stoic a for the convenience and the ornament of all fut•., re • tient, Heretofore little has hero if)l • to ,, AI • this object, and now it has to be .1 r. or . . •• , all. The ch►rge ought, then ri • ' over a long period, like that fur the he% loameato3.. Otherwise the pre eat taxpayers would di fr,, the expense, and a work which ought to be sr4 m sly L< ti.• cuted at several different paints, in ord, r t ~c, • delay and inconvenience, would be subjected to th, certain contingencies of the Chancellor of the h\ ,!: , • • annual budget." PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM .N oATIuN COMPANY.—(THIS DAL) The half-yearly meeting of the proprietori held at 1 o'clock this afternoon, at the company's oa.•r in Leadenhall•street. The chair war tukeu b• K DUI HAIKAV. The report, which was imOned several .la)a ago. 3n.: tr.. tubstanco of which has appeared in the E , #4339, 1133 t • L u read. The CHAIRIIAN, in moving the adoption of tl.e rep It said on that, the first occasion of their meeting since tip renewal of the contract, the board had laid L, i t. 11.0 pt prietors all the information in their power. Tin ties contract had only been in operation two lewd)) •. the depression of trade, though diminished. still coma. 4,i. Ten Mondays had passed since the contract was iene and on every one the mails had been delivered in punctually. The postal service had now been got .Lt.. such a satisfactory state it was most important to ki so. Since the :11st of March two of the company'. employed in the Abyssinian expedition had been rele ! and the remainder would no doubt be at liberty by The services rendered to the government in that reser were very great. 110,000 tons had been alri supplied to the government, and .)0,00i) tons yet be supplied at a much lower price than they otherwise have been obtained, The service in the sion of salt into fresh water was also very r....ie In order to meet the increasing demands, two wort slap. had been ordered ; and they would have gradually b. place many of the old vessel,' with others better .iiite.l:. the exigencies of the times. It was aLseal.d to-day that the 3lessageries Conipany going to run a double line to ChM.. if' hoped thcre would be enough traffic for both : th... tot , were not afraid and would do their best. Col:widens; tb short period that the contract had been in force a I of J per cent. was satisfactory, and, although they ought L realise the profita of former days, he hoped flan- ...Cab. a fair and steady dividend. (Cheers.) In rondo-ton chairman alluded in terms of regret and eidoci death of the late chairman, Mr. Anderson, and 114 so testified to his great ability and interest in cone- uses with the affairs of the company, and his nuinci0a.....0.4 private benevolence. . , . Mr. GLII:DON, after expressing his entire ~”..tt,r in what had just been said respecting the (1,,...,1,1 s• Man, referred to the altered pogition of 0 , 10; by reason of the increasing competition of the cc• company, and ut - ged the consequent nece—it fo • creased economy; one great means of secut ing it kir, • contended, the substitution of tenderg for ',tit .!, tracts. The government followed the ~ygt t.l t , frier and hence it was well served. '• ' the Crimean glitiboat, • Ii• o sh w A i ne rn S m f i t L o t in ßk: Ai n th:e: d e ing 4 l a yd — w e, N t i o t h is: Mr. GLIDIXIN then went on to condemn the obcdrai te;a 2 l oo o ul f empluyiuc English chip . released by the dc,th of Mr. Anderson, he was informed that it wa s not m t saving, certain salaries having been paid out of it. The CHAIRMAN remarked that it was a Irt (Hear, hear.) Mr. CAMPBELL., commissioner for the centml procin ,, of India, said, as a traveller to the East, he thought the company bad made a very fair bargain with the go% Jo• went, both as regarded the rate of speed to be mainciic. , 4 and the amount of subsidy to be received. Ile belioied the tendency of trade with the East was to take the ever• land route, and the board were, in his opinion, right is trying to carry large bulk. The company was ad ;nimbly managed, but be thought it was rather too conservative. and efforts should be made to Americanise the con,rovs. vessels, and give them as much carrying poser as possible. Mr. JOHN Joyss said he could not understand why the government subsidy did not extend beyond '2.600.0 1 0.. and include the 700,0 0 0. debentures which formed part of capital. With certain other accumulations the amount subsidised ought to have been altogether about Mr. Gont . xEr expressed his satisfaction at the appoint went of Mr. Hadow to sureed Mr. Anderson as chairman of the board. Mr. Jimersos, brother-in-law of the late Mr. Anderson. expressed his gratitude for the kind expressions which bud been used in reference to his deceased relative ; that up to the last Mr. Anderson retained his confidence in the Peninsular and ofriental. He (Mr. Johnson) world mail against it. (Laughter and cheers;f la ou y o re ded vere en ntl a y rect a , t an t d h t e P heg e al n es ial o ul f k a ' r ran an ce d sl. ( o lr u i l e i i l t tl i t 17. Mr. Lawny, adverting to the question of economy. ei Preened his confidence in that respect in the policy of -le board. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN said although the matter bad not decided by the board, he did not thick there woulA any further call on the new shams before Chrism... He then defended the course pursued by the Ware beergcontracts for different articles, and sa id ed it was the beet one for the company. T h l subsidy was based on a calculation of the nun,ber vessels to be employed. After some further murk, boo The usual ch ai the rm in repadly, p u o a an rt manu was er upted and the prooevdings temiluixt in the - The heat during the past month has introduced I em Y t es ed te a rda t a y ce t s h t e of n 6, e oo w el b . u tor elci the ings pu , mo u h a ie of li lt , a; m e n 1 ; 0 1 . 1 . tion for the Blind, were opened at Pra•iford by a new fashion at Paris, namely that of men carrying um- 1 Alderman &mom co l brellas of white alpaca, usually li ned with green . Drove 1 Y es t e rday, Lord Elcho, M.P., visited the.. old senators may be seen walking towards the Luxembourg under the shade of these new articles of male leers of Meagre. H. Briggs, Son, and Co. (I.mi'edl. Wt under P ags P ber " wood, n Normanton, and inspected the KMMP Ie. • nails. A (ramie suggested to a venerable general proceed • method upon which that extensive minium . c ement o ‘ ing towards the Senate that he should likewise shelter his i complexion by the use of a green veil un.lcr I the pits, and afterwards held a conference with a a PROORESS or CANADA.—During the last nine o f th e men , who expressed themselves freely with IV° conducted. He examined the works and descended ore '' years the imports into Canada increased upwards of 81 per to the irk= under w hi c h t h ey wor k. cent. ; Nova Scotia, 72 ; and New Brunswick, 38 ; while Nova Bootie. `lt ; sad New Brunswick, 25. The exr na s! WALES TO ICH.LARNET.—It is under! the exports increased as f o llows :—Canada, 94 per cen t .1 THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE t od NO itiitllteErTi.'"Ge lt agricultural productions from the Province of rose from 4,Z.17,000 dole , in 1850, to 16,768,000 dole. in 1867. The exports of manufactures rose from 26,000 doh. Lady Cootforomm at Killarney House. ___, l° ,: K ,lf e — e asy. sr to 983,000 dole. The average annual increase of popula- on landi ng in Dublin, will mimeo aunt , ve , • Bet a an ad d nP:tinseespe:emofbeWr, ande wiuwillbevlsithteKagullaern!Ay o n rof er r:i t et racoo .ugil di . time, will leave for Hon in the Dominion ham been 3?i per oent. Is ten years, after remaining there for some v . i l e;s. • tIisCOUSIDI increased 68 per mint. and deposits in where they have bees united to open the n ew ZO per pent.—Canadian Money Timm Northers' Whip. _ L..