The Express. — London, England, 1867-10-31 00:00:00

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C Saunders, ft.—And MARY TUUNKR; OR, TIM WILLIN. Miss Josephs.—With 41.8.8. Mr. Ray. DRITAIrIiLL Ten EVINING. WILD cHAELIE; OR, THE LINE•BOY OF OW LOND4N. Mr. P. Chariton.—Magraton Le Grand ; Stump- Orator Wed and Mies T. Wed.—BREAK, NOT BEND. Ora Lud —And THE HARVEST STORM. MON WAY= AT LONDON SIMON Ms DAY —lllengai. 4b. 201..--Aftarnoce, O. LAS. 11►Yolaow—YordeR. 4h. Um.- —...11216mma5, 411. 62m. LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31. THE experts appointed by the authorities of the Metropolitan Railway to report on the state of the atmosphere in its tunnels have abundantly justified the confidence placed in them. From the moment their appointment was announced we felt sure we should be informed in good time that the quality of the air was beyond impeachment ; and such is the case. Dr. BACH/WITHER and his col leagues have taken eight-and-twenty samples of the air at different places and at different alti tudes, and subjected them to the most delicate process of analysis, and the result is that " in no " instance was the air vitiated to any material ex " tent." There was no deficiency of oxygen, that vital element of air, and the nicest tests failed to detect the presence of sulphurous acid. Coal gas and carbonic oxide were found, but in amounts so small as to be hardly discernible. Carbonic acid, indeed, was found somewhat in excess ; instead of bearing the normal propor tion of 4 in 10,000, it stood in that of 6,9, and sometimes 12. It is true that by taking samples between the hours of one and four in the morning, when no trains were running, the chemists are able to show even • lower average ; but the figures we have quoted represent the state of the air when the public are actually wing the line. It appears, however, that in some of our London theatres at ten o'clock at night, as well as in some of our law courts, the air is even less pure than this. The chemists, however, make the graceful acknowledgment that impurities which escape their testa may nevertheless be exceedingly offensive. They tell us that they could not find sulphurous acid gas, although they sought for it by the most delicate chemical teats with which they are acquainted, but they admit that its presence in the tunnels is appre ciable both to taste and smell, more particularly on those days when the atmosphere is unusually dense ; they add, however, that the proportion which produces disagreeable sensations is too small to be deleterious to health. All this is very re assuring. There is or used to be a theory, a part of the old doctrine of final causes, accord ing to which the unpleasant feelings which ac company the breathing of bad air were re garded as a wise and merciful !provision to warn us of present danger. These learned gentlemen, however, show plainly that this is an error, and that you may be half choked with very good air. As we lay down their report we feel that we can take a more cheerful view of the con ditions of bodily life, and especially of the re pellent and recuperative powers which preserve and renew the human frame. Congratulating the directors of the Metropolitan Railway upon this admirable report, we feel that they are still more to be congratulated on the practical measures by which they have shown how little they relied on it. The managers of the Company are much too wise to have ever sup posed that the public would be put off with a paper exculpation, or accept the word of the moat renowned chemists in the world, that the headache, nausea, and sense of suffocation which were the sure result of a descent into their line last summer, had not their causes in a state of the atmosphere which was palpable to the senses. The line was at its worst about last June and July, and the report of the chemists is founded on observations made in September. At the meeting of proprietors held in August the Chairman of the Company admitted that improve ments in the ventilation of the tunnel, especially the section between King's-cross and Baker-sireekwere urgently called for, and mentioned several which were in contemplation. Since then openings have been made which have admitted a large body of air, and for weeks past a considerable improvement in the state of the tunnels has been perceptible. This is the real answer of the Company to the public out cry. The report of the chemists is a very proper document to be produced before a court when a jury is to be satisfied that death has not been accelerated by vitiating the air of the railway. But it was not fear of death which led the public to ask for better ventilation. Some unwise sensa tional articles have indeed been published repre senting that the railway was a mine which might explode any day with " choke-damp ;" but these extravagances might have been safely disregarded. What the public wanted was simply a decent regard for its health and comfort, and the Com pany has shown itself not unmindful of the wishes of its customers. The verdict of the jury upon ELIZABETH STAINSBY, exonerating the railway Co mpany from all responsibility for her death, appears to be a very proper one. REPRESENTATION Or SOUTH LISICESTERSHIRE. - Mr. A. Pell, the chairman of the Central Chamber of Agriculture, will he the conservative and agricultural candidate to supply the vacancy caused by the death of Kr.Packe.__ . - yORK Wi..RKING MEWS CONNERVATIYg Ass. CILTU)N —The inaugural banquet of the York Working Ken's Conservative Association took plain last evening, is the Festival Concert-room. Covers were laid for two, aad every seat was occupied. Sir John Pakington, in m . turning thanks for the ministers, expressed his firm belief that the working classes would not abuse the polineal privileges be.towed upon them by the Reform Bill. The company was also addressed by Lord Teignmouth, Admiral Duacorube, Colonel Edwards, and Lord Neville. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1867. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ITALY. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN FLORENCE. The Italia of Florence, of the 28th, says : A numerous assemblage formed about 11 to-day on the Piazza de la Signori*. Soon afterwards it commenced its march to the square of the Duomo, by the Via Calzajoli. On its arrival between the baptistry and the church it changed its frost and returned to its starting point. Cries of "Long live Garibaldi !" "We will have Rome !" " Down with French intervention !" were repeated at every instant and received with cheers. It was noon when the demonstration got back and then appeared a flag which was hoisted over the steps of the Palazzo Vecchio. Some members of the Par liament entered the building at about 12, and in about twenty minutes afterwards it was announced th►t two deputies, MM. de Sanctis and Ferrari, had gone to the Palazzo Pitti to ask the King to make known the inten tions of the government. The persons outside resolved to await the return of this deputation ; an hour and a quarter passed in the most perfect calm ; only occa sionally cries of " Rome and Garibaldi !" were heard. Countess Cbioggi presented herself to the people and read to them an address sent to the King by the popu lation of Milan. The counter accompanied her reading with a few patriotic words, which were recei►ed with great applause. About forty minutes past 1 the royal reply ar rived, the substance of it being:—" 1. If France inter venes, Italy will do so also, and the troops will pass the frontier; 2. The government will invite Garibaldi to join his volunteers to the regular troops so as to act in concert ; 3. The government will make known this evening its de cision on the subject of the Menabrea tz7." The two first propositions were received by cries& thousand times repeated of " Down with foreign intervention ! Garibaldi for ever ! Hurrah for the Italian army !" But the third did not ob tain the same success. On various sides were heard, "We do not want Menabrea, nor a reactionary ministry !" Cries were also uttered of "We want Criapi !" A demand was made that the deputation should return to the Bing to protest against the new cabinet. An individual, leaving the crowd, ascended the steps of the palace, and spoke against a Menabrea ministry. He said that not being a member he could not join the deputation, but he asked, in the name of the people, for a decisive and categorical answer. These words were received with unanimous acclamations, and the speaker was re quested to go with the deputies. He assented, declaring that he would protest with all his strength against a reac tionary ministry. At 2 o'clock the deputation left for the Palazzo Pitti. The crowd remained for sonic time on the square, and then dispersed on all sides. At the commence ment of the manifestation a detachment of troops had occupied the Loggia del'Orgagna and t►e portiere of the Uffizi. The Ministry of the Interior was also held by the troops, as well as the approaches to the Pitti Palace. The Riforma says : Florence may be coosidered uin a state of siege. The troops occupy the squares and the streets. All circula tion is forbidden. No one is allowed to approach the Piazza Pitti. A military cordon occupies all the avenues of the place. The Patria of Naples says : The expeditionary force to the Papal States is com posed of 30 battalions, three regiments of cavalry, and six batteries. General Ricotti has appointed Colonel Judea head of his staff. Two divisions will be oommanded by General Piols and General Ferrero. The Riforma publishes the following bulletin, emanating from the Central Committee : Florence, October 27. The following news has arrived from the camp :—" The battle of Monte Rotondo was victoriously concluded by the taking of the strong positions of Montetorre and Toretta. The number of prisoners was 400. Garibaldi has seat them into the kingdom. Garibaldi is at the gates of Rome, and preparing to penetrate into the city. We are happy to be able to state that the honourable and brave Salomon is safe, contrary to what by mistake, was communicated to us yesterday. Garibaldi intends to enter Rome before the French have disembarked. He saves Italian honour and gives Rome to Italy. Italy for ever ! Rome for ever ! Tlts Commtrrir. The Diritto says that Garibaldi made himself master of the Villa Piombino almost at the very gates of Rome, and that the Pontifical army was encamped under the walls. The Opinion, a government journal in Florence, assorts that the programme of the new cabinet is resumed in this formula—intervention of Italian troops at Rome if the French troops intervene. This the honour of the country and the national unity demanded. The Siitle, commenting upon this, asks what instructions the commander of the French expeditionary corps has received. "Our igno rance," it says, "of all these things is heartrend ing. It is not only a collision with the volunteers we have to dread, but a collision with the regular Italian army." THE CONDITION OF ROME.-A STATE OF SIEGE PROCLAIMED. The correspondent of the Debuts in Rome smite' as follows : There were two notices posted yesterday (Friday) after noon on the walls of Rome. One of them declares Rome and its dependencies to be in a state of siege ; the other orders a general disarmament within twenty•four hours. If, after these measures, Rome is not tranquil it will cer tainly not be the fault of the government. Both of thefts documents have the date (October 25) in manuscript, which shows that they were prepared several days since. The national committee were therefore right when they announced in their proclamation of the 16th that a general disarmament was about to be effected. Yesterday morning a general report circulated to the effect that the Pope had consented, under certain conditions, to disband the Zouaves, to send back the French legion, and to receive in Rome an Italian garrison. This report seemed to be confirmed by the liberty given to citizens to leave Rome. The population were overjoyed at this happy termination ; the people proceeded in crowds to see the formidable fortifications,which were it was said to be demo lished. The Corso bore its usual aspect,tlie shops were opened once more,promenaders were to be seen, and the patrol, were withdrawn. It was in the midst of this general joy that the two documents above referred to appeared. The Official Journal of yesterday evening did not publish them, and the Oswrratore Romano mentions them only very briefly. The government and its organs persist in stating that the out break on the 22nd was directed and carried out by strangers, and this u assigned as the motive for the proclamation of the state of seine. Now, I cannot insist too much on this point that the movement was exclusively and essentially Roman, and that no foreigner took part in it. It is clear, even from the reports of the police, that if the people had been sufficiently armed the outbreak would have succeeded in the first instance. There has been no second attempt at insurrection, but there are bloody collisions almost every night. The day before ' yesterday the Cimarra barracks, occupied 4 the Antibes Legion, were attacked, bat without success. Several per sons were killed. The Roman correspondent of the Morning Post says : last night the city was disturbed again by the explosion of bomb-shells thrown down in several streets. A woman was killed by one of these, and another proved fatal to the very individual who was carrying it towards the Sant' Agostino Barracks, the match being too short. I visited the Serristori Barracks this morning. Whilst I was there • corpse was dug out from the ruins. He was in his shirt only ; the head and arms were much crushed, but he was recognised by his companions as the Baron de Dichtfort . an Alsatian, who for some breach of di sc ipli ne was • prisoner at the moment of the catastrophe. Twenty-five victims have been extracted as yet from the ruins. Sentries pace round all aides of the barracks and military establishments in Rome night and day to prevent a similar attempt. I have heard of an English Boluses, named Selby, as having been either killed or wounded, but I do not know whether it was on his account, or some other wounded English Zouave, that Mrs. Stonor and Monsignor. Stonor got into a scrape at Monte Libretti, where they went to take care of him, and were arrested by the Italian authorities at Comae. The immediate result of the throwing of Orsini shells is to produce • panic among the citizens, who take care to retire to their homes before dark, and at 7 o'clock Rome is a desert, only paced by patrols of Zouaves and police, who rush with their kid bayonets at everybody they meet. The select band et citizens who have volunteered to aid in the maintenance of order, as announced by the Omerrature Romano, consists of 23 scions of noble houses, who last night commenced their patrolling duties, prudently flanked by a party of Zouavea. I No accounts have yet been obtained of the number of I killed and wounded in yesterday's encounters outside of Rome, but it must have been very considerable, judg ing by the heavily laden cars of the former which were brought in soon after nightfall, and the carriages full of the latter, chiefly Zouaves, which thronged the entrances to the hospitals all day. The Garibaldiths now round Rome are badly drilled, badly armed, badly fed, and not housed at all, which will render it hard work for them to carry on siege operations, especially without artillery, for any long time ; but the arrival of Garibaldi himself, with a few thousand men of " sterner stuff," is looked for imp►tiently by his partisans as the beginning of the end. Much apprehension prevails in ecclesiastical circles as to the result of this struggle, in proof of which I may mention that the British Consul is going to have the honour of lodging a cardinal in his residence, that he has been re quested to receive valuable property belonging to someßoman princes, and especially one who is also a British peer ; and that the directors of the French college, who also have their establishment in the Poli Palace, have requested him to hoist the British flag for the protection of the palace, as they had not obtained permission from their own embassy to hoist the French flag. The Pope has explicitly declined the offers of aid brought him by General Durando—the French troops are not coming—rrgo, there is nothing left for the long-desired solution of the Roman question but a fair stand-up fight between those who have come to upset the Pope's tem poral power and those who are here to uphold it. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TZLZOILLPH.) MY YORK, Ocr. 30, 6 P.Y. The steamers Russia, Belgian, and St. Patrick have arrived out. Closing Prices :—Gold, 141. Sterling exchange on London, 1091. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1882, 112}; ditto, 1885, 110 k. Illinois, 1231; Erie, 73. Cotton—Middling Upland, 191. PHILADELPHIA, Ocr. 30. Standard white petroleum, 31i. OU It CON TEM PO RAIIMEL (THIS DAY.) rs DIIRAEL/ AT EDINBURGH. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Times rya, undertook a work of considerable difficulty at Edin burgh in endeavouring to persuade his hearers that the English Reform Act was • very good measure and was thoroughly the design and execution of the conservative party. It is • question which may be discussed, and pro bably will be discussed to the end of time, who really carried the bill. The conservatives claim it ; so do the liberals ; but, as the former remained masters of the field, the pretensions of the latter must be of a mere speculative character. It must be observed, however, that the great majority of the half-million now to be admitted are by no means such as the conservatives look to with hope. The agricultural labourers are left outside, and the small boroughs, supposing they remain, may not show much gratitude to their conservative saviours. The increase of the county representation is • lean equivocal conservative gain ; but when we consider the mixed character of the counties subdivided and the lowering of the county fran chise, our old tories will sigh to think how small the gain and how doubtful. The real conservative triumph is that the constitution has now been placed on the firm basis of the rate-paying class. From the indiscreet sallies of hostile and captious writers Mr. Disraeli escapes by showing that an opposite course would have committed his party to a living suicide and inaction, and the world, which will always spare a little worship for snoop's, will probably be of his mind on the point. The feeling with which Mr. Disraeli has been received in Edinburgh, if analysed into its several elements, would, the Daily News thinks, probably be found to consist in about equal proportions of curiosity, amusement, and such admi ration as is compatible with the predominance of the other two sentiments. He is the hero of a revolu tionary epic aa strange as he ever wrote. Now they have seen him, the citizens of Edinburgh probably persuade themselves that they know him ; but the riddle of the Sphynx is not so easily solved. Like the hero of the " Strange Story " of a distinguished brother novelist and late colleague of his own, Mr. Disraeli has the power of projecting phantasm. of himself in such moods as he chooses to adopt—phantasms which hold commerce with his auditors and are mistaken for Ids real selL The entertain. went was perfectly sueoessful, and portions of his address sufficiently amusing. To the true character of the charge against him he professes to be utterly blind. As there are men born without • mus'eal sense, so there men to whom nature has denied an ethical sense. The life of the speech was in his picture of the two Quarterlies ; his hit at his coadjutors and muter, of the Reform League ; his tribute to the "Albertans movement," which will not be a bad letter of introduction to Balmoral, and the compliment to the Scotch character. His narrative of the reform ques tion was as ingenious • piece of fiction as ever proceeded from the author's fertile imagination. For the rest, if by persuading his party that the tortes are the traditional reformers of England he can make them liberals, we at least have no cause to resent the beneficent fraud. The Post sees about Mr. Disraeli's recent utterances • cynical contempt for the understanding and memory of those who have the pleasure of listening to him, which in its way is splendid. Shall we agree to accept the account that, although apparently anxious to prevent a large and comprehensive enfranchisement, the leaders of the tortes were really working towards it all the time, unknown to,and in opposition to, their own followers ? It remains to be seen how long such audacity and effrontery will be endured as the governing principles of English statesmen. To the Herald, Mr. Disraeli's vindication appears about as perfect both in form and substance as any political ex hibition it can remember, and the Standard reckons the speech one of the happiest efforts of the brilliant and in cisive eloquence of which the Chancellor of the Exchequer is so consummate • master. The Star considers it on the whole a fortunate thing that Mr. Disraeli was leader of the House of Commons last session. It is always, we suppose, accounted a very lucky thing for a besieging party when the governor of the beleaguered fortress is willing to surrender his flag and his garrison for a little personal consideration. In one sense, too, that sort of governor may be considered a much more dexterous and sensible fellow than the chivalrous zealot who holds out, is defeated, and gets nothing. But, after all, we are still not educated enough in the Disraeli school to give our homage to success of his kind. The Tel;9rap4 asks ;hat can be better than that Mr. Disraeli and his apprentices should stand, as at present, behind the counter of the state, rubbing their hands in submission to each will and demand of public opinion, prepared to " execute the order with the utmost prompti tude and in accordance with those principles of business for which our well•known establishment has ever," &0., The only remark to make upon this new division of la. boor, where the opposition dictates and the government complies, is that so agreeable a compact must may last while the beneficiaries arc obedient. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Though the aspect of affairs in Italy is still full of doubt and danger, the Times believes that the French govern ment wish to show that it is not against, but in favour of Italy, that France is about to wage war. War is to be waged against the revolution, and the very 'Reece of the telegraph about Garibaldi's doings may be taken as decisive as to the hopelessness of his position. The important point of the advance of the Italian troops into the Pontifical territory seems yet unsettled between Florence and the Court of the Tuileries. Were the Italians to carry that point, they would have little to apprehend either from the temporary presence of the French at itoine or from • reference of the Papal question to • congress. The Daily Ners observes that Bavaria would find a posi tion out of the Zollverein perfectly untenable, and the course taken by the majority of the Upper Chamber shows Bavaria to be governed by • provincial spirit. The king dom is too small to stand alone in these days, and an ap proximation to Austria would be regarded by all Germany as an unpatriotic attempt to restore the old dualism of the two power. It is instructive to notice the calmness and patience with which the Prussian government looks down upon this hesitation and delay. Deliberately and on principle Count Bismarck declinesSto do anything to hasten the movements of South Germany. He sees that all the vital forces of the nation ►re working for him and with him. According to the Standard the defence of the Papacy is far from being the entirely thankless task some people immune. It may not pay ; the costs and the embarrass ments may far outweigh the credit ; but it is quite certain that the position the Emperor holds, as the protector of the successor of St. Peter, does bring him some prestige and power, and as, by taking Austria and Spain into part nership, he would share with them the prestige and not the burden of the protection, he will probably in the end elect to preserve in his own hands the guardianship of the Papacy- Judging, the Star says, from the menaces of the Moniteur, and the reports which it has received, all the French people have not adopted the idea of their honour being involved, and it might have been wiser in Napoleon to pay more heed to the interests of Frames at home than the claims of that "catholic world" which desires to see the catholic* of Rome oppressed by a priest-king, Eke Court. BA.L.MORAL. Ocr. 29. The Queen went out, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by Lady Ely and Mt.. A. Gordon. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieutenaat•Colonel Keppel, went shooting yesterday in Windsor Great Park. The Earl of Dalhousie has been entertaining a select party at Panmure. The Duke of Athol!, Sir Thomas Moncreilie, the Hon. Charles Carnegie, M.P., Captain P. Carnegie, tic., h►ve been among the party. _ . Lord Milton was entertained on Tuesday by the tenantry of the Fitzwilliam estates, at a banquet in the court-house of Wicklow. The town was illuminated and decorated with triumphal arches. The banquet was at tended by a large number of the most influential farmers on the Kildare, Newcastle, and Wicklow estates. Madame Lind-Goldschmidt has been on • visit at Somerleyton Hall, the seat of Sir F. Crossley, Bart., M.P. Tho Episcopal Encyclic of the Lambeth Con ference has, at the request of the Archbishop of Canter bury, been translated into Greek by Archdeacon Words worth, fur circulation in Greece and the East. THE PRUSSIAN POLICY. The Augsburgh Gazette says that since a military man has been put at the head of the Italian ministry the policy of the Prussian government, which before was reserved and neutral, has gone unreservedly with Italy. In other terms, as long as M. Bismarck supposed the French government would oppose no serious obstacle to the Italian as pirations he kept aloof, but when the second French expedition to Rome was decided upon, he showed another phase of his policy. THE PAPAL ENCYCLICAL. The Roman Journal of the 26th publishes the text of the Papal Encyclical lately referred to in a telegram. His Holiness denounces as a race of lost men those who demand that Rome be annexed to Italy : They w►lk ihe says) in impiety, they serve under the standard of Satan, upon whose front is written " lies,"and turning their mouths against Heaven they bla►pheme God, soil and despise all that is sacred, and treading under foot all Divine and human laws, breathe but carnage like rapa cious wolves, losing their souls by their great sins, carry ing sway by violence the goods of others, afflicting the feeble and poor, increasing the number of un happy widows and orphans, and in the corruption of their hearts shamefully satiating themselves with bad passions to the vest injury of society itself. It is by this race of lost men that we ate now surrounded, venerable brethren. Actuated by • spirit altogether diabolic these men desire to unfold the standard of lies even in our beloved city, near the chair of St. Peter, the centre of truth and catholic unity. And the chiefs of the Piedmontese government, who ought to repress such men, do not blush to support them with all their zeal, to pee them ►rms and all necessaries, and to pave for them the way to the city. But let them tremble, although placed at the supreme head of • civil power, for by this perverse conduct they come under the weight of ecclesiastical chas tisement and censures. And though in the humility of our heart we do not cease to pray, ►nd with all our might supplicate God, rich in mercy, that He may bring these unfortunate men to a salutary penitence and into the right path of justice, religion, and piety, we cannot be silent on the grave dangers to which we are exposed in this dark hour. The Pope continues to attach to " the Pied montese government" the responsibility of his troubles. Despite the heroism of his army, it is evident, he says, it cannot resist much longer. There is no one save the Almighty who fights for him, and therefore he calls upon the faithful to supplicate God unceasingly. The latter part of the encyclical relates to the treatment of the Polish catholic' by Russia, which country is denounced in the ordinary ecclesiastical language. (lIZUTEEL'S TILLY° RAYS.) THE ITALIAN TROOPS CROSSING THE FRONTIER. FLORENCE, Orr. 30, Evistxr. The Official Gazette of this evening says " The French Moniteur having announced that the French flag waves upon the walls of Civita Vecchia, the government of the King, in conformity with the declarations made by it previously to friendly powers, in view of such an eventuality, has given the order to the royal troops to cross the frontier and occupy some points in the Pontifical territory." The Ga---etta di Firenza says :—" This morning at 11 the King ordered the Italian forces to cross the Papal frontiers. The troops are now advanc ing upon Civita Castellana, Orte, Acquapendente, and Frosinone." PARIS, Orr. 31. The Moniteur of this morning announces that, in consequence of the interruption in the Pontifical telegraph lines, no intelligence has been to-day received from Rome subsequent to that of yesterday. It was known only that the Papal garrisons of Viterbo and other towns were concentrating upon Rome to aid in its defence, it being threatened by Garibaldi. The same journal says :—" Certain papers con clude from the proclamation of King 'V ictor Emmanuel that the settlement of the Roman question would be arranged between France and Italy. The French circular, however, of the 25th of October, cannot leave any doubts as to the intention of the government to subunit to the eta 11l i l istion of all the groat powers a quest' which interests entire Europe." WURTEMBI'ItiI. 8TIITMAlt1), ovr. • m 1.14111,4. To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, the treaty of alliance with Prussia was adopted by AM AarOmit 32 votes. To-morrow the deliberation ulMnt the Zollvcrein treaty will commence. HUNGARY. PESTEr, OCT. 30, Evirmaro. To-day in the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet the special committee presented its report on the demand of the Minister of Justice for per mission to prosecute Deputy Bohzormrye for pub lishing a late letter of M. Kossuth. The report urges the house to grant the required permission. The debate on the question will oome off on Satur day. M. Kossuth himself has addressed a com munication on the subject to the President of the Lower House, stating that the letter in question was published by Deputy Bohzormrye with M. Kossuth's full consent. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (ERODE OUR OWN CORRISPONDINT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVININO. An extraordinary council of ministers was held at St. Cloud to-day, in the Emperor's presence. Despatches of great importance from Berlin are said to have occasioned this meeting. The Marquis Pepoli, who has been greatly mixed up in the recent negotiations between Florence and Paris, has just left for Berlin. The Emperor of Austria has had a very long conference with the Emperor Napoleon at St. Cloud. - Francis Joseph will take leave of his host at Compikgue on Monday, November 4. It is affirmed in many quarters that within the last two or three days Prussian diplomacy has been greatly occupied with Italian affairs. " Bismarck to the rescue" I anticipated last week would be the cry of Italy, and more than ever , I think it a good cry. The Patric says that the mission of General La Marmore to Paris is to renew a request of the King, refused a short time ago, that France would graciously be pleased to allow some Italian regi ments to occupy Rome jointly with a French army. In some quarters, however, it is denied this even ing that La Marmara is coming to Paris at all. General Picard's division of the army of Paris has received orders to hold itself in readiness to leave for Italy. The preparations for war are made on a scale which most clearly shows that the' French govern ment anticipates a far more important conflict than Garibaldi's volunteers could threaten. There is no certain news either from Florence or Rome ; but I doubt if General Menabres can stay the national impulse to second Garibaldi. It is stated that the Marquis de Galliffet's wound in the duel with Prince Achille Murat is extremely painful, and will probably confine him to his house for a long time. He received a sword thrust in the muszle a little above the knee, and had great difficulty in getting into his carriage afterwards. The Bourse was to some extent sustained by rumours of a congress "to settle the Roman question." Rente closed with a rise of 15c. for cash, and a fall of sc. for account, at GEffr. and Gdfr. 75c. Italian rose 25c. In other securities there is little change. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. The following letter from Mr. Rau= has been received : " Magdala, Sept. 7. " My dear —, Your kind and welcome note of the 2nd of March was nearly five months on its way here. Where the delay took place I cannot make out. Our affairs are sadly neglected at Maasowali, and it appears that our agent there has been attending to any other matter save the wretched Abyssinian captives. Ever since we were sent as prisoners to this place in July, 1866, I have been sending regularly a monthly post, and sometimes I despatched extra couriers when had anything important to communicate. You will all be sorry to learn that myself and party are nigh starving, owing to the mismanagement of those who hays to do with our affair at Massowala. I have repeatedly written for money, but my messengers are sent back with the same story, that Colonel Merewether had given orders that no money was to be sent to me excepting rid Ka termus. The road between that place and Magdala has been quite blocked up, partly by the rain and partly by the rebels, and there is no more chance of our obtaining money thence than from Timbuctoo. I have warned them over and over again not to trust to that route ; but as we have always been successful through the Tigree and Lasts road, I begged that money should be sent to us constantly by that way ; but my advice was not listened to, hence this difficulty. Only Ood knows what will happen to us in case we do not get any succour from the coast for five or six weeks longer. " The rebellion has now become general !all over Abys sinia, the few districts between the royal camp at Dabrata boor and this place have thrown off their allegiance to Xing Theodora, and consequently they have closed the roads against all travellers,and have succeeded so far as to prevent public communication from taking place between Debra talboor and Magdala. For the last four months the Em peror has only communicated three times with this place, and even then be was obliged to employ a servant of one of the native prisoners in order that he might not be re cognised. Our royal friend is now becoming quite despe rate, and consequently he spares neither male nor female if any of the rebels happen to fall into his hands ; the rebels, on the other hand, imitate the practice of their late master by butchering any person found outside the hedge which is now built outside the royal camp. I have only been able to communicate with Mr. Find at Dabrataboor since his return. Every time I tried to send a messenger they were plundered, but the letters they have always managed to save. The carnage which takes place daily in the royal camp from famine, pestilence, and the sword is quite terrifying; 2,500 men who had intended to run away were butchered like sheep, and 295 chiefs were starved to death, after they had had their arms and feet cut off, for the same reason. For two whole days, from morning till evening, nothing was beard but reports of musketry, and at each discharge either the wife, mother, or child of a deserter was killed. Ladies of noble families were tortured to death, and the poor creatures breathed their last under most frightful agony. Alen are now held responsible for the desertion of their brothers-in-law, sons-in-law, or fathers-in-law, as they are expected to know the movements of their marriage relations. Between 40 and 50 persons die daily of different diastases. "Some one has told the Emperor that if he persisted in keeping in. and my fellow-prisoners in this country England would be compelled to fight him. ' Let them tome, said he, and call rare • woman if I do not best them.' Yon will all be glad to know that his Majesty still treats me with consideration and mock friendship, and he never fails to send in. polite messages, sod orders the authorities of this place to be kind to inn and to come and see me often. Mr. 'lad tells me that in the beginning of Let month the Em peror ordered some swords to be presented to deserving officers who showed good service in thefield. A sword which was presented to me by his Majesty before my incarceration was brought out with the rest intended for presentation, and on seeing it be said to the officer in charge of the arms, • Take care of that sword, it is the property of Mr. Bassani, whom I have chained only because I had listened to insti gators. I shall bring him together with them ' (my Euro pean fellow-prisoners) ' and release him and give him his property.' He may keep my sword for the sake of old friendship, but there is no more chance of his letting us out without coercion from without than to tly up to the moon. He sent me • letter the other day wherein he oalLd me • friend and • brother, and assured me the only thing he wished in the world WAX the friendship of my Queen and that of myself. The chiefs of the moun tain are still as kind to me as ever. Before the rain began they enlarged my eouriyerd. which enabled rne to make a nice garden ...mind nit house. which hes been built anew by the chiefs of this Immo. It is eoneidered the prettiest h se the.* an.l the moot eivn• Notable. In front of the dem I have enacted a nice ar bour, covered ever with toned., elem., I%a bare had a great deal of elekness on this tam foi the 461 three month.. from whsob fleetly one.thint of the native vi saner. have been car ri ed oil. I thank (La n o s ou l e gh, a g more of our people have been infected by the epi,kinie, but it has nut even touched our quarter. " far rainy season will be over in ten days, when we fear the F.osperve will begin to make a more towards this plate. If he continues to behave civilly towards me we might have • little quiet, but if he begins to bully me woe betide us. However, I have such • great faith in the mercies of our Heavenly Father that I feel sanguine that everything will yet end well and to the honour of England. " I hope that you are all enjoying perfect health, and with kind love to your husband and your children, " I remain, se ever, your affectionate friend, " H. Itausair." A postage tax has been imposed on newspapers passing through the New Zealand post-offices. During six months previous to the imposition of the tax, the num ber of newspapers that passed through the post-offices was 2,049,593, and for six months afterwards 1,111,317. The revenue derived from the postage tax was 3,8001. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before lliz Commissioner Winslow.) IN az ABRAHAM HARRIS. The bankrupt, • merchant and wareh ouseman , o f B ow . lane, renewed his application for reissue from prison, where he has been for six months. His liabilities are be tween 6,0001. and 7,0001., and there are no assets. He bas made frequent applications for his release, but without success. On the last occasion he was ordered to find two sureties in 2501. each ; two were now prodnoed and ex amined ; and one of them swore that his means were ample. Ultimately the Commissioner gave time for further inquiry. - IN 55 CHRISTOPHER &MONTI& This was another application for release. The bankrupt, who is a native of Norway, was formerly a mining agest at Montreal, and had been arrested while on a visit to this country. He has been six months in custody. His debts are about 4,0001., and he states that be is interested in mining and other property in Canada. Mr. Griffiths opposed for Mr. Jansen, of Mark-lane, and asked that the bankrupt should be required to find bail. The bankrupt stated that he had come to this country for the purpose of introducing some very valuable mining property into the market, and that the opposiair creditor knew the object for which the advance was required. His Honour said the application must Amid over till after the choice of assignees. Meantime it would be well for the bankrupt to try and find bail. _ IN u FRANCIS QUIITER. The bankrupt was an East India =preheat, of Great St. Helen's and Mincing-Lane. This was a prison adjudication. The bankrupt's liabilities are 9.7391. ; good debts, 788/. bad and doubtful ditto, 2,8521. ; assets not yet realised,; 3,073/. This was the sitting for examination and discharge. M. Aldridge, who represented the official assignee (no trade asidgnee having been chosen), examined the bank. rapt as to the item of 3,073/., " assets not yet realised." It appeared that it represented consignments on which advances had been made, and that the amount would go to the secured creditors. This rendered an amendment of the amounts mammary, and His Honour directed an adjournment for that purpose. IN RI !HRS.-A WIAIIIR Or TH2 VICTORIA C 2038. The bankrupt was described as a bookseller and commis. Mon agent for negotiating loans, of Fetter-lane. His debts are only 1091. He had been in prison, and stated on exa min►tion that he had an annuity of 101. a year for the Victoria Cross. This was the sitting for examination and discharge. There was no opposition. The bankrupt attributed his failure to his h►ring in curred liabilities in respect of one of the City clubs for clerks. His Honour granted the order. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE ALLEGED FORGERIES UPON TEE LEEDS RANK. At the sitting of the court, Pumas Bdpeby , for merly carrying on business as a merchant in the City, earrendored to take his trial upon several indictments charging him with obtaining more than 100,0001. from the Leeds Banking Company by fraud and forgery. fierjeant Ballantine was specially retained with Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. H. Lewis to defend the prisoner • Mr. Giffard, q.c., was specially retained with Mr. Pola nd to conduct the prosecution. An application was made by Berjeant Ballantine to post pone the trial on the ground that Mr. Greenland, the former manager of the bank, who was a moat material witness for the prosecution, was at Geneva, and could not or would not attend to give hie evidence, and it was most important for the prisoner to have an opportunity of cross-examining this witness, es by this mean, he should be able to show that he was entirely innocent of the offence imputed to him. The learned serjeant also put in en affidavit made by Mr. Lewis, the solicitor for the pro secution, which stated that three other witnesses whose evidence was most material and important for the prisoner were too ill to attend on the present *cession. Mr. Giffard opposed the application, and said that there had been ample opportunity of cross-examining the wit nese Greenland when he was examined at the Mansion , house, both upon the occasion when the prisoner was under charge, and when another person named De Villas was under charge, for being concerned in the sense trams. lion. The offence imputed to the prisoner was that of uttering bills of exchange purporting to be accepted by a non-existing company in Berrie, and it was necessary to procure the attendance of the minister of justice and the inspector of mines in that country, and they were now in attendance ; but if the trial was postponed, there really were no feeds to bring them again to this country. The evidence of these witnesses was absolutely necessary to support the charge, and the virtual effect of a postponement on the present occasion would be that the trial would never come on. Mr. Justice Byles said that the evidence of the witness Greenland was clearly most important, and it should not be forgotten that be bad already been convicted of per. jury, and although be had been pardoned thin was not ea account of his supposed innocence, but on ac,munt of the state of his heal t He therefore was of opinion that the trial should be postponed to the next session. The defendant was then discharged upon the same re. cognisances as these upon which he had now surrendered. THE ROBBKRT OF 13,0001. BY A STOCKBROKER'S CLERK. Williast JuAn Hurst, the stockbroker's clerk, who had pleaded guilty on the previous day to a charge of mis demeanour, in having fraudulently obtained large sums of money the property of his employers, was brought ug i f it or d t dlme nt and sentenced to eighteen months' liosellattheors, who was tried forlchild murder yesterday and convicted of endeavouring to conceal the birth, was also brought up and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. The case of Geraldine Meurice, the Lishionable swindler, was postponed to the next session. DINTRIMINCI CAST. James Green, 45, was charged with attempting to murder his wife, Mary Anne Green. The prisoner and the prosecutrix had been married for nineteen years, and they had lived happily together until the 20th of September, on which day the prisoner appeared to have gone borne unexpectedly, and be found his wife in the act of coming out of the bedroom of • young man who lodged in the house, and who was in bed, and there was no doubt that an act of criminality had been committed. The prisoner seemed to hare turned his wife and the young man out of the house, but at the intercession of the sister of the prosecutrix the prisoner consented to meet his wife in Gorge-street, Southwark, on the 22nd of Septem ber. The wife then asked the prisoner what he meant to do, and lie said that if she went to her sister's house until he wan mon reconciled he would support her. The wife was about top away, when the prisoner drew a pistol from him pocket and attempted to discharge it, but the weapon would not explode, because there was a piece of paper be tween the powder and the nipple. The prisoner was very ex cited, and said he wished he had steed a knife, and then he should have succeeded, and the evidence went to show that he was in the utmost grief and distress of mind at the conduct of his wife. The defence that was set up for the prisoner was that he merely intended to frighten his wife, and that be had purposely loaded the pistol in such • manner that it could not explode. The jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty of attempting to murder his wife, but strongly recommended him to mercy. Mr. Justice Byles said the recommendation should be forwarded to the proper qunrter. The prisoner was sentenced to 31:1 yearn' penal servitude. (Before the Common Serialist) TIM CITY BeIIOLARIEN. John Norriegtort729,;t:ol;;;Tlitevs Dyer, 28, dealer ; William Dyer, 30, waiter; and (korpe Shaw, 46, gold beater, were placed in the dock on several charges of robbery. The facts were fully elicited at the different examina tions before the magistrates, and it is therefore unnecessary to repeat the circumstances at any length. The first case gone into was • charge of burglary in the premises of William Henry Quint, and stealing therefrom divers quantities of chintz and ribbon. From the open. ing statement of Mr. Poland, who, with Mr. Healey conducted the prosecution, it appeared that the premises, Nos. 1 and 2, Portland-street, were occupied by Mr. Quint, and, as was customary, the premises were locked up on Siterday afternoon, September 14, at 4 o'clock. On the la• nday morning, when the em ployes returned in the ordinary way to open the door, it was found to be on the latch, and an examination showed that the warehouse had been ransacked. gaud • large quan tity of property carried away. Information was at once given to the police, and every effort was made to trace the prryetrators of the act. On the 21st of September a number of officers of the City police, who bad been making .lilimeat inquiries were on the watch in the neighbourhood of Tottenham-court-road. While there they saw Nortington, James Dyer, and Shaw, and • parcel taken from Norrington was found to contain a quantity of the stolen property. Subsequently an examination was made at the lodgings of the Dyers and there the police found another portion of the property and also a large quantity of housebreaker's implements. including • skeleton key, which fitted the door of Mr. Quint's warehouse. Some of the stolen ribbons were also found in the house where Shaw lived in Berri* court iand it appeared, in addition to this, that some of the prisoners were observed loitering near the premises about the time the robbery was committed. Evidence was given in corroboration of these statement, and the ease was not concluded when our report left. Some of the cases of death from yellow fever on board the Atrato are very distressing. Mr. Johmon, the chief officer, who died, had been serving in the West Indies for two years, and went out in the Atr►to on promotion. His wife is an invalid from heart disease, and the death of her husband has not yet been communicated to her. I