The Express. — London, England, 1867-11-21 00:00:00

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HIGH WAITE AT LONDON BUDS& TIDO DAT —Morning. M. 505.. —Afternam. 10h. 3.'m. 115-11 okaow—blondag, Ith. pm.._ 11A. LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. Tut Meeting over whichEarniersow presided on Tuesday, at St. James's Hall, was an event to which the thorough-going members of the High Church party had looked forward with anxious interest. It was a meeting to protest against any alteration of the Rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer, that one which is held to justify the use of vestments in the office of the Holy Communion being consi dered in special danger. But, although it was de signed to counteract the anti-Ritualistic movement, and but for the recommendations of the Ritual Commission would not have been held, it was not a meeting of Ritualiata ; and in this fact lies its significance, to which it is desirable to call atter lion. The leaders of the Ritualistic revival were on the platform, keenly alive to the valueof theservice which was being rendered to them; but the ground taken by the promoters of the meeting and the chief speakers was broad enough to accommo date, and was in fact occupied by many, who neither practice nor encourage extreme Ritualism. In the language of Lord NIILSON, the meeting was held to defend " the integrity of the Prayer " book ; " in that of the memorial adopted it was to protect " the lawful liberty of the clergy and " the rights of the laity ;" and in these objects the active Ritualists are joined by clergymen and laymen who have no strong liking for high cere monial. In short, a large number of High Churchmen who would have been quite as well pleased if chasubles, dalmatics, and tunicles had been abandoned to the moths and the dust, now that their use has been revived and placed under the protection of the Prayer-book declare that interests much wider and deeper than those of Ritualism are involved in any attempt to put down their use by law. To rouse the apprehensions of the High Church party at large, and persuade its members that their po sition was endangered when high ceremonialism was menaced, has long been the earnest object of the Ritualistic party, and to a certain extent that ob ject is already attained. The practical alliance now formed between eminent High Churchmen and the Ritualists has its root in the importance, difficult to exaggerate, which each attach to the efficacy of the Sacraments, to the truth of the doc trines of Baptismal Regeneration and the Real Pre sence in the Eucharist. High Churchmen are pub licly coming forward to say :—" We are not solic;- " tons for the expression of every minute portion of " Catholic truth in rite and symbol ;we have " done very well hitherto without vestments, and " we should sincerely deprecate their introduction " without due regard for the feelings of "the congregation ; but if you who objet: "to then, absolutely, and would restrain their " use by law, mean by so doing to attack " the faith which they outwardly express, then " the question becomes one of truth, conscience, and " liherty, which we must defend in the persons of " our brethren whose practice goes further than " our own." The discussions which have ensued upon the First Report of the Ritual Commission have carried the question far beyond that stage in which it could be disposed of on mere :esthetic grounds, as turning upon a difference of taste between the respective partisans of the simple and ornate in Church millinery. Arch deacon DENISON and the Earl of SHAFTE.sEVRY are agreed that it is doctrine which is aimed at when ceremonial is attacked. It is desirable to bring out clearly this view of the principles really at issue, in order to redeem the strife from that appearance of pettiness which must attend it as long as it seems to be one about vestments, candles, incense, and the like. It is only as the struggle is perceived to be one between the sacerdotal and the Protestant principles that it is recognised as being worthy of the attention claimed for it. Art in this view of it we mry ask, What is the value of the assurances reiterated by the Ritualists and their defenders, that their movement is not one which leads to Rome 1 We are constantly being told that the doctrinal teach ing and sacramental aids they supply is the very thing which keeps Churchmen who have reached a certain stage of attainment from going over to Rome. Suppose we admit this, suppose we even allow that there is a certain antagonism between those who would restore what they call Catholic teaching, Catholic usage, and Catholic privileges, and Ultramontane pretensions, what is gained for us or them f It may be very possible to refuse subjection to the Papacy, preferring instead an interconimunion which Rome con temptuously rejects, and yet to plunge us into the worst depths of Roman error. It is true that the old dislike of foreign, especially Italian interference, did much to facilitate the Reforma tion, but it was not its essence, and it is perfectly conceivable that the great body of the usages which the nation rajected in the sixteenth century as Popish, might be brought forth under pre tence of restoring Catholic practice while tho supremacy of Rome was repudiated. What the human spirit gained when the old superstition fell was the confidence that its noblest and divinest aspirations could be satisfied by its own faith, love, and obedience, without the intervention of the priest. Destroy that confidence, persuade people that the priest is in dispensable to the nurture, the growth, the perfec tion of the personal religions life, and the great work of the Reformation is undone. If the Lord's Supper is to be turned into a mass ; if our ministers are to be acknowledged as sacrificing priests ; if the authority of the Church is to be raised to a level with that of the Holy Scriptures ; if our sons and daughters are to be taught to con feu to a fellow-man, and expect from him the for giveness of their sins—and all this is possible with out changing the surplice for the chasuble—we shall be dragged back into the bondage and darkness of Popery, which will be not the less dangerous and ignominious because the priests, our masters, still keep up a personal and uninteresting quarrel with the Bishop of Rona. The people of this country have no animosity against the venerable head of the Roman Catholic Church ; but they are much concerned to reset the spirit of Popery in whatever cans of men they find it lively and aggressive. Henceforth this controversy will be simpler than it has ever been. The conflict with Ritualism will be merged in a conflict between the Sacra mental and Protestant parties. Ritualism has taken its place as an outwork of a definite system of belief, and its professors are but as the vanguard of the regular sacerdotal army, which, whenever a skirmish is developed into a serious engagement, may be expected to advance to its support. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THZ ROMAN QUESTION. The Times fully approves of the action of tho English government in asking that the preliminaries neces sary to advantageous action should be settled before the invitation to a conference is accepted. Even if the Italian government consented to attend and to submit itself to the decision of the majority, it would still be found im possible to compel the acquiescence of the Italian people in the decision, supposing it should be adverse to the national wishes. Everything concurs to support the con clusion that the feeling of the nation is as ardent now as it ever was, and that the desire of the inhabitants of the Roman States has not varied in the last twenty years. We are thus driven to the conclusion that any arrange. meat now possible would be only temporary. The national will of Italy may be feeble, but it is persistent. On the other hand, it is easy to foresee circumstances under which the powers which now coerce it would be quite incapable of effectually thwarting it. In • conference, of which the scope should be clearly defined, no power, the Daily News thinks, would be a more impartial arbitrator than England. The conclusion at which the common sense of the country has arrived is quite independent of theological antagonism, and is deter mined solely by regard for political justice and sound principles of civil government. The doctrine of Sir G. Bowyer that no catholic is a foreigner in Rome, and that, therefore, the Pope's troops are not foreigners, in volves consequences compared with which the pre tensions of Hildebrand and Innocent were modest. The position of the ultramontane advocates lea d s d"wctly to that war of religious opinion which Mr. Homan justly dreads. Their principle directly challenges protestant in tervention in order to prevent Romanist intervention, and to secure the rights of a people to choose not only its own rulers, but to follow its own religious convictions. On this ground we are unwilling to enter ; but, if the neutral field of politics is quitted, it is on this ground, we warn the ultramontane party, that the battle will be fought. They will have enemies not only without but within their own church. THE TEN LANS. Greatly respecting Mr. Seymour's honourable zeal for the unhappy men whose interests were placed in his hands, the Daily Nan feels at liberty, without failing in com passion for the convicts, to express satisfaction that by the testimony of a judge so eminent as Mr. Justice Blackburn, the protection with which the law surrounds its humbler ministers is not diminished by such circumstances as Mr. Seymour has been able to point out. The officers in charge of Kelly and Deasy were bound to obey the warrant under which they held those prisoners, notwithstanding possible defects in its form ; therefore they were protected by it, and the slaughter of one of them as the result of • deliberately planned conspiracy to attack them with fire arms is murder. The law being thus ascertained, it now remains for the government to consider the case of these convicts on the broad grounds of policy. If it should find itself able to relax the severity of the law without danger to the interests of society the public will be glad ; but it is a matter the full responsibility of which may properly be left with the government. The Times has • curious remonstrance with those who would save the Fenian. from the last sentence of the law —namely that it would deprive the prisoners of all credit for courage and put an end to all claim for heroism. It believes the desperadoes who achieved the rescue at Man chester really counted on paying life for life should they be caught, and not merely whiling away a little leisure in prison, with the certainty of being released before the expiration of the term, if not earlier liberated by the pro gress of the rebellion. If this last was what they fondly hoped, then, indeed, they deserve any h►rd words we may choose to give them. If they believed they were exposing themselves to the penalty of death, then they deserve the qualified respect we are wont to bestow on many names in history and in fable, redeemed 'from disgrace by a readiness to die for their country or their cause. Why should the Fenian, employ exAusively all the ques tionable and all the reprobated arts of war, and then ask to be regarded as caitiffs below our contempt, and not worth • halter? They don't ask it themselves, and they who ask it for them can hardly be dispassionate friends — at least their friendship is not complimentary. ABYSSINIA. In the interest of the unhappy captives ; in the interest of the honour of England ; in tho interest of humanity and religion, thi Star regards the war as unnecessary, and extremely ill-adapted for the humane purpose in view. The ministry did not exhaust all peaceful mesas before deciding on force. They did not adopt the most ordinary and evident mode of getting the capqves speedily liberated —viz., by sending to Theodore the presents for which he had stipulated, which, in her Majesty's name, had been promised to him, and for which nearly 4,000/. had been paid. Nor did they send up the artisans who were per fectly willing to go, with whom an agreement had been made for three years, and for whom the country is at the present moment paying nearly I,ooof. per annum. The Telegraph considers it settled that the principle to be adopted is that not a farthing must be added to the permanent debt of the nation, and that the charges for the expedition must appear in the budget. Many incidents may occur between the present time and April to lessen or increase the estimate of cost—the war may have ended, or larger operations may be necessary. But, in any case, the expense of the expedition, and the plan of supplying it, should appear in the annual record of liabilities, and should on no account be treated separately. ♦YLSICAY POLITICS. The Daily News expecte that with — the meeting of Con- I grew; we shall hear no more of a presidential Coup d'itat, and but little more of the impeachment of the President. The advocates of Southern confiscation, as well as those who recommend the payment of the national bonds in currency, may make their voices heard, but will only ex hibit their own entire want of legislative sympathy and support. Probably the Senate will restore Mr. Stanton to his place in the cabinet, and Mr. Johnson will appeal to the supreme court. At present the democratic victory has not led him to exert himself more mischievously against the Congress. The republican majority will feel that it is on its good behaviour, and the radical section of it will have less power. The moderate republicans have been the real gainers by those elections. The country has given them an irresistible argument, and they will wield it with irresistible power. The republican voters in the state of New York who stayed at home on the sth of this month knew that it was a warning which the republican leaders would take, and that it would lead to a more cautious, moderate, and therefore irresistible action in carrying out the republican Ply 1, THURSDAY EVENING, Eht Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 20. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Christian, and her Majesty drove out this morning, accompanied by Prince Leopold. The Hon. Emily Cathcart was in attendance. The Counter of Flanders and Princess Louise also went out driving. The Count of Flanders and Prince Christian, attended by Colonel Bunnell and Major-General F. H. Seymour went out shooting. Lord Skelmenalale and Major-General Sir T. M. Bid dulph had the honour of accompanying their royal high nesses. Y. and Biadame Van de Weyer had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yesterday. Her Majesty's private band played the following 'elec. tion after dinner before the royal family : Overture, " Les Client' de Bronze " Andante, " stigmata No. 1" Marche, •' Les dean Juurn ea " Divertissement, "Le Proptif te " The ladies and gentlemen in waiting had the honour of joining the royal family in the drawing-room. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmes bury, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcoto, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord John Men nen, and the Earl of Mayo. MRS. DISEAELL-011 inquiry at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's residence, at Grosvenor-gate, at 12.30 p.m. this day, the answer given was, " Mrs. Disraeli is a little better." His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has left town to resume his official duties at the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury were honoured by the presence of the Duke of Cambridge at dinner yesterday evening at their residence in Stratford place. There were also present—their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, the Earl Cadogan, Vis count Canterbury, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady John Manners, Sir Edwin Landeeer, Colonel Hon. James and Mn. Macdonald, Miss Gorges, be. The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam have been entertaining a large family party at Wentworth House, Yorkshire, on the occasion of the marriage of their eldest daughter, the Lady Frances M. Wentworth Fitzwilliam and Mr. C. M. Doyne, eldest son of Mr. Robert Doyne, of Wells, county Wexford. The Earl and Countess Russell received a select party at dinner yesterday evening at their residence in Chaham•place. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor and family have arrived at Moutons from Paris. The Times of India says that a marriage is an nounced to take place in January between Captain Lowndes Randall, A.D.C. to his Excellency the Governor• General of India, and Bliss Lawrence, his Excellency's eldest daughter. Drama. ST. JAMES S. A mutilated version of an old-fashioned comedy by Thomas Morton, called the School of Reform, was 'pro duced at this house last night, with Mr. J. S. Clarke, the new American actor, in the part of Robert Tyke. This play was written by Morton in imitation of the German school of drama, and is full of that sentimental writing which shows the author's weakness rather than his strength. Its original popularity was mainly due to the exceptional merit of the cast which at Covent-garden in 1805 included 0. F. Cooke, Minden, Charles Kemble, Lewis, and Emery (the father of the present Mr. Eatery), whose Robert Tyke was the chief feature of the per- formance. The play has always secured a certain amount of popularity when an actor with tree-comic power could be found to represent the drunken and repentant horse-stealer, and of all living representatives of this character Mr. Benjamin Webster is, perhaps, the beat. The version of the drama performed at the St. James's is so condensed that the story is almost unintelligible, and the various characters, with their inflated fine hat• gunge and profuse sentiments, are rendered more absurd than interesting. The condensation of the same author's comedy, The Way to get Married, at the Olympia, has been far more cleverly done. Mr. J. 8. Clarke's Robert Tyke becomes the central feature of the play, more from the poverty of the surrounding materials than from any concentr►ted force on the part of the actor. His best points were rather indications than full developments of serious dramatic power, with the exception of his descrip tion of his father's supposed death, and his grimacing throughout was too liberal, and too much like the " mug ging "of Major de Boots—a part he is still playing at this theatre. The play was very poorly put upon the stage, and the scene-shifting was disgraceful. WHITEHALL, Nov. 19.—The Queen bail been pleased to appoint Alan Eliot! Lockhart, Esq., to be Lieu tenant and Sheriff Principal of the county of Selkirk, in the room of Henry Francis Lord Polwarth, decried.—Gazelte. CONVOCATION.—YeatercIay morning Sir Francis Twins, the Vicar-General of the province of Canterbury, attended at the Jerusalem Chamber, but no members of either House of Convocation were present. The meeting of Convocation follows as a rule the meeting of parlia ment, but this being an exceptional session, the Arch bishop has directed the convocation to be adjourned until February. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.—The annual cele bration of the success of the Early Closing movement took place last night at St. James's-hall, under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbug. The hall was well filled in every part, the audience including a goodly proportion of ladies. Mr. Walker. the secretary, after announcing that letters of regret of their inability to be pre sent had been received from the Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., Mr. Anthony Trollope, and the Rev. It. D. Wilson, gave • brief retro spect of the past year's operations of the society, showing that numerous additions have been made to the list of establishments that close early and adopt the Saturday half-holiday. The noble chairman then deli vered an earnest address, observing that he was not new to this glorious movement, for thirty yearn ago he (was engaged in_ promoting the great principle of early closing as embodied in the Factory Act, which prohibited labour in our great departments of industry after six o'clock in the evening, and he hoped he should I've to see the day when the principle would be extended to every branch of trade and manufacture. In a free country like this, where every man could do almost as he pleased, it was of vital importance that the people should be trained to the highest degree of moral excellence to render them capable of self-government, and it was im possible to attain that end under a system which squeezed all the labour out of • man, and then cast hiw aside like • sucked orange thrown upon the pavement. The great work in which they were engaged was highly calculated to bring into being • new race of wives and mothers, to train up MODS and daughter. to the great high moral and Christian duties that are imposed upon them in this transitory world. Mr. 3l'Cullagh Tommie, M.P., the Rev. W. Rogers, Dr. Furor, and other gentlemen also ad vocated early clueing from their several points of view, and at intervals between their speeches • choir of .100 voices, under the direction of Mr. Ilenedict, sang various melodies. Mr. Alberto Randegger presided at the organ, and the members of the choir were contributed from houses of business. THE ENGLISH CHURCH UNION AND RITUALISM. A special meeting, largely attended, was held last evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, to discuss resolutions of which long notice had been given by the Rev. Dr. l'usey, in reference to the report of the Ritual Commi ss i on . Th e Hon. C. Lindsay, chairman, 4.nnounced that the council had that day withdrawn three of the resoluti o n s . D r . Pawl moved the fourth, which was, however, altered so as to read—" That whilst holding that vestments cannot be deemed essential to the validity of the consecration of the blessed sacrament, and ought not to be introduced by the clergy without the goodwill of their congregations, this union nevertheless believes it to be," A very long discussion took place on the question whether the goodwill of the congregation should be alluded to, and the "aggrieved parishioner" recognised. An amendment to omit the words was negatived, and the resolution carried. The resolution is to be sent to the Ritual Commission. SOCIETY OF ENOINEEES. —At the ordinary meet ing of this society, held on Monday, Mr. W. H. Le Feuvre, president, in the chair, a paper was read by Mr. Arthur Rim, jun., C.R., "On the Connexion between the Shape of Heavy Guns and their Durability," the discussion on which was adjourned till the next meeting. The names of eight candidates for election were announced. NOVEMBER 21, 1867. LATEST INTELLIGENI ITALY. The correspondent of the Debuts writes u fol lows from Naples : There is a complete calm here, but lilt apparent or real? The party of action, which is by no mesas resigned to its defeat, is preparing for a decisive blow. It bno longer satisfied with mere demonstrations. It may not rimmed, . . but such is its plan. The country is expectant, weary of vain agitation, anxious for tranquillity and something like a government. How far it is prepared to go with the party of action may be seen from recent events. Although anxious about the Roman question, of which it ardently desires a prompt and satisfactory settlement, it has subscribed but a small sum in favour of the insurrec- tion. As for the Bourbon party, it relies on the aid of the lazzaroni and on the chances of what may turn up abroad. Its communications with Rome and the Farnese Palace are very active just now. Some members of the party are speculating on an immediate restoration of Francis 11., whilst others hope for that result after the kingdom of Naples has been reconstituted temporally under a foreign prince. Capita and Gaeta are being fortified. Large numbers of troops have arrived in tho city. The military authorities are evidently on the qui vive. The troops march through the streets in military array, and the stra tegic point, of importance have been surveyed. All this gives rise to conjectures. Vesuvius in full eruption. The Florence correspondent of the Liierte asps : There cannot be a doubt that the cabinet of Florence is adopting measures with a view of being ready for any emergency. The reserves of 1841 and 1842 have been called out solely with a view to the preservation of in ternal tranquillity. The army is skilfully disposed, and a recent order to the prefects recommends them to consult the generals of departments, *co that the troops may not be too widely dispersed. Generals of energy have been appointed to command in the most suspected localities. Cialdini's army of 40,000 men is so arranged that they may be taken in twelve hours either to Turin or to Naples. It is feared that the opening of the session may give rise to serious disturbance. The ministry think that they cannot assemble the chambers without setting Gari baldi free, and it is reported the general will energetically refuse to take the oath. The manceuvres of the Ma zz i n ia n party at Milan and Pavia are a source of concern, and measures are adopted to prevent an outbreak. Garibaldi's hymn is demanded in all the theatres. Terni has elected M. Montecchi, an ardent member of the Masai nian party, as deputy, whilst M. 13erholi-Viale, the new Minister of War, is obliged to undertake a wand contest for the representation of Creecentixio with Spontigali. The Gazzetta di Torino gives an account of a demonstration made by the students on the 15th instant on the occasion of the open ing of the university. The Prefect, the municipal and military authorities were assembled in the great Hall of the University to hear the opening lecture of Professor Peretti. The appearance of the Professor, who is opposed to the advanced party, was the signal for a general outburst of hisses, which were continued till he disappeared from the hall. The students of whom there were some 500 or 600 present, then began to sing in chorus the hymn of Garibaldi, "Va fuori d'ltalia o stranier." Having the ball in their possession, some of the students mounted the platform and made speeches on the Roman question. (SAUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FRENCH ARMY. PARIS, Nov. 21. Yesterday the bill relative to the organisation of the army was commuicated to the Legislative Body. lump that the time of service of young men called under arms shall be nine years in time of peace. Soldiers will not be on service more than five years consecutively. Men not called or on furlough may marry during the last two years of service. Sub stitutions on the department lists and replacements are authorised according to the law of 1832. The duration of service in the National Garde Mobile is to be five years. The majority of the other regulations are conformable to the project of the commission. ITALY. FLORENCE. Nov. 21. The Official Gazette publishes a decree, convoking the Senate and the Chamber to meet on the sth December. MALTA. VALETTA, Nov. 20. - - - Telegraphic communication with Alexandria has been re-opened, the cable having been repaired and working well. The Hawk is on her return here. The transport ship Mendoza, from London, with the Royal Engineers and the medical staff, left Malta for Alexandria on the 16th inst., and the Parana, from Gibraltar, with 254 mules for the Abyssinian expedition, on the 17th inst. Intelligence from Tunis to the 16th states that great distress prevailed there, and that some aix or seven deaths occurred daily from starvation. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 21. _ _ The Royal Mail Company's steamer Douro, Cap tain Bevis, has arrived here with the above mail. In the haze this morning she was at first mistaken for the Cape mail steamer. She brings 35 passen gers and nearly a million dollars in specie. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, Nov. 17. The Nubia arrived at noon to-day. (BY ATLANTIC Tsucciaara.) AMERICA. NEW YORK Nov 19 . Intelligence received here from Mexico announces that Admiral Tegethoff has obtained the body of the late Emperor Maximilian from the Mexican government. Accorduig to intelligence from Havana a hurri cane has passed over San Domingo, causing heavy loss of life and great damage to the shipping. Among the letters of information sent to the government respecting the Abyssinian expedition was ono by Dr. A. Neill, containing many practical suggestions. He advises the troops to beware of old wells, and to look out for a small pink-beaded fly, which is in the h►bit of giving some trouble to strangers. Also there is a kind of honey lying as a temptation on the road, which it is neces sary to leave ungathered. The bees derive it from poisonous plants, and its effects are very injurious. Anong other things to be avoided by the soldiers Dr. Neill mime. rates the hippopotamus, various serpents, and a kind of animal more common on the coast, it appears, than inland, and not unknown beyond the limits of Abyssinia. _ _ A letter from the city of Mexico says :—" The complaints of the outrages of the bandits continue, and the stories told of the freaks of the gentlemen of the road are almost incredible, or would be if told in any other country than Mexico. It is a fact, however, that the bandit business here is reduced to • science. The roads are occupied by armed bands, who either rob the traveller of everything he possesses, or make arrangements' for his safety and that of his goods in consideration of • ' fine.' They have on some of the highways • regular tariff, which they exact from the merchants of the various cities, and in consideration of which they guarantee the freedom of trade. The government makes no pretence of suppressing the freebooters. It has been, and is yet, too busy with more important concerns." M. Pilatte, a pasteur of the French Protestant Church, and M. de Clausonne, both of them contributors to a Nice paper, the Pharr du Littoral, have been sentenced to 800 fr. and 500 fr. fine respectively, on the double charge of "exciting to the hatred and contempt of the govern ment," and of not signing their articles. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (rsox OUR OWN PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVMACI. The interpellations presented by the ultramon tanist senators, Baron Dupin, Baron de St. Vin cent, &c., will certainly be accepted, and the debate upon them is expected to come on next Monday. As the talking members will be wanted in the Senate on that occasion, the Roman ques tion will not be discussed in the Corps Legislatif till later. But it is not doubted that in one form or another it will be brought on. In the Fifth Bureau of the Corps Legislatif, M. Berryer was very near being named president, but on a second ballot the government candidate, M. Larrabure, carried the day by a bare majority. There is, therefore, no break in the general rule that the presidents of the bureaux all represent the majority. The France contradicts the news confidently given last night by the Petrie that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had drawn up a new circular rela tive to the proposed conference ; but it expresses a belief that the French government has "every hope " of coining to an understanding: with the powers without any further diplomatic efforts. This is merely the substitution of one semi-official untruth for another. The speeches of Lord Derby and Lord Stanley confirm what was perfectly well known before by political men throughout Europe, that there will be no conference. Several of the evening papers attach importance to the paragraph in the Queen's speech which " confidently " anticipates the " prompt " with drawal of the French troops from the Roman states. The A seitir National construes this as meaning that the prolongation of the occupa- 1 tion would be a legitimate cause of conflict, and that the responsibility of the serious consequences would fall upon France. The Libert4 notices the importance of the same passage in connexion more particularly with the omission of any reference whatever to the conference. The Opinion Nationale thinks it "astonishingly significant" that the Queen should interfere by such a solemn declaration in • question which concerns only France, Italy, and the Holy See. The Temps also is struck by the " stiffness" with which the Queen is made to ex press the opinion that the French troops should go away from Italy at once. The force of this observation on the part of the French press is increased by the fact that there is no chance of the French abandoning their hold on Rome, unless in the event of a new arrangement being made for a conference, and there is no like lihood of a conference assembling. The Bourse was decidedly heavy. Rente, after having been quoted as high as 68fr. 50c., closed at 68fr. 10c. for cash and 68fr. 32ic. for account, with a fall of bc. and 10c. The rise of 20c. effected by the Emperor's declaration that he meant to remove the uncertainty which weighed upon all Europe is already reduced to 10c. ; Italian fell 30c. ; Credit Fonder, 17fr. 50c. ; Mobilier, 12fr. 30c. ; and Comptoir d'Escompte, llfr. 25c. The tone of the market was considered very bad, and the fall from the highest quotations of the day was pre cipitate. THE LATE GALE. GREAT YARMOUTH, Nov. 20. Matthew Butcher, Esq., reports that the lifeboat Duff, of the National Lifeboat Institution, went out at daylight on the 17th inst. during the gale to the sasietance of the smack Plowman, of Yarmouth, which was riding in the roads in a dangerous position, the owner having re quested that the boat would go off to his vessel. The lifeboat therefore proceeded out in a very heavy sea, and after several attemps ber crew boarded the smack, slipped the cables, and took the vessel and her crew of seven men safely into Lowestoft Harbour, the lifeboat returning to her station in case her services should be again required, the gale being heavy and several vessels riding in a dangerous position. At 10 p.m. the crew were again mustered in consequence of signals from the Light Vessel, but as they were soon disoontinned the lifeboat was not launched. CADOWITH, COFNWALL, Nov. Di. The Western Commercial Traveller lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was taken out to-day under tho following circumstances (reports the Hv. F. C. .fackson). The pilchard boats on Friday last enclosed in their seine n e t s a l arge school of fish—the wind then blowing slightly from the east. During the night the wind freshened, and they were unable to get in the fish, and bad to leave the net and fish off the cove, and ultimately the net split, the fish escaped, and the net drifted oat to sea, the corks on some parts stripping and floating away. In order to save the greater part of the net, which was worth nearly lOW the men who serve as the crew of the lifeboat asked to be allowed to take out that boat and put down • grapnel so as to prevent its drifting away round the Lizard. As no other boat could go out, the permission was granted and the lifeboatwentafioat, and the purpose of the men Ina accomplished. The men gained great con fidence in their boat, for although there was much sea on she did not ship any water, riding over the waves most buoyantly. The election of the vice-chancellor of the Univer sity of Dublin, in place of the late Earl of Rove, is fixed for the 20th December. It is generally believed that Lord Cairns will be chosen for the distinguished position. Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, third son of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, the head of the London firm of Rothschild, has been admitted into that house. A meeting of the Neutrality Laws Commissioners was held yesterday at 2, Victoria-street, Westminster. Present : Lord Houghton, Lord Cairns, the Right Hon. Sir William Erle, Sir George W. W. Bramwell, the Right Hon. Sir R. J. Phillimore, Sir Roundel, Palmer, M.P., Q.C., Sir Travers Twins, Q.C., Mr. W. Vernon Har court, Q.C., Mr. Thomas Baring, 11. P., and Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P. Mr. C. S. A. Abbott, attached to the commission, and Mr. F. P. Onalow, the secretary, were also present. A meeting of the Trades Union Commissioners . was held yesterday. Present : Right Hon. Sir William Erle, chairman; Earl of Lichfield, Lord Elclio, M.P., Sir ; Daniel Gooch, Bart., 11 P., Mr. Herman Merivale, C. 8.. Mr. James Booth, C. 8., Mr. Frederick Harrison, 1 sad Mr. William Mathews. Mr. J. H. Patteson, secrc ; tory to the commission, was also present. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL Socirrr.—At the evening meeting, on Monday, a letter will be read from Dr. Kirk— F res h new s regarding Dr. Livingstone. Mr. A. S. Rick more, ILA. (Camb., U.S.), will read a , paper. " A Journey I through Central Chins from Canton ; sad Mr. J. Collin eon, C.E., a paper "On surveys in NiC l llra Ma. DoeLrori, M.P. AND TkEriTROPOLITAN BOARD or Woesta.—Dir. D oulton made his appearance at the Metropolitan Board of Works yesterday to reply to certain charges which it seems have been made against him. Those charges arise out of evidence given in the Bankruptcy Court by Mr. Fumes, contractor for part of the Thames Embankment. Mr. Furness seems to have stated that Mr. Donne.' got or shared in a large sum of money which Mr. Furness paid for obtaining securities for the due fulfilment of the contract. Yesterday Mr. Doulton gave to this statement an emphatic denial. He said Mr. Furness had complained to him that he had had to pay 20,0001. in one case for sureties, and that thinking th a t t oo much, be (Mr. Doulton) o ff ered to introduce Mr. Furness to two gentlemen who would become sureties for a less sum. He did so. From a letter from one of these gentlemen be read this extract :—" You did not receive anything in the shape of cash or bills for your own use or profit in reference to this matter." Mr. Doulton asked that the question should be referred to a committee, before whom he promised to bring ample evidence of his inno cence. He complained bitterly of the conduct of some members of the board, and especially of Mr. Roche, and made a charge against that gentleman of having promised to vote for Mr. Furness having the contract if he would use the Lundy Company's granite. This charge was made on the strength of a letter from Mr. Furness, in which, *peak ing alms of the charge against Mr. Doulton, he said that he had not stated with any certainty the amounts received, ; and added, " I certainly seemed that you were a partner with the sureties ; first, from the fact of the sureties being introduced by you to me ; and secondly, from the fact of some of the bills bearing your signature or endorsement, and upon my requiring the sureties to renew some of the bills they refused to renew them unless you endorsed them." After hearing Mr. Doulton, a discussion arose as to whether the investigation should be public or private. Mr. Roche indignantly denied the charges made against him, and demanded that the investigation should be public. The board, however, resolved, by 18 votes to 13, that the public should not be admitted to the inquiry. IMPORTANT ARBRSTS AND SEIZURE OP ARKS AT DUBLIN. MAGISTERIAL INVESTIGATION. Yesterday five men, Stephen John Hanrick, William Hopper, John Keogh, John Quinn, and John Kelly, were brought before Yr. Dix, at the Head police. office Dublin, charged with the unlawful peawasion of arms. Inspector Doran. ha4been sworn, deposed asfollows t —Last eyening,aocom aby Detective•olhoers Re p gi n t en and Ronan, and • num of constables of the A division, I went to Mr. O'Borke'spublinlouse, 41, Coombe, to search for arms. Behind the counter at the bar I found • glazed leather travelling-bag locked. I asked for the key from the prisoner Haarick. He mid he had not got it. I bunt open the beg and in it found eight live-chambered re. volvers fully lOaded and capped and two pistols unloachal, 197 rounds of patent ball ' cartridge, 376 on caps, • powder-horn full of powder, and • bulre e t r n c l u ot i la, I asked Hanrick how he came to have the articles there. He said they were banded across the counter to him by a young man between 9 and 10 o'clock the previous night. I asked him did he know who he was? He said he did not know him personally but that he saw him two or three times before. We then arrested the prisoners. Next we went upstain to the room over the shop, occupied by Hamrick and Hopper, and searched it. We found • bullet mould and • =inhere( documents which we have not yet had time to examine. In the pocket of • coat which was either hanging in the room or was thrown carelessly on • chair, and which Hoppersaid belonged to him, we found • portion of • letter, signed "John Walsh," whom I believe to be the man brought up the other day ona charge of shooting at Georgeßeilly, a crown witness, at Blackrock, in October last. In =adjoining room, and in • box which Hopper said belonged to John Walsh, we found • military belt. We sent for Mr. O'ltorke, and asked him if he knew anything about the revolvers. He replied that he had been unwell for some time, amd did not know anything about them. Mr. Dix—Well, so far as the evidence goes, there is nothing to criminate either Quinn or Kelly. There is evidence against the other three. Mr. Cooke, an ironmonger, said that Quinn had been in his employment for two years ,• that he bore an excellent character ; and that he knew him to have business in the neighbourhood of the Coombe yesterday. An officer from the office of Inspector of Weights and Measures said that Kelly was in the employment of the Corporation, and that he likewise had business at the Coombe yes terday. Mr. Doran—We did see him, your worship, engaged with some weights when we went in. Keogh—l want to ask the inspector on his oath will ha swear that I was a porter employed in the house! Mr. Doran—l as ke d him whei I went into the shop was he • porter there, and he said he was. He said afterwards he did not know anything about the bag. Hopper—Are we to get coping of the indictment laid against us! Mr. Dix—There is no indictment against you as yet. I have not even said you will be sent for trial. Mr. O'Rorke-1 wish to say, your worship, that I do not reside in the house, and I know nothing of this. Mr. Dix—There is no imputation whatever upon you, Mr. O'Rorke—Might I ask if the prisoners will he ad. mittc4l to bail' as it would be a great inconvenience to me to have them away from their business. Mr. Dil—That is out of the question. Mr. O'Rorice—l son certain the prisoners are innocent of any intention to violate the law, and that they have no connexion with the Fenian conspiracy. Mr. Doran—lf your worship were to go into their room you would not say so. They have pictures hung up in the room of William O'Mara Allen and other similar charac tors, and these pictures are decorated with flowers and other ornaments. iti;;lcir-lHear, hear! and a first-rate man he is, too. Mr. Dix dischaiged Quinn and Kelly, and remanded the prisoners Haunch, Hopper, and Keogh ; and in the muse of the afternoon they were removed to prison under an escort of cavalry police. - - -- --- RIOTING IN BIRMINGHAM. An open-air meeting was held in Birmingham last night to get up a memorial in favour of a commuta tion of the sentence on the Manchester Fenian. There was an immense crowd, and the spftkers could not be heard on aooount of the disorder. An attempt to overturn the waggon brought the meeting to an abrupt con. elusion. One speaker was followed and knocked down. A large force of police dispersed the crowd. No memorial was carried, but one in favour of • commutation, which received nearly 12100 signatures, including four m ag istrates and several ministers of religion, was forwarded last evening to the borough members, for presentation to the Home Secretary. Last night, after the meeting at the back of the Town Hall, • gang of between 200 and 'NMI young ruffians marched through several of the principal streets of the town, creating great disturbance as they went along ; and proceeding to the Horse Fair, they contaminated an attack with stones, upon the windows of the houses, making an especial mark of the shop of a confectioner. Front the Horse Fair the mob proceeded to the district in which St. Alhan's Church is situated, and there was witnessed a repetition of those disgraceful scenes oldie order which we have previously recorded in connexion with the services ►t this church. With one loud Iyell, and cries of " Down with Father Pollock," they com menced throwing stones at the vestry windows, and at the stained glass window situated immediately above the altar, at the east end of the church. After this they de molished the palisading which surrounded the church. All the vestry windowe were then smashed, and the framework was completely broken in. One of the ring leaders got upon the roof and tore away the wooden cross with which it was decorated at the east end. The work of destruction had lasted about ten minutes, and the mob were returning in the direction of the church door, with the view of entering to complete their work of demolition, when the quick approach of a body of police occasioned their dispersion. The examination of the church showed that considerable damage had been done. The interior of the church was completelyaltered from the order which prevailed, and the doors and altar decor►tions were covered with tho bricks and stones thrown in by the rioters, and everything was in a state of disorder. Over one hundred panes of glass were broken altogether, and none of the wmdows escaped without injury, but by far the greatest injury was the destruction of the beautiful stained glass window. THE RIOTS IN DEVO.VSHIRH. EXETER, WEDIrEsDAT NIGHT. The court of quarter sessions have been engaged all day in bearing the cases of riot. The principal int.!• rest was attached to the cases from Barnstaple, the pri soners being Samuel Martin, Thomaaine Pawnor*, WU liam Blackmore, and William Barrow. Mr. Clarke pro *muted ; Mr. Carter defended. The main evidence was given by Mr. G. Davey, jun., son of the proprietor of Plaistow corn mills, which were attacked by the mob. Ha said that on Friday eight, Nov. 8, his father around him near 12 o'clock. On looking out of the window he maw the mill and the adjoining premises were being attacked by a mob armed with sticks. All the windows were en sashed, some of the stones thrown weighing as much as 28Ibs. They clamoured for bread, cheese, and cider, and said they wanted a cheap loaf ; it was all his father's fault for keeping the markets up. He appeased them by distr.'• bating broad and cheese and cider, having pros iotudy fired over their heads twice from the bed-room window. He told them that they were going the wrong way to get a cheap loaf, and that no ore was more desirous than his father of seeing the working classes prosper. After doing much damage they dispersed. Earl Devon, the chairman of sessions, in sentencing the prisoners—all of whom, except Martin, were found guilty—addreamd them on the aggravated nature of the offence, and sentenced them to various terms of imprisonment from two to four months. The Crediton and Newton Abbot rioters were sentenced to similar punishment. Early in February Sir C. O'Loghleni intends to call attention in the Rouse of Commons to the absence of a permanent royal residence in Ireland, to move an address to her Majesty humbly representing that it would conduce to the advantage of the crown and the good government of Ireland, sad Wad to allay jealousy and discontent in that country if her Majesty had a per• manent residence in Ireland, and that this house, feeling deeply its importance, will cordially cooperate with her Majesty in any steps she may be graciously pleased to take to carry out so desirable an object. Lord Elcho to-morrow will ask the Secretary of State for War whethc r the decision of the com.uittee coca• posed of officers of the regular army and of civilians, which wan appointed to consider and report upon the various arms submitted for trial, in accordance with the terms of the War-ottice advertisement issued in October last, be which " gunmakers and others" were invited to proem. " breech loading rifles which may replace the present ser vice rifles in future manufacture," will be considered final; if not, what are the grounds for not accepting as final the decision of a committee which was invited " to report upon the best breech-loading rifle for use in the army:" and to what further inquiry will these arms be submitted, by whom will it be conducted, and within what period of time may it be expected that a final decision will be coma to as to the future service rifle. Just as the Perm was about to start yesterday with the Australian mail the crew were noticed landing several enormous packages, which looked like enclosed sentry boxes. They turned out to be filled with small cages of birds. It appears that a foreigner had booked himself for Alexandria by the Pen with some hundreds of choice canaries. He had not sufficient capital to pay his fare out and he thought that he would be allowed a passage to the laud of Esappt and pay for it after he had disposed of his birds. As prepayment was necessary, the passenger and his warblers had to re-land.