The Express. — London, England, 1868-10-13 00:00:00

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In that case they would at least have been able to plead that such tran sparent fallacies were not worth refuting. Inability to speak to any purpose is always best veiled under an as.umption of silent contempt. Instead of this they chose to put out sundry letter* and placards, in which they succeeded, as they meant people to think, in disproving Mr. Guntrross's state leents. Their manner of doing this was as ill judged as their determination to do it. If they bad kept to generalities they might even yet have escaped serious harm. So long as they contented themselves with saying that they had spent no more than was necessary, whereas the Liberals had spent less than was necessary, it would have been difficult to make their misstatement obvious to the unfinancial public. But in an evil hour for their own credit they have, committed themselves to detailed assertions which are capable of being reduced to figures, and the re sult of their rashness is to be seen in Mr. GLAD STONE'S speech at Warrington last night. Pro bably the class of politicians who secrete menda cious placards are long past any sense of discom fort at seeing them held up to the light. But it would have been well to remember that the i eople who read their productions are not as proof against conviction as the authors of them are against shame. Let us put the Conservative statements in juxta position with Mr. GLADSTONE'S rejoinders and see how they bear the contact. See, says the minis terial panegyrist, how lightly the Conservatives tax the people : in 1859, when Lord DERBY was in office, the income-tax was only sd. in the pound. But the economy seems less remarkable after Mr. GLADSTONE has explained that, owing to the man ner in which the tax is levied, the Conservative Government received during the first half of that year an income-tax of 7d. in the pound; and, where economy is concerned, what a man really gets is of more consequence than what he says he gets. Then to balance this low in come-tax in 1859, we have a long list of figures tending to show that the Liberals never brought it down to that level. A writer may say that so long as he gives them accurately, he has a right to choose his figures for himself, and on this theory the Con servative advocate was perhaps justified in making 1864-1868 the last year in his table. But at any rate there was an obvious reason why he should stop there, since in the very next year-1888-1866—the Liberal Government re duced the tax to 4d., and this simple fact makes the whole previous array of figures worthless. It is quite true that, if you take certain years, the in come tax levied by the Conservative Government has been lower than that levied by the Liberal Government. Only, to make it true, it is necessary to leave out the year in which the income tax levied by the Liberal Government was lower than that levied by the Conservative Govern ment. The next point is the comparative magnitude of the estimates for the years 1858-9, 1859-GO, 18W-1. In the first of these years, it is said, the country WWI blessed with a Conservative administration, and everything was done cheaply. The following year the folly and ingratitude of the public had turned their benefactors out of office, and the wanton waste of a Liberal Cabinet made increased expenditure inevitable. The third year things had gone from bad to worse, and the esti mates were higher still. So far our Conservative instructor ; now listen to Mr. GLADSTONE'S version of the alone facts. It is true the estimates were low in 1858-9, but the reason is that, though proposed by the Con servative Government, they had been prepared by their Liberal predecessors. The Opposition leaders do not carry the particulars of national expenditure in their heads. They are bound, if they come into office in the spring, by tho calm lations made by the outgoing Cabinet. All that Mr. DISRAELI and his colleagues had to do with the estimates of 1838-9 was to oxoood them in practice by more than 400.0001. In June, 1860. the Liberals returned to office and imme diately found a 'ler necessity laid upon them. The Conservatives had prepared the estimates indeed, as the financial year begins on the Ist of April a great deal of the money had been actually voted and spent. Consequently the Liberals had simply to take the estimates as they found them, and they found them higher than their own of the year previous by nearly 3,000,0001. Be that as it may - a Conservative objector may perhaps say—you cannot get out of the fact that the estimates in 1860-1 were higher still. I have no wish to get out of it, Mr. aktrorroxs answers ; I am, on the contrary, anxious to lot every one know how costly the nation found that Chinese war into which a Conservative Government had dragged it, and which the Liberal Government bad no choice left them but to pay for. Thus tho estimated of 1838-9 were low—the Liberals had prepared them ; the estimates of 1839-60 were high—the Conservatives had prepared them ; tho estimates of 1860-61 were higher still—the Conservatives, though they had not prepared thom, had committed the country to an outlay which the Liberals had to provide for. This is not the only charge which Mr. GLAD STONE brings against the financial policy of the Conservative party. " There are three ways," he says, " in which opinions are promoted and •' forced forward in the House of Commons," and " in every one of these ways the Conservatives " have promoted extravagance." Mr. GLADSTONE challenges the Government to reckon up all the questions which have been put, all the motions that have been made, all the divisions that have been taken, from 1839 to 186,5, with a view of in creasing the public expenditure, and then to say " by whom those questions were put, by whom " those motions were made, and who voted in " those divisions." In support of this challenge he brings forward two particular instances. la 1839 it was proposed to provide for certain fortifications by moans of a loan. The Go vernment resisted the motion, and it was re jected, but the minority who voted for it con tained six members of the present Govern ment and two members of the present Cabinet. Again, in the following year, it was proposed to lay out several millions in the formation of har bours of refuge. Lord PALmeastox refused to entertain such a scheme, and a motion was made to compel him to do so. In the majority which carried that motion there voted nine members of the present Government, and three members of the present Cabinet, and it was only by Lord PAL MERSTON'S refusal to act upon the resolution of the House of Commons that the country was spared a large addition to the public outlay. Perhaps some of our readers may wonder why lavish expenditure should be so marked a characteristic of Conservative policy. No doubt the fact is partly the result of their parlia mentary position. A party which is always in a minority is constantly exposed to the temptation of catching stray votes. There is " a great " deal of trouble and unpopularity to be " escaped, and a great deal of political " influence to be obtained in local towns by " making things pleasant all round." This is Mr. GLADSTONE'S experience, and we may be quite sure that Mr. DisitArai has nut failed to make the same discovery. Is it to be supposed that if these fortifications had been built, and these harbours of refuge constructed, tho Conser vatives would not have alleged their sup port of such schemes as a reason why the towns which ben( fited by them should support Conserva tive candidates at the next election Gratitude is so holy a sentiment that we are sure they would never have neglected so goo I an opportueiV of promoting it in electoral bosoms. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 18611. MR. ROEBUCK AND REFORM. To get right men is usually the surest way to get right measures. Mr. lioxeccx is not of this opinion. Indeed he seems to prefer getting the right measure out of the wrong man. The Re form Act is all the sweeter to him that it has come from Mr. DISRAELI. A good deal might be said on the moralit' of this choice. A purchaser who, in the hope of making a better bargain, chooses to deal with a ehopman who bamboozles his master, would hardly pass for a man of scrupulous honesty. Yet this is exactly the course which Mr. ROEBUCK, and some others who profess and call themselves Liberals, took in 1867. They thought they might screw a little more out of Mr. DISRAELI by helping him to deceive—we beg pardon, to educate —the Conser vatives than they would have got out of Mr. GLADSTONE, if they had restored him to office and given him the means of carrying a straightfor ward measure. In what this conduct differs from that of the purchaser mentioned above we fail to see. If the electors of Sheffield return Mr. Roe bum it must be presumed they have sharper eyes. MR. MARK LEMON AS FALSTAFF. LAST evening Mr. MARK LEMON gave his first public representation of Falstaff at the Gallery of Illustration. It was a great success, and the hearty appreciation evinced by his audience for Mr. LEMON'S finest points showed—and this must have gladdened the heart of the artist—that the praise awarded was discriminative. To our thinking there is no actor of the present day who at all comes up to Mr. LEMON in the delineation of this wonderful character. The defects of his repre sentation are not perhaps such as a professional actor would be likely to exhibit, and his fine his trionic faculty is also wholly uninjured by the conventionalities of the stage. Mr. LEMON'S rich and flexible voice, the humourous twinkle of the eye, the jollity and abandon of his appearance, fit Sir John admirably. And the deep-seated vein of melancholy to be found in Falstaff as in all the humorous characters of SHAISPEARE is also visible in Mr. LEMON'S impersonation of the Knight. Sir John was of course the main attraction of the entertain ment. Mr. LEMON was assisted by Mr. HERBERT CRELLIN, Mr. NEVILLE, Mr. BRANSCOMB, Mr. HENRY, Mr. ROBINS, and Miss BOSE GARLAND, who many years hence may act Mrs. Quickly well. At present she is too young for the part. For the rest the acting was mediocre, not bud enough to be worthy of blame, not good enough to be praised. This, however, was of compara tively little consequence. Everybody present wont to flee Sir John Falstaff, and Sir John was de lightful. An evening amusement like this which shall be not an entertainment merely, but at the same time a highly intellectual treat, is a boon for which to be grateful. THE junta at Seville, we learn, are about to give practical evidence of their sincerity in the important matter of freedom of worship by for mally laying the first stone of a Protestant church The Madrid journal Las Nomdades stated that the German Jews aro about to address a potition to the Spanish government asking for permission to return to their own country, and this journal adds, " We have not the least doubt that this do " mend will bo acceded to without any restriction. " Let the Jows worship in all liberty the GOD of " ABRAHAM and JACOB, who, after all, is the GOD " whom we adore." OUR CONTEMPORARIE S . (THIS DAY.) ON TEI INDIAN 11110WITIOL The Timm bat reason to believe that the opera tions undertaken by the Indian government against the offending tribes on the north-western frontier are by no mean. so important as the Anglo-Indian public has been pleased to suppose. But it is not a war of any extraor dinary magnitude, nor have the preparations for it bean on an uncommon scale. The description of the army in the field as comprising 20,000 men is enormously ex aggerated. Our contemporary has the best authority for dating that barely • third of that force will be employed in the contemplated operations. The troops engaged beyond the border will number only 6,600 men of all arms, with ten guns. On our own side of the frontier there will remain 1,600 more, but that force is little in excess of the ordinary garrison of the country. As far, therefore, as the scale of armaments is concerned, there is no reason for attributing more than usual scope or purpose to this frontier war. It is now, however, clear that the Indian Government entertains no immediate design of tongued or annexation on an im portant stale, and the probability is that all them irre pressible questions will be once more adjourned forothe solution of time itself. With respect to ulterior questions that may arise, although we have yet to learn that Russia actually conceives designs against British India, the presumption is reasonable enough to put England on her guard. NAVY 821 The desire of the conservative government to establish • reputation for economy is, the Laity News thinks, • satis factory symptom. Possibly, however, the discovery may soon be made that the surest way of acquiring a charac ter for frugal and efficient administration is to deserve it, and the best means of obtaining credit for retrenchment is to retrench. But while the members of the present government preach economy, they have practised extravagance. They have wasted the public money, but wish for the credit of having care fully husbanded it. The facts are that half • million of money in excess of the expenditure of their prede cessors has been wasted by the present government on un armed ships; that the policy of reducing the foreign squadrons, which they have borrowed from the opposi tion. bas been earned out only to about one-third of the extent proposed by its authors ; and that their increase of expenditure upon iron-plated ships to which it is admit ted that naval reconstruction should be chiefly addressed, falls far within the prevision made by the liberal govern. mint fir that cumatial purpose. ITALIAN TBOORIfe. no Tod draws attmitiou to tee (Sidi which aro being made by Italy to realise in practice the theiry of tell'. help, by the development of its induArial meow cas and by the extension of education. This not, our cont.mporaty argues, the effect of momentary excitement, but the moirementis every day acquiring greater strength. cArrAng womuarr's 017 S Pr!. The Times describes Captain Moncre&f a gun pit as the moot important artillery invention of modern times. Its object is to render the heaviest ordnance absolutely in visible and unapproachable except at the actual instant of tiring, and even then nothing is to be seen but the gun itself, the men who work it and the whole machinery re maining completely protected. The invention dis penses with embrasures, which weaken defences, the gun and gunners being placed below ground. The gun rolls up above the mouth of a pit to deliver its charge, and then sinks again. The only material defect alleged against the new system is that it affords no protec tion against vertical firing; but, admitting this danger (which, by-the-bye, is equally a weak point in the old plan), Captain Moncreiff will Will have effected an enor mous advance na the present system. Atter enumerating various advantages of the invention, the Times says there is no doubt that it must be adopted ; and the sooner and the more completely this is done the better. In the opinion of the Etas the invention is one which, while it proves Captain Moncreifa skill as a mechanician, seems destined to have as much effect upon the mode of fighting artillery as breech-loading has had upon the evolutions and requirements of infantry. Above all, it seems to put a period to the foolish outlay of money upon fortifications. The Daily News intimates that • protocol has boon signed on behalf of the English and American govern ments, containing the basis of • final settlement of till question of naturalisation. The agreement come to be tween the respictive ministers of state has yet t 3 b 3 muuicated to, and adopted by. the two legislatures and governments, but our contemporary believes it will be found to allay the suseeptibihties of Americans without in uny way betraying the privileges of Englishmen. Eh, Court. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edin burgh, accompanied by Prince John of Olucksburg and attended by Lieut.-Colonel Koppel and Mr. Haig, wont shooting in Walther-park yesterday. The Princess of Widced;ove out, attended by the Hon. Mn. Coke. The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke uflinburgh, and Prince John of Glucksburg went to the Princess's Theatre in the evening. Despatches were received yestonlay at the Colonial office from the Governor-Genensl of Canada. Despatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada. The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince John of Olucksburg, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Coke, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Kop pel, and Mr. Haig, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. Tho Duke of Leinster has left town on a visit to Mr. end Lady Jane Kepton at their seat in Bedford shire. The Earl and Countesa of Warwick have left their residence in the Stable-yard, St. James's, for War wick Castle. Viscount Bridport has left Paris for Italy. Mr. and Lady Edith Hastings and family have arrived at Willesley Hall, Ashby-de-la-'touch, from Lou don Castle, Ayrshire, where they have been spending the autumn. Her ladyship has purchased the reversion to the Marquis of Hastings's extensive estates in Leicester shire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire, including Donnington Park. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have arrived at the Rotel Bristol, Paris, from Germany. A letter from Biarritz, dated the 9th, says : " Yesterday morning I saw the Emperor and Empress walk down to the bathing establishment. The Emperor here left his Imperial Consort, who remained seated on the sands watching the bathers. The Emperor was dressed in a blue frock coat, and wore • round drab felt deer stalking hat. He walked with a stout stick, on which ho was wont to lean. His Majesty looked fists, and signs are beginning to appear that he has arrived at the grand climacteric. The Empress wore a deep mauve woollen dress, quietly trimmed, and a dark hat entwined with • green creeper, the end of which hung sieglige down the back. In walking she bad in her left hand • white parasol lined with green, and in the right she carried a walking-stick, which she kopt nr constant use. Doubtless, the high heels of the boots, which the hulks here wear—about two inches in length, have necessitated the use of a walking-stick; but, bo this as it may, the fact of the Empress carrying a walking. stick has made its use fashionable. The young Prince Imperial is to be seen every afternoon in the grounds of the ' Villa Eugenie,' the imperial residence, playing at prisoners' base' with a group of boys of his own age, eons of the visitors here. The young Prince is • gentle manly boy, and WOW to understand how to command his little companions. In his face lam unable to trace any rsasmbi•nee to either of his partato." FOREIGN NEWS. (THIS DAY.) (mow* Juarrzies aosirov.) THE REVOLUTION IN SPAIN. MADRID, Oar. 12. The government is confident that General Ler sundi, Captain-General of Cuba, will acknow lodge the provisional government now established in Spain, as soon as the mail steamer, which left Cadiz on the 2nd inst., shall arrive at Savannah. The whole country bas now given in its adhe sion to the ministry and central junta. MADRID, Oar. 13. General Pießain him been nominated Captain- General of Arragon, and Senor Milani; del Booth has been appointed Military-Governor of Madrid. The corps of Halberdiers and the War-Offlos council have been dissolved. Tranquillity prevails throughout the country. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oar. 12, 12vainro. The Prussian Diet will probably be opened on the 4th proximo. THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA. DRESDEN, Our. 12, ETININO. Tho Crown Princo and Prinooss of Prussia having concluded their visit to tho Saxon Court, left at half past 8 this oven'ng for Darmstadt. THE MANHATTAN. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 13. The Ouion Company's steamer Manhattan, from New York, which was reported as aground at the entrance of the Mersey, is now in dock at Liver pool, having suffered no damage. AUSTRIA. In view of the serious position in which reac tionary intrigues have placed Austria, it is pro posed to hasten the meeting of the Austrian Reicharath. The Emperor, it is said, wishes not to deviate in any degree from the constitutional paths which the cabinet of M. Beust is compelled to defend, and will not adopt any decisive mea sure without having consulted the representatives of the nation. THE PONTIFICAL NAVY. The Pope's navy consists of 13 vessels of various dimensions, carrying 280 men, and commanded by Captain Alessandro Cialdi. The largest vessel is the Papal yacht, Immacolata Concezione, a screw steamer, improperly termed a corvette, built in Engle nd, and carrying engines of 150 horse law or, and eight guns. The interior is fitted up for temporary occupation by the Pope, in case it ehould ever be &gr....cable or necessary for his Holi ness to undertuke a sea voyage, which is very un likely, beyond an afternoon's cruise off Civita Vecchia or Porto d'Anzo. Then we have the steamers San Pietro, 40 horse-power, 2 guns ; San Giuseppe and Blasco, each 30 horse-power, and 2 mortars, the two steam-launches just arrived, and seven sailing guardacostas. OUR PARIS LETTER. (MOW OUR OWN_ I'ARIS, MoNDAT EvastNo. A pamphlet has just been publishol on Official Candidatures," by M. Dupont White. After exa mining the situation of the French empire under the various aspects in which it presents itself to the mind of the author, he comes to the conclusion that the true interest of tho government consists in abstaining from all intervention in the general elections which will take place before long, in order that it may be known what arc th 3 wishes of Franco, and that the government may conform to those desires freely expressed. This advice has been many times repeated by men of greater weight in the estima tion of high personages than M. Dupont White; but, whatever exception may be taken to many parts of his brochure, ho winds up well, and therein is sure of the support of the liberal press. Freedom of election in France, however, is and will probably long remain a dream. It makes a good theme for an essay, and at present can come to nothing mor.•. The free expression of public opinion through the medium of universal suffrage is locked upon as so utterly impracticable, so pal pable a thaw, and so intolerable a delusion, that in some parts of France electors are known to have agreed amongst themselves not to vote at all, and I learn this morning that at a meeting at Marseilles, held at the offices of the newspaper Le Ikuple, it was considered whether that journal should not agitate the ques tion of abstaining from the use of the suffrage or of voting blank. The Paris liberal press is in p neral opposed to this renunciation of the elec toral right, and particularly disapproves of the project of depositing blank paper in the ballot-box, since, in the first place, public opinion is not sufficiently ripe for such an expression of feeling, and, secondly, owing to the want of unanimity, the blanks would of necessity be comparatively few, but by which numbers the strength of the democracy would infallibly be estimated with de rision in official quarters. News reaches Paris from Vienna of an import ant, if not a serious nature. The Official Gazette publishes an ordonnanco, countersigned by all the members of the cabinet, setting forth that excep tional measures are about to be applied to the city of Prague and its vicinity. It seems the go vernment has felt itself obliged, in consequence of the agitation in Bohemia, to have recourse to pro ceedings of a severe character. We are as yet without any trustworthy information as to the state of things which has called forth, and is said to justify, the recourse to extremely harsh measures. What the full scope and ten- dency of those measures are we are yet unin formed, but according to a despatch in the North East Correspondence, it is intended to suspend in Bohemia some of the fundamental laws ; and the ordonnance to this effect was to appear in the official journal. The Lieutenant-Governor of Bohemia, M. de Kellersperg, is removed from his functions, with a pension as a recompense for his services, being replaced by Field-Marshal Lieu tenant Koller. The journal adds that the communal police of Prague are suspended from their duties. There is enough in all this to indicate an amount of restlessness on the part of the populations, and uneasiness in the mind of the government, to show that Austria, like so many other countries, has just now an ac cumulation of troubles on her hands. We learn here, too, that repressive measures, though of less gravity, have been also carried out in the Tyrol. The Diet of Innapruck, having rejected the propo sitions of the government concerning the ap plication of the law affecting schools, the Governor of the Tyrol, in consequence of that vote, closed the Diet iu the name of the Emperor, adding that the government reserved to itself the employment of the necessary means to-insure in that province, as everywhere else, the execution of the fundamental laws of the empire. You aro - • • aware that the . Tjrspl In one of the Austrian pro visoes where eierimisl influence is particularly Among, antt tbe Tsar touching the schools is just one of those which have been most vigorously combatted by the clergy. The Bourse exhibited a good deal of activity to-day, and all the principal securities rose con siderably. This unusual firmness of the market is attributed to the report of a general disarmament, the duration of which the Emperor was said to be ready to assure by moans of an international con gress. The Bente, very much in demand, olosed at 891 r. 73c.; Italian, 32fr. Mc.; Mobilier, 278 fr. 73c. ; Spanish, 272 fr. 60c. FATAL DUEL IN BADEN. We find the following amount of a fatal duel in the lamed de Moans* few days ago, a duel with pistols took place about 8 o'clock in the morning between • Russian count and a Frenchman. The adversaries chose a secluded part of the cemetery of Lcerrach, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, for the place of combat. They were accompanied by two seconds. After having examined the ground and the weaposti, the wads placed the combatants twenty-five paces apart, and gave the algal. The firing had scarcely been heard when the Baran rolled en the ground: be bad received a ball in the lower part of his stomach. The seconds, assisted by the driver el one of the vehicles, carried the wounded man to the hackney coach in which he had come there, summoned a medical man from the locality, and then went off at full speed to avoid being arrested by the police of the (land Duchy, who had just been put on the alert. The combatants set out about 6 o'clock in the morning from the Hotel des Trois Bois, at Bile. It is not known at present how the duel originated, or what was the name of the Frenchman who took part in it. The wounded man, who was scarcely 25 years old, w►s remarkably handsome. Be was conveyed at his own re quest to the hospital of Bile, where he died from his wound. A silk umbrella and an hotel bill were left on the ground, and have been deposited at the office of the bailiff of Lcerrach. 4 BINGULAB REASON FOR SHOOTING A MAN At the Bombay Central Criminal Sessions on the 12th ult., before the Hon. Mr. Just.ice Westropp, Henry Wright, an inspector on the southern extension of the G. I. P. Railway at Yedgherry, was charged with having, on the let of June last, at Yedgherry, in the do minions of his Highness the Nixam, murdered Henry Gott. The prisoner, who was au inspector on the 19th Contract G. I. P. Railway, and the deceased Henry Gott, a sub-contractor, had lived together since December, 1866, in a bungalow at Yedgherry, a place .50 or 60 miles beyond Poolgeum, where the railway enters the territory of the Nizam. A writer named Lazarus Jacob, a native Chris tian, who lived in a hut about 300 yards from the bunga low, stated that about 7 o'clock on the evening of bit Juno he heard two gun-shot reports, one at an interval of three or four minutes after the other. A little after the second shot was fired ho was called to the bungalow by Wright, who, pointing to Gott's body lying ut a pool of blood, paid to him, " Look here, I have killed him," and requested him to write a note to Mr. Bray, the contrac tor's agent, informing him of what had happened. The pri soner was shortly afterwards arrested, and ho assigned as his relation for shooting Gott, that the latter had not done the work as he had ordered him, that ho had been constantly speaking to Gott about getting the work done, and that Mr. Patterson had spoken to Gott on the same subject. It appeared, however, that both the men had been drinking. The jury returned a verdict finding the prkoner guilty of culpable homicide not amounting t minter, with a strong recommendation. His lordship reierveil sentetct. The Aftlmorial a u Pyrelmies publishes the follow- , ing note :—" A great number of Spaniards and of resi dents in l'au are soliciting audiences of their Majesties in order to present to our royal guests the homage of their respect and sympathy. As these requests are very numer ous, M. Marfori, to whom applications are to be addressed, will take the Queen's orders, and intimate to the persons desirous of being admitted to her Majesty's presence the day on which they will be received." The same journal states that the royal family of Spain makes daily excur sions in the environs of Pau, everything being conducted in the simplest manner. During the first twenty-five years of the reign of Isabella 11., from 1833 to 18:* Spain had no less than 28 sessions of Parliament, Is general elections, 47 Presi dents of the Council, and 522 Ministers, amongst whom were 78 for the Interior, which gives an average official existence of less than four months for each. The Corriere di Sardegna gives some account of Garibaldi. He is always calm, kind, and affectionate. He said recently to a visitor. "I do not suffer so much, but I feel I am growing old. lam a weather-beaten hull. which has made many voyages ; a plank is at one time wanting, at another a nail—always something; but an earnest will supplies all deticiemee• ; and when the country may need of the last timber of the old barque I shall wil lingly make the sacrifice." _ _ _ It has been doubted whether the company of the Intendente Marfori might not prove an obstacle to the residence of Queen Isabella 11. at Rome, but, if so, writes the correspondent of the Post, times are changed, for her grandmother, wife of Charles IV.. who resided at Rome more than 10 years, and died there, was in the constant enjoyment of the society of her prime favourite, the Prince della Paco. The advice. from Natal by the present mail do not bring any new material facts regarding the gold dis coveries, as no steps had yet been taken for testing the general character of the quartz reefs that seem to abound in various directions. According to the latest intelligence the pioneering party were returning, having been inter fered with by the Kaffir. at the instigation of the authori ties in the Transvaal Bomblie. They were also said to lack discipline and practical knowlodgo, but they were bringing with them '• gold dust and a waggon load of rich quartz." Meanwhile, some minute specimens had been found on the river Amablongwa, which is only 3l miles from IY Urban, and the general character of those disco veries was attracting increased attention. QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 13.—Tho Cunard (extra) steamer Malta, from Now York, arrived here at 6 a.m. to-day, with 87 passengers, 'l2 of whom she landed with her &vetches, and proceeded for Liverpool at 6.13. All well. Mr. Grant Duff, M.P., in his capacity as Rector of Aberdeen University, presided on Friday at a meeting of the University Court. lie brought forward a motion, the object of which was to redistribute the marks for pro liciency given in the bursary examination. His desire, as he a:Owned in a speech, was that proficency in the classics should not be rewarded with such an r overwhelm ing preponderance of marks as at present, but that new studies should be encouraged. The motion which he pro posed was unanimously carried. Dr. Ilifit u t arto s been appointed Principal of the Wesleyan College, at Westminster. Tex LAT& TAL VISIT TO GIABOOII/.—Tho two trowels with which their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales laid the foundation-stone of the new buildings of the University of Glasgow were manufactured by Mr. J. W. Demon, under the direction of the architect, Mr. 0. 0. Scott. They are both beautiful specimens of silver and goldismith's work. That for the Prince has a carved ivory handle, enriched with heavy gold cords, at the top of which is placed the coronet of his royal highness in gold and enamel, and the with precious stones. In the centre of the handle ts the Garter in enamel, also the monogram of the Prince—A.E. On the ferrule it placed the Prince of Wales' plume, coronet, and motto, " Ich lien." Supporting this are the arms of the university, with the national emblem. the thistle, and the motto, "Resurgat in gloria," exeentod in variega ted gold and enamel. The blade is of silver. parcel gilt. On the front is the inscription, Prosentisi to his 'loyal Highness Albert Edward, l'rince of Wales. K.G., on the occasion of hie laying the foundatiou-stone of the new buildings of the University of tilasg ow. Oc tober 8, 1868." The reverse beirs an elaborate I , llgraVtla interior view of the grand hall of the university. The handle of the trowel for the Princess is of fine ivory, enriched with gold; on the top is the coronet of her royal highness, beneath which is a border medallion of turquoise, with the monogram A, in pink coral on white enamelled ground, thus forming the Danish colours. The ferrule is enriched with the plume, coronet, and motto of her royal highness, and the arms of the university, with motto, thistle, itc., all of which are enamelled in natural colours. The blade is demented with ornaments of the period of queen Anne, and the reverse bears • finely engraved view of the ealtelsr of the university. The mallet, square, plummet, Ae., are beautiful pieces of work, and are ornamented with the plume, eoronet, and monogram of their royal Whams., and also bear an isieoriptiou. MR. ULADEITONE AT WARRINgTo.v. WARRINGTON, Nov DAY Newt. e iAn pub ea' li: b h ir a e ll laistrete."Thel 41,7dtinn7 This evening the Right Hon. W. E. 0134,d0n and Mr. H. R. Grenfell, the liberal candid de, th o South-Wedt hei r xuppodirtvisienioninothf which is calculated to hold 1,400 persons, was crop qed every part. Mr. 8. Riney presided, and hrief7 mire. duced Mr. Gladstone to the meeting. Mr. OLanerone, who was received with much cheeris, commenced with an allusion to the assidan, whe.l, g cheap Teem now affords to public discussion, and to ~:, opposition which the establishment of that prom ou.;t4 amongst the conservatives and the hereditary brsti the legislature. He then touched upon the rating of the Reform Bill, expressing his earnest desire to tit, the Brit opportunity of effacing them from the stain, book. Reminding his hearers of his statement g weeks ago that 3,000,0001. had been added to u„ permanent expenditure of the country dorm; th,, two years that the present government had bo,a ofßce, he proceeded to enlarge on the ne of the constant vigilance of public opinion in order check the demands of the knots and groups, he miibt sit daises, who have an unsleeping interest in taxiing them. ,elves on the produce of the public industry. Alresmiy, be would venture to my, so useful was discussion, would be no increase of the estimates n,,st 7 ear. Throughout the government of Lord l'Glnpriv,s a large portion of the opposition never desste.l in its efforts to compel the government to . 1 , • „ 1 more money; whereas during the period of I, I Derby's administration the opposition did what it eo.;:: t, check and control the expenditure. Mr. filakston, : some time in illustrating this statement by ii.ec quotations from parliamentary proceedingi. r,. gard to the Abyssinian expenditure, lie w • , that we should have another bill to pay, this were true, the present government had in , ..• most serious responsibility. Before they had been ono month they commenced their career by Le .•.• requests which their predecessors had refii.e reversing decisions to which the latter hat ~ ,„ in the interest of the public purse. Appro,, the subject of the Irish Church, the right gentleman pictured that institution as him; buttressed up by the Maynooth and Itegium , , grants; the latest device being the propoiel L Catholic University. The question now in view wt, . - were the three kingdoms of her hlajeaty's to be • , Kingdom or not % The right hon. gentleman pr., You have been united with Ireland u far as unite you, and so far as force and the strong lieu tart' power could unite you—you have been you call it united, for 7UU years ; the union that 1. . sifted between you has at no period been a v... strength or security to this country, but has at been a source of wonder and of scandal to th, • world. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, you are to whom it is to be referred in the last long these matters are to be carried on. Ito you g.•• do you not intend that our relations with . continue much u they have been c I ask you. th, of England, be you conservatives, be you radicals, or what you like, do you think it is lion to you aa a civilised people, or as a Christian • • . your relations towards Ireland shall continue in t,.. It is the strong hand of civil authority and of Arm- and not the love or respect for the laws or : British connection, that preserves tho Ireland. (Cheers.) This is the question y to answer, and this is the question f..r to which you will be responsible. We 1/.0: : raised it and laid it before you. You might times have laid it in a great degree upon the • • classes of the country. You might have laid it :. Houses of Parliament, but you use do so no 1,4 are about to create that house of parliament. t: . • ment of which will be all powerful with respect • • tlerneut of this great question. The next few sr. • determine whether for years to come the prescu . things is, or is not, to continue. What is the poh.•l. to ours I should like to know Hut, I .... to know 11 thee: is a man Put or this r could answer that question. We have 3 : to look fur the answer in the : . of the Prime Minister. If we have had for . months past one topic more than another reiterat. • yond endurance, it is that my conduct the conduct of others has been mischievous b•:y iiivuure, because in our rabid desire for office—(l3u,;:.:•. —we rus:::>ri at the Irish church without waiting tu7 report of the cdiffliffseices. Who did you not wait f r • The report of the commission. We have been asked •• : the report of the ten wise men who were to settle all th— • diffictuties." Well, gentlemen. I wee content to say th e in my opinion the report of the commission could no'. possibly have anything to do with the matter. (Cheers.) The report of the commission was a report to consider how the Irish establishment should be managed supposing it were to continue an establishment; but sal wishedit should not continue an establishment I very naturally wishednit t give commissioners the trouble of making any report all. (Cheers and laughter.) It is perfectly obvious ILA: so far the report of the commission could have n value. But how does the matter stand on t*:. • other side That is a very different affair. They wait for it, and the report has been published. Yet we. is is the result i• The Prime Minister publishes his ad-lr-4. which contains an outline of the policy= which the thr.! , kingdoms are to be governed and there is not a sl:..t. • reference in his address to that report ; he did not ,v • : acknowledge the portentous labours by wh.eh :.. • commissioners have contrived to produce a huge raw figures in a great blue book. (Laughter.) As a matte: of policy that argument of waiting for the n.p•A: A C.l commission, in order that the government to form some idea of what was required on the I of the Irish church, is now utterly exploded. I have said, and I am bold and free : • :.••• _ peat, that I am not a reformer of tl:,‘ church, but an anti-reformer. t.7lsecrs.) • no use in reforming the Irish church ; in th.. church you have a body which, u regards the clursca.: its bishops, its clergy, and its laity, deserves, mil f..is cordial respect. 1 do not want to extinguish a singlo 1: bishop, but I object to their living upon people, and I am perfectly continued th s• an ecclesiastical body, as a holy chtirel-- religious communion, and das a spiritual body. wha; y • , have once, by your votes, put them through the pr •- of disestablishment they will be happier, better. more useful, cud live nobler than they ever a:ki 1. tChcers.) As to the charge of being • proumte: the interests of the Roman catholic church. 1 d • wish to use an argument that may be odious, bet 1 r i - and repudiate that charge, and 1 repeat that th . make it are not prepared to substantiate it. 1 tutu :.y deny that our proposal was made in the nearest. o: Roman catholic church, for whilst I admit th.d : . • Roman catholias refuse to take whet we otter. it e r,:ve- : • the Roman catholic people of Ireland civil lit-:. •,- What is the gift of civil justice? It is made rather e the interests of Christianity and to :Tres : • dominion of the protestant church. if you say flu: •• not so you admit that the Roman church is the may . • church: and I must say that it does the Romal. :se!, • church tome credit when 1 consider their le:tames determination to rely on their ancient and unbroken tri ditions—on their zeal and perseveren.e of their subJr,i...- natee. That is to say, theirachesee is not to have Si establishment. They say, we ten dulled our own church, and they tell the protestant est:oh:Julien:. that it must come down from its vantage ground. an ! meet the challenge of their rivals. The day that they declare it will; be the runt and destruction of protestant churches; and these geutletuaa are the friends of prows tantieu. Well. I suppose that if there be any friends of protestantism that are worth its having they are those who are inspired by some belief in its truth. and it there be any men that have any belief in its truth. I thick their desire will be that the church of Rome and the church of England and the church 4 the prerbytenaus, and every other church under the circumstances tu which Ireland placed, r should meet ou a fair and le vel field, ant from the odious recollections and the (wil ful associations that must attend every system where the one party has necessarily hanging about him the sense and the spirit of ascendancy. and where the other terries f ait all thenexctius wounded feelings, resulting oppon that bitted for ages look °redeem, the question is a great issue for you to consider and to deeete. I thick that we have done our duty in the endeavour to lay it befo you. Its gravity is not to be disguised. It re is arid that we forsooth have made it a party ques tion. Well, gentlemen, at all events, you know this, that when we charged ourselves with the question of reform, and when we found that we must abandon either the question of reform or our others, we deter mined to abandon our offices. ‘Lou,l cheers.) After that we are not to be driven back by these idle imputations. We have made our appeal fairly, openly, in the face of day to the people in Englaud to abolish the church of Ireland as en egeldisle meet. with every consideration that equity can give to the arrangement of the measures necessary tor the execution of our designs to abolish along with it every other ge.mt that involver the state in the responsibility of COUlleil 1011 with any particular religion. and to establish no other church, and no other form of religious teaching iu its plscc. after we shall have done all that equity and itidulgenee rtut require in winding up this great scheme of policy. That. I say, is the design which we have =ULU before the country, and which the country does understand. (Loud cheers.) There is no other scheme. go" amen, before you there is nothing but a crowd and a multitude of !flirty, foggy vapour' : declarations which, as far es they have marring, are all in conflict. One says he is for holding high the protestant religion in Ireland , another say', Undoubtedly the question of the church of Ireland is diMcult, and dl much consideration: " another says, " Probably ft will be o give away some of its property." Gentlemen. don't follow say ousel tholes narrow, obscure and devious paths, that will lost you into the desert, late the mists, . - = AL.-AL Mir n dintO 1 1 1,1 of , pt wh n tO th' t c ' ptifid‘U 4 _ f r i g ht 41 0 1 ! ibst truth lin A r.,.< anool The 'oo o ' o t he bass ,n - d - r I $ Cal humles "th EL ' Dula ;cllll 1 1 WO oad ' 40;i01 1 kunkel b joist- lurch 1 ' J. "tea A OO l , r.anei t cos Pe" file to iii7w,. 4clri end hat