The Express. — London, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

V. HAYMAILI7. PIINCKSTS \i ~ BREAKFAST.-EPPS'S COCOA. Eke en)Veoo. TO OuRALZSPONDLYTS. Leatetiemiasta latiaded foe "TM Impress," Leedom Itweateg Paper. =sibs at the Moe, 10, bouvotta-atreei, by Two Wawa as the day et pabhcallow. TBs Enema, THE iii/SILIN-HKARTED CLUB—A WIFE WELL WON. Meows. Bothers. Backstone, Howe, Kendal, AY Ee PE R - VERS I O N etc. • and Inas Roberteon.—After shish II: I 4fER PER-VERSION OF THE BRIGAND. raus ERanw, TIM COLLEEN HAWN. Mr. and Mrs. Non Bouelcalt.—Alter which THE SMELTS OF LONDON. Mr. railing, NI efart Murray. Shore, Neville. Forrester, Melee. Misses Ellsworth), E. Barnett. Stahel Sanger, and Mn. Addle. STAAB% THIS ETIPINo, OLD BALT. Mr. !Emery and Miss telly Moore . I ter which THE CALIPH Or BAGDAD. Simms. Thorne ad [Ames ; Mesdames Ada Swanhormagb, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, &c.—And COAL AND COKE. HOLHOIN. EVIIMM, TH2 FLYING SCUD. Mewi Atkins, Price, Garden, Arthur, Westland. end Wllmott MO•daRIOS Henrads, Goodall. Lennon , and Sanders .— Conclude with YALE- NMI AND ORSON. Mdlle. Mestere, Little Howells, ita. H&ETARNIA. IHi tvzsmo& UPSIDE DOW.—DO' QUIXOTE 111 n. R. Lane, & Meson Edwin and Booth : Pantocnindatt Yearn Nano. Louis, Newham, and Victorelli: r Stephan and %as Roo Nathan.—To conclude with THE PRAIRIE FLOWER. ITIGHWATER AT LONDON BEIDOL Tin DAY —MarelAg. filk. iDes--..Aftenioos. 10h. Men. TO-110140w—liormthi, 100. SM..— —Afternoon, 110. Us. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. LORD WILLOI7OIIIIY VERERBY, twentieth baron, Hereditary Grand Chamberlain of her Ma.norrY, _ . . who combines in his veins some of the noblest blood, and ai his possession some of the largest estates in England and Scotland, has just laid before the public his view of what the honour of the peerage and the dignity of his station demand st his hands. The transactions in his private life which he has thought fit to publish were reported with sufficient fullness in our impression of yester- day to relieve ua from the necessity of recounting them in detail. The leading facts are that he seduced a married woman of rank, a French- woman, in 1848, that he hall by her one daughter, that she left her husband and home and came to resitle with him, that during the whole time that has pasted since she has been as faithful to him as the must virtuous wife could be, that he on his side introduced her to his friends and relations as his wife, led his daughter to believe that she was legitimate, sought from his father an allowance for her in event of his death ; yes, three years ago, seduced her maid, and soon thereafter, finding that his father had made his coming into full poe- Bessi..it of his property dependent on his abandoning the Frenchwoman, quarrelled with tho mistress who had sacrificed all for him, turned her out of the house bought with her own money, advertised her shame in the newspapers, and sold the furniture and plate which ho had formally confessed to be hers, in stalling the lady's-maid in the place of the dis- carded mistress: let even this is not all. When the Countess u'AtTarnse, after exhausting her fluids in paying off the debts she had contracted while hearing the name and tilling the place of Lord Wimmumisv D'Encssx's wife, sought resti tution of the furniture and plate which she had bought with her own separate fortune, she was met with denial, every proposal to refer to gentle men of honour the question of what allowance should be made to her and her (laughter was refused, and when at last she brought her action to recover what was hers, Lord Wittouglinv instructed his reluctant counsel to resort to every legal quibble and subterfuge in order to defeat justice, making objections which the Loan CHIEF ;JUSTICE characterized as the "11104 utterly and " entirely unworthy ho ever remembered." Such are the proceedings which the world is invited to witness by one of the chief in England's peerage, and one of the highest in his Sovereign's Court. We need scarcely say that we have no desire in this outline of the facts to palliate the original guilt iif the lady who was plaintiff in the case. The circumstances attending her abandonment of her husband were not stated ; they may have been such as mule her conduct infamous, or they may have hecti such as but for some technical difficulty would have entitled her to a divorce. We do not pronounce upon what is not before us for judg ment. It is right, however, to state in her favour that those who were most intimate with her, and who could not be naturally prepossessed in her favour, seem to have regarded her as worthy of respect. But our concern is with Lord Wm- D'ERL , BY. In his case, too, we pass over the commencement of the connection. He was stated to have always intended, till recently, to have married the Countess formally as soon ria the death of her husband would permit the ceremony to bo legally performed. On both sides, then, the view which, up to the period of the quarrel, charity bids us take in that both, having loved passionately but unlawfully, regarded themselves as married in the sight of lkaven. But this excuse of the former conduct makoa the blackness of the later. Being thus ed, what are we to think of the man who seduces he attendant on the woman who was his virtual t ife ? What are we to think of the de cency that laid hands on the furniture and plate that the virtual wife had bought for their joint use iii their joint abode ? What are we to think of the deli‘ Acy that could turn her out to make room for her waiting maid ? What are wo to think of the sena" of propriety that could, on learning that his suet *aims to the enjoyment of wealth was made to depend on the abandonment of the mother of his grown-up daughter, calmly tarn her into the strr to and advertise her position in the news papers ? And what of the chivalry that could come it to a court of English justice to blazon forth Umese facts, and to bear the rebuke of an English Judge for compelling his counsel to stoop to ret::fogging of which he professed himself ashamo.• in order to screen his noble client from restore' what ho had taken to the lady whom he Lad bet..:lyeil and forsaken ? Thui• are two views to be taken of all these que.tic..s which we have ventured to put. One regard, a he conduct of Lord WILLOUGHBY D'EZEBBY simply as a man. Tried in that capacity, by whatev..r standard we choose, he must be con denim!, for having crowned adultery with shame less vi for having preferred a rich inheritance to his daughter's fair name, for having first robbed and thco tried to wrong the woman whom he had ruined. If there were justice in the sentences of society , crimes like these would be punished with perpetual exile from every good man's and good wonisn'A presence. Bat in this case there is yet se.other consideration. Lord WILLOUGHBY D'EANIOtY is a man in high place. He is a candle set on a bushel, and his light cannot be hid. He is a hereditary legislator, and has to vote on laws affecting the morality of the public and the sanc tity of wedded life. He is an of of the Court. and has to usher the nobility of the land into the presence of a pure and virtuous Sove reign. He is a landlord, and among all his neigh bours, in every farmhouse, in every cottage home on his wide estates, his conduct exists as a living example of what men may do and yet retain honour in England. What sort of influence is thin to exercise I What support is womanly la .11 innocence and manly honesty to diaw from Each a conspicuous instance ? And all for what t All this scandal—bad enough in its commission, ten fold worse in its publication—is' flung into the face of the world to save a peer with an illimitable rent-roll from restoring a few hundred pounds' worth of goods he had withheld. All is incurred rather than resort at first to the means which the strung language of the Judge compelled to be adopted on the second day—a reference of the facts to some gentleman of character who could have arranged them privately. We do not say the sin would have been made less by such a course, but surely its evil influence would. Though hypocrisy be but the homage vice pays to virtue, yet it is a homage which virtue has a right to de mand. Lord WILLOUGHBY D'EBEBBY refuses, how ever, to confess that public decency has any claim upon him. That claim is founded on the position which the institutions of the land give to him, and when duties are denied, rights are forfeited. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THY QUUN. Congratulating the public on the announcement li that her Malady will attend three drawing-rooms this sea eon, the Times proceeds to argue that it conoerns the whole country that the principal personage should appear as the attractive centre of our political system. The loyalty of the country is shown by the simple fact that the Queen is the most successful author of the day, and this instinctive sentiment ought to be oftener appealed to, and made more useful to the state. In such a system as ours, only that lives and flourishes which acts and shows. In a balance of forces each power must do ita utmost, not for aggrandisement, but for mere indentation and self-preservation. In the great drama every personage must do his part. The Telegraph delights in the prospect. The spring time and summer time, it says, of 1868 will not lack that animating influence which we all welcome. The presence of the Queen at the drawing rooms means an outburst of business, of more vivid life throughout the tows, as well as the casting of sunshine upon the every-day occupa tions of the upper ten thousand. The national life, in some of its essential qualities, will be more rounded and complete ; the state machine will move with augmented dignity, and the pleasure flowing from the change will gratify the select few, not less than the substantial bene- fits arising out of the stimulus to trade will gladden the many. THE ACTION AGAINST LORI/ WILLOUGHBY. To theTintes the above trial, in which a noble name is dragged in the dirt, supplies • singular example of human perversity. This peer not only deserts the partner of his early manhood and the mother of his child, but gives Inds-actions to take every advantage against her—►bsolutely pleading that the counter, being a married woman, had no right to sue in her own name. To live in adultery with a married woman, and then publicly to allege her marriage as a bar to her claim, nurtures almost anything that can be conceived of meanness. Lord Willoughby by gained nothing pecuniarily by his sharp practice and the technical objections which the ingenuity of his lawyers de vised. He will have, in the end, to give a decent support to his former companion, and he bad better have done it at once. On the other hand, it will be a long time before those who have read this ugly case will f aget it ; and in these days such cases are read by millions. Lord Wil loughby de Eresby, Lord Great Chamberlain, had a character and dignity to lose, at least among those who did not know him. They, the great body of the public, are now aware to what so highly placed a person can descend. His conduct not only affixes a stigma on himself, but, however unjustly, reflects discredit on the omen he bears and the order to which he belongs. _ The Star invites Mr. Roebuck to study this specimen of the habits of the greatest trades union in England, that of the peers, and to say whether virtue is promoted by the association, whether legislation is safe in their hands, or whether the people of England are bound to submit for ever to the dictation of a class whose privileges unques tionably demoralise themselves, and aro out of keeping with the reformed institutions of the empire. THY INSIROPoLITAR RAILWAY. The intervention of Chancery in the case of the Metro politan ltailway proclaim., observes the Daily News, the critical character of the period upon which railway pro perty has entered. The intervention, moreover, takes place on the cardinal question of railway administration — namely, the question as to whether the dividend is paid out of capital or real net earnings. It was high time that a certain class of shareholdereshould be remindedof theexist ence of this power, and though the plaintiffs in snob suits have to maintain their rights at their own charges, it is well to be reminded that this remedy is operative and that the inventor in railway stook does not place his property absolutely at the mercy of a majority of a fluctuating body of proprietors, but that the nature and conditions of the enterprise are designated by law. Our l i holders of stock suffer precisely the same evils which were complained of twenty years ago, and this fact seems to shake the belief that the constitution of an English railway company contains within itself adequate security for the due administration of the property. In the struggle we are witnessing between permanent inves tors and temporary shareholders, the latter, to whom the increased exchangeable value of stock is more important than the future and reversionary interests of the company, have many advantages, and these cur . . cumstanoes must be considered when it is urged that a full display of the affairs of a railway company is all that le necessary to secure a wise and correct handling of the accounts. It would be so if the interests of shareholders were strictly identical, and their aims and objects the same. It is dividend— earned or unearned, so that it be dividend—that deter mines speculative value ; and u long as that is the case • large number of shareholders will be interested in making dividends rise at the sacrifice of the value of the reversion. In the struggle which is being carried on between these two classes—and which to-day is to eventuate in a battle at the London and Brighton meeting—this is the real 'twee. It is well, therefore, that the clamourer for dividend out of capital should be reminded by Vine-Chancellor Wood that there is a power above them able and ready to control their designs. Mr. Doulton, M.P., has addressed a long com munication to the electors and non-electors of Lambeth, in which be reviews his own political conduct, and defends his support of the conservative government. After speak ing strongly against the excesses of trades' unions and " political agitators," the hon. member concludes by saying that he shall again solicit the suffrages of the constitn enc• _ Mr. George Potter contradicts the report that he has announced himself ss a candidate for Mary Mose at the next election. Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., attended a ragged-school meeting in Manchester last night, and made some observa tions on the state of education amongst the poorest Glosses. He said he was disposed to measure the civilisation of a country by the condition of its humblest inhabitants, and thought we bad dazzled the world long enough with the munificence of men of large landed estates and of men who had made colossal fortunes. By the aide of those there were no inconsiderable proportion of the people half clad, half fed, and totally uneducated. He did not see the neoesaity for a continuance of such a Mate of things; nor did he see the continued neoemity for the existenoe of ragged schools if them in whose hands the government of the country was placed looked closely into the sources of the mischief. Tim FENIAN Oursaaas.—We are given to un derstand that the mown is in poesestion of evidence of a character to lead to the belief that the recent attempt to destroy the House of Detention at Clerkenwell was insti gated by ." Colonel" Burke, one of the prisoners now in Warwick Gaol awaiting his trial for tresses-felony. The probability therefor is that the crown win include him is any indictment which may be framed against the Desmonds, Barrett, Ann Justice , and others sow in custody for wilful mord., arMing out of the eatsstropbe. In connection with this subject it may also be added that Mullasay, the list ap prover, has been admitted es a witness for the mown in coosequswee of adornment having been traced to him ma taming rdereoese to a sedans very high personege, sad which demount it is not eisoridand desirable should be given in evidence at the trial, either against kullany him self or any of the other prisoosrs. It has in consequence been dentrun&—Po4 C:4 OBBOBN "6" I, 3. The Queen went out, aocompanied by Princes. Beatrice. Mr. and Mo. Theodore Martin have left Osborne. Prince Leopold is much better, and phis dreesih daily. The Judicial Conrmittee of the Privy Connell at yester day. Present—Lord Cairns, Sir J. W. Colvile, Sir E. V. Williams, and Sir E. T. Kinder,ley. Her Msjeety, it is Amid, is likely to pay a visit to the Royal Military Academy, at Woolwich. The half. year (the third and last of Primal Arthur's studies at the Academy) will be brought to a aloes in June next, when the Queen has graciously signified her intention of visiting the establishment at the " breaking up," preparatory to the Prince taking his anal departure, on being commis. ebbed as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, for which be has elected. TOE PRIDCZ AND PRINCEN 07 WALEA.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has commenced a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Manobseter, at Kim bolton Castle, which will last throughout the week. The railway distance from Sandringham Howie to Kimbolton Castle is not far short of 80 miles, the Prince having to travel over the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway from Wolferton to Lynn, over the Great Eastern system from Lynn to Huntingdon, and thence over the Kettering, Thrapeton, and Huntingdon Railway to Kimbolton. The last-named line is worked by the Midland Railway Com _ pony, which obtains by it WOMB to Cambridge, having running powers over the Great Eastern as between Hun tingdon and Cambridge. In honour of the visit of the Prince, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester will give two balls—one on Wednesday evening for a number of the aristocracy of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, and the other on Friday evening for the local volunteers and their friends. The Prince will also enjoy the Sold sports afforded by the Duke of Manchester's estate. This visit is probably the last of the kind which the Prince will make during his present stay in the country, as his Royal High ness and the Princess of Wales are expected to leave San dringham House for town about the 12th inst. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's are on a tour in Egypt, and are not expected in London for some few months. The Earl and Countess of Kimberley and family are expected in Bryanston-egnare on the 12th inst., from Kimberley Park, Norfolk. The Duke of Newcastle, whilst out shooting on Saturday with a party of friends at Clurcber, Notts, nar rowly escaped fatal injury. While shooting under cover theßev. Vienne' Clinton discharged his gun, from which some shot penetrated the Duke of Newcastle's left ear and injured his face on that side. Medical aid was soon pro. cured and the shot were removed. His grace has not sus tained injury of a vital nature. The Earl and Conntese de Grey have arrived at their residence in Carlton-gardens from Norton Park. The marriage of the Earl Beauchamp with Lady Mary Stanhope Jo to take place in the church of St. George, Hanover-square, on Tuesday, the 18th inst. The ceremony will be performed by the Bishop of Oxford, molded by the Rev. G. S. Munn, motor of Madras&ld. We (Sussex Advertiscr) understand that Mr. H. R. Brand, eldest Non of the Right Hon. H. Brand, Is about to be married to Miss Cavendish, daughter of Lord George Cavendish, M.Y. A deputation of hackney carriage proprietors of the metropolis had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street, yesterday. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Alderman Lawrence, M.P., and consisted of Messrs. L. L. Gower, H. Townsend, S. McQuillan, W. Sanders, Richard Roads, and others. A oontiamporary states that the Chancellor of the Exchequer promised that the question of duties on carriages should have the careful consideration of government. From the tenor of his remarks it seems that when he considers the matter it will be with a distinct view to the reduction of the tax, though, at a time of growing expenditure and demeaning revenue, he may properly reserve any definite Pledge. The number of hired shipwrights on the esta blishment at Woolwich has been increaaed during the past week, with the intention of completing, as far as practi cable, the varint' ships ordered to be prepared for early commission, and to be out of the shipwrights' hands by the end of the financial year—the 31st of March. Tho order comprises the Philomel, 3-gan, double screw gnu vessel, launched at Deptford on the Ist of November Lust ; the 6-gun *crew corvette Juno, launched at Deptford on the 28th of November ; the new compoeite gunboat Dwarf, built at Woolwich for service in the shallow waters in China ; and the 11-gun sloop Rapid, which is in course of thorough overhaul and repair. The two new gunboats Boxer and Thistle, taken down to Woolwich on the 27th ult., after being launched at Deptford, are not in progress, but they are to have their spars and sails in readiness for early fitment. Mr. Prankerd, who had the honour of entertain ing the Dake of Edinburgh, in South Australia, emigrated many years ago from Lengport, in Somersetahire, where some of his relatives now reside. Mr. Prankerd has not forgotten his native town ; a school for poor children in Lsngport is chiefly supported by him. The Emperor of Austria has given orders to the Ministry of Marine ►t Vienna to make ell the necessary preparations for en expedition to Eastern Asia. This ex- pedition, which is entirely carried out at the expense of the State, is to be under the command of Admiral Tegethoff. The Grand Duchess Mary of Russia arrived on the 30th nit. at Florence from St. Petersburg. Tho sale of his Royal Highness Count d'Aquila's artistic collections is announced on bills on tho walla of Paris. Since the expulsion of the Bourbons from the Two Sicilia; the count has lived in a chateau which faces the Avenue de l'lmperatries. The Princess of Leuchtenberg has just sent as a present to the Mineralogical Society of St. Petersburg, on the occasion of her marriage, a collection of fossils which she had made in her various tours in Europe. The asso ciation, in return, has elected her to be an honorary member. The royal family of Saxony has left Dresden for Leipsic, where the King is to open a new theatre recently built. Accounts state that he received an enthusiastic welcome from the inhabitants of the last-named city. The third State ball at the Court of Brussels is fined for the 6th inst., and the fourth and last of the season for the 18th.. A correspondent at Rome says that, although it is now carnival time. Rome is like a tomb ; the theatres are deserted, and there are scarcely any foreigners in the city. The mortal remains of Daniel Manin are to arrive at Venice on the 12th March. The ceremony will be one of great pomp. John Jacob Astor, jun., a well-known citizen of New York, died in that city on the 17th of January, in the 66th year of his age. He was the emend son of the lete John Jacob Astor, and the brother of William B. Astor. A singular will case has come before the Rosunes warts. AM. Titre died last year, and left his property to his heirs on rendition of their spending 1,50 W. sterling in erecting a bronze monument on his tomb representing Death, under pain of forfeiting the property, in which case it would go to the sink poor of the town. The heirs wise to evade this somewhat insane clause. The passenger cars on the Boston and Albany Railway are heated by steam. The steam pipes run under the seats, and effeetually warm the cars. At a book sale in the United States, a short time sine, • copy of John Ellot's Indian Bible fetched 300 dollars, and • Dibdsa edition of Milton fetched 1,500 dollars or 3004 sterling. On the 6th of last October there was a gale off Labrador, which destroyed 80 vessels and =onerous lives; ea the 29th there was • herrisane at St. Thomas, which de stroyed newly 100 vessels and nearly 1,000 lives ; on the 30th there was a hurricane at St. Domingo ; on November the lit them wsa one at Hong• Kong ; on the 2nd there was one at Oaleutta, daring which the loss of life and property ware very great ; an the ard the eruption of Vernvioe sosamsneed ; en the Bth there was a tornado at Mata moros, which did damage to the amount of a million Airline; on the 20tk them was a volosnie eruption la Nicaragua ; and on the 20th there was an earthquake felt at New Yak, Varatent, and Osnads. MEM" DAT Irkt Cartka. ' \ YEN B' IR - crAgit LATEST Ill' [GENCE. DISTURBANCES IN LUXEMBURG. The Amair Nahorial reports that a few days ago a number of workmen and peasants paraded the streets of Luxemburg, uttering seditious cries against the government. They proceeded to the houses of several of the government officials and made menacing demonstrations. They took possession of an unoccupied barrack, and after remaining in it for some time they dispersed. Almost the whole force of the Grand Duchy is now concentrated in the town. The inclemency of the season, the dearness of provisions, and want of work are supposed to have given rise to these riotous proceedings. (arovia's TI:11011•1111.) FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 4. The Monitsur of this morning publishes s decree promulgating the law on thu reorganisation of the army. A meeting of the shareholders of the Credit Mobilier has been convoked for the 20th February. CRETAN REFUGEES. VIENNA, FIB. 4. The Debatte of to-day asserts that the English Government is endeavouring to determine Austria, France, Russia, and Italy, to suspend the trans port of Cretan refugees to Greece on board vessels belonging to those countries. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE EMPEROR AND THE PRESS. (esoM ens owe cosacsroarnsirr.) PARIS, MONDAY EVZNING. BL Emile 011ivier, with ghastly looking plasters on his head and face to cover the serious wound he received from his fall in the Church of St. Germain l'Auxerrios, appeared in the tribune of the Corps Legislatif this afternoon to support one of the lite ral amendments to the press bill. The fact that the discussion still goes on is held by hopeful people as evidence that the government does not mean to withdraw the measure. On another point of great importance the France and Pays lay before their readers radically diver gent statements of facts. Last week a deputation consisting of 240 editors of departmental journals waited upon the Emperor to entreat him to with draw the bill. People unacquainted with the state of the provincial press in France must naturally suppose this to have been a moat remark able demonstration of public opinion. But the fact is that these journalist pleaded pro aria et facia. They all exist by the tolerance of, or under the direct patronage of, the prefects; and if independ ent journals are allowed to start, and will not be liable to be warned and put down administra tively, their occupation will be gone. The Pays asserted yesterday that the Emperor told these journalists he would be very glad if the Corps Legislatif would relieve him from the respon sibility of going on with the bill. The France says the Emperor never said any such thing. But now the Pays reiterates its assertion with new emphasis and circumstance. It defies all contra diction of the substantial accuracy of its original report. Respect for his Majesty precludes M. de Casaagnac, though one really does not see why, from giving the precise text of the imperial words, but he undertakes to say that the Emperor told the deputation "he had been disappointed by the attitude and language of the press within the last year ; but that, full of confidence as he was in the wisdom of the representatives of the country, he would wait for such an unmistakeable manifesta tion as would enable him to take a decisive step." The government has gained an electoral victory of considerable importance in the department of the Nord. M. des Rotours, son of tho late member, has been returned by the large majority of 21,291 votes against 8,363, given to M. Gery Legrand, the independent candidate. The opposi tion party in Paris are greatly disappointed by this result. They did not think the Prefect of the Nord would be able to make his machinery work so well as at the last general elections, and had expected that the feeling lately shown so strongly in the Somme and Indre and Loire would have broken out in this part of France also. In the great town of Lille M. Gery Legrand had • large majority, but he was swamped by the country districts. There is to be a petition against the re turn, but that will be of little avail. This govern ment success is the more remarkable that the ma jority now shown by the ballot-box is much larger than in 1863. Then M. des Rotours, sen., was returned by a majority of only 5,443 votes. Now his son obtains a majority of 12,928. The govern ment is therefore quite entitled to point to this result as showing that the Army Bill and the new loan have only increased its popularity. It is rumoured that, in consequence of the close vote in the chamber, the Emperor has refused to sign the decree for driving a boulevard through the Montmartre Cemetery ; that M. Maussmann, in consequence, tendered his resignation, but that.his Majesty refused to accept it. The Bourse was weaker. Rents fell 2}c. for cash, and 121 1 c. for account, closing at 68fr. 624 c. and 68fr. Kie. In other securities there was scarcely a fractional change. Business was very dull as soon as the transactions connected with the settlement were concluded. ARRIVAL or THE BREMEN. SOUTHAMPTON, FRB. 4.—The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen from New York has arrived here with 88 presagers for this port, Havre, and Bremen ; 44 err of mils for Lon don ; and 147,494 dole. in specie for Begird. CROORHAVIN, FEE. 4, 6.30 A.M.—The Inman steamship City of Bantam, from New York, is now passing Browbead signal station en route for Qiieenetown. THE FEVER AT TIRLING.--WO regret to find from inquiries recently made that the number of came of fever at Tirrling appears to be on the increase, not withstanding the untiring exertions made by the medical men, and the liberality and energy shown by the board of guardians and by Lord Rayleigh, who is the owner of about one-half the cottage property of the w i s h. The total number of deaths up to Saturday night was thirty ; six took place last week, four males and two %mar, varying in age from 17 to 78. Meanwhile the preparations for converting the national school-room into a temporary hospital have been actively lug on under the direction of Dr. Ginison, the bsdding and all other requirements being supplied at the expanse of Lord Rayleigh. who, we understand, title; a ark blanche to Dr. Gimson to provide eve Rut is necessary in this respect. Than are t 40 cases which it is orsidered mammy to remove to the hoe pital as soon as it is opened, whir will probably be at ea early date, se the arrangements are now nearly com plete, and on Saturday two proteskstt sisters el mom from East Grinned arrived at Terling to assist in re moving the patients. Several of the old wells have been *lard ? and three new ones sunk by Miran el Lead }..tal_eigh, which will supply pure water from a level than the old wells, these brim beteg eon d.:o.ool4thigie antherithe to here enema the outbreak contaminated by sense matter. Neap of ge patients have bora young people, end ve lean Uri many abte-heilied yaw men who - assisted elassang the =lbare slam been efts* down bp t att erh barn One el oases is that of dad living the Rayleigh Arms. It approve to be the general in the se boerbaed than the medisal pen ale waked for their tiranith. end that a Leger 'ME of surrecus : 6 4 be et ease •Itt to deal vat ad outbreak which is aseeming es distressing and eimming a eiteraeter."--Smex itead4. F \' t6t A.* zAir LONDON DISTRESS. • ----- Iheterday the fist meeting of tke recently formed nniteitamerative committee for the relief of the distress is the Iheemnd of London was held at the Manisa hones, under the presidency of the Loan MAYOR, who con sented to become its chairman, and likewise its tams/rarer, in conjunction with Mr. &muds, M.P., and Mr. RavunhilL There were present. in addition to the Lord Mayer, Mr. Samuda, Mr. C. Wigrem, Mr. R. Wigrarn, Mr. S. Char ' rington, Mr. Ravenhill, Mr. Currie, Mr. Spence, Mr. Bossard, Rev. S. Hansard ?Rev. T. J. Rowsell (represent ing the Metropolitan and Relief Association), Col. Haygarth ( tins the for the Relief of Dis tress), Rev. J. Capita Rev. B. ' ord, Mr. Newton, and Mr. Corbett, Poor-flaw Inspector. Mr. HALT the secretary, read a letter from Lord Over dose en losing 1001. towards the relief now that the dis tribution was centralised, and intimated that since Satur day nearly 6001. bad been reached, including 1041/. from Mime Burdett Cootie, and 1001. tress Mr. J. Loyd. Some conversation took place with reference to the posi tion of the East London Mission, and a letter which ap- Mr:iin the Tines of that day, signed by Mr. Dudley e ' r. It was auggeeted that Mr. Hely, the secre tary, should write an official reply to correct the error eons impression which it was calculated to convey, but the suggestion was not adopted, the committee being almost unanimously of opinion that to reply to it officially would givo it a prominence to which it was not entitled. Mr. Comirrr made a statement of what occurred at the meeting to which Mr. Baxter's letter referred, and the members present communed in its accuracy. It was to this effect—that a meeting of representatives of the various societies for the relief of the distress in the East-end of London had been called together for the purpose of merg ing them in a united organisation ; that the SrstLandau Mission alone refused to unite ; that it was then proposed the other six committees should unite as a central body ; that when this proposition was put, mesons who were present as mere listeners voted in a majority against the resolution, but that when put to the representatives of the committees present it was carried unanimously ; that the East London Mission having by their own act excluded themselves, they had in fact no Mass Biondi to oppose the union of the other relief organizations. Mr. Corbett denied that he proposed any of the resolutions at the meeting referred to. It appeared to be the general feeling of the committee that, whilst desiring to act in union with, and to have the cooperation of, the East London Minden, it was not the proper time for teach ing the Gemmel when the immediate work to be done was I to feed tho hungry. This sentiment was most strongly represented by the Rev. Mr. RoweiLL and the Rev. Mr. HANSLID, who, whilst admitting the sincerity and seal of the East London Mission, deprecated the introduction of anything like rsli glom preference or exclusion, where the object to be moomplisbed wee to keep soul and body together. Mr. SAMISDA, who the Lord Mayor having been called away on other business, now occupied the chair, urged the same view, and expressed an opinion that thelEast London Mission would not stand out in their exclusion, and waste their money by bestowing it on the same persona who bad been relieved by the ceatial executive committee. The discussion then turned on the expediency of keep ing the relief afforded by the central executive committee as distinct as poesible from the relief administered by the boards of guardians. The principle on which the committee would act in giving relief was enunciated in the following resolution, which was adopted unanimously : " That as a principle supplementary relief shall not he given by this committee to persons in receipt of parochial relief, it being the intention of the exeeotive committee to relieve generally such cases as, from the exten, of the present exceptional distress arising from the otagnation of trade, timely help may prevent from becoming paupers, and to which the funds placed at the disposal of the com mittee by the public are considered 'penally applicable." Mr. CUltal E represented that the distress amongst the better class of artisans was intense. Many who had their own houses now lived in one room, and in several cases had but one bed. He knew of 90 families of artisans who were in the greatest distress. Amongst these there was not a single shipwright, but they were WO clam la , bearers. The Rev. Mr. Rowse, the Rev. Mr. HANSARD, and ' other members of the committee, also bore testimony to the extent and the intensity of the distress. Mr. Coe errr stated that the whole of the area covered ' by the relief committees was now under a uniform poor , law relief, and that the rate of relief had been raised to that which existed in Poplar. ' The committee resolved to meet every Monday in the ' Mansion-house at such en hour as might be most convenient , to the Lord Mayor. METROPOLITAN RAILWA Y The following official circular to the shareholders of the Metropolitan Railway Company was issued last even ing, in reference to the decision by Vice-Chancellor Wood on Friday : " The shareholders will have learnt from the public prints that Vice-Chancellor Wood has, contrary to the expectations of the directors, entertained to some extent the application of Mr. Bloxam. It is discouraging, but the disadvantage to the company in any view and event is comparatively small, and it is to be hoped will be but of short duration. The effect of the judgment is to direct that the earnings of the line from Paddington to Nougat.- street for the put half-hear shall provide not only for the charges of the management of that railway and the interest of the money borrowed and expended thereon, but also for the charges incurred for the management of and for the payment of the interest on the money borrowed for anti expended on the railways in the course of °oestrus-Bon which are now unfinished, and, therefore, wholly un remunerative. The directors had considered, and in that view they had been supported by the shareholders at several general meetings of the company, that it was reasonable and right that the new railways should bear in those respects their own charges. Certain it is that if those railways bad been promoted, as they well might have bees, by other parties, those charges mast have been paid out of the moneys raised for their construction. The mere accident of a new line being tacked on to a railway in work ought not, us it seems to the directors, to afford any ground fur altering that condi tion, or for saddling the revenue of the existing line with charges caused solely by and due to the new lines. This is consistent with the opinion and practice of those most conversant with matters of this description, and has hardly yet been so considered and prominently brought forward as to lead to the conclusion that the Vice- Chancellor's opinion may not be successfully impugned. Under these circumstances, and the advice of counsel, the directors propose to seek the judgment on these points of another tribunaL Whilst, however, the order of the Vice- Chancellor is in force, it will be the duty of the company to submit thereto, and to make the reserve from the traffic receipts meet all the expenses of management, and the interest on the whole amount of borrowed money, as well for the existing lines as for the extensions. After making this proviion there will yet remain a clear avail. able Delano., which will admit of a dividend at the rate of bi per cent. on the ceseelidated stock. The directors will consequently propose that an interim dividend at that rate be declared and paid on that stock, leaving in abeyance the remainder of the net profits es certified by the auditors to await the result of the appeal.—By order, " JOHN HENCHMAN, Secretary. " Company's Offices, 3, Old Pekoe-yard, Feb. 3". MYNTRRIOITS CARR Or DROWNING • BOY AT Bartrot.„—Yesterday the acting coroner for Bristol, Mr. Henry 8. Wasbrough, resumed an inquiry touching the death of • little boy Thomas lilselcmore, whose body was found in the River Froome, Bristol, on Tuesday, the 28th ult., and whose father, Wm. Blackmer., a mason's labourer, is in custody on suspicion of ha • clamed his death. The evidence, which occupied several ls to the present point entirely circurastentiaL It is that he had been in the habit of behaving with some new towards the boy, and according to the evidence of a sister of his he had often said he should like to give him • ride down the river, and that he had been heard con versing with • man about Wong the boy to Bath or some where and leaving him. On the 27th the boy (who was somewhat mischievously inclined) pulled some lead off the window of the tavern at which the father lodged, and the father was spoken to by the servant about it. Ha was angry with the child, and on giving him some bread and bacon, mid it was the last he should ever eat in his home. Some time afterwards ha said he would take the child to the union (where he had been before), and they left the house together, and in the evening the father returned alone. On bein g asked if he had put the boy lr ie n a as he had threatened, he said " Ho," that they to receive him unless he went in himself. He further stated that he went to see a sister of his, and told the boy Matey outside for him, and that when he came out to for him he was goes. He also made other statements about hav in g *sired for the child at the police stations. It has bem sereertained that he did satin tithe union, sad indeed he is shown to have admitted as much to • and the evidence bares him on to • piece of evesimeging the river sear to where the lardy was found, wkiek grearad was private property, and molosed with panes,. - It is farther believed that had a Meld fallen in at the spot iadisated, he would have caught Mille bank, whereas there are no trams of dirt wader his mins, and More are indications of the body been thrown est into the strewn whisk wee NO at the time. B e r e nd this , it is shown dist statements enuatttia, moreover, Ijospkicsas that he to is. the bear sash Aior it was found, sod be this skitel liPt two boys bad that his son whiled pitying mi well near the pump fell into the water. - The larch', which enestes the greatest intend, eras etandandielerned. THE CLEANS' DINING COMPANY (LIMITZI)). The first annual meeting of this company was held led evening at the London Tavern, Bishopegme. sing. Mr. W. B. Witirrnrolux In the chair. The SECRETARY nod the following report :—" As the active operations of the company have not yet commenced, the directors have little to report beyond the facts already intimated to you by eirenlar, that they have secured No. 38, Welbrook, for the first dining establishment of the company, and have engaged Hr. Choate Hull u its manager. The arrang for fitting up the establish ment are being proceeded with rapidly, end there is every reason to believe that it will be opened early in March. At the date of the last meeting, 1,334 shares had been sub scribed for by 772 pennon ; at the end of last year, to which the account. have been made up, there were 1,141 shareholders, holding among them 1,035 shares. The total amount received to the :;Ist of December last as deposits on shares was 480/. Ve., and the cc penditure to that date, besides sundry liabilities amount ing to 321. Os. 10d., amounted to 273/. is. Bd., of wuich sum 197/. 13s. had been expended prior to the election of the directors. The balance at the bankers' at the end of last year is thus shown to have been 2118. as. 91 ., and this bas been verified by the auditors appointed by the director., The directors feel that the restriction placed upon the number of shares which can be held by one person bat acted prejudicially to the interests of the company, and if it is the wish of the shareholders to increase their holdiire the directors are prepared to agree to the extension of the limit to 20 shares. Of the directors who have retired Messrs. S. Pressly, Thoburn, Whittingham, and Bowes, offer themselves for re-election." In moving the adoption of the report, the CHAIIMAN stated that the expenses to be incurred before opening tho establishment in Walbrook would amount to 1,40 u/. or 1,5001., which would require the payment of Its. upon the shares which had alr ead y been taken. The directors had full oonfidence in the , and had impressed upou ro him that while he provided a thoroughly good dinner he must not est into the capital. Of the three directuis who had left the board, two had resigned at the wish of their employers. The motion was seconded by Mr. Sour, and unanimously agreed to. The retiring directors named in the report having been re-elected, a resolution wee adopted fixing this number of the members of the board at seven ; and dir. It. J. Carter, of 36, Posieghall-street, and Mr. Sewell were elected to complete the board. Mr. Rutter, the auditor, was re ' elected, and his remuneration was fixed at five guineas. ' It was resolved that in future notice of the annual meet ' ings should be given by advertisement in two daily pipers and posting in the dining rooms instead of by circular. The restriction of the holdings of shareholders to four shares was abolished and the limit extended to ten. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to tbt chairman and directors. FIRE AT A BOARDING SCHOOL. SHOCKING SCENE. A destructivefi4Za — piiiceat the school of Dr. Steele, a short distance from Douglas, Isle of Man, an Saturday morning last. The house and its contents acre tot:111 chntroyed, and • member of tin: fire bri4ade, named Dixon lirearly, was burned to death. TL, were forty-eight boarders in the academy, princip,d'v sons of English and Scotch gentlemen. The tiro was discovered by a car pnyrietor residing in the neighbourhood, who, about half-pct i; Saturday morning, observed the window curtains th, study belonging to the principal of the academy on tire. Being unable to attract the attention of the inmate , by ringing the bell, be burst the doors open with a hammer. As the flames were spreading with ettraordin rapidity, owing to the sea breezes, the alarmed inin.,l,s, in their natural anxiety to save themselves, left them all their clothing. The lire-brigade arrived 20 minutes to eight. and as by this time the ft it premises was one complete Wall of Name, tli.y directed all their attention to saving the back pr,. wises. While the deceased was trying to put out the tire in the school-room, the ceiling fell, belie.; himand two other members of the brigade in the bla ruins. These latter contrived to save themselves, one by springing out of the window into an adjacent quarry, ..1,1 the other by holding on to tho ledge of the win.lew t.,.til rescued by means of a ladder. The deceased, being crush. - , I by one of the falling beams, remained cag...sl in the but n lug room, and his piteous cries for help were plainly heard. A repo was thrown to him, but it was of no avail. Ile shouted back, "I am done ; I can't get it." The dames at this juncture reached his face, setting his whiskers hair on fire, and he eank, face downwards, and peridi^.l. The Names made such rapid progress that by to o'clock the whole of the extensive premises, valued at about were totally destroyed. 't he loss 14 only partly coveml insurance. About 11 o'clock a search was made ami.l.t the smoking ruins for the body of deceased, and when dis covered it waaa mere charred masa. Au inquest ass held the same evening before the high bailiff of Douglas, when ' , • venlict in accordance with the facts was returned. ME. MACRORIE AND THE 131SHOPRIC or NATAL. —The 11ev. Mr. lisercrie preached in St. James's Church, Accrington, on Sunday evening. Before commencing his sermon, which wax founded upon the words, " rot the truth sake" (2 John, i. 9.), be said he had to ask the in dulgence of his congregation whilst ho discerned from lei own point of view the circumstances which had a bear ing upon his own conduct and motives in reference to the bishopric of Natal. Alter adverting to the neceemy of every Christian of this age of scepticism stacilaug out boldly in defence of the truth, " once delivered to the saints," Hr. Nemeth observed that deadly error taut been taught by one holding one of the highest positions in the church of Christ in South Africa. The person so teachieg had been brought to trial before the only tribunal which the society known as the Church in Smith Africa rece;- nised as having spiritual jurisdiction over it. and that trileinel had deposed him from his spiritual office. Ter. Macrerie then referred to the resolution pained by the clergy of the diocese of Natal respecting the appointment of a successor to Dr. Coleco, and to the necessity there was that the consecration of the person selected should be speedily performed, as some of the African bishops were obliged to leave for their respective dioceses at a very early date. At the hot moment, however, he add it was suddenly discovered that it was doubtful whether the law of the land would permit such • service to be held. The objectore surely might have put forth their objections when there would have been time to meet them, and not at the latest hour, when two South African bishops were about to leave the country. The difficulties raised in plain words amounted to this :—That some lawyers—for other lawyers he knew took • different view—thought it would be illegal muter the act of conformity for a clergyman of the terta'Ai died church to allow the service of consecration to be per formed iu any building ruder control. He cootentled that the enactnieut in question should only apply to the church as established by law—which the church in the colonies was not—and that the rubric was infringed every day. It was at once felt by those who desir,l the consecration to take place that all appearances of evil should be avoided. Failing England, Scotland was red fixed upon, as the restrictions of the Act of COofOnity did not extend to that country; for it was in Scotlind where the first bishop of the protestant episcoptlian church in the United States of America was consecrated , on account of a similar difficulty having presented itself against his being consecrated in England. The public Tress had informed his congregation of the reasons why the service had not been performed in Scotland. The Archbishop of Canterbury had counselled delay, and, therefore the responsibility incurred rested with the Scotch bishops. The rev. gentleman then proceeded with his sermon, in which he recounted what he termed the errors promulgated by Dr. Colenso. PISTOL FIRING IN THE ROYAL POROCGII OF Wignoom—Yesterday, at the Windsor petty sessions, held at the Town-hall, before Mews. Holderness, Cope land, and Develeux, William Thomas, a youth about 16 of 17 years of age, was charged with firing a leaded pistol in the public etreet. The circumstances of the case were of rather an exciting nature, and a crowd of people we gambled in theConenlarket, opposite the entrance to the court, previous to its opening. On Sunday night, about a quarter-past eight o'clock, Police-constabler.olborne, of the Windsor &rough Police, was walking down Prescott street, when he heard the report of a pistol or gunshot in the vicinity of the Castle. On running up to the High street, he found a crowd of people assembled opposite the White Hart Hotel, just in front of the Castle Guard room, which overlooks the thoroughfare. lie was then informed that • man had just fired off a loaded pistol, much to the alarm of the people in the street (crowded by the congregations leaving the churches and chapels), and that he had run down street in the direction of Eton. At the same time a boy handed him =tot, which he said he had picked up. Field and • constable named Pond went to Eton after the man, and Thomas, who bad been stopped by an Eton , was handed over to their custody, taken to the terl an polies station, and locked up till he was brought before the weed:ester. The startling nature of this affair canoed a great commotion on Sunday night, the report of the pistol putting the guard at Windsor Castle at ouce on the qui vies, it having been fired within a few yards of their guard-room. As some doubts were expressed as to the aernmed's state of mind he was remanded for a week. in order that he might be examined by a doctor. THREATENED STOPPAGE OF THE NANTYOLO IRON Worms or GLAMOEGAISHIEL—A painful amount of es enemas has been sred at Brynmawr, and the ear mending nsighbon, in consequence of the great iron mentros, Mesas. J. and C. Burley, having sanounoed the cawing of their Nantyglo Works. The notice, which was drawn la the usual formal manner, and addressed to the maims clause of lands engaged at the works, was posted at the webs ea Saturday last. It bore date on that day. and gave sedum teat all contracts and hiring will expire Oa eba Sal of Marsh next. When it is remembered that something Mho MOD persona are employed at the worts, it 11 17 M allassivid bow disastrous to the district their eissing cold be. Some are sanguine that the notice will net be serried out. but sheet minds lave been thrown into a state of gloom by it. OILYSTAL PALLOR. OWE SMILING DAY.—. RONDA; rem 3.—Adesterione on payment, 1,703 ; ditto by mesas *bete, 1,486; total visitors, 3,169. i --