The Express. — London, England, 1867-10-25 00:00:00

2 r‘a 7Z • At ."• Ftr 7 7 NOV 1867. • • 4 . • •74i \ 4 • . • .'llll No. 6,6:21.) ivIESSRS. 511.):SEY WIGRAM and SONS' (of I. Blatt. ell yard, London` LINK of STEAM and PACKKT ,01r , to Al'• t RAM —Par M EMIR' lINK Port Phillip) Direct, %oh. e the Urka oh a EON LtDAY, the 20th November st rhiaatheploidal clipper ship st" FuLK, 1,000 tont II Hill MAN. Commander lying in the Rut India I." tier rec. eumodatiocui for all comes of pawiellitera are „ no e,aiticd, told she %ill carry an experienced —For melt er passage apply to ALLPORT and MOB AN, with Netds. HUMS WtGK.UZ and SONS, 7. teadenhaltstreet. SMAN LINE.—The LIVERPOOL, NEW Yor.K. and Pill LA 9ELPHIA STY.ANIAII P COMPANY devpathing their full powered Clyde-built Iron wow stvueships, v..rrying the United litotes Mails, milling at Queens. tom, Ireland, on the following day, to take on board passengers pi despatehev, and with liberty to esti at an intermediate poet: rll OF N Wednesday, October 30. CITY I , F H.t CfI?IOKE. 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BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie park, Sluugh tornially at Clapham - rise.; Instituted MT.. The sett ELECTION ( . 4 . 1711.1111247t 'Of those who were " once I. prosperity" will take place at the London Tavern, on TUE..i , the 14th January. IsAi. .mdidates should he nominated forthwith. The List will be tl ad ou Monday, the 11th November, 11967. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. (slices, 73, Cheepskle, KC. LOWER ASSAM COMPANY (Limited). NOM*); IS HEREBY GIVEN that an ADJOURNED ENIII.4OIIDINARY ILIENERAL NEEIINO of the Shareholders ef this Company will be held at the (Mice, No. 35, Brieblendairy, THiItsDAY, the 31st October, 18417. at Two o'cloek p.akly, for the purpose of authorising the Directors to snake two further calls of Teu Shillings each on the Shares iatued.—liy itder of the Board. C. IL FIELDER, Secretary. intices, 35, tucklersitory, EC., Oct. ES, 18117. A PART3IENTS, UNFURNISHED, TO BE Lt . .T. in a respectable house where there are no other I doers. 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The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer with heavy portion of the above mails,hu arrived here with 78 passengers, 400 packages of cargo, and 3,700 f. in specie. She experienced fine weather throughout her passage, and spot. the steamer Sumatra on the 18th and the steamer Venetia on the 22nd inst. Her Majesty's ships Terrible and Crocodile, the French ship Andro marine, and the Egyptian fleet, were at Alexandria. GIBRALTAR, OCT. 20. Her Majesty's ships Royal OA and Prince Consort railed yesterday for the aest. Intelligence from Tangiers states that the Morocco Board of Health has imposed 21 days quarantine on arrivals from Algeria. The British steamers Hellespont, Kedar, Milan, William Hunter, Thomas Snowden, Sumatra, and the London schooners Pleiades and Eagle Eye have arrived here from IFtchelge on London, 504 • ditto on Paris, 29 to 30 ; on Madrid,l disoount ; on Malaga, Alicante, and Valencia, Par. LORD MAYOR'S DAY.—At a meeting of the Commot Council yesterday an animated discussion took place as to the character which the civic pageant from Guildhall to Westminster, on the 9th of November, is to 118R1111e. The town clerk read a resolution of the court passed in 1777, in the time of Lord Mayor Halifax, to the effect that the court, taking into consideration that some of the chief magistrates of the City had not then of late used the state coach in going to attend the Courts of Aldermen and Common Council and Common Hall, de sired that in future Lord Mayors should sae it on the accustomed days. Mr. Cower moved "That in accordance with the resolution of 1777, the Lord Mayor elect be requested to use the state coach on the occasion of his going to Westminster on the 9th November to be presented to the Barons of the Exchequer." Mr. Staple. ton moved as an amendment, " That considering the in crease of population, trade, and commerce, the augmented inconveniences and risk attending the stoppage and diver sion of the public streets, and the collection of vast crowds in the thoroughfares of the metropolis, consequent upon the procession on Lord Mayor's day ; looking also to the hindrance to traffic arising from the public works which are in progress at the Holborn Valley, Smithfield, the Mansion House-street, Blackfrian Bridge, and else where within the City, this court is of opinion that it is desirable to modify the proceedings attendant upon the progress of the Lord Mayor to be sworn before she Barons of the Exchequer at Westminster, and that it be left to the Lord Mayor elect and the Sheriffs to use their own unfettered judgment as to the most desirable means of effecting their journey to Westminster on that occasion." On being put to the •ote the amendment was lost by 2u, In a court of 57 members, and the original motion was adopted. A PANIC AT LIMERICK. —The Cork Examiner states that the most amusing result of the Fenian panic that has yet come to its knowledge occurred a few days ago at Limerick. At an early hour of the morning the sub-constable on guard at one of the principal police barracks in the city was startled by an unusually impera tive summons at the gate. On opening the door he saw around, in the dim morning light, a large party of men armed with hatchets, spades, shovels, crowbars—the rude weapons an insurrectionary militia would be likely to assume. A hasty glance at the situation was sufficient to convince the alarmed policeman of the character and mission of his visitants. Without waiting for the cus tomary summons to surrender in the name of the Irish Republic, he rushed inside the door, locked and double barred it in all instant, and screamed to his comrades, half -awakened by the previous clamour, that the whole Fenian army was ont-irle. The Royals bounded to arms ; a hasty disposition of the garrison was made. The force °Maide seeing several rifles presented at them through the windows, scattered and fled, when a number of the police, with a bull-terrier at their heels, went in rursuit. On some of the retreating party being caught the laughable discovery was made that they were workmen, with the government contractor at their head, who had gone to execute some repairs in the barracks. OrTWARD AMERICAN STEAMER. QUFINSTOWN, 24.—The National Steam Ship Company's steam !hip Helvetia, from Liverpool, arrived here at 2.30 p i m. Se-day. She embarked passengers and proceeded for New York. All well. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGNNCIC. (numb nitawie.) THE ROMAN QUESTION. ROME, Ocr. 21. The insurgents were defeated on Saturday and Sunday at Veroli, Farnese, and Valentano. Many Garibaldian officers have been arrested here. It is said that they were provided with English passports. The intelligence published in Florence of an address of the Romans to the Pope is a pure in vention. An /Adms was prepared by a member of the National Committee, but it bore no signa tures. Colonel Dargy has proclaimed a state of siege in Civita Vecchia. Every preparation had been made there for the disembarkation of the French troops. ROME, Ocr. 22. Some of the gates of the city are closed as a military precaution, others are opened from morn ing till evening. The Giornak di Boma announces a desperate en gagement between the Pontifical troops and the in surgents near Borghetto. The insurgents had (our killed and several wounded, but no losses were I sustained by the Pope's troops. FLORENCE, Ocr. 24, 4 P.M. Communication with Rome is restored. General Durando has arrived here. It is expected that General Cialdini's ministry will be definitively constituted to-day. The Corriere Italiano asserts that according to authentic intelligence an attempt at insurrection has actually taken place in Rome. It says :—" It is ascertained that the mine has been sprung which was to bare given the signal of a rising having taken place. It appears, however, that the insurrection did not succeed, but the enthu siasm of the population is very great." Garibaldi was at Rieti yesterday, where he met with an enthusiastic reception. He has left for the Roman frontier. General Ghirclli has arrived in Florence, having resigned the command of the Roman Legion. The news of an unsuccessful movement in Rome on the 22nd is confirmed. The final composition of the ministry is still un certain. ITALY. FLORENCE, Ocr. 24, 10.5 P.N. Advices received here from Rome, dated yester day evening, state that a mine exploded on the 22nd at the Zouaves' barracks. Only a portion of a wall was destroyed, and no one was hurt. Forty persons had attacked and wounded the sentinels at Campidoglio. They were afterwards arrested and sent to Civita Vecchia. There are no barri cades in Rome, except those erected by the Ponti fical troops at the gates of the city. Five of the gates are closed. Telegraphic advice. dated this morning state that Rome continues tranquil. It is asserted that the new ministry has been completed to-day. General Cialdini has assumed the portfolios of Foreign Affairs and War, General Durando that of the Interior, and General Bixio that of Marine. There is no confirmation of the news of Gari baldi's entry into the Pontifical territory. It is believed that he is still near the frontier. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 24. Tho Emperor of Austria and his brothers arrived at the Exhibition at 9 a.m. to-day, and were re- 1 ceived by the Imperial Commission. In the Austrian department his Majesty met the Empress Eugenie, and conversed with her for ten minutes. The Emperor left the building at noon. This evening there will be a grand dinner at St. Cloud, to which 120 guests are invited. All this evening's journals contain articles of a very cordial character in reference to the visit of the Emperor of Austria, and they confirm the warm reception given to his Majesty by the popu lation of Paris. The Emperor Francis Joseph will prolong his stay till the 4th proximo, taking leave of the Emperor and Empress of the French at Com piegne. A rumour has been current that Garibaldi has again been arrested, but no despatch has been re ceived here confirming this intelligence. The Patrie of this evening publishes an article signed by M. Dreolle, which says :--" We believe that the statu quo of the September Convention having been maintained, the cabinet of the Tuile ries, is about to call the attention of the Great Powers to the recent events in the Roman States, and to seek, by means of a conference, the means of averting the recurrence of a crisis which might so profoundly disturb the tranquillity of Europe. All the Powers are interested in the discovery of a solution which, while satisfying the religious interests represented by the Pontifical govern ment, should offer at the same time guarantees against political eventualities calculated to com promise the European equilibrium." NORTH GERMANY. BERLIN, Oct. 23, ETENING: In to-day's sitting of the North German parlia ment the bill upon the rates of postage in North Germany was passed paragraph by paragraph, and the whole bill was subsequently adopted with some amendments, including one proposed by Herr Evelt, which requires the conclusion of an arrange ment with the South German States for the estab lishment of the same postal rates as in North Ger many. The navigation treaty with Italy, which came into force on the 14th inst., was adopted unani mously, and the Marine Loan Bill, as amended, by a large majority. The New Prussian (Cross) Gazette of this evening, referring to the question whether the Upperliouses of Bavaria and Wurtemburg will accept the new Zollverein treaty, says, " The Prussian government has instructed its representatives at the Courts of Munich and Stuttgard to give the governments to which they are accredited the necessary notice on the 31st inst., of Prussia's withdrawal from the treaty of 1865, in the event of the new treaty not being accepted by that date." THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Om 23. _ _ _ An official denial is given to the statement that the Grand Vizier, on his arrival in Crete, had in terrogated the leaders of the Insurrectionary Com mittee with regard to their wishes, in presence of the foreign consuls, and that they had demanded annexation to Greece. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1867. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Orr. 24. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes com pared with that of bat week : 'maws. Private accounts . . . fr. 24,500,000 Cash in band . . . 14,500,000 M . s discounted . . . . 4,000,000 Advrneee 060,000 DzczzAss. Notes . . . . . . fr. UOO,OOO ITALY. (?ROY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) FLORENCE, Oct 20. Grave news is announced to agitate and con vulse public feeling in Italy. The nation is , about to be balked of its precious prize, and to be bearded, as it would seem, by Franco at the mo ment of anticipated success in the enterprise on which united Italy has so entirely set its heart. Whilst every nerve has been strained to give im- L I pulse to the national movement, which seemingly I has been encouraged on every hand, tidings fall on the public like a thunderbolt that the intervention of France is actually imminent. It is urged by certain imperial personages in defence of this most irritating and distasteful fact, that the public opinion of France explicitly demands it, and will be satisfied with nothing less than the tutelage of the rights and interests of the Roman temporal power. It is an affair of conscience, they say— the spiritual affairs of the catholic world are involved in the present question—Rome belongs to catholic Europe, and not, as the Italians would have it, simply to the Romans, or to Italy. It is a question involving the interests of catholic Europe, and France, the daughter of the church, declares herself once more the custodian of her rights ; and in this character intervenes against the invading hordes which would assail and degrade her from her post. Again, on the side of Italy there is a catholic king, scrupulous in the maintenance of his word, signed and stipulated in the convention of September. He is Italian and patriotic at heart, but still unwilling to push on to the Papa: territory, and wrench the temporal authority from its sove reign, the Pope. Again, between these two influences there is a third, the great stream of popular opinion, which rushes on wildly and irre sistibly towards Rome, asks for it as its capital, demands it with one voice, and seals its request at this very moment with its heart's blood. The numberless committees of succour for the aid of the party of action instituted all over Italy, the means subscribed, the aid, arms, and accoutrements sent to the insurgents, and the continually increas ing number of the bands making their way in safety and uninterruptedly from the Italian States to the Papal territory, had generated in the mind of the nation the notion and impression that the govern ment had determined to act, and even on emergency to enter Rome as the supporter of order, but in the name and under the banner of Vittorio Emanuelle. At this crisis, and after repeated messages exchanged with France during many consecutive days, and the meeting of con tinuous and anxious cabinet councils, the news reaches us that the threat of interven tion has at length been launched in right earnest. This unexpected event has startled all parties. The ministry felt themselves bound at this pass to tender their resignation to his Majesty. General Cialdini has been sent for from Bologna to form a new cabinet, he has arrived this evening, and has already had an immediate audience from the King, and a long interview with the late Premier. Meantime the rumour bruited many days since of the escape of Garibaldi from Caprera, on a dark and fearfully stormy night, plying a lonely boat, of which he alone was steersman, has been confirmed, with news of his present safety ; it is even supposed that he has already joined his son Menotti, and is at this moment at the head of the insurgent bands. All ask what is to be the fate of these patriots? Are all their generous efforts, their heroic spirit, to be blasted by the breath of France ? Is Italy to fall once more a sacrificial victim, or will she cut out a strong path for herself whereon she may tread in future in the full independence of her national will 1 Is she and France to look tamely on whilst the heroic Garibaldi and his troops (gathered from the best blood of Italy) are being massacred by Papal hire lings ? Or will she for once take upon herself the supreme initiation of events and make head against the impositions of France ? But a few weeks since public opinion was quiet on the question of Rome. Garibaldi, whose course in that direction was at that time branded by the good sense of the nation, launched himself on the expedition like a firebrand. His arrest at Sinalunga set the whole country in a blaze. Those who have fol lowed the current of events will have observed how the Italian public has been gradually drawn into the present situation. The deliberative good sense which it had formerly displayed gave way to the impulsion of feeling—faith, belief that the ripe ness of the time had at length arrived fur the ful filment of its national hopes. The liberal and moderate journals of this country urge the government strongly to push on to the Papal States, and take possession of Rome for the nation. O. 21. OeneralCialdini, at the invitation of his Majesty, has consented to form a new ministry, though the names of its other members are as yet unknown ; reluctance is naturally felt by many to assume the heavy responsibility on hand. The news which brought such agitation to the public mind yesterday has this day continued to convulse it. At Venice there has been an im portant " demonstration," with cries of " Viva it Re !" " Viva Roma !" "Viva l'Esercito !" The same excitement prevails everywhere. Such an insult as that which is felt to have been offered by France was not anticipated by the popular feeling of Italy. The dream has been suddenly dispelled, and the name of France is mentioned with execration. Telegrams are still flying between Florence and the French capital. A sort of compromise is seem ingly at this moment in contemplation between the two nations. The funeral of the Very Rev. John Lonadale, D.D., late Bishop of Lichfield, took place yesterday at Eccleshall, • small village near Stafford, which the late prelate had made his place of residence during the twenty. four years of his bishopric. In accordance with his own wish and with that of his family, the hrrangements were devoid of all pomp, but upwards of • hundred of the clergy of the diocese attended to show their respect for a bishop who, though but comparatively little known beyond the limit of his see, was familiar to all therein for his never. failing courtesy and his numerous good works. With regret we announce the death of Professor J. W. McCauley, editor of the Scientific Review, author of several well-known works in various departments of science and literature. The late professor was formerly lecturer on natural philosophy to the Board of National Education, where he acquired • high and deserved reputa tion. Of late years he has contributed many important articles to scientific periodical literature, and to the pro. ceedings of the British Association. His sudden death has left his widow and four children entirely unprovided for. A committee of scientific and literary friends has been formed with • view of soliciting public sympathy on their behalf. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. ()BON OUR OWN OORAISPONDINT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING! The reception of the Emperor of Austria by Napoleon lli. appears to have been of a very cor dial character. You aro aware that the most dis tinguished personages of the Emperor's household were sent to receive Francis Joseph on his entering upon French territory•. On the arrival of that sovereign within the dominions of France, the Emperor of Austria received from his Majesty Napolon 111. a despatch bidding him a hearty welconie, and' to which Francis Joseph replied in a no less courteous manner. To-morrow there is to be a grand review, in honour of the im perial visitor, of the troops of the Imperial Guard and the first corps d'armde, which is to take place on the racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne. Gene ral officers now in Paris are invited to attend, and are to be en grande Jenne. The Emperor of Austria went to the Opera last evening, where he was re ceived with a demonstration of a character tres pmnonei. "We are convinced," says the Covtitutiontiet, " that if Garibaldi succeeds in joining the volun teers, and endeavours to renew the enterprise which the valour of the Pontifical troops has rendered impossible, he will be immediately beaten off." The semi-official journal just quoted takes the English press to task for sympathising with the invaders of the Pontifical States, whom that press is said to regard as the heroic liberators of an op pressed people. The political theory involved in the question the Constitutionnet avowedly passes over, and says : But we want to know what the press of England would think, what sort of language it would hold, if the French government assumed towards Belgium the same attitude which it advises the government of Italy to adopt towards Rome. What would they say if, under the pretence that the Belgian' spoke our language, have the same habits, religion, and laws as ourselves, we decided that they should therefore share with us the ancient territory of the Gauls, thus forming an integral part of the French empire, and so overturn their monarchy and confound their des. tiaies with our own? What would they say if we permitted the enlistment of volunteers, to be engaged in supporting the annexatioa aspirations of our neighbours ; if offices for protection and aid in behalf of these volunteers were opened, and subscription Rats handed about in all directions, even in the very heart of the municipalities, for the purpose of fomenting revolt amongst them ; if one of our generals left the army to put himself at the head of a pretended crusade of liberty ; and if armed bands, in obedience to his commands, violated with the force of arms the frontier of a state which is recog nised by all the powers of Europe? Notwithstanding the assurance of the Moniteuras to the tranquil condition of the Pontifical States, the truth is that the internal situation little territory is necessarily at this moment as obscure as is that of Italy itself. There are no despatches from Rome, and such as we get from Florence are full of contradictions. Sometimes the retreat of the insurgent bands is announced, and sometimes their march forward ; one despatch actually notifies that the insurgents have entirely evacuated the Pontifical territory, and at the same time that they are engaged in cutting the telegraph wires and tearing up the rails about Rome. When there is so much uncertainty in the actual state of things, it is idle to dwell upon this or that report as being more or less probable and entitled to belief ; we have no help for it but to wait until the arrival of more precise and reliable information. The Bourse was comparatively calm to-day, and late quotations were well sustained throughout. Threes closed at an advance of 10c. ; Italian Fives at 10c. ; and there was an upward tendency in all the most important securities. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. It is observable that an unusual number of the fashionable world have arrived in Paris during the past few days. The sports of the field have been in a great measure abandoned or deferred until a more advanced period of the season. It is probable that gentlemen are more than ordinarily disposed to alternate the pleasures of Parisian life with rural amusements. However that may be, it is a fact that a large number of fetes have been countermanded at the several chateaus, and that the attractions of the city have, to a notable extent, predominated over those of the woods and fields. Then it is to be recollected the holidays are over, and a number of ladies have returned to Paris to accompany their children to the several educational establishments— either the convent, or the institution of the Jesuits, or the Dominicans. Then, again, the season is cold and gloomy, and the several watering-places have to surrender their patrons and bid them adieu until next year. The approaching opening of the Chambers also cannot be without its effect in con tributing to this exodus from the country, especially when it is known that the session will be one of the most important and engrossing which has occurred for years. The theatres, too, are just now wearing their most inviting aspect, and in dustriously putting forward their best attractions, some of which might be missed at a more advanced period of the winter. At the Italiens there is a succession of the finest representations in their repertory. At the Imperial Academy of Music the Coreaire has been reproduced, together with a new opera, La Fianc& de Coriuthe. Nilsson is going through the last fortnight of her engagement at the Theatre Lyrique, before she makes her debut at the Opera ; while Madame Carvalho acquires immense success in the Romeo et Jultiette of Gounod. At the Odeon, the Messieurs des Baia-Dore, displaying the talent of Lafon, and Mdlle. Jeanne Esaler, continues to attract nume rous and fashionable audiences. METROPOLITAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION.—At the usual monthly meeting, held on the 22nd inst., the hon. sec. (Mr. James Beall repotted the receipt of subscriptions of 25/. from General Sir De Lac 7 Evans, K.C.8., 21.11. from Mr. J. S. Mill, M.P., 51. from Sir J. Lubbock, W. se. from Mr. Samuel Morley, and several smaller donations. He also reported progress made as to proposed meeting of vestrymen, and discussions fixed atseveral vestries,notably that of Marylebone vestry this week. The petition to parliament had been beaded by Mears. Truman, Banbury, Buxton, and Co., and was being numerously owned. A very voluminous correspondence was read, instructions as to dealing with which were given. [BTAXPED, H. ADDITIONAL.] THE MONT CENIS SUMMIT RAILWAY. (PROM 001 OWN 001 ST. WORM, SAVOY, Om. 22. The Mont Cenis Summit Railway was completed, in so far as the construction of the road is con cerned, above a month since ; and would have been opened to the public, it was expected, before now, repeated trial trains and engines having passed over it many times with perfect safety, at a satisfactory speed. An abundant supply of rolling stock is also delivered at this place for the conduct of even more than the large passenger and goods traffic now carried by the diligences and the fast fourgons of the grande ritcssc. I have just returned from a successful and rapid journey from Lanslebourg to SUMS and back, and can vouch for the extraordinary speed, considering the severity of the gradients, and for the comfort with which this wonderful journey can be accomplished. Although the opening of the line to the large number of travellers who daily pass over the , frontier by this route is anxiously desired, the directors have wisely deferred it, although not on ' account of any apprehensions as to the safety of the line which are either expressed or entertained, I but in order that their own assurance may be made doubly sure as to the perfect trustworthiness of their engines. With this view Messrs. Mammy, Brogden, and other gentlemen, have been making! experimental runs with the engines, in which they have received the able and zealous assistance of Mr. Bell, resident engineer, Mr. Blake, general' manager for Messrs. Braaaey and Co., Mr. Barnes, ; locomotive superintendent, and other officials., The directors have ordered the application of the I most crucial tests to the engines, and a variety of experiments, to prove their trustworthiness. In one of the moat recent of these trials an accident of a purely mechanical character, to which all ma chines are liable in common, occurred to an engine, which induced redoubled caution and more search ing scrutiny. The accident was the failure of the eye of a shaft, from an undetected flaw or defect in the metal probably. In itself a misfortune, the acci dent was not without advantage, inasmuch as it , demonstrated fully the enormous power of the I brakes acting upon every wheel of the engine and carriages which make up a train, including the horizontal wheels which bear upon the middle rail, and bring the whole to a firm lock in almost a second. From personal observation of the dill gence and ability displayed by the directors and officers of the company, I venture to believe that the directors are too wise to enter upon the receipt , of the traffic now ready for their acceptance at the risk of any future avoidable interruption from mechanical derangements or defects, or from any cause that forethought can prevent. They will open only to carry on successfully and with per feet safety to the public. It will be readily admitted by any one who 'sojourns for a day or two at either this place, or at Susa on the other side of the Mont Cenis, that a more tempting and lucrative traffic has rarely, if ever, awaited the opening of a new line of railway. Repeatedly we have seen, within two or three days, as many as from seven to nine diligences, all carrying their full complement of passengers, pouring into or departing from St. Michel within two or three minutes of each other ; each vehicle drawn by from five to seven horses, to be changed, if for the Italian side, for as many at Modane, and again for fourteen or sixteen mules to drag the vehicles up the mountain from Lando bourg. In addition to the diligences a number of the covered waggons of the grande ritesse are constantly on the road between St. Michel and Susa, conveying the goods requiring rapid transit at the higher rate. These are all, of course, exclu sive of the goods conveyed by slow vehicles, which usually take three days to the journey 48 miles, which will be done by railway in about four hours. There are also some local conveyances which start from each terminus, but these are not worth much consideration, as almost the whole of the traffic is, I have noticed, "through" from St. Michel to Suss, or rice rertni. The principal portion of my railway trip on the Mont Genii may be said to have commenced at Lanslebourg, which lies at the foot of the moun tain, although the ascent may be said to be con tinuous from Culoz on the Rhone, and of the Mont Canis line from Nerez. The station at Lana lebourg is well furnished with sidings, turn-tables and other conveniences. The railway proceeds alongside of the Imperial road during its whole course to the top of the mountain, the only devia tions being at the turns of the zigzags where the line takes a curve of longer radius than the road. In the ascent of the mountain the first four miles were accomplished in seventeen minutes, the average gradient being about one in twelve. The motion of the engine was remark ably steady all the way, and none of the passengers by the special train, about thirty in number, ap peared to be conscious of any other sensation than may be felt in travelling by any ordinary train. Near the top of the mountain the Lake Cenis is passed on the left, and shortly after it the hospice and the station of the Grande Croix, which forms even at this height, about 6,000 feet, a part of a considerable Alpine village. For some distance the line is comparatively level, but soon the descent is commenced in earnest 'by one of the most im posing engineering works on the line—a long curved escarpment on the face of a precipitous rock, which constitutes the western side of the wild valley of St. Nicolas. The Imperial road at one time passed by this course, but was abandoned because of the danger from avalanches. The way has been made good for the railway, the roof strongly arched, and the outer side enclosed by massive masonry, excepting a series of openings for light and ventilation. On emerging from this covered way it is seen from the openings that its I long course is by a regular and comparatively easy gradient, whereas the new post road is carried by steep zigzags on the upper face of the gorge, and ascends again to a point where the railway once more joins it, and the two in concert descend together by another series of inclines to Susa. The ery on the face of the rock is from 400 to 5001 feet below the summit, and the precipice under it is about as deep. The views increase in beauty as the I termination of the journey becomes nearer, the mag nificent valley of the Dora, in the directionof Turin, ; being especiilly commanding, the towns of Nove lises and Suss, and numerous villages and hamlets, being seen far below as the train descends. The distance front Lanslebourg to the summit of the mountain was accomplished in less than an hour, I and the descent in about two hours and forty minutes. In other trial trips it hies been demon ' strated that the entire distance of 48 miles from St. Michel to Susa can be accomplished with great ease in five hours, stoppages inclusive, the time usually occupied by the diligences being about ten hours. The tariff of charges by the line has been fixed at 25 francs first class, 22 francs second class, and 18 francs third class ; and for goods by passenger train 40 franca per ton. The charges bvl diligence are 40 francs per place in the coupe, and 35 francs in the interieur ; the charge for goods by l the quick fourgons is GO francs per ton. The Imperial road, and the railway with it, which the floods damaged so much last autumn, have been completely restored, and by much stronger works than those that existed before. The floods were more violent than any known to the oldest inhabitant. Tradition says that about 250 years since a flood of equal violence occurred. The works i have been entirely unaffected by any weather in fluenoes since they were completed, but have not, I indeed, been subjected to what may be called trial. No fear is entertained for their stability. ' The piercing of the tunnel is proceeding mere satisfactorily than was the case some months ago, but there are as yet no signs of works for the [TWOPENCE approaches, excepting the surveyor's flagstaffs on part of the length between St. Michel and Modane, and these indicate what will probably prove the most costly engineering works ever faced or accom plished in the "open.' CHINA AND JAPAN. It is reported from Japan that Admiral Keppel has taken the Governor and Vice-Governor of Nagasaki under arrest, and sent them to Yedo in the Basilisk, to be dealt with by the Shogoon. Sir H. Parkes and Admiral Keppel have gone to Osaca, for the purpose, it is said, of demanding satisfaction. The statement apparently rests upon a letter to the Friend of China, dated Nagasaki, August 17, of which the following is an extract: _ _ _ Admiral Keppel arrived last Monday in the Salamis, and Sir Harry Parkes next day in the Basilisk. Both have entered strongly into the case of murder of the two men from H.M.S. Icarus. The governor return to give any in formation. It is supposed to have been done by Toss's men, who escaped the same night in the Nancai. The admiral has, I hear, taken the governor and vice-governor under amid, and sends them up to Yedo to-morrow in the Basilisk, to be dealt with by the Tycoon. It is further the intention of the admiral to demand satisfaction from the prince, of whom the men were followers. On the 27th August a seaman of the United States' ship Shenandoah rode over a Japanese at Yokohama, and so severely injured him that he soon afterwards died. The Dutch minister has also been assaulted at Yedo ; and several attacks on foreigners have occurred. Trade is spoken of as improving. There is no additional news respect infrtite reported abdication of Stotsbashi. i Shanghai Recorder learns that there is dis tress in the neighbourhood of Pekin, in conse quence of the failure of the rice crops. The prices of all commodities have fallen considerably, and many of the pour people have already pawned all that they possess. The rumour which was men tioned in the Hong Kong China Mail, that a foreigner was there buying rice for the imperial government, proves to be well founded, Mr. Wright, formerly deputy-commissioner of customs here, being the gentleman deputed. The China Mail is informed that the Chinese imperial government have emphatically refused to hold themselves responsible for any future loan or loans made upon the security of the customs revenue ; and that the Taunle Yamen having in structed the inspector-general to intimate this fact to the various commissioners of customs, a despatch has been sent down on the subject. With respect to the loan already made, the imperial government pronounce no decision. A terrible typhoon swept over Hong Kong and the neighbourhood on the night of Sunday, Sept. 8, with moat disastrous results. The China Mail of the following day thus reports the visitation : The typhoon, which virtually commenced last evening at about ii p.m., gave sufficient warning of its approach. The afternoon sky betokened wind, and at about 7 p.m. a tremendous gust swept over the town, accompanied by a pelting rain. It was not, however, till nearly 10 o'clock that the storm burst in all its fury. The first to suffer were the native boats, numbers of whose crews would have been drowned but for the exer tions of the water police, who did everything in their power to afford help. As the night wore on the force of the wind rose yet higher, and numbers of vessels either sank or were wrecked and seriously injured. To commence with the former, the Minerva, Spanish barque, sank in midchannel just ahead of the U.S. ship Hartford. Her crew were with one exception (the steward) saved. The Eagle, American schooner, also sank; the crew being saved. Two water boats, belonging to Messrs. Bowra and Co., have also sank, and several of their crews were drowned. The chop of Mr. Mitchell, carpenter, has also sank. The vessels driven on shore at Kowloon are, so far as we can yet learn, the Danish schooner Alexandra and the Siamese three-masted schooner Maria, the two vessels having their rigging locked together, and both, it is believed, utter wrecks. The British barques Omar Poch*, Canton, and Fortitude, and 'the ship Aden are also ashore, and the unfortunate government junk Proposterous has run on shore, and is little more than a wreck at Kowloon. The British ship Regina (arrived same day), the Wartburg, Young Greek, Senator Webb, Bengal, and Heather Bell, were this morn ing all jammed together ahead of the Fort William, and 1 moat of them are seriously damaged. The steamer Liotin and the police junk at Sowkewan have both been clean swept, while an immense number of junks have been wrecked or have foundered. Ott the village of Yoma-ti an immense number of sempruis were lost, and seven or eight junks are on shore at Sowkewan. The yacht Re•echo bats been knocked to pieces, and several other yachts have sunk. On shore, on both aides of the harbour much damage has occurred. The small houses known as " Wohang's houses," at the end of Kowloon peninsula, are blown into fragments, and look as if they had been destroyed by lire. Three men were wounded and two killed by the falling debris, and an inspector of police slightly injured. At Sowkewan several houses have been blown down, while others are so unsafe that the police have compelled the inmates to remove. The mint wall bas " started," and the bathing-house is simply • complete wreck. The scaffoldings of the City Hall, and Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's new buildings have fallen across the Prays, quite obstruct ing the way. A culvert has burst in Shelly-street, and the roads in the upper part of the town are cut up with gullies wade by the torrents of rainwater, and leaves and branches of trees are scattered in every direction. A large loss of life hes occurred amongst the native boating popu lation, but there are no means of arriving at absolute statistics. THE BISHOP OF GLOUCEaTER'S CHARGE.,—Yes terday morning the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol held his visitation in Gloucester Cathedral. Morning prayer was said at 8 o'clock, and the mid-day service was conse cuently the Holy Communion alone. The Bishop, in his harge, regretted the prevalence of dissent, but believed that the beet remedy was by showing greater earnestness is church work, and in greater fidelity to our own church doctrine and system. That trimming creeds would bring dissenters back was he thought, a delusion. With respect to rituali s m, he had no objection in itself to a distinctive vestment for Holy Communion ; but be deprecated, on the one hand, Lord Shaftesbury 's Vestment Bill, which would have led to a schism, and on the other, what he seemed to think the wanton extravagance of the more advanced ritualists. He rested his hopes on the moderation and sound sense of the great Anglican party, on whom the future depended ; and proposed certain moderate limits of ceremonial observance. He advocated the revival of diocesan synods, and with respect to the Lambeth con ference, he thought the time bail come to draw a distinct line between " two things essentially different—a church in union with the state, and a church professing a state religion." He denounced, in conclusion, as a fallacy and heresy, the assertion " that the English clergyman receives his pay from the state, and is a minister of state as well as of the Gospel." ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On the leonine: of the 21st inst. a lodging.houso keeper of Ep worth, Lincolnshire, named William Daniel Webb. at tempted to murder his wife and then take away his ewn life. It appears the man doubted his wife's fidelity, and in order to be avenged he, About 6 o'clock on Monday morning last, commenced an attack upon his wife, beating her about the head and other parts of the body with a hammer so severely that he left her for dead. He then walked up the road leading to Iturithem, and there delibe rately cut his own throat. Not bleeding sufficiently, how ever, to cause death, he walked to the police station awl gave himself up to Mr. Superintendent lieneon, stating that be had killed his wife and hail attempted to bleed himself to death. He was locked up, and Mr. IL W. Pul len, surgeon of Epwoith, was called in to attend to his wounds. He was afterwards taken before the lion. and Rev. C. Duodsa, who remanded him until Friday, the 25th Jesuit. It appears that Webb and his wife have always lived unhappily together, and about nine years ago he ran away, leaving her and her family chargeable to the parish. He returned about nine months ago, e hen lie was sent to prison for neglecting his wife and family. The poor woman's injuries were not fatal, but she now lies in a very precarious state. SH IPPINO Dieasenta.—lntelligence was yester day received in Liverpool to the effect that a hurricane passed over the Antilles on the 7th October,and 11 easels are reported to have been lost. This news is brought by the French steamer Imperetriceßugenie which has wired at Nantes with the French West India mall. The Vortex, bound from Quebec to Waterford, timber laden, was spoken on the 4th October with ft feet of water in her hold, and bearing up for Sydney, Cape Breton. The Dutch barque Krinopemvaal, bound from Batavia to Rotterdam. is reported to have been wrecked on the '-':trd September in Alcoa Bey. A large number of spruce deals have been washed ashore at Portmailoc. The steamship Osiris, Cap tain Connolly, bound from Liverpool to Alexandria, his been compelled to put into Lisbon, with machinery till , . abled—it is said the blades of the screw have been carried away.