The Express. — London, England, 1867-10-07 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the present year the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the laving of 762 lives from various shipwrecks sod 26 vowels from destruction. The Institution also expended it 23.220 In the same period on Its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting 42,085 for rewards. tit the litaatuti earytatil or,' oat to the .. wmistamee to th em be =slot the ohtlheied e, on thelr bli ltrpt Establishments. ooutsibutkani will be received by the L00d4148 country ban kers, and , viv neran.itichsrd Lewis, , PARIS EXHIBITION FIRST CLAMS SILVER MEDAL, I'M. GOLD OHAINB.—JOHN BROGDEN begs to ean the attention of the public to the FORM VOICE which he deliver. with Odd chains purchased at his manufactory: A a. d. To workmanaMp of we igh pattern chain, attaches long 15 0 To (10) carat got& ing 2 oza ,at ES aa. aid per ounce, Mint price Total , Upon this system the QUALITY . WIJOHt, and YALU'S d the gold are accurately dedned. and guaranteed P. we purchasers. John Broaden 100 for a tau remuneration on the workman ship only, which Is charged accenting to the Intricacy or simpll dty of the pattern. Manufactory, 16, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. London. COVENT GARDEN PROMENADE COFCIRTS. CUYEYT GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING at Eight. Under the sole direction of Mr. JOHN alitiillLL Tharaday nights, a Selection of Classical Music: other nights Miscellaneous. The Pronanune is varied every evening. COWIU , tor—Signor BUITWI N I, sod for the Dance Music Herr JOHANN STRAUSS.—Admission, One Shilling. Vie eralreoo* TO 00ERESPONDE1cE9. Advarlimeneota Intended for "The impress." Loudon Evenhig =tut be et taw Loandrstnet, by Two I :f a r,E co Um div of pabliombe. DRITRY-LANE. This Ervin's, FAUST. Mr. Phelps. Mews. 'Weise,' Phelps, Harcourt, Warner, Webb, MU*, Memes Herman Ewan, Vandenhoff, rte.—And THE MILLER ANDId MILN, Meeera, Ryder and E. Phelps : Mks Edith Stuart. RAYMARICKT. Tins Evßamo, ROMEO AND .TULIKT. Yearn Chippendale, Howe. Rogers, Kendal, Clark. Compton. Re. ; Idealamee Scott Manna. Chippendale. ete.—TO PARIS AND BACK ANOR PA Mr. Beekatem—And /AY HUSBAND'S GHOST. ranrczners. Tom Rviomm POOR PILLTCODDY.—After ARRAH RA POGUE.Roveicaalt, Vining, D. Munn, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville. : AIIM Huhes and Mrs. Bonclesult. —And NO. OAK ROUND MR OORN LL LYCIf. Tnis Evitimo , THE MLITRZ ZU i.I OF THE MILL.—THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. Yachter, Mews. Jordan, Addiaon, Odium, Mellon, Dalton, Stuart, and Frames : Misses Eli. worthy and Carlotta Leclercq, Mra Marston. MEWLED. TRIO EVIDIMIIk Ovi DOMIBTICIL Mama Fanelli, Thorne, and JEANS MiedameeJolindoo• and WeathenhY.—After which WILLIAM TELL WITH A XING/ANC& Megan Jame. and Thane : Ann Ada enaaaareagb, &a —And DIGY AS A VAT. HOLBORN. • ntis Rentineo, DANDELI ON DODORS.—And FOR LOVE Mews. B. J. Montague, Price, Garden, Westland, and H. Md. dicumb: Mesdames stephenn Henrade, Jenny Willmore, and C. • Beanders.—To conclude with AAR. Hr. J. W. Ray. IMITANNIA. Tars Engem. BREAK BUT NOT BEND. Mm. S. Lane.— The AIMSTICIID Minstrels end J Tommy; MM. Conte!. Iler end /Nlice.—With LION KING OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TRW DAY --111.fta 818. 1818........A14r50m. Bh. 5818. tb - KOBAOW—Marnie, OIL is..--Afternooa. VAL Wm LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. Ir is an old axiom, that even the best principles can be carried too far. Energy is apt to deterio rate into extravagance, caution into excessive timidity, too great care for the future into unwise disregard of the present. If this defect often holds good in the general business of life, it is especial "powerful in p=. 1 .7 rZalio -- e= ertfrii. I For centuries we have had in politics the experi ence gained from many nations and from many theories successively put into action. Hardly any change in the system of government could be pro posed that might not be attacked or defended on the examples of the past. The present state of commerce is, on the other hand, essentially tenta tive. Take, for example, Free-trade. It is the work of one generation, and almost limited to one country. Even now its success, if admitted at home, is vehemently disputed abroad, and the theory, as far as foreigners are concerned, has not yet passed from the domain of argument to that of practice. Hence modern trade is in a period of trans:ion. Fresh developments are constantly arising with which we can only deal to the best of our judg ment, without any previous guides to follow. The mast important of these problems is the best mode of utilising capital. The favourite plan until lately has been the formation of joint-stock eon= ponies. Nothing at first sight could be more ad vantageous. It enabled the possessor of a few hundred pounds to gain a fair and often largely profitable return for his savings, which in the absence of such machinery must inevitably have been lying idle. On the whole the system has worked well ; but, on tho other hand, some turscru pulous persona discerned that, cleverly managed, it opened the door to all aorta of peculation, chicanery, and fraud. Gambling for premiums was the first course adopted, but by rapid degrees matters wen. so far that it is only necessary to refer to the great failures of the past year to ascertain the ultimate result. The public have naturally be come so disgusted with joint-stock companies that no new undertaking has the slightest chance of being accepted. Again, in ordinary trade how frequently what has been thought to be legitimate enterprise has turned out mere reckless specula tion. This was particularly shown in the crisis of 1857. The exports and imports of the country were, according to the official returns, largely in creasing, and there was an apparent show of pros perityexceedinganyproviousyears. When, however, owing partly to a panic in New York and partly to the outbreak of the Indian mutiny, a serious monetary pressure was felt here, the records of the numerous failures revealed the fact that many outwardly opulent houses had long been trading at a loss, yet daily increasing their consignments, on the desperate chance of some favourable oppor tunity of retrieving their position. The bold enterprise of these merchants in shipping larger and larger cargoes to all parts of the world was much lauded at the tune, but bitterly repented by their creditors a few months later. Advantage had been taken of the rapid expansion of our commerce in the first ten years of the free-trade era to abuse the confidence of the public, in the same way as was done in the next decade through the joint-stock companies. In both cases the delinquents were in a small minority, but in times of distrust nine persons out of ten pay little or no attention to this circumstance, but condemn all alike—good or bad. The latest example of error has been manifested by the collapse of the Credit Mobilier in Paris— the first and the greatest of the modern financial associations. This company has undoubtedly ren dered, directly or indirectly, many important ser vices to French industry, but the managers unfor nately became intoxicated by their own success. For years everything went well. There was no project, industrial or commercial, which under the auspices of the Credit Mobilier was not oertain to be well received. Support of this powerful description ensured a premium on the shares of the companies it adopted, and it must be admitted with justice, since in the outset nothing was taken that was not really good. The Credit Mobilier had a character and prestige first to be created and then to be maintained. As wise and prudent administrators ) of the considerable capital entrusted to them, the directors acted with judicious liberality in found-1 THB EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1867. ing and assisting enterprises sure to yield a hap if not immediate profit. At in evil moment, however, the speculative 'pia asses to hays acquired predominant force. Premiums on the Bourse were looked to rather than solid pros- Amity. The Credit Mobilier evidently fancied !nit their position was such that they could coni- man& 741,41- markets under any circumstances. Hence their apparent anxiety to bring out new schemes as fast as possible in order torealisethe gain on selling the shares. Apart from the general question, also it is no secret that some at least of the moat influential persons connected with the management had individually realised very large sums as allotteea, and in other ways. Uncon sciously, perhaps, they would nevertheless be sure to be affected by considerations of personal interest. The result may be seen in the value of the securities held by the company. No doubt the directors argued, in adopting agme doubtful project, that if the times were bad now, they must improve by and-bye, and it would be worth while to accept the affair and thus keep it out of the hands of their rivals. Contrary to calculation, the times have continued bad, and the consequence is an almost certain liquidation. Premiums, whether to the company generally or to directors in par ticular, are now out of the question. It is perhaps almost superfluous to point out to our own financial companies the value that can be derived from the experience of the Credit Mobi lier. As this association was the pioneer of the many imitators that have since followed, it also shows clearly the defects to which they are liable. There can be no question of the public value of these undertakings when conducted on prudent and, above all, disinterested management. The rock that the Credit Mobilier has split upon has been the striving after Stock Exchange profits. It is a saying on the Paris Bourse that if the concern has proved a heavy loss to the many, it has made the fortunes of the few. There is, of course, more or less exaggera tion in this as in most other similar statements, but it can hardly be denied that it possesses some foundation in fact. In any case, however, no doubt exists that, for whatever reason, the later management of the Credit Mobilier has been essentially wrong. They appear to have reversed their former policy, and to have locked up their funds in speculative securities which are practi cally inconvertible now, however valuable they may become at some future day. The inducement, as we have conjectured, must have been the chance of making money by premiums, if a favourable chance should arrive. Our own financial com panies have had but a very moderate chance of erring in this way, but it is to be hoped, if the opportunity should recur, they will disregard it. These associations will, at some future time, doubtless, play an important part in the encou ragement of modern enterprise, and will do no small good both to the public, and, in the long run, to themselves, if they set Stock Exchange considerations aside, and look only to the substan tial worth of any project they may introduce. OUR CONTFAIPORARIBB. (TEED 3 DAY.; The late "aches of Me. Grant Puff cud Mr. Baxter are immolate* upon by *Daily inn. !The former describectfka close obsseW and a *OW And brilliant critic, • ale 'too consciously en apostle' told and ewe what prone to overdo en of special illstraination, not vouchsafed to others, as to the character of men and the tendency of events. He speaks as if he were a Divine revealer. These thing*, however, are rather the favourite affectations of • school than defects personal to Mr. Doff, who is still young enough and capable enough to outgrow them. The Times fears no one will be surprised to find that the most vigorous opposition to the due enforcement of the Poor Law Act of last session proceeds from the City of London. It seems to be in the nature of things that a metropolitan improvement should be resisted by the City authorities. It appears a fixed principle in the minds of common councilmen that the " rights and ptivileges of the City of London" are always to be considered supe rior to the rights and interests of the public at large. The Tines trusts the Earl of Devon will decide solely with a view to the best possible administration of the poor law. The legislature has decided that the relief of the poor may be best effected by annexing, for certain purposes, poorer perishes to richer ones. The richer, therefore, must be prepared to make some sacrifice for the benefit of the poorer; and the City of London, in which are perhaps the. wealthiest parishes of all, ought not to set the example of a purely sslf•interested resist ance. the Erfurt. BALMORAL, Ocr. 4. The Queen drove out in the morning with Princess Christian, and in the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess and attended by Miss Mac gregor, paid a visit to M. and Madame Van de Weyer, at Abergeklie. Prince Christian and Prince Arthur, attended by Colonel Ponsonby, went out for a drive of dear. M. and Madame Van de Weyer had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. Oct 5. The Queen went out in the morning, attended by the Marchionees of Ely, and in the afternoon her Majesty drove to Altura Goitbasack, accompanied by Primer Christian, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Gordon and Mies Si; Stafford Northcote and Hr. Herbert Fisher had th honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. Prince and Princem Christian honoured M. and Madame Van de Weyer with their company at dinner, at Abergeldie.' Despatches wen received on Saturday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong, British Honduras, the Bahamas, Newfound land, end Prince Edward's Island. Despatches were sent to the Gavernor-General of Canada and to the Governor of British Honduras. Tun Rnriner Or THE Quinn To WINDSOIL—Her Majesty the Queen, with the other members of the royal family, attended by the suite, will, it is understood, return to Windsor Castle about the close of this or the beginning of next month. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are enter taining company at Dunroblu Castle, N.B. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and the Ladies Aahley hare arrived in town from Tunbridge Well. Visoonnteas Palmerston, accompanied by Via countess Jocelyn and Hon. Miss Jocelyn, has arrived at her residence in Park-lane, from passing a few months at Tunbridge Wells. Her ladyship is in the enjoyment of excellent health. MR VISIT OF ADMIRAL IPARRAGUT. As the greatest compliment they could pay to Admiral Farragut, their Lordships of the Admiralty last week invited him and his suite to join them in their official visit to the eastern dockyards, and accordingly, after • banquet at the o ffi cial residence of Sir Sidney Decree on Wednesday evening, the board and their guests started for Chatham dockyard on Thursday morning by the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway from the Victoria Sta tion, and were received on their arrival by all the naval and military authorities of that place. The remarkable iron clads Hercules and Monarch werefully explained in every particular to our American guests by Mr. Reed, the de signer of the ships, even the latest improvements in the gunnery an d other airansomenta beinglaid fully and freely gunnery an d other sar.nsmentsbeinglsid fully and freely i 3foe th em. On leaving the yard for town in the after noon, to fulfil &prior engagement, a g uard of Royal Marines saluted the party, the band playing the national airs of America. On the following day the geolent admiral re joined Mr. Cony and his colleagues at Chatham, aced accompanied them m their official teepee , ions of the marine barracks, the proceedings closing with a march past in both slow and quick time, and with a formal salutation of the colours of the corps. The party then embarked for Sheerness in the Admiralty yacht En chantrees, on board of which luncheon was served ; and during the run down the river their lordships took the opportunity of placing the beautiful vessel on board Which they were entirely at the disposal of the gallant Ad miral for the remainder of his visit to Ragland. On arriv ing at Sheerness the flagship Formidable saluted the Adrai nOty, who atone conveyed their American guests on board that vessel, where they were officially received by Vice- Adm'ral Sir Baldwin Walker. the Commander-in-Chief at the Norm On leaving the ship in the Admiral's barge with the Amelia's, flag to the haw, Admiral Panaght was minted by 19 gees from the Formidable, and leaded at the dockyard, where all the authorities of the pat were wait ing to receive him. He was speedily followed by the Board of Admiralty, whom he accompanied ever the estab lishment, and the day ended with • magnificent ban quet given in his honour by Sir Baldwin Walker at the Admiralty-house. Saturday was spent in the inepec. don of the Naval Reserve and of the detence of she Med way, after which the whole party returned to town. To day Sir Sidney Deems and other members et the Board of Alnztaly accompany Admiral Farragut to Woolwich r. aad Aroma, leaving Westminster-bridge in Mr. 170MV " steam yacht the Engineer which he has kindly placed at the aerobia of the Admiralty for the purpose. Admiral Farragut is accompanied by Captain Leroy and Flag-Lieutenant Commander Watson. both of whom, like their chief, distinguished themselves in the late war. TIM Nsw MINI/11TR TO TUN UNITED STATER We believe that Mr. Thornton, C. 8., at present minister at Rio Janeiro, bee been appointed minister at Washing ton.— Times. Archbishop Manning delivered a political sermon yesterday in the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Mooreelds• His subject was the attacks on the temporal power of the Pope. He pointed oat that though the French troops had been withdrawn from Rome the Pope, spite of the predic tions to the contrary, still sat on the Papal throne. Dr. Manning further declared that England, having preached sedition for the last thirty years to other people, was now feeling the effect of it at home. As to the future of the Papacy the archbishop professes to have no fear. It has ever had the hatred of man to encounter, and has with stood it ; and what it has done hitherto it will continue to accomplish. ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OP OXPOILD.—The Bishop of Oxford le suffering from a see. re attack of bronchitis. His lordship travelled on Seturiey from Wolverhampton. and arrived in the evening at Newbury, whence he drove to Sandleford Priory, the seat of W. Chatteris, where he was seized with an attack of bronchitis, and Mr. S. Hemated surgeon, of Newbury, was called to attend him. It had been understood that his lordship would preach yesterday morning at Newtown church, and in the evening at Speen church. THE Him. C. H. SPOBORON.—Mr. Spurgeon has so fairecovermi from his recent attack of illness as to be able to take kis place spin on the platform of the Metro politest Tabernacle. After an absence of four successive Sundays he appeared there yesterday morning. He is still very feeble, and his face retains some signs of what must have been intense suffering. Yesterday his lameness was so great that he could only limp slowly across the platform; and during that portion of the service in which he did not take the leading pert, he remained in his seat. Mr. Varley, of Notting-hill, assisted in the service, Mr. Spurgeon's labour being restricted to the prayer and the sermon. In both the prayer and the sermon he called attention to the spread of ritualism is the church of England. Loan DZILBY AND REFORM.—The Ipswich Work ing Men's Comervative Association recently adopted reso lutions Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli for their policy with referenee to the reform question. Copies of the resolutions were forwarded to the noble earl and right hom Gentleman, who have sent letters of thanks. The following Its the communication received by the secretary of the asso ciation from the Earl of Derby :—" 10, Downing-street, Sept 30. flir,-1 am directed by Lord Derby to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th inst., sad of a copy of the resolutions passed at the special meeting of the Ipswich Working Men's Association on Monday last. lam to re quest that you will convey to the members of the mode. tam his lor dship', grateful thanks for the favourable terms in which by the first resolution the association expressed Its approval of the course which her Majesty's ministers have deemed it their duty to take for the settlement of girhemeater7 reform.—l am, ke., Hawn D. YORRATs Mr. J. Cooke." ~). EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (ssom ows ows cosansrosozsT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. M. Fould, late Minister of Finance, expired this morning at his residence at Tarbes. The dearness of bread in Paris is much com plained o:, and all the more so since we are enter ing upon winter, and this with an unmistakable foretaste of the severities of the cold season. This occurs, too, at the period of a financial, commer cial, and industrial crisis. The Courrier Francais has exposed some of the dishonest tricks of the great dealers, and the mysteries of speculations in grain. lam afraid it will be found very difficult to deal with these ; but some relief might be effected by the abolition of the tax on flour of two francs a sack, put on in virtue of a decree of the 31st of August, 1863. [Many of the French journals call loudly for the remission of this impost, amongst them the Union and the Prance, The Sidcle makes it a case of going to the root of the municipal institutions of the empire, declaring that this and other abuses can only be remedied by radical reforms. "It is necessary inthe first plaoe,"says that journal, "that the city should comae to be under the dictation of the Prefect of the Seine; that it should elect official representatives charged to administer its resources and defend its interests. It is necessary, moreover, that all those liberties and rights of which we have been deprived, should be restored to us, and that public opinion should be freely entertained and discussed. Without this we are moving about in the dark, and know not where we are going." These are, in the present attitude of the govern ment, pretty bold suggestions ; but measures of a similar character are vigorously contended for by the liberal press. Such aspirations have arisen as much from the force of the circumstances of the time as they have been encouraged by the imperial promises made to the people in January last. Despatches from Italy are silent about the news of the arrest of Garibaldi, announced on Friday in the Diritto. The fact is neither oonfirmed nor de nied; and the reticence of the telegraph in connec tion with an incident of this gravity is rather sin gular. It is inquired whether the Diritto is the author or the victim of a mystification. From all we can learn, the insurrection appears still to be carried on in the province of Viterbo, notwith standing the assertions of the journals in the inte rest of the government that comparative tranquil lity reigns in this district. The insurgents would seem to have adopted the tactics of fatiguing the pontifical troops by marches and counter-marches, avoiding any serious encounter until they find themselves sufficiently enforced by bodies of volun teers who may succeed in diverting the vigilance of the Italian troops and passing the frontiers. There is no doubt that the presence of these armed bands in the pontifical territory causes great sensation in Italy. The Corriere Italian publishes news from Rome, to the effect that the Pope has made known to the diplomatic corps his intention of remaining at Rome whatever may happen. Letters from Naples state that a very strong manifestation lately took place in that city, in which from eight to ten thousand persons took part It - seems that, irritated by the reports of a fresh inter vention on the part of France, they desired to pro ceed in a body to the French consulate, but were prevented from doing so by the military. The multitude then made their way to the house of the consul-general of Prussia, beneath whose windows they shouted, "Viva la Prune !" " Vivo notre &Bide !" " Vive Bismarck !" The weather in Paris to-day is almost as cold as it has been for some days past ; the wind blows sharply from the north-east, and a chilling rain is beginning to fall. The weather is altogether as gloomy and cheerless as in mid-winter. THE TEAL RILICTION IN THE PAPAL BUTTE. The Times expecte to hear within the next twenty four boors that the contest in the Papal States has been brought to the walls of Rome. Further than that matters wall not, it expects, be suffered to proceed. The Zouaves end other foreign mercenaries will be sufficiently strong to protect the Vatican, and before the Roman malcontent• a-e jo;nrd by their outward auxiliaries, the royal troops a*" pour in in the name of public order and in defence of the person of the Pontiff. Still, though the Pope may be indulged in the mere name of his departed sovereignty, the Romans will put forth their claims to aelf-government. How the Papal court a R 1 manage to thrive in the full glare of a liberal press, and in the strong tide of new-world ideas which it has for so many years striven to keep out is more than the meet fervid imagination can sonosive: A t' rat step towards the consolidation of the church on • new heals might be the appointment of Trent or Coastlines or any place away from Rome and Italy for the meeting of the approaobirg cecumenioal council. With the resters_ Lion of Italy's rights to her capital • new era may be ex. petted to commence for the Roman church. The Poe says Italy cannot go to Rome by any wafters', news wears 11 About forfeiting the confidence of Europe ; what is done should be done openly, in the daylight, and so as to confront and confound all sinister suspicion. The Tdegraph thinks that as Italy cannot do anything central, to the with of France the insurrection will not do more than lead to the occupation by Italy of the part of the papal dominions which lay beyond the immediate boundaz:es of Rome. The Star is surprised at the exultation with which D:. Meaning yesterday spoke of the Pope's present position. h is not yet quite certain whether France has really or only in phrase withdrawn from the protection of Rome. If the papal power is in actual truth left to itasif Dr. Man. nines predictions will prove singularly ill-timed. THE CHOTICH CONGRK/SB. 'lce above congress, the Daily RCM observes, has knows bow to mako excellent use of the nstural curiosity on the part of the multitude to see and hear men with whose names they have been familiarised. But the late working men's meeting at Wolverhampton partook in no way of the character of a conference, for the leaders of the church in perfectly aware that they have no power to make any changes which the alienated muses might desire to see effected. The addressee at the meeting show probablytheincreasing sympathy of the eoclesiasticalclasses with the people. Bat there seems to here been a little aptitude for popular sympathy inthe way in which the desire for the religious welfare of the working men was expressed. When the Bishop of Oxford recommends the church as having "the great andtrulyrepublican principleofthewhole world," and tells the working men of the black county " I think we can help you to break through came distinctions and to be brothers one to another," we perceive rather the influence of the audience on the speaker than the speaker's own del;berate view of the church's work. How far can such teaching possibly be reconciled with the aristocratic constitution of English society and the hierarchical form► tion of the English church ? Might not republicanism in religious sentiment be construed by the masses u justify lag an attempt to carry out equality and democracy in the church itself ? The Herald is stwprised that whilst churchmen can meet and dimes every other subject, the question of the union of church and state, and its various details, one of the most urgent and critical of all, is uniformly and uni versally shirked by the church's authorities? Our con temporary thinks some other meeting should be called spe cially to conaider this subject. IS TOPICS. The Times is not yet quite prepared to believe in an organised or dedoite Fenian comrpiracy of which the recent outrages are expressions, but after seeing what the Fanians have actually done, and hearing what with some probabi lity they are said to have attempted, it thinks it perfectly reasonable that the authorities and the people should be on their guard. Nothing but such vigilance is needed to reduce the plot, whatever it may be, to its true dimensions. A very small knot of ruffians may do a great deal of mis chief by the aid of surprise, but they count for nothing but their own number. when once society is on the ale r t. . _ The death of M. Fonld and the loss which the Emperor sustains are spoken of by SOON of our contemporaries. The Poet thinks the late statesman far beyond comparison the meet able financier France bee ever pussessel, and his death leaves French finance in estate o bewilderment. He was always one of the warmest supporters of the English alliance, and, now that international interests are so oleerly interwoven, his death is a blow that Mad be felt even in shim country. He was a great admirer of Mr. Gladstone, and in many respects was a statesman of like tendencies. LATEST I N TELLIGENbB. THE lIIEERRECI79N IN THE ROMAN STATES. A letter from Florence of the 6th says : " Garibaldi having learned that some of his volun teers had succeeded in penetrating the Pontifical territory left Caprera in alittleboatfor Maddalena, where the mail steamer for Leghorn mskes a call. Just as he was getting on board he was recog nised and arrested, and taken back at once to the inland." At Aoquapendente the Pontifical genad'armes who gave themselves up to the insurgents signed the following capitulation :—" I, the undersigned, taken prisoner with 32 Pontifical gensd'armes, declare that I have given my word that none of the gensd'armes made prisoners with me shall take up arms against the insurgents for three months from this day, Oct. 1, Mr.—Pusan" LETTIMI, Lieutenant." Public meetings are being held in various parts of Italy for the purpose of urging upon the govern ment the duty of assisting the Roman insurrection. The most important seems to have taken place at Turin, where an immense meeting agreed to the following address : Y. Prefect,—The population of Turin having never be lieved that the iniquitous convention of September could destroy the vote of the 27th of March, 1861, of the first Italian parliament, which declared Rome the capital of Itily—also declare that the convention cannot prevent the general voice of the nation from responding to the appeal of the Romans now rising to overturn the temporal power and unite themselves to the great Italian family. And this meeting expresses ithe most ardent desire that the just aspirations of the whole peninsula m►y be promptly satisfied, and it begs you to make this known to the government. This address having been unanimously approved the meeting proceeded in • great procession, several thousands in number, to the office of the prefecture, carrying a flag on which were the words " Vive Joseph Garibaldi !" " Vire Rome the capital of Italy !" A deputation, it is added, was received by the Prefect with the utmost courtesy. From Rome we learn that a proclamation has been put on the walls which says :—" Romans, the moment has come for shaking off your ignoble chains ; show that the great soul of Rome beats still as in its better days. Run to arms and tell the world that Rome is for Italy and not for the priests." The National Roman Junta having dis solved, a body of active Roman liberals have taken the lead and issued an address protesting against the timidity of the junta and declaring themselves ready to join with all their strength any well organised movement tending to their deliverance. One account says that Menotti Garibaldi, Colonel Acerbi, and Major Canzio, Garibaldi's son-in-law, are at the head of the insurgents. THE AUSTRIAN CLERGY AND THE CONCORDAT. The Indipendance remarks of the address to the Emperor Francis Joseph, which the upper clergy of the western provinces have just presented, that it is a defiance to the constitutional laws of the empire and to the government itself. The Austrian journals laud the patriotism of) the Hungarian bishops who have abstained from joining in this address. The Wanderer advises its readers to abandon all hope of a compromise with the catholic clergy. The Austrian government according to the IncUpendattc6 is very little disturbed by this ultra-moatane demonstra tion, and the ambassador at Rome, M. de Hub ner, is instructed to solicit from the Roman court the revision of the concordat. His excel lency's instructions, it is said, have been approved of personally by the Emperor, and they are so framed as to compel an immediate and positive answer from the Holy See. (RIOTER'S TZLZ01•111.) HUNGARY. PESTH, Ocr. 6, Evisuro. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet ministerial bills were brought in embodying the resolutions of the Conference of Austrian and Hungarian delegates relative to the quota to be contributed by Hungary towards the public debt, and also containing the draft of a com mercial treaty between Hungary and Austria. Herr Idadavasz proposed that vote by universal suffrage should be adopted in reference to the question what portion of the public debt shall be borne by Hungary. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE Dl The North German Lloyd's Company's steamer Deutachland, from New York on the 26th ult., arrived at Southampton this morning (October 7), with 86 passengers far that port and Havre, 39 sacks of mails, 223,000 do's. in specie for London, and 346,200 dols. for France. NEW YORK SZPT. 26, Mowniro. General Schofield has decided that only those excluded from holding aloe under the laws of Congress are ineligible as delegates to the Virginia Convention. President Johnson and General Hancock were serenaded at Washington on Tuesday night. General Sheridan has been enthusiastically re ceived at Baltimore and Philadelphia, where he was entertained at a public banquet. Governor Brownlow is concentrating troops at Nashville and tho municipal authorities are swearing in hundreds of special policemen to oppose them. A serious collision is apprehended. General Grant has ordered General Thomas not to interfere at present. The Republican soldiers and sailors' convention held at Richmond has endorsed the Reconstruc tion Act, and favoured negro suffrage, but rejected Hammcut's radical platform. General Logan addressed a radical meeting at Cincinnati violently denouncing President John son, and urging his impeachment. Thaddeus Stevens is convalescent. General Manzano, Captain-General of Cuba, died at Havana on Tuesday. Balmolada has been sworn in as his successor. Last Friday M. Guizot reached his eighty-fourth year. - The Prince Royal of Denmark has arrived in Paris, but observes an incogasto. His royal highness travels for amassment. General Fleury is shortly expected in Paris from Germany. A decree has just appeared in the Moniker au thorising a sale-room to be opened at the Champ de Mare, In the building of the International Club, where all goods exhibited may be sold by auction. On Saturday last Major-General Bainbrigge, R.E., sad Mr. N. J. Senior attended at the Court-house, Wei Wow-square, for the purpose of holding their ad journed inquiry into the boundaries of the borough of the Tower Hamlets, with the view to ascertain whether the boundaries should be enlarged so as to include within the limits of the borough all premises which ought, due re gard being had to situation end other local eircumstemoss, to be included therein for the purpose of conferring upon the occupiers thereof the parliamentary franchise for each borough. There was a full attendance of parish oaken and others interested in the question, and depute- Sons ►ttended from West Ham sad Mile-end Old Town for the purpose of representing the views of the inhabi tants of those districts. LOSS OF A LONDON STEAMER. GALLANT RESCUE OF THE CREW. On Saturday there arrived at Hull three smacks belonging to that port which had amongst them the cap tain and crew of the: steamship Jarrow. The steamer, which was owned by the General Screw Colliery C om p an y, left Middlesborough on Wednesday last, under command of Captain William Walker, with a cargo of iron rails and fishplates, bound for Rigli. At 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening the pilot was sent on shore, sod the Jarrow pro ceeded on her course, with a fresh breeze from the N.W. At 10 o'clock that night the wind increased, and raised such a sea that the vend laboured heavily, and it was found necessary by midnight to alter her course so that she might be kept head to the sea. Thursday morning dawned with she gale increasing, and still heavier sea, which constantly broke over the veseeL At 6 a.m. the foretopsail was carried away, and the crew haul e d u p • &Inert foresail. After this the ship was hove to under close reefed mainsails, and heavy seas continued to break over her. After 10 o'clock she was making water very fast, the pumps being unable to keep het clear. At '2 o'clock water rose above the engine -room Boor, and the crew were employed with buckets to bail it out. At 3 o'clock it became level with the imam, end shortly after wards the fires were put out. The vessel was then com paratively unmanageable, but still, with constant atten tion, she was kept head to the sea. At 10 o'clock on Thursday night the square fore top-sail was blown r way, and all control over her was lost. The captain ordered the anchor to be let go, the vessel then being on the Dogger Bank, and in 21 fathoms. At 3 &clot* on Friday morning the crew were in a most pitiable con dition, and were each moment drenched with the heavy sea which constantly washed over the vessel. About this time • vessel's light MIS seen to the northward, and the steamer's crew therefore made light signal& In about an hour afterwards • smack's boat hove in 10; prov"ig to belong to the Henrietta, of Hull, Captain Rain. Four of the Jarrow's crew got into this boat, and were taken teddy on board the smack. Soon two other b0....4 went to the steamer, those belonging to the British Queen and the Prima Dorms, by which the other portion of the crew left, the captain being the last man to leave the sinking ship. Captain Walker speaks in the highest terms of the bravery displayed by the Hull fishermen, who on a dark and stormy night launched their small boats on • sea which ran mountains high, risking their lives to save those of their felloworeaturr in d istress. The reseal went down about three hours after she had been abandoned, seventy miles from the land, Spurn point being W. by S. The men on arriving at Hull were forwarded to their homes by the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariner'. Society. ASSADLTING SIR GEORGE BOWYER, M.P., IM rug PDBLIC STREET.—At Abingdon last week • of assault was preferred by Sir George Bowyer, C PL a r spinet Mr. William Westbrook, one of the hoe. baronet's tenants, and also a 00-religioniat. The complainant, who resided at Radley-rerk, proved that on the 213t1 ult. the defendant came up to him in • violent manner, near the George and Dragon Inn, and demanded to know why he had been served with notice to quit. Sir George told hint that he knew that by his agent, him. self, and his secretary he bad been warned to live peacefully with his neighbours, and complainant also added that defendant knew he (Sir George) had always been an indulgent landlord, and had allowed him to pay his rout when convenient. However, notwithstand ing the remonstrance of the hon. baronet, defendant continued his abuse, and several times seized Sir George by the collar, telling him he was • disgrace to the country. Defendant ran away when complainant had almost reached the polka station, but at • subsequent part of the day be renewed his abusive and violent conduct. Defendant's wife interceded for him, and Sir George said he would not ask for • conviction if he would in court state his regret for what had happened and was willing to be bound over to keep the peace. Defendant said he was willing to beg his pardon in private. 51i George replied "No ; the offence was committed publicly and the reparation ought to be public. You have insulted a magistrate in the streets of Abingdon, and • public satisfaction is required for the outrage." Corroborative evidence was given, and the defendant having said he was sorry for what he had done. was bound over to keep the peace for six months. Sir George generously undertook to pay the costs. COMMITTAL roa FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT. —Mr. W. North, late corresponding secretaryof the Not tingham Imperial Order of Odd Fellows, was taken before the sitting magistrates at the Nottingham police-offlce on Saturday en the charge of forgery and embezzlement of the funds of the order. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next Nottingham Anima EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY. Shortly before 7 o'clock this morning a fearful explosion, involving loss of life, took place at the Hi g h, bury coal depot of the North London Railway. Th e depot is situated on the south side of the line, near the Highbury station, and is approached from St. Paul's -road, There are several lofty timber lifts for raising the coal trucks from the line into the yard, and they were worked by a powerful stationary engine. It appears that the us- I fortunate driver, named Charles Platt, who h as per i shed, got up steam at the usual hour this morning, en d the work proceeded in an apparently od e mai ,. Twelve coal trucks bad been raised, and the thirteenth was about being lifted, and when it had got some 2 feet or so from the ground a fearful explosion occurred which shook the whole neighbourhood. Considering the nature of the catastrophe, it is marvellous that there was not s greater loss of life. is it was, however, the destruction of property was something fearful to wit's( LI. The brit walls of the engine -house were shattered to atoms, and much of the massive timbers of the lift torn away, Such was the terrific force of the expkets e , that the heavy tube of the boiler, weighing sum 3 tons, was burled completely across the line lay the mews behind Highbmy-place, and half of tie casing into the Crfoot way, between the two line of rails, the other portion being thrown up into the wreck of the lift. Had a passenger train been passing at the time, it fearful to contemplate what would have been the mesa quenoes. The officers at the aighbury-station immediately took every precaution to block the line, and ca soon as possible an examination was made smogy the ruins of the engine -house. The remains g the driver Platt were found sadly mutilated, life, d course, being extinct. His arming found round the pistss rod, and it is thought that he had heard something aid was endeavouring to nap when the explosion ensued, The coal man, who had been attending to th e cce l truc k which was about being raised, had a miraculous escape, as had some of the other labourers. From an inspection which has been made of the remains of the boiler, it ep. pears that it ,was the cuing that exploded, the tube which was thrown across the line being almost uniejerat, The lift and depot were the property of the North Liman Railway Company, but they were in the occupatka If Mears. Lea and Co., Goal merehanta. The deceased Ins in the ureice of the railway company, and it is massif that the orders were never to excised • pr esure of 40Ib. to the inch. The boiler was what is called a Cornish oes, and had been in use some years. The deceased has left a widow and a numerous family. The passenger trains* as usual afterwards. A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP ON THE PENIAJ MOVEMENT. Bishop Turner (Roman catholic) of Salford, has issued a pastoral, in which he thus refers to the Nan. cheater outrage:—" The sufferings and wrongs of Ireland are indeed many and great. The church and religion d her people, so dear to them, long proscribed ; anodic church and religion attempted to be forced upon them; the majority, who are poor, left to support their owe TO ligion and compelled to pay alio for the new religion of the wealthy few, receiving in return only mockery and hostility to their own. A necessary consequence of this is a fear lest the paying Catholic tenant should pin a power in the coun o l o zhich would enable him to mid legitimately the rel . impost laid upon him for the benefit of his landl Hence, again, that want of tiny of tenure and protection of interest in his holding if which the tenant complains, and that absence of syn. path for him which is called public opinion,' and which in England cons itutes so great a check on private oppression and legitimatised severity. Education forms the subject of another wrong. It was long forbidden to the nation ; and even now its advantages of rank, is honours and emoluments, are denied to the middle and upper classes of the catholic., unless they be accompanied by a wound to conscience and disrespect to their own religion. Add to thew tie popular grievance arising from the causes which owed such an unprecedented abandonment of home ; a deems in their populations of two millions of inhabitants in I years, and then no ooe can be mu:primed that such a as• dition of affairs should produce wide dimatisfaction is Ireland. Still It can never justify such deeds or cam as those which we deplore. Widespread as that dim tisfaction is in Ireland, yet so upright are her people their native land, that in no part of her Majesty's de minions do we read of assizes without a single cue d crime for trial. It is to he lamented that the adoption, by some, of these new and irrelious theories, so main here and their application to this case should Lave led is so Peat crime. For your part, our beloved derv, yea have only one duty in this matter, namely, to continue to teach your Sock obedience to the law of God, as laid dais by the Apostle St. Paul in days of persecution and tan. ' Let every soul be subject to higher powers; for there is no power but from God ; and those that an am ordained of God.'—Bons. xiiL L This doctrine of obedience, however unpopular it may be in these days, is that et the religion of Jesus Christ, who became obedient for es. Continue to teach your flock their duties in society sad to society. Impress upon them the sinfulness of belongiag to any of those secret and illegal associations which am bound by oaths. They are condemned by the catholic church. They have been especially condemned by hi Present Holiness, and, as you and your flock know, the faculties" by which you receive your juriediotios do not allow you to administer the sacraments to those who obstinately adhere to them. Whenever it may happen that your exhortation or advice so fail that you are obliged to refuse the sacramental, have reams, to Almighty God in prayer for those misled men, that He may arouse them to a sense of the sin in which they are e=ed. Teach them to pursue a legitimate object, the of wrongs, the attainment of political rights, or the increase of political privileges, by legitimate means, and, even when hopes long deferred sicken and weary the heart, still—to commit their course to the care of Heaves, and to remember that here is the patience of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jecins.'—Apoc. xiv. 12." EXPLORATION OP THE OAKS COLLIERY. RECOVERY OF THE BODY OF MR. PARKIN JEFFCOCR. On Saturday afternoon the remains of late Mr. Parkin Jeffeock, the eminent mining engineer, sad use of the volunteers who perished in the sad caw tropbe at the Oaks, were brought to the bank and con veyed to the dea f-bonne. The pocket hook of the un fortunate gentleman bad been found And identified during the morning, and this circumstance led to the supposition that his body might be in the box-hole, and the workmen redoubled their efforts in order to get the body out. The body of Mr. Jeffeook is easily recognised by his sowing beard and his clothing. The body is perfect with the excep tion of the feet, and both these members arc blown off, but they have been recovered, During the morn* the late Mr. John Smith's body was brought oat and was easily recognisable by his watch and clothes. This gentleman was the manager of the Lund Hill Colliery, sad was one of the unfortunate yet brave volunteers who lost their lives in the recent explosion. The other bones found in the box-bole are—Christopher Siddons, deputy, and Alfred Hayland, a day man at the colliery. DREADFUL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSIONS NEAR Bourox.—Two shocking, and it is to be feared, fatal acci dents, occurred at different plasma, in the neighbourhood of Bolton, on Saturday evening. In the first ease, a man named Thomas Isherwood, a quarryman, employed at the atone dell belonging to Mr. William Charnley, at Her reek's-fold, a few miles from Bolton, was engaged in 1 blasting operation. He had drilled a bole in the side el the quarry, and bad inserted the charge of gunpowder for the shot. In the usual manner he then took up a fusee and applied a light to the train, but did not sot' ceed in igniting the powder. After waiting a few nue relents, Isherwood, along with two other men work* with him, commenced to drill out the shot, and whilst they were doing so the gunpowder exploded. Isherwood eas right in front of the stone, and the full force of the explo sion caught him. Nis face was fearfully burned, and his hands were blown off altogether. He was removed to the Bolton Infirmary during the day, but no exretation whatever is entertained of his recovery. In the second case the injuries to the person were eves more dreadfuL The unfortunate man e s name is Thomas France. He was a collier, 49 years of age. and employed in one of Mr. Fletcher's pita at Bradley Fold, close to Bel ton. On Saturday morning he was engaged blasting a seam of cool in the mine, when the powder exploded direct is his face. The poor man was awfully burned. His eyes were literally blown out, and his face snd whole body scorched in a frightful manner. His hands also (as in the previous case) were almost entirely blown off. Re too woe taken to the Bolton Infirmary, but, like his fellow sufferer, there seems no probability of hi. surviving the injuries he has sustained. DEATH OF A CITY BPRGLAIL—The Citr burglar William Brown, who was better kno en as " s^otty," and was one of the gang sentenced in 1861 to long .erms of penal servitude for daring robberies in the stops of Mr. WWism Johnson, jeweller, of Thremineedleatreet, end Mr. John Walker, of Cornhill, died la Militant a few days ago. The deceased was not transported to Australia with easel', Hurley, and some of the other prisoners. ENORMOUS PIKE AT CLAREMONT.—ID the orna mental water at Claremont an enormous pike has been found dead. It measured 3ft. Sin. lone. cirth at the back of the bead, lft. Bin. Ita wdlfttt was over 301 b. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DIYONSHIRD. *GUARS. CITY.—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending Oct. 5 was—Medical. `. 1 21: tar' gioal, 665; total, 1,596 ; of which 696 were new cams. I for en' wh bev fu4 E 1 Pr!'