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"or representative in Congress, or elector of " President and Vice-President, or hold any office, " civil or military, under the United States, or " under any State, who having previously taken " an oath as a memberof Congress, or as an officer " of the United States, orasa member of anyStato " Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer "of any State to support the Constitution of " the United States, shall have engaged in incur " rection or rebellion against the same, or given " aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But " Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each " House, remove such disability." The operation of this dame would be to put an extinguisher upon the ambition of most of the former leaders and statesmen of the South. It does not disfran chise them in any way—it merely disqualifies them for all public office and trust. They may vote, but cannot be voted for—they may take their share in every election, but cannot be elected even to the temporary function of elector for President and Vice-President. They would be obliged to abandon public life, and give place to new men in new times. Of course they enter vigorous protest against such a disqualification, and equally, of course, the people whom they have long misled are not willing to consent to the deposition of their leaders. But surely if unfaithfulness to public oaths is to be punished at all, it could not suffer a lighter or more fitting penalty than exclusion from the posts to which such declarations are attached ; and if unsuccessful rebellion, which has always drawn upon itself the penalties of treason, is to have any penal consequences, they could not pos sibly be leas than disqualification for office under the Government against which the rebellion was directed. General Wens Hamrroe may congra tulate himself that he has not an old world Government to deal with. Anywhere on the Con tinent of Europe he would have had to submit to something far worse than the shame of pleading guilty of treason. Had any European Govern ment forgiven its rebels as the Federal Govern ment has done, the world would have been filled with praises of its clemency, and the objects of that clemency would themselves have thought little of the shame of admitting themselves guilty. The excited and indignant protests of the South are greater than the occasion justifies. The rhetoric of NV "Luz Haxeros's indig nation ends in an anti-climax. It strikes us much as though the alarm bells rang, and the rattles were sprung, and the town was roused to find that the door of a citizen had been shut in his face. This clause of the Amendment shuts the door of office against those who having been in power used that power against the Union ; and the world will join the Northern people in treating the indigna tion of those who are excluded by it as beating no proportion, and having no relation to their circum_ stances. It is usual for a defeated general to acknowledge warmly any generosity on the part of the conqueror. General Lzz did this ; and it would do greatly more than their present course to win the admiration of distant contemporaries if the other leaders of the Southern insurrection had done the same. It is not very likely that the North will forego this section of the Amendment. It could well afford to do so if the other clauses were in opera tion, or if the coloured population, who are all loyal to the Union which has freed them, were allowed their share of the representation. Many Northern statesmen think this plan better than even that of Congress, and the Radical party has taken as its motto, " Universal suffrage and " universal amnesty." On this platform the com plaining statesmen of the South might stand safely, and hear no more of exclusion from Federal and State offices. But it must be either this or that. They must join the Mulicals of the North and give universal suffrage in return for universal amnesty, or they must submit to the passing of the Consti tutional Amendment just as it stands. Six months ago the North might have lent its ear to proposals for compromise, and a conciliatory course taken by Mr. JOHNSON and by the South might have in duced it to withdraw this third section of the Amendment fur the sake of speedy peace. But the time for such compromise has gone by. The South has again attempted, with the PRESIDENT at its head, to over-ride the North ;it has again been defeated, and it will have to take the consequences of defeat. It refused to be content with less than all its unequal claims, and it is now the turn of the North to refuse to take less than all its just and moderate demands. B ROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR for CHILDREN'S DIET. To obtain extra prom by the sale other kinds are sometimes offered in.tead al BROWN and POISON'S. "John brown," "John Colson," is signed b) the makers cm each packet. SALES of PLANTS and BULBS, EVERY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. STEVENS'S AUCTION ROOMS, 38, King-street, Covent-garden. TULL PARTICULARS In the CATALOGUES. Zit, erpreoo. TO CORAgsPOS DENTS. Advertisements Intended for "The Express," London Evening Paper, must be at the O ffi ce , 10, Bouverie- street, 1/ Two o'clock on the day of publication. DRURY LANE. Tills I.Vearfso, FAUST. Mr. Phelps, Masers. E. Phelps, W. Benin, 11. aneuhutt, and J. Johnstone Mrs. Herman Venn so and Mlss Poule.—Juel THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Brothers Webb. PRINCENPL TIIE TIIPLh ALLIANCE.—After which THE III:GC I:NOT CAPTAIN. Menus. J. G. 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Lana--GUIDO YAW liES.—And a t.rand Didl,l4 Of Fireworks. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRW DAT —gorniog, lb. 52rn Afternoon. 9m. To -homing.—Morning, 21t. rinn Afternoun, 2h. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Tut: statesmen and people of the Southern States are placed in a very trying and difficult position. For a year past they have been making efforts to re-enter the Union from which they so gaily seceded live years ago, but they have found it to be far easier to dissolve their connexion with it by accla mation than to renew it by determining to do so. There were two sides in the matter of secession, and they had to find that the aide they had not coti-oilted was the stronger, and was able to put a decisive veto on their resolution to destroy the Union. They have now found that there are two sides to the ipiestionof " reconstruction," and they arc just finding that though they have been kept to their Federal duties, they are not to resume without guarantee or concession their old and repudiated share of the Federal power. They fought their secession battle themselves, and fought it well, and having been beaten have shown no reluctance to confess their defeat, but they have had to stand by with folded hands while their reconstruction battle is being fought for them by the PRESIDENT and the demo- ' crats, and they are not yet convinced that their Northern allies hare lost their cause. Northern opinion had " discounted " the anticipated results of this week's elections, and has decided that the "Constitutional Amendment" must be adopted but Southern opinion has not yet come up to the point at which submission to defeat is accepted, and untoward circumstances are made the best of. Were it not that the language of Southern states men now reminds us so forcibly of similar language used by them just before their final submission, we should take but a gloomy view of the situation of things in the South. That the people are earnestly anxious for the full restoration of Federal relations there can be no manner of doubt, but that they are prepared to accede to the terms offered them there is no evidence to show. That they will yield in the long run we have no doubt, but that they are yet in the yielding mood we do not at all believe. The Governor of Mississippi, in his message to the Legislature of that State, delivered after the result of the Pennsylvania' election was known, speaks of the Constitutional Amendment as " such an insulting outrage and " denial of the equal rights of so many of our " worthiest citizens who have shed lustre and " glory upon our section and our race, both in I " the forum and the field, such a gross usurpation " of the rights of the State, and such a centralize " tion of power in the Federal Government, that " I presume a mere reading of it will cause its re " jection by you." A short time before this message was delivered General WADE HAMPTON had spoken to the inhabitants of part of South Carolina in shuilartenns. He acceptedall the results of the war, especially the abolition of slavery, but protested against the " Constitutional Amendment." " Shall we," he said, " submit to the shame " which would cling to us for ever if we admit " that we have been guilty of treason ? Shall we " cover ourselves with eternal infamy by branding " as traitors the men who died for us, and to " whose memory you are now paying honour ? " Never, never, never ! Let any fate, however " hard, be our lot rather than that such dishonour " should be ours." The Southern correspondents of the Northern papers testify to the prevalence of the same feeling among the people of the South, and to their determination not to accept the Constitutional Amendment as it stands. But it is a very hopeful sign that all these protests fix on the least essential article in the Amendment. The repudiation of the rebel debt and the guarantee of that of the legitimate Government ; the reduc tion of the Southern representation to the same ratio as that of the North, and eveuthe constitutional endorsement of the civil rights of the freedmen seem to raise but little antagonism, and there i OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE BISHOP OF N. Each of our contemporaries this morning, in commenting on yesterday's decision in the Rolls Court, points out that the grounds of the decision are removed almost equally from the province of technical law and of technical theology. Only the right to temporalities was under discussion, and the question was treated solely as a matter of contract between the parties. Whether or not Lord Rowilly'e exposition of the law be confirmed on ap peal, the Tows thinks it was an ill-advised measure on the part of the trustees of the fund to refuse Bishop Co leus° his salary upon his so-called deprivation by aso-called Synod, owing no allegiance to any recognised power in church or state. It was still more questionable, when the illegality of the sentence had been affirmed by the court of final appeal, to change the ground of the refusal, and to allege reasons which, if good at all, were equally good against Bishop Gray,—namely, to interpret that the de cision of the Privy Council which set aside as null and void the sentence of deprivation pronounced by the Bishop of Capetown against Dr. Colenso virtually, and construc tively at least, if not expressly, nullified the letters patent themselves which created Dr. Colenso Bishop of Natal, on the implied ground that they could have no effect in a colony having an independent legislature of its own. It is inevitable that his success in resisting a blockade of this kind should be hailed as a triumph by his friends, while a different result would probably have failed to dislodge hint from his see. At the same time, it is highly desirable that a basis should be laid by judicial interpretations of the existing laws for a legielative settlement of the anomalous relation between the British crown, the church of England, and the episcopal churches of the colonies. The church of England is essentially an English institu tion, and it would perhaps have been well had no attempt been made by the legislature to extend the Anglican sys tem of the mother country to the colonies. If the laity as well as the clergy of episcopal churches in our colonies desire complete independence, let it be conceded freely ; but let ne not give the sanction of a royal patent and of a solemn consecration by the Primate of All England to bishops over whom no control can be exercised either by our civil or by our spiritual courts. The Daily News observes that the judgment on the whole is not only an inevitable deduction from the pre vious cases, but is useful as illustrating and defining their results. It confirms the principle of the perfect freedom of colonial churches, and of the readiness of the state to secure to them all due observance of the conditions under which they are instituted. If, in this instance, the charge had been that the Bishop of Natal had departed front the standards of the church, it would have been tried, and if 1 1 1 i. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1866. established, he would have been declared no longer entitled to the salary or status of his office. This is real freedom, guaranteed and supported by law. An arbitrary claim to establish a new tribunal to meet a uew case, and to erect a jurisdiction not contemplated by the founders of the association, would be tyranny, which, however it might be favourable to one party at present, might soon be turned into an instrument for its own destruction. IThe Post and Telegraph recognise the soundness of the judgment of the Master of the Rolls—the latter adding, however, that the time has come when the unsatisfactory relation between the colonial churches and the Anglican communion ought to be reviewed. Under the circumstances the Standard thinks that an adverse judgment was almost inevitable, and except in the particular instance by no means undesirable. Some re vision of the law is absolutely necessary. At present there seems only too much reason to apprehend that the colonial churches will be reduced to a state of despair and disgust at the condition to which successive decisions have reduced them. LATES' FENCE. SPAIN AND THE POPE. The Isulipendauee Beige says : The situation of the Pope continua to be the object of much anxiety to Queen Isabella, her eourtien, and the members of the government—the faithful servants of the Irian,. of the Camarillo. The .Regcaeracion, the organ of the Queen's confessor, says that the Queen cannot consent to the Pope's taking refuge in Malta, that be must come to Madrid, where he will find a second country. In court circles Toledo is spoken of as the future residence of his Holiness, if Madrid does not become the sacred city par erailence. If an offer of this kind has been officially made to the Holy Father, Pius IX. and his advisers would do well to remember that Spain, even more than other countries, is liable to revolutions ; and that the policy of repression and clericalism which the Madrid cabinet is at this moment pursuing may compromise at any moment the safety of the head of catholiam. On the whole, Pius IX. would be exposed to less danger in Rome than any where else ; and in spite of the more or less ambiguous declarations contained in the recent allocution and the intrigues of the ultramontane party, we persist in the belief that he will continue to make the Vatican the seat of his spiritual authority, though his temporal sovereignty should cease to exist. The perspective of exile may suit those hot . headed and cosmopolitan catholic' who direct and write in • the newspapers ; but the Italian Cardinals, who form the majority of the Pope's circle, are more sensible, and they will be little disposed to exchange their palaces either for hotels in Malta or Peados in Spain. IMPENDING CHANGES IN ENGLISH THEOLOGY. Commencing with a reference to Bishop El li cott's attempt to deal with the question of ritualism the Times proceeds to show that the innovations which attracted the anger of the anti-tractarions a generation since are nothing more than are now to be met with in numbers of churches throughout the country. The whole cycle of ideas which then formed the religious character seems to be ignored, and new or revived doctrines are expressed in terms unheard of by the church goers of the old times, and with the result of attr►cting the young, the impulsive, and the tasteful. In an age of remarkable independence of thought, and at a time when religious speculation has been busier than in any period in the modern history of the world, the whole spiritual policy of the bishops has consisted in keeping things as they are until the struggle is useless. It is impossible to be acquainted with what is passing in the world of letters and in civilised society, both in Europe and America, without coming to the conclusion that great changes axe likely to be effected in the thoughts of Christendom within the present century. Whether for good or evil, a great revolution is at hand. The catholic revival is but the reflex current of the stream in which the main intellect of the world is now flowing. In the present day we have all the young intelligence and curiosity of the country exposed to two impulses—tbe scientific and critical, leading in the direction of inde pendent thought in theology as in other things ; and the emotional, sentimental, and artistic, which finds its grati fication in the doctrines, ceremonies, and legends of the Roman church. Now, neither the intellectual nor the devotional life of the great body of the clergy has been guided by those above them. tinder the influence of the episcopal bench all the studies con nected with theology have withered, until English biblical critics are the scorn of foreign scholars. Whenever we take up the work of a theologian who is likely to be a dean or a bishop, we find, not an earnest inquirer setting forth the results of honest research, but merely an advocate, who, we can perceive, has begun his work with the fixed determination of proving black white in favour of his own traditional system. When the mental pabulum of the candidate for orders has been for years of this description, when he is taught to sneer at the very scholars from whom his own professors have derived at second-hand all their knowledge, anduhom theyeriticisewith ludicrous airs of su periority, is it to be wondered at that, instead of rising to higher and wider conceptions of Christianity, his mind. incapable of inaction in the active world around, should irresistibly return to the dogmas and forms of the old churches If the chiefs of the church desire to turn the clergy from Romanist mimicry, it will not be by denuncia tions and by commands to stand still in the precise intel lectual position of their grandfathers. The pernicious taste which has been formed during the present generation mny be changed, and it will be changed whenever the most in telligent and large-minded of the clergy receive the support of the episcopal bench and the influential laity. THE " ROMAN LEGION." A letter of the Ist, from a non-commiasioned officer of the Roman Legion at Viterbo, and pub lished by the Opinion Nationale, contains the following extraordinary narrative : This morning our flag, which had been promised us ever since we left Antibes, was given to us. It is yellow and white, and when the general said, " Swear to serve itwith fidelity, and cry, altogether,' Long live the Holy Father!"' only the officers responded. And when they had finished their cry, " The church for ever ! Long live the Pope !" all the men of the Leg ion, and myself with them, shouted : " France for ever ! Long live the Emperor !" If you had seen how the Pontifical General looked . . . he was furious. A sergeant and ten men then advanced towards him, and said: " General, we are in Italy to fulfil a different mission from that which you assign to us. You force us to go to mass under penalty of imprisonment. That is not the way things are managed in France. Also, in the name of the whole Roman Legion (except the officers) we do not wish for your flag. We only know one, and that belongs to France. Let that be given to us, and we shall be proud of it, and we will display it everywhere with delight and confidence ; for it is every where loved, and yours is not. General, you shall judge for yourself that it is preferred to yours." Then he drew a small tricolour from his pocket and showed it to the men. Everyone shouted "long live the Emperor ! France for ever !" It was curious, I assure you ; but no one laughed, for every one feared that something was going to happen. In fact, when the general mounted his horse to march at the head of the legion, he had hand ed the fl ag to the standard-bearer, but he no sooner let it go than some one fired at it, and the officer who held it was wounded. The general then said he was going to write to France, to know what punishment to inflict on us. Then the legion be came excited, they all broke their ranks, surrounded the general, and shouted " Down with the Pope !" It was considered necessary to establish posts of secu rity in the streets. The idea occurred to somebody of sending the gendarmerie after us; when the men of the legion saw that they turned against them, and at this moment-4 o'clock in the afternoon—there are 22 gen darmes killed and a great many wounded. Efforts were made to get the men to their barracks. but they would not march. I believe it is all over.with the legion; since we have arrived in Italy 10 or 15 men have deserted every day. They pass the frontier and give themselves to Garibaldi (sic.). You may expect to see us again soon, for as matters stand I do not reckon upon more than three months before the legion will be dissolved. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SUPPRESSION OF THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 7. The insurrection in Candia is stated to be at an end. Three engagements have taken place at Geliada, in which the insurgents lost 112 killed. All the Sphakiot chiefs (33 in number) have made their submission. Akiff Pacha is to be Governor-General of tho island. The Grand Vizier will obtain further con cessions for the Christians from the Sultan. The legations of foreign Powers have addresaod a collective note to the Porte upon the establish_ ment of lifeboat stations upon the coasts of the Black Sea. THE D_ NUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Nur. G. The Russian Consul-General at Bucharest and his staff were received yesterday by the Hospodar in solemn audience, and the latter received from the Russian Consul the announcement of his recog nition by the Czar as Prince of the Danubian Prin cipalities. HUNGARY. PESTH, Nov. 6. It is stated on reliable authority that the go vernment have definitively resolved upon the ap pointment of an Hungarian ministry. (REUTER'S EX PRESS.) PROCLAMATION OF PRINCE CHARLES TO THE ROUMANIANS. BUCHAREST, Ocr. 25. The following proclamation of Prince Charles of Hohenzollern to the Roumanians has been officially published : Roumans,—The patriotism you have displayed in the most brilliant manner in all the principal epochs of your history has preserved to you uninjured the sacred inheri tance of your forefathers, the Roumanian fatherland. Re cently, again this patriotism of yours enabled you to under stand the true interests of your country, and moved you unanimously to proclaim tile hereditary character of your throne and a constitutional form of government. By this means you have connected freedom with stability, and secured a rapid and uninterrupted development of all the vital elements of the land. Itemnans—Your fervent wishes are now fulfilled. Your elected sovereign has received the official intel ligence that ho has been recognised by the Sublime Porte, and the other Powers will also doubtless no longer delay to recognise the work of your endurance and moderation. I remark with joy that the Sublime Porte, while admitting the sincerity of your intentions and the calmness of your attitude, sees at the same time in your national strength, and the maintenance of the relations which draw us near to it, a powerful guarantee of order and stability. The object of my journey to Constantinople is personally to assure his Majesty the Sultan of the high regard we shall always entertain for the treaties that have settled our relations to Turkey, as well as to receive from his Majesty on the other hand the assurance of his sincerest good will for the prosperity and the rights of Roumania. I depart with full security in the future, for I know that your blessings will follow me everywhere. I leave behind with you my memory and all my house. hold. Yon have summoned me to be your sovereign, and as the voice of the people is the voice of God, I cherish the fullest hope that the Almighty will support me in the endeavours I shall never be tired of uniting with yours to promote the progress and the increase of our country. CHARLES. The Duchess of Nassau purposes remaining at Biebrich for her confinement, and immediately afterwards will COMO to Paris to join the dulte, her husband. " A melancholy piece of intelligence," says the France," reaches us from Copenhagen, namely, that the Russian minister at the court of Denmark, Baron de Nicolai, has become insane." GERM.tNT AN!) HOLLAND. The Times understands that her lliajty's government have determined to withdraw their diplomatic represents• tive from the Court of Saxony, and to break up the eats blishment of the British Legation at Dresden. The incor poration of the Saxon kingdom in the Prussian monarchy is thus formally recognised, and ono more independent state vanishes from the map of Europe. Continental changes do not brighten the prospects of beginners in the diplomatic service; the pleasantest residences are rapidly falling from the rank of capitals. Dresden, Hanover, and Frankfort, in Germany ; Naples and, first, Florence, next Turin, in Italy, have been absorbed ; and we look upon Munich and Stuttgard as extremely precarious. The ten dency is to the formation of great monarchies, and to the disappointment of attaches. But as to Dresden itself, who knows' Three years ago Florence was equally despaired of ; grand-ducal sunshine had departed from the Pitti Palace ; grass was ready to grow at Santa Trinitit ; the destinies of Germany are not yet accomplished ; the van quished land often subdues her conqueror ; Dresden was always called the Florence of Germany ; and Berlin as a residence hardly boasts as great charms as forsaken Turin. The voting in Holland has not yielded, the Daily News remarks, au unequivocal answer to the most urgent poli tical questions of the day. All the parties to the late con test are dissatisfied with the vagueness and inadequacy of the result. The partial success of the conservatives will delay the reforms called for by public opinion, but this is probably the worst that is to be apprehended. The minis ters are powerful only to obstruct ; the first attempt to lead the country backward would combine all sections of the liberal party against them, and when united that party is irresistible. the eEourt. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. C. The Queen, with Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove in the Home-park yesterday afternoon. Prince and Princess Christian went out driving also. Her Majesty. accompanied by Princess Christian, drove in the grounds this morning. CoyLtecs Blucher and Lord Charles Fitzroy have left the Castle. The Earl and Countess of Derby arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the royal family. Lady Susan Melville has arrived as lady-in-waiting to Princess Christian. Lord Po'wart!, has succeeded Viscount Strathallan as lord-in-waiting to her Majesty. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Malinesbury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel. Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Mest Hon ourable Privy Council sat yesterday at Whitehall, oa matters relating to the Cattle Plague. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Right Hon. H. Corry, the Right. Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Hart., and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Mr. Harrison and Colonel Harney attended the committee. A deputation from the Markets Committee of the Cor poration of the City of London, consisting of Messrs. Thomas Rudkin, Warwick, Streaker, Webber, the Comp• troller, and Mr. F. Brand, was receivedby the Lords of the I Council at the Privy Council-office yesterday. A deputation, introduced by the Hon. G. Verdon, and consisting of Mr. R. Brooks, M.P., Mr. J. N. Challis, MI. F. S. Dutton, Mr. J. L. Elder, T. W. Flower, Mr. F. Gig borne, Mr. J. Hart, Mr. D. Q. Henriques, Mr. E. Hamil ton, MP., Mr. G. G. Nicol, Mr. M. H. Marsh, M.P., Mr. Millikin, Mr. A. Laurence, Mr. Paxton, Mr. W. I Purdy, Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart., Mr. Hugh L. Taylor, I Mr. G. H. Waterhouse, Mr. E. Wilson, Mr. A. Young, Mr. J. A. Youl, and the Hon. G. B. Watt, had an inter view with the Earl of Carnarvon at the Colonial-office yesterday, upon the subject of telegraphic communica tion with Australia, via India, Singapore, and Java. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yea terday. The Lords present were Lord Westbury, Sir I I E. V. Williams, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Laurence Peel. On the recommendation of Lord Derby, her Majesty has been pleased to confer a civil list pension on Mr. H. J. Doogood. REPORTED ABDIMACATION OFXIMILIAN THE EMPEROR . (DT ATLANTIC TELZ010 11 .) NEW YORK, Nov. 6. It is reported that the Emperor Maximilian has abdicated. The North German Lloyd's steamship Ilan.sa arrived out to-day. The Transatlantic Company's steamship Pereire has also arrived out in nine days. DEATH OP THE MARQUIS OP WATERFORD. DUBLIN, Nov. 6. The Marquis of Waterford died this morning at his country seat. He had been ill six days of pigtail) fever. The deceased was the fourth marquis, and was in holy orders. He was born on 27th April, 1814, and succeeded his brother, the late marquis, in 1859. The elevation of the Earl of Tyrone to the peerage, consequent upon his father's death, will cause a vacancy in the representation of the county of Waterford. THE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. The former Edinburgh and Glasgow directors met yesterday, and resolved that the report of the investigation committee disclosed a course of systematic and fraudulent deception, and deliberate falsification of accounts ; and that the Lord Advocate be requested to con sider whether the seta imputed by the committee to the chairman did not require investigation by the public pro* neuter, and criminal prosecution it confirmed. In a letter which Mr. Hodgeon, thelcbairtnan, has ad dressed to Mr. Walker, the secretary of the North British Railway, ho says :—" With respect to the future, I would submit that it lies with the proprietary to choose in whom they will co n fi de the conduct of their interests ; but, for myself, I say, without hesitation, that no mere majority of votes would induce me to retain a seat at the board. Nothing but an unmistakeable expression of opinion on the part of the great body of shareholders that my services were needful would persuade me to encounter the difficult and in some degree, painful task that continuance in office would impose." PUBLIC COMPANIES IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) THE CONTRACT CORPORATION COMPANY This afternoon at the chambers of the Master 01 the Rolls, Chancery-lane, a number of creditors' claims against this company were brought forward which it was urged were of the nature which the law provided should be paid in full. The Chief Clerk (Mr. E. B. Church) said that it was a matter for the official liquidator, who would realise some portion of the property belonging to the company which had come into his hands, and which it appeared was of • more gregarious character than usual, in order to pay the debts, of which notice would in due course be given to the parties. Order accordingly. BREECH-LOADING ARMOrRY COMPANY. There was also • meeting for adjudication on creditors' claims. A number of names were called, including the Birmingham Gas Company, Mr. Blythe , and Mr. Callisher. The last one only was present ; but the official liquidator intimated that he was not ready to go on with opposed claims. The Chief Clerk expressed his surprise that persons should have been summoned to appear before him if the official liquidator was not ready to proceed. Re should adjourn the whole of the opposed claims until the 2.)th of November, leaving the question open whether or not that functionary should not pay the costs of summoning parties unduly, each case to stand on its own merits. Order accordingly. BARRED'S BANKING COMPANY. This matter again came before the chief clerk to the Master of the Rolls this afternoon. Messrs. Maraud and Co. appeared to ask for leave to issue a summons to vary the list of the contributories by ex punging the names of their clients on the ground of fraud. The list was settled on the 24th July last. Mr. Lording (Freshfield and Co.) for the official liqui dator did not oppose. The principle involved in the mat ter was just the same as that in Mr. Emmanuel's cases. Mr. Joel Emmanuel also applied for an order that the evidence of Price, Gregory, and others, taken before the special examiners, might he used as evidence on behalf of the 45 contributories for whom he appeared. Mr. Lording said it was no use increasing expense, and he would assent therefore to the order being mado. The Chief Clerk said that of course the coats would be costs in the whole matter. Orders accordingly in both cases. BOYTH BLACKPOOL HOTEL COMPANY. In this matter an order was made to-day, on the applica tion of Messrs. Gold and Ron, for the taxation of the costa of the petitioner for the winding-up down to the period of the appointment of the official liquidator. Sir Henry Bulwer is at present in Paris. Colonel Broome, Major Chesney, and Major Blalleson have been appointed a committee to decide on the claims of Indian officers to compensation for the loss of their bonus. On Saturday Le Nvz.z.e de Figaro is to be given at Her Majesty's Theatre, and at the first morning per formance D e n Giovanni, with M. Gassier as Don Giovanni, Mane. Titiens as Donna Anna, Mr. llohler as Don Ot tavio, and Mr. Santley (first time) as Leporello. The Dean of Carlisle is (says the Om/kr/and Poroua) about to deliver a course of five lectures in the Mechanics' HalL The first lecture will be delivered on Tuesday (this) evening, the subject being " Domestic Ritualism." The Rev. William Steele, head-master of Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, has sustained a grievous affliction by the sudden death of hie eldest son, who was drowned in Lough Erne on Monday morning. Along with a companion, he went to take a row down the lake, and landed on Devenish Island. The boat, which was not fastened, went adrift, and Master Steele took off his clothes and swam after it, intending to bring it to shore ; but when out about 15 yards he sank. It is thought that he was seized with the cramp, or was entangled in the weeds. Yesterday, at 99, Eaton-square, the wife of Colonel Taylor, M.P., gave birth to twin daughters. The death took place, in September last, at Singapore, after a short illness, of the Rev. E. S. Venn, M.A., missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in that island, in his 48th year. The death took place on Sunday last of Mr. Serjeant Storks. King Louis I. of Bavaria has left Munich for Rome, where he will pass the winter. Mr. Gladstone will prolong his stay at Rome until the end of December. Besides conversing with the Pope, lie has improved his personal knowledge of the situation by interviews with Cardinals Antouelli, Di Pietro, Silvestri, and some others, such as Count Antonelli, Governor of the Roman Rank. Tho cor respondent of the Post says :—" Mr. Gladstone has been more astounded at the allocution, because, in his interview with the Pope, the sentiments put forward by his Holiness, if not Italianissimi, did not absolutely exclude all idea of reconciliation. I give the mildest version of Pio Noun's conversation on recent events, for it is hardly credible that he should have given utterance to the expression generally attributed to him on the cession of Venetia—vie., that the day on which the news reached him was one of the happiest of his life." A wintry sign at Paris is the publication of the many and varied class of almanacks to which November gives birth. The most popular are the small volumes in 18mo, price 50 centimes, or sd. A bookseller's list con tains the following, viz., Annuaire Mathieu (de la Dr4nte), Petit Almanach Impirial, Almanach Prophßigue, Alma nach du Journal Inner Le Parfait Yigneron (Almanach do dfonitcur Almanach Lunatique, Almanach Cuutigue, AisnanatA pour /lire, Alumna , * des Dams et des Dentoisel , ts, La Mere Gigogne, Almanaeh du Chari rani, Almanorh Astrolooigue, Almanaeh des Sonne Cuisine et de la Witrr..sc de Maison, Almanaeh du Cultioateur, Almanach du Jardinier, Aleta wen des Orphtons, Alma nach de l'Unirers Illuare, Almanach d'lllustrations Mo- Almatusch de la Littrature, du Thafre, a da Beaux Arts, Breriairc du Gastronome, .ke. The courts of justice in Paris resumed their sittings on Saturday. The usual solemn mans was cele brated in the Sainte-Chapelle, the Abbe Surat, Vicar- Geceral, officiating, and all the official personages being in their robes of ceremony. After divine service the various judges proceeded to their respective places of sitting, and the customary addressee of meeting were delivered. Ie the Court of Caseation, the Procumur-General Delangle pronounced a euloginm en the late M. Dupin ; and in the Imperial Court, the Advocate-General Descouttures spoke with great erudition on the right of appeal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Banoo.—(Betor• Lord Chief Justice Brie ' sa 4 Justices Willes, Byles, and Keating.) REGISTRATION APPRALS. Notice was given this moniinf that appeals from th e decisions of rerisink ►arristers will be heard on W an k the 17th, and Tuesday, the 20th instant. MORGAN v. NICHOLL -•• • • • Mr. linddlesten,Cß., said that this was an Wits se recover some in Wales, and there had bee n t ee trials, one in 1 1 47, e Li ti d the other, before Mr. Justice fibs, at the last Monmouth assizes. On the 'second mesa s the verdict was for the defendant, but the present motile was for a new trial upon the ground of the impeem ection of evidence. This evidence was that of ib. Walsh, the short-hand writer, who in croes-esaminsii ch . was asked to state what Morgan, a witness on the leg trial, who had since diet:, F ail stated in reference to a qes Lion of pedigree. The principal ground upon which this evidence was rejected was that the parties to the two sah c were not the same. The learned counsel submitted list though not actually identical the parties were sabres. Rally the seine, and stated that:Lets to be these present defendant was co-defendant with his fak in the former case: and the son of the pi. sent plaintiff was then plaintiff. Mr. Morgan, tea " having been connected with some chartist riots in Igo, and also having had some differences with his wife, left Wales and went to Clerkenwell, where he remained secret, and was believed to be dead. His son wan fore plaintiff in the grit case, but 111 r. Morgan, sc r a m hearing of the trial, came for ward and made Miceli pl The court held that the plahitiffs in the two nits ed being the same, the evidence tendered was not admissible, Rule refused. HARVEY C. LAWRENCE. This wee an action to recover for work done in * 4 ,4 arid improving Carvel-house, near Torquay. The ambit was that the work should be done according to ths play and to the satisfaction of the defendant's architect. The architect had expressed his aatisfacticn, but at to trial the defendant sought to give in evidence the the work was not according to the plans, and in per** that the gateway was not wide enough to admit the E,„ feudant's carriage. Mr. Justice Byles, however, reed to receive the evidence, and the plaintiff recovered a re diet. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., now moved for a rule for awe trial upon the ground that the evidence had been M. properly rejected. Rale granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Sittings at Nisi Prius.—(Before Mr. Baron Martin eg g Common Jury.) NEWTON V. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY GONPANS. This was a singular case of assault. Mr. Joyce was counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Serje u t Ballantine for the defendant. The plaintiff is • publican, having a house aped the Mail Coach, in Farringdon-street, and meths at Hrtrbury, and likewise carries on the bar* of • potato merchant. On the Itth Jane lea he took a second-class return ticket from Loudon a Barking, and returned by the 12.13 train in the evenai. At the Stratford station the ticket collector Sabi him for his ticket, but he had mislaid the null piece of card, and could not produce it. He prowilei it he could not find it before he rmtched Shoreditch EA* the c there pay his fare, but this did not eat* the collector, and he ordered hint to come ont of the can* The plaintiff refused to do so, and the collector mond the compartment and tried to pull him out. In tie attempt he failed, and calling two porters to assist hist. They all tried to eject the plaintiff, but he succeeded a resisting their united efforts, and the ticket collect, seized hold of his nose and wrung it with such violas that it bled profusely. Another passenger paid the plat tiff's fare, and the train went on to its destination, II before it reached Shoreditch the plaintiff found his take which was now produced in court. The plaintiff and • respectable tradesman named Sean were called in support of this statement. Mr. Sell-leant Ballantine said he need hardly tell ii lordship that the company would not have defended Ye action if they had received from their Ace's ed an account of the transaction as that now prat Doubtless there was some excitement on both but until that moment the company had not hael anything about wringing the plaintiff's nose. They We stood the only assault was putting the band on the* tiff's shoulder, and requesting hint to leave the rung, and after the evidence which had been given, he felt ill duty on their part to express regret at the occurrence, al consent to a verdict for the plaintiff, with an apology. Mr. Baron Martin said that was the best course to a* Pulling the plaintiff's nose was a most scandalous thig; it was worse than striking a man, and was an indignity* which no person would submit. Mr. Joyce said his client felt, in justice to himself, s well as to the interest of the public, to bring the sills into court, but after the statement of his learned hid he was ready to take • verdict which would awry am, as the action had not been instituted fur the rupee ef recovering damages. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff—Damage 40s. Mr. Baron Martin observed that the settlement at iii action reflected great credit on both sides. Ile sbo co plimenteil Mr. Serjeant Ballantine in stopping the CAA and said it was a course which other coungel might adopt when they found the evidence against them. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) DUNN r. DUNN. Mr. Serjcant Robinson and Dr. Tristram for the plain tiff ; Dr. Spinks for the defendant. The testatrix died last year at Folkston, untasind The plaintiff was her nephew, and in 1837 she emoted s will in his favour ; but as he was one of the site witnesses, the instrument would be practically tY NIL Under these circumstances ho alleged on the 21st of May, 1881, she formally 5 executed the document, and that her aignetna was verified by other witnesses. The respondent, atom brother of the deceased, and father of the plaintiff, ms the heir-at-law, and he denied that there had bees of re-execution at all, his ease being that the tramming+ simply a handing over of the will to the plaintiff, end ta attestation a mere witnessing of the receipt. It ma as urged on his side that the signature of the testatrix mg s!I affixed to the will till after the witnevice Lad Soli. The defendant, it should be stated, had of Lite years ims on bad terms alike with his sister and his son. (The case was proceeding when our report left] COURT OF ADMIRALTY. (Before the Right Hue. Dr. Lushinetza) TEE UNITED RTATRA OF AMERICA v. PRIOLEAC. — A UI6ID CONFEDERATE VESSILLS.—PROCEEDINGS or THE AVEIRII coeerteetewr. The American government had seized several Liverpool of great value, alleging that they hail to the Confrulerates. They were still detained by t hew, shal of the court, and application had been mad e that all might be rale:seed. His lordship bad expreie,eil his ref' nese to expedite the hearing, on the grouud that the me ter was of great importance to Mr. Prioleau, a niercluntsi Liverpool, who declared that there were no grounds fortis seizure of his vessels, and that he h ad been greatly db• mated a nd There were seven cases — th e Penguin, the ow . la Lark, in which the motion was fur ilages and costs the alleged illegal detention, and to the four O vessels the application was for the release, and they lao an e oun ting case from ro a n bo li t i t named the Wasp, the Fox, the Badger, awl the ArMelni It was ported in the Express on a former °maim. ow At the sitting of the court, it wa s rumoured thlt b tlement had taken place between the parties. Dr. Deane, Q.C., Mr. 3filward, QC., Mr. Batt, al Mr. Benjamin appeared for Mr. Prioleau ; Mr. Brett, Q•cu re , tY had a n cd.'et.ihteed Z t u u eh e in erterta l"A and Mr. V. Lnshington for the American government. Dr. Deane said there was no 'motion before the act and by consent of all parties the cases would the c and the vessels remain as they were at Liverpool. Now could be named at present. Mr. Brett, Q.C., remarked that if it finished the ilsel work it was a good day's work done. His Lordship—No doubt. The matter accordingly stood over. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Comndeiomr Goo',Lure.) IN RE DR. WEBBER.—THE TUNBE.!1)(;I: 11 ELLS " I '' .- The bankrupt in this case WilS WIII. Webber, meal surgeon, of Zion-house, Tunbridg e - w e:lg. The a ss be remembered as that in which two medical : of Tunbridge-wells had both brought action.; sgstest_g other, which, being referred, had resulted in 5E .. ...... 0 " .- against the bankrupt for 19: 1 . d amage s and costs. 11*" real * upon he was arrested some five mouths 't' o : 0 I. successful applications were made by him for releste,a being one of the claim of cases in which the rcelL no power to discharge from custody, and the 10 1 . 1 !,7,1 now came up by adjudication to pass his essaterf; and apply for his order of discharge in the course under the bankruptcy. The dititio ire On, cou M n r ts . E. o ß u tep b , e for ne t c h emary e ass , ign an ee d s h principal creditor being Mr. Trustraw, the dm. — creditor. amine bankrupt sa to property. ...1 toll His Honour inquired how long the bankrupt ..-- in custody. Mr. Reed said he believed five or six months. .1 His Honour—Then I think it time thettlte doctors gave each other a mutual discharge- ae I believe this man has only ens creditor, sad he is le hod for libel or slander. ditor, said that was so. Ott ° Mr. R. Griffiths, who appeared for the detaiaief it His Honour said he was of opinion that it wet __, of bankrupt should be released, and though that erf i gie :aiadlsothei3tshedal 4: ' not the power to release him, it could grant Limp". of discharge. 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